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KLAS Motorsports Welcomes Back Klotz Lubricants as a Partner for 2026 ARCA Menards Series Campaign Klotz Keeps KLAS Well Oiled for the Upcoming Season

Posted on by Rachel Lapierre

KLAS Motorsports welcomes back Klotz Lubricants for the 2026 ARCA Menards Series season as a marketing partner and supplier for the team.

Klotz products are a staple in the North Carolina race shop of KLAS Motorsports. From racing and performance oils to transmission and gear lubricants to karting products to aerosol cleaners, Klotz is a leader in providing race teams a lineup of quality products.

Klotz also offers a variety of other items to keep all of your equipment and toys well lubricated and looking good. They are your source for everything from KSP4 Klotz Shine and Protect detailing products and sprays to powersports oil change kits to OxyCrate fuel. Klotz even offers a selection of branded apparel on their website.

For more information, please visit KlotzLube.com.

The ARCA Menards Series will visit Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, February 14th for the ARCA Daytona 200. The race will kick off the 2026 season and will be televised live on the Fox television network starting at Noon ET.

KLAS Motorsports Welcomes Back Schultz Engineered Products as Partner for 2026 ARCA Menards Series Season – Longtime Fuel Products Supplier Returns to #71 Entry

Posted on by Rachel Lapierre

KLAS Motorsports welcomes back Shultz Engineered Products for the 2026 ARCA Menards Series season as a marketing partner and supplier for the team.

Shultz manufactures fuel products for industrial, aviation and motorsports applications. The KLAS team uses Schultz fuel cells, fuel fills, dump cans and other products for their racing operations with the #71 and #07 entries in the ARCA Menards Series.

“We have a great relationship with Schultz,” said KLAS Motorsports Managing Partner Andy Seuss. “We are prepping for the 2026 season and thankful for their involvement. We are always adding new equipment and products of theirs and that helps us make quick pit stops and execute more efficiently.”

Schultz Engineered Products has facilities in both Florida and New Jersey. For more information, please visit their website at www.schultzproducts.com

The ARCA Menards Series will visit Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, February 14th for the ARCA Daytona 200. The race will kick off the 2026 season and will be televised live on the Fox television network starting at Noon ET.

KLAS Motorsports Welcomes Back Automotive Consultants of Ithaca for 2026 ARCA Menards Series Season – Longtime Sponsor and Friend of the Team Returns to #71 Entry

Posted on by Rachel Lapierre

KLAS Motorsports welcomes back Automotive Consultants of Ithaca for the 2026 ARCA Menards Series season as a sponsor, partner and friend of the team.

Automotive Consultants of Ithaca has been in business since 1961 and is operated by second generation owner Bill Card, who has been involved in the sport since the 1980’s when he was partnered with the former #4 Morgan-McClure Kodak in the NASCAR Cup Series. Card joined forces with driver Andy Jankowiak before the KLAS team was formed, continued the relationship from day one of the team and has been a popular face in the team’s pit area ever since. In 2026, that role will include being featured on the KLAS Motorsports #71 entry.

“He came on as an ARCA sponsor – he reached out and we got to chit chatting a little bit,” said Jankowiak. “Early in ARCA, my big three sponsors were Automotive Consultants of Ithaca, Florida Safety Systems and Yukon Creek. Bill has been here since the start. It wouldn’t be the same without him. We are just grateful for his contributions and his friendship. He makes this fun. He is one of the characters who has become part of this story.”

“It’s back to KLAS!” said Card. “We are at the top of our KLAS now and I’ve been here since kindergarten. I guess we are now in fifth grade and I started back when Andy was running the AJ Racing team.”

Card and Jankowiak are both larger than life characters and that has made for a great fit.

“He’s a good soul,” said Card. “He’s living his dream and we get to live it with him. It’s a lot of fun.”

Card also enjoys the rest of the KLAS Motorsports team.

“The hospitality couldn’t be better – not only for ARCA, but at any level (of the sport),” said Card. “This is my racing family. I like to consider myself a working sponsor too. I’m out there waxing the car because I’m used to detailing cars on my car lot. I love this and I’m in it for the long haul.”

