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ARCA Racing Series Tests
at Palm
Beach Int'l Raceway Roadcourse
JUPITER FL (2-8-10) - Fresh from the Daytona
Int'l Speedway, the
ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and
Menards moved farther south to Palm Beach Int'l
Raceway in Jupiter, Florida Monday, where 18 drivers
took part in an open test in preparation for the next
event on tour - the Kingdom Tire 150 presented by
ModSpace February 27th.
Roadcourse veteran Chris
Cook, in a Venturini Motorsports Chevy, topped the
charts on the 2.034, 11-turn, high-speed road course
with an average speed of 92.355 mph. Cook, not expected
to race in the upcoming event, was there to assist
Venturini Motorsports drivers' Steve Arpin, Mikey Kile
and Alli Owens.
Arpin, who finished 10th
in Saturday's
Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona, was fastest
overall among the series regulars, just a tick away from
Cook. Arpin posted a top speed of 91.613 mph.
'The Venturinis brought an
awesome car," said Arpin. "Same car we ran at New Jersey
last year, same package and set-up. We broke on the
first lap at New Jersey so it was nice to turn some laps
today. We tweaked on it today a little, but not much; it
was really close. We watched a bunch of roadcourse races
in the off-season, did a lot of research, and I think it
paid off.
"It's an absolutely
awesome facility. It's got everything. High-speed
corners, high-speed straights, low speed corners; it's a
really nice mix of everything you'd ever want in a
roadcourse. I thought the track was really wide too.
What a beautiful facility. The whole area around it is
absolutely beautiful. I think we're going to put on a
really good show."
Tim George, Jr., in a
Richard Childress Racing Chevy, was third fastest
overall with an average speed of 91.378 mph in front of
roadcourse veteran Andy Lally (91.339 mph).
Shelby
Township, Michigan series regular Robb Brent was fifth
fastest overall at 91.311 mph.
"Really nice track," said
Brent, who finished a career-best fourth on the
New Jersey Motorsports Park roadcourse in 2009.
"The place really offers a
nice variety of stuff - long straightaways, tight
corners, high-speed corners, what I call patient corners
that are big, wide and sweeping. I had a little trouble
pushing up in the corners. But once we freed it up, we
got a lot better. There are some long straightaways so
you'll need to keep a lot of momentum off the corners to
get down the straightaways."
Nine-time series champion
Frank Kimmel was also among those who tested.
"I'm just really impressed
with the whole facility," said Kimmel. "It's a really
cool track; it's gunna be a lot of fun. I learned a lot
today. Anytime I go roadcourse racing, I learn a lot. I
thought we had an excellent test overall. We put a set
of tires on in the morning and stayed with them all
day."
Kimmel also tested the new
Hoosier rain tire.
"The Hoosier rain tire did
just fine. There were no major problems. I hope we won't
be in a situation where we have to use it, but if we do,
I think the tire will perform just fine. But what a nice
place; I'm really looking forward to coming back. I know
we were reaching speeds of 170 on that back straight,
and that's getting with it."
The Kingdom Tire 150
presented by ModSpace is scheduled to roll off at 1:00
PM Sunday afternoon, February 27th. On-track
activity begins on Saturday, February 26th
with practice from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM followed by
Menards Pole Award Qualifying presented by Ansell at
4:00 PM.
The
race will also be featured in live streaming audio at
ARCAracing.com.
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ARCA Racing Series presented
by RE/MAX and Menards |
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Open Test Results, Palm Beach
Int'l Raceway, 2-8-10 |
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POS |
NO |
DRIVER |
MAKE |
TIME |
SPEED |
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1 |
25D |
Chris Cook |
Chevy |
78.857 |
92.355 |
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25B |
Steve Arpin |
Chevy |
79.495 |
91.613 |
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3 |
31 |
Tim George, Jr. |
Chevy |
79.7 |
91.378 |
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4 |
31A |
Andy Lally |
Chevy |
79.734 |
91.339 |
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5 |
36 |
Robb Brent |
Dodge |
79.758 |
91.311 |
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6 |
25 |
Mikey Kile |
Toyota |
79.805 |
91.257 |
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7 |
32 |
Justin Marks |
Dodge |
79.854 |
91.201 |
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8 |
16 |
Joey Coulter |
Chevy |
80.63 |
90.324 |
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9 |
77 |
Tom Hessert |
Dodge |
80.868 |
90.058 |
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10 |
44 |
Frank Kimmel |
Ford |
80.898 |
90.024 |
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11 |
02 |
Josh Williams |
Ford |
81.189 |
89.702 |
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12 |
22 |
Dakoda Armstrong |
Dodge |
81.479 |
89.383 |
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13 |
60 |
Patrick Sheltra |
Chevy |
81.771 |
89.063 |
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14 |
11A |
Bryan Silas |
Chevy |
82.294 |
88.497 |
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15 |
1 |
Nick Igdalski |
Ford |
82.342 |
88.446 |
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16 |
97 |
Ed Bull |
Ford |
83.337 |
87.390 |
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17 |
1A |
Chase Matiolli |
Ford |
83.451 |
87.270 |
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18 |
25 |
Alli Owens |
Chevy |
83.833 |
86.873 |
Bobby Gerhart
Adds to the Record Books with Historic sixth
Lucas Oil
Slick Mist 200 Daytona Victory;
Danica Patrick gains valuable experience, survives
spin to finish sixth in stock car debut
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (February
6, 2010)-Veteran ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and
Menards driver Bobby Gerhart earned a historic sixth
Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 Daytona race victory on Saturday
evening, using patience and fuel strategy in ARCA's
wreck-filled season opener to notch his seventh-career
restrictor plate victory while IZOD INDY Car Series star
Danica Patrick finished sixth in her stock car debut.
Patrick,
who is expected to decide on Monday if she will compete in
next week's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona, used
the
ARCA race to learn how to adapt to big, heavy stock
cars. She showed that she is a fast learner, working the No.
