Ryan Reed and Venturini Motorsports Lead Day 1 of ARCA Testing at Daytona

Testing has officially begun for the 2011 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards season as they began their three-day test at Daytona International Speedway on December 16th. As prior to years before, ARCA has hosted a three day test to allow teams to prepare for the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 next February.

Also as usual, Venturini Motorsports was strong with Ryan Reed topping the charts with a best lap of 48.857 seconds in the after session. Reed was followed by his four teammtes Brennan Poole, John Stancill and Mark Thompson.

Reed announced just last week that he had partnered up with Venturini Motorsports for a part-time schedule in 2012. The 18-year-old from Bakersfield, California raced a variety of cars last year, including the Pro Allstars Series, NASCAR Whelen All American and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.

Venturini Motorsports is known for being strong in Daytona qualifying as they won the pole last year and a total of seven Menards Pole Awards over the course of 2011.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year Joey Coulter rounded out the top five, followed by Chris Windom, Nelson Canache, Sloan Henderson, Damon Lusk and T.J. Duke. Seven-time Daytona winner Bobby Gerhart in 12th.

In the morning sesson, it was Venturini driver Brennan Poole topping the charts with a lap of 48.915 seconds, over teammates Stancill and Thompson. Poole made his first start for the Venturini’s last year and scored his first win at Salem in May.

T.J. Duke, driving for Coulter Motorsports, was fourth with Reed fifth. Rick Clifton, Coulter, Chad Hackenbracht, McReynolds, and Gerhart filled out the top 10.

Testing will continue tomorrow with two sessions, from 9am-noon and 1-5pm. ARCARacing.com will feature lie timing and scoring on their site.

DAYTONA INT’L SPEEDWAY TEST – FRIDAY AM – 12/16/11

	CAR #	DRIVER	MFG	TIME	SPEED
1	25	Brennan Poole	Chevy	48.915	183.993
2	55	John Stancill	Toyota	48.921	183.970
3	66	Mark Thompson	Toyota	48.931	183.932
4	61	TJ Duke	Chevy	49.193	182.953
5	15	Ryan Reed	Toyota	49.328	182.452
6	11b	Rick Clifton	Chevy	49.340	182.408
7	61	Joey Coulter	Chevy	49.424	182.098
8	58	Chad Hackenbracht	Chevy	49.552	181.627
9	4	Brandon McReynolds	Chevy	49.553	181.624
10	5a	Bobby Gerhart	Chevy	49.663	181.221
11	94	Steve Blackburn	Dodge	49.790	180.759
12	1	Alli Owens	Ford	49.813	180.676
13	16	Matt Lofton	Chevy	49.820	180.650
14	12	Jared Marks	Dodge	49.879	180.437
15	99	Buster Graham	Ford	49.939	180.220
16	5b	Damon Lusk	Chevy	50.029	179.896
17	82	Sean Corr	Ford	50.094	179.662
18	63	Milka Duno	Toyota	50.161	179.422
19	32	Chris Windom	Toyota	50.205	179.265
20	10b	Ryan Glenski	Chevy	50.223	179.201
21	90a	Grant Enfinger	Ford	50.258	179.076
22	69	Chris Brown	Ford	50.281	178.994
23	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	50.296	178.941
24	6	Cale Gale	Chevy	50.306	178.905
25	90	Zachary Ralston	Ford	50.350	178.749
26	68	Will Kimmel	Ford	50.382	178.635
27	75a	Benny Chastain	Chevy	50.461	178.356
28	14	John Ferrier	Ford	50.563	177.996
29	18	Michael Affarano	Chevy	50.592	177.894
30	35	Nelson Canache	Chevy	50.648	177.697
31	11a	Ed Pompa	Chevy	50.650	177.690
32	11	Paul Harraka	Chevy	50.798	177.172
33	08	Ross Chastain	Ford	50.840	177.026
34	13	George Cushman	Ford	50.928	176.720
35	51	Drew Charlson	Chevy	50.956	176.623
36	04c	Danny Esposito	Dodge	51.089	176.163
37	04b	Nick Tucker	Dodge	51.405	175.080
38	40b	Roger Carter	Dodge	51.827	173.655
39	40	Michael Bockler	Dodge	51.990	173.110
40	05a	Derrike Cope	Chevy	53.027	169.725

