Sean Hingorani, the defending ARCA Menards Series West champion.

The 2024 ARCA Menards Series West will be the 71st season of the ARCA Menards Series West, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season will begin on March 8 at Phoenix Raceway with the General Tire 150 and will end with the Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100, also at Phoenix Raceway, on November 8.

It has yet to be announced if defending champion Sean Hingorani will return to the series full-time in 2024 in pursuit of a second consecutive championship.

Confirmed teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Notes
Chevrolet Bill McAnally Racing 16 Jack Wood Kevin Bellicourt Wood will run full-time in the West Series and part-time in the Truck Series with BMR in 2024. Former Spire Motorsports No. 77 Cup Series car crew chief Kevin Bellicourt will be Wood's crew chief. He will drive the No. 16 car in the West Series, replacing Tanner Reif, whose 2024 plans have yet to be determined.[1]
Toyota Central Coast Racing 3 TBA TBA CCR will run the No. 3 full-time in 2024 after running with team owner Todd Souza halfway through the previous season. The driver and crew chief have yet to be announced.[2]
13 Tyler Reif Michael Muñoz Reif will run full-time in the West Series, driving the No. 13 for CCR, who will switch from Ford to Toyota for the 2024 season, replacing team owner Todd Souza, who retired from full-time driving at the end of the previous season. Michael Muñoz will serve as the crew chief.[2]
TBA Kennealy Keller Motorsports 11 Danica Dart[3] TBA This new team will field three full-time cars in the West Series in 2024.[4] Kennealy and Keller's numbers have yet to be announced. Dart's number will be the No. 11 although she will use the No. 07 in the combo race at Phoenix as Fast Track Racing uses the No. 11 in the main ARCA Series.[3][5]
TBA Robbie Kennealy TBA
TBA Kyle Keller TBA

Limited schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Races Notes
Chevrolet Cook Racing Technologies 42 Tanner Reif TBA 1 Reif, who ran full-time with Bill McAnally Racing the previous season, will run part-time in the main ARCA Series, with one of his scheduled races being the combination race with he West Series at Phoenix in March.[6]
Costner Weaver Motorsports 93 Caleb Costner Darrell Phillips 1 Costner will run full-time in the main ARCA Series for his own team, so he will be in the combination race with the West Series at Phoenix in March.[7]
Rev Racing 2 Andrés Pérez de Lara TBA 1 Pérez de Lara will return to Rev to run another full season in the main ARCA Series, so he will be in the combination race with West Series at Phoenix in March.[8]
6 Lavar Scott TBA 1 Scott will run full-time in the main ARCA Series with Rev, so he will be in the combination race with West Series at Phoenix in March.[8]
Ford AM Racing 32 Christian Rose Ryan London 1 Rose will return to AMR to run another full season in the main ARCA Series, so he will be in the combination race with the West Series at Phoenix in March.[9]
Clubb Racing Inc. 03 Alex Clubb TBA 1 Clubb will run the combination race at Phoenix in March as he will run the full in the main ARCA Series season for his own team in 2024.[10]
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 William Sawalich Matt Ross 1 Sawalich will compete in 14 national series races in 2024 for JGR, including the combination race with the West Series at Phoenix in March.[11]
Venturini Motorsports 15 Kris Wright TBA 1 Wright will drive the Venturini No. 15 car full-time in the main ARCA Series in 2024, including the combination race with the West Series at Phoenix in March.[12]
22 Amber Balcaen TBA 1 Balcaen will drive the Venturini No. 22 car full-time in the main ARCA Series in 2024, including the combination race with the West Series at Phoenix in March.[13]
TBA Gio Ruggiero Shannon Rursch[14] 1 Ruggiero will compete full-time in the East Series for the team in 2024 but will also run the main ARCA Series/West Series combination race at Phoenix in March. Shannon Rursch, who won the 2023 main ARCA Series championship with Jesse Love, will be Ruggiero's crew chief in 2024. His car number has yet to be determined.[14]
TBA Jake Finch TBA 3 Finch will drive for the team in three ARCA Menards Series West races, including Irwindale in March, followed by Portland and the season finale at Phoenix in November.[15]

Schedule

The full schedule was announced on December 6, 2023.[16] Some race dates were announced before then as part of the announcement of the main ARCA Series schedule on November 28.[17]