7
GoDaddy.com
Chevrolet on the inside, outside and middle lanes of the
racetrack in both the front and the back of the field
throughout the 80 lap/200-mile event.
Patrick ran in the lead pack for
the first half of the race until getting loose in turns 1
and 2 on lap 50, losing the draft and dropping from sixth to
13th. Three laps later Nelson Piquet, Jr., the
former
Formula One driver who also used Saturday's ARCA race
to make his stock car debut, made contact with Patrick's car
coming off of turn 4, forcing her through the infield grass.
Patrick slid sideways on the track and went through the
infield grass but was able to avoid making contact. She made
two pit stops following the spin, remaining on the lead lap,
finishing sixth in her career first stock car start.
"I was just kind of hanging out
there for most of the race," said Patrick. "There were lots
of yellows. It feels to me like I got bumped a little bit in
turns one and two (on lap 53). I just held to the yellow
line because I know that you're not supposed to go below the
yellow line to advance your position and I took myself out
unfortunately. I was pretty excited to go from last to the
top five. I felt pretty good, I was going side-by-side with
people. And then at the end I was running eighth and I
thought what the heck so I pulled out of the line and ran
high. You can see I was racing by all of the marks on the
car. The GoDaddy.com Chevrolet doesn't look very pretty."
While Patrick garnered most of
the media attention this weekend it was Gerhart to etched
his name further into the
ARCA Racing
Series Record Books, earning a record sixth Daytona
ARCA victory. The Lebanon, Pennsylvania, native pitted to
make adjustments to the No. 5 Lucas Oil Slick Mist Chevrolet
on lap 12 of 80 during the second of six caution periods,
making the most of the pit stop by topping the car off with
fuel. He did not pit for the remainder of the 200-mile race
and worked his way to the point position by lap 30.
"To be honest with you we
calculated that we could run 66 laps before we would need to
refuel," said Gerhart. "Every chance I could I was doing
everything possible to conserve fuel. I probably gained six
laps by coasting during cautions. As a little kid I dreamed
of having the opportunity to come here and race. I couldn't
have believed that I would ever be here six times and one
day I hope to retire here in Daytona victory lane but let me
tell you something, I don't like the number six so I
guarantee I will be back."
Venturini Motorsports teammates
Mark Thompson (No. 66 Phoenix Air Toyota) and John Wes
Townley (No. 35 Zaxby's Toyota), spent much of the closing
portions of the race working together to secure second and
third-place finishes, respectively.
"We really didn't have much for
Bobby," said Thompson. "His car and my car were pretty much
even and I could have gotten a little bit of a run on the
backstretch but he was running smart."
With his third-place finish
Townley, a fulltime NASCAR Nationwide Series driver for
Richard
Childress Racing, bested the career-best fourth place
Daytona ARCA finish he earned in 2009.
"I was always a little bit tight
but we had a
real fast car," said Townley. "It was tough to do
anything because Bobby was so good. I really think this was
a valuable experience. A great opportunity to come here and
run and I'm really excited to go into next year and drive
for RCR, how many people can say they run for that team?"
Defending race winner James
Buescher finished fourth in the No. 51 Phoenix Construction
Toyota after leading the first 29 laps and earning the
Menard Pole Award presented by Ansell on Friday. Buescher
will return to Daytona for next weekend's NASCAR Camping
World Truck Series race. Indiantown, Florida native Patrick
Sheltra earned a career-best fifth-place Daytona finish.
The race
was plagued by six cautions and a 21 minute, 40 second red
flag that occurred on lap 27 while track safety workers made
repairs to the speedway's fencing after Jill George made
hard contact in the No. 48
Radon.com
Dodge. Jesse Smith (No. 29 Hormel Foods-Child's Tire dodge)
was also involved.
Seven drivers were evaluated and
released from the Infield Care Center after a lap 7 incident
that started when 1998
ARCA Racing
Series Champion
Bill Baird (No. 52 Saturn Machine Chevrolet) and
Steve Blackburn (No. 68
Harley-Davidson & Honda of Prestonburg Dodge) tangled
in turns 1 and 2.
Butch Jarvis,
Milka Duno,
Leilani Munter, Josh Richards and Chad Hackenbracht
were also involved.
There were no injuries.
Bobby Gerhart
earned the Aaron's Lap Leader Award and the Messina Half-Way
Leader Award, James Finch's No. 51 Phoenix Construction
Toyota Team earned Crew Chief of the Race Honors and the
Klotz Engine Mechanic of the Race Award. Nick Igdalsky was
the RE/MAX Rookie of the Race and Tommy Joe Martins was the
CGS Imaging Hard Charger.
ARCA Racing
Series teams will test at Palm Beach Int'l Raceway in
Jupiter, Florida on Monday in preparation for the February
27 Tire Kingdom 150, the second of 20 events on the 2010
series schedule and the first of two road course races this
year. Check
http://www.arcaracing.com
for live timing and scoring of the full day test session,
scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Eastern Monday.
The next SPEED televised ARCA
Racing Series race is at
Texas Motor Speedway on April 16. Check local
listings for broadcast times.
