TUCSON, Ariz. — The ARCA Menards West returns for the second consecutive year to Tucson Speedway for the Tucson ARCA West 150, and two of the series’ top drivers will look to continue their 2026 seasons with another impressive performance.
Mason Massey (No. 19 NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet) launched his run for the 2026 season championship with a dramatic victory in the opener at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway in February. For Massey, a veteran of over 100 NASCAR national series starts, it was his first career series victory in his first career series start.
Massey battled with former two-time West champion Sean Hingorani over the final 40 laps, snatching the lead with 31 laps to go and holding off a furious charge on two overtime restarts.
Combined with a fifth-place run in the next race at Phoenix Raceway, Massey holds a six-point lead over reigning series champion Trevor Huddleston (No. 50 High Point Racing / Racecar Factory Ford).
“I feel like we’ve gotten off to about as good of a start as you could hope for, so far,” Massey said. “It was big for our team to start the year off with a lot of momentum getting a win and then following that up with a top-five in Phoenix. Going into Tucson, our goal is to have another solid night and extend the points lead. It looks like a fun track that presents a lot of challenges, but I think those will play into my driving style.
“I know Ty Joiner and all of my guys will give me a great NAPA Auto Care Chevy like they have in the first two races. I’ll have to do my part and adapt to the track as quick as possible. It’d be nice to get win number two this weekend. That’d be pretty special.”
Massey’s Bill McAnally Racing teammate Hailie Deegan (No. 16 Columbia Bank / Monster Energy Chevrolet) has also had an impressive start to the season in her return to the ARCA Menards West. Deegan, the first-ever female winner in series history, won three times in 2018 and 2019 before moving to the ARCA Menards Series national tour and then eventually the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series.
Deegan finished sixth in the opener at Kern and was one spot short of starting the season with two top-ten finishes, coming home eleventh at Phoenix. She’s currently fourth in the standings, 15 points out of the lead.
“I’m really excited to go back to Tucson,” Deegan said. “It’s been so many years since I’ve been to that track. Bill [McAnally] and the No. 19 team nearly won there last year, so that’s gives us even more confidence that we can race for a win this weekend. The West Series has been a lot of fun for me so far this year, and I’m really looking forward to getting some good finishes as the season goes on. If we can run well and get a good finish at Tucson, hopefully a win, that’d be huge for our season.”
An entry list of 18 teams is expected, including Huddleston and his teammate Andrew Chapman (No. 55 High Point Racing / Racecar Factory Ford), the Jan’s Racing teammates, reigning ARCA Menards West Bounty Rookie of the Year Robbie Kennealy (No. 1 Jan’s Towing Ford) and 15-year old Cole Denton (No. 71 Jan’s Towing Ford), and an additional trio of highly-touted female drivers, Jade Avedisian (No. 13 Central Coast Cabinets Toyota) and Mia Lovell (No. 15 Pine Health Toyota), and Tucson native Quinn Davis (No. 77 King Taco/RED MD/Wallace Signs/EMAGAS Toyota).