Of course, sponsorship would not work if it was only about having fun. Card also uses the partnership with KLAS Motorsports to sell cars. He has worked out deals to put various KLAS Motorsports crew members and even fellow competitors into new rides over the past few years.

“He’s always got a business card in his pocket,” said Jankowiak. “He’s selling new cars at wholesale prices – even at the track. Just contact Bill!”

The ARCA Menards Series will visit Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, February 14th for the ARCA Daytona 200. The race will kick off the 2026 season and will be televised live on the Fox television network starting at Noon ET.

KLAS Motorsports Has a Successful ARCA Test at Daytona – Jankowiak, Reen and Cullen All Accomplish Their Goals as Team Continues to Grow

Posted on by Rachel Lapierre

KLAS Motorsports went to Daytona International Speedway (FL) this past weekend with quite a to-do list. They brought two cars and three drivers to the two-day pre-season ARCA Menards Series test. Multiple objectives ended up being met with Andy Jankowiak driving the #71 Chevrolet entry and Glen Reen and Jonah Cullen sharing the #07 Ford entry.

A total of 82 drivers took part in the test. Jankowiak was ranked 12th on the overall speed chart with a best lap of 49.234 seconds. Reen was 32nd with a best lap of 50.547 seconds and Cullen was 39th with a best lap of 50.873 seconds.

Having all three competitors in the top half of the field was impressive, but even those numbers do not tell the entire story though. None of the KLAS entries took part in large group drafting, which increases speeds. Instead, the team worked on the goals of bettering each car, drafting as teammates in two-car packs and getting seat team for Daytona rookies Reen and Cullen.

“We are really happy with everything,” said Managing Partner Andy Seuss. “We had two fast racecars. We made some gains, we learned some things and we also learned what not to do. Overall, we are just really happy with the speed of our cars.

“We never really got worried about drafting, except with each other. We wanted to make sure that both (new) drivers were comfortable.”

“Both cars are very similar,” said Jankowiak. “I got to drive both. I think that we will come back with two good racecars. They drafted very well together and we were comfortable. We worked well as a team. We came out of this test clean and that’s a big relief. This is going to help us a lot.”

The team will field two entries in the February ARCA Menards Series opener with Reen behind the wheel of the #07. The Massachusetts driver had raced on the road course at Daytona before, but this test was his first time on the oval.

“It was a good time,” said Reen. “The whole KLAS Motorsports team is a dream to work with. We learned a lot today. Now we will go back and do some homework to get even better.

“I didn’t know what questions to ask until I was here. Now that I’ve run here, I have 50 questions that I didn’t know to ask before. I will write them all down on the flight home and we can sit down and figure it out. I think that we are going to be in good shape for the race.”

Cullen is part of the team’s driver development program and has been honing his craft on short tracks and road courses. The Daytona test marked his first time on a superspeedway and he took right to it.

“Jonah did a great job trying a superspeedway out for the first time,” said Seuss.

“It was a lot of fun,” said Cullen. “I’m super thankful for everything that has been done to put me in this racecar. It’s definitely a dream come true as I’ve been watching NASCAR on television since I was a little boy. To be able to do this as a driver now is pretty special. Hopefully, we can make a couple of ARCA starts this year around racing the Late Model, so maybe I’ll see you again at an ARCA race this year.”

Three drivers with three different agendas were successful at the test, which made the weekend a good one for KLAS Motorsports.

“It’s incredibly peaceful leaving Daytona this time,” said Seuss. “Last year, we had two cars at the test. This year, we came with two teams. We had some new faces this time and everybody worked together like they’ve been doing this for 100 years. I joke around that my goal as a manager is to do nothing when we get to the track. If I provide the right people and parts, I don’t have to do anything. This weekend was close to that. Everything flowed very well and this is the best that I’ve felt leaving a test in a long time.”

The KLAS team didn’t let their leader get too comfortable though.

