Open Race Thread: ARCA Series Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 | Daytona International Speedway

by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 1:56 PM EST in Open Race Threads

DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 18: James Hylton signs autographs for fans prior to the start of the ARCA Series Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway. Hylton has been a fixture at Daytona since the 1966 Daytona 500. (Photo by MattWeaver/NASCAR Ranting and Raving)

Update: 2:50 p.m. EST - Notes from the ARCA Series drivers meeting can be found in the comments section.

DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. - The ARCA Racing Series has a unique place in the grand scheme of NASCAR's ladder system. With its blend of short tracks, dirt tracks, and superspeedway action, ARCA serves as the last link between NASCAR and its short track racing heritage.

Many of the same names that Ranting and Raving reported on at the Snowball Derby will also attempt to take the checkered flag for today's Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway. To compare, Five Flags Speedway is a half-mile speedway. Daytona -- as you may recall is 2.5 miles -- with 32 degree banking in the corners.

ARCA could boast the most the most versatile drivers in motorsports if they truly wanted to. The Series competes on short tracks, dirt tracks, superspeedways and road courses.

Qualifying for the event was scheduled for Friday afternoon and witnessed Sean Corr secure his first career pole in major stock car racing. Ryan Reed, Steve Blackburn, Tom Hessert and Chris Windom round out the starting top-5.

Cale Gale is the 2010 Snowball Derby polesitter and a former Kevin Harvick Inc. developmental driver. He's done a little bit of everything in his 10-year career. He has not won at Daytona. He'll sixth for Eddie Sharp Racing, with equipment purchased from KHI. He was 13^th in final practice.

Frank Kimmel has won nine ARCA championships but is also winless at Daytona. Kimmel doesn't believe in legacies but believes his career is incomplete until he wins at the famed 2.5-mile superspeedway. He was second-fastest in practice and qualified in 17^th.

"Daytona is a big one on my personal bucket list," Kimmel said. "It's the grandest stage in motorsports and we'd definitely love to win it. We're a little behind on our speedway program but ThorSport carries a proven track record. We definitely have a shot at coming away with a real good finish."

And then there's Bobby Gerhart.

Gerhart has won five of the last seven ARCA Daytona 200s and seven overall. He initially qualified on the pole for today's race but his time was disallowed after failing post-qualifying inspections. He qualified for the race based on a provisional and will roll off in 42^nd.

Gerhart posted the fastest time in Saturday happy hour at 184.102 mph.

The Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 is scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. at Daytona International Speedway. SPEED will begin television coverage at 4 p.m.

The complete starting lineup can be found after the jump. See you in the comments section!

ARCA Racing Series
Daytona International Speedway
49th Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona
Provided by ARCA Statistics - Sat, February 18, 2012 @ 11:00 AM Eastern

Position	Vehicle No.	Driver	Team & Car
1	82	Sean Corr	Empire Racing Ford
2	15	Ryan Reed	JDRF Chevrolet
3	94	Steve Blackburn	Harley Davidson Pike-Pop's Chevrolet
4	52	Tom Hessert	Federated Auto Parts Toyota
5	32	Chris Windom	Justice Brothers-Gillund Enterprises Toyota
6	6	Cale Gale	Rheem Chevrolet
7	28	Drew Charlson	Aluma Aluminum Trailer Chevrolet
8	17	Chris Buescher	Roulo Brothers Racing Ford
9	58	Chad Hackenbracht	Tastee Chocolate Apples Chevrolet
10	1	Mikey Kile	ModSpace Ford
11	4	Brandon McReynolds	Turner Motorsports Chevrolet
12	66	Mark Thompson	Phoenix Air Toyota
13	35	Nelson Canache	Venezuela Tourism Toyota
14	22	Alex Bowman	Ebay Motors-St. Jude CHildren's Research Hospital Dodge
15	09	Brett Hudson	Hudson Performance Drivelines Dodge
16	33	Milka Duno	Cantv-milkaway Chevrolet
17	44	Frank Kimmel	Ansell-Menards Toyota
18	9	Max Gresham	Made in USA Chevrolet
19	78	Aleks Gregory	The Mosquito Patch Ford
20	08	Alex Kennedy	SprakerRacing.com Ford
21	68	Will Kimmel	Enterprise Software Development Ford
22	39	Fain Skinner	CarportEmpire.com-CSBdirect.com Ford
23	90	Zach Ralston	O-Ring Sales & Service Ford
24	16	Matt Lofton	Strutmasters.com Chevrolet
25	30	Terry Jones	Jones Group Limited Dodge
26	12	Leilani Munter	The Cove/Dolphins Awareness Dodge
27	00	Ed Kennedy	Ralph Solhem Racing Chevrolet
28	88	Buster Graham	Batter's Dream-RoushYatesParts.com Ford
29	29	Sloan Henderson	K Automotive Dodge
30	13	George Cushman	Vukelja Law Attorneys-AIP-Beveridge Medical Dodge
31	2	Brandon Davis	ModSpace-Hixson/Belmont Ford
32	11	Rick Clifton	Syngenta Ford
33	25	Brennan Poole	Adcetera-The Ad Man Chevrolet
34	31	Mike Harmon	American Heroes Ford
35	23	Spencer Gallagher	Allegiant Air Chevrolet
36	55	Paulie Harraka	Country Music Artist Jaclyn North Toyota
37	10	Ed Pompa	Milwaukee Crusher-Double H Ranch Chevrolet
38	34	Darrell Basham	Darrell Basham Racing Chevrolet
39	48	James Hylton	Radon.com Ford
40	18	Bill Coffey	JM Sportswear-Fast Track Driving School Ford
41	02	Josh Williams	Southwest Florida Cable Construction Ford
42	5	Bobby Gerhart	Lucas Oil Slick Mist Chevrolet
43	04	Larry Barford Jr.	1st Mariner Bank-Trauma Doc Dodge

