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Our prayers go out to former ARCA competitor, Frankie Muniz after his crash earlier today.

En route to his second consecutive ARCA West championship, Trevor Huddleston set the record for the most laps led by a driver in a single ARCA West season (Since ARCA took over sanction in 2020) with 752 laps led PC: @ARCA_Racing

- with 13 races during the 2026 season, this was the most races held in a single ARCA West season after the COVID-19 pandemic

- 2026 marked the second year running that a driver contesting the full season for Jan’s Racing won rookie of the year, with Robbie Kennealy winning ROTY in 2025 & Cole Denton securing the award in 2026

- the top 4 in the 2026 ARCA West championship only combined for 3 pole positions across the entire season, however, 5th place finisher Cole Denton scored 3 poles, the most of all drivers Denton also secured rookie of the year honors

- West champion Trevor Huddleston’s 752 laps led set the record for the most laps led by any driver in a single season in the ARCA West series since ARCA took over sanctioning the series in 2020, beating Huddleston’s own previous record of 503 laps led in 2025

- Robbie Kennealy’s winless third place season was the first time that a driver finished inside the top 3 in the ARCA West championship without a win since Jake Drew & Cole Moore both did in 2021

- Bill McAnally Racing ended the season as the team with the most wins (4) - this comes after Bill McAnally Racing scored only 1 win in the previous 3 ARCA West seasons (that being Jake Bollman’s rain shortened 2025 win at Colorado)

Some stats about the 2026 ARCA West season (thread) - no driver won more than twice across the entire 13 race season, 4 drivers ended the season with two wins a piece, those 4 also made up 4 of the top 5 spots in points. PC: @ARCA_Racing

Deegan now has also become the first female driver in ARCA platform history to have two multi win seasons in their career (2 wins each in 2019 & 2026) The win was also @BMR_NASCAR’s 4th win of the season, giving them the most wins of all teams during the 2026 season.

Leading all 42 laps en route to victory in the rain shortened ARCA West finale, Hailie Deegan ( @HailieDeegan ) became the first female driver in ARCA West history to lead 100% of laps in a single ARCA West race PC: @ARCA_Racing

as first pointed out by @JSrigleyDotCom, tonight’s ARCA West race marked the first ever female 1-2 finish in ARCA West history

With Mia Lovell winning the pole and @HailieDeegan qualifying second, tonight (if my research from Racing Reference is correct) is the first all-female front row in ARCA sanction history between the ARCA Menards Series, and ARCA East & West sanction PC: @ARCA_Racing

It will be Huddleston’s second consecutive ARCA West drivers championship, after winning the championship in 2025.

With a 39 point lead headed into the finale at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway and 23 cars on the entry list, championship leader Trevor Huddleston (@TrevorHudd50) will clinch the 2026 ARCA West championship by starting the final race of the season this weekend

The ARCA community mourns the passing of longtime spotter, Lloyd Garner Garner spotted for multiple teams during his time in the series, including Venturini Motorsports, Chad Bryant Racing & Nitro Motorsports. Our condolences go out to the Garner family during this time.

Photo credit: Fast Track Racing, Facebook

Making 7 starts with 2 separate teams during the 2026 ARCA Menards Series season was Matt Kemp (@KempRacing5) highlighted by 8th place finish at Berlin Kemp’s 2026 stats: 7 starts 0 wins 0 top 5s 1 top 10 2 top 15s 19.0 average start 21.0 average finish 4 DNFs 1 lead lap finish

*Pompa technically counts as a DNF for Lime Rock, however it should be noted that he did not even start the race due to mechanical issues Picture credit: Fast Track Racing, Facebook