“They let me help to push the car and made me feel like I part of the team,” laughed Seuss.

Kidding aside, the successful test will pay dividends beyond the Daytona race.

“How everything went will actually help us for Phoenix too,” said Jankowiak. “We aren’t going to go back to the shop and thrash to get ready for Daytona. We have a little massaging to do on the Chevy and the Ford has made some great gain, but we will also have time to work on getting the Phoenix car ready too (for the March 5th event there).”

The ARCA Menards Series will visit Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, February 14th for the ARCA Daytona 200. The race will kick off the 2026 season and will be televised live on the Fox television network starting at Noon ET.

KLAS Motorsports is Ready for Pre-Season Daytona ARCA Test – Expanded Team Will Bring Two Cars and Three Drivers to Florida Shakedown

Posted on by Rachel Lapierre

Daytona International Speedway (FL) roars to life this weekend as the ARCA Menards Series conducts a two-day pre-season test in preparation for the February 14th ARCA Daytona 200. KLAS Motorsports is bringing two cars, the #71 Chevrolet and the #07 Ford, to the test with a driver lineup that consists of veteran Andy Jankowiak along with rookies Glen Reen and Jonah Cullen.

“The off season is officially over!” said Managing Partner Andy Seuss. “This something we look forward to all year. We are back and it is now race season again.”

Starting off their 2026 season with a field trip to the high banks of Daytona makes things even more special.

“Going to Daytona brings out the kid in me every year,” said Seuss. “It’s a privilege to drive through that tunnel. It’s never casual or every day life. It’s exciting because you never knew if you would get to do this. Any time that you go to Daytona, it is humbling. Every time that you go there, you take it all in and enjoy the moment. The test is neat because it’s a little more laid back,” said Seuss. “There is not a high-pressure schedule. There are some opportunities to savor the moments more.”

2026 will mark the first time that KLAS Motorsports will run two cars in a superspeedway race. Jankowiak will race the #71 next month at Daytona while Reen will enter the race in the #07.

“To realize that we are bringing two cars that will both go on to race at Daytona, which is a first for KLAS, is pretty amazing,” said Seuss. “We will have three drivers who are all talented in their own right. I’m excited to get there with all three of them for different reasons.

“Two of our drivers have never been on the oval there. They have more road course experience. I’m looking forward to helping them through their first time. Then obviously, it’s exciting to bring Andy J back. He has years of experience there now. We just strive to get better every time we go there. Every time we go back, we are a little bit better. You want to continue that and not lose anything.”

Although the team has never raced two cars at Daytona before, they have tested with multiple cars and drivers in the past in the pre-season tune-up.

“I feel like I’ve been in a leadership role every year since my first year,” said Jankowiak. “We’ve had multiple drivers in the test for several years. The big difference is going to be having someone to draft with in the race. It’s going to be interesting to have true coordination on the racetrack. When we’ve made deals with other guys, but you never really know who will stick to what. I’m excited to see how it will go.”

Exciting is a common word these days around the Mike Dayton-led KLAS teams as they prepare for the Daytona test at their North Carolina shop.

“The team has grown,” said Seuss. “We had two fast Superspeedway cars at the test last year. The Ford got some damage in the race. So, you worry about getting all of the details right in rebuilding. You want to have that speed back when you get down there.”

The KLAS Motorsports team will also be looking at a milestone season beyond the opening race at Daytona.

“We expect big things as the year goes on,” said Seuss. “We have multiple races booked using multiple cars. The off season has been busy talking with potential drivers in order to expand the team. We have new sponsors who we are working with. We are attracting new eyes to our program. We are bringing back sponsors who have been here since the beginning. It is awesome to know that they have faith in us and that we have been able to deliver enough for them to come back.”

The pre-season test at Daytona will take place on Friday, January 9th and Saturday, January 10th with Sunday, January 11th available as a rain date if needed. The ARCA Menards Series will visit Daytona International Speedway on February 14, 2026. The race will kick off the 2026 season and will be televised live on the Fox television network.

