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  • Ty Dillon and Kyle Fowler Make Up Front Row for ARCA Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona

    Ty Dillon and Kyle Fowler Make Up Front Row for ARCA Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona

    [media-credit name=”arcaracing.com” align=”alignleft” width=”258″][/media-credit]When the green flag drops tomorrow for the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200, two 18 year old drivers will lead the field to the green flag.

    Richard Childress’ grandson Ty Dillon (No. 41 University of Northwestern Ohio/Richard Childress Racing Development Chevrolet) won the pole with a lap of 48.509 seconds (185.533mph) to win the Menards Pole Award presented by Ansell. This is the fastest lap that has been run at Daytona since Kirk Shelmerdine in 2001 with a pole speed of 187.352mph. 

    “It was really special to me. I’ve been coming here for a long time since I was a little kid to see my grandfather, watching races, watching qualifying, and this being my first time at a superspeedway and to have this car get the pole is really special to me,” Dillon said. “I’m glad we could do it with UNOH.

    “Our team has definitely worked hard enough so that we have one of the best cars in the garage. I believe we can definitely win this race tomorrow. I just have to be patient; we have the car to do it.”

    This marks the start of a solid weekend for Dillon, who is trying to go for his third consecutive win in a row after winning the final two races last year – Kansas & Rockingham. Dillon has also been running a dirt modified at Volusia Speedway Park each night to get more experience.

    “I think it just helps me with my experience, getting as much seat time as possible,” he said. “It’s been hard every night getting back to the hotel at 1 in the morning and getting up at 6 to come here to be with the guys, but I love racing. I wouldn’t want to be doing anything else.”

    Starting second will be Venturini Motorsports rookie Kyle Fowler, who drove a lap of 48.65 seconds (184.995mph) in his No. 15 Chevrolet.

    “Venturini definitely has an awesome piece there with the 15 car, and I’m just the lucky guy that gets to hold the steering wheel,” Fowler said.

    Fowler has made just five prior starts in the ARCA Racing Series, but none on a track larger than a mile-and-a-half.

    “It was absolutely incredible to make those first few laps around here,” he said. “Heck, I got goosebumps just walking on the premises. It’s every driver’s dream to race here. It’s racing’s biggest stage, and I just want to be there at the end.”  

    Following the rookies will be Venturini Motorsports veteran Steve Arpin (No. 25 Mike’s Hard Lemonade Chevrolet), with a lap of 48.762 seconds (184.57 mph).

    “We were really focused (in practice) yesterday on qualifying stuff,” said Arpin, who led the series with three victories last year. “It’s really hard at Daytona, because you’ve got to try to qualify the best you can because track position’s really important, but at the same time you’ve got to make the car drive as good as it can.

    “We tried to find that happy medium and balance the car the best we could. The best thing I’m excited about is that our car drives awesome in the draft and that’s all that’s important – to get that trophy at the end of the day tomorrow.”

    Matt Merrell, who is making his first start since 2009, will start fourth, in his No. 32 Red Line Oil Toyota. Six-time Daytona ARCA winner Bobby Gerhart completed the top five in fifth with his No. 5 Lucas Oil Slick Mist Chevrolet.

    Practice leader Hal Martin, motocross superstar Ricky Carmichael, Mark Thompson, Tim George Jr., and Tom Hessert will fill out the rest of the first five rows.

    Other notables include IndyCar star Milka Duno who will start 23rd in his first ARCA start while nine-time ARCA Racing Series champion Frank Kimmel will start 26th in his 20th ARCA Daytona start.

    The 80-lap, 200-mile Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 airs live on SPEED at 4:30 p.m. Eastern tomorrow, with live timing and scoring and live audio presented by ARCA Nation and News 1150 WNDB at ARCARacing.com. Bobby Gerhart (No. 5 Lucas Oil Slick Mist Chevrolet) is the defending and all-time leading winner at the track, with wins in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2010. Gerhart also won four consecutive poles between 2003 and 2006. The race is scheduled as the first of 19 this season.

    The ARCA Racing Series will host a final, 45-minute practice at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Live timing and scoring will be presented by ARCA Nation at ARCARacing.com.

