2025 ARCA Menards Series schedule released: Daytona on FOX, Lime Rock and more
TEMPERANCE, Mich. — Officials unveiled the 2025 ARCA Menards Series schedule Friday with a historic first at Daytona International Speedway to open the season.
The Feb. 15 race at Daytona will be broadcast live on FOX at 12 p.m. ET. It will mark the first time an ARCA Menards Series race has been broadcast live on an over-the-air network.
Daytona will kick off a 20-race slate, encompassing 19 different tracks.
Lime Rock Park will join the schedule for the first time, becoming the 181st different track the series has raced on. It also marks the first time the series has raced in Connecticut, now the 32nd different state in series history.
Madison International Speedway is also back on the schedule with a race scheduled for August.
The ARCA Menards Series will have four combination races with the ARCA Menards Series East – Dover, Lucas Oil IRP, Iowa and Bristol – and one combination race with the ARCA Menards Series West – Phoenix.
Mid-Ohio and Milwaukee are off the schedule next season.
2025 ARCA Menards Series schedule
| Date | Track | Start time | TV channel |
| Feb. 15 | Daytona International Speedway | Noon ET | FOX |
| March 7 | Phoenix Raceway | 8 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| April 26 | Talladega Superspeedway | 12:30 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| May 9 | Kansas Speedway | 8 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| May 23 | Charlotte Motor Speedway | 6 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| June 6 | Michigan International Speedway | 5 p.m. ET | FS2 |
| June 14 | Berlin Raceway | 7 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| June 21 | Elko Speedway | 9 p.m. ET | FS2 |
| June 28 | Lime Rock Park | 4 p.m. ET | FS2 |
| July 18 | Dover Motor Speedway | 5 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| July 25 | Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park | 5:30 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| Aug. 1 | Iowa Speedway | 7 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| Aug. 8 | Watkins Glen International | 2 p.m. ET | FS2 |
| Aug. 17 | Illinois State Fairgrounds | 2 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| Aug. 22 | Madison International Speedway | 9 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| Aug. 31 | DuQuoin State Fairgrounds | 8:30 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| Sept. 11 | Bristol Motor Speedway | 5:30 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| Sept. 20 | Salem Speedway | 8 p.m. ET | FS2 |
| Sept. 26 | Kansas Speedway | 8 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| Oct. 4 | Toledo Speedway | 4 p.m. ET | FS2 |
(All dates are tentative and subject to change.)
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