KLAS Motorsports Adds Glen Reen to Daytona ARCA – Roster ARCA Menards Series Team Will Field Two Entries to Start Their 2026 Season

Posted on by Rachel Lapierre

KLAS Motorsports is doubling up for Daytona as the ARCA Menards Series gets ready for the start of its 2026 campaign with the running of the ARCA Daytona 200 at Daytona International Speedway (FL) on Saturday, February 14th. In addition to their #71 entry with Andy Jankowiak at the wheel, the team will also field the #07 entry for Massachusetts driver Glen Reen.

Reen’s most recent outing with the KLAS Motorsports team resulted in a fourth-place finish in August’s ARCA event on the road course at Watkins Glen International. Now he will be joining the team for the biggest event on the series schedule.

“It’s wild when you think about it,” said Reen. “Every young aspiring driver in racing has the goal of racing at Daytona and that is finally going to come true for me.”

“Glen did a great job for us last year,” said KLAS Motorsports Managing Partner Andy Seuss. “He really elevated our road course program. He’s a great fit with our team and we all get along. When we sat down and compared our goals for 2026, going to Daytona with him really made sense. We appreciate his faith in the expansion of KLAS Motorsports.”

Although Reen is thought of as a road course ringer because of his Watkins Glen finish, his background is mostly in oval track competition. He was the underdog winner of the Thompson 300 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at Thompson International Speedway in 2011. He has quite a background in Modified competition and most recently has been racing in a limited schedule in the newly rebranded NASCAR O’Reilly’s Auto Parts Series.

“I laugh about it when people call me a road course guy,” said Reen. “That Watkins Glen ARCA race was only my seventh road course race ever. I think that I’ve adapted well to that type of racing because I’ve built and understand the racecars. It comes from working on the cars, the engines and the rear ends. I understand the mechanics of what wheel hop is so I can adapt to that in the racecar when it happens.”

One of Reen’s road course races was at Daytona as an opening act to the famed Rolex 24 at the track. He raced a Mustang in the Koni Challenge Series during the 2009 Fresh from Florida 200.

“That was an awesome experience,” said Reen. “It helps to have been there before. I feel even more comfortable on the oval than the road course too.”

Reen turned laps at the Daytona oval during the 2009 ARCA test at the track when he worked with the family team of then reigning ARCA champion at the time Justin Allgier.

“Taking part in that test was a great experience,” said Reen. When practice started, I was quickest in drafting practice and eighth quickest in the single car session. This time is going to be even more special knowing that I will also be racing.”

Reen is still finalizing his 2026 racing plans and is actively looking for marketing partners to maximize his schedule.

“I’m still just a kid who doesn’t have much money,” said Reen. “I’m just irresponsible with what I do earn and I use that to go racing. I’m not looking at building my retirement cushion, I just want to get to the track. We need some help though and we have a lot to offer our marketing partners in return. I want to keep this momentum going.”

The #07 will be sponsored by New Wave Bath at Daytona and opportunities are available for other marketing partners to join the effort.

The ARCA Menards Series will visit Daytona International Speedway on February 14, 2026. The race will kick off the 2026 season and will be televised live on the Fox television network.

KLAS Motorsports Secures Identity with New Number ARCA Menards Series Team Rolls a 71 with Jankowiak as They Rebrand and Expand

Posted on by Rachel Lapierre

KLAS Motorsports will return to the ARCA Menards Series for 2026 with a little bit of a different
look and identity. The upstart team scored six top ten finishes in eleven starts with Andy
Jankowiak and Glen Reen last season. The team looks to continue its growth next year.

Jankowiak will return as the team’s primary driver next season with a new number, the 71, on
the side of his racecar that is owned by Kevin Lapierre and Andy Seuss.

“We thought it was important for the team to have its own number,” said Seuss. “We were happy
to carry Andy J’s number, which was also his Dad’s number, as ours up to this point. That
number will still be a part of the team. But when people see our car on the track, we would like
for the team to have its own separate identity. The #71 is a number that we used last year for a
number of different reasons and that will be our primary number this coming season as we look
forward to reinventing ourselves and resetting with a clean slate.”

