After finishing sixth in the 2025 ARCA Menards Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway, Kole Raz hopes to become a regular in the series for the year.
“That’s what we’re working on,” he told Frontstretch post-race. “The intent is there for sure. We still got a few things to figure out, but hopefully we can make this a regular event.
“Just going out on these big tracks and learning, right? This is what I want to do for the rest of my life, is go to these badass racetracks that we’re at. It’s the World Center of Racing. So hopefully we can make these things happen for the year.”
Sources have indicated Raz is likely to contest the full season for AM Racing. He drove the No. 76 for the team in the 2024 ARCA Menards Series West season finale at Phoenix Raceway as well as at Daytona.
Raz made seven starts in West over the past two years, including a victory in the first event at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway in 2024. Overall, he has one win, three top fives and six top 10s. Daytona was his first start in the national division.
AM fielded the No. 32 for Christian Rose in ARCA in 2023 and 2024. Rose accrued five top fives and 24 top 10s en route to back-to-back top-five finishes in the points. He has since moved on to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, albeit recently dropping down to part-time status due to sponsorship woes.
Mark Kristl joined Frontstretch at the beginning of the 2019 NASCAR season. He is the site's ARCA Menards Series editor. Kristl is also an Eagle Scout and a proud University of Dayton alum.