Ty Dillon to Start on Pole for ARCA Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona

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Taking the pole at 185.533 miles per hour around Daytona International Speedway for the ARCA Racing Series Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200, The #41 Chevrolet of Ty Dillon claims the first competitive pole on the resurfaced 2.5 mile oval circuit. Handily beating the times of Venturini Motorsports drivers Kyle Fowler and Canadian Steve Aprin, 18 year-old Ty Dillion (the grandson of NASCAR Sprint Cup team owner Richard Childress and brother of 2011 NASCAR Camping World series driver Austin Dillon) has earned his second pole out of 4 total ARCA Racing Series starts.

Matt Merrell and Bobby Gerhart 5-time reigning winner of the ARCA 200 mile race at Daytona fills out the top-5 starters for Saturday afternoon. With 43 cars completing the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 grid, 4 countries of male and female racers will be suiting up for the 2011 edition of the event. Some notable names starting this event will be NASCAR regular Ricky Carmichael in 7th place, 2011 Toyota All-Star race winner Jason Bowles in 16th, Venezuela INDYCAR driver Milka Duno in 23rd and 9-time ARCA champion Frank Kimmel starting 26th. 76 years young, NASCAR Cup series winning car James Hylton will start the ARCA Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 in 35th place driving his #48 Ford. 

Assembled as the first stock car race to be run on the smooth, oval pavement, the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 for the ARCA Racing Series is likely to be closely examined by NASCAR as drafting speed, tire wear and the racing itself is less predictable than previous years. Judging qualifying for the ARCA race alone, single car speeds around the 2.5 oval Daytona International Speedway is 4 miles per hour faster than the time trial laps in 2010.

The first race kicking off the 2011 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards, the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway is set to start at 4:30 PM Saturday afternoon.


2011 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards
Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200
Daytona International Speedway


Pos #  | Car #  | Driver |  Origin  | Sponsor/Car Make  | Qualifying Time and Speed

1. 41 Ty Dillon/Lewisville NC UNOH Chevrolet
2. 15 Kyle Fowler/Smyrna GA Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet
3. 25 Steve Arpin/Fort Frances ON Mike's Hard Lemonade-Trent's Tire Toyota
4. 32 Matt Merrell/Portland TX Red Line Oil Toyota
5. 5 Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon PA Lucas Oil Slick Mist Chevrolet
6. 55 Hal Martin/Galliano LA NOLA Motorsports Park Toyota
7. 4 Ricky Carmichael/Tallahassee FL Monster Energy Chevrolet
8. 66 Mark Thompson/Cartersville GA Phoenix Air Toyota
9. 31 Tim George Jr./New York NY RCR Development Chevrolet
10. 52 Tom Hessert/Cherry Hill NJ Federated Auto Parts Toyota
11. 28 Miguel Paludo/Nova Prata Brazil STEMCO-Duroline Toyota
12. 98 Kevin Swindell/Goodlettsville TN Curb Records-Eddie Sharp Racing Toyota
13. 16 Joey Coulter/Miami Springs FL Rip It Energy Fuel-Darrell Gwynn Foundation Chevrolet
14. 22 Dakoda Armstrong/New Castle IN Ferrellgas-Syngenta Dodge
15. 19 Brian Rose/Louisville KY Harris Trucking-ASE Toyota
16. 6 Jason Bowles/Ontario CA Eddie Sharp Racing Toyota
17. 14 John Ferrier/Middletown NY CGS Imaging Ford
18. 30 Terry Jones/Amherstburg Ontario Jones Group Dodge
19. 17 Chris Buescher/Prosper TX Roulo Brothers Racing Ford
20. 09 Benny Gordon/DuBois PA VSI Ford
21. 94 Brett Hudson/Owensboro KY Hudson Performance Drivelines Dodge
22. 11 Bryan Silas/Stuart FL National Speed Sport News-Fast Track Ford
23. 63 Milka Duno/Caracas Venezuela Citgo Lubricants Dodge
24. 12 Maryeve Dufault/Sorel Quebec TMR Dodge
25. 77 Joey Licata/Van Nuys CA Wrong Inc. Dodge
26. 44 Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN Ansell-Menards Ford
27. 82 Sean Corr/Goshen NY Empire Racing Ford
28. 1 Chad McCumbee/Supply NC ModSpace Ford
29. 18 Chris Lawson/Troutman NC Ideal Steel Custom Flame Cutting Dodge
30. 00 Ed Kennedy/Coppell TX Thunder 2 Lubricants-Daytona Lagoon Chevrolet
31. 36 Grant Enfinger/Fairhope AL BeasleyAllen.com-Excaliber Coach Dodge
32. 26 Tommy Joe Martins/Como MS Martins Motorsports Dodge
33. 23 Nick Igdalsky/Long Pond PA Fox Realty Chevrolet Provisional
34. 34 Darrell Basham/Henryville IN IndustrialDepot.com Ford Provisional
35. 48 James Hylton/Inman SC Radon.com Ford Provisional
36. 10 Ed Pompa/Ballston Spa NY Rifenburg Construction-Double H Ranch Chevrolet Provisional
37. 06 Barry Fitzgerald/Sykesville MD CanadianHeroes.com Chevrolet Provisional
38. 68 Steve Blackburn/Prestonsburg KY Honda of Prestonburg-Harley of Pikeville Dodge Provisional
39. 7 Brent Cross/Cortland NY Cummings Auto Machine-Quadraflex Chevrolet Provisional
40. 58 Chad Hackenbracht/New Philadelphia OH Tastee Apple Chevrolet Provisional
41. 75 Benny Chastain/Tallahassee FL Drive To End Hunger AARP Toyota Provisional
42. 3 Brent Brevak/Eau Claire WI Red's Auto Ford Provisional
43. 42 Scott Stenzel/Orlando FL Yellow Stripes Making The Driver Ford