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 2:58 PM EST reply actions

Notes from the Drivers Meeting:

- #02 Josh Williams was a little behind but arrived just in time.
- Iggy Katona’s son, Ryan. Dave Dayton, Bill Venturini, Bob Keselowski, Justin Allgaier and Patrick Sheltra recognized as former Series champions.
-54 drivers attempted to make the field. 43 succeeded. The Series extended their congratulations to those who made the cut.
- The Series asked that drivers exercise patience and respect. They were asked to drive as if they had to load up and race next weekend at Talladega.
- Drivers asked to not bump draft in the corners. Once will result in a warning and second will result in a black flag.
- Drivers reminded that there’s another race tonight and to not tear up the infield grass.
-No questions from the drivers or their representatives

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 3:04 PM EST reply actions

Prediction time? Betting against Bobby Gerhart would be foolish.

It doesn’t matter that he starts in 42nd. It wouldn’t matter if he started three laps down.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 4:06 PM EST reply actions

And we are green at Daytona!

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 4:41 PM EST reply actions

Interesting strategy for Gerhart.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 4:44 PM EST reply actions

I always gave Milka a hard time in IndyCar but she’s proven to be quite the wheel(wo)man in a stock car. What a save! #arca

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 4:48 PM EST reply actions

So much for Chitwood's request that ARCA not tear up the grass. Sorry, Joie.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 4:50 PM EST reply actions

We're under caution after 10 laps:

Sean Corr leads. He’s followed by Steve Blackburn and Drew Charlson.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 4:53 PM EST reply actions

What up matt! You chatting with yourself?

by jshaunburke on Feb 18, 2012 4:54 PM EST reply actions

Paying my dues. =)

ARCA doesn’t usually attract a huge crowd. But I’m going to try it out anyway.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:13 PM EST up reply actions

And I stepped out for a bite to eat.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:13 PM EST up reply actions

What an awesome single-file line! Is it the rules or do these drivers just kinda suck…Or both.

by jshaunburke on Feb 18, 2012 5:16 PM EST up reply actions

None of these guys can afford to tear up a race car.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:57 PM EST up reply actions

Assumed that the Dillon hype would dissapear from ARCA now that both have graduated. I was wrong.

I’m not a believer in their talent.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:17 PM EST reply actions

Completely disagree! They may not be a Jeff Gordon or Kyle Busch, but they are both champions. Not alot of people can say that.

by jshaunburke on Feb 18, 2012 5:20 PM EST up reply actions

Time will tell. Scott Speed would have won 15 races in their cars.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:22 PM EST up reply actions

i’ll give that to you in ARCA with Ty, but Austin beat Ron Hornaday in KHI equipment in the trucks.

by jshaunburke on Feb 18, 2012 5:25 PM EST up reply actions

fwiw, I have more faith in Austin than Ty. I hope he proves me wrong.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:28 PM EST up reply actions

But what is happening with the Dillons is exactly what needed to happen to Speed

Speed was brought too quickly to Cup, and now he’s treated like damaged goods. The Dillons started in ARCA, proved capable of moving to Trucks, and now both have done so. And Austin certainly proved he was capable of the Nationwide ride he now possesses. Perhaps Speed should try to find a competitive ARCA ride and reestablish his credentials to everyone, rather than lounge around in a start-and-park Nationwide ride.

by UnderdogFan89 on Feb 18, 2012 5:28 PM EST up reply actions

Agreed. I went back and watched some 2008 ARCA Races.