Notes:

  • The race at Phoenix in March is a combination race with the ARCA Menards Series (highlighted in gold).
  • Race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2024. For the races where a 2024 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in 2023 are listed.
No Race title Track Location Date
1 General Tire 150 Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona March 8
2 West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, California March 30
3 NAPA Auto Parts BlueDEF 150 Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway Bakersfield, California April 20
4 Portland 112 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon May 31
5 General Tire 200 Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California June 7
6 NAPA Auto Parts BlueDEF 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, California July 4
7 Shasta 150 Shasta Speedway Anderson, California July 27
8 TBA Tri-City Raceway West Richland, Washington August 10
9 51FIFTY Jr. Homecoming ARCA 150 presented by the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame Madera Speedway Madera, California September 21
10 NAPA Auto Parts 150 All American Speedway Roseville, California October 5
11 TBA Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway Bakersfield, California October 26
12 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona November 8

Schedule changes

  • The race at Evergreen Speedway was removed from the schedule and replaced by a race at Tri-City Raceway. Both tracks are located in the state of Washington. Tri-City Raceway was last on the West Series schedule in 2003.[18]
  • The race at Madera Speedway moves from October to September.
  • The race at All-American Speedway moves from September to October.
  • The race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring was removed from the schedule and replaced by a second race at the newly-renamed Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway. (The track was previously Kern County Raceway Park and was renamed in November 2023 when Kevin Harvick joined the track's staff as a consultant after his retirement from driving full-time in NASCAR and after the track was purchased by new owners.)[19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Jack Wood set to drive the No. 16 Chevrolet in the ARCA Menards Series West for Bill McAnally Racing in 2024". ARCARacing.com. December 6, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Tyler Reif Running Full-Time ARCA West for CCR". Frontstretch. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Kennealy Keller Motorsports adds Danica Dart for 2024 West Series rookie campaign". ARCA Racing. December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. ↑ Branscum, Benjamine (September 1, 2023). "Kennealy Keller Motorsports Announces Launch of ARCA West Development Team for 2024". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  5. ↑ "16-year-old rising star Danica Dart of Ephrata eyes pro racing career after joining KKM". Source One News. BLOX Digital. December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  6. ↑ Rutherford, Kevin (January 16, 2024). "Tanner Reif, Brandon Jones Running ARCA for Cook". Frontstretch. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  7. ↑ Branscum, Benjamine (January 4, 2024). "Caleb Costner Announces Full Time ARCA Menards And ARCA Menards Series East Schedule, D.L. Wilson Joining East Series Campaign". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Rev Racing confirms Andrés Pérez and Lavar Scott for 2024 ARCA Menards Series season". ARCARacing.com. November 20, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  9. ↑ Damcott, Anthony (October 7, 2023). "Christian Rose Returning to AM Racing's ARCA Seat in 2024". Frontstretch. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  10. ↑ Kristl, Mark (November 17, 2023). "Alex Clubb Running Full ARCA Schedule in 2024". Frontstretch. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  11. ↑ Christie, Toby (December 13, 2023). "Joe Gibbs Racing, William Sawalich Team Up For 2024 ARCA Menards Series Schedule, Add Tanner Gray To Driver Lineup". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  12. ↑ Branscum, Benjamine (November 14, 2023). "Kris Wright Announces Full-Time Deal With Venturini Motorsports In 2024". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Amber Balcaen returns to Venturini Motorsports for full 2024 ARCA Menards Series season". ARCARacing.com. January 9, 2024. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  14. 1 2 White, Brandon (December 18, 2023). "Gio Ruggiero joins Venturini Motorsports for 16-race schedule in 2024". ARCA Racing. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  15. ↑ Rutherford, Kevin (2024-01-08). "Jake Finch Adds to ARCA Schedule With Venturini". Frontstretch. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  16. ↑ "ARCA Menards Series East and West schedules for 2024 set". ARCARacing.com. December 6, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  17. ↑ "ARCA Menards Series schedule for 2024 announced". ARCARacing.com. November 28, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  18. ↑ "Racing-Reference tracks: Tri-City Raceway". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Tim and Lisa Huddleston acquire Kern County Raceway Park, rename track to honor Kevin Harvick". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 29, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
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