2017 ARCA Racing Series explained

The 2017 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards was the 65th season of the ARCA Racing Series. The season began on February 18 with the Lucas Oil 200 Driven by General Tire and ended on October 20 with the Kansas 150. Austin Theriault, driving for Ken Schrader Racing, won the drivers' championship on the strength of seven wins. Dalton Sargeant, winner of three races, was runner-up to Theriault.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Manufacturer	Team		Driver
Chevrolet	Bret Holmes Racing	23	Bret Holmes (R)
	Mason Mitchell Motorsports	78	Kyle Weatherman
	Tyler Roahrig
	Cole Anderson
	Ryan Repko
	Trevor Noles
	Justin Haley
	Chase Purdy
	Sheldon Creed
	Myatt Snider
	Blaine Perkins
Ford	Cole Custer
	Cunningham Motorsports	22	Shane Lee
	77	Dalton Sargeant
	James Hylton Motorsports	48	Brad Smith
	Max Force Racing	9	Thomas Praytor
	RFMS Racing	27	A. J. Fike
	Travis Braden
	P. J. Jones
Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Matt Tifft
	Riley Herbst (R)	18
	Venturini Motorsports	15	Leilani Münter
	Christian Eckes
	Spencer Davis
	Kyle Benjamin
	Noah Gragson
	Tanner Thorson
	Cole Rouse
	25	Tom Hessert III
		Raphaël Lessard
		Natalie Decker
		Spencer Davis
		Tanner Thorson
		Christopher Bell
	55	Noah Gragson
		Zane Smith (R)
		Frankie Kimmel
		Bo LeMastus
		Tom Berte
		Natalie Decker
		Spencer Davis
	Win-Tron Racing	32	Gus Dean
	33	Justin Fontaine (R)
		Mason Mingus
		Terry Jones
		Tyler Dippel
		Austin Wayne Self
Chevrolet Ford Toyota	Ken Schrader Racing	52	Austin Theriault (R)
Chevrolet Ford	Hixson Motorsports	2	Eric Caudell (R)
Chevrolet Ford	Hixson Motorsports Ciccarelli Racing Universe Racing	3	Mike Senica
	Steve Fox
	Ray Ciccarelli
	Bobby Dale Earnhardt
	Rick Tackman
	Ron Cox
	Joe Cooksey
	Darrell Basham
	Richard Hauck
Chevrolet Dodge Ford	Wayne Peterson Racing	0	Con Nicolopoulos
	Don Thompson
	Mark Meunier
	James Swanson
Chevrolet ^[1] Ford	06	Scott Edwards
		Mark Blasingim
		Mark Meunier
		Don Thompson
		Dale Matchett
		Con Nicolopoulos
Chevrolet Toyota Dodge Ford	Fast Track Racing Hillenburg-Schrader Racing	10	Ed Pompa
	Rick Clifton
	Tony Mrakovich
	Austin Nemire
	James Swanson
	Morgen Baird
	Dick Doheny
	Zach Ralston
	A. J. Fike
	Tyler Speer
Ford Chevrolet	Kimmel Racing	69	Ricky Sanders
Ford Chevrolet	Will Kimmel
Toyota	Nick Higdon
Toyota	Bo LeMastus
Ford Chevrolet	Mullins Racing Darrell Basham Racing	34	Willie Mullins
Ford Chevrolet	Mike Basham	34

