“I thought we’d have our hands full with three cars…I can’t believe how amazing this crew was today,” Corr said. “We don’t have a lot of guys. I thought they’d be completely overwhelmed but they had a game plan for everything…they were amazing. We brought that other Ilmor (396 engine) car down. We just measured everything exactly from my car…mimicked every line, everything the exact same way. It was the perfect three-car train. We may have to turn that third car into an Ilmor. All three are planning to come back for the race.”
Newcomer Austin Hill, with a legacy engine, was second overall at 187.165 mph in the No. 8 Ford Fusion, sandwiched in between Corr and Staropoli. Staropoli, whose speed was 187.126 mph in the No. 82 Ford Fusion, made it to the test just in time.
“It was an eventful day,” Staropoli said. “Drove down at the last second. I had an exam in Miami this morning. Drove up right after that…got here about 3:30. Everyone was drafting at that point. That last run…wow…it was the best run all day. We came down with a different car this time…had the Ilmor motor in it. It pulled a little better, but all three of Empire’s cars were great. I want to thank American RF for helping me get here. I learn more every time I go out there…I’m really excited for the race.”
Thirty-seven drivers posted time and speed during the one-day test cut short by three hours in the morning due to wet track conditions. Despite all night rains, cars were on track by noon and went all the way, without pause, up through 5 p.m. There were no on-track incidents.
The 63rd season for the ARCA Racing Series will kick off at Speedweeks at Daytona with its first practice session Thursday, February 12 from 4:00-6 p.m. ET with the second and final practice session following Friday morning, February 13 at 9:30. Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell will take place at 3:30 Friday afternoon, which will be done in group sessions. The Lucas Oil 200, which serves as the preamble for NASCAR’s Sprint Unlimited, is set to get the green flag at 4:15 Saturday, February 14.
ARCAracing.com will feature live timing and scoring of all on-track activities as well as an open chat board for commenting.
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| ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards | ||||||
| Daytona Int’l Speedway, Daytona Beach FL | ||||||
| Open Test Results (1-16-15) | ||||||
| POS | NO | NAME | TIME | SPEED | DIFF | MAKE |
| 1 | 48 | Sean Corr | 47.951 | 187.692 | Frd | |
| 2 | 8 | Austin Hill | 48.086 | 187.165 | 0.135 | Frd |
| 3 | 82B | Patrick Staropoli | 48.096 | 187.126 | 0.145 | Frd |
| 4 | 54 | Matt Kurzejewski | 48.121 | 187.029 | 0.170 | Chv |
| 5 | 25B | Brandon Jones | 48.131 | 186.990 | 0.180 | Tyt |
| 6 | 25 | Frank Kimmel | 48.141 | 186.951 | 0.190 | Tyt |
| 7 | 19 | Ryan Heavner | 48.183 | 186.788 | 0.232 | Chv |
| 8 | 69 | Will Kimmel | 48.189 | 186.765 | 0.238 | Frd |
| 9 | 92 | Daniel Hemric | 48.217 | 186.656 | 0.266 | Chv |
| 10 | 98B | Mason Mitchell | 48.257 | 186.501 | 0.306 | Frd |
| 11 | 90B | Grant Enfinger | 48.274 | 186.436 | 0.323 | Chv |
| 12 | 98 | Austin Wayne Self | 48.276 | 186.428 | 0.325 | Frd |
| 13 | 83B | Derrick Lancaster | 48.296 | 186.351 | 0.345 | Chv |
| 14 | 52 | Mark Thompson | 48.390 | 185.989 | 0.439 | Chv |
| 15 | 22 | Blake Jones | 48.426 | 185.851 | 0.475 | Dge |
| 16 | 77 | Tom Hessert | 48.522 | 185.483 | 0.571 | Dge |
| 17 | 30 | Terry Jones | 48.543 | 185.403 | 0.592 | Dge |
| 18 | 17 | Buster Graham | 48.716 | 184.744 | 0.765 | Frd |
| 19 | 19B | Dalton Hopkins | 48.778 | 184.509 | 0.827 | Chv |
| 20 | 6 | Russ Dugger | 49.133 | 183.176 | 1.182 | Chv |
| 21 | 10 | Kody Swanson | 49.211 | 182.886 | 1.260 | Frd |
| 22 | 57B | Bryan Dauzat | 49.334 | 182.430 | 1.383 | Chv |
| 23 | 90 | Scott Sheldon | 49.376 | 182.275 | 1.425 | Chv |
| 24 | 58A | Kaz Grala | 49.402 | 182.179 | 1.451 | Frd |
| 25 | 9 | Thomas Praytor | 49.539 | 181.675 | 1.588 | Frd |
| 26 | 2 | Tommy Barrett | 49.635 | 181.324 | 1.684 | Chv |
| 27 | 10 | Ed Pompa | 49.657 | 181.243 | 1.706 | Chv |
| 28 | 57 | Matt Frahm | 49.831 | 180.610 | 1.880 | Chv |
| 29 | 57A | Andy Seuss | 50.123 | 179.558 | 2.172 | Chv |
| 30 | 97K | Mark Montgomery | 50.220 | 179.211 | 2.269 | Dge |
| 31 | 99B | Kyle Weatherman | 50.225 | 179.194 | 2.274 | Frd |
| 32 | 99 | Buster Graham | 50.441 | 178.426 | 2.490 | Frd |
| 33 | 58 | Michael Lira | 50.450 | 178.394 | 2.499 | Frd |
| 34 | 83 | Derrick Lancaster | 50.637 | 177.736 | 2.686 | Dge |
| 35 | 97M | Eric Caudell | 50.706 | 177.494 | 2.755 | Dge |
| 36 | 12 | Tyler Audie | 50.956 | 176.623 | 3.005 | Dge |
| 37 | 97A | Cassie Gannis | 51.208 | 175.754 | 3.257 | Dge |
| 38 | 73 | Dale Shearer | 54.938 | 163.821 | 6.987 | Frd |