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Ty Gibbs, the 2021 ARCA Menards Series champion
Corey Heim finished second behind Gibbs in the championship by 37 points.
Nick Sanchez finished third in the championship on a limited schedule.

The 2021 ARCA Menards Series season was the 69th season of the ARCA Menards Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the Lucas Oil 200[1] on February 13 and ended with the Reese's 150 at Kansas Speedway on October 23.[2] Ty Gibbs was crowned the series champion, having won ten times and finished in the top four in 19 of 20 races.

This ARCA season also featured a historic first, as Fox pit reporter Jamie Little became the first woman to serve as a TV play-by-play announcer in motorsports history.[3]

Teams and drivers

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Note: If a driver is listed as their own crew chief for a particular race, that means that their entry in that race was a start and park.

Complete schedule

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Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief
Chevrolet Brad Smith Motorsports[4] 48 Owen Smith 1[N 1] Brad Smith
Brad Smith 18 Kevin Schwarze 1
Jeff Smith 12
Arlis Basham 1
Terry Strange 2
Leo Kryger 3
Wayne Peterson 1[N 2]
Ford David Gilliland Racing[5] 46 Thad Moffitt 16 Derek Smith[6] 18
Chad Johnston 2
Taylor Gray 2
J. P. Bergeron 2
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Ty Gibbs[7] Mark McFarland[7]
Venturini Motorsports 15 Drew Dollar 12[8] Billy Venturini 13[8]
Kevin Reed 7
Jesse Love 7
Parker Chase 1
20 Corey Heim[9] Shannon Rursch[9]
25 Gracie Trotter 8[10] Kevin Reed 14[11]
Billy Venturini 5
Kevin Reed Jr. 1
Derek Griffith 1
Parker Chase 2[12]
Brandon Jones 2
Chandler Smith 1
Jesse Love 3[11]
Toni Breidinger 3[13]
Chevrolet Rev Racing 2 Nick Sanchez (R) 18[14] Steve Plattenberger
Toyota Rette Jones Racing
with Austin Theriault[N 3] 		Landen Lewis 2 Mark Rette
Toyota 5
Chevrolet 6
Ford 9 		Fast Track Racing 01 Chuck Hiers 1 David Ifft 1
Kevin Cram 1
Chris VanScoy 1
Owen Smith 6
Steven Barton 1
Mike Sroufe 3
Trey Galgon 3
Tony Cosentino 2
Dick Doheny 2
Bryce Haugeberg 1
Michael Harper 1[16]
Owen Smith 7
Stephanie Moyer 2
Mike Basham 1
D. L. Wilson 2
Tony Cosentino 1
Jason Miles 1
Tim Monroe 1
Richard Garvie 1
Willie Mullins 1[N 4]
Ford 3
Chevrolet 5
Toyota 12 		10 Jason White 1 Mike Sroufe 11
Jeff McClure 2
Trey Galgon 1
Dick Doheny 4
Chris VanScoy 1
David Ifft 1
Steven Barton 1
Mark Lowrey 1
Ed Pompa 3
Jason Miles 2
Dick Doheny 1
Arnout Kok 4[17]
Willie Mullins 1[18][N 4]
Owen Smith 1
D. L. Wilson 1
Brandon Varney 1
Morgen Baird 1
Tim Monroe 1
Ken Schrader 1[19]
Jade Buford 1
Ford 9
Toyota 9
Chevrolet 2 		11 Richard Garvie 3 Steven Barton 7
Mike Sroufe 3
Trey Galgon 1
Dick Doheny 1
Jeff McClure 6
Tony Cosentino 1
Owen Smith 1
Dick Doheny 1
Tony Cosentino 5
Jade Buford 1
Bryce Haugeberg 2
Mason Mingus 3
Ed Pompa 1
Brandon Varney 1
Mike Goudie 1
Owen Smith 1
Ron Vandermeir Jr. 1[N 5]
Toyota 16
Chevrolet 4 		12 D. L. Wilson 10 Dick Doheny 13
Mike Sroufe 2
Jeff McClure 1
Tony Cosentino 2
Steven Barton 2
Stanton Barrett 1
Nick Igdalsky 1
Dick Doheny 1
Tony Cosentino 4
Stephanie Moyer 1
Ken Schrader 1
Toyota 8
Chevrolet 5
Ford 7 		Richmond Clubb Motorsports 27 Tim Richmond 9[20] Brad Frye 7[20]
Alex Clubb 7[20]
Wayne Peterson 4
Alex Clubb 7[20]
Zachary Tinkle 4[N 6]

