Brad Keselowski gives the vivid inside story of 2012 Watkins Glen finish

By Daniel McFadinDec 20, 2019, 7:00 AM EST

Brad Keselowski didn’t win the 2012 NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International.

He came in second to Marcos Ambrose.

But the way he finished second, in a dramatic last-lap battle with Ambrose, resulted in it being voted the No. 1 race finish of the decade by NBC Sports’ NASCAR writers.

Late Thursday night, the Team Penske driver took to Twitter and for roughly two hours shared his perspective on the last lap around the road course, which he is “proud” to be part of, even if it did add fuel to his rivalry with Kyle Busch for “years to come.”

Here’s his tweet thread.

https://t.co/P60zHG6AoF

First a must watch video recap for those that don’t know and for me to reference. 😊

— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) December 20, 2019

2). In this race particularly, I over drove the car earlier trying to stay ahead of the 18 & 9 cars. The tires fell off and we just couldn’t keep up. Since their was no pressure behind us, I fell back 3 seconds from the lead to save the tires and see if they’d fall back to me.

— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) December 20, 2019

4). I just passed one of the all time great road racers in @MarcosAmbrose , “don’t let him back by,” I remember thinking.

As we went through the next 2 corners, the white flag was flying & we had a decent gap in my mirror. 1 lap to go, “smooth and no mistakes,” I said to myself

— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) December 20, 2019

6). As we dove down into turn 1 for the final lap I had a tough decision to make. My tires were wore down, the car in front of me was getting closer and he may also have a problem; how hard do I charge this corner?

In a split second the choice was made,
I slowed down way early.

— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) December 20, 2019

8). The success of the maneuver aside, I screamed a self deprecating expletive at myself for not driving harder.

Their was no time to think about why that worked, the 18 is now right in front of me and off the track. 3 seconds gained in 2 laps and now we have a shot to win!

— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) December 20, 2019

10). I committed to turn 2 in a low line as Kyle merged simultaneously in front of me and off the pace. We made contact and the 18 spun. To this day, many people think I took him out. Intentionally

This isn’t how I felt or feel but it’s part of the story nonetheless.

— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) December 20, 2019

12). Driving away from the accident scene it was immediately obvious that we had sustained major damage to the LF corner of the car. Smoke was pouring into the cockpit and we were in trouble.

A quick check of my mirror off the esses confirmed my suspicion. The 9 car was on us.

— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) December 20, 2019

14). Deep into the interloop braking zone I knew something was wrong, we weren’t slowing down! “I’ve thrown away this race,” I thought as it became clear the dirt in the runoff was my only option to avoid spinning the car out.

“How stupid am I?!?!” flashed through my mind.

— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) December 20, 2019

16). This particular day was very overcast, additionally the track was very dirty from a full day’s racing. This combination made it almost impossible to see oil for both the drivers and spotters.

It wasn’t until 3 corners were left that I knew the track was fully oiled down.

— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) December 20, 2019

18). This corner was way bad with oil. With the 9 car sensing blood in the water he charged hard into the corner as I drove soft on entry.

Divinely, He would slide out of control but this time not into dirt, but rather clean and grippy asphalt as this corner had a wide runoff.

— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) December 20, 2019

20). Any chance of getting away from him over the final 2 corners was now gone. As I struggled from the contact he drove by barely clearing us into turn 10. The next to last corner…

“What a little shove back quickly passed through my mind?” And was soon delivered with a grin😊

— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) December 20, 2019

22). In the final turn, a moment of jubilation struck. I could see that all the corners had oil in the bottom lanes. Although we were in a dead heat, I was on the outside and sure to have that cleaner asphalt that Marcos put to good use in the last 2 corners before…

— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) December 20, 2019

24). Takeaways- This race will live in lore forever. Being an integral part of the best voted nascar race of the decade is quite an honor.

Another 2nd place.

Kyle would miss out on the win and miss the chase (playoffs). Our relationship consequently added another sad chapter.

— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) December 20, 2019

Thank you 😊

Appreciate your patience, it was wrote over a few hours while trying to put a deliriously tired 4 year old to bed 🤣 https://t.co/ivr3V3iWrp

— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) December 20, 2019

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NASCAR Power Rankings: Memorable quotes through the years

By Mike HembreeNov 29, 2022, 8:00 AM EST

The best quotes from drivers and others involved in NASCAR competition often come in the heat of the moment — after a crash or a close finish or a controversial decision by officials.

NASCAR’s history is filled with memorable quotes from drivers who won races to drivers who watched wins slip away to officials caught in a moment of history.

Here’s a look at 10 that stand out:

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1. “I didn’t mean to turn him around. I meant to rattle his cage, though.” — Dale Earnhardt, describing how he didn’t mean to wreck Terry Labonte after he wrecked Labonte on the last lap at Bristol Motor Speedway to win the Aug. 28, 1999 race.

2. “They have a golden horseshoe stuck up their ass. There’s no way to get around that.” — Kevin Harvick, Feb. 21, 2010, offering his opinion on why Jimmie Johnson and his Hendrick Motorsports team won so many races after Johnson outran him to win at Auto Club Speedway.

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3. “It’s a stump-puller.” — Sterling Marlin, emphasizing the strength of his engine after he won the Daytona 500 Feb. 19, 1995.

4. “It’s probably not his fault. His wife wears the firesuit in the family and tells him what to do.” — Joey Logano, talking about Kevin Harvick after they were involved in a late-race crash at Pocono Raceway June 6, 2010. Harvick’s wife, DeLana, often wore a firesuit similar to those worn by team members during races.

5. “Do you have a brother?” — Ward Burton, responding to a reporter who asked if it was tougher to finish second because the race winner was his brother, Jeff, March 7, 1999 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

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6. “I couldn’t hear him. He’s got that little yap-yap mouth. I couldn’t tell what he was saying.” — Ricky Rudd, commenting on what Kevin Harvick said to him after they wrecked at Richmond Raceway, Sept. 6, 2003.

7. “We can’t race with tears in our eyes.” — team owner Robert Yates, explaining why his team would not participate in the next week’s race after its driver, Davey Allison, was killed in a helicopter crash, July 1993.

8. “He’d have to toast everyone with milk.” — Dale Earnhardt, commenting on the celebratory drink choice Jeff Gordon might make if he ever won the Cup championship. After he won the 1995 Cup title, Gordon followed through, toasting his championship with a glass of milk at the awards banquet.

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9. “You know they say there’s talkers and doers. I’ve done this twice.” — Tony Stewart, winning the pre-race trash-talk contest with Carl Edwards prior to the 2011 race for the championship. Stewart had won the title in 2002 and 2005 and notched another over Edwards in 2011.

10. “This is undoubtedly one of the toughest announcements that I’ve ever personally had to make, but after the accident in Turn 4 of the Daytona 500 we’ve lost Dale Earnhardt.” — NASCAR President Mike Helton, confirming Earnhardt’s death at Daytona International Speedway, Feb. 18, 2001.

Honorable mentions: David Pearson, after being told that Richard Petty had said Pearson was the best driver he ever raced against: “I agree with him.” … CBS broadcaster Ken Squier, calling the famous finish of the 1979 Daytona 500: “And there’s a fight between Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison! The tempers, overflowing. They are angry. They know they have lost. And what a bitter defeat.” … NASCAR founder Bill France, providing a unique ending to a pre-race prayer after temporarily forgetting to use Amen: “Sincerely, Bill France.”

Snowball Derby entry list includes NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, Truck drivers

By Dustin LongNov 28, 2022, 1:30 PM EST

Four Cup drivers are among those entered for Sunday’s 55th annual Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida.

The Cup drivers entered are former series champion Brad Keselowski, playoff competitor William Byron, two-time Southern 500 winner Erik Jones and incoming Cup rookie Noah Gragson, who advanced to the Xfinity title race this year.

Also entered: Josh Berry, who competed in the Xfinity championship race this year, and Ty Majeski, who competed in the Truck championship race this year.

Majeski won the 2020 Snowball Derby. Gragson won the race in 2018. Jones won the event in 2012 and ’13.

