2026 ASA STARS National Tour

Carson Brown, the current points leader

The 2026 Appalachian Sucker Punch ASA STARS National Tour is the 4th season of the ASA STARS National Tour, a stock car racing series. It began at New Smyrna Speedway with the SIG Sauer Academy Clyde Hart Memorial 200 on February 10, and will end at the same track with the Florida Governor’s Cup on November 15.[1][2]

Cole Butcher entered the season as the defending champion,[3] but will not return full-time for a second championship, as he moved up the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series full-time, driving for ThorSport Racing.[4]

Schedule

Source: [5]

Notes: The race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2026. For the races where a 2026 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in 2025 are listed and marked with star.

No. Race title Track Date
1 SIG Sauer Academy Clyde Hart Memorial 200 New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, Florida February 10
2 Sunshine State 200 Five Flags Speedway, Pensacola, Florida March 14
3 Tar Heel 250 Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, North Carolina May 21
4 Badger State 325 Slinger Speedway, Slinger, Wisconsin June 21
5 Capital 200 presented by Sucker Punch Madison International Speedway, Oregon, Wisconsin June 23
6 Newport 325 Newport Speedway, Newport, Tennessee July 25
7 Michigan 300 Owosso Speedway, Ovid, Michigan August 26
8 Carolina 250 Tri-County Motor Speedway, Hudson, North Carolina September 9
9 Glass City 200 Toledo Speedway, Toledo, Ohio September 19
10 Winchester 400 Winchester Speedway, Winchester, Indiana October 11
11 All American 400 Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, Nashville, Tennessee November 8
12 Florida Governor’s Cup New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, Florida November 15

Results and standings

Races

No. Race Fastest qualifier Most laps led Winning driver
1 SIG Sauer Academy Clyde Hart Memorial 200[6] Kyle Steckly Carson Brown Carson Brown
2 Sunshine State 200[7] Dustin Smith Carson Brown Carson Brown
3 Tar Heel 250[8] Carson Brown Carson Brown Caden Kvapil
4 Badger State 325[9] Ty Majeski Ty Majeski Carson Brown
5 Capital 200 presented by Sucker Punch[10] Luke Fenhaus Tristan McKee Kyle Steckly
6 Newport 325[11] Matt Craig Matt Craig Carson Brown
7 Michigan 300 Keelan Harvick Keelan Harvick Keelan Harvick

Drivers' championship

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

Pos Driver NSM FIF HCY SLG MAD NPS OWO TRI TOL WIN NSV NSM Points
1 Carson Brown 1* 1* 2* 1 2 1 4 594
2 Kyle Steckly 13 2 3 5 1 7 2 477
3 Tristan McKee 3 7 7 6 6* 14 13 420
4 Jade Avedisian 7 5 15 8 16 15 3 352
5 Derek Thorn 18 21 6 11 5 8 10 352
6 Chase Pinsonneault 20 8 4 9 17 12 11 325
7 Derek Kraus 14 17 16 4 13 16 12 313
8 Casey Roderick 26 6 21 13 11 6 8 303
9 Stephen Nasse 9 9 13 3 18 13 297
10 Kasey Kleyn 19 23 Wth 12 21 3 7 250
11 Matt Craig 11 15 9 2* 219
12 Isaac Kitzmiller DNQ 16 12 10 9 14 215
13 George Phillips 15 11 23 4 193
14 Ty Majeski 2* 3 173
15 Spencer Davis 4 10 8 170
16 Keelan Harvick 10 1* 162
17 Bubba Pollard 31 22 25 15 136
18 Penn Sauter 7 9 117
19 Ty Fredrickson 22 26 Wth DNS 4 112
20 Conner Jones 8 24 24 106
21 Cory Hall 6 10 100
22 Austin Nason 14 10 100
23 William Sawalich 12 5 95
24 Justin Mondeik 7 19 89
25 Levon Van Der Geest 15 8 87
26 Colby Howard 11 9 86
27 Max Reaves 23 14 85
28 Dawson Sutton 2 81
29 Caden Kvapil 1 78
30 Gabe Sommers 28 12 77
31 Jake Finch 17 14 75
32 Justin Crider 22 11 74
33 Paul Shafer Jr. 13 20 71
34 Jett Noland 18 17 69
35 Cole Butcher 3 67
36 Hudson Bulger 25 12 67
37 Michael Simko 6 60
38 Carson Hocevar 5 59
39 Chase Burda 5 59
40 Dustin Smith 19 58
41 Jake Garcia 4 58
42 Nicholas Naugle 21 25 58
43 Dylan Bates 5 55
44 Luke Fenhaus 15 51
45 Michael Hinde 10 DNS 48
46 Brandon Lopez DNQ 18 48
47 Kaden Honeycutt 16 40
48 Nick Tucker 14 38
49 Bryce Miller 16 36
50 Vito Cancilla 19 33
51 Dylan Fetcho 20 32
52 Carson Ware 20 32
53 Anthony Bello 24 28
54 Brad May 27 25
55 Kyle Benjamin 29 23
56 Kole Raz 30 22
57 Hunter Wright 32 20
58 Derek Griffith DNQ 15
59 R. J. Braun DNQ 12
60 Billy VanMeter DNQ 5
61 Cody Brinson DNQ 5
Chase Elliott Wth
Wes Burton Wth
Tyler Di Legge Wth
Albert Francis Wth
Pos Driver NSM FIF HCY SLG MAD NPS OWO TRI TOL WIN NSV NSM Points

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2026 Appalachian Sucker Punch ASA STARS National Tour Schedule". ASA STARS National Tour. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  2. ↑ "ASA STARS National Tour Championship to be Held at New Smyrna November 15". ASA STARS National Tour. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  3. ↑ "How Cole Butcher crafted a career Super Late Model season just in time for the Snowball Derby". NASCAR. December 4, 2025. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  4. ↑ Hammonds, Kelli (January 15, 2026). "COLE BUTCHER TO PILOT THE NO. 13 FORD F-150 FOR THORSPORT RACING FULL-TIME IN 2026". ThorSport Racing. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
  5. ↑ "ASA STARS National Tour Announces 2026 Schedule Featuring Iconic Venues and New Adventures". ASA STARS National Tour. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  6. ↑ "2026 SIG Sauer Academy Clyde Hart Memorial 200 presented by Appalachian Sucker Punch". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 10, 2026.
  7. ↑ "2026 Sunshine State 200". The Third Turn. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  8. ↑ "2026 Tar Heel 250". The Third Turn. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
  9. ↑ "2026 Badger State 325 presented by Appalachian Sucker Punch". The Third Turn. Retrieved June 28, 2026.
  10. ↑ "2026 Capital 200 presented by Appalachian Sucker Punch". The Third Turn. Retrieved June 28, 2026.
  11. ↑ "2026 HickoryHillTN.com 325 presented by Appalachian Sucker Punch". The Third Turn. Retrieved August 3, 2026.