Sunday, December 18, 2011
Venturini Motorsports Finishes Daytona Test with Top Four Spots; 79 Drivers Take Laps Over Three Days
(DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.) – Buster Graham and Milka Duno each led sessions over the final day of ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards open testing at Daytona International Speedway, but Venturini Motorsports ended the weekend with the top four positions on the overall time chart.
Graham’s morning lap of 48.229 seconds (186.61 mph) in the No. 88 Ford gave him the lead in the weekend’s fifth testing session, and in turn the only top 10 time outside of Saturday afternoon’s drafting session. Duno, Jared Marks, Will Kimmel, and Alex Bowman comprised the remainder of the morning top five.
Only 30 cars participated in the last afternoon session, which Duno led with a best lap of 48.34 seconds (186.161 mph). She was followed by Joey Coulter, Brandon McReynolds, Bowman, and Josh Richards. Full speed charts for both Sunday sessions are available at ARCARacing.com.
Overall, Venturini Motorsports ended the weekend with the top positions among 79 drivers who took laps over 21 hours. Bowman’s Saturday afternoon lap of 47.787 seconds (188.336 mph) in the No. 25 Chevrolet will stand as the test’s top effort, just ahead of teammates John Stancill, Brennan Poole, and Ryan Reed. Marks, driving a Tony Marks Racing Dodge, ended the weekend fifth.
Duno’s Saturday afternoon lap in the Sheltra Motorsports Ford ended the test sixth overall, just ahead of Venturini’s Nelson Canache, DC Racing’s Drew Charlson, Graham, and Coulter Motorsports’ Matt Lofton.
The overall weekend results are listed below.
CAR #DRIVERMFGTIMESPEED 125aAlex BowmanChevy47.787188.336 255John StancillToyota47.811188.241 325Brennan PooleChevy47.812188.237 415Ryan ReedToyota47.821188.202 512Jared MarksDodge47.832188.159 663Milka DunoFord48.166186.854 735Nelson CanacheChevy48.212186.676 851Drew CharlsonChevy48.221186.641 988Buster GrahamFord48.229186.610 1016Matt LoftonChevy48.234186.590 1194Steve BlackburnChevy48.245186.548 1269aFain SkinnerFord48.251186.525 1358Chad HackenbrachtChevy48.340186.181 1461Joey CoulterChevy48.363186.093 154Brandon McReynoldsChevy48.364186.089 1632Chris WindomToyota48.380186.027 1766Josh RichardsToyota48.438185.805 1868Will KimmelFord48.488185.613 1908Ross ChastainFord48.569185.303 2012Maryeve DufaultDodge48.573185.288 2175Ginny QuinonesToyota48.674184.904 2244Frank KimmelToyota48.773184.528 236Cale GaleChevy48.803184.415 2414John FerrierChevy48.839184.279 2505Derrike CopeChevy48.846184.253 2600Ed KennedyChevy48.865184.181 2766Mark ThompsonToyota48.931183.932 281Alli OwensFord48.953183.850 2990Zachary RalstonFord48.971183.782 3029cBobby PellandDodge49.076183.389 3129aSam EdwardsDodge49.092183.329 325aBobby GerhartChevy49.169183.042 3382aSean CorrFord49.190182.964 3461T.J. DukeChevy49.193182.953 3511bRick CliftonChevy49.340182.408 3675aBenny ChastainToyota49.392182.216 3717Chris BuescherFord49.417182.124 3829bSloan HendersonDodge49.461181.962 395b Damon Lusk Chevy49.469181.932 4014aJosh WilliamsFord49.609181.419 4105Spencer GallagherChevy49.625181.360 421aJeremy PettyChevy49.725180.995 4340aMichelle TheraultDodge49.745180.923 4410aDennis StricklandFord49.793180.748 4513George CushmanDodge49.985180.054 4669Chris BrownFord50.133179.522 4718Michael AffaranoChevy50.207179.258 4810bRyan GlenskiChevy50.223179.201 4990aGrant EnfingerFord50.258179.076 5040tNick TuckerDodge50.390178.607 5111Paul HarrakaChevy50.403178.561 5211cTrevor EdwardsChevy50.517178.158 5310Derrick GriffinFord50.539178.080 541bThomas PraytorFord50.560178.006 5511aEd PompaChevy50.579177.939 5629Bob BryantDodge50.606177.845 5711eSunny HobbsChevy50.617177.806 5829dAndy JonesDodge50.626177.774 5918fChris CokerFord50.640177.725 6004cDanny EspositoDodge50.651177.687 6104Scott EdwardsDodge50.695177.532 621cAlexsander GregoryFord50.715177.462 6340bTrent MayoDodge50.926176.727 6404aJuan Carlos BlumDodge51.029176.370 6540dLarry BarfordDodge51.054176.284 6611dBill CoffeyFord51.162175.912 6740dJosh WatkinsDodge51.162175.912 6806Ricky ByersChevy51.173175.874 6911hJames HyltonFord51.243175.634 7010fBrad LloydChevy51.257175.586 7110bDaryl EusticeFord51.277175.517 7218cTyler SpeerChevy51.348175.275 7389Chris LaffertyChevy51.563174.544 7440cRyan RustDodge51.605174.402 757Brent CrossChevy51.792173.772 7640Michael BocklerDodge51.795173.762 7740bRoger CarterDodge51.827173.655 7889aKorbin ForristerChevy52.314172.038 7974Jimmy NowellChevy60.220149.452
The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards will return to central Florida in less than two months, as the February 18 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway will open ARCA’s 60th Anniversary Season. The 80-lap, 200-mile race is scheduled as the first of 20 races in 2012 and will air live on SPEED, with additional coverage available at ARCARacing.com.
The complete 2012 event schedule is available at ARCARacing.com.
The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards has crowned an ARCA national champion each year since its inaugural season in 1953, and has toured over 200 race tracks in 28 states since its inception. The series has tested the abilities of drivers and race teams over the most diverse schedule of stock car racing events in the world, visiting tracks ranging from 0.4 mile to 2.66 miles in length, on both paved and dirt surfaces as well as a left- and right-turn road course in its most recent season. This year, the series will visit Alabama’s Mobile International Speedway and Minnesota’s Elko Speedway for the first time; ARCA’s first visit to Minnesota will give ARCA a race in a 29th state.
Founded by John Marcum in 1953 in Toledo, Ohio, the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is recognized among the leading sanctioning bodies in the country. Closing in on completing its sixth decade after hundreds of thousands of miles of racing, ARCA administers over 100 race events each season in two professional touring series and local weekly events.
