On Thursday, ARCA Menards Series officials released the preliminary entry list for the Ride The ‘Dente 200 at Daytona International Speedway, the division’s February 15 season opener.
There are a total of 47 drivers entered for 40 spots in the event, meaning that seven drivers will fail to qualify after Friday’s group qualifying session. The race, the first ARCA event to be broadcasted on FOX, will be 80 laps (200 miles) around “The World Center of Racing”.
Featured on the entry list are (at least) nine drivers that will compete full-time in the ARCA Menards Series in 2025; Brayton Laster (Wayne Peterson Racing), Lavar Scott (REV Racing), Lawless Alan (Venturini Motorsports), Brenden Queen (Pinnacle Racing Group), Thad Moffitt (Nitro Motorsports), Brad Smith (Brad Smith Motorsports), Isabella Robusto (Venturini Motorsports) Jason Kitzmiller (CR7 Motorsports), and Michael Maples (Maples Motorsports).
Other notable entries include YouTuber Garrett Mitchell (Cleetus McFarland), who will drive the No. 30 Kenetix Ford for Rette Jones Racing. Another YouTuber, Cody Dennison, will get behind the wheel of the No. 11 Timcast Chevrolet for Fast Track Racing.
Perhaps the most notable driver on the entry list for the ARCA season-opener is Helio Castroneves, a four-time Indianapolis 500 and three-time Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona winner, who will drive the No. 82 Wendy’s Chevrolet for Pinnacle Racing Group. The event will serve as a warmup for the Daytona 500, where the Brazillian racing legend will compete for Trackhouse Racing.
Katherine Legge, another competitor from the NTT IndyCar Series, is scheduled to compete in the season-opener for the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 23 for Sigma Performance Services. Legge has competed in five NASCAR Xfinity Series events, posting a career-best 18th at Road America for JD Motorsports.
More notable entrants include last year’s polesitter Willie Mullins (No. 3), NASCAR Xfinity Series Rookie Contender driver William Sawalich (No. 18), last season’s winner at Talladega Superspeedway Jake Finch (No. 25), and newly signed Hendrick Motorsports development driver Corey Day (No. 77).
Ride The ‘Dente 200 Entry List:
| Entry | No. | Driver | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 02 | Craig Bracken | Young's Motorsports Technique High/Speed Prototypes Chevrolet | Tyler Young |
| 2 | 03 | Alex Clubb | Clubb Racing Inc. Race Parts Liquidators/ A Clubb Lawn Care Ford | Brian Clubb |
| 3 | 06 | Bryce Haugeberg | Wayne Peterson Racing NDSU/Brenco Toyota | Chris Vanscoy |
| 4 | 07 | Jeff Scofield | Scofield Motorsports JXT Transportation Chevrolet | Brian Finney |
| 5 | 0 | Brayton Laster | Wayne Peterson Racing Clear Tech Pools Chevrolet | Michael Peterson |
| 6 | 3 | Willie Mullins | Mullins Racing Corvetteparts.net/Crow Wing Recycling Ford | Dinah Mullins |
| 7 | 4 | Dale Quarterly | 1/4 Ley Racing Van Dyk Recycling Solutions/ACI Chevrolet | Shane Wilson |
| 8 | 6 | Lavar Scott | Rev Racing Max Siegel Inc. Chevrolet | Glenn Parker |
| 9 | 7 | Eric Caudell | CCM Racing CCM Toyota | Jay Shaffer |
| 10 | 8 | Sean Corr | Empire Racing Nesco Bus Sales Chevrolet | Derek Kearns |
| 11 | 9 | Jason White | Fast Track Racing More Core/Power Ventures Ford | Steven Barton |
| 12 | 10 | Ed Pompa | Fast Track Racing Double H Ranch Ford | Nate Moeller |
