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Erik Jones Leads Final ARCA Racing Series Practice at Lucas Oil Raceway

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[media-credit name=”ARCA Racing Network” align=”alignright” width=”345″][/media-credit]After practice was able to start following a rain shower, it’d be 15-year-old Erik Jones topping the charts in final practice late in the session at Lucas Oil Raceway. The rookie Venturini Motorsports driver lapped the 0.686-mile oval in 22.217 seconds in his No. 55 Chevrolet. Jones became the youngest driver to start an ARCA race earlier this year after ARCA changed the minimum age from 16 to 15.

Jones’ Venturini Motorsports teammate Brennan Poole was second, 0.026 seconds behind. Poole is looking for a good run to get himself back in the points lead as he currently sits 35 points behind Chris Buescher.  Clay Rogers was third, followed by Matt Lofton and Venturini’s Kevin Swindell. Swindell was last week’s race winner at Chicagoland Speedway, adding to Venturini’s 30th Anniversary ceremonies that took place throughout the weekend.

Mason Mitchell was sixth, followed by Chad Hackenbracht. Hackenbracht had led the charts in the first sesssion earlier today and was leading the charts before the rain delay in the second session.

Rain cut the first practice short by 15 minutes and then cut the second practice short by half of the 45 minutes allowed. Whether it will have an effect on the race tonight is yet to be seen.

Nine-time ARCA champion Frank Kimmel was eighth ahead of ThorSport Racing teammate Matt Crafton. Mason Mingus rounded out the top 10. Points leader Chris Buescher was 16th.

It was Hackenbracht topping the charts in the first session earlier in the day at a lap of 22.655 seconds, followed by Jones, Kimmel, Poole and Rogers. Buescher was sixth in that session.

Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell will start at 6 p.m. and set the field for tonight’s Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200 presented by Federated Car Care. The race will air at 9 p.m. on SPEED.

 

Practice 2

2012 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Event #13    
Lucas Oil Raceway, Clermont IN, 7-27-12      
Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200 presented by Federated Car Care    
           
July 27, 2012 / 3:45 PM      
           
POS NO DRIVER/HOMETOWN TEAM & CAR TIME SPEED
1 55 Erik Jones/Byron MI Paragon Corvette Reproductions Chevrolet 22.217 111.158
2 25 Brennan Poole/The Woodlands TX Country Music Artist Buddy Jewell-Adcetera Chevy 22.243 111.028
3 45 Clay Rogers/Troutman NC Beard Oil Chevrolet 22.279 110.849
4 16 Matt Lofton/Roxboro NC Strutmasters.com Chevrolet 22.373 110.383
5 66 Kevin Swindell/Germantown TN Curb Records Toyota 22.464 109.936
6 6 Mason Mitchell/W. Des Moines IA J&S Ag Services-Make A Wish Foundation Chevy 22.518 109.672
7 58 Chad Hackenbracht/New Philadelphia OH CGH Motorsports Chevrolet 22.550 109.517
8 44 Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN Ansell-Menards Toyota 22.571 109.415
9 18 Matt Crafton/Tulare CA Messina-Menards Toyota 22.572 109.410
10 32 Mason Mingus/Brentwood TN 811 Call Before You Dig Chevrolet 22.580 109.371
11 15 Ryan Reed/Bakersfield CA RaceHard.com Toyota 22.673 108.923
12 98 Chad Boat/Phoenix AZ Curb Records-Celebrity Fight Night Chevrolet 22.735 108.625
13 22 Alex Bowman/Tucson AZ St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Dodge 22.771 108.454
14 95 Michael Leavine/Bullard TX WRL General Contractors Ford 22.847 108.093
15 99 Grant Enfinger/Fairhope AL Breland Homes/Preble-Rish Ford 22.887 107.904
16 17 Chris Buescher/Prosper TX Reliance Tool-Roulo Brothers Racing Ford 22.961 107.556
17 52 Tom Hessert/Cherry Hill NJ Federated Auto Parts Chevrolet 22.993 107.407
18 12 Jared Marks/Napoleon OH Walgreen’s-SRT Motorsports Dodge 23.081 106.997
19 23 Spencer Gallagher/Las Vegas NV Allegiant Air Chevrolet 23.122 106.807
20 01 Austin Rettig/Sikeston MO Rettig Racing Dodge 23.141 106.720
21 88 Buster Graham/Lafayette LA Batter’s Dream-RoushYatesParts.com Ford 23.190 106.494
22 02 Josh Williams/Port Charlotte FL Fields Auto Parts-Southwest Florida Cable Ford 23.216 106.375
23 40 Darren Hagen/Indianapolis IN Al & Diane’s Red Onion Lounge Dodge 23.249 106.224
24 35 Nelson Canache/Caracas Venezuela Venezuela Tourism Chevrolet 23.307 105.960
25 3 Brian Finney/Merritt Island FL Bob Steele Chevrolet 23.356 105.737
26 08 Brad Cox/China Grove NC 5 K Logistics Chevrolet 23.400 105.538
27 68 Korbin Forrister/Cedartown GA Clarksville Schwinn & Cyclery Ford 23.508 105.054
28 51 Brad Lloyd/Charlotte NC Frontline Ministries Ford 23.728 104.080
29 04 Larry Barford Jr./Denton MD First Mariner Bank-Trauma Doc Dodge 23.755 103.961
30 5 Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon PA Lucas Oil Chevrolet 23.761 103.935
31 94 Milka Duno/Caracas Venezuela Milka Way Toyota 23.787 103.821
32 34 Darrell Basham/Henryville IN Darrell Basham Racing Chevrolet 24.563 100.541
33 69 Will Kimmel/Sellersburg IN Tilted Kilt Ford 24.790 99.621
34 86 Tim Walter/Valparaiso IN MPBToday.com-Tom’s Auto Body Dodge 25.330 97.497
35 48 James Hylton/Inman SC Radon.com Ford 27.051 91.294
36 10 Mike Senica/Doylestown PA Damn Good Jerky Ford 27.239 90.664

