CARS Tour Points Leader Caden Kvapil to Make ARCA Menards Debut at Toledo Speedway
CARS Tour Points Leader Caden Kvapil to Make ARCA Menards Debut at Toledo Speedway
CARS Tour Points Leader Caden Kvapil to Make ARCA Menards Debut at Toledo Speedway
TEMPERANCE, Mich. - (May 8, 2026) Caden Kvapil (No. 24 Sigma Performance Services Chevrolet), who leads the ZMAX CARS Tour Late Model Stock Car point standings, will make his ARCA Menards Series debut in Saturday’s Owens Corning 200 Presented by CGS Imaging. Kvapil, whose father Travis is the 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion, drives for Dale Earnhardt, Jr.’s JR Motorsports team in the late model stock car tour and will make his first ARCA start driving for Joe Farre’s Sigma Performance Services team.
Kvapil has made 12 career CARS Tour Late Model Stock Car starts with three victories, including two in the first four races of 2026; he won the season opener at Southern National Motorsports Park on February 28 and again at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway on April 11.
The younger Kvapil brother – his older brother Carson is a former CARS Tour champion and races for JR Motorsports full-time in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series – is no stranger to Toledo Speedway. He raced in the ASA STARS National Tour CorvetteParts.net Glass City 200 in 2025 where he was eighth at the checkered flag.
Over 20 entries have already been received with more expected in the coming days; ARCA Menards Series points leader Jake Bollman (No. 20 Nitro Motorsports Toyota) has already entered, along with Talladega winner Andy Jankowiak (No. 71 DAK’s Markets Chevrolet), Thomas “Hollywood” Annunziata (No. 70 JBL Toyota), Isabella Robusto (No. 55 Mobil 1 Toyota) and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Max Reaves (No. 18 Cook Out Toyota).
On-track activity is scheduled to begin with the track’s local ARCA Salenbein Excavating Late Model Sportsman practice at 2:15 pm ET, followed by ARCA Menards Series / ARCA Menards East practice at 3 pm. The Late Model Sportsman will qualify at 4:05 pm, followed by ARCA Menards Series / ARCA Menards East Sioux Chief PowerPEX Pole Qualifying at 4:30 pm. The 25-lap Late Model Sportsman feature is set for 5 pm and will be followed by an on-track autograph session at 5:30 pm. The green flag for the Owens Corning 200 Presented by CGS Imaging is set for shortly after 7 pm ET.
Advance discount tickets are available for just $20, a $10 discount per adult general admission ticket at the gate, at Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan Menards locations.