Limited schedule

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Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Rounds
Chevrolet AM Racing[22] 32 Howie DiSavino III[22] Jamie Jones[22] 1
Austin Wayne Self 1
BMI Racing[23] 88 Bridget Burgess[23] Sarah Burgess[23] 1
Bret Holmes Racing[24] 23 Bret Holmes[24] Shane Huffman[24] 4
Sam Mayer[24] 5
Brother-In-Law Racing 57 Bryan Dauzat Bob Rahilly 2
CR7 Motorsports 97 Jason Kitzmiller Todd Myers 6
Empire Racing[25] 8 Sean Corr Derek Hartnagel 2
45 Rich Bickle Mike Cheek[25] 1
GMS Racing 21 Jack Wood (R)[26] Chad Bryant[27] 6
Daniel Dye[28] 6
Kody Swanson 1
22 Jack Wood (R) Chad Walter 1
Hendren Motorsports 24 Ryan Unzicker Bill Hendren 2[29]
Hillis Racing 27 Bobby Hillis Jr. Ed Ash 1
Josh Williams Motorsports 60 Brad Perez[30] Josh Williams 1
Max Force Racing 9 Thomas Praytor Tommy Praytor 1[31]
Mullins Racing[32] 3 Willie Mullins[32] Tony Furr[33] 1
Dale Quarterley Alex Quarterley 1
Niece Motorsports 40 Dean Thompson[34] Matt Weber 1[34]
50 Jett Noland Matt Noyce 1
Morgan Alexander Matt Weber 2
Carson Hocevar Cody Efaw 1
Reeves Racing 88 Scott Reeves Brian Finney 1[35]
Rev Racing[36] 6 Rajah Caruth Glenn Parker 5[37]
Roy Kovski Racing 16 Justin Allgaier[38] Kelly Kovski 1
Kelly Kovski Jon Hanson 1
RSS Racing 28 Kyle Sieg[39] Jeff Green 4
Tony Wilson 7 		11
Spraker Racing Enterprises 63 Dave Mader III Jeff Spraker 3
Steve McGowan Motorsports 17 Zane Smith Bruce Cook 1
Young's Motorsports[40] 02 Toni Breidinger[41] Ryan London 5[42]
Mark Green[N 7] Mark Green 1
Connor Mosack[43] Bruce Cook 1
Eddie Troconis 1
Ryan London 1[43] 		3[43]
Ford Bull Racing 77 Ed Bull Ralph Solhem 1
Central Coast Racing 13 Todd Souza Michael Muñoz 1
Charles Buchanan Racing 87 Chuck Buchanan Jr. Craig Wood 2
David Gilliland Racing[5] 17 Tanner Gray Chad Johnston[6] 1
Taylor Gray 9[6]
54 Riley Herbst Richard Boswell 1
Joey Iest[44] Seth Smith 2[44]
Naake-Klauer Motorsports Mike Naake 1
High Point Racing[N 8] 51 Dean Thompson[46] Travis Thirkettle 1
Huff Racing 36 Ryan Huff Richard Burgess 2
Rette Jones Racing 30 Brittney Zamora Mark Rette 1
Cole Williams 1
Max Gutiérrez 4[47]
Kris Wright 5[48]
Adam Lemke 1[49]
Landen Lewis 1
Stewart-Haas Racing 14 Chase Briscoe Johnny Klausmeier 1
Sunrise Ford Racing 6 Trevor Huddleston Bill Sedgwick 1
9 Jake Drew Jeff Schrader 1
Toyota Bill McAnally Racing 16 Jesse Love[50] Travis Sharpe 1
19 Derek Kraus John Camilleri 1
99 Cole Moore[50] Mario Isola 1
Cram Racing Enterprises[51] 94 Benny Chastain Kevin Cram 2
Bob Schacht 1 		2[52]
Chris Hacker 1[53]
Derrick Lancaster Racing[54] 29 Derrick Lancaster Don Akers 2
Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 Austin Hill David McCarty 2
Jerry Pitts Racing 7 Takuma Koga[55] Jerry Pitts 1
Joe Gibbs Racing 81 Sammy Smith Jamie Jones 3[56]
MacZink Racing 65 Jeffery MacZink Jarod MacZink 1
Pedroncelli Racing 33 P. J. Pedroncelli Ty Joiner 1
Performance P-1 Motorsports 77 Tony Toste[57] Dave McKenzie 1
TC Motorsports 91 Justin Carroll Ron Otto 1
Terry Carroll 1 		2[58]
Venturini Motorsports 55 Derek Griffith[59] Dave Leiner Jr. 1[59]
Parker Chase[12] 1[12]
Toni Breidinger[13] 1[13]
Ford 3
Toyota 3 		CCM Racing 7 Eric Caudell Jeremy Petty 6[60]
Chevrolet 3
Toyota 1 		Cook-Finley Racing 42 Conner Jones Amber Slagle 3
Sean Samuels 1 		2
Tyler Ankrum 1
Parker Retzlaff 1
Chevrolet 2
Toyota 1 		Ferrier McClure Racing 44 John Ferrier Jeff McClure 2
Stephanie Moyer[N 9] Owen Smith 1
Chevrolet 5
Ford 4 		Greg Van Alst Motorsports[61] 35 Greg Van Alst Jim Long 8
Donnie Richeson 1 		9
Ford 6
Chevrolet 1 		Jankowiak Motorsports 73 Andy Jankowiak[62][N 10] Mike Dayton 6
Andy Seuss 1 		7[63]
Ford 6
Chevrolet 1
Toyota 5 		Kimmel Racing 69 Scott Melton Bill Kimmel 10
Will Kimmel 1 		7
Russ Lane 2
Will Kimmel 3
Toyota 2
Ford 1 		Vanco Racing 66 Ron Vandermeir Jr. Ron Vandermeir Sr. 1
Jeff McClure 1
Tim Monroe 1 		2
Kyle Lockrow[N 1] 1
Toyota 3
Ford 1 		Visconti Motorsports 74 Mason Diaz[64] Tommy Baldwin Jr.[64] 3[64]
Chris Werth Ron Otto 1
Chevrolet 6
Ford 7 		Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Con Nicolopoulos Michael Peterson 4
George Gimbert 2
Wayne Peterson 5
Nate Moeller 1[20] 		2
A. J. Moyer 2
Don Thompson 2
Wayne Peterson[20] 2
Zachary Tinkle 4
Brad Smith[N 2] 1