Race Results
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2010
ARCA Racing Series by RE/MAX and Menards Event #1 |
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Daytona Int'l Speedway, Daytona Beach FL, 2-6-10 |
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Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 |
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February 6, 2010 / 6:57 PM |
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FIN |
STR |
NO |
DRIVER/HOMETOWN |
TEAM
& CAR |
LAPS |
STATUS |
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1 |
8 |
5 |
Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon PA |
Lucas Oil Slick Mist Chevrolet |
80 |
Running |
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2 |
6 |
66 |
Mark
Thompson/Cartersville GA |
Phoenix Air Toyota |
80 |
Running |
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3 |
9 |
35 |
John
Wes Townley/Watkinsville GA |
Zaxby's Toyota |
80 |
Running |
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4 |
1 |
51 |
James Buescher/Plano TX |
Phoenix Construction Toyota |
80 |
Running |
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5 |
11 |
60 |
Patrick Sheltra/Indiantown FL |
PowerTrac Machinery Dodge |
80 |
Running |
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6 |
12 |
7 |
Danica Patrick/Roscoe IL |
GoDaddy.com Chevrolet |
80 |
Running |
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7 |
14 |
4 |
Ricky Carmichael/Tallahassee FL |
Monster Energy Toyota |
80 |
Running |
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8 |
28 |
95 |
Tommy Joe Martins/Como MS |
Tommy Joe Martins Racing Ford |
80 |
Running |
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9 |
5 |
11 |
Bryan Silas/Stuart FL |
Rockingham Speedway-American Custom Yachts Ford |
80 |
Running |
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10 |
10 |
55 |
Steve Arpin/Fort Frances ON |
Venturini Motorsports Toyota |
80 |
Running |
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11 |
15 |
32 |
Justin Marks/Rocklin CA |
Construct Corps Toyota |
80 |
Running |
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12 |
27 |
28 |
Chris Cockrum/Conyers GA |
Accu
Tech-Mohawk Cable Chevrolet |
80 |
Running |
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13 |
32 |
36 |
Robb
Brent/Shelby Township MI |
Orchard Chrysler Dodge Jeep Dodge |
80 |
Running |
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14 |
26 |
83 |
Sean
Corr/Goshen NY |
Empire Racing LLC Ford |
80 |
Running |
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15 |
23 |
77 |
Tom
Hessert/Cherry Hill NJ |
Cunningham Motorsports Dodge |
80 |
Running |
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16 |
2 |
25 |
Mikey Kile/Westlake LA |
TAG
Heuer Eyewear Toyota |
80 |
Running |
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17 |
42 |
21 |
Jennifer Jo Cobb/Kansas City KS |
Bowsher-Mooi Motorsports Chevrolet |
80 |
Running |
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18 |
35 |
23 |
Frank Wilson/St. Marys WV |
Drug
Testing Centers of America-Lifeguard Medical Chevy |
80 |
Running |
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19 |
34 |
31 |
Tim
George Jr./New York NY |
RCR
Development Chevrolet |
80 |
Running |
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20 |
16 |
1 |
Nick
Igdalsky/Long Pond PA |
ModSpace Ford |
79 |
Running |
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21 |
21 |
30 |
Terry Jones/Amherstburg ON |
Jones Group Dodge |
79 |
Running |
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22 |
36 |
34 |
Darrell Basham/Henryville IN |
Anti-Monkey Butt Powder Chevrolet |
79 |
Running |
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23 |
19 |
15 |
Alli
Owens/Daytona Beach FL |
ElectrifyingCareers.com Chevrolet |
78 |
Running |
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24 |
37 |
26 |
Brad
Smith/Shelby Township MI |
ApplianceZone.com Ford |
78 |
Running |
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25 |
13 |
44 |
Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN |
Ansell-Menards Ford |
78 |
Running |
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26 |
3 |
16 |
Joey
Coulter/Miami Springs FL |
Rip
It Energy Fuel Chevrolet |
78 |
Running |
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27 |
7 |
6 |
Nelson Piquet/Brasilia Brazil |
ESR
Toyota |
67 |
Running |
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28 |
30 |
14 |
Chase Mattioli/Long Pond PA |
Big
Machine Records Ford |
67 |
Running |
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29 |
39 |
06 |
Barry Fitzgerald/Sykesville MD |
TheBusPlace.com Ford |
56 |
Accident |
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30 |
20 |
09 |
Grant Enfinger/Fairhope AL |
BeasleyAllen.com-Roush Yates Performance Ford |
38 |
Driveline |
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31 |
38 |
48 |
Jill
George/Cedar Falls IA |
Radon.com Dodge |
25 |
Accident |
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32 |
18 |
29 |
Jesse Smith/Wildwood MO |
Hormel Foods-Child's Tire Dodge |
24 |
Accident |
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33 |
4 |
22 |
Dakoda Armstrong/New Castle IN |
Cunningham Motorsports Dodge |
16 |
Accident |
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34 |
33 |
81 |
Craig Goess/Greenville NC |
Greenville Toyota of NC Toyota |
16 |
Accident |
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35 |
40 |
17 |
Hal
Martin/Galliano LA |
Mark
Gibson Racing Dodge |
7 |
Accident |
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36 |
17 |
52 |
Bill
Baird/Sturgis KY |
Saturn Machine Chevrolet |
6 |
Accident |
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37 |
22 |
68 |
Steve Blackburn/Prestonsburg KY |
Harley-Davidson & Honda of Prestonsburg Dodge |
6 |
Accident |
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38 |
29 |
12 |
Russ
Dugger/Owasso OK |
Accell Construction Chevrolet |
6 |
Accident |
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39 |
25 |
59 |
Leilani Munter/Rochester MN |
GREENandSAVE Dodge |
6 |
Accident |
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40 |
31 |
58 |
Chad
Hackenbracht/New Philadelphia OH |
Tastee Chocolate Apples Chevrolet |
6 |
Accident |
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41 |
24 |
0 |
Butch Jarvis/Blountville TN |
Steris Corporation Dodge |
6 |
Accident |
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42 |
43 |
99 |
Josh
Richards/Shinnston WV |
Presta Chevrolet |
6 |
Accident |
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43 |
41 |
90 |
Milka Duno/Caracus Venezuela |
Stringer Motorsports Toyota |
6 |
Accident |
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MENARDS POLE AWARD PRESENTED BY ANSELL: James
Buescher 49.575 (181.543 mph) |
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MRGN
OF VICT: .230 seconds |
CAUTIONS: 6 for 36 laps |
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TIME
OF RACE: 1:49:23 |
AVG
SPEED: 109.706 mph |
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LAP
LEADERS: Buescher 1-29 (29); Gerhart 30-80 (51) |
James Buescher on the pole
for Saturday's
ARCA Racing Series race at Daytona
DAYTONA
BEACH, Florida (February 5, 2010)-The
starting field for Saturday's
Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200
ARCA Racing Series presented by
RE/MAX and Menards race is set following
Friday's qualifying session at
Daytona International Speedway.
