# 2025 ARCA Menards Series
The 2025 ARCA Menards Series was a 20-race schedule at 19 tracks running from [Daytona International Speedway](https://www.edgepedia.org/daytona-international-speedway) in February to Toledo Speedway in October, contested under NASCAR ownership, which had acquired ARCA in April 2018.[1](https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/27/2025-arca-menards-series-schedule-released/) • [2](https://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/2024/09/27/arca-menards-series-to-open-at-daytona-international-speedway-as-2025-schedule-fox-sports-extension-announced/) Brenden "Butterbean" Queen won the drivers' championship in his debut season with eight victories, and Toyota took the manufacturer's championship for the ninth consecutive year.[3](https://speedsport.com/nascar/arca/arca-notes-queen-lifts-championship-trophy/) • [4](https://www.arcaracing.com/2025/10/03/toyota-clinches-2025-arca-menards-series-manufacturers-championship/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Schedule | 20 races at 19 tracks, opening at Daytona and closing at Toledo for the fourth consecutive year; Kansas was the only track with two dates[1](https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/27/2025-arca-menards-series-schedule-released/) |
| Drivers' champion | Brenden Queen, No. 28 Pinnacle Racing Group Chevrolet, by 106 points over Lavar Scott[3](https://speedsport.com/nascar/arca/arca-notes-queen-lifts-championship-trophy/) |
| Queen's season | 8 wins, 17 top fives, 17 top 10s, 4 poles, 843 laps led, zero DNFs[5](https://frontstretch.com/2025/11/05/grading-arca-drivers-2025-seasons/) |
| Owners' champion | Pinnacle Racing Group No. 28, by 16 points over Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 18; first non-Toyota owners' title since 2018[3](https://speedsport.com/nascar/arca/arca-notes-queen-lifts-championship-trophy/) • [5](https://frontstretch.com/2025/11/05/grading-arca-drivers-2025-seasons/) |
| Manufacturer | Toyota, ninth consecutive and tenth overall title, with nine of the season's race wins[4](https://www.arcaracing.com/2025/10/03/toyota-clinches-2025-arca-menards-series-manufacturers-championship/) |
| Regional champions | Isaac Kitzmiller (East), top 10 in all eight races; Trevor Huddleston (West), four wins and a 3.6 average finish[5](https://frontstretch.com/2025/11/05/grading-arca-drivers-2025-seasons/) |
| Broadcast | Full live season on FS1 and FS2 under a deal extended through at least 2028; Daytona opener aired on FOX, the series' first broadcast-television race[1](https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/27/2025-arca-menards-series-schedule-released/) |
## Overview
ARCA was founded in 1953 by John and Mildred Marcum in [Toledo, Ohio](https://www.edgepedia.org/toledo-ohio), and was acquired by NASCAR in April 2018.[2](https://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/2024/09/27/arca-menards-series-to-open-at-daytona-international-speedway-as-2025-schedule-fox-sports-extension-announced/) The Menards Series is its national tour, and it runs alongside two regional series, East and West, that share points events with the national tour.[1](https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/27/2025-arca-menards-series-schedule-released/)
The 2025 season opened at Daytona, where 2025 marked the 62nd consecutive year ARCA raced at the speedway, dating to 1964, as the opener of a same-day doubleheader with the [NASCAR Xfinity Series](https://www.edgepedia.org/nascar-xfinity-series) the day before the [Daytona 500](https://www.edgepedia.org/daytona-500).[1](https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/27/2025-arca-menards-series-schedule-released/) Queen, a 27-year-old rookie with three Langley Speedway championships and a CARS Tour championship behind him, avoided several crashes in that opener and worked with his teammate, four-time [Indianapolis 500](https://www.edgepedia.org/indianapolis-500) winner Helio Castroneves, to take the lead with 10 laps remaining.[3](https://speedsport.com/nascar/arca/arca-notes-queen-lifts-championship-trophy/)