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Fast Track Racing.
  2. ^ a b At Kansas in October (Race 20), Brad Smith, initially entered in the No. 48, and Wayne Peterson, initially entered in the No. 06, switched cars after Smith's No. 48 had an issue in practice. Since Peterson intended on starting and parking in the race, he drove the No. 48 and Smith attempted to run the full race in the No. 06.
  3. ^ Entries were fielded by Rette Jones Racing with Austin Theriault using Rev Racing's owner points.[15]
  4. ^ a b Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Mullins Racing.
  5. ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Vanco Racing.
  6. ^ At Kansas in October (Race 20), it was a Wayne Peterson Racing entry using Richmond Clubb Motorsports' owner points.[21]
  7. ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Rev Racing.
  8. ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Sunrise Ford Racing.[45]
  9. ^ It was a Fast Track Racing entry using Ferrier McClure Racing's owner points.
  10. ^ At Watkins Glen (Race 13) the entry was fielded in a collaboration with Marsh Racing.

Changes

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Teams

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  • On November 13, 2020, it was announced that Lira Motorsports would be returning to the series for the first time since 2017, fielding a part-time entry for late model and NASCAR Roots driver Logan Misuraca. She and the team also announced that they would run part-time in the Truck Series in 2021.[65] They started the season at ARCA's preseason test session at Daytona in January where Misuraca was initially on the entry list in a No. 33 car for Lira, which was later withdrawn.[66] Misuraca revealed in an interview in April that her deal with Lira had fallen through.[67]
  • On December 8, 2020, Ken Schrader confirmed that he would be closing down his longtime ARCA team, Ken Schrader Racing, which would only keep its dirt racing operations in 2021. This will be the first season since 1990 where KSR has not competed in the series. Schrader's iconic No. 52 car only competed part-time from 2018 to 2020 due to lack of sponsorship.[68] NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver Andy Jankowiak bought some of the assets of Schrader's team to form his own team, Jankowiak Motorsports, and make his debut in the series. They entered the No. 73 car for Jankowiak at Daytona, Talladega, Charlotte, Pocono, Watkins Glen and Bristol.[62]
  • On December 22, 2020, it was announced that Mullins Racing would be entering a second car in the season-opener at Daytona.[32] However, due to a lack of sponsorship, this did not end up happening. It would have been the first time they fielded a second car by themselves, as Mullins partnered with other teams to lease their owner points in 2017 and 2018 for Robert Bruce to drive a second Mullins car in the race at Elko both years.
  • On December 23, 2020, it was announced that Greg Van Alst, who last competed in the series in 2002, would be starting his own team, the No. 35 Chevy, and running a part-time schedule after buying a car from the closed Chad Bryant Racing.[61]
  • On January 8, 2021, ThePitLane revealed that Nick Sanchez would be competing full-time for Rev Racing in the main ARCA Menards Series in 2021, making it the team's first time fielding a full-time car in the series. Sanchez previously competed full-time for Rev Racing in the East Series in 2020 and part-time in 2019.[14] The official announcement of this came on January 15, where it was also revealed that Sanchez would be using the No. 6.[69] However, Sanchez instead ended up using the No. 2.
  • On January 14, 2021, it was announced that Win-Tron Racing would merge into AM Racing, a Truck Series team that they have had an alliance with for multiple years and that they have shared a race shop with beginning in 2020. Howie DiSavino III will continue to drive part-time in the team's No. 32 car.[22]