That clean slate means that KLAS Motorsports will be doubling up for some events on the 2026
schedule. The team ran two entries in the Watkins Glen ARCA Menards Series race this past
season with both Reen and Jankowiak scoring top ten finishes in that endeavor.

“We will continue to use the #73 when we run a second car,” said Seuss. “We will have a
second car at Daytona. We will have a #71 and a #73 at that race. Last year, we put out feelers
to run a second car at Daytona. This year, we can confirm that we are going to be doing it. We
will have two cars at multiple events this year and that starts at Daytona.”

The KLAS Motorsports team is currently putting together the final details for their 2026
campaign. There will be more announcements about their plans, schedule, driver lineup and
sponsors lineup in the coming weeks and months.

The ARCA Menards Series will visit Daytona International Speedway on February 14, 2026.
The race will kick off the 2026 season and will be televised on Fox.

KLAS Motorsports and Whelen Engineering Continue Partnership – Andy Jankowiak to Drive Whelen Entry in 2026 ARCA Menards Series Events

Posted on by Rachel Lapierre

In their first season of existence in 2023, KLAS Motorsports teamed up with Whelen Engineering as partners for the team’s entry with driver Andy Jankowiak in the ARCA Menards Series. That relationship will continue in 2026 with the return of the historic racing sponsor to the team.

“There are so many reasons why Whelen is important to us,” said KLAS Motorsports Managing Partner Andy Seuss. “It’s exciting to have their faith in us because of their roots in Modified racing. We have watched racecars with their iconic red and white paint schemes for years. To be associated with that and everybody there is neat. Racing runs deep in that company. So many legends of the sport have been associated with Whelen.”

“Whelen has been a partner of ours since KLAS Motorsports started our adventures in ARCA,” said Jankowiak. “It is a lot of fun working with them and it is an honor to be one of the Whelen Motorsport Athletes. It is a privilege to work with Peter Tiezzi, Geoff Marsh, Sonny Whelen and all of the Whelen employees, to be a part of the same team as Ted Marsh and to represent their support of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s research.”

“We’ve never raced a season without them,” said Seuss. “They have been supporters since the beginning. Any time that you can continue a relationship like that is exciting. We can’t wait to get back to the racetrack with them and have some fun.”

The lineup of events that Whelen will be featured on the KLAS entry spans from a road course in New York state to a one-mile oval out west.

“Whelen will be on the car for all eight races that we have scheduled with Andy J,” said Seuss.  “We would like to add more as we seek partners and more funding through the off-season. We have committed to eight races at this point. Whelen will be a primary sponsor for four of those – Watkins Glen, Phoenix, Talladega and Chicago. They will also join us on the car at Daytona, Iowa and the Kansas races.”

The KLAS Motorsports team is currently putting together the final details for their 2026 campaign. There will be more announcements about their plans, schedule, driver lineup and sponsors lineup in the coming weeks.

The ARCA Menards Series will visit Daytona International Speedway on February 14, 2026. The race will kick off the 2026 season and will be televised on Fox.

KLAS Motorsports Suffers Late Race Heartbreak at Kansas – Andy Jankowiak Has Flat Tire Derail a Top Five Effort

Posted on by Rachel Lapierre

If the Reese’s 150 ARCA Menards Series event was just two laps shorter, it would have had a magical outcome for the #73 KLAS Motorsports team with driver Andy Jankowiak. However, fate intervened, and the team did not finish the event after getting so close to the finish line with a very positive result.

Jankowiak paced fourth in the only practice session for the event, qualified eleventh and started immediately marching through the field at the start. He treated Fox Sports television viewers to a spirited battle for position with Venturini Motorsports driver Isabella Robusto in the early laps. Jankowiak favored the high line in that battle while Robusto switched up from down low to block a run from Jankowiak. The answer to that challenge was a crossover move by Jankowiak that gained the position.

Jankowiak was not finished yet, aided by the right calls by the KLAS Motorsports team on pit stops, he was able to crack the top five. Late in the race, it appeared had the #73 had the speed for a top three finish.

