The ARCA Menards Series East opens its season this weekend at Five Flags Speedway, with 23 cars entered for the first of eight events in 2025.
The lineup includes a handful of anticipated full-time entrants for the season, including Tyler Reif, Timmy Hill, Zachary Tinkle, Takuma Koga, Rita Goulet, Isaac Kitzmiller and London McKenzie.
Of that group, Kitzmiller and McKenzie are making their ARCA Menards Series platform debuts in the race, driving the Nos. 79 and 93 for ALL Construction Racing and CW Motorsports, respectively.
Other debuts include Joe Gibbs Racing development driver Max Reaves in his first of many ARCA starts in 2025, driving the team’s full-time No. 18. Carson Brown will drive Hettinger Racing’s No. 4 in his first start, and Corey Aiken and CW Lemoine join the series in Austin Vaughn Racing’s No. 00 and Wayne Peterson Racing’s No. 06, respectively.
It’ll also be the first East-specific appearances for Austin Vaughn in his own No. 34, Kole Raz in AM Racing’s No. 76, EJ Tamayo in Fast Track Racing’s No. 01 and full-timer Koga in FTR’s No. 12.
Though he’s not new to the series, Andrew Patterson brings his self-owned brand-new team to the track, driving the No. 40.
ARCA East Five Flags Entry List
The Pensacola 150 is set for Saturday, March 22, at 8:30 p.m. ET via FloRacing.
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