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tragic news. RIP

Oh no, that's awful news. RIP.

Mason Mitchell Motorsports announced they were ceasing operations this morning. That adds to a list of teams that have either ceased operations as well or cut back on their schedules, like Schrader, Praytor and the #23. Car counts for some of the leftover short track races might get pretty slim, which is sad to see.

Sounds like Empire Racing bought all of Mason Mitchell's equipment. They might be going full-time next year, maybe with Thad Moffitt driving.

IRP will be broadcast on ARCARacing.com in association with Speed51

Dylan Martin (raced for Empire Racing in several races over the past couple years) ended up getting in a horrible motorcycle crash on Sunday, sound like he is injured pretty bad from what I've heard. He & his family could use all of the prayers & positive vibes that they can get at this time.

I found out about it from Zippy's Facebook page. He is a good friend of Zippy. Apparently a car pulled out in front of him and he hit it. He suffered a lot of broken bones and a head injury, according to what his father posted. He's in critical condition.

sounds like Dylan has been fighting this pretty hard & has made some progress over the last few days

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ARCA & NASCAR has announced the framework for ARCA, K&N East, K&N West and a new mini-series for 2020 & beyond.
https://www.mrn.com/2018/10/06/nascar-l ... ries-2020/

- ARCA will stay as a separate entity & series with 20 races planned total, 10 on larger speedways & 10 on short tracks.
- K&N East & K&N West will each have 6-8 races total in their divisions on oval tracks under 1 mile
- NASCAR has formed a new mini-championship under ARCA's 10 short track events as a combined championship open to all 3 series competitors (minimum number of races required for K&N competitors to enter)
- Engine rules will stay the same for both series, with the Ilmor Spec Engine on the ARCA side & the RYR spec engine on the K&N side
- Age limits will be 18+ on superspeedways & speedways, and 15+ on short tracks

I'm intrigued by the changes to the K&N/ARCA Series.

ARCA will return to Five Flags Speedway next year, this will be their first race at the track since 1996.
https://www.arcaracing.com/articles/201 ... ds-in-2019

Christian Eckes is going to run for the ARCA Championship with Venturini Motorsports. You'd have to call him one of the early favorites for the championship.

Salem will feature 2 races next year as usual. Other confirmed dates on the schedule so far include: Daytona, Five Flags, Pocono (June), Michigan, Iowa, Pocono (July) & Springfield.
https://www.arcaracing.com/articles/201 ... ce-in-2019

Charlotte Motor Speedway slates that ARCA should be returning on Pole Night for the 600 in 2019.
https://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com/ ... -tire-150/

And they'll probably be the fastest cars on track that day.

Not if Vegan Strong has anything to do with it.

While it has been known for a while, the final race for the steel bodies is next weekend at IRP
https://www.arcaracing.com/articles/201 ... il-raceway

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known ARCA races scheduled (so far) for 2020:
02/08/20 - Daytona International Speedway (FL)
03/06/20 - ISM Raceway (AZ)
05/21/20 - Charlotte Motor Speedway (NC)
06/06/20 - Michigan International Speedway (MI)
06/18/20 - Chicagoland Speedway (IL)
06/25/20 - Pocono Raceway (PA)
07/17/20 - Iowa Speedway (IA)

ARCA Menards Series returns to Indianapolis & Lucas Oil Raceway on Saturday night for a 200 lap contest. This will be the final short track race of the 2019 season, and the final race for steel body cars in the current future of the series - which also means that this will be the final race (at this time) for a Dodge in ARCA. MavTV & LucasOilRacing.TV is slated to broadcast the event live. Supporting the event will be the Thunder Roadsters (Indiana Club)

Entry Lists:
ARCA Menards Series at IRP - 20 cars entered

Essential Links:
Event Schedule
Weather Forecasts: IRP

Broadcast Info:
MavTV will broadcast the race live this Saturday at 09:00PM ET. For streaming options of the channel, here is the following: FuboTV, NKT.tv & TikiLive
LucasOilRacing.TV will simulcast the MavTV broadcast, a yearly subscription to the service is required to watch the broadcast.

NASCAR has announced the future plans for ARCA in 2020.

ARCA's primary championship will become the ARCA Menards Series | National Championship - it will continue to feature 20 races. 10 of those races will be apart of the new Showdown Championship. Rules package has been modified to allow K&N cars into the series.

ARCA will add 2 regional series to their banner, as they will take over the K&N East / K&N West from NASCAR. Those series will feature 6 to 8 races each year, and will run the same rules as the ARCA series for crossover between National + Showdown & the regional tours.

Several tracks that host ARCA & K&N dates currently have merged their dates into 1, most notably Iowa was the first to announce their date merger as the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour takes over the old K&N date.

FOX Sports & MavTV / LucasOilRacing.TV will continue to broadcast ARCA Menards Series | National races - all 20 of them (including showdown rounds) will be live. NBCSN will continue to have tape delay coverage of the ARCA regional series races.

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CONFIRMED DATES (by series or track) + OTHER NOTED TRACKS
NATIONAL + SHOWDOWN
02/08/20 - Daytona International Speedway (FL)
03/06/20 - ISM Raceway (AZ)
05/21/20 - Charlotte Motor Speedway (NC)
06/06/20 - Michigan International Speedway (MI)
06/18/20 - Chicagoland Speedway (IL)
06/25/20 - Pocono Raceway (PA)
07/17/20 - Iowa Speedway (IA)
09/26/20 - Memphis Motorsports Park (TN)
10/16/20 - Kansas Speedway (KS)
--- NOTED TRACKS IN PRESS RELEASE ---
Bristol Motor Speedway (TN) ("K&N East" date slated for spring weekend, TBA in August)
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds (IL)
Elko Speedway (MN)
Illinois State Fairgrounds (IL)
Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis (IN)
Madison International Speedway (WI)
Salem Speedway (IN)
Talladega Superspeedway (AL)
World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway (IL)

ARCA East
NOTED TRACKS
Dover International Speedway (DE)
Five Flags Speedway (FL)
New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NH)
Toledo Speedway (OH)
Watkins Glen International (NY)

ARCA West
02/18/20 - The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (NV)
NOTED TRACKS
All American Speedway (CA)
Irwindale Speedway (CA)
ISM Raceway (AZ)
Sonoma Raceway (CA)