## Schedule, tracks, and broadcast
**Calendar changes.** Lime Rock Park, a road course in [Connecticut](https://www.edgepedia.org/connecticut), joined the schedule for the first time as the 181st different track in series history and the series' first race in Connecticut, its 32nd different state.[1](https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/27/2025-arca-menards-series-schedule-released/) ARCA also returned to the half-mile Madison International Speedway for the first time since 2019, and the dirt miles at the Illinois and DuQuoin State Fairs returned on their traditional weekends.[1](https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/27/2025-arca-menards-series-schedule-released/) [Kansas Speedway](https://www.edgepedia.org/kansas-speedway) was the only track with two dates, in May and September, alongside NASCAR national series events.[1](https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/27/2025-arca-menards-series-schedule-released/)
**Combination races.** The March race at [Phoenix Raceway](https://www.edgepedia.org/phoenix-raceway) was a combination event with the ARCA Menards Series West, while races at [Dover Motor Speedway](https://www.edgepedia.org/dover-motor-speedway), Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Iowa Speedway, and [Bristol Motor Speedway](https://www.edgepedia.org/bristol-motor-speedway) were combination races with the ARCA Menards Series East, allowing regional competitors to score points in the national field.[1](https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/27/2025-arca-menards-series-schedule-released/)
**Television.** ARCA's television relationship, which began with Speedvision in 1999, was extended through at least 2028, with a full season of live coverage on FS1 and FS2 in 2025.[1](https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/27/2025-arca-menards-series-schedule-released/) The Daytona season-opener aired live on FOX, the first time in series history a race aired on broadcast (over-the-air) television.[1](https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/27/2025-arca-menards-series-schedule-released/) ARCA's TV contract is separate from NASCAR's national series media rights deal.[6](https://frontstretch.com/2024/08/01/arca-optimistic-menards-and-its-tv-partners-to-return-in-2025/)
## Teams, drivers, and manufacturers
**Toyota's streak continued.** Toyota clinched the manufacturer's championship on October 3, 2025, its ninth consecutive title and tenth overall, winning nine of the season's races.[4](https://www.arcaracing.com/2025/10/03/toyota-clinches-2025-arca-menards-series-manufacturers-championship/) Brent Crews led Toyota with four wins, at Phoenix Raceway, Indianapolis Raceway Park, the Illinois State Fairgrounds, and Bristol Motor Speedway, and 15-year-old [Max Reaves](https://www.edgepedia.org/max-reaves) captured two national-series wins plus three East wins for the brand.[4](https://www.arcaracing.com/2025/10/03/toyota-clinches-2025-arca-menards-series-manufacturers-championship/) [Joe Gibbs Racing](https://www.edgepedia.org/joe-gibbs-racing) ended the year with six victories, three each by Reaves and Crews.[3](https://speedsport.com/nascar/arca/arca-notes-queen-lifts-championship-trophy/)
**A Chevrolet team broke through.** Queen's Pinnacle Racing Group No. 28, owned by Mark Webb, won the owners' championship by 16 points over Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 18 team, the first owners' title for a team other than a Toyota-backed one since 2018.[3](https://speedsport.com/nascar/arca/arca-notes-queen-lifts-championship-trophy/) • [5](https://frontstretch.com/2025/11/05/grading-arca-drivers-2025-seasons/) Pinnacle scored victories at nearly every track type, including intermediates, short tracks, and the DuQuoin dirt oval.[7](https://www.arcaracing.com/2025/10/04/brenden-butterbean-queen-2025-arca-champion/)
**An era ended.** The Toledo finale was Venturini Motorsports' final national ARCA Menards Series race, closing the tenure of one of the series' historic operations; Isabella Robusto led the team there with a fourth-place finish, followed in the top five by Tyler Reif.