2026 General Tire 100 at The Glen

The 2026 General Tire 100 at The Glen was an ARCA Menards Series race held on Friday, May 8, 2026, at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. Contested over 41 laps on the road course, it was the fifth race of the 2026 ARCA Menards Series season, and the 6th running of the event.

Kaden Honeycutt, driving for Cook Racing Technologies, navigated his way to the front of the field after starting 15th, passing Carson Brown for the lead on lap 12, and led the remainder of the race in dominating fashion to earn his first career ARCA Menards Series win. Brown finished second, and Thomas Annunziata finished third. Gavan Boschele and Sam Corry rounded out the top five, while Isabella Robusto, Andrew Ranger, Max Reaves, Ryan Gemmell, and Jake Bollman rounded out the top ten.

Report Background

Watkins Glen International (nicknamed "The Glen") is an automobile race track located in Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It was long known around the world as the home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix, which it hosted for twenty consecutive years (1961–1980), but the site has been home to road racing of nearly every class, including the World Sportscar Championship, Trans-Am, Can-Am, NASCAR Cup Series, the International Motor Sports Association and the IndyCar Series.

Initially, public roads in the village were used for the race course. In 1956 a permanent circuit for the race was built. In 1968 the race was extended to six hours, becoming the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen. The circuit's current layout has more or less been the same since 1971, although a chicane was installed at the uphill Esses in 1975 to slow cars through these corners, where there was a fatality during practice at the 1973 United States Grand Prix. The chicane was removed in 1985, but another chicane called the "Inner Loop" was installed in 1992 after J.D. McDuffie's fatal accident during the previous year's NASCAR Winston Cup event.

Entry list

(R) denotes rookie driver.

DriverTeamMake01Craig Pellegrini Jr.Fast Track RacingToyota1Andrew RocqueMaples MotorsportsChevrolet2Kyle StecklyRAFA Racing TeamToyota03Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford06Nate MoellerWayne Peterson MotorsportsToyota10Ed PompaFast Track RacingToyota11Trent CurtisFast Track RacingChevrolet12Takuma KogaFast Track RacingToyota15Sam CorryNitro MotorsportsToyota17Kaden HoneycuttCook Racing TechnologiesToyota18Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota19Corey AikenMaples MotorsportsFord20Jake Bollman (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota25Gavan Boschele (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota28Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet29Ryan GemmellNEMCO MotorsportsToyota34Ryan VargasMaples MotorsportsChevrolet44Jeff Anton1/4 Ley RacingChevrolet48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord51Patrick StaropoliRick Ware RacingChevrolet53Andrew RangerNDS MotorsportsChevrolet55Isabella RobustoNitro MotorsportsToyota66Dystany SpurlockMBM MotorsportsFord70Thomas AnnunziataNitro MotorsportsToyota71Andy JankowiakKLAS MotorsportsChevrolet72Christopher WerthCK MotorsportsChevrolet77Tristan McKeePinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet79Isaac KitzmillerACR MotorsportsChevrolet86Jeff Maconi (R)Clubb Racing Inc.Ford89Bobby Dale EarnhardtRise RacingChevrolet91Tyler KiceraMaples MotorsportsFord97Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet99Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevroletOfficial entry list

Practice The first and only practice session was held on Friday, May 8, at 10:00 AM EST, and lasted for 1 hour.

Kaden Honeycutt, driving for Cook Racing Technologies, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:22.600 seconds, and a speed of .

Practice results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime117Kaden HoneycuttCook Racing TechnologiesToyota1:22.600106.780270Thomas AnnunziataNitro MotorsportsToyota1:23.422105.728391Tyler KiceraMaples MotorsportsFord1:24.870103.924Full practice results

Starting lineup Qualifying was originally scheduled to be held on Friday, May 8, at 10:30 AM EST, but was cancelled due to inclement weather. The starting lineup was determined by 2026 owners' points. As a result, Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, was awarded the pole.