Defending race winner James Buescher
will lead off Saturday's 43-car starting
field after earning the Menards Pole
Award presented by Ansell with a 49.575
second/181.543 mph lap around the 2.5
mile speedway.
Danica Patrick,
making her stock car debut in Saturday's
ARCA Racing Series race, qualified 12th
with a 50.059 second/179.788 mph lap,
posting the exact same time as
Indiantown, Florida's Patrick Sheltra.
Sheltra starts ahead of Patrick in the
race based on 2009 car owner points.
"She's
just another driver in the field and
that's how you have to look at it,"
polesitter Buescher told members of the
media on Friday afternoon when asked
about racing alongside
Danica Patrick during her stock
car debut. "Hopefully everyone in our
race stays smart and no one over drives
while trying to impress the large
audience we have for this race. They
showed us a crash video during the
driver's meeting yesterday and it got
our attention. I think there were 3 or 4
wrecks ahead of me in this race last
year that I was able to avoid so
hopefully my heart won't skip too many
beats this year.
"I knew
the car was going to be fast because we
were fast yesterday. I wasn't sure how
the wind changing around was going to
affect everyone else. You could
definitely feel the wind blowing. We
don't want to mess the car up so we're
not going to participate in happy hour.
I've actually never done the happy hour
practice in any speedway race. They tend
to wreck a couple of cars in that
practice and I don't want to risk it."
Buescher,
the defending race winner, is competing
in the same chassis he won last year's
Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 in.
Mikey
Kile, in a Venturini Motorsports Toyota,
starts on the outside front row (49.653
seconds/181.258 mph). The Westlake,
Louisiana, native was fastest among 60
ARCA Racing Series teams who
participated in ARCA's three-day open
test in December.
"I've
probably run over 1000 laps in my mind
in between the December test and this
race weekend," said Kile. "We were
hoping for a pole award today but with
our qualifying draw and the wind and
everything this is the way it worked
out. We worked really hard during the
off season and this qualifying result is
a direct result of that hard work. The
car drafts well and drives well so I'm
looking forward to getting the race
started. We might go out there and make
some single car runs later (during the
limited-impound afternoon practice
session) but we don't want to draft. We
watched the Cup practice yesterday and
we don't want to risk messing up our
best piece. It's just not worth it."
Joey
Coulter starts third in the No. 16 Rip
It Energy Fuel Chevrolet.
"I think
we all thought we were going to be a
little bit quicker but we are thrilled
with the way we ran," said Coulter. "It
was consistent with our practice session
yesterday and anytime you can keep
consistent that's good. I'm definitely
looking forward to tomorrow because I
think my car will probably race better
than it qualified--at least that's the
goal. We'll probably just run a few laps
in drafting practice later today."
Dakoda
Armstrong qualified fourth followed by
Bryan Silas, Mark Thompson, Nelson
Piquet, Jr.,
Bobby Gerhart, John Wes Townley
and Steve Arpin.
A record
six females qualified for Saturday's
race (Danica Patrick, Alli Owens,
Leilani Munter, Jill George,
Milka Duno,
Jennifer Jo Cobb).
Teams
will participate in a final practice
session from 5:40-6:30 p.m. where
Patrick and others will get the chance
to shake down their cars in the draft
before Saturday's race, which is live on
SPEED beginning at 4:30 p.m. Eastern.
Check
arcaracing.com
and
arcanation.com
for exclusive coverage of the ARCA
Racing Series' portion of Speedweeks
2010, including live timing and scoring
and a live audio feed of on-track
activity.
Check arcaracing.com and
arcanation.com for exclusive coverage of the
ARCA Racing Series' portion of Speedweeks
2010, including live timing and scoring and
a live audio feed of on-track activity.
Starting Grid
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2010 ARCA
Racing Series by RE/MAX and Menards
Event #1 |
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Daytona Int'l
Speedway, Daytona Beach FL, 2-6-10 |
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Lucas Oil
Slick Mist 200 |
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February 5, 2010 /
1:02 PM |
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POS |
NO |
DRIVER/HOMETOWN |
TEAM & CAR |
TIME |
SPEED |
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1 |
51 |
James Buescher/Plano
TX |
Phoenix Construction
Toyota |
49.575 |
181.543 |
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2 |
25 |
Mikey Kile/Westlake
LA |
TAG Heuer Eyewear
Toyota |
49.653 |
181.258 |
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3 |
16 |
Joey Coulter/Miami
Springs FL |
Rip It Energy Fuel
Chevrolet |
49.770 |
180.832 |
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4 |
22 |
Dakoda Armstrong/New
Castle IN |
Cunningham
Motorsports Dodge |
49.782 |
180.788 |
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5 |
11 |
Bryan Silas/Stuart FL |
Rockingham
Speedway-American Custom Yachts Ford |
49.952 |
180.173 |
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6 |
66 |
Mark
Thompson/Cartersville GA |
Phoenix Air Toyota |
49.956 |
180.159 |
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7 |
6 |
Nelson
Piquet/Brasilia Brazil |
ESR Toyota |
49.966 |
180.122 |
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8 |
5 |
Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon
PA |
Lucas Oil Slick Mist
Chevrolet |
50.029 |
179.896 |
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9 |
35 |
John Wes Townley/Watkinsville
GA |
Zaxby's Toyota |
50.036 |
179.870 |
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10 |
55 |
Steve Arpin/Fort
Frances ON |
Venturini Motorsports
Toyota |
50.043 |
179.845 |
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11 |
60 |
Patrick Sheltra/Indiantown
FL |
PowerTrac Machinery
Dodge |
50.059 |
179.788 |
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12 |
7 |
Danica Patrick/Roscoe
IL |
GoDaddy.com
Chevrolet |
50.059 |
179.788 |
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13 |
44 |
Frank
Kimmel/Clarksville IN |
Ansell-Menards Ford |
50.064 |
179.770 |
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14 |
4 |
Ricky
Carmichael/Tallahassee FL |
Monster Energy Toyota |
50.065 |
179.766 |
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15 |
32 |
Justin Marks/Rocklin
CA |
Construct Corps
Toyota |
50.075 |
179.730 |
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16 |
1 |
Nick Igdalsky/Long
Pond PA |
ModSpace Ford |
50.096 |
179.655 |
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17 |
52 |
Bill Baird/Sturgis KY |
Saturn Machine
Chevrolet |
50.101 |
179.637 |
|
18 |
29 |
Jesse Smith/Wildwood
MO |
Hormel Foods-Child's
Tire Dodge |
50.174 |
179.376 |
|
19 |
15 |
Alli Owens/Daytona
Beach FL |
ElectrifyingCareers.com Chevrolet |
50.227 |
179.186 |
|
20 |
09 |
Grant Enfinger/Fairhope
AL |
BeasleyAllen.com-Roush
Yates Performance Ford |
50.241 |
179.137 |
|
21 |
30 |
Terry Jones/Amherstburg
ON |
Jones Group Dodge |
50.303 |
178.916 |
|
22 |
68 |
Steve
Blackburn/Prestonsburg KY |
Harley-Davidson &
Honda of Prestonsburg Dodge |
50.338 |
178.791 |
|
23 |
77 |
Tom Hessert/Cherry
Hill NJ |
Cunningham
Motorsports Dodge |
50.345 |
178.767 |
|
24 |
0 |
Butch
Jarvis/Blountville TN |
Steris Corporation
Dodge |
50.361 |
178.710 |
|
25 |
59 |
Leilani Munter/Rochester
MN |
GREENandSAVE Dodge |
50.402 |
178.564 |
|
26 |
83 |
Sean Corr/Goshen NY |
Empire Racing LLC
Ford |
50.410 |
178.536 |
|
27 |
28 |
Chris Cockrum/Conyers
GA |
Accu Tech-Mohawk
Cable Chevrolet |
50.453 |
178.384 |
|
28 |
95 |
Tommy Joe
Martins/Como MS |
Tommy Joe Martins
Racing Ford |
50.506 |
178.197 |
|
29 |
12 |
Russ Dugger/Owasso OK |
Accell Construction
Chevrolet |
50.514 |
178.168 |
|
30 |
14 |
Chase Mattioli/Long
Pond PA |
Big Machine Records
Ford |
50.761 |
177.301 |
|
31 |
58 |
Chad Hackenbracht/New
Philadelphia OH |
Tastee Chocolate
Apples Chevrolet |
50.775 |
177.253 |
|
32 |
36 |
Robb Brent/Shelby
Township MI |
Orchard Chrysler
Dodge Jeep Dodge |
50.780 |
177.235 |
|
33 |
81 |
Craig Goess/Greenville
NC |
Greenville Toyota of
NC Toyota |
Provisional |
|
34 |
31 |
Tim George Jr./New
York NY |
RCR Development
Chevrolet |
Provisional |
|
35 |
23 |
Frank Wilson/St.
Marys WV |
Drug Testing Centers
of America-Lifeguard Medical Chevy |
Provisional |
|
36 |
34 |
Darrell
Basham/Henryville IN |
Anti-Monkey Butt
Powder Chevrolet |
Provisional |
|
37 |
26 |
Brad Smith/Shelby
Township MI |
ApplianceZone.com
Ford |
Provisional |
|
38 |
48 |
Jill George/Cedar
Falls IA |
Radon.com Dodge |
Provisional |
|
39 |
06 |
Barry
Fitzgerald/Sykesville MD |
TheBusPlace.com Ford |
Provisional |
|
40 |
17 |
Hal Martin/Galliano
LA |
Mark Gibson Racing
Dodge |
Provisional |
|
41 |
90 |
Milka Duno/Caracus
Venezuela |
Stringer Motorsports
Toyota |
Provisional |
|
42 |
21 |
Jennifer Jo
Cobb/Kansas City KS |
Bowsher-Mooi
Motorsports Chevrolet |
Provisional |
|
43 |
99 |
Josh
Richards/Shinnston WV |
Presta Chevrolet |
Provisional |
Notes and
Quotes: Daytona Thursday Practice
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (February 4,
2010)-The ARCA Racing Series
presented by RE/MAX and Menards
officially opened the stock car
racing on-track portion of Hershey's
Milk and Milkshakes Speedweeks 2010
with a practice session that lasted
just shy of five hours on Thursday.
More
than 50 teams used the on-track
session to prepare for Saturday's
Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200, but
IZOD INDYCar Series star
Danica Patrick drew most of
the media attention. A large
contingent of print, radio and
television media gathered outside of
her garage area for most of the day.
Patrick will make her stock car
debut in Saturday's Lucas Oil Slick
Mist 200 (live on SPEED at 4:30 p.m.
Eastern) and Thursday's practice
session provided valuable on-track
time for the Roscoe, Illinois,
native. She was 17th of
53 drivers posting time with a
180.484 mph/49.866 second lap around
the 2.5-mile speedway.
"I think
today's practice was a success,"
said Patrick. "I felt that the #7
GoDaddy.com
car got stronger and more
comfortable the more runs I made.
We have been working hard to get to
this point, so hopefully tomorrow's
qualifying run goes well."
Defending Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200
race winner James Buescher posted
the fastest time of the day (49.355
seconds/182.352 mph) early during
the four hour, fifty minute practice
session in the same chassis he won
last year's edition of the race in.
Following Saturday's
ARCA Racing Series Lucas Oil
Slick Mist 200, Buescher will return
to the World Center of Racing to
participate in the
NASCAR Camping World Truck
Series' Daytona season opener one
week later.
Mikey
Kile and Mark Thompson, two of five
Venturini Motorsports entries this
weekend, were second and third fast,
followed by Joey Coulter and Dakoda
Armstrong.