  • On January 14, 2021, Truck Series team Young's Motorsports announced that they would expand into the ARCA Menards Series, fielding the No. 02 car on a part-time basis beginning at Daytona. The team participated in the series' Daytona testing in January with Kris Wright (one of their full-time Truck Series drivers) and Toni Breidinger driving.[40] Their first race came at Daytona with Breidinger, who will run a part-time schedule with the team, with it being her first time in the series since 2018.[70]

Drivers

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  • On September 15, 2020, it was announced that Sam Mayer, who drove the No. 21 car for GMS Racing part-time in the ARCA Menards Series along with the full season in the East Series (where he won the championship), would move up to the Xfinity Series in June 2021, driving the JR Motorsports No. 8 car, in the second half of the season after he turns 18 and is eligible to race in the series.[71] On November 2, 2020, GMS announced that Jack Wood will drive for them full-time in the East Series and in all of the Showdown races in the main ARCA Menards Series, replacing Mayer in the No. 21. Wood previously drove part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, fielding his own team, Velocity Racing.[26] The team ended up changing plans again, as Wood instead began driving in the main ARCA Series full-time instead of the East Series. Their full season plans were soon cancelled, as Wood and the team would skip the races at Toledo (in order for him to compete in the Truck Series race at Circuit of the Americas, also driving for GMS) and Mid-Ohio. Soon after, GMS would promote Wood to the Truck Series full-time in their No. 24 truck, and after that, he would only run the Watkins Glen and Bristol ARCA races.
  • On December 15, 2020, it was announced that Michael Self, the championship runner-up for the past two years, would be leaving ARCA in 2021 to take a non-driving position with Trans-Am team Silver Hare Racing, becoming the team's general manager.[72] Venturini replaced Self in the No. 25 with multiple drivers. Gracie Trotter, Derek Griffith, Parker Chase, Brandon Jones, Chandler Smith, Jesse Love, and Toni Breidinger all drove the car during the season.
  • On December 18, 2020, David Gilliland Racing announced that Joey Iest would join the team to drive in six or more East Series races for the team. Because the 2021 East Series schedule features 8 races, and 3 of them being combination races with the big ARCA Menards Series, at least one of Iest's six races will be in a combination race.[44] Iest ended up driving the full season in the East Series and all 3 combination races in the team's No. 54 car.
  • On April 8, 2021, Taylor Gray suffered a fractured L4 vertebra, left foot, and ankle in a single-car accident in Statesville, NC.[73] On July 6, David Gilliland Racing announced that he had recovered and would return to complete the remainder of his scheduled starts, beginning with the race at Elko.
  • On July 28, 2021, it was announced that Toni Breidinger would be leaving Young's Motorsports to re-join Venturini Motorsports, the team she drove for part-time in the series in 2018. The races that she ran for them in her part-time schedule are Winchester, Springfield and DuQuoin in the No. 25, and Kansas in the No. 55.[13]
  • After being far enough behind to Ty Gibbs and Corey Heim for 1st and 2nd the standings, 3rd and 4th place drivers Thad Moffitt and Nick Sanchez skipped both of the dirt races (Springfield and DuQuoin). Moffitt was replaced in the No. 46 by his DGR teammate Taylor Gray. The No. 17 car, which Gray normally drives, was not entered in those races. Sanchez was replaced by dirt track racing driver Landen Lewis in the No. 2 car, and Rev Racing leased the owner points to Rette Jones Racing, who fielded the entry in a collaboration with 2017 series champion Austin Theriault in those races.[15]