Starting lineup Pos.DriverTeamMake118Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota228Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet320Jake Bollman (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota477Tristan McKeePinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet591Tyler KiceraMaples MotorsportsFord671Andy JankowiakKLAS MotorsportsChevrolet797Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet825Gavan Boschele (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota970Thomas AnnunziataNitro MotorsportsToyota1015Sam CorryNitro MotorsportsToyota1112Takuma KogaFast Track RacingToyota1299Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevrolet1355Isabella RobustoNitro MotorsportsToyota1489Bobby Dale EarnhardtRise RacingChevrolet1517Kaden HoneycuttCook Racing TechnologiesToyota1611Trent CurtisFast Track RacingChevrolet1710Ed PompaFast Track RacingToyota1801Craig Pellegrini Jr.Fast Track RacingToyota1903Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford2066Dystany SpurlockMBM MotorsportsFord2106Nate MoellerWayne Peterson MotorsportsToyota2248Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord2319Corey AikenMaples MotorsportsFord2486Jeff Maconi (R)Clubb Racing Inc.Ford2534Ryan VargasMaples MotorsportsChevrolet261Andrew RocqueMaples MotorsportsChevrolet2779Isaac KitzmillerACR MotorsportsChevrolet2851Patrick StaropoliRick Ware RacingChevrolet2944Jeff Anton1/4 Ley RacingChevrolet302Kyle StecklyRAFA Racing TeamToyota3129Ryan GemmellNEMCO MotorsportsToyota3253Andrew RangerNDS MotorsportsChevrolet3372Christopher WerthCK MotorsportsChevroletOfficial starting lineup

Race

Race results Laps: 41 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts11517Kaden HoneycuttCook Racing TechnologiesToyota4129Running482228Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet4112Running433970Thomas AnnunziataNitro MotorsportsToyota410Running914825Gavan Boschele (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota410Running4051015Sam CorryNitro MotorsportsToyota410Running3961355Isabella RobustoNitro MotorsportsToyota410Running8873253Andrew RangerNDS MotorsportsChevrolet410Running378118Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota410Running3693129Ryan GemmellNEMCO MotorsportsToyota410Running3510320Jake Bollman (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota410Running84112944Jeff Anton1/4 Ley RacingChevrolet410Running3312591Tyler KiceraMaples MotorsportsFord410Running3213671Andy JankowiakKLAS MotorsportsChevrolet410Running81142534Ryan VargasMaples MotorsportsChevrolet400Running8015302Kyle StecklyRAFA Racing TeamToyota400Running29161112Takuma KogaFast Track RacingToyota380Running78171710Ed PompaFast Track RacingToyota380Running2718477Tristan McKeePinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet340Mechanical2619261Andrew RocqueMaples MotorsportsChevrolet330Accident25201299Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevrolet330Running74211903Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford310Running73222851Patrick StaropoliRick Ware RacingChevrolet280Running2223797Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet220Accident71241611Trent CurtisFast Track RacingChevrolet220Transmission20252319Corey AikenMaples MotorsportsFord200Accident19263372Christopher WerthCK MotorsportsChevrolet190Oil Cooler18272486Jeff Maconi (R)Clubb Racing Inc.Ford150Transmission17281489Bobby Dale EarnhardtRise RacingChevrolet150Running66292066Dystany SpurlockMBM MotorsportsFord140Rear Axle Seal15302779Isaac KitzmillerACR MotorsportsChevrolet100Mechanical14313106Nate MoellerWayne Peterson MotorsportsToyota90Mechanical13321801Craig Pellegrini Jr.Fast Track RacingToyota50Mechanical12332248Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord30Quit61Official race results

Race statistics

Lead changes: 2 among 2 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 2 for 6 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 1 hour, 6 minutes and 4 seconds Average speed:

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jake Bollman 225 1 2 Ryan Vargas 213 (–12) 1 3 Andy Jankowiak 211 (–14) 3 4 Thomas Annunziata 203 (–22) 1 5 Jason Kitzmiller 185 (–40) 7 6 Isabella Robusto 182 (–43) 2 7 Takuma Koga 182 (–43) 2 8 Michael Maples 177 (–48) 5 9 Bobby Dale Earnhardt 152 (–73) 6 10 Alex Clubb 142 (–83)

Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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