    Starting Grid

    2011 Event #1, ARCA Racing Series Presented by Menards    
    Daytona Int’l Speedway, Daytona Beach FL, 2-12-11    
    Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200      
               
    February 11, 2011 / 3:49 PM      
               
    POS NO DRIVER/HOMETOWN TEAM & CAR TIME SPEED
    1 41 Ty Dillon/Lewisville NC UNOH Chevrolet 48.509 185.533
    2 15 Kyle Fowler/Smyrna GA Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet 48.650 184.995
    3 25 Steve Arpin/Fort Frances ON Mike’s Hard Lemonade-Trent’s Tire Toyota 48.762 184.570
    4 32 Matt Merrell/Portland TX Red Line Oil Toyota 48.881 184.121
    5 5 Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon PA Lucas Oil Slick Mist Chevrolet 48.961 183.820
    6 55 Hal Martin/Galliano LA NOLA Motorsports Park Toyota 48.977 183.760
    7 4 Ricky Carmichael/Tallahassee FL Monster Energy Chevrolet 48.981 183.745
    8 66 Mark Thompson/Cartersville GA Phoenix Air Toyota 49.083 183.363
    9 31 Tim George Jr./New York NY RCR Development Chevrolet 49.112 183.255
    10 52 Tom Hessert/Cherry Hill NJ Federated Auto Parts Toyota 49.249 182.745
    11 28 Miguel Paludo/Nova Prata Brazil STEMCO-Duroline Toyota 49.276 182.645
    12 98 Kevin Swindell/Goodlettsville TN Curb Records-Eddie Sharp Racing Toyota 49.291 182.589
    13 16 Joey Coulter/Miami Springs FL Rip It Energy Fuel-Darrell Gwynn Foundation Chevrolet 49.314 182.504
    14 22 Dakoda Armstrong/New Castle IN Ferrellgas-Syngenta Dodge 49.355 182.352
    15 19 Brian Rose/Louisville KY Harris Trucking-ASE Toyota 49.358 182.341
    16 6 Jason Bowles/Ontario CA Eddie Sharp Racing Toyota 49.368 182.304
    17 14 John Ferrier/Middletown NY CGS Imaging Ford 49.386 182.238
    18 30 Terry Jones/Amherstburg Ontario Jones Group Dodge 49.388 182.230
    19 17 Chris Buescher/Prosper TX Roulo Brothers Racing Ford 49.408 182.157
    20 09 Benny Gordon/DuBois PA VSI Ford 49.537 181.682
    21 94 Brett Hudson/Owensboro KY Hudson Performance Drivelines Dodge 49.583 181.514
    22 11 Bryan Silas/Stuart FL National Speed Sport News-Fast Track Ford 49.584 181.510
    23 63 Milka Duno/Caracas Venezuela Citgo Lubricants Dodge 49.604 181.437
    24 12 Maryeve Dufault/Sorel Quebec TMR Dodge 49.726 180.992
    25 77 Joey Licata/Van Nuys CA Wrong Inc. Dodge 49.727 180.988
    26 44 Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN Ansell-Menards Ford 49.775 180.814
    27 82 Sean Corr/Goshen NY Empire Racing Ford 49.782 180.788
    28 1 Chad McCumbee/Supply NC ModSpace Ford 49.791 180.756
    29 18 Chris Lawson/Troutman NC Ideal Steel Custom Flame Cutting Dodge 49.801 180.719
    30 00 Ed Kennedy/Coppell TX Thunder 2 Lubricants-Daytona Lagoon Chevrolet 49.811 180.683
    31 36 Grant Enfinger/Fairhope AL BeasleyAllen.com-Excaliber Coach Dodge 49.846 180.556
    32 26 Tommy Joe Martins/Como MS Martins Motorsports Dodge 49.924 180.274
    33 23 Nick Igdalsky/Long Pond PA Fox Realty Chevrolet Provisional
    34 34 Darrell Basham/Henryville IN IndustrialDepot.com Ford Provisional
    35 48 James Hylton/Inman SC Radon.com Ford Provisional
    36 10 Ed Pompa/Ballston Spa NY Rifenburg Construction-Double H Ranch Chevrolet Provisional
    37 06 Barry Fitzgerald/Sykesville MD CanadianHeroes.com Chevrolet Provisional
    38 68 Steve Blackburn/Prestonsburg KY Honda of Prestonburg-Harley of Pikeville Dodge Provisional
    39 7 Brent Cross/Cortland NY Cummings Auto Machine-Quadraflex Chevrolet Provisional
    40 58 Chad Hackenbracht/New Philadelphia OH Tastee Apple Chevrolet Provisional
    41 75 Benny Chastain/Tallahassee FL Drive To End Hunger AARP Toyota Provisional
    42 3 Brent Brevak/Eau Claire WI Red’s Auto Ford Provisional
    43 42 Scott Stenzel/Orlando FL Yellow Stripes Making The Driver Ford Provisional

    To see more articles by Ashley McCubbin and live updates from the weekend, check out http://newsfromthepits.blogspot.com/

  • Kyle Fowler Leads Venturini Motorsports 1-2 in ARCA Wednesday Morning Speed Chart

    Kyle Fowler Leads Venturini Motorsports 1-2 in ARCA Wednesday Morning Speed Chart

    Kyle Fowler led the speed charts following day one and after the morning session day two, Fowler was still on top of the standings.