Nine-time
ARCA Racing Series Champion
Frank Kimmel, who has
finished second at Daytona twice but
does not include a Daytona victory
among his 74 career ARCA wins, was
eighth overall in the Ansell-Menards
Ford Fusion (181.240
mph/49.658 mph). Five-time Daytona
ARCA race winner
Bobby Gerhart was 18th
overall (179.971 mph/50.008 seconds)
Spotted in the Garage Area
Owensboro, Kentucky native and
former
ARCA Racing Series driver
Bobby Watson, a well-regarded former
ARCA driver with several series wins
and a second-place points finish to
Benny Parsons in 1969, was in
the Garage Area Thursday assisting
fellow Kentucky native Steve
Blackburn (No. 68
Harley-Davidson & Honda of
Prestonburg Dodge).
Fast
Females
A total of six
female drivers participated in the
Thursday practice session, including
Danica Patrick (No. 7 GoDaddy.com
Chevrolet-17th quickest),
Alli Owens (No. 15
ElectrifyingCareers.com
Chevrolet-13th quickest),
Leilani Munter (No. 59
GREENandSAVE Dodge-32nd
quickest),
Milka Duno (No. 90 Stringer
Motorsports Toyota-44th
quickest),
Jennifer Jo Cobb (No. 21
Bowsher-Moooi Motorsports
Chevrolet-47th quickest)
and Jill George (No. 48
Radon.com
Dodge-50th quickest).
Another fast female in Daytona this
weekend is ARCA's Matriarch,
96-year-old Mildred Marcum. Marcum
helped found ARCA with her husband
John in 1953 and attended ARCA's
first Daytona race in 1964. On
Monday, she met with NASCAR Media
Group for an intensive interview in
which she relayed her days of
working as a NASCAR Official
alongside the France Family during
the sport's early years. Marcum
still works in ARCA's Temperance,
Michigan home office on a fulltime
basis.
Indiantown, Florida Native Sheltra
Sixth Fastest
Patrick Sheltra, a native of
Indiantown, Florida, was sixth
overall during Thursday's practice
with a 49.612 second/181.408 mph lap
late during the session.
"Our
PowerTrac Dodge is really good,"
said Sheltra. "We didn't have to
play with it a whole lot today. The
car handles well all by itself and
the little drafting we did today, I
didn't have one complaint. We're
going to qualify somewhere between
eighth and 12th, I think tomorrow
but come race day, we're going to
have a shot at winning this thing. I
just have to thank Jon (Wolfe,
crew chief) and all of the
guys for working real hard. I'm
really looking forward to the rest
of the weekend."
Menards Pole Qualifying presented by
Ansell Friday
The
43-car starting field for Saturday's
Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 will be
determined Friday, in part by
Menards Pole Qualifying presented by
Ansell. Bobby Gerhart and Justin
Marks are both former pole sitters
in the ARCA Racing Series at Daytona
entered for this year's race.
The 2010 ARCA Racing
Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards
kicks off with the Lucas Oil Slick Mist
200 at Daytona Int'l Speedway on
Saturday, February 6, 2010. The race is
live on SPEED beginning at 4:30 p.m.
Eastern.
Check
arcaracing.com
and
arcanation.com
for exclusive coverage of the ARCA Racing
Series' portion of Speedweeks 2010,
including live timing and scoring and a live
audio feed of on-track activity.
Practice Results
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2010 ARCA
Racing Series by RE/MAX and Menards
Event #1 |
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Daytona Int'l
Speedway, Daytona Beach FL, 2-6-10 |
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Lucas Oil Slick Mist
200 |
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February 4, 2010 /
2:35 PM |
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POS |
NO |
DRIVER/HOMETOWN |
TEAM & CAR |
TIME |
SPEED |
|
1 |
51 |
James Buescher/Plano TX |
Miccosukee Gaming & Resort Toyota |
49.355 |
182.352 |
|
2 |
25 |
Mikey Kile/Westlake LA |
TAG Heuer Eyewear Toyota |
49.381 |
182.256 |
|
3 |
66 |
Mark Thompson/Cartersville GA |
Phoenix Air Toyota |
49.423 |
182.101 |
|
4 |
16 |
Joey Coulter/Miami Springs FL |
Rip It Energy Fuel Chevrolet |
49.488 |
181.862 |
|
5 |
22 |
Dakoda Armstrong/New Castle IN |
Cunningham Motorsports Dodge |
49.527 |
181.719 |
|
6 |
15 |
Alli Owens/Daytona Beach FL |
ElectrifyingCareers.com Chevrolet |
49.568 |
181.569 |
|
7 |
1 |
Nick Igdalsky/Long Pond PA |
ModSpace Ford |
49.597 |
181.463 |
|
8 |
52 |
Bill Baird/Sturgis KY |
Saturn Machine Chevrolet |