Limited schedule

Manufacturer	Team		Driver
Chevrolet	Allgaier Motorsports	16	Grant Enfinger
	Ferrier Racing	16	John Ferrier
	Bayird Motorsports	45	Peyton Taylor
	Brother-In-Law Racing	57	Bryan Dauzat
	Frankie Kimmel	57
	Chad Finley Racing	51	Chad Finley
	Ebert Racing	19	David Sear
	Finney Racing Enterprises	04	Scott Reeves
	Hixson Motorsports	31	Mike Senica
	Josh Williams Motorsports	31	Josh Williams
	MacZink Racing	65	Jeffery MacZink
	Mason Mitchell Motorsports	28
	88	Kaz Grala
		Brandon Lynn
		Mason Mitchell
		Michael Womack
		Michael Self
		Chase Purdy
	98	Quin Houff
	98
	Our Motorsports	02	Andy Seuss
	Reese Motorsports	62	Chris Reese
	Wayne Peterson Racing	88	Con Nicolopoulos
	Wayne Peterson	88
	90	James Swanson
Dodge	Derrick Lancaster Racing	83	Derrick Lancaster
Dodge	ESP Motorsports	71	Gene Paul
Ford	Ciccarelli Racing	38	Ray Ciccarelli
	Clubb Racing	97	Alex Clubb
	Cunningham Motorsports	99	Ty Majeski
	Austin Cindric	99
	Empire Racing	43	Sean Corr
	46		Sean Corr
		Thad Moffitt
		John Ferrier
	Kimmel Racing	08	Ricky Sanders
	Kevin Hinckle	08
	Lira Motorsports	6
	58	Clint King
	MBM Motorsports	66	Mark Thompson
	Mullins Racing	28	Robert Bruce
	Mystic Motorsports	07	Dan Bainey
	Brian Kaltreider	07
	96	Bobby Dale Earnhardt
	96	Kevin Kromer
	Norm Hutton Racing	37	David LeBeau
	Platinum Motorsports	01	Travis Braden
Toyota	Hendren Motorsports	24	Ryan Unzicker
	Joe Gibbs Racing	81	Riley Herbst (R)
	MDM Motorsports	12	Sheldon Creed
	Venturini Motorsports	20	Zane Smith (R)
	Tom Berte	20
	Rette Jones Racing	30
Chevrolet	Brother-In-Law Racing Hillenburg-Schrader Racing Fast Track Racing	11
Toyota	Tony Mrakovich
Toyota	Brandon Grosso
Chevrolet	Bob Schacht Motorsports	75	Benny Chastain
Toyota	A. J. Henriksen	75
Chevrolet Ford	Bobby Gerhart Racing	5	Bobby Gerhart
Dodge Toyota	Crosley Sports Group	42	Bo LeMastus
Ford Chevrolet	Dale Shearer Racing Karth Racing	94	Dale Shearer
	Mark Meunier

Dodge Chevrolet	Dream Team of Pasco	67	Cody Lane
Chevrolet Dodge Ford	Finney Racing Enterprises	80	Caesar Bacarella
Chevrolet Dodge Ford	Brian Finney	80
Dodge Chevrolet	Grant County Mulch Racing	7	Codie Rohrbaugh
Toyota Chevrolet	MDM Motorsports	8	Vinnie Miller
	Brandon Jones
	Zane Smith (R)
Toyota Chevrolet	28	Michael Self
		Sheldon Creed
		Travis Miller
		Justin Haley
		Harrison Burton
		Kyle Benjamin
		Matt Tifft
		Zane Smith (R)
Toyota Chevrolet	41	Vinnie Miller
		Kaz Grala
		Brian Wong
		Kyle Benjamin
		Zane Smith (R)

Notes

Changes

Teams

Joe Gibbs Racing returned in the ARCA series with Riley Herbst in the No. 18 Toyota Camry full-time. Herbst was ineligible to race at Daytona, which was raced instead by Matt Tifft^[2]

Drivers

Zane Smith drove in 11 races for Venturini Motorsports in the No. 55 Toyota Camry. Smith was ineligible to race at Daytona and Talladega, which were raced instead by Noah Gragson.^[3]
Gus Dean drove for Win-Tron Racing full-time in the No. 32 Toyota Camry.^[4] Dean drove for Mason Mitchell Motorsports in 5 races in and won at Talladega in his second start.
Dalton Sargeant drove for Cunningham Motorsports full-time in the No. 77 Ford Fusion, replacing champion Chase Briscoe, who moved to Brad Keselowski Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Sargeant drove 15 races for Venturini Motorsports in the No. 55 and won the Berlin race in 2016.^[5]
Quin Houff drove the No. 98 at Daytona for Mason Mitchell Motorsports in his ARCA debut.^[6]
Shane Lee drove full-time for Cunningham Motorsports in 2017.^[7]

