A trio of good news came to the ARCA Menards Series at Kansas Speedway on Friday (Sept. 27).
Menards is back.
FOX Sports is back.
And the 2025 schedule is out.
All three announcements are massive for the series. Menards stays with the series as it is fully entrenched as part of the NASCAR ladder system. Hopefully more companies come onboard to increase purses and make the series even more financially worthwhile for teams.
FOX Sports is back and the 2025 season opener at Daytona International Speedway is on FOX. Big FOX. The same TV channel the NASCAR Cup Series’ Daytona 500 will be broadcast on. For a series that has faced criticism over purses, car counts, competition quality, among others – some of those criticisms just, others not as much – airing its season opener, as the opening act to the NASCAR Xfinity Series race later that Saturday, on FOX is huge.
For comparison, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race will be on FOX Sports 1, not FOX.
ARCA viewership could reach an all-time high at Daytona. Per the series, it’ll be the first time in series history that a race will be broadcast live on an over-the-air network. And for as much criticism as FOX’s NASCAR coverage receives, the network’s decision to air Daytona on FOX is a vote of confidence in the series. FOX is backing ARCA for the long haul… or at least until 2028.
It wouldn’t surprise me if the Daytona entry list is large as a result. More possible TV exposure for drivers, teams and sponsors. Remember, nine drivers failed to qualify for the 2024 Daytona race, one that was moved up to late Friday night due to impending weather as well as was broadcast on FS1.
It is a bummer that the ’25 season finale will be broadcast on FOX Sports 2. Hopefully FloRacing will return – series officials are optimistic – to simulcast it as well.
Speaking of the schedule, while there are only two new racetracks, there are multiple changes.
Chiefly of all, the “Hell week,” as several drivers and team members described it, is over. There are no race weekend doubleheaders at two different racetracks. Considering the series didn’t additionally reward those who competed in both events, this is a godsend for much of the garage. Frankly, even for the top-tier teams, it is probably a welcome change too simply from the cost of transporting racecars from one venue to the other in one weekend.
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