[8](https://www.arcaracing.com/2025/10/04/max-reaves-scores-dominant-season-ending-win-at-toledo-brenden-queen-wraps-up-2025-title/)
## Championship standings
Queen's title was effectively decided before the finale: simply practicing his No. 28 Best Repair Company Chevrolet at Toledo ahead of the last race was all he needed to lock up the championship.[7](https://www.arcaracing.com/2025/10/04/brenden-butterbean-queen-2025-arca-champion/) He had unofficially clinched it with his victory in the penultimate race at Kansas Speedway.[5](https://frontstretch.com/2025/11/05/grading-arca-drivers-2025-seasons/) His unofficial margin over runner-up Lavar Scott was 106 points.[3](https://speedsport.com/nascar/arca/arca-notes-queen-lifts-championship-trophy/)
In the regional series, Isaac Kitzmiller won the East title on consistency, scoring a top 10 in all eight races, while Trevor Huddleston won a series-high four times with a 3.6 average finish to take the West crown.[5](https://frontstretch.com/2025/11/05/grading-arca-drivers-2025-seasons/) Kyle Keller finished second in West points, 40 behind Huddleston, having led 24 laps to Huddleston's 503.[5](https://frontstretch.com/2025/11/05/grading-arca-drivers-2025-seasons/)
## Race winners and season highlights
Queen won at Daytona, both Kansas races, Iowa, Salem, Michigan, and the DuQuoin dirt mile.[5](https://frontstretch.com/2025/11/05/grading-arca-drivers-2025-seasons/) The Kansas victory came through double overtime, with [Gio Ruggiero](https://www.edgepedia.org/gio-ruggiero) second, Leland Honeyman third, Kris Wright fourth, and Taylor Reimer fifth.[9](https://www.motorsport.com/arca/news/with-arca-kansas-win-brenden-queen-has-one-simple-task-left-to-secure-2025-title/10762789/)
**Record-setting debuts.** [Tristan McKee](https://www.edgepedia.org/tristan-mckee) won in his ARCA Menards Series debut at [Watkins Glen International](https://www.edgepedia.org/watkins-glen-international) at 15 years and 6 days of age.[3](https://speedsport.com/nascar/arca/arca-notes-queen-lifts-championship-trophy/) In the season finale, Max Reaves, driving the No. 18 Cook Out Toyota, started from the General Tire Pole and led 199 of the Toledo race's 200 laps.[3](https://speedsport.com/nascar/arca/arca-notes-queen-lifts-championship-trophy/)
**Milestones for Robusto.** Isabella Robusto finished third at Talladega, the highest finish ever by a woman at that track, and ended the year with 14 top-10 finishes en route to Rookie of the Year.[5](https://frontstretch.com/2025/11/05/grading-arca-drivers-2025-seasons/) She became the second female winner of the Bounty Rookie Challenge rookie-of-the-year award, overcoming six DNFs and an 18-point penalty from Talladega for technical infractions to place fourth in the final standings, eight points behind Jason Kitzmiller, with nine top-five finishes.[3](https://speedsport.com/nascar/arca/arca-notes-queen-lifts-championship-trophy/) • [10](https://motorsportamerica.com/2025/11/20/isabella-robusto-wins-arca-menards-series-rookie-of-the-year-award/)
## By the numbers
Queen led the series in nearly every statistical category: eight wins, 17 top fives, 17 top 10s, four poles, 843 laps led, and zero DNFs across the season.[5](https://frontstretch.com/2025/11/05/grading-arca-drivers-2025-seasons/) The championship margins were 106 points in the drivers' standings and 16 points in the owners' standings.[3](https://speedsport.com/nascar/arca/arca-notes-queen-lifts-championship-trophy/) In the West, Huddleston's 503 laps led dwarfed runner-up Keller's 24.[5](https://frontstretch.com/2025/11/05/grading-arca-drivers-2025-seasons/)
## Development ladder and series economics
ARCA's role as a stepping stone was visible throughout 2025. Queen graduates to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2026 after his title season.[5](https://frontstretch.com/2025/11/05/grading-arca-drivers-2025-seasons/) Teenagers McKee and Reaves won national-series races at 15, and Robusto used a rookie season with nine top fives to claim the rookie award.[3](https://speedsport.com/nascar/arca/arca-notes-queen-lifts-championship-trophy/) • [10](https://motorsportamerica.com/2025/11/20/isabella-robusto-wins-arca-menards-series-rookie-of-the-year-award/)
