NASCAR has acquired the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) stock car series. It is not entirely clear why this has occurred as the two sanctioning bodies have worked side by side for more than half a century. ARCA is often used as a training ground for young stock cars drivers who then go on to the three NASCAR national series. There is some overlap with regional NASCAR series, but ARCA has also been a place where NASCAR teams can sell their old equipment.
The series was founded in 1952, as the Midwest Association for Race Cars (MARC) by John Marcum, a friend and racing rival of Bill France Sr, who had also worked with NASCAR in the early years. At the time MARC was aiming to be the NASCAR for the northern states, while NASCAR was still concentrated in the south-east. MARC was transformed into ARCA in 1964 and has worked with NASCAR ever since, holding races on all kind of tracks from small dirt ovals to superspeedways. ARCA will continue to operate with its current structure until the end of 2019 after which it will be merged into the NASCAR structure. This will help to simplify the different stock car series, which are less sustainable given the current state of the industry, By taking away some of the options, consolidation should result in stronger series. The chassis and engines used are currently similar and it will not be expensive for racers to convert with ARCA engines also able to be used in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, which will probably result in increased entries in NASCAR at regional and national level. It remains to be seen how this will be integrated with NASCAR's Pro Series East and West championships, which act as feeder series for national series.
Source : JSBN
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