Schedule

No.	Race title	Track	Date	TV
1	Lucas Oil Complete Engine Treatment 200	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach	February 18	FS1
2	Music City 200	Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, Nashville	April 8	MAVTV
3	Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200	Salem Speedway, Salem	April 30	MAVTV
4	General Tire 200	Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln	May 6	FS2
5	Menards 200	Toledo Speedway, Toledo	May 21	FS1
6	Shore Lunch 250	Elko Speedway, Elko	June 3	MAVTV
7	General Tire #AnywhereIsPossible 200	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond	June 9	FS1
8	Corrigan Oil 200	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn	June 16	FS1
9	Montgomery Ward 200	Madison International Speedway, Oregon	June 23	MAVTV
10	Fans With Benefits 150	Iowa Speedway, Newton	July 8	MAVTV
11	Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200	Lucas Oil Raceway, Brownsburg	July 21	FS1
12	ModSpace 150	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond	July 28	FS1
13	Winchester ARCA 200	Winchester Speedway, Winchester	August 6	MAVTV
14	Herr's Potato Chips 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Springfield	August 20	MAVTV
15	Road America 100	Road America, Elkhart Lake	August 27	MAVTV
16	General Tire Grabber 100	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Du Quoin	September 4	MAVTV
17	Eddie Gilstrap Motors Fall Classic 200	Salem Speedway, Salem	September 9	MAVTV
18	Scott 150	Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet	September 14	FS1
19	Crosley Brands 150	Kentucky Speedway, Sparta	September 22	FS1
20	Kansas 150	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City	October 20	FS2

Results and standings

Races

No.	Race	Pole Position	Most laps led	Winning driver		No.	Winning team
1	Lucas Oil Complete Engine Treatment 200	Tom Hessert III	Terry Jones	Austin Theriault	Chevrolet	52	Ken Schrader Racing
2	Music City 200	Kyle Weatherman	Kyle Weatherman	Chad Finley	Chevrolet	51	Chad Finley Racing
3	Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200	Travis Miller	Christian Eckes	Dalton Sargeant	Ford	77	Cunningham Motorsports
4	General Tire 200	Dalton Sargeant	Austin Theriault	Justin Haley	Toyota	28	MDM Motorsports
5	Menards 200	Dalton Sargeant	Dalton Sargeant	Harrison Burton	Toyota	28	MDM Motorsports
6	Shore Lunch 250	Riley Herbst	Riley Herbst	Austin Theriault	Toyota	52	Ken Schrader Racing
7	General Tire#AnywhereIsPossible 200	Brandon Jones	Riley Herbst	Riley Herbst	Toyota	18	Joe Gibbs Racing
8	Corrigan Oil 200	Brandon Jones	Kyle Weatherman	Brandon Jones	Chevrolet	8	MDM Motorsports
9	Montgomery Ward 200	Dalton Sargeant	Austin Theriault	Austin Theriault	Toyota	52	Ken Schrader Racing
10	Fans With Benefits 150	Shane Lee	Shane Lee	Dalton Sargeant	Ford	77	Cunningham Motorsports
11	Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200	Austin Cindric	Chad Finley	Dalton Sargeant	Ford	77	Cunningham Motorsports
12	ModSpace 150	Kaz Grala	Kaz Grala	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	78	Mason Mitchell Motorsports
13	Winchester ARCA 200	Kyle Benjamin	Kyle Benjamin	Kyle Benjamin	Toyota	28	MDM Motorsports
14	Herr's Potato Chips 100	Austin Theriault	Grant Enfinger	Grant Enfinger	Chevrolet	16	Allgaier Motorsports
15	Road America 100	Austin Cindric	Austin Cindric	Austin Theriault	Ford	52	Ken Schrader Racing
16	General Tire Grabber 100	Will Kimmel	Shane Lee	Austin Theriault	Toyota	52	Ken Schrader Racing
17	Eddie Gilstrap Motors Fall Classic 200	Zane Smith	Austin Theriault	Austin Theriault	Ford	52	Ken Schrader Racing
18	Scott 150	Brandon Jones	Ty Majeski	Christopher Bell	Toyota	25	Venturini Motorsports
19	Crosley Brands 150	Sheldon Creed	Sheldon Creed	Austin Theriault	Ford	52	Ken Schrader Racing
20	Kansas 150	Zane Smith	Sheldon Creed	Michael Self	Chevrolet	28	MDM Motorsports

Drivers' championship

(key)

