2026 ASA STARS National Tour

The 2026 Appalachian Sucker Punch ASA STARS National Tour is the 4th season of the ASA STARS National Tour, a stock car racing series. It began at New Smyrna Speedway with the SIG Sauer Academy Clyde Hart Memorial 200 on February 10, and will end at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway with the All American 400 on November 8.[1]

Cole Butcher entered the season as the defending champion,[2] but will not return full-time for a second championship, as he moved up the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series full-time, driving for ThorSport Racing.[3]

Schedule

Source: [4]

Notes: The race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2026. For the races where a 2026 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in 2025 are listed and marked with star.

No. Race title Track Date
1 SIG Sauer Academy Clyde Hart Memorial 200 New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, Florida February 10
2 Sunshine State 200 Five Flags Speedway, Pensacola, Florida March 14
3 Appalachian Sucker Punch 250* Dominion Raceway, Thornburg, Virginia April 26
4 Ross & Witmer 255* Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, North Carolina May 21
5 TBA Tri-County Motor Speedway, Hudson, North Carolina May 23
6 El Bandido Yankee Tequila 300* Slinger Speedway, Slinger, Wisconsin June 21
7 Capital 250 Madison International Speedway, Oregon, Wisconsin June 23
8 Food Country USA 300* Newport Speedway, Newport, Tennessee July 25
9 Michigan 300 Owosso Speedway, Ovid, Michigan August 26
10 Glass City 200 Toledo Speedway, Toledo, Ohio September 19
11 Winchester 400 Winchester Speedway, Winchester, Indiana October 11
12 All American 400 Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, Nashville, Tennessee November 8

Results and standings

Races

No. Race Fastest qualifier Most laps led Winning driver
1 SIG Sauer Academy Clyde Hart Memorial 200[5] Kyle Steckly Carson Brown Carson Brown
2 Sunshine State 200[6] Dustin Smith Carson Brown Carson Brown

Drivers' championship

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

Pos Driver NSM FIF DOM HCY TRI SLG MAD NPS OWO TOL WIN NSV Points
1 Carson Brown 1* 1* 192
2 Kyle Steckly 13 2 132
3 Tristan McKee 3 7 132
4 Jade Avedisian 7 5 111
5 Spencer Davis 4 10 105
6 Stephen Nasse 9 9 102
7 George Phillips 15 11 94
8 Dawson Sutton 2 81
9 Chase Pinsonneault 20 8 79
10 Conner Jones 8 24 78
11 Matt Craig 11 15 78
12 Casey Roderick 26 6 77
13 Derek Kraus 14 17 76
14 Jake Finch 17 14 75
15 Derek Thorn 18 21 70
16 Bubba Pollard 31 22 68
17 Cole Butcher 3 67
18 Hudson Bulger 25 12 67
19 Kasey Kleyn 19 23 63
20 Carson Hocevar 5 59
21 Dustin Smith 19 58
22 Jake Garcia 4 58
23 Nicholas Naugle 21 25 58
24 Cory Hall 6 56
25 Ty Fredrickson 22 26 56
26 Isaac Kitzmiller DNQ 16 49
27 Michael Hinde 10 DNS 48
28 Max Reaves 23 42
29 Kaden Honeycutt 16 40
30 William Sawalich 12 40
31 Paul Shafer Jr. 13 19
32 Jett Noland 18 34
33 Dylan Fetcho 20 32
34 Anthony Bello 24 28
35 Brad May 27 25
36 Gabe Sommers 28 24
37 Kyle Benjamin 29 23
38 Kole Raz 30 22
39 Hunter Wright 32 20
40 Derek Griffith DNQ 15
41 Brandon Lopez DNQ 14
42 R. J. Braun DNQ 12
43 Billy VanMeter DNQ 5
44 Cody Brinson DNQ 5
Pos Driver NSM FIF DOM HCY TRI SLG MAD NPS OWO TOL WIN NSV Points

See also

References

  1. ^ "2026 Appalachian Sucker Punch ASA STARS National Tour Schedule". ASA STARS National Tour. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  2. ^ "How Cole Butcher crafted a career Super Late Model season just in time for the Snowball Derby". NASCAR. December 4, 2025. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  3. ^ Hammonds, Kelli (January 15, 2026). "COLE BUTCHER TO PILOT THE NO. 13 FORD F-150 FOR THORSPORT RACING FULL-TIME IN 2026". ThorSport Racing. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
  4. ^ "ASA STARS National Tour Announces 2026 Schedule Featuring Iconic Venues and New Adventures". ASA STARS National Tour. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  5. ^ "2026 SIG Sauer Academy Clyde Hart Memorial 200 presented by Appalachian Sucker Punch". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 10, 2026.
  6. ^ "2026 Sunshine State 200". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 16, 2026.