Teams •
Cunningham Motorsports, due to the failing health of owner Briggs Cunningham, was put up for sale after the conclusion of the 2017 season. On January 9, 2018, the sale of the team was announced to longtime crew chief Chad Bryant. Bryant formed
Chad Bryant Racing but kept the same cars, numbers and personnel that had been with the team previously. • Mullins Racing cut ties with Basham Racing, whose owner points they had used in past years. Mullins formed a new alliance with Hixson Motorsports, and Mullins used Hixson's No. 3 in some events. • Patriot Motorsports Group formed an alliance with Basham Racing to use Basham's No. 34 in select races. •
DGR-Crosley debuted with
Noah Gragson at
Daytona. • Following the deaths of
James Hylton and his son James Jr., the team's driver, Brad Smith, took over operations of the 48 team, which was rebranded as Brad Smith Motorsports.
Drivers •
Zane Smith drove full-time for
MDM Motorsports in 2018. Smith had competed for MDM and
Venturini Motorsports in 2017. •
Natalie Decker drove full-time for
Venturini Motorsports in their No. 25 entry. She ran part-time in the No. 25 during the 2017 season. • Travis Braden ran full-time in RFMS Racing's No. 27 entry. He ran part-time in the No. 27 last year. •
Sheldon Creed ran full-time in
MDM Motorsports' No. 28 entry. He drove part-time for MDM in multiple cars last year. •
Chase Purdy full-time in
MDM Motorsports' No. 8 entry. He ran part-time for
Mason Mitchell Motorsports in 2017. •
Michael Self raced with
Venturini Motorsports for half of the season. He drove part-time for
MDM Motorsports and
Mason Mitchell Motorsports in 2017. • Brandon Grosso took over
Ken Schrader Racing's No. 52 car. The entry was previously driven in 2017 by champion
Austin Theriault. Grosso began his schedule at Nashville after
Will Rodgers piloted the car at Daytona; Grosso was not old enough to compete. Grosso eventually left the team, and the No. 52 team shut down as well. • Joe Graf Jr. made his first foray into ARCA, teaming with Chad Bryant Racing for all races except
Daytona. • Four drivers made their debuts at
Salem in the spring: Colby Howard with
Mason Mitchell Motorsports,
Josh Berry with Chad Bryant Racing, Jack Dossey III with his family team, and Matt Dooley with
Fast Track Racing. ==Schedule==