    Fowler completed 12 laps in the morning session on Wednesday with a best lap of 48.668 seconds (184.926 mph). This lap stands as the best of the two days, also.

    “I’m really pleased with (Kyle) Fowler in the 15,” general manager Billy Venturini said. “That’s been a real pleasant surprise. That car has been awfully good, and was really good in the wind tunnel. It’s good to see a kid that’s never been here before run that well.”

    His teammate Hal Martin ran 15 laps to end up second on the charts with a lap of 48.697 seconds (184.816 mph).

    “Wow, we have fast cars! The PME engine we’re using, that’s a lot of horses under the hood,” Martin told the ARCA Racing Network. “The car is driving really well; we’re hugging the yellow line and slamming the nose to the ground into the corners. It’s driving really fast and flat into the turns. We’re going to continue with single-car lines this afternoon. I’m looking forward to it. It’s been a really solid day so far.”

    The 25-year old Louisiana native will race five races for Venturini Motorsports in 2011 – Daytona, Talladega, Chicagoland, Pocono and Michigan.

    “I’m really looking forward to hitting the track again at Daytona,” Martin said. “I had a bit of a head start on the field by being able to participate in the Hoosier Tire test here in December for Venturini Motorsports – so I feel I had a good chance to get somewhat acclimated to the track with some laps logged.”

    Martin has made six career ARCA Racing Series starts, including one with Venturini. He finished 10th at Talladega last season.

    “We’ve got strong talent among all of our drivers, and our reputation stands behind the equipment and support we’re able to provide each and every one of them,” Tom Venturini, a team representative said. “Hal has proven his talent for our organization in the past, as well as on the Gulf Coast Late Model tracks. We’re really excited to see how he’ll perform this season. He has tremendous talent. We’re hopeful he will not only add more top-10s to that resume, but also top-fives and maybe even a trip to Victory Lane.”

    Along with Martin, Venturini Motorsports will run rookies Alastair Jackson, Max Gresham, and Darren Hagen in the 2011 season.

    Richard Childress Racing development driver Tim George Jr. drove 11 laps to end up third on the charts with a lap of 48.985 seconds (183.73 mph).

    “That’s the car we ran at Talladega, and it was really fast at Talladega,” George said after yesterday’s test. “I was comfortable with the car right out of the box; it’s not like getting used to a new car. I’ve been running the banking for the past four days here in the Rolex Series, and we were third on the board there, so it feels good to be back on top of the board with a different tire and a different car.”

    Venturini Motorsports driver Steve Arpin finished the morning fourth with a lap of 49.222 seconds (182.845 mph) while Cunningham Motorsports’ driver Dakoda Armstrong ended up fifth with a lap of 49.438 seconds (182.046 mph).

    Armstrong, the 2010 ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year, plans to run both the February 12th Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway and the April 15th Talladega ARCA 250 at Talladega Superspeedway, as according to Cunningham Motorsports. Armstrong won two races – Talladega Superspeedway and Salem Speedway – last year for them driving the No. 22.  

    Scott Stenzel, Ty Dillon, Joey Licata Jr., Grant Enfinger, and Ryan Glenski rounded out the top 10 for the morning.

    For Dillon, it marked his first laps ever on a Superspeedway as he looks to run his first full ARCA racing season.

    “It’s awesome,” Dillon said of the experience yesterday. “It’s really exciting. You go really fast. The track’s really smooth, so it’s fairly easy to get up to speed. We have a good car and there’s still some speed to gain. We’re just going to keep working on it. I just want to learn. I’ve got to learn to make our car better, and I’ve got to learn a lot, especially in the draft. We’ll just get as many laps as we can get and hopefully keep it up.”  

    Dillon’s teammate George Jr. said he looks forward to working with Dillon after having some years of ARCA experience under his belt.

    “He’s been racing cars way longer than I have,” George said. “You know, he’s much younger than I am. I’m going to lean on him for some stuff and he’ll probably lean on me for some stuff on the road courses and maybe the superspeedways. There’s a lot that he’s done in his racing career that I’m looking forward to doing, including winning in the ARCA Racing Series. It’ll be good to have support between him and I, and I’m looking forward to it.”