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

Pos	Driver	DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH	MAD	IOW	IRP	POC	WIN	ISF	ROA	DSF	SLM	CHI	KEN	KAN	Points
1	Austin Theriault	1	4	5	4*	6	1	9	2	1*	2	4	8	3	2	1	1	1*	2	1*	25	5330
2	Dalton Sargeant	4	9	1	27	2*	8	6	3	6	1	1	5	16	10	8	8	3	6	4	5	5030
3	Shane Lee	3	12	4	5	22	7	28	15	4	11*	9	13	6	5	4	6*	9	8	5	4	4735
4	Gus Dean	32	23	2	6	7	5	5	5	9	10	6	7	5	11	9	3	5	14	18	15	4595
5	Riley Herbst	Wth	7	12	8	5	3*	1*	16	3	12	13	2	17	16	2	16	17	13	7	9	4555
6	Bret Holmes	6	13	7	22	24	4	14	4	7	9	8	14	8	20	10	12	7	10	21	10	4450
7	Thomas Praytor	29	28	14	12	14	15	24	19	13	18	17	22	14	13	19	11	16	30	14	20	3790
8	Brad Smith	17	21	17	17	17	17	31	20	16	17	24	24	19	17	24	21	21	26	26	22	3530
9	Zane Smith	Wth	10	6	Wth	4	6	4	23	2	13	7	3	15				2		2	3	3305
10	Eric Caudell	36	22	20	35	27	18	26	18	18	19	28	30	21	26	28	17	20	20	24	23	3220
11	Con Nicolopoulos	39	26	19	21	20	20	33	24	17	22	27	DNQ	20	25	22	DNS	18	27	20	DNQ	2985
12	A. J. Fike	34	15	15	11	16	9	18	13	12	15	15	20	12	8		22	8				2970
13	Mike Basham			16		15		23	27	14	16	16	25	13	15	20	15	13	18	23	18	2745
14	Justin Fontaine	13					11	21	26	11	23	22	26	9				11	15	10	14	2180
15	Sheldon Creed		6					8	17		3	5			4		2		31	3	19	2050
16	Christian Eckes		3	8*		8	2			5	8	10		2	6			19				1980
17	Mark Meunier			21		18	21		25	19	DNS	19		DNQ	19	23	20	22	25	27	26	1865
18	Bobby Gerhart	15	24		7	13		17				12	19	18		17						1360
19	Codie Rohrbaugh	14			14			12	8				11						29	16	8	1285
20	Spencer Davis				3			11	9		7	14								15	7	1280
21	Chad Finley		1			3			12			3*							5		11	1240
22	Bo LeMastus	25			10	12								11	22	13		12		25		1190
23	Natalie Decker					11	13	27					10			7				12	12	1150
24	Michael Self	27						3			4	2							17		1	1135
25	Nick Higdon		19			26		22	11		20		12						21	22		1100
26	Will Kimmel			18	33		22			20		26			9		7	10				1075
27	Kyle Weatherman	8	2*	3	32			16	14*		5											1040
28	Vinnie Miller		25			9		10	10		6									13		1020
29	Ty Majeski							7	6										7	6	2	1005
30	Tom Hessert III	5			9										14		10	15				900
31	Travis Braden	22												4					11	9	17	845
32	Ed Pompa	30			24			19					16			26		14			24	845
33	Brandon Jones							2	1										3			695
34	Noah Gragson	26			30								9			25			4			685
35	Justin Haley				1								1								6	680
36	Kyle Benjamin								7					1					12			615
37	Bryan Dauzat	38			23								18						17		16	590
38	Mike Senica	23	29									20	29	DNQ					23			555
39	Chase Purdy													7				6		17		540
40	Tony Mrakovich		8	9				15														530
41	Willie Mullins	40	17		16		14															485
42	Sean Corr	11			15								17									475
43	Tyler Dippel					25									3		18					460
44	Andy Seuss	20			2														24			460
45	Thad Moffitt		16			23						11										440
46	Frankie Kimmel							13							24		13					440
47	Ricky Sanders	7			29											18						420
48	Kaz Grala	10											4									405
49	Bobby Dale Earnhardt					21	19	25														390
50	Mason Mingus		5	11																		385
51	Raphaël Lessard		33	13										10								370
52	John Ferrier	18						20					22									360
53	Tyler Speer														7		14					355
54	Joe Cooksey														12		9					355
55	Cole Rouse																			11	13	340
56	Ryan Unzicker														21		4					340
57	Rick Tackman								28	15						27						340
58	Matt Tifft	12														15						335
59	Kevin Hinckle										21	29									21	335
60	Dale Shearer		30									18			23							335
61	Zach Ralston										24	25							22			335
62	James Swanson						16							QL					28	28		330
63	Tanner Thorson									10							19					320
64	Tom Berte												15						16			305
65	Austin Cindric											23				12						305
66	Ray Ciccarelli	21			13																	290
67	Terry Jones	2*			36																	280
68	Steve Fox			22				DNS					21									270
69	Dick Doheny									21										19		260
70	Cody Lane	DNQ	27		19																	255
71	Grant Enfinger														1*							245
72	Christopher Bell																		1			240
73	Harrison Burton					1																240
74	Leilani Münter	19			28																	225
75	Don Thompson				20			32					DNQ									225
76	P. J. Jones															3						220
77	Josh Williams																	4				210
78	Brandon Grosso																5					205
79	Michael Womack															5						205
80	Austin Wayne Self															6						200
81	Brian Finney		11																			200
82	Michael Lira	37	18																			185
83	Ryan Repko									8												185
84	Clint King	9																				185
85	Blaine Perkins																			9		185
86	Travis Miller			10																		185
87	Scott Reeves		14																			185
88	Myatt Snider																		9			185
89	Cole Anderson						10															180
90	Tyler Roahrig					10																180
91	Cole Custer															11						175
92	Caesar Bacarella	33			25																	170
93	Robert Bruce						12															170
94	Mason Mitchell										14											160
95	Brian Wong															14						155
96	A. J. Henriksen															16						150
97	Derrick Lancaster	16																				150
98	Mark Thompson	31			31																	145
99	Brandon Lynn				18																	145
100	Alex Clubb														18							140
101	Austin Nemire					19																140
102	Rick Clifton		20																			130
103	Morgen Baird								21													125
104	Dick Karth															21						125
105	Trevor Noles											21										125
106	David Sear								22													120
107	David LeBeau	35			34																	115
108	Darrell Basham																	23				115
109	Brian Kaltreider												23									115
110	Peyton Taylor																23					115
111	Scott Edwards	24																				110
112	Ron Cox										25											105
113	Benny Chastain				26																	105
114	Dale Matchett							30					DNQ									105
115	Kevin Kromer												27									95
116	Quin Houff	28																				95
117	Dan Bainey							29														85
118	Wayne Peterson								29													85
119	Mark Blasingim		31																			75
120	Chris Reese		32																			70
	Richard Hauck																			DNS		25
	Gene Paul	DNQ																				25
	Jeffery MacZink								Wth													25

