The 2026 Spruce 212 was an ARCA Menards Series race held on Saturday, September 12, 2026, at Salem Speedway in Salem, Indiana. Contested over 216 laps—extended from 212 laps due to an overtime finish on the asphalt oval, it was the 18th race of the 2026 ARCA Menards Series season, and the 29th running of the event. The race aired on FOX.
Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, pulled off another dominating short track performance, leading all laps from the pole position to earn his seventh career ARCA Menards Series win, and his fourth of the season. Jake Bollman finished second, and Will Kimmel finished third. Landon S. Huffman and Isabella Robusto rounded out the top five, while Tristan McKee, Thomas Annunziata, Gavan Boschele, Austin Vaughn, and Carson Brown rounded out the top ten.
Report Background
Salem Speedway is a long paved oval racetrack in Washington Township, Washington County, near Salem, Indiana, United States, approximately south of Indianapolis. The track has 33° degrees of banking in the corners. Major auto racing series that run at Salem are ARCA and USAC.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
DriverTeamMake03Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford06Ben PetersonWayne Peterson MotorsportsFord10Ed PompaFast Track RacingFord11Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyota12Takuma KogaFast Track RacingToyota18Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota20Jake Bollman (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota25Gavan Boschele (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota28Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet42Taylor MayhewCook Racing TechnologiesChevrolet48Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord55Isabella RobustoNitro MotorsportsToyota68Nate MoellerKimmel RacingFord69Will KimmelKimmel RacingFord70Thomas AnnunziataNitro MotorsportsToyota77Tristan McKeePinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet79Matt KempACR MotorsportsChevrolet81Kevin CampbellKC MotorsportsChevrolet86Jeff Maconi (R)Clubb Racing Inc.Ford89Quinn DavisRise RacingChevrolet91Austin VaughnMaples MotorsportsFord97Landon S. HuffmanCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet99Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, September 12, at 3:00 PM EST, and lasted for 45 minutes.
Tristan McKee, driving for Pinnacle Racing Group, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 17.227 seconds, and a speed of . Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime177Tristan McKeePinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet17.227115.981218Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota17.234115.934328Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet17.254115.799Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, September 12, at 4:30 PM EST. The qualifying procedure used was a single-car, two-lap system with one round. Drivers were on track by themselves and had two laps to post a qualifying time, and whoever set the fastest time won the pole.
Max Reaves, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, qualified on pole position with a lap of 17.156 seconds, and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime118Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota17.156116.461277Tristan McKee (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet17.303115.471328Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet17.314115.398469Will KimmelKimmel RacingFord17.381114.953570Thomas AnnunziataNitro MotorsportsToyota17.490114.237655Isabella RobustoNitro MotorsportsToyota17.587113.607797Landon S. HuffmanCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet17.671113.067820Jake Bollman (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota17.735112.659925Gavan Boschele (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota17.765112.4681042Taylor MayhewCook Racing TechnologiesChevrolet18.180109.9011191Austin VaughnMaples MotorsportsFord18.447108.3101212Takuma KogaFast Track RacingToyota18.465108.2051310Ed PompaFast Track RacingFord18.726106.6971411Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyota19.048104.8931599Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevrolet19.137104.4051689Quinn DavisRise RacingChevrolet19.565102.1211748Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord19.671101.5711806Ben PetersonWayne Peterson MotorsportsFord19.673101.5611903Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford19.753101.1492086Jeff Maconi (R)Clubb Racing Inc.Ford20.66896.6712181Kevin CampbellKC MotorsportsChevrolet21.46893.0692268Nate MoellerKimmel RacingFord22.30889.5642379Matt KempACR MotorsportsChevrolet——Official qualifying results
Race Race results Laps: 216 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1118Max Reaves (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota216216Running492820Jake Bollman (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota2160Running423469Will KimmelKimmel RacingFord2160Running414797Landon S. HuffmanCR7 MotorsportsChevrolet2160Running405655Isabella RobustoNitro MotorsportsToyota2160Running396277Tristan McKeePinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet2160Running387570Thomas AnnunziataNitro MotorsportsToyota2160Running378925Gavan Boschele (R)Nitro MotorsportsToyota2160Running3691191Austin VaughnMaples MotorsportsFord2160Running3510328Carson Brown (R)Pinnacle Racing GroupChevrolet2150Running34111411Mike BashamFast Track RacingToyota2080Running33121310Ed PompaFast Track RacingFord2070Running32131212Takuma KogaFast Track RacingToyota2040Running31141599Michael MaplesMaples MotorsportsChevrolet2010Running30152086Jeff Maconi (R)Clubb Racing Inc.Ford1940Running29161748Brad SmithBrad Smith MotorsportsFord1910Running28171689Quinn DavisRise RacingChevrolet1770Running27181042Taylor MayhewCook Racing TechnologiesChevrolet1720Mechanical26191806Ben PetersonWayne Peterson MotorsportsFord1430Accident25201903Alex ClubbClubb Racing Inc.Ford57 0Mechanical24212181Kevin CampbellKC MotorsportsChevrolet50Mechanical23222268Nate MoellerKimmel RacingFord40Mechanical22232379Matt KempACR MotorsportsChevrolet20Mechanical21Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 0 among 1 different driver Cautions/Laps: 10 for 61 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 1 hour, 50 minutes and 53 seconds Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jake Bollman 836 2 Thomas Annunziata 823 (–13) 1 3 Isabella Robusto 704 (–132) 1 4 Jason Kitzmiller 666 (–170) 5 Takuma Koga 652 (–184) 1 6 Michael Maples 590 (–246) 1 7 Alex Clubb 586 (–250) 8 Brad Smith 512 (–324) 9 Jeff Maconi 493 (–343) 10 Max Reaves 483 (–353)
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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