    IndyCar star Milka Duno was 16th on the speed charts today after being in the top 10 throughout the day yesterday.Other notables include six-time Daytona ARCA winner Bobby Gerhart ended the three-hour session tied for 21st, at 50.007 seconds (179.975 mph), and nine-time ARCA Racing Series champion Frank Kimmel finished 36th, at 50.733 seconds (177.399 mph).

    “Well, we wanted to go out and make sure the thing runs real fast,” Kimmel said. “Unfortunately, it’s not running real fast right now. We’ve got some work to do. This is the car we tore up here last year in the race. We qualified 13th, and we expect to be there or in the top 10 by the time we’re done. We have some work to do right now.” 

    Drafting testing will take place this afternoon, beginning at 1 p.m. and lasting for four hours. A maximum of six cars per pack will be allowed to test.

    DAYTONA INT’L SPEEDWAY TEST – 1/11-13/11  
    ARCA RACING SERIES PRESENTED BY MENARDS  
    JANUARY 12, 2011, MORNING SESSION    
               
      CAR # DRIVER MAKE TIME SPEED
    1 15 Kyle Fowler Chevy 48.668 184.926
    2 55 Hal Martin Toyota 48.697 184.816
    3 31 Tim George Chevy 48.985 183.730
    4 25 Steve Arpin Toyota 49.222 182.845
    5 22 Dakoda Armstrong Dodge 49.438 182.046
    6 42a Scott Stenzil Ford 49.457 181.976
    7 41a Ty Dillon Chevy 49.517 181.756
    8 77 Joey Licata, Jr. Dodge 49.549 181.638
    9 36 Grant Enfinger Dodge 49.559 181.602
    10 18a Ryan Glenski Ford 49.578 181.532
    11 14b John Ferrier Ford 49.621 181.375
    12 66 Mark Thompson Toyota 49.679 181.163
    13 10a Ed Pompa Chevy 49.686 181.138
    14 63a Milka Duno Dodge 49.708 181.057
    15 6 Jason Bowles Toyota 49.709 181.054
    16 18c Jeremy Frankoski Ford 49.714 181.036
    17 09 Benny Gordon Ford 49.743 180.930
    18 16 Randy Renfrow Chevy 49.763 180.857
    19 36b Brett Hudson Dodge 49.849 180.545
    20 1 Chad McCumbee Ford 49.978 180.079
    21 5 Bobby Gerhart Chevy 50.007 179.975
    22 54 Will Vaught Chevy 50.007 179.975
    23 12b Maryeve Dufault Dodge 50.021 179.924
    24 5c Damon Lusk Chevy 50.054 179.806
    25 75b Benny Chastain Chevy 50.065 179.766
    26 5a Bobby Gerhart Chevy 50.070 179.748
    27 17a Chris Buescher Ford 50.106 179.619
    28 11 Bryan Silas Ford 50.139 179.501
    29 14a John Graham Ford 50.145 179.480
    30 68 Steve Blackburn Dodge 50.213 179.236
    31 2 Kevin Swindell Toyota 50.280 178.998
    32 95 Tommy Joe Martins Dodge 50.281 178.994
    33 75a Hannah Baker Chevy 50.339 178.788
    34 10b Rick Clifton Chevy 50.355 178.731
    35 82 Sean Corr Ford 50.729 177.413
    36 44 Frank Kimmel Ford 50.733 177.399
    37 3 Brent Brevak Dodge 50.811 177.127
    38 23 Levi Youster Chevy 50.939 176.682
    39 08 James Hylton Ford 51.070 176.229
    40 58 Chad Hackenbracht Chevy 51.443 174.951
    41 17b Chris Buescher Ford 52.126 172.659
    42 62 Drew Charleson Chevy 54.853 164.075
    43 4 Brian Rose Dodge    
    44 16 Brian Smith Chevy    
    45 12 Jared Marks Dodge    
    46 18 Tyler Speer Ford    
    47 25 Hal Martin Toyota    
    48 48 James Hylton Ford    
    49 97 Matt Lofton Chevy    
    50 12c Chase Austin Dodge    
    51 16a Joey Coulter Chevy    
    52 23a Jake Crum Chevy    
    53 42b Joey Gase Ford    
    54 42c Ryan Lynch Ford    

     
  • Chris Buescher, Tim George Jr and Ty Dillion Top Morning ARCA Daytona Test

    Chris Buescher, Tim George Jr and Ty Dillion Top Morning ARCA Daytona Test

    Eighteen-year old rookie Chris Buescher drove the Roulo Brothers Racing Ford, marked with an orange No. 17, to a lap of 49.315 seconds (182.5 mph) in the opening session to top the charts.

