Toni Breidinger finished fourth behind Pérez in the championship by 119 points. The no. 18 car of Joe Gibbs Racing won the owners' championship. The 2024 ARCA Menards Series was the 72nd season of the

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, a stock car racing series sanctioned by

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in the

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. The season began at

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with the

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on February 16 and ended with the Owens Corning 200 at

Toledo Speedway Toledo Speedway is a half-mile paved oval racetrack located in Toledo, Ohio, United States. It is owned by ARCA President Ron Drager, and is the sister track to Flat Rock Speedway in Flat Rock, Michigan. History Toledo Speedway opened in 1 ...

on October 5.

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, the 2023 series champion, did not return to run full-time in the ARCA Menards Series in 2024 and defend his title as he joined

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to run full-time for them in the

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. At the conclusion of the season finale at

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, Andrés Pérez de Lara of

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became the first foreign-born ARCA Menards Series champion. Pérez de Lara also became the first champion since Bob Dotter in 1980 to win the title without a single race win. In fact, no full-time competitor won any races as

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driver

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took nine victories, Connor Zilisch won five times, Tanner Gray took two victories, and the rest of the wins were split evenly by

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— the winner at

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— Jake Finch,

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, and

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Teams and drivers

Note: If a driver is listed as their own crew chief for a particular race, that means that their entry in that race was a

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Complete schedule

Limited schedule

Notes

Schedule

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'' while others will be on ''

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''. Notes:

Schedule changes

* The race at

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was removed from the schedule and replaced by a race at

Dover Motor Speedway Dover Motor Speedway (formerly known as the Dover International Speedway from 2002 to 2021 and as the Dover Downs International Speedway from 1969 to 2001) is a oval track in Dover, Delaware. The venue has hosted major events since its inaugu ...

. The East Series has had a race at Dover since 2004 and this will be the first year since NASCAR's acquisition of ARCA in 2020 that it has been a combination race with the main ARCA Series. It will also be the first time the main ARCA Series has ever had a race at Dover. This is the first time since 1986 that the main ARCA Series will not have a race at Pocono, ending a 37 year run. * The combination race at

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was moved from July to June in order for it to be on the same weekend as the track's new Cup Series race and its returning Xfinity Series race. This is the weekend the race at Berlin was on in 2023. * The race at

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moves from July to June. This is the weekend the race at Elko was on in 2023. The track lost its Truck Series race that had been on the same weekend as its ARCA race. * The race at

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moves two weeks later in June. * The combination race at

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moves from August to July along with the track's Truck Series race and the Cup and Xfinity Series races at the nearby

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. * The race at

Salem Speedway Salem Speedway is a long paved oval racetrack in Washington Township, Washington County, near Salem, Indiana, United States, approximately south of Indianapolis. The track has 33° degrees of banking in the corners. Major auto racing series ...

moves from September to July. * The race at Elko Speedway moves from June to August to the weekend where the race at Michigan was in 2023. * The race at

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moves two weeks later in August along with the track's Cup and Xfinity Series races to the weekend where all three series raced at Watkins Glen in 2023. * The race at

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moves from August to September along with the track's Cup and Xfinity Series races. * The September race at

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moves three weeks later in the month to the weekend where the race at Salem was on in 2023.

Results and standings

Race results

Drivers' championship

Notes: * The pole winner also receives 1 bonus point, similar to the previous ARCA points system used until 2019 and unlike NASCAR. * Additionally, after groups of 5 races of the season, drivers that compete in all 5 races receive 50 additional points. These points bonuses will be given after the races at Kansas, Indianapolis, Milwaukee and Toledo. ** Andrés Pérez de Lara, Greg Van Alst, Amber Balcaen, Christian Rose,

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, Andy Jankowiak, Toni Breidinger,

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, Michael Maples, and Cody Dennison received this points bonus for having competed in the first 5 races of the season (Daytona, Phoenix, Talladega, Dover, and Kansas in May). Pérez de Lara, Scott, Van Alst, Wright, Balcaen, Breidinger, Rose, Maples, Clubb, Dennison, and Brad Smith received the 50 bonus points for having competed in the next 5 races (Charlotte, Iowa, Mid-Ohio, Berlin, and Indianapolis). Pérez de Lara, Scott, Wright, Rose, Breidinger, Balcaen, Dennison, Maples, Clubb and Smith received the 50 bonus points for having competed in the next 5 races (Salem, Elko, Michigan, Springfield, and Milwaukee). Pérez de Lara, Scott, Wright, Breidinger, Rose, Balcaen, Dennison, Maples, Clubb and Smith received the 50 bonus points for having competed in the final 5 races (DuQuoin, Watkins Glen, Bristol, Kansas in September, and Toledo). ( key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. ''Italics'' – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.

References

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