| 13 | 11 | Cody Dennison | Fast Track Racing Timcast Chevrolet | Mike Sroufe |
| 14 | 12 | Takuma Koga | Fast Track Racing Macnica/CKB/Fast Track Racing Toyota | Dick Doheny |
| 15 | 15 | Chase Pinsonneault | Venturini Motorsports 131 Motorsports Park Toyota | Ron Otto |
| 16 | 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing Starkey Toyota | Matt Ross |
| 17 | 20 | Lawless Alan | Venturini Motorsports AUTOParkit Toyota | Kevin Reed Jr. |
| 18 | 22 | Nick White | Drew White Racing Glen Brooks/Memory Of Bobby Allison Chevrolet | Mike Harmon |
| 19 | 23 | Katherine Legge | Sigma Performance Services SPS Chevrolet | Tom Ackerman |
| 20 | 25 | Jake Finch | Venturini Motorsports Phoenix Toyota | Shannon Rursch |
| 21 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Richmond Motorsports Immigration Law Center Chevrolet | Adam Murphy |
| 22 | 28 | Brendan Queen | Pinnacle Racing Group bestrepair.net Chevrolet | Steven Dawson |
| 23 | 29 | Kyle Steckly | Rette Jones Racing APC Auto Parts Centre Ford | Logan Yiengst |
| 24 | 30 | Garrett Mitchell | Rette Jones Racing Kenetix Ford | Mark Rette |
| 25 | 31 | Tim Goulet | Rise Motorsports Max Buchanan Foundation Toyota | Matthew Wright |
| 26 | 36 | Ryan Huff | Ryan Huff Motorsports Commonwealth Equipment Ford | Richard Burgess |
| 27 | 46 | Thad Moffitt | Nitro Motorsports Nitro Motorsports Toyota | Nick Tucker |
| 28 | 48 | Brad Smith | Brad Smith Motorsports Fast Track Ford | Terry Strange |
| 29 | 52 | Robert Martin | Martin Racing Martin Racing Toyota | Jeff Spraker |
| 30 | 55 | Isabella Robusto | Venturini Motorsports Mobil-1 Toyota | Larry Balsitis |
| 31 | 57 | Hunter Deshauntelle | Brother-In-Law Racing O.B. Builders Inc. Chevrolet | Dick Rahilly |
| 32 | 62 | Steve Lewis Jr. | Steve Lewis Racing Patriot Roof Group/Splatzz.com/Telco Construction Chevrolet | Steve Lewis Jr. |
| 33 | 67 | Ryan Roulette | Maples Motorsports VFW/Maples Motorsports Ford | Todd Parrott |
| 34 | 68 | Scott Melton | Kimmel Racing Melton McFadden Insurance Agency/Donnas Donuts Ford | Bill Kimmel |
| 35 | 69 | Nolan Wilson | Kimmel Racing Stowell Co-Decisely Ins/ Daytona Beach Poker Ford | Will Kimmel |
| 36 | 70 | Amber Balcaen | Nitro Motorsports Gambit Technologies/ICON Direct Toyota | Jeff McClure |
| 37 | 73 | Andy Jankowiak | KLAS Motorsports KLAS Motorsports Ford | Mike Dayton |
| 38 | 75 | Bryan Dauzat | Brother-In-Law Racing O.B. Builders Inc. Chevrolet | Bob Rahilly |
| 39 | 76 | Kole Raz | AM Racing Cyclum Renewable Truck Stops Ford | Ryan London |
| 40 | 77 | Corey Day | Spire Motorsports HendrickCars.Com Chevrolet | Mark McFarland |
| 41 | 82 | Helio Castroneves | Pinnacle Racing Group Wendy's Chevrolet | Shane Huffman |
| 42 | 86 | Becca Monopoli | Clubb Racing Inc. Orlando Health Toyota | Tom Monopoli |
| 43 | 87 | Chuck Buchanan | Charles Buchanan Racing Spring Drug Chevrolet | Craig Wood |
| 44 | 88 | A.J. Moyer | Moyer-Petroniro Racing Rivers Edge Cottages & RV Park/AmpereEV.com Chevrolet | Kevin Ingram |
| 45 | 93 | Caleb Costner | CW Motorsports Piedmont Outfitters Chevrolet | Riley Higgins |
| 46 | 97 | Jason Kitzmiller | CR7 Motorsports A.L.L. Construction Chevrolet | Frank Kimmel |
| 47 | 99 | Michael Maples | Maples Motorsports Don Ray Petroleum/Maples Motorsports Chevrolet | Jeremy Petty |