49.611 |
181.411 |
|
9 |
60 |
Patrick Sheltra/Indiantown FL |
PowerTrac Machinery Dodge |
49.689 |
181.127 |
|
10 |
81 |
Craig Goess/Greenville NC |
Greenville Toyota of NC Toyota |
49.692 |
181.116 |
|
11 |
30 |
Terry Jones/Amhurstburg ON |
Jones Group Dodge |
49.697 |
181.097 |
|
12 |
35 |
John Wes Townley/Watkinsville GA |
Zaxby's Toyota |
49.750 |
180.905 |
|
13 |
44 |
Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN |
Ansell-Menards Ford |
49.760 |
180.868 |
|
14 |
43 |
Kyle Martel/Lebanon PA |
Hanover Cold Storage-Finish Line
Express Chevrolet |
49.826 |
180.629 |
|
15 |
5 |
Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon PA |
Lucas Oil Slick Mist Chevrolet |
49.828 |
180.621 |
|
16 |
55 |
Steve Arpin/Fort Frances ON |
Venturini Motorsports Toyota |
49.840 |
180.578 |
|
17 |
4 |
Ricky Carmichael/Tallahassee FL |
Monster Energy Toyota |
49.850 |
180.542 |
|
18 |
11 |
Bryan Silas/Stuart FL |
Rockingham Speedway-American Custom
Yachts Ford |
49.898 |
180.368 |
|
19 |
68 |
Steve Blackburn/Prestonsburg KY |
Harley-Davidson & Honda of
Prestonsburg Dodge |
49.933 |
180.242 |
|
20 |
6 |
Nelson Piquet/Brasilia Brazil |
ESR Toyota |
50.004 |
179.986 |
|
21 |
09 |
Grant Enfinger/Fairhope AL |
BeasleyAllen.com-Roush Yates
Performance Ford |
50.088 |
179.684 |
|
22 |
36 |
Robb Brent/Shelby Township MI |
Orchard Chrysler Dodge Jeep Dodge |
50.091 |
179.673 |
|
23 |
7 |
Danica Patrick/Roscoe IL |
GoDaddy.com Chevrolet |
50.096 |
179.655 |
|
24 |
32 |
Justin Marks/Rocklin CA |
Construct Corps Toyota |
50.099 |
179.644 |
|
25 |
28 |
Chris Cockrum/Conyers GA |
Accu Tech-Mohawk Cable Chevrolet |
50.104 |
179.626 |
|
26 |
12 |
Russ Dugger/Owasso OK |
Accell Construction Chevrolet |
50.152 |
179.454 |
|
27 |
0 |
Butch Jarvis/Blountville TN |
Steris Corporation Dodge |
50.163 |
179.415 |
|
28 |
83 |
Sean Corr/Goshen NY |
Empire Racing LLC Ford |
50.165 |
179.408 |
|
29 |
95 |
Tommy Joe Martins/Como MS |
Tommy Joe Martins Racing Ford |
50.230 |
179.176 |
|
30 |
99 |
Josh Richards/Shinnston WV |
Presta Chevrolet |
50.248 |
179.112 |
|
31 |
77 |
Tom Hessert/Cherry Hill NJ |
Cunningham Motorsports Dodge |
50.267 |
179.044 |
|
32 |
59 |
Leilani Munter/Rochester MN |
GREENandSAVE Dodge |
50.270 |
179.033 |
|
33 |
29 |
Jesse Smith/Wildwood MO |
Hormel Foods-Child's Tire Dodge |
50.378 |
178.649 |
|
34 |
42 |
Scott Stenzel/Alexandria MN |
Yellow Stripes Making The Driver
Ford |
50.382 |
178.635 |
|
35 |
58 |
Chad Hackenbracht/New Philadelphia
OH |
Tastee Chocolate Apples Chevrolet |
50.502 |
178.211 |
|
36 |
17 |
Hal Martin/Galliano LA |
Mark Gibson Racing Dodge |
50.628 |
177.767 |
|
37 |
85 |
Lance Fenton/Tyler TX |
Team Gill Racing Dodge |
50.638 |
177.732 |
|
38 |
14 |
Chase Mattioli/Long Pond PA |
Big Machine Records Ford |
50.656 |
177.669 |
|
39 |
38 |
Greg Sarff/Powell OH |
Great Dane Trailers Dodge |
50.728 |
177.417 |
|
40 |
97 |
Matt Lofton/Mooresville NC |
Strutmasters.com Chevrolet |
50.762 |
177.298 |
|
41 |
90 |
Milka Duno/Caracus Venezuela |
Stringer Motorsports Toyota |
50.996 |
176.484 |
|
42 |
31 |
Tim George Jr./New York NY |
RCR Development Chevrolet |
51.023 |
176.391 |
|
43 |
76 |
Jerick Johnson/Faribault MN |
American Legion-David Law Firm
Dodge |
51.091 |
176.156 |
|
44 |
75 |
Chuck Walker/Stanley NC |
Bob Schacht Motorsports Chevrolet |
51.400 |
175.097 |
|
45 |
21 |
Jennifer Jo Cobb/Kansas City KS |
Bowsher-Mooi Motorsports Chevrolet |
51.450 |
174.927 |
|
46 |
23 |
Frank Wilson/St. Marys WV |
Drug Testing Centers of
America-Lifeguard Medical Chevy |
51.596 |
174.432 |
|
47 |
80 |
Brad Lloyd/Napa CA |
Stadelhofer Construction-Matt
Cardeiro Enterprises Ford |
52.060 |
172.877 |
|
48 |
48 |
Jill George/Cedar Falls IA |
Radon.com Dodge |
53.175 |
169.252 |
|
49 |
06 |
Barry Fitzgerald/Sykesville MD |
TheBusPlace.com Ford |
54.708 |
164.510 |
|
50 |
26 |
Brad Smith/Shelby Township MI |
ApplianceZone.com Ford |
55.104 |
163.328 |
|
51 |
10 |
Mike Holt/Snow Camp NC |
Casite Chevrolet |
55.951 |
160.855 |
|
2010 ARCA
Racing Series by RE/MAX and Menards
Event #1 |
|
|
|
Daytona Int'l
Speedway, Daytona Beach FL, 2-6-10 |
|
|
|
Lucas Oil Slick Mist
200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
February 4, 2010 /
4:53 PM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
POS |
NO |
DRIVER/HOMETOWN |
TEAM & CAR |
TIME |
SPEED |