Others entered include:

Derek Kraus, who was 11th in the Truck points this season.
Sammy Smith, who won the ARCA Menards East Series title this year.
Corey Heim, who won two Truck races in 16 starts this year and will run for his first Truck title in 2023 with TRICON Garage.
Daniel Dye, who finished second to Nick Sanchez for the ARCA Menards Series title this year and will compete in the Truck Series in 2023 for GMS Racing.

Chandler Smith, who won the 2021 Snowball Derby and will drive for Kaulig Racing in the Xfinity Series in 2023, is listed on the entry list but stated on social media he will not be competing.

The Snowball Derby is among the more prestigious Super Late Model races on the calendar and coming after the NASCAR season makes it easier for more Cup, Xfinity and Truck competitors to take part in the event.

Qualifying takes place Saturday. The Snowball Derby is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET Sunday. Racing America will stream Sunday’s race for $49.99. A three-day viewing pass can be purchased for $74.99.

An upset for the ages: Jody Ridley’s 1981 victory at Dover

By Mike HembreeNov 28, 2022, 10:00 AM EST

NASCAR’s history is sprinkled with upsets, from unlikely winners riding the Talladega draft to short tracks that yielded unexpected wins when favored leaders crashed on the final lap.

Survey the list of surprise winners over the decades, and Jody Ridley’s name likely will stand out.

On May 17, 1981, two days shy of his 39^th birthday, Ridley won a 500-mile race at Dover Motor Speedway in Delaware. It was the only victory of Ridley’s Cup career and the only win scored by Virginia team owner Junie Donlavey, who participated in the Cup Series for 45 years, with 863 starts.

Donlavey’s team was perpetually underfunded, and his drivers often raced with tired, overused engines and tires that had too many laps. He survived with a mostly volunteer crew and enough sponsorship to carry him from race to race. Rival drivers and team owners considered Donlavey one of the most popular residents of NASCAR garage areas across those many years, but he rarely had the chance to reach for victory lane.

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On that spring day at Dover, one of NASCAR’s toughest tracks, everything fell the right way. Many of the tour’s leading drivers parked with engine or overheating problems, and the day’s best car – the Wood Brothers entry driven by Neil Bonnett — was sidelined with an engine issue late in the race after leading 404 laps.

Ridley, running a steady race, benefited from an unusual day at Dover. The race had only two cautions, and the final 471 laps of 500 were run under green-flag conditions. A general lack of cautions prevented top teams from changing tires frequently, putting Ridley, who was used to running tires longer than normal, on better footing.

When Cale Yarborough left the race with engine trouble 20 laps from the finish, Ridley inherited the lead — he had been two laps down to Yarborough — and led the rest of the way. He won by 22 seconds over Bobby Allison, who was the only other driver on the lead lap. Dale Earnhardt finished third, a lap down. Illustrating the problems experienced by many in the field — not an unusual result in those days — was the fact that the fourth-place driver, D.K. Ulrich, was nine laps off the lead pace.

Ridley drove into Victory Lane for the first time, much to the delight of Donlavey’s crew.

“Junie took it all in stride,” Ridley, now 80, told NBC Sports. “He wasn’t as excited as the team guys were. Junie was the type of guy who didn’t want to cash in on other people’s bad luck. He kind of felt sorry for the guys who blew up. That’s just the way he was.

“For me, it was the highlight of my career. Once I got into Cup racing, I knew we probably wouldn’t do much winning because we didn’t have the equipment. It was icing on the cake to win that one.”

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Jody’s son Anthony, then 22 years old, was listening to the race via radio in Chatsworth, Georgia, where the family lived.

“I was upstairs at my girlfriend’s house, and I think I bounced all over the upstairs and then floated down to the first floor,” Anthony said. “It was all pretty cool. Dad called home. He’s the kind of guy who doesn’t get real excited about anything, but he was happy.”

The win paid $22,560. Ridley’s cut from the check (40 percent, generally standard in those days) was $9,024, a nice payday but not Ridley’s biggest in Cup. He would win more for finishing in the top 10 in the Daytona 500.

