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FS1 and FS2 relationship extended through 2028
By Staff Report www.arcaracing.com September 27, 2024
Photo Stephen Furst/Myracenews
TEMPERANCE, Mich. — The ARCA Menards Series has announced a television broadcast agreement extension with FS1 and FS2 that features a full season of live television coverage in 2025. Additionally, as part of the new agreement, the 2025 ARCA Menards Series season-opener at Daytona International Speedway will air live on FOX, marking the first time in series history a race has aired on broadcast television.
The relationship, which began with Speedvision in 1999, is now extended through at least 2028.
Said Ben Baker, NASCAR VP of Broadcasting & Production Operations: “We’re proud of the long-standing partnership between ARCA and FOX Sports in what will span across three decades during the course of this most recent extension. FOX’s coverage of the ARCA Menards Series continues to expand to a larger audience ,and we’re looking forward to their coverage of great racing for in the years to come.”
ARCA also has released the 2025 ARCA Menards Series schedule, comprised of 20 races at 19 different tracks, with the season-opener slated at Daytona International Speedway. For the fourth consecutive year, the season will close at ARCA’s home track, Toledo Speedway.
The highlights:
- The series will race at Daytona for the 62nd consecutive year dating to 1964. As it has for the last six years, the race will be the opener of a same-day doubleheader with the NASCAR Xfinity Series the day before the Daytona 500. FOX will broadcast the Daytona ARCA 200, the first time an ARCA Menards Series race will be broadcast live on an over-the-air network.
- Kansas Speedway continues to be the only track on the schedule twice, with races scheduled in conjunction with the NASCAR national series in May and September.
- Companion races with the NASCAR Cup Series will also take place at Phoenix Raceway in March, Talladega Superspeedway in April, Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, Michigan International Speedway in June, Dover Motor Speedway in July, Iowa Speedway and Watkins Glen International in August, and Bristol Motor Speedway in September.
- Standalone short-track races will be held at Berlin Raceway and Elko Speedway in June, in a return to Madison International Speedway in August, the traditional fall classic date at Salem Speedway in September, and the championship finale at Toledo Speedway in October.
- The two dirt miles at the Illinois State Fair and DuQuoin State Fair both return on their traditional weekends.
- Lime Rock Park will join the schedule for the first time, the 181st different track at which the ARCA Menards Series has raced. It will mark the first time the series has raced in Connecticut, the 32nd different state in series history.
- The race at Phoenix Raceway in March will be a combination race with the ARCA Menards Series West, while races at Dover Motor Speedway, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Iowa Speedway and Bristol Motor Speedway will be combination races with the ARCA Menards Series East.
2025 ARCA Menards Series schedule
| Date | Track | Start time | TV channel |
| Feb. 15 | Daytona International Speedway | Noon ET | FOX |
| March 7 | Phoenix Raceway | 8 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| April 26 | Talladega Superspeedway | 12:30 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| May 9 | Kansas Speedway | 8 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| May 23 | Charlotte Motor Speedway | 6 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| June 6 | Michigan International Speedway | 5 p.m. ET | FS2 |
| June 14 | Berlin Raceway | 7 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| June 21 | Elko Speedway | 9 p.m. ET | FS2 |
| June 28 | Lime Rock Park | 4 p.m. ET | FS2 |
| July 18 | Dover Motor Speedway | 5 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| July 25 | Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park | 5:30 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| Aug. 1 | Iowa Speedway | 7 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| Aug. 8 | Watkins Glen International | 2 p.m. ET | FS2 |
| Aug. 17 | Illinois State Fairgrounds | 2 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| Aug. 22 | Madison International Speedway | 9 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| Aug. 31 | DuQuoin State Fairgrounds | 8:30 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| Sept. 11 | Bristol Motor Speedway | 5:30 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| Sept. 20 | Salem Speedway | 8 p.m. ET | FS2 |
| Sept. 26 | Kansas Speedway | 8 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| Oct. 4 | Toledo Speedway | 4 p.m. ET | FS2 |
(All dates are tentative and subject to change.)
Schedules for the ARCA Menards Series East and West will be released at a later date.