|
1 |
25 |
Mikey Kile/Westlake LA |
TAG Heuer Eyewear Toyota |
49.379 |
182.264 |
|
2 |
66 |
Mark Thompson/Cartersville GA |
Phoenix Air Toyota |
49.513 |
181.770 |
|
3 |
16 |
Joey Coulter/Miami Springs FL |
Rip It Energy Fuel Chevrolet |
49.537 |
181.682 |
|
4 |
22 |
Dakoda Armstrong/New Castle IN |
Cunningham Motorsports Dodge |
49.549 |
181.638 |
|
5 |
35 |
John Wes Townley/Watkinsville GA |
Zaxby's Toyota |
49.552 |
181.627 |
|
6 |
60 |
Patrick Sheltra/Indiantown FL |
PowerTrac Machinery Dodge |
49.612 |
181.408 |
|
7 |
6 |
Nelson Piquet/Brasilia Brazil |
ESR Toyota |
49.631 |
181.338 |
|
8 |
44 |
Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN |
Ansell-Menards Ford |
49.658 |
181.240 |
|
9 |
55 |
Steve Arpin/Fort Frances ON |
Venturini Motorsports Toyota |
49.671 |
181.192 |
|
10 |
11 |
Bryan Silas/Stuart FL |
Rockingham Speedway-American Custom
Yachts Ford |
49.694 |
181.108 |
|
11 |
15 |
Alli Owens/Daytona Beach FL |
ElectrifyingCareers.com Chevrolet |
49.728 |
180.985 |
|
12 |
81 |
Craig Goess/Greenville NC |
Greenville Toyota of NC Toyota |
49.759 |
180.872 |
|
13 |
52 |
Bill Baird/Sturgis KY |
Saturn Machine Chevrolet |
49.808 |
180.694 |
|
14 |
7 |
Danica Patrick/Roscoe IL |
GoDaddy.com Chevrolet |
49.866 |
180.484 |
|
15 |
29 |
Jesse Smith/Wildwood MO |
Hormel Foods-Child's Tire Dodge |
49.880 |
180.433 |
|
16 |
09 |
Grant Enfinger/Fairhope AL |
BeasleyAllen.com-Roush Yates
Performance Ford |
49.956 |
180.159 |
|
17 |
32 |
Justin Marks/Rocklin CA |
Construct Corps Toyota |
49.973 |
180.097 |
|
18 |
5 |
Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon PA |
Lucas Oil Slick Mist Chevrolet |
50.008 |
179.971 |
|
19 |
28 |
Chris Cockrum/Conyers GA |
Accu Tech-Mohawk Cable Chevrolet |
50.011 |
179.960 |
|
20 |
83 |
Sean Corr/Goshen NY |
Empire Racing LLC Ford |
50.072 |
179.741 |
|
21 |
77 |
Tom Hessert/Cherry Hill NJ |
Cunningham Motorsports Dodge |
50.094 |
179.662 |
|
22 |
43 |
Kyle Martel/Lebanon PA |
Hanover Cold Storage-Finish Line
Express Chevrolet |
50.097 |
179.651 |
|
23 |
12 |
Russ Dugger/Owasso OK |
Accell Construction Chevrolet |
50.108 |
179.612 |
|
24 |
0 |
Butch Jarvis/Blountville TN |
Steris Corporation Dodge |
50.184 |
179.340 |
|
25 |
30 |
Terry Jones/Amherstburg ON |
Jones Group Dodge |
50.189 |
179.322 |
|
26 |
95 |
Tommy Joe Martins/Como MS |
Tommy Joe Martins Racing Ford |
50.250 |
179.104 |
|
27 |
58 |
Chad Hackenbracht/New Philadephia OH |
Tastee Chocolate Apples Chevrolet |
50.323 |
178.845 |
|
28 |
59 |
Leilani Munter/Rochester MN |
GREENandSAVE Dodge |
50.452 |
178.387 |
|
29 |
36 |
Robb Brent/Shelby Township MI |
Orchard Chrysler Dodge Jeep Dodge |
50.485 |
178.271 |
|
30 |
17 |
Hal Martin/Galliano LA |
Mark Gibson Racing Dodge |
50.504 |
178.204 |
|
31 |
76 |
Jerick Johnson/Faribault MN |
American Legion-David Law Firm
Dodge |
50.515 |
178.165 |
|
32 |
42 |
Scott Stenzel/Alexandria MN |
Yellow Stripes Making The Driver
Ford |
50.518 |
178.154 |
|
33 |
99 |
Josh Richards/Shinnston WV |
Presta Chevrolet |
50.519 |
178.151 |
|
34 |
31 |
Tim George Jr./New York NY |
RCR Development Chevrolet |
50.638 |
177.732 |
|
35 |
38 |
Greg Sarff/Powell OH |
Great Dane Trailers Dodge |
50.645 |
177.708 |
|
36 |
14 |
Chase Mattioli/Long Pond PA |
Big Machine Records Ford |
50.683 |
177.574 |
|
37 |
85 |
Lance Fenton/Tyler TX |
Team Gill Racing Dodge |
50.684 |
177.571 |
|
38 |
97 |
Matt Lofton/Mooresville NC |
Strutmasters.com Chevrolet |
50.710 |
177.480 |
|
39 |
90 |
Milka Duno/Caracus Venezuela |
Stringer Motorsports Toyota |
50.902 |
176.810 |
|
40 |
75 |
Chuck Walker/Stanley NC |
Bob Schacht Motorsports Chevrolet |
51.257 |
175.586 |
|
41 |
06 |
Barry Fitzgerald/Sykesville MD |
TheBusPlace.com Ford |
51.393 |
175.121 |
|
42 |
21 |
Jennifer Jo Cobb/Kansas City KS |
Bowsher-Mooi Motorsports Chevrolet |
51.502 |
174.751 |
|
43 |
23 |
Frank Wilson/St. Marys WV |
Drug Testing Centers of
America-Lifeguard Medical Chevy |
51.785 |
173.796 |
|
44 |
80 |
Brad Lloyd/Napa CA |
Stadelhofer Construction-Matt
Cardeiro Enterprises Ford |
52.005 |
173.060 |
|
45 |
48 |
Jill George/Cedar Falls IA |
Radon.com Dodge |
52.364 |
171.874 |
|
46 |
34 |
Darrell Basham/Henryville IN |
Anti-Monkey Butt Powder Chevrolet |
53.436 |
168.426 |
|
47 |
26 |
Brad Smith/Shelby Township MI |
ApplianceZone.com Ford |
58.516 |
153.804 |
|