The 2019 ARCA Menards Series was the 67th season of the

ARCA Menards Series The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three national ...

Christian Eckes Christian D. Eckes (pronounced "eck-iss"; born November 10, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 19 Chevrolet Silverado for McAnally-Hilgemann Raci ...

Venturini Motorsports Venturini Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West. Founded in 1982 by Bill Venturini Sr., Venturini Motorsports is t ...

won the championship over teammate

Michael Self Michael Self (born November 1, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 25 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports. He was a former development driver for R ...

. Eckes became the first champion since Tim Steele in 1997 to win the title after missing a race during the season. On February 9, 2019, hours before the season-opening Lucas Oil 200, ARCA announced that the series would be renamed to the ARCA Menards Series for at least 2019 and 2020.

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had previously been a presenting sponsor for ARCA.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Limited schedule

Notes

Changes

Teams

* On Point Motorsports has announced plans to enter the series part-time in 2019. *

GMS Racing Petty GMS Motorsports, also known as GMS Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series, is an American professional stock car racing team formed by Richard Petty and Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. and operated by GMS Racing. In the NASCAR Cup Series they field t ...

announced a re-entry into ARCA for 2019 with

Sam Mayer Sam A. Mayer (born June 26, 2003) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports, a team in which he is also a development driver for ...

as driver. * KBR Development announced a full schedule for 2019 with technical support from GMS, up from a three-race venture in 2018 with a renumbered 28 car. To help the effort, KBR purchased some assets of

MDM Motorsports MDM Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team that most recently competed in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, and the ARCA Racing Series. The team also competed in the NASCAR Camping World Tr ...

Drivers

* On October 24, 2018, it was announced that

will run full-time for

in 2019. Eckes had run part-time with VMS in 2016, 2017 and 2018. * On October 26, 2018, Corey Heim announced a schedule of thirteen events for the 2019 season in the No. 22 for Chad Bryant Racing. * On November 2, 2018, it was announced that

Chandler Smith Chandler Smith Sr. (born June 26, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 16 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing. He was a member of Toyota Racing Development ...

would return to Venturini Motorsports for the 2019 season for 11 races. Smith will run mostly short track events due to age restrictions. * On November 24, 2018, it was announced that

Carson Hocevar Carson S. Hocevar (born January 28, 2003) is an American professional dirt track and stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports. He has also ...

and KBR Development will run the Sioux Chief Short Track Challenge in 2019. * On November 30, 2018, it was announced that

Natalie Decker Natalie Marie Decker (born June 25, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 33 Toyota Supra for Reaume Brothers Racing, the No. 28 Ford Mustang for RSS Ra ...

will run a partial schedule with

DGR-Crosley TRICON Garage, formally known as David Gilliland Racing and Team DGR, is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the ARCA Menards Series, the ARCA Menards Series East, the ARCA Menards Se ...

in 2019. She ran full-time for Venturini Motorsports in 2018. * On December 6, 2018,

and

announced a seven-race partnership. * On January 10, 2019, it was announced that

Harrison Burton Harrison Brian Burton (born October 9, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 21 Ford Mustang for Wood Brothers Racing. Racing career Early years Burton's rac ...

will drive the Venturini Motorsports No. 20 Toyota for five races in 2019. Burton drove for

in 2018. * On January 11, 2019,

announced a full-season schedule with Venturini Motorsports in the organization's No. 25 entry. Self ran half the 2018 schedule with Venturini. * Connor Okrzesik announced that he will make his ARCA debut in the race at

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on March 9. * On March 1, 2019, it was announced that

Hailie Deegan Hailie Rochelle Deegan (born July 18, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 13 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing. Deegan is currently a Ford Perfor ...

signed a six-race deal to drive for Venturini Motorsports in the 2019 season. * On March 22, 2019, Chad Bryant Racing announced that

Ty Majeski Tyler B. Majeski (born August 18, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver who mainly competes in late model racing. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 66 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Rac ...

would be in their No. 22 car for 5 races. Majeski ran a part-time season with Roush-Fenway Racing in the

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in 2018. Majeski would later add Talladega to his schedule. * On March 26, 2019, Venturini Motorsports and

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confirmed a 3 race deal in the No. 55 entry. * In April 2019, it was revealed that Tommy Vigh Jr. would run the full season with Fast Track Racing in the No. 10 car and run for Rookie of the Year after running a partial schedule with the team in 2018.

Crew chiefs

* On December 6, 2018,

Joe Gibbs Racing Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is an American professional stock car racing organization owned and operated by former Washington Redskins (today the Washington Commanders) coach Joe Gibbs, which first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991. His s ...

announced that

Mark McFarland Mark M. McFarland (born February 1, 1978) is a former NASCAR driver who works for Kyle Busch Motorsports as the crew chief for their No. 18 car in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East. In 2021, he won championships in both series ...

had been hired as the crew chief of their ARCA team. * On January 15, 2019, it was confirmed that former

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crew chief Frank Kerr had signed with

to become the crew chief for

in 2019. * Matt Weber and Todd Myers both joined Chad Bryant Racing for 2019. * On January 15, 2019, it was announced that Tony Furr, who served as crew chief of the

StarCom Racing StarCom Racing (SCR) was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed in the NASCAR Cup Series. Based in Salisbury, North Carolina, the team last fielded the No. 00 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE full-time for Quin Houff in a te ...

No. 00 team in the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, moved to Mullins Racing in the same capacity.

Schedule

The full schedule was released on November 21st, 2018. The schedule remains largely unchanged from 2018. Although some tracks swapped dates throughout the season, the only track from 2018 to be excluded in 2019 was

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. In turn, the only track to be added to the schedule was

. For the first time in series history, every race was aired live. 12 races were broadcast on MAVTV, while 6 were covered by

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and the last 2 was covered by

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Results and standings

Races

Drivers' championship

(

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) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. ''Italics'' – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

References

External links

Official website
{{2019 ARCA Menards ARCA Menards Series seasons