DAYTONA INT’L SPEEDWAY TEST – FRIDAY PM – 12/16/11

	CAR #	DRIVER	MFG	TIME	SPEED
1	15	Ryan Reed	Toyota	48.857	184.211
2	25	Brennan Poole	Chevy	48.862	184.192
3	55	John Stancill	Toyota	48.943	183.887
4	66	Mark Thompson	Toyota	49.347	182.382
5	61	Joey Coulter	Chevy	49.350	182.371
6	32	Chris Windom	Toyota	49.360	182.334
7	35	Nelson Canache	Chevy	49.439	182.043
8	29b	Sloan Henderson	Dodge	49.461	181.962
9	5b	Damon Lusk	Chevy	49.469	181.932
10	61a	TJ Duke	Chevy	49.471	181.925
11	82a	Sean Corr	Ford	49.475	181.910
12	5a	Bobby Gerhart	Chevy	49.502	181.811
13	99	Buster Graham	Ford	49.637	181.316
14	4	Brandon McReynolds	Chevy	49.648	181.276
15	14	John Ferrier	Ford	49.666	181.210
16	94	Steve Blackburn	Dodge	49.717	181.025
17	16	Matt Lofton	Chevy	49.725	180.995
18	00	Ed Kennedy	Chevy	49.761	180.865
19	12	Jared Marks	Dodge	49.772	180.825
20	63	Milka Duno	Toyota	49.787	180.770
21	58	Chad Hackenbracht	Chevy	49.845	180.560
22	69a	Fain Skinner	Ford	49.862	180.498
23	1	Alli Owens	Ford	49.905	180.343
24	68	Will Kimmel	Ford	50.016	179.942
25	6	Cale Gale	Chevy	50.034	179.878
26	17a	Chris Buescher	Ford	50.035	179.874
27	90	Zachary Ralston	Ford	50.114	179.591
28	08	Ross Chastain	Ford	50.131	179.530
29	69	Chris Brown	Ford	50.133	179.522
30	00a	Ed Kennedy	Chevy	50.176	179.369
31	18	Michael Affarano	Chevy	50.207	179.258
32	5	Bobby Gerhart	Chevy	50.262	179.062
33	75	Ginny Quinones	Chevy	50.278	179.005
34	11	Paul Harraka	Chevy	50.403	178.561
35	82	Sean Corr	Ford	50.483	178.278
36	11a	Ed Pompa	Chevy	50.579	177.939
37	11b	Rick Clifton	Chevy	50.581	177.932
38	11c	Trevor Edwards	Chevy	50.681	177.581
39	04	Scott Edwards	Dodge	50.695	177.532
40	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	50.708	177.487
41	51	Drew Charlson	Chevy	50.744	177.361
42	75a	Benny Chastain	Chevy	50.787	177.211
43	05	Spencer Gallagher	Chevy	50.903	176.807
44	13	George Cushman	Dodge	50.976	176.554
45	04a	Juan Carlos Blum	Dodge	51.029	176.370
46	11d	Bill Coffey	Ford	51.162	175.912
47	06	Ricky Byers	Chevy	51.173	175.874
48	10b	Daryl Eustice	Ford	51.277	175.517
49	10	Ryan Glennski	Ford	51.417	175.039
50	40d	Larry Barford	Dodge	51.511	174.720
51	04d	Josh Watkins	Dodge	51.674	174.169
52	05a	Derrike Cope	Chevy	52.067	172.854
53	7	Brent Cross	Chevy	52.376	171.834