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ARCA Doubles Up Saturday Night: East at Nashville, West at Shasta, Both Live on FloRacing

Both ARCA Menards Series regional tours run on Saturday May 2: the Cook Out Music City 150 at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway at 9 p.m. ET, the Bill Schmitt 173 at Shasta Speedway at 11:30 p.m. ET. Both streamed on FloRacing and simulcast on the NASCAR Channel.

John Speedway· Motorsports Columnist, Grand National Today
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Charlotte Mercury — NASCAR

Saturday is going to be a long, loud night for ARCA fans, and the streaming buttons for FloRacing and the NASCAR Channel are going to get a workout.

The ARCA Menards Series East and West run a same-day doubleheader on May 2 — the league is calling it ARCA Night in America presented by Menards. The East tour goes green at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in the Cook Out Music City 150 at 9 p.m. ET. The West tour goes green at Shasta Speedway in Anderson, California, in the Bill Schmitt 173, with an estimated 11:30 p.m. ET start. By the time the East race is wrapping up, the West race is firing up.

Both broadcasts run on FloRacing and simulcast on the NASCAR Channel. Charles Krall, the lap-by-lap voice of both regional tours, calls both races. MRN Radio veteran Nathan Prouty joins him in the booth. Jonathan Ramos handles pit road at Nashville. Steven Blakesley handles pit road at Shasta.

ARCA president Ron Drager called it "one of the marquee nights of racing for the ARCA Menards Series platform all season long." NASCAR's Dan Barker said the regional tours have been delivering for FloRacing in 2026 — the East race at Hickory drew its largest viewership in over 10 years, and Rockingham was close behind.

Live timing at ARCARacing.com. Tickets at TrackEnterprises.com for the East race at Nashville, ShastaSpeedway.com for the West race at Shasta. Charlotte readers chasing more on the regional ARCA tours can find a longer breakdown on our racing-first sister site, Grand National Today.

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John Speedway

Motorsports Columnist, Grand National Today

John Speedway covers the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, CARS Tour, and Late Model Stock racing with the intensity of a man who believes the next great stock car driver is racing on a short track right now — and the rest of the world just hasn't figured it out yet. Speedway brings decades of sports storytelling to the developmental series that build the stars of tomorrow. He covers the races, the drivers, the tracks, and the stories that happen after the checkered flag drops.

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