Crew chiefs

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  • On December 9, 2020, it was announced that Mardy Lindley, who crew chiefed the No. 21 of Sam Mayer for GMS Racing in 2019 and 2020, would be joining Kyle Busch Motorsports in the Truck Series to crew chief their No. 51.[74] Lindley had originally been announced to return to GMS Racing in 2021 to crew chief Jack Wood, Mayer's replacement.[26]

Manufacturers

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  • On December 22, 2020, Willie Mullins announced that his No. 3 car would be a Chevy at Daytona. He bought the car from the closed KBR Development team, which was the same one that David Gravel and Brandon McReynolds drove in the 2020 and 2019 Daytona races, respectively, and that Sheldon Creed drove at Daytona in 2018 for MDM Motorsports. As a result, the Ford that Mullins previously drove in this race was announced to still be used at Daytona and become a new second car for the team with a driver had yet-to-be determined.[32] However, the second car did not end up being fielded at Daytona due to lack of sponsorship.

Schedule

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Daytona,[1] Toledo,[75] Pocono,[76] and Talladega[77] revealed their race dates ahead of the release of the entire schedule, which ARCA announced on December 1, 2020.[2] Mid-Ohio, Elko, and DuQuoin received dates on the schedule after all three tracks lost their 2020 race dates due to COVID-19.[78][79]

Notes:

No Race title Track Date
1 Lucas Oil 200 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida February 13
2 General Tire 150 Phoenix Raceway, Phoenix, Arizona March 12
3 General Tire 200 Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, Alabama April 24
4 Dutch Boy 150 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City May 1
5 Herr's Potato Chips 200 Toledo Speedway, Toledo, Ohio May 22
6 General Tire 150 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina May 29
7 Dawn 150 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio June 4
8 General Tire #AnywhereIsPossible 200 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania June 25
9 Menards 250 Elko Speedway, Elko New Market, Minnesota July 10
10 Zinsser SmartCoat 200 Berlin Raceway, Marne, Michigan July 17
11 Shore Lunch 150 Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa July 24
12 Calypso Lemonade 200 Winchester Speedway, Winchester, Indiana July 31
13 Clean Harbors 100 at The Glen Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York August 6
14 Henry Ford Health System 200 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan August 20
15 Allen Crowe 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Springfield, Illinois August 22
16 Sprecher 150 Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin August 29
17 Southern Illinois 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Du Quoin, Illinois September 5
18 Bush's Beans 200 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee September 16
19 Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 Salem Speedway, Salem, Indiana October 2
20 Reese's 150 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas October 23

Broadcasting

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The TV lineup is similar to what it looked like in 2020, with FS1 airing almost all of the races that occur at tracks that the NASCAR Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series go to and have races at on the same weekend as the ARCA Menards Series and FS1 is at the track to broadcast at least one of those series. The rest of the races are aired on MAVTV. The only races that FS1 is not broadcasting where the Cup, Xfinity and/or Truck Series does have a race at on the same weekend are Phoenix and the season-finale at Kansas, which are both on MAVTV.[81]

FS1 made a change to their broadcasting lineup for their ARCA Menards Series coverage for the 2021 season, as play-by-play announcer Dave Rieff was replaced by longtime NASCAR pit reporter Jamie Little, who became the first woman to ever serve in the play-by-play role on TV in any motorsports series after calling the race at Daytona.[3]