Notes and References

Initially at Iowa, the No. 0 car was a Chevrolet and No. 06 was a Dodge. The Dodge suffered an engine failure, so the team ran the No. 06 as a Chevrolet in the race while the No. 0 withdrew.
News: Rookie Riley Herbst joins Joe Gibbs Racing for ARCA ride in 2017. December 23, 2016. ARCA Racing. December 15, 2016. December 21, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161221003408/http://www.arcaracing.com/articles/2004790-rookie-riley-herbst-joins-joe-gibbs-racing-for-arca-ride-in-2017. dead.
News: Venturini Motorsports signs Zane Smith for 2017 season. December 23, 2016. ARCA Racing. November 18, 2016.
News: Gus Dean, GREE join Win-Tron Racing for full '17 ARCA season. December 23, 2016. ARCA Racing. December 8, 2016.
News: Ford Performance names Cunningham Mtrsprts driver development partner for '17. December 23, 2016. ARCA Racing. December 10, 2016.
News: Rookie Quin Houff, Mason Mitchell Motorsports partner for Daytona. December 23, 2016. ARCA Racing. December 13, 2016.
Web site: Shane Lee joins Cunningham Motorsports for '17 season . ARCA Racing . 7 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170107171407/http://www.arcaracing.com/articles/2004870-shane-lee-joins-cunningham-motorsports-for-17-season . 7 January 2017 . dead . 14 February 2022.