Derrick Lancaster, Ty Gibbs Set Fast Laps in Friday’s ARCA Menards Series Test at Daytona

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On Friday, drivers and teams from the ARCA Menards Series got the chance to participate in a seven-hour testing session at Daytona International Speedway, the first day of a two-day testing event that has become a tradition for the series’ pre-season.

50 drivers and teams took to the 2.5-mile speedway on Friday, many of which had different plans and agendas for the day’s session.

Some entrants – like Kris Wright (02W) and Carson Hocevar (40H) — participated in order to receive approval to run in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season-opener at Daytona in February, while others – like Gracie Trotter (25), Corey Heim (20) and Howie DiSavino (32) — participated in the testing session to get familiarized with the venue, ahead of their superspeedway debuts in the ARCA Menards Series.

Derrick Lancaster (No. 29B) and Ty Gibbs (No. 18) posted the session’s fastest times, being the only two drivers to get around Daytona International Speedway in under 49-seconds.

Thad Moffitt(No. 46) was third, followed by Sean Corr (No. 8) and Nick Sanchez (No. 2S) – who will run full-time in the ARCA Menards Series for REV Racing — rounded out the top-five.

Bret Holmes (No. 23H), Corey Heim (No. 20), Taylor Gray (No. 17), Rich Bickle (No. 45) and Jack Wood (No. 21) rounded out the top-10 speeds from Friday’s session.

Two drivers – Taylor Gray and Rich Bickle — completed more than 80 laps in Friday’s session – the total distance of the season-opening Lucas Oil 200 — while an additional 14 drivers ran over 125 miles throughout the session.

Robert Bruce (No. 3B), Parker Retzlaff (No. 10R), Stephanie Moyer (No. 10M), Tim Monroe (No. 11M), Justin Mondeik (No. 12M), Charles Buchanan (No. 87), Bryce Haugeberg (No. 94B), Chuck Heirs (No. 01H) and Toni Breidinger (No. 02B) did not take laps in Friday’s session, but are expected to complete at least a single lap in Saturday’s session.

Similar to Friday, Saturday’s session will run from 10:00am to 5:00pm (EST).

Full Results from Friday’s ARCA Menards Series Test at Daytona International Speedway:

Rank	No.	Name	Laps	Best Time	Diff.
1	29B	Derrick Lancaster	29	48.939	--.---
2	18	Ty Gibbs	55	48.985	0.046
3	46	Thad Moffitt	74	49.275	0.336
4	8	Sean Corr	54	49.311	0.372
5	2S	Nick Sanchez	64	49.312	0.373
6	23H	Bret Holmes	40	49.354	0.415
7	20	Corey Heim	65	49.368	0.429
8	17	Taylor Gray	84	49.41	0.471
9	45	Rich Bickle	80	49.435	0.496
10	21	Jack Wood	31	49.497	0.558
11	63	Dave Mader III	42	49.508	0.569
12	35	Greg Van Alst	49	49.512	0.573
13	32	Howie DiSavino III	44	49.517	0.578
14	23M	Sam Mayer	40	49.523	0.584
15	02W	Kris Wright	77	49.603	0.664
16	55	Derek Griffith	63	49.691	0.752
17	15	Drew Dollar	79	49.701	0.762
18	73	Andy Jankowiak	60	49.938	0.999
19	44	John Ferrier	35	49.951	1.012
20	60D	Andrik Dimayuga	34	50.041	1.102
21	94D	Dawson Cram	15	50.044	1.105
22	25	Gracie Trotter	53	50.118	1.179
23	40N	Jett Noland	54	50.154	1.215
24	94C	Alex Sedgwick	50	50.213	1.274
25	69	Scott Melton	59	50.285	1.346
26	3	Willie Mullins	42	50.326	1.387
27	3C	Davey Callihan	48	50.368	1.429
28	28	Kyle Sieg	39	50.541	1.602
29	10C	Jason Crabtree	37	50.686	1.747
30	40H	Carson Hocevar	44	50.877	1.938
31	97	Jason Kitzmiller	54	50.943	2.004
32	44C	Benny Chastain	31	51.15	2.211
33	2G	Mark Green	2	51.236	2.297
34	18A	Ty Gibbs	6	51.257	2.318
35	12L	Charles Lacarre	32	51.341	2.402
36	12N	Michael Harper	18	51.445	2.506
37	83	Chase Dixon	18	51.487	2.548
38	10D	Devin Rouse	34	51.636	2.697
39	60G	Juan Gonzalez	31	51.661	2.722
40	29A	Josh Berry	18	51.71	2.771
41	44A	Mark Lowrey	15	51.875	2.936
42	01P	Blaine Perkins	23	52.16	3.221
43	10P	Ed Pompa	11	52.263	3.324
44	11	Richard Garvie	42	52.339	3.4
45	10S	Owen Smith	7	52.686	3.747
46	88M	Ricky Moxley	13	52.857	3.918
47	88R	Scott Reeves	7	53.117	4.178
48	7	Brittany Zamora	18	53.226	4.287
49	12B	Mariah Boundrieau	1	59.641	10.702
50	01M	Jason Miles	0	0	48.939

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