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.