The 2026 Cook Out Music City 150 was an ARCA Menards Series East race held on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee. Contested over 150 laps on the 0.596 mile (0.959 km) short track, it was the third race of the 2026 ARCA Menards Series East season, and the sixth running of the event.
Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, pulled off a dominating performance, leading every lap from the pole position to earn his fourth career ARCA Menards Series East win, and his first of the season. Landon S. Huffman finished second, and Tristan McKee finished third. Hunter Wright and Isaac Kitzmiller rounded out the top five, while Craig Pellegrini Jr., Toro Rodríguez, Jackson McLerran, Carson Brown, and Ivis Earley rounded out the top ten.
This was the first race of "ARCA Night in America", a doubleheader feature with the ARCA Menards Series West race on the same day, both being streamed on the NASCAR Channel and FloRacing.
Report
Background
Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway is a motorsport racetrack located at the Nashville Fairgrounds near downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The track is the second oldest continually operating track in the United States. The track held NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup (now NASCAR Cup Series) races from 1958 to 1984.
The speedway is currently an 18-degree banked paved oval. The track is long. Inside the larger oval is a paved oval.
The track was converted to a paved oval in 1957, when it began to be a NASCAR series track. The speedway was lengthened between the 1969 and 1970 seasons. The corners were cut down from 35 degrees to their present 18 degrees in 1972. The track was repaved between the 1995 and 1996 seasons. Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver. DriverTeamMake00Toby BlantonJet Daddy RacingChevrolet0Brayton LasterWayne Peterson MotorsportsToyota03Jeff MaconiClubb Racing Inc.Ford06Nate MoellerWayne Peterson MotorsportsToyota9Landon S. HuffmanCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet10Craig Pellegrini Jr. (R)Fast Track RacingToyota11Chase BuscagliaFast Track RacingFord12Dustin HillenburgFast Track RacingFord13Rita GouletIntegrity AutosportsToyota18Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota19Austin VaughnMaples MotorsportsFord28Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet34Ivis EarleyVWV RacingToyota38Toro RodríguezMCM Racing DevelopmentToyota69Landon BrownKimmel RacingFord77Tristan McKee (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet79Isaac KitzmillerACR MotorsportsChevrolet85Quinn Davis (R)City Garage MotorsportsFord86Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford95Hunter WrightMAN MotorsportsToyota96Jackson McLerranMAN MotorsportsToyota99Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, May 2, at 2:00 PM CST, and lasted for 45 minutes.
Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 19.405 seconds, and a speed of .
Practice results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime118Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota19.405110.569228Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet19.577109.598377Tristan McKee (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet19.835108.172Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, May 2, at 4:00 PM CST. 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.
Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, qualified on pole position with a lap of 19.181 seconds, and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime118Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota19.181111.861228Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet19.414110.518379Isaac KitzmillerACR MotorsportsChevrolet19.487110.104477Tristan McKee (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet19.643109.23059Landon S. HuffmanCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet19.658109.146669Landon BrownKimmel RacingFord19.832108.189785Quinn Davis (R)City Garage MotorsportsFord19.873107.966895Hunter WrightMAN MotorsportsToyota19.935107.630938Toro RodríguezMCM Racing DevelopmentToyota20.007107.2421096Jackson McLerranMAN MotorsportsToyota20.089106.8051110Craig Pellegrini Jr. (R)Fast Track RacingToyota20.157106.4441219Austin VaughnMaples MotorsportsFord20.923102.5471311Chase BuscagliaFast Track RacingFord21.386100.3271413Rita GouletIntegrity AutosportsToyota21.47599.9121599Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevrolet21.48599.8651612Dustin HillenburgFast Track RacingFord21.74498.6751734Ivis EarleyVWV RacingToyota22.05097.3061806Nate MoellerWayne Peterson MotorsportsToyota22.11797.0111903Jeff MaconiClubb Racing Inc.Ford23.23092.3632000Toby BlantonJet Daddy RacingChevrolet23.58290.985210Brayton LasterWayne Peterson MotorsportsToyota24.08589.0842286Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford——Official qualifying results
Race
Race results Laps: 150 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1118Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota150150Running49259Landon S. HuffmanCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet1500Running423477Tristan McKee (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet1500Running414895Hunter WrightMAN MotorsportsToyota1500Running405379Isaac KitzmillerACR MotorsportsChevrolet1500Running3961110Craig Pellegrini Jr. (R)Fast Track RacingToyota1500Running387938Toro RodríguezMCM Racing DevelopmentToyota1490Running3781096Jackson McLerranMAN MotorsportsToyota1490Running369228Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet1480Running35101734Ivis EarleyVWV RacingToyota1410Running34111311Chase BuscagliaFast Track RacingFord1400Running33121806Nate MoellerWayne Peterson MotorsportsToyota1390Running32131413Rita GouletIntegrity AutosportsToyota1390Running31141219Austin VaughnMaples MotorsportsFord1370Running30152000Toby BlantonJet Daddy RacingChevrolet1340Running2916785Quinn Davis (R)City Garage MotorsportsFord1200Accident2817669Landon BrownKimmel RacingFord780Mechanical27181599Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevrolet410Accident26191903Jeff MaconiClubb Racing Inc.Ford410Accident25201612Dustin HillenburgFast Track RacingFord400Accident2421210Brayton LasterWayne Peterson MotorsportsToyota20Quit23222286Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford00Did Not Start22Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 1 among 1 different driver Cautions/Laps: 4 for 31 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 1 hour, 7 minutes and 2 seconds Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Tristan McKee 137 1 2 Max Reaves 130 (–7) 1 3 Isaac Kitzmiller 121 (–16) 4 Jackson McLerran 110 (–27) 1 5 Craig Pellegrini Jr. 107 (–30) 2 6 Austin Vaughn 94 (–43) 2 7 Nate Moeller 90 (–47) 12 8 Landon S. Huffman 81 (–56) 6 9 Toby Blanton 80 (–57) 4 10 Quinn Davis 79 (–58)
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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