Eric Johnson Jr. will run the full ARCA Menards Series West season again with Jerry Pitts Racing in 2026, he announced Dec. 9.
Johnson will pilot the No. 5 he also drove in 2025.
It’ll be Johnson’s third full-time season, following a 2024 run at the championship with Bill McAnally Racing.
In 2025, he earned a best finish of second at Tucson Speedway and finished fourth in points.
In all, he earned five top fives and nine top 10s in the series’ 12 races.
Kevin Rutherford is the executive editor of Frontstretch, a position he gained in 2025 after being the managing editor since 2015, and serving on the editing staff since 2013.
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