The 2017 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards was the 65th season of the

ARCA Racing Series The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three nationa ...

. 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 Austin Leo Theriault (born January 23, 1994) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and politician who recently served in the Maine House of Representatives for the 1st district from 2022 to 2024. As a driver he currently comp ...

, driving for

Ken Schrader Racing Ken Schrader Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, fielding the No. 52 for Natalie Decker. The team was owned by longtime NASCAR driver Ken Schrader. Over the years, Sch ...

, won the drivers' championship on the strength of seven wins.

Dalton Sargeant Daniel Dalton Sargeant (born March 25, 1998) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 25 Chevrolet Silverado for GMS Racing. He was the 2016 ARCA R ...

, winner of three races, was runner-up to Theriault.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Limited schedule

Notes

Changes

Teams

Joe Gibbs Racing Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is an American professional stock car racing organization founded by Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs. His son, J. D. Gibbs, ran the team with him until his death in 2019. Founded in Huntersville, North Carolina, ...

returned in the ARCA series with

Riley Herbst Riley Dederick Kern Herbst (born February 24, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 35 Toyota Camry (XV80), Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing and part-time in the ...

in the No. 18

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full-time. Herbst was ineligible to race at Daytona, which was raced instead by

Matt Tifft Matthew Kenneth Tifft (born June 26, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver and former team owner. He currently competes part-time in the Super Late Models, driving the No. 36 Chevrolet SS for Dan Fredricksonn Racing. In 2020, ...

Drivers

* Zane Smith drove in 11 races for

Venturini Motorsports Venturini Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West. Founded in 1982 by Bill Venturini Sr., Venturini Motorsports is the ...

in the No. 55 Toyota Camry. Smith was ineligible to race at Daytona and Talladega, which were raced instead by

Noah Gragson Noah Quinn Gragson (born July 15, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 4 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Front Row Motorsports. R ...

. *

Gus Dean August H. Dean (born August 19, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driving the No. 15 Ford Mustang for AM Racing and in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 55 Toy ...

drove for Win-Tron Racing full-time in the No. 32

. Dean drove for Mason Mitchell Motorsports in 5 races in and won at Talladega in his second start. *

drove for

Cunningham Motorsports Cunningham Motorsports (operating at various points in its history as CSG Motorsports and CHS Motorsports) was an American professional stock car racing team that competed primarily in the ARCA Racing Series, but also in the NASCAR Camping World ...

full-time in the No. 77

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, replacing champion

Chase Briscoe Chase David Wayne Briscoe (born December 15, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Camry, Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing. He also ...

, who moved to

Brad Keselowski Racing Brad Keselowski Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Started in 2007, it was owned and operated by NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series champion Brad Keselowski. The te ...

in the

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck-based stock cars. The series i ...

. Sargeant drove 15 races for

in the No. 55 and won the

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race in 2016. *

Quin Houff Quin Walton Houff (born September 15, 1997) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He has previously competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the ARCA Racing Series. Racing career Early years Houff st ...

drove the No. 98 at

Daytona Daytona may refer to: Locations * Daytona Beach, Florida * Daytona Beach Shores, Florida * South Daytona, Florida * The Daytona Beach metropolitan area * Halifax area, also known as Daytona, the region around Daytona Beach Motor racing * Dayto ...

for Mason Mitchell Motorsports in his ARCA debut. *

Shane Lee Shane Lee may refer to: * Shane Lee (American football) (born 2000), American football player * Shane Lee (cricketer) (born 1973), Australian cricketer * Shane Lee (racing driver) (born 1993), American stock car racing driver {{hndis, Lee, Sha ...

drove full-time for

in 2017.

Schedule

Results and standings

Races

Drivers' championship

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

References

External links

* {{ARCA Menards Series ARCA Menards Series seasons