**Funding a ride.** Published figures illustrate the economics at the smaller end of the paddock: driver Greg Van Alst advertised primary sponsorship for the August 2024 ARCA race at Elko Speedway for $8,500, against a base purse of $5,000 for first place there, meaning a single race's headline sponsorship exceeded the winner's base payout.[6](https://frontstretch.com/2024/08/01/arca-optimistic-menards-and-its-tv-partners-to-return-in-2025/) The same reporting noted cost reductions available to teams from the Ilmor/Yates spec engine program and composite bodies.[6](https://frontstretch.com/2024/08/01/arca-optimistic-menards-and-its-tv-partners-to-return-in-2025/)
## What has changed since 2023
Three structural shifts frame the 2025 season. First, governance: ARCA has operated under NASCAR ownership since April 2018, and 2025 was its national tour's continued run as NASCAR's grassroots tier.[2](https://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/2024/09/27/arca-menards-series-to-open-at-daytona-international-speedway-as-2025-schedule-fox-sports-extension-announced/) Second, commercial terms: Menards' entitlement deal expired after 2024, and ARCA's television package, negotiated separately from NASCAR's national media rights, was extended through at least 2028 with the addition of the series' first broadcast-television race at Daytona.[6](https://frontstretch.com/2024/08/01/arca-optimistic-menards-and-its-tv-partners-to-return-in-2025/) • [1](https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/27/2025-arca-menards-series-schedule-released/) Third, team alignment: Venturini Motorsports contested its final national season in 2025, and the owners' championship moved to a Chevrolet team for the first time since 2018.[8](https://www.arcaracing.com/2025/10/04/max-reaves-scores-dominant-season-ending-win-at-toledo-brenden-queen-wraps-up-2025-title/) • [5](https://frontstretch.com/2025/11/05/grading-arca-drivers-2025-seasons/)
## References
1. [2025 ARCA Menards Series schedule released, ARCA Racing](https://www.arcaracing.com/2024/09/27/2025-arca-menards-series-schedule-released/)
2. [ARCA Menards Series to Open at Daytona International Speedway as 2025 Schedule, FOX Sports Extension Announced, Daytona International Speedway](https://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/2024/09/27/arca-menards-series-to-open-at-daytona-international-speedway-as-2025-schedule-fox-sports-extension-announced/)
3. [ARCA Notes: Queen Lifts Championship Trophy, SPEED SPORT](https://speedsport.com/nascar/arca/arca-notes-queen-lifts-championship-trophy/)
4. [Toyota clinches 2025 ARCA Menards Series Manufacturer's Championship, ARCA Racing](https://www.arcaracing.com/2025/10/03/toyota-clinches-2025-arca-menards-series-manufacturers-championship/)
5. [Grading ARCA Drivers' 2025 Seasons, Frontstretch](https://frontstretch.com/2025/11/05/grading-arca-drivers-2025-seasons/)
6. [ARCA Optimistic Menards, TV Partners Return for 2025, Frontstretch](https://frontstretch.com/2024/08/01/arca-optimistic-menards-and-its-tv-partners-to-return-in-2025/)
7. [Brenden "Butterbean" Queen crowned 2025 ARCA champion, ARCA Racing](https://www.arcaracing.com/2025/10/04/brenden-butterbean-queen-2025-arca-champion/)
8. [Max Reaves scores dominant, season-ending win at Toledo; Brenden Queen wraps up 2025 title, ARCA Racing](https://www.arcaracing.com/2025/10/04/max-reaves-scores-dominant-season-ending-win-at-toledo-brenden-queen-wraps-up-2025-title/)
9. [With ARCA Kansas win, Brenden Queen has one simple task left to secure 2025 title, Motorsport.com](https://www.motorsport.com/arca/news/with-arca-kansas-win-brenden-queen-has-one-simple-task-left-to-secure-2025-title/10762789/)
10. [Isabella Robusto wins ARCA Menards Series Rookie of the Year Award, Motorsport America](https://motorsportamerica.com/2025/11/20/isabella-robusto-wins-arca-menards-series-rookie-of-the-year-award/)
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