🇺🇸 Cole Denton

Cole Denton is an entry-level professional racing stock cars in the ARCA Menards West, a national single-class series that fields amateur, semi-professional and professional drivers in the same races. He drives the No. 71 Ford for Jan's Towing Racing, owned by Jan Qualkenbush. His first indexed season in 2026 has comprised 11 starts in the West series and one appearance in the national ARCA Menards Series.[1]

Across those 12 starts Denton has taken two wins and four podiums, all but one of them in the West, racing primarily on oval tracks. He won twice from pole position, at Tri-City and All American Speedway in June, and sits 34th in the national series standings after one round there. Against the established professionals in his field he has beaten the 2025 ARCA Menards West champion Trevor Huddleston four times in head-to-head meetings, though he typically finishes behind him; against Robbie Kennealy, a professional regular in both series, the two are closely matched.[2]

Denton's record shows a driver establishing himself against a field that includes established professionals and championship-winning opposition. His early wins on ovals have come in competitive circumstances against graded drivers, yet his season remains incomplete and his standing against the full grid remains to be defined.