The 2026 Tucson ARCA Menards West 150 was an ARCA Menards Series West race held on Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Tucson Speedway in Tucson, Arizona. Contested over 150 laps on the 0.375 miles (0.604 km) short track, it was the third race of the 2026 ARCA Menards Series West season, and the second running of the event.
In a large tire conservation race, Cole Denton, driving for Jan's Towing Racing, held off a fast charging Trevor Huddleston in the final few laps to earn his first career ARCA Menards Series West win in his third career start. Denton had also dominated the event, leading race-high 127 laps from the pole position. Huddleston finished second, and Eric Johnson Jr. finished third. Robbie Kennealy and Gavin Ray rounded out the top five, while Eric Rhead, Hailie Deegan, Mia Lovell, Memphis Villarreal, and Julian DaCosta rounded out the top ten.
Report Background
Tucson Speedway is a paved oval racetrack located at the Pima County Fairgrounds, off Interstate 10 just south of Tucson, Arizona. It is one of only three paved ovals in the state of Arizona (the others are Phoenix Raceway and Havasu 95 Speedway).
The track was built in 1967 as the Corona Speedway. The original track layout was a dirt/clay half mile oval, with an infield quarter mile track that connected via the frontstraightaway. Bob Frakes would take over as the operator until passing the torch to Calvin Renard in 1983. The track would close in the winter of 1983 before B.O.P. Incorporated would take the lease and operate the track until 1986.
In 1987, dirt racer Dan Manes and his wife Linda would take over the track, reconfiguring it into a oval and renaming the facility "Raven Raceway".
In 1990, a subsidiary of International Speedway Corporation, Great Western Sports, would purchase the lease and take over from the Manes family, also renaming the track for a second time as "Tucson Raceway Park".
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver. DriverTeamMake1Robbie KennealyJan's Towing RacingFord05David SmithShockwave MotorsportsToyota5Eric Johnson Jr.Jerry Pitts RacingToyota7Gavin Ray (R)Jerry Pitts RacingToyota13Jade AvedisianCentral Coast RacingToyota15Mia Lovell (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota16Hailie DeeganBill McAnally RacingChevrolet19Mason MasseyBill McAnally RacingChevrolet25Julian DaCosta (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota50Trevor HuddlestonHigh Point RacingFord51Tyler TomassiStrike Mamba RacingChevrolet55Andrew Chapman (R)High Point RacingFord66Eric Rhead66 Rhead RacingChevrolet70Will RobinsonNitro MotorsportsToyota71Cole Denton (R)Jan's Towing RacingFord72Memphis VillarrealStrike Mamba RacingChevrolet77Quinn DavisPerformance P-1 MotorsportsToyotaOfficial entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, April 11, at 2:00 PM MST, and lasted for 1 hour.
Trevor Huddleston, driving for High Point Racing, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 16.256 seconds, and a speed of .
Practice results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime150Trevor HuddlestonHigh Point RacingFord16.25683.046216Hailie DeeganBill McAnally RacingChevrolet16.39082.367371Cole Denton (R)Jan's Towing RacingFord16.40982.272Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, April 11, at 5:00 PM MST. The qualifying procedure used was a single-car, two-lap based system. Drivers were on track by themselves and had two laps to post a qualifying time, and whoever set the fastest time won the pole.
Cole Denton, driving for Jan's Towing Racing, qualified on pole position with a lap of 15.950 seconds, and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime171Cole Denton (R)Jan's Towing RacingFord15.95084.639250Trevor HuddlestonHigh Point RacingFord16.10683.820319Mason MasseyBill McAnally RacingChevrolet16.14883.602413Jade AvedisianCentral Coast RacingToyota16.17883.44751Robbie KennealyJan's Towing RacingFord16.22083.231616Hailie DeeganBill McAnally RacingChevrolet16.23083.179751Tyler TomassiStrike Mamba RacingChevrolet16.28382.909815Mia Lovell (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota16.34882.579925Julian DaCosta (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota16.42482.197107Gavin Ray (R)Jerry Pitts RacingToyota16.45082.0671172Memphis VillarrealStrike Mamba RacingChevrolet16.45282.057125Eric Johnson Jr.Jerry Pitts RacingToyota16.45482.0471370Will RobinsonNitro MotorsportsToyota16.52481.6991455Andrew Chapman (R)High Point RacingFord16.52681.6891577Quinn DavisPerformance P-1 MotorsportsToyota16.52781.6851666Eric Rhead66 Rhead RacingChevrolet16.77380.4861705David SmithShockwave MotorsportsToyota17.14778.731Official qualifying results
Race
Race results Laps: 150 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1171Cole Denton (R)Jan's Towing RacingFord150127Running492250Trevor HuddlestonHigh Point RacingFord1501Running433125Eric Johnson Jr.Jerry Pitts RacingToyota1500Running41451Robbie KennealyJan's Towing RacingFord1503Running415107Gavin Ray (R)Jerry Pitts RacingToyota1500Running3961666Eric Rhead66 Rhead RacingChevrolet1500Running387616Hailie DeeganBill McAnally RacingChevrolet1500Running378815Mia Lovell (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota1500Running3691172Memphis VillarrealStrike Mamba RacingChevrolet1500Running3510925Julian DaCosta (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota1500Running34111455Andrew Chapman (R)High Point RacingFord1500Running3312319Mason MasseyBill McAnally RacingChevrolet1500Running32131577Quinn DavisPerformance P-1 MotorsportsToyota1490Running3114751Tyler TomassiStrike Mamba RacingChevrolet1480Running30151705David SmithShockwave MotorsportsToyota14719Running30161370Will RobinsonNitro MotorsportsToyota1280Running2817413Jade AvedisianCentral Coast RacingToyota610Flat Tire27Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 8 among 4 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 2 for 11 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 51 minutes and 19 seconds Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Trevor Huddleston 123 1 2 Mason Massey 118 (–5) 1 3 Hailie Deegan 108 (–15) 1 4 Eric Johnson Jr. 105 (–18) 5 5 Cole Denton 103 (–20) 1 6 Robbie Kennealy 99 (–24) 1 7 Andrew Chapman 90 (–33) 4 8 Gavin Ray 89 (–34) 5 9 Mia Lovell 82 (–41) 1 10 Jade Avedisian 80 (–43)
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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