“We were having a good day,” Ridley said, “but I never thought about winning it. We just didn’t have the cars. But we stayed in the hunt, and the other teams couldn’t get too many new tires, and Junie had put a different gear in the car. Normally he would put in a taller gear and drop the RPMs down (to protect the engine), and you couldn’t keep up. For some reason that day, he didn’t. And it paid off.”

Before joining the Cup tour full time in 1980 at age 37, Ridley had established himself as one of the top short-track drivers in the country. Across the South, at top Eastern Seaboard tracks and into the Midwest, a visit by Ridley usually meant a tough night for the locals.

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Ridley’s older brother, Biddle, and Anthony kept the Ridley short-track cars running.

“We did all that together for 36 years,” said Anthony, who started changing tires during pit stops at the age of 14. “It was how we made a living, but trying to feed three families out of a race car is tough.”

Ridley still lives in Chatsworth, where his 1981 victory was a sports highlight for years.

“He can’t hear well, but he’s still tough as a pine knot,” Anthony said.

2023 NASCAR, ARCA schedules

By Dustin LongNov 26, 2022, 9:00 AM EST

The start of the 2023 racing season moves closer with each passing day.

Here are the Cup, Xfinity and Truck schedules (playoff races in bold), along with the ARCA, ARCA East and ARCA West schedules for the upcoming season:

2023 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule

Date	Race / Track	Network	Start Time (ET)	Radio
Sunday, February 5	Clash (L.A. Memorial Coliseum)	FOX	8:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Thursday, February 16	Duel at Daytona	FS1	7:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, February 19	DAYTONA 500	FOX	2:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, February 26	Auto Club	FOX	3:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, March 5	Las Vegas	FOX	3:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, March 12	Phoenix	FOX	3:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, March 19	Atlanta	FOX	3:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, March 26	COTA	FOX	3:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, April 2	Richmond	FS1	3:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, April 9	Bristol Dirt	FOX	7:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, April 16	Martinsville	FS1	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, April 23	Talladega	FOX	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, April 30	Dover	FS1	2:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, May 7	Kansas	FS1	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, May 14	Darlington	FS1	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, May 21	NASCAR All-Star Race (North Wilkesboro)	FS1	8:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, May 28	Charlotte	FOX	6:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, June 4	World Wide Technology Raceway	FS1	3:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, June 11	Sonoma	FOX	3:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, June 25	Nashville Superspeedway	NBC	7:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, July 2	Chicago Street Race	NBC	5:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, July 9	Atlanta	USA	7:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, July 16	New Hampshire	USA	2:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, July 23	Pocono	USA	2:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, July 30	Richmond	USA	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, August 6	Michigan	USA	2:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, August 13	Indianapolis Road Course	NBC	2:30 p.m.	IMS/SiriusXM
Sunday, August 20	Watkins Glen	USA	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, August 26	Daytona	NBC	7:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, September 3	Darlington	USA	6:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, September 10	Kansas	USA	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, September 16	Bristol	USA	7:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, September 24	Texas	USA	3:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, October 1	Talladega	NBC	2:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, October 8	Charlotte Roval	NBC	2:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, October 15	Las Vegas	NBC	2:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, October 22	Homestead-Miami	NBC	2:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, October 29	Martinsville	NBC	2:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, November 5	Phoenix	NBC	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM

2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Schedule

Date	Location	Network	Start Time	Radio
Saturday, February 18	Daytona	FS1	5:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, February 25	Auto Club	FS1	5:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, March 4	Las Vegas	FS1	4:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, March 11	Phoenix	FS1	4:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, March 18	Atlanta	FS1	5:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, March 25	COTA	FS1	5:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, April 1	Richmond	FS1	1:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, April 15	Martinsville	FS1	7:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, April 22	Talladega	FS1	4:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, April 29	Dover	FS1	1:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, May 13	Darlington	FOX	1:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, May 27	Charlotte	FS1	1:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, June 3	Portland	FS1	4:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, June 10	Sonoma	FS1	8:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, June 24	Nashville Superspeedway	USA	3:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, July 1	Chicago Street Race	USA	5:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, July 8	Atlanta	USA	8:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, July 15	New Hampshire	USA	3:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, July 22	Pocono	USA	5:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, July 29	Road America	NBC	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, August 5	Michigan	NBC	3:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, August 12	Indianapolis Road Course	USA	5:30 p.m.	IMS/SiriusXM
Saturday, August 19	Watkins Glen	USA	3:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, August 25	Daytona	USA	7:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, September 2	Darlington	USA	3:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, September 9	Kansas	NBC	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, September 15	Bristol	USA	7:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, September 23	Texas	USA	3:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, October 7	Charlotte Roval	USA	3:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, October 14	Las Vegas	USA	3:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, October 21	Homestead-Miami	NBC	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, October 28	Martinsville	USA	3:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, November 4	Phoenix	USA	7:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM

2023 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Schedule

Date	Location	Network	Start Time	Radio
Friday, February 17	Daytona	FS1	7:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, March 3	Las Vegas	FS1	9:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, March 18	Atlanta	FS1	2:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, March 25	COTA	FS1	1:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, April 1	Texas	FS1	4:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, April 8	Bristol Dirt	FS1	8:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, April 14	Martinsville	FS1	7:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, May 6	Kansas	FS1	8:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, May 12	Darlington	FS1	7:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, May 20	North Wilkesboro	FOX	1:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, May 26	Charlotte	FS1	8:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, June 3	World Wide Technology Raceway	FS1	1:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, June 23	Nashville Superspeedway	FS1	8:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, July 8	Mid-Ohio	FS1	1:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, July 22	Pocono	FS1	12:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, July 29	Richmond	FS1	7:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, August 11	Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis	FS1	9:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, August 27	Milwaukee	FS1	4:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, September 8	Kansas	FS1	9:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Thursday, September 14	Bristol	FS1	9:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, September 30	Talladega	FS1	1:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, October 21	Homestead-Miami	FS1	12:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, November 3	Phoenix	FS1	10:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM

2023 ARCA Menards Series Schedule

Broadcast schedule, including event start times, will be released at a later date.

Feb. 18	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, FL
March 10	Phoenix Raceway	Avondale, AZ
April 22	Talladega Superspeedway	Talladega, AL
May 6	Kansas Speedway	Kansas City, KS
May 26	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Concord, NC
June 17	Berlin Raceway	Marne, MI
June 24	Elko Speedway	Elko, MN
July 7	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, OH
July 15	Iowa Speedway	Newton, IA
July 21	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, PA
Aug. 4	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, MI
Aug. 11	Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park	Brownsburg, IN
Aug. 18	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, NY
Aug. 20	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, IL
Aug. 27	The Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, WI
Sept. 3	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	DuQuoin, IL
Sept. 8	Kansas Speedway	Kansas City, KS
Sept. 14	Bristol Motor Speedway	Bristol, TN
Sept. 30	Salem Speedway	Salem, IN
Oct. 7	Toledo Speedway	Toledo, OH

2023 ARCA Menards Series East Schedule

March 25 Five Flags Speedway Pensacola, Fla.

April 28 Dover Motor Speedway Dover, Del.

May 13 Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville, Tenn.

May 20 Flat Rock Speedway Flat Rock, Mich.

July 15 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa

Aug. 11 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Ind.

Aug. 27 The Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisc.

Sept. 14 Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tenn.

2023 ARCA Menards Series West Schedule

March 10 Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Ariz.

April 1 Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, Calif.

April 22 Kern County Raceway Park Bakersfield, Calif.

June 2 Portland International Raceway Portland, Ore.

June 9 Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, Calif.

July 1 Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, Calif.

July 29 Shasta Speedway Anderson, Calif.

Aug. 19 Evergreen Speedway Evergreen, Wash.

Sept. 30 All-American Speedway Roseville, Calif.

Oct. 13 The Bullring at LVMS Las Vegas, Nev.

Oct. 21 Madera Speedway Madera, Calif.

Nov. 3 Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Ariz.

Each ARCA Menards Series East and West stand-alone race will be streamed live on FloRacing and televised on a delayed basis on USA Network. Race start times, as well as broadcast details for combination races with the ARCA Menards Series will be announced at a later date.

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