Major Events During 2010 Speedweeks at Daytona

Photo Credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCAR

Last week, it was the tires of Grand Am sports cars warming up the Daytona International Speedway for 2010 through the 3.56 mile road course. This week, Daytona's more recognized 2.5 superspeedway oval becomes the focus for Hershey's Milk & Milkshakes Speedweeks, a medley of stock car races which will start with ARCA's Lucas Oil Stick Mist 200 and end with the Daytona 500.

The following list is the TV stations as well as the scheduled time starts of major events during the Hershey's Milk and Milkshakes Speedweeks:

February 6th

NASCAR Sprint Cup: Daytona 500 Qualifying Day (Resolving top 2 starting spots and Duel 150 fields)- Fox/ 1:05PM

ARCA Racing Series Presented by REMAX and Menards: Lucas Oil Stick Mist 200- Speed/4:30PM

NASCAR Sprint Cup: Budweiser Shootout- FOX(TSN2 in Canada)/8PM



February 11th

NASCAR Sprint Cup: Gatorade Duel 150 Races- Speed(TSN in Canada)/2PM

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Qualifying- Speed/6:10PM


February 12th

NASCAR Nationwide Series: Qualifying- ESPN/3:10PM

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Nextera Energy Resources 250- Speed/8PM (Pre-race show starts at 7:30PM)


February 13th

NASCAR Nationwide Series: Drive4COPD 300- ESPN2(TSN2 in Canada)/1:15PM (Pre-race show starts at noon)


February 14th

NASCAR Sprint Cup: Daytona 500- Fox(TSN in Canada)/1PM (Pre-race show starts at noon)

All times are Eastern

James Buescher roars to pole for Daytona ARCA opener

Apart from the standard NASCAR activities at the Daytona International Speedway during the period called Speedweeks, the 58st season of the ARCA Racing Series presented by REMAX and Menards opens on the 2.5 mile high-banks.

A staple to Daytona Speedweeks since 1964, this race is renowned for being a dicey affair as a multitude of young, eager drivers are making their first major stock car start. While many of those drivers get initiated with the lessons of high-speed incidents with other competitors as well as the Daytona walls, some first-time at Daytona drivers have broken through including Kyle Petty in 1979 and his late son Adam in 2000.

With speeds of over 190 miles per hour, these ARCA cars compare closely to the speed potentials of NASCAR Nationwide and even Sprint Cup cars.

Qualifying for the 2010 running of ARCA Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway saw last year's race winner James Buescher return in prime position for an encore effort. Committed to the full NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule in 2010 with Phoenix Racing #1 car, Buescher will be running a Toyota for the ARCA event before making the transition to Chevrolet. However, these 2010 plans could change as Phoenix Racing's long-time sponsor Miccosukee Resort and Gaming announced a swift bailout from their auto racing support.

Fastest in first Thursday practice in his #51 Toyota, Buescher's pole sitting run nicked 26 year old Mikey Kile driving for Venturini Motorsports. Kile has been closely matching James Buescher throughout Thursday and Friday with his team's #25 Toyota. Rounding out the top 5 includes Joey Coulter, Dakoda Armstrong and Bryan Silas.

In total, a record 6 female drivers will be starting in the Daytona ARCA race. Leading the women's contingent is the popular IndyCar driver Danica Patrick. Finding that her attention has probably grown 3-5 times from already trumping numbers who follows her #7 Andretti Autosport IndyCar team, Patrick has placed her #7 Godaddy.com Chevrolet in 12th place in qualifying for her first stock car race.

Thanks to this event being a restrictor plate race, the outcome to the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 is by no means predictable. Drivers and teams affiliated with leading NASCAR organization (Patrick's #7 Chevrolet, Nelson Piquet #6 Toyota and Grant Enfinger #09 Ford) certain to have the resources for strong runs within the 80 lap event. With that said, there is always a game changing move that allows ARCA regulars like Frank Kimmel or Bobby Gerhart to counter the efforts of NASCAR's rising stars.

While rain showers are blowing through the Daytona, Florida area Friday night, the skies will be perfectly clear for the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 scheduled for 4:30PM Saturday.

ARCA Racing Series Presented by REMAX and Menards
Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway

Qualifying
1. James Buescher #51 Toyota
2. Mikey Kile #25 Toyota
3. Joey Coulter #16 Chevrolet
4. Dakoda Armstrong #22 Dodge
5. Bryan Silas #11 Ford
6. Mark Thompson #66 Toyota
7. Nelson Piquet #6 Toyota
8. Bobby Gerhart #5 Chevrolet
9. John Wes Townley #35 Toyota
10. Steve Arpin #55 Toyota

Other notables

11. Patrick Sheltra #60 Dodge
12. Danica Patrick #7 Chevrolet
13. Frank Kimmel #44 Ford
14. Ricky Carmichael #4 Toyota
17. Bill Baird #52 Chevrolet
19. Ali Owens #15 Chevrolet
20. Grant Enfinger #09 Ford
25. Leilani Munter #59 Dodge
41. Milka Duno #90 Toyota