ARCA Menards Series unveils 2027 schedule, opens Feb. 20 at Daytona
NXTbets Pro | Published On: October 14, 2026
ARCA schedule
The ARCA Menards Series will launch its 75th season with a 20-race schedule that stretches across 19 tracks in 11 states. The calendar opens Feb. 20 at Daytona International Speedway and closes Oct. 1 at Kansas Speedway, giving the series a compact but wide-reaching slate. Daytona will host the season opener for the 63rd straight year, a run that underscores how firmly the track sits at the start of the ARCA calendar. Kansas stands alone as the only venue to host two races in 2027, and its second event is set for May 8. The schedule gives ARCA a national footprint without losing the identity that has long defined the series, with race dates spread from winter through fall and venues that reach deep into stock car racing’s regional core.
Daytona opener
Daytona anchors the schedule as the opening stop and once again sets the tone for the year. The track’s place at the front of the ARCA season has held for more than six decades, and the 2027 calendar keeps that streak intact. Kansas brings the opposite end of the schedule into focus. The series will finish there Oct. 1, and the track’s pair of races make it the only repeat venue on the slate. That setup gives ARCA a clear bookend structure, with Daytona providing the launch point and Kansas supplying both a midseason return date and the final checkered flag of the year. Between those dates, the series will move through a schedule built to showcase variety, with events placed at tracks that differ in size, shape and region. The mix gives drivers a steady test as they move through the 75th season, and it gives teams a calendar that demands adaptability from one stop to the next.
ARCA tracks
The full schedule includes Phoenix Raceway, Talladega Superspeedway, Toledo, Berlin, Elko, Michigan International Speedway, Chicagoland, Iowa, Lime Rock, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Springfield, Bristol, World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison International Speedway, DuQuoin, Watkins Glen and Salem. Phoenix stands out early in the year, since the March 12 race there will be a combination event with the ARCA Menards West Series. Some of the other races will take place on NASCAR national series weekends. ARCA president Ron Drager said the series will keep serving as a bridge from grassroots racing to the NASCAR national series, and he said the 75th-season schedule reflects a diverse set of tracks. That mix of venues, along with the crossovers and shared weekends, keeps ARCA tied to its development role while giving the series a broad competitive range from Daytona to Kansas and everywhere in between.