On lap 98, Jankowiak was solidly in the fourth position when a tire shredded on the #73 car. A shower of sparks erupted behind the machine and heavy damage to the right front suspension resulted as Jankowiak limped back to the pit area. The caution came out and the race was extended. Later, it was extended a second time after a Thad Moffett spin. Meanwhile, Jankowiak could not get back on track with his damaged #73. This dropped him back to a 18th-place finish – ten laps down to race winner Brenden “Butterbean” Queen.

“It felt like it was going to be our day to crack the podium, but it wasn’t meant to be,” said Jankowiak. “I’m proud of my team from top to bottom. We just dig deep and get everything we can.”

Team owner Kevin Lapierre was standing in the #73 pit as the race concluded, and he was heartbroken by the turn of events.

“I want to scream, but I also want to say that the team performed unbelievably today,” said Lapierre. “We are not backed by any manufacturer or Cup team and at one point, we were the fastest car on the track.”

Lapierre’s point is a strong one. During their battle for position late in the race, KLAS Motorsports competed favorably against teams backed by Chevrolet, Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing and Spire Motorsports. KLAS Motorsports is made of great teammates who prepare excellent equipment, but they lack the engineering, driver development and aerodynamic resources of the factory supported teams. They do not have access to the same data that these large teams do. Still, they put their hearts and souls into going fast and that underdog work ethic cannot be bought.

“We are one big team of dreamers chasing a goal that we always dreamed about chasing while loving every moment of that journey,” said Jankowiak.

Supporting that chase is a lineup of marketing partners that make it all possible. Ranch Fuel debuted as the primary sponsor at the Kansas race with Phillips 66 Lubricants serving as the presenting sponsor. Other marketing partners for the #73 at Kansas Speedway included Acacia Energy, DaK’s Markets, Florida Safety Systems, Automotive Consultants, Wordsmith Fence, Ryan Bronson Music, SunTric Renewable Energy, MikeSellsGolfCarts.com, and Yukon Creek Sportsman Club.

The Reese’s 150 concluded the 2025 racing season for KLAS Motorsports. The team collected six top ten finishes in eleven starts (nine races with Jankowiak and two with Glen Reen). They are currently searching for additional marketing partners as they set their 2026 racing plans and goals. The team plans to start their next season in February at Daytona International Speedway (FL) and will have more news to share throughout the off season.

KLAS Motorsports Heads West to Kansas Speedway- Andy Jankowiak to Race #73 Ranch Fuel Entry in Friday’s ARCA Menards Series Race

Posted on by Rachel Lapierre

The #73 KLAS Motorsports team with driver Andy Jankowiak heads west this week to Kansas Speedway for the Reese’s 150 ARCA Menards Series event. There’s a lot to be excited about in the KLAS Motorsports camp as the team was in contention to win this race last season before a late race incident with Hendrick Motorsports development driver Corey Day. In this May’s Tide 150 at Kansas Speedway, Jankowiak finished sixth. All in all, Jankowiak has four top ten finishes in six career starts at the track.

“Our mile and a half program is really good and we love going to Kansas,” said Jankowiak.

Another reason to love this race is the addition of a new marketing partner for the team. Ranch Fuel, which is available at DaK’s Markets, will be the primary sponsor of the #73 at Kansas Speedway along with presenting sponsor Phillips 66 Lubricants.

“Ranch Fuel and Phillips 66 are on board for Kansas and I definitely think that we are going to be very good there and will put on a good show,” said Jankowiak.

Other marketing partners for the #73 at Kansas Speedway include Acacia Energy, DaK’s Markets, Florida Safety Systems, Automotive Consultants, Wordsmith Fence, Ryan Bronson Music, SunTric Renewable Energy, MikeSellsGolfCarts.com, and Yukon Creek Sportsman Club.

The Reese’s 150 at Kansas Speedway will be broadcast live on Fox Sports 1 on Friday, September 26th starting at 8pm ET.