Results and standings

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Race results

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No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer No. Winning team
1 Lucas Oil 200 Drew Dollar Corey Heim Corey Heim Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports
2 General Tire 150 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
3 General Tire 200 Ty Gibbs Drew Dollar
Bret Holmes
[N 1] 		Corey Heim Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports
4 Dutch Boy 150 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs
[N 2] 		Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
5 Herr's Potato Chips 200 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
6 General Tire 150 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs
[N 2] 		Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
7 Dawn 150 Corey Heim Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
8 General Tire #AnywhereIsPossible 200 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Corey Heim Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports
9 Menards 250 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Corey Heim Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports
10 Zinsser SmartCoat 200 Daniel Dye Daniel Dye Daniel Dye Chevrolet 21 GMS Racing
11 Shore Lunch 150 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
12 Calypso Lemonade 200 Corey Heim Corey Heim Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
13 Clean Harbors 100 at The Glen Ty Gibbs Corey Heim Corey Heim Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports
14 Henry Ford Health System 200 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
15 Allen Crowe 100 Corey Heim Corey Heim Corey Heim Toyota 20 Venturini Motorsports
16 Sprecher 150 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs
[N 2] 		Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
17 Southern Illinois 100 Landen Lewis Landen Lewis
[N 3] 		Landen Lewis Toyota 2 Rette Jones Racing
18 Bush's Beans 200 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
19 Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Jesse Love Toyota 15 Venturini Motorsports
20 Reese's 150 Ty Gibbs Ty Gibbs Nick Sanchez Chevrolet 2 Rev Racing
  1. ^ Dollar and Holmes both led 28 laps.
  2. ^ a b c Gibbs led all of the laps in the race.
  3. ^ Lewis led all of the laps in the race.

Drivers' championship

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Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

Notes:

  • The pole winner also receives 1 bonus point, similar to the previous ARCA points system used until 2019 and unlike NASCAR.[82]
  • Additionally, after groups of 5 races of the season, drivers that compete in all 5 races receive 50 additional points.[82]
    • Corey Heim, Ty Gibbs, Thad Moffitt, Nick Sanchez, and D. L. Wilson received this points bonus for having competed in the first 5 races of the season (Daytona, Phoenix, Talladega, Kansas in May, and Toledo). Heim, Gibbs, Moffitt, Sanchez and Brad Smith received the 50 bonus points for having competed in the next 5 races (Charlotte, Mid-Ohio, Pocono, Elko, and Berlin). Heim, Gibbs and Smith received the 50 bonus points for having competed in the next 5 races (Iowa, Winchester, Watkins Glen, Michigan, and Springfield) and the next 5 races (Milwaukee, DuQuoin, Bristol, Salem, and Kansas in October).