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Dale and Danica: Lovers and Haters

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Photo Credit: David Yeazell

[media-credit name=”David Yeazell” align=”alignright” width=”298″][/media-credit]Ask any NASCAR fan which two names are brought up most. They’re answer to you would be Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Danica Patrick. Earnhardt Jr. and Patrick are two of the most popular drivers in the sport, but at the same time, they’re two of the most hated as well. I realize hates a strong word, but I’ve seen some pretty nasty and mean comments about them. So why are they liked so much? And at the same time, why are they hated so much? Let’s find out.

Let’s start out with Earnhardt. As all of you know, his father had his life taken from him in the 2001 Daytona 500. Earnhardt Sr’s fans pretty much all transferred to his son and started cheering for him. Back then Jr was picking up tons of wins, one of his biggest was the 2004 Daytona 500. He was great at that point of his career. After a sports car crash in Sonoma, Jr. had seemed to have lost his groove. He picked up a win in Richmond of 2006 and that would end up being his last for a while. This is where all the hate comes in, fans have said he’s overrated, awful, living off of his daddy’s name, all sorts of things like that. Just because he couldn’t win a race. From 2008-2012, he only picked up 2 wins. Both coming at Michigan. So it’s fair to say that fans like him for who he is, but hate him because he doesn’t win much.

Now we move on to Patrick. She’s liked because of her reputation in the IZOD IndyCar Series and maybe all of the GoDaddy.com commercials she’s done. In IndyCar, she only had one win coming at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Japan. When she decided to come to NASCAR in 2010 to drive for JR Motorsports, the media blew up. She would not stop getting attention and still can’t stop getting attention. This is where the hate comes in. Fans say she’s overrated and she can’t win a race so why talk about her? This is where all the lovers come in again. Fans love Danica which is why the media talks about her so much. It’s good for ratings. If I owned ESPN I would talk about her a lot too.

In conclusion, it’s fair to say that Earnhardt Jr. and Patrick are the two most loved and the most hated drivers in NASCAR. Jr. is loved for who he is, but hated because he can’t win. Patrick is loved for who she is, but hated because she’s overrated. But whether you like them or hate them, they’re good for the sport of NASCAR.

What’s your opinion on Earnhardt Jr. and Patrick?

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