The 2026 Atlas 200 was an ARCA Menards Series race held on Friday, August 28, 2026, at Madison International Speedway in Rutland, Wisconsin. Contested over 200 laps on the short track, it was the 16th race of the 2026 ARCA Menards Series season, and the second running of the event.
Tristan McKee, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, took the lead from Max Reaves shortly after halfway, and led the remaining laps while surviving late restarts to earn his fourth career ARCA Menards Series win, and his third of the season. Pole-sitter Carson Brown finished second, and Reaves finished third. Jake Bollman and Thomas Annunziata rounded out the top five, while Isaac Kitzmiller, Isabella Robusto, Will Robinson, Jason Kitzmiller, and Tony Cosentino rounded out the top ten.
Report Background
Madison International Speedway is a half-mile paved oval racetrack in the Town of Rutland near Oregon, Wisconsin, United States. With 18-degree banked turns, the track is billed as "The Track of Champions" and "Wisconsin's Fastest Half Mile." The weekly program at the track runs on Friday nights under NASCAR Local Racing Series sanction.
The track holds events in the ASA Midwest Tour and ASA Late Model Series Northern Division. In 2011, the track held its first ARCA Racing Series race since 1973. The track regularly held American Speed Association events before the national touring series ended. The United States Super Trucks, Mid-American Stock Car Series, the HOSS series, the USAC midgets, the ASA National Tour, the NASCAR Midwest Series and the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series have appeared in the past.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
DriverTeamMake03Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford06Daniel SasnettWayne Peterson MotorsportsFord10Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingToyota11Mike BashamFast Track RacingFord12Takuma KogaFast Track RacingToyota18Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota20Jake Bollman (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota25Will RobinsonNitro MotorsportsToyota28Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet36Ty FredricksonTeam 36Toyota42Taylor MayhewCook Racing TechnologiesChevrolet48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord55Isabella RobustoNitro MotorsportsToyota70Thomas AnnunziataNitro MotorsportsToyota77Tristan McKeePinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet79Isaac KitzmillerACR MotorsportsChevrolet81Kevin CampbellKC MotorsportsChevrolet86Jeff Maconi (R)Clubb Racing Inc.Ford91Austin VaughnMaples MotorsportsFord97Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet99Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Friday, August 28, at 3:30 PM CST, and lasted for 45 minutes.
Carson Brown, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 18.422 seconds, and a speed of . Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime128Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet18.42297.709218Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota18.65896.473377Tristan McKeePinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet18.71596.180Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, August 28, at 5:15 PM CST. The qualifying procedure used was a single-car, two-lap based system. Drivers were on track by themselves and had two laps to post a qualifying time, and whoever set the fastest time won the pole.
Carson Brown, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, qualified on pole position with a lap of 18.218 seconds, and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime128Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet18.21898.803277Tristan McKeePinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet18.24898.641318Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota18.35498.071470Thomas AnnunziataNitro MotorsportsToyota18.40297.815520Jake Bollman (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota18.49097.350679Isaac KitzmillerACR MotorsportsChevrolet18.53897.098736Ty FredricksonTeam 36Toyota18.63196.613855Isabella RobustoNitro MotorsportsToyota18.67296.401942Taylor MayhewCook Racing TechnologiesChevrolet18.70096.2571025Will RobinsonNitro MotorsportsToyota18.71796.1691197Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet18.80795.7091212Takuma KogaFast Track RacingToyota19.06794.4041310Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingToyota19.32893.1291491Austin VaughnMaples MotorsportsFord19.45192.5401599Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevrolet19.54492.1001603Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford19.95790.1941711Mike BashamFast Track RacingFord19.99690.0181806Daniel SasnettWayne Peterson MotorsportsFord20.46387.9641981Kevin CampbellKC MotorsportsChevrolet21.30984.4712086Jeff Maconi (R)Clubb Racing Inc.Ford21.38984.1552148Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord——Official qualifying results
Race Race results Laps: 200 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1277Tristan McKeePinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet200105Running482128Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet2000Running433318Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota20095Running424520Jake Bollman (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota2000Running405470Thomas AnnunziataNitro MotorsportsToyota2000Running396679Isaac KitzmillerACR MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running387855Isabella RobustoNitro MotorsportsToyota2000Running3781025Will RobinsonNitro MotorsportsToyota2000Running3691197Jason KitzmillerCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet2000Running35101310Tony CosentinoFast Track RacingToyota1970Running34111212Takuma KogaFast Track RacingToyota1950Running33121491Austin VaughnMaples MotorsportsFord1930Running32131711Mike BashamFast Track RacingFord1880Running31141806Daniel SasnettWayne Peterson MotorsportsFord1860Running30151603Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford1840Running2916942Taylor MayhewCook Racing TechnologiesChevrolet1830Mechanical28172086Jeff Maconi (R)Clubb Racing Inc.Ford1830Running27181599Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevrolet1770Running2619736Ty FredricksonTeam 36Toyota1560Accident25201981Kevin CampbellKC MotorsportsChevrolet30Mechanical24212148Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord00Mechanical23Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 3 among 2 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 6 for 36 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 1 hour, 27 minutes and 0 seconds Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jake Bollman 751 2 Thomas Annunziata 746 (–5) 3 Isabella Robusto 635 (–116) 4 Jason Kitzmiller 629 (–122) 5 Takuma Koga 588 (–163) 6 Michael Maples 537 (–214) 7 Alex Clubb 530 (–221) 8 Brad Smith 463 (–288) 9 Jeff Maconi 438 (–313) 10 Bobby Dale Earnhardt 410 (–341)
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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