The 2026 Shore Lunch 250 presented by Dutch Boy was an ARCA Menards Series race held on Saturday, June 27, 2026, at Elko Speedway in Elko New Market, Minnesota. Contested over 250 laps on the short track, it was the tenth race of the 2026 ARCA Menards Series season, and the 11th running of the event.
After late mechanical issues plagued Landon S. Huffman, Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, led the final 98 laps of the race after starting from the rear to earn his fifth career ARCA Menards Series win, and his second of the season. Huffman dominated the early stages of the race, leading a race-high 130 laps after starting second before experiencing a mechanical issue along with a five-lap penalty. He would end up finishing 14th, 14 laps down. Jake Bollman finished second, and Ty Fredrickson finished third. Taylor Reimer and Jason Kitzmiller rounded out the top five, while Isabella Robusto, Thomas Annunziata, Willie Mullins, Takuma Koga, and Austin Vaughn rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Elko Speedway is a 3/8 mile asphalt oval NASCAR-sanctioned race track located in Elko New Market, Minnesota. Elko Speedway is a track in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series. The track is located in the former Elko portion of the merged city that happened nearly 20 years before.
The ARCA racing series held the Akona 200, their first ever race in Minnesota, at Elko Speedway on June 2, 2012. The series returned in 2013 and 2014 for the Akona 250, by adding 50 more laps to the event. Elko is currently the shortest track that ARCA currently races on.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
DriverTeamMake03Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford3Willie MullinsMullins RacingFord06Nate MoellerWayne Peterson MotorsportsToyota10John ClagettFast Track RacingToyota11Bryce HaugebergFast Track RacingFord12Takuma KogaFast Track RacingToyota18Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota20Jake Bollman (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota25Ty FredricksonNitro MotorsportsToyota28Landon S. HuffmanPinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord55Isabella RobustoNitro MotorsportsToyota70Thomas AnnunziataNitro MotorsportsToyota77Taylor ReimerPinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet81Kevin CampbellKC MotorsportsChevrolet86Jeff Maconi (R)Clubb Racing Inc.Ford89Bobby Dale EarnhardtRise RacingChevrolet91Austin VaughnMaples MotorsportsFord97Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet98Dale ShearerShearer Speed RacingToyota99Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, June 27, at 3:40 PM CST, and it lasted for 50 minutes.
Jason Kitzmiller, who was driving for CR7 Motorsports, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 14.766 seconds, and with a speed of .
Practice results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime197Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet14.76691.426218Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota14.83890.983377Taylor ReimerPinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet14.89490.641Full practice results
Qualifying The qualifying session was held on Saturday, June 27, at 5:20 PM CST. The qualifying procedure used was by having a single-car, two-lap based system. The drivers were on track by themselves and had two laps to post a qualifying time, and whoever set the fastest time would win the pole.
Thomas Annunziata, driving for Nitro Motorsports, qualified on pole position with a lap of 14.603 seconds, and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime170Thomas AnnunziataNitro MotorsportsToyota14.60392.447228Landon S. HuffmanPinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet14.60892.415320Jake Bollman (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota14.70291.824455Isabella RobustoNitro MotorsportsToyota14.76191.457525Ty FredricksonNitro MotorsportsToyota14.77491.377677Taylor ReimerPinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet14.83391.01373Willie MullinsMullins RacingFord14.87290.775897Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet14.96190.235912Takuma KogaFast Track RacingToyota15.06789.6001099Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevrolet15.38887.7311191Austin VaughnMaples MotorsportsFord15.38987.7251289Bobby Dale EarnhardtRise RacingChevrolet15.41187.6001303Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford15.53886.8841411Bryce HaugebergFast Track RacingFord15.72885.8341586Jeff Maconi (R)Clubb Racing Inc.Ford16.20583.3081648Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord16.36482.4981706Nate MoellerWayne Peterson MotorsportsToyota16.50681.7881810John ClagettFast Track RacingToyota16.80280.3481998Dale ShearerShearer Speed RacingToyota16.93479.7212018Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota——2181Kevin CampbellKC MotorsportsChevrolet——Official qualifying results
Race
Race results Laps: 250 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts12018Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota250113Running472320Jake Bollman (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota2500Running923525Ty FredricksonNitro MotorsportsToyota2500Running414677Taylor ReimerPinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet2500Running405897Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet2500Running896455Isabella RobustoNitro MotorsportsToyota2500Running887170Thomas AnnunziataNitro MotorsportsToyota2497Running89873Willie MullinsMullins RacingFord2470Running369912Takuma KogaFast Track RacingToyota2450Running85101191Austin VaughnMaples MotorsportsFord2420Running34111289Bobby Dale EarnhardtRise RacingChevrolet2390Running83121411Bryce HaugebergFast Track RacingFord2390Running32131303Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford2370Running8114228Landon S. HuffmanPinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet236130Running32151586Jeff Maconi (R)Clubb Racing Inc.Ford2320Running79161648Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord2320Running78171706Nate MoellerWayne Peterson MotorsportsToyota2250Running27181998Dale ShearerShearer Speed RacingToyota2230Running26191099Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevrolet720Accident75201810John ClagettFast Track RacingToyota40Mechanical24212181Kevin CampbellKC MotorsportsChevrolet00Did Not Start23Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 4 among 3 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 5 for 40 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 1 hour, 25 minutes and 1 second Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jake Bollman 469 2 Thomas Annunziata 448 (–21) 3 Isabella Robusto 415 (–54) 1 4 Jason Kitzmiller 401 (–68) 1 5 Takuma Koga 381 (–88) 1 6 Michael Maples 354 (–115) 2 7 Alex Clubb 336 (–133) 2 8 Bobby Dale Earnhardt 333 (–136) 5 9 Ryan Vargas 315 (–154) 2 10 Brad Smith 293 (–176)
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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