    [media-credit name=”arcaracing.com” align=”alignleft” width=”287″][/media-credit]”It was a little unexpected, for sure, being the first session out on a speedway for me,” said Buescher, who has two wins in 15 ARCA Racing Series starts over two seasons. “To be honest, I’m not at all comfortable yet. I was a little bit all over the place, but that means I’ve got a good piece under me. We did a good job preparing.”

    Buescher has experience in the ARCA Racing Series as he won both races at Toledo last year, however this marks his first full-season now that he has become of age.

    Buescher was followed by Richard Childress Racing Development driver teammates Tim George Jr. (49.368 seconds) and Ty Dillon (49.497 seconds). The 2011 season marks George’s third full season in ARCA while Dillon, grandson of Richard Childress and brother of Camping World Truck Series driver Austin Dillon, enters his first full year of ARCA Racing.

    Benny Chastain and Dakoda Armstrong rounded out the top five and Matt Lofton was sixth.

    IndyCar driver Milka Duno, who recently announced she had joined forces with Sheltra Motorsports, ended the morning seventh. Scott Stenzel, Mark Thompson, and 2010 ARCA Racing Series champion Patrick Sheltra completed the top 10.

    DAYTONA INT’L SPEEDWAY TEST – 1/11-13/11  
    ARCA RACING SERIES PRESENTED BY MENARDS  
    JANUARY 11, 2011, MORNING SESSION    
               
      CAR # DRIVER MAKE TIME SPEED
    1 17a Chris Buescher Ford 49.315 182.500
    2 31 Tim George Chevy 49.368 182.304
    3 41a Ty Dillon Chevy 49.497 181.829
    4 75b Benny Chastain Chevy 49.680 181.159
    5 22 Dakoda Armstrong Dodge 49.755 180.886
    6 97 Matt Lofton Chevy 50.059 179.788
    7 63a Milka Duno Dodge 50.066 179.763
    8 42a Scott Stenzil Ford 50.149 179.465
    9 66 Mark Thompson Toyota 50.151 179.458
    10 63 Patrick Sheltra Dodge 50.180 179.354
    11 5a Bobby Gerhart Chevy 50.204 179.269
    12 36b Brett Hudson   50.227 179.186
    13 5c Damon Lusk Chevy 50.244 179.126
    14 77 Joey Licata, Jr. Dodge 50.262 179.062
    15 16b Joey Coulter Chevy 50.290 178.962
    16 68 Steve Blackburn Dodge 50.317 178.866
    17 14b John Ferrier Ford 50.318 178.862
    18 5 Bobby Gerhart Chevy 50.337 178.795
    19 54 Will Vaught Chevy 50.356 178.727
    20 1 Chad McCumbee Ford 50.383 178.632
    21 82 Sean Corr Ford 50.744 177.361
    22 44 Frank Kimmel Ford 50.877 176.897
    23 12c Chase Austin Dodge 50.897 176.828
    24 36 Grant Enfinger Dodge 51.089 176.163
    25 11 Bryan Silas   51.140 175.987
    26 10a Ed Pompa   51.233 175.668
    27 58 Chad Hackenbracht Chevy 51.244 175.630
    28 14 John Graham Ford 51.685 174.132
    29 2 Kevin Swindell Toyota    
    30 3 Brent Brevak Dodge    
    31 4 Brian Rose Dodge    
    32 5 Brian Smith Chevy    
    33 6 Jason Bowles Toyota    
    34 10 Rick Clifton      
    35 12 Jared Marks Dodge    
    36 12 Maryeve Dufault Dodge    
    37 15 Kyle Fowler Chevy    
    38 16 Randy Renfrow Chevy    
    39 18 Ryan Glenski      
    40 18 Tyler Speer      
    41 18 Jeremy Frankoski      
    42 23 Rob Jones Chevy    
    43 25   Toyota    
    44 42 Joey Gase Ford    
    45 42 Ryan Lynch Ford    
    46 48 James Hylton Ford    
    47 49 Jimmie Nowell      
    48 55 Steve Arpin Toyota    
    49 62 Drew Charleson Chevy    
    50 73 John Sendo      
    51 75 Hannah Baler Chevy    
    52 95 Tommy Joe Martins      
    53 08 James Hylton Ford    
    54 09 Benny Gordon Ford    
    55   Russell Henderson      
    56   Ricky Byers      
    57   Hal Martin Toyota    
    58   Jake Crum Chevy    
    59   Bobby D Earnhardt      
    60   Chris Davis