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

Pos Driver DAY PHO TAL KAN TOL CLT MOH POC ELK BER IOW WIN GLN MCH ISF MLW DSF BRI SLM KAN Points
1 Ty Gibbs 4 1* 27 1** 1* 1** 1* 2* 4* 2 1* 1 3 1* 2 1** 2 1* 2* 2* 1092
2 Corey Heim 1* 2 1 3 2 2 7 1 1 3 4 3* 1* 2 1* 6 7 5 7 3 1055
3 Nick Sanchez (R) 31 21 3 9 3 5 5 4 6 6 5 14 8 3 12 4 17 1 739
4 Thad Moffitt 21 3 6 6 5 7 3 5 9 12 6 4 11 8 9 25 666
5 Brad Smith 26 29 16 11 19 16 16 14 14 19 16 28 11 14 22 14 24 16 23 638
6 D. L. Wilson 26 20 19 11 12 23 16 12 27 19 10 11 28 18 464
7 Drew Dollar 2 7 4* 2 3 12 3 11 15 18 8 4 444
8 Taylor Gray 9 5 4 3 5 7 3 4 5 3 11 428
9 Kyle Sieg 5 4 8 8 12 10 6 12 5 11 7 396
10 Jesse Love 6 4 2 5 7 5 7 10 7 1 386
11 Gracie Trotter 23 27 22 7 3 8 13 10 5 279
12 Owen Smith 33 18 14 17 14 16 9 17 16 13 273
13 Toni Breidinger 18 30 12 12 20 9 9 12 16 258
14 Tim Richmond 19 13 24 13 13 14 13 17 17 253
15 Jack Wood (R) 9 29 11 4 6 18 10 13 253
16 Greg Van Alst 29 26 7 14 DNS 2 6 15 14 242
17 Zachary Tinkle 13 11 15 12 8 20 18 17 238
18 Daniel Dye 7 1* 2 13 3 12 231
19 Tony Cosentino 13 22 15 15 22 10 26 20 23 230
20 Andy Jankowiak 8 7 9 7 16 26 13 222
21 Alex Clubb 10 8 12 11 15 15 17 220
22 Scott Melton 32 10 20 16 23 14 12 181
23 Rajah Caruth 9 13 6 3 9 180
24 Jason Kitzmiller 11 15 11 17 12 22 177
25 Eric Caudell 16 9 14 14 21 19 171
26 Kris Wright 8 24 8 13 6 161
27 Sam Mayer 22 14 4 2 29 149
28 Parker Chase 4 7 9 10 146
29 Bret Holmes 3 5* 19 10 141
30 Max Gutiérrez 15 12 15 14 120
31 Ed Pompa 13 13 18 14 118
32 Landen Lewis 7 1** 13 117
33 Joey Iest 16 20 8 19 113
34 Will Kimmel 6 9 4 113
35 Sammy Smith 18 5 2 107
36 Mason Mingus 7 17 6 102
37 Dave Mader III 27 2 8 95
38 Richard Garvie 17 19 25 23 92
39 Ron Vandermeir Jr. 11 14 15 92
40 Stephanie Moyer 15 23 20 27 91
41 Dick Doheny 17 10 15 90
42 Connor Mosack 16 15 11 89
43 Arnout Kok 9 19 DNS 20 63
44 Willie Mullins 28 8 12 84
45 Austin Hill 2 2 84
46 Brandon Jones 4 5 80
47 Jason Miles 15 21 18 78
48 Bryce Haugeberg 25 13 17 77
49 Ken Schrader 3 10 75
50 J. P. Bergeron 8 5 75
51 Mason Diaz 8 19 31 74
52 Tim Monroe 8 6 74
53 Brandon Varney 6 10 72
54 Ryan Unzicker 13 4 71
55 Sean Corr 10 9 69
56 Dean Thompson 15 8 65
57 Ryan Huff 14 10 64
58 A. J. Moyer 9 15 64
59 Morgan Alexander 10 15 63
60 Jade Buford 8 18 62
61 Derrick Lancaster 6 23 61
62 Wayne Peterson 17 15 DNS 59
63 Justin Carroll 13 16 59
64 Conner Jones 21 10 57
65 Russ Lane 11 21 56
66 Derek Griffith 30 5 54
67 Bryan Dauzat 18 20 50
68 Chuck Buchanan Jr. 18 21 49
69 John Ferrier 12 28 48
70 Benny Chastain 20 21 47
71 Con Nicolopoulos 22 20 46
72 Carson Hocevar 4 40
73 Justin Allgaier 4 40
74 Don Thompson 19 30 39
75 Derek Kraus 5 39
76 Tanner Gray 7 38
77 Cole Williams 6 38
78 Stanton Barrett 6 38
79 Riley Herbst 6 38
80 Morgen Baird 7 37
81 Todd Souza 8 36
82 Austin Wayne Self 9 35
83 Jeffery MacZink 9 35
84 Kody Swanson 9 35
85 Trevor Huddleston 10 34
86 Chris Hacker 10 34
87 Adam Lemke 10 34
88 P. J. Pedroncelli 11 33
89 Jett Noland 11 33
90 Chandler Smith 12 33
91 Mike Goudie 11 33
92 Parker Retzlaff 11 33
93 Cole Moore 12 32
94 Howie DiSavino III 13 31
95 Jason White 14 30
96 Mark Lowrey 14 30
97 Rich Bickle 15 29
98 Michael Harper 16 29
99 Mike Basham 16 28
100 Tony Toste 17 27
101 Thomas Praytor 17 27
102 Mark Green 17 27
103 Jake Drew 18 26
104 Chris Werth 20 24
105 Nick Igdalsky 21 23
106 Kyle Lockrow 21 23
107 Bridget Burgess 22 22
108 Tyler Ankrum 22 22
109 Chase Briscoe 23 22
110 Takuma Koga 23 21
111 Scott Reeves 24 20
112 Bobby Hillis Jr. 24 20
113 Brad Perez 24 20
114 Chuck Hiers 25 19
115 Dale Quarterley 25 19
116 Zane Smith 28 16
117 Brittney Zamora 34 10
Ed Bull DNS 3
Kelly Kovski DNS 3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Daytona's 2021 ARCA Menards Series Race Part Of Saturday Doubleheader". ARCARacing.com. November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "ARCA Menards Series 2021 Schedule Features 20 Races At 19 Tracks". ARCARacing.com. December 1, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Fox Sports Names Jamie Little Play-By-Play Announcer For 2021 ARCA Menards Series". ARCARacing.com. November 16, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  4. ^ "Brad Smith planning on returning for full season". ThePitLane. January 9, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021. Veteran owner/driver Brad Smith plans on returning to the ARCA Menards Series full time this season. (...) Although Smith is planning to compete full time, the team needs sponsorship.
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