The 2026 Audubon Park 100 was an ARCA Menards Series race held on Sunday, September 6, 2026, at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack in Du Quoin, Illinois. Contested over 100 laps on the dirt oval, it was the 16th race of the 2026 ARCA Menards Series season, and the 46th running of the event.
Carson Brown, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, pulled off a dominating performance, leading a race-high 90 laps after starting from the position to earn his second career ARCA Menards Series win, and his second of the season. Jake Bollman finished second, and Kelly Kovski, in his final dirt start in the series, finished third. Gavan Boschele and Thomas Annunziata rounded out the top five, while Taylor Reimer, Jason Kitzmiller, Isaac Kitzmiller, Chase Howard, and Ryan Vargas rounded out the top ten.
Report Background
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack is a one-mile (1.6-km) clay oval motor racetrack in Du Quoin, Illinois, about southeast of St Louis, Missouri. It is a stop on the ARCA Menards Series, USAC Silver Crown Series and American Flat Track.
The DuQuoin "Magic Mile" racetrack was constructed on reclaimed stripmine land in 1946 by W.R. Hayes. The track's first national championship race was held in September 1948. In the second race on October 10, popular AAA National driving champion Ted Horn was killed in the fourth turn when a spindle on his championship car broke. The national championship race for the USAC Silver Crown dirt cars is held in his honor.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
DriverTeamMake00John KennedyJet Daddy RacingChevrolet03Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford06Nate MoellerWayne Peterson MotorsportsFord8Sean CorrEmpire RacingChevrolet10Tim MonroeFast Track RacingFord11Chase BuscagliaFast Track RacingChevrolet12Takuma KogaFast Track RacingToyota16Kelly KovskiAllgaier MotorsportsChevrolet18Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota20Jake Bollman (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota25Gavan Boschele (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota28Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord55Isabella RobustoNitro MotorsportsToyota70Thomas AnnunziataNitro MotorsportsToyota77Taylor ReimerPinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet79Isaac KitzmillerACR MotorsportsChevrolet81Kevin CampbellKC MotorsportsChevrolet86Jeff Maconi (R)Clubb Racing Inc.Ford89Chase HowardRise RacingChevrolet91Ryan VargasMaples MotorsportsChevrolet97Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet98Dale ShearerShearer Speed RacingToyota99Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Sunday, September 6, at 4:30 PM CST, and lasted for 30 minutes.
Carson Brown, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 34.147 seconds, and a speed of .
Practice results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime128Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet34.147105.427270Thomas AnnunziataNitro MotorsportsToyota34.447104.508377Taylor ReimerPinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet34.663103.857Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Sunday, September 6, at 6:00 PM CST. The qualifying procedure used was a single-car, one-lap based system. Drivers were on track by themselves and had one lap to post a qualifying time, and whoever set the fastest time won the pole.
Carson Brown, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, qualified on pole position with a lap of 34.431 seconds, and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime128Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet34.431104.557225Gavan Boschele (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota34.438104.536370Thomas AnnunziataNitro MotorsportsToyota34.505104.333418Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota34.650103.896520Jake Bollman (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota34.729103.660655Isabella RobustoNitro MotorsportsToyota34.858103.276716Kelly KovskiAllgaier MotorsportsChevrolet35.126102.488879Isaac KitzmillerACR MotorsportsChevrolet35.153102.409997Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet35.554101.2541089Chase HowardRise RacingChevrolet36.30399.1651112Takuma KogaFast Track RacingToyota36.51598.5901210Tim MonroeFast Track RacingFord36.56398.460138Sean CorrEmpire RacingChevrolet36.67998.1491491Ryan VargasMaples MotorsportsChevrolet37.36596.3471599Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevrolet37.61795.7011611Chase BuscagliaFast Track RacingChevrolet37.71595.4531748Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord38.10694.4731898Dale ShearerShearer Speed RacingToyota39.41191.3451986Jeff Maconi (R)Clubb Racing Inc.Ford39.91390.1962000John KennedyJet Daddy RacingChevrolet39.92690.1672103Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford40.98187.8462206Nate MoellerWayne Peterson MotorsportsFord41.94985.8182381Kevin CampbellKC MotorsportsChevrolet43.97181.8722477Taylor ReimerPinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet53.95666.721Official qualifying results
Race Race results Laps: 100 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1128Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet10090Running492520Jake Bollman (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota1001Running433716Kelly KovskiAllgaier MotorsportsChevrolet1000Running414225Gavan Boschele (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota1006Running415370Thomas AnnunziataNitro MotorsportsToyota1001Running4062477Taylor ReimerPinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet1000Running387997Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet1000Running378879Isaac KitzmillerACR MotorsportsChevrolet1000Running3691089Chase HowardRise RacingChevrolet1000Running35101491Ryan VargasMaples MotorsportsChevrolet1000Running34111112Takuma KogaFast Track RacingToyota980Running33122103Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford940Running32132000John KennedyJet Daddy RacingChevrolet922Running3214655Isabella RobustoNitro MotorsportsToyota880Running30151611Chase BuscagliaFast Track RacingChevrolet840Mechanical2916138Sean CorrEmpire RacingChevrolet810Mechanical2817418Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota780Accident27181986Jeff Maconi (R)Clubb Racing Inc.Ford730Running26192206Nate MoellerWayne Peterson MotorsportsFord380Mechanical25201210Tim MonroeFast Track RacingFord330Mechanical24211599Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevrolet320Accident23221898Dale ShearerShearer Speed RacingToyota180Mechanical22231748Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord120Mechanical21242381Kevin CampbellKC MotorsportsChevrolet70Mechanical20Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 8 among 5 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 7 for 39 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 1 hour, 22 minutes and 38 seconds Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jake Bollman 794 2 Thomas Annunziata 786 (–8) 1 3 Jason Kitzmiller 666 (–128) 1 4 Isabella Robusto 665 (–129) 5 Takuma Koga 621 (–173) 1 6 Alex Clubb 562 (–232) 1 7 Michael Maples 560 (–234) 8 Brad Smith 484 (–310) 9 Jeff Maconi 464 (–330) 1 10 Max Reaves 434 (–360)
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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