Speed has incredibly raw talent — especially on short tracks.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:32 PM EST up reply actions

He woulda been the ARCA champion if he hadn’t got Stenhouse’d. It wasn’t until last season that I started respecting Stenhouse. The crap he pulled in that final race of the 2008 season was the biggest chicken-shit move I’ve ever seen.

by jshaunburke on Feb 18, 2012 5:35 PM EST up reply actions

It's really night and day. I don't even recognize him anymore.

And that’s a good thing.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:36 PM EST up reply actions

The incident

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH8hxNMXLiA

by jshaunburke on Feb 18, 2012 5:37 PM EST up reply actions

I wish I knew this video existed.

I just watched the whole damn race last week when this video would have shown me all I wanted to see…

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:43 PM EST up reply actions

Ha-ha. I wonder what Speed thinks of Stenhouse now.

by jshaunburke on Feb 18, 2012 5:44 PM EST up reply actions

They've settled in at lap 30. Brandon McReynolds is your leader.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:21 PM EST reply actions

Notables: Gale (6th), F. Kimmel (9th), W. Kimmel (12th) Gerhart (14th) #ARCA

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:24 PM EST reply actions

And down goes our polesitter. Sean Corr is blowing up down the backstretch.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:29 PM EST reply actions

Hey Matt

What is the delay between the telecast & the live event for this race?

by jshaunburke on Feb 18, 2012 5:31 PM EST reply actions

It looks like only a couple of seconds. That said, I'm not sure.

We only have one feed in the media center — Speed.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:33 PM EST up reply actions

Can't help but think that Cale Gale is sitting in the cat-bird's seat. Lurking in P4 with 24 laps to go.

Also….what is a cat bird?

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:42 PM EST reply actions

Is it like this?

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:43 PM EST up reply actions

Oh my God, I cannot stop laughing. :)

by UnderdogFan89 on Feb 18, 2012 7:37 PM EST up reply actions

20 to go. Now we wait.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:45 PM EST reply actions

This has not been the Crashca 200, it’s been the ChickCrashca 200!

by jshaunburke on Feb 18, 2012 5:47 PM EST up reply actions

I wish there were enough people here to make this green...So funny!

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:48 PM EST up reply actions

We wait on either a caution or green flag stops.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:48 PM EST up reply actions

If McReynolds was serious about this fuel conservation strategy, he would get behind Ryan Reed.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:49 PM EST reply actions

It’s gonna be awesome when someone runs out of fuel at the front and everyone piles into him and we finally have one of those never-ending ARCA crashes.

by jshaunburke on Feb 18, 2012 5:50 PM EST up reply actions

Scratch that. XD

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:52 PM EST up reply actions

This scenario may still play out. I assumed everyone would top off. Silly me.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:56 PM EST up reply actions

Wow, a 78 yr old could get badly injured in a 5mph street incident. Hope he’s OK!

by jshaunburke on Feb 18, 2012 5:53 PM EST reply actions

Business just picked up. Caution at Daytona with 11 laps remaining.

James Hylton and Wondergirl (Sloan Henderson) was involved in the crash.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:53 PM EST reply actions

Brandon McReynolds is going into fuel conservation mode. Do you think he''ll make it?

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 5:56 PM EST reply actions

Drivers who have no business being in this race: The 3 women (not because they are women, but because they have a history of being really bad) and james Hylton. So far, 1 of those 4 have been the cause of all but 1 of the cautions.

by jshaunburke on Feb 18, 2012 5:58 PM EST reply actions

Wouldn't it be ironic if Will Kimmel were to beat his legendary uncle to victory lane at Daytona?

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 6:01 PM EST reply actions

I don't think McReynolds is going to make it

when you’re on the apron trying to keep gas at the pickup with 6 to go…that’s not looking good….

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by CPC on Feb 18, 2012 6:03 PM EST reply actions

On a superspeedway no less.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 6:05 PM EST up reply actions

ahem

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by CPC on Feb 18, 2012 6:16 PM EST up reply actions

I'd make it green if it were up to me. =)

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 6:26 PM EST up reply actions

4 to go..

We’re about to see a lot of messed up race cars…

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 6:05 PM EST reply actions

At least in tandem racing, you know you got a guy that will go with you. I hate seeing a guy get hung out late in the race. What’s the point in pulling out to try to pass if you are just going to end up at the end of the line?

by jshaunburke on Feb 18, 2012 6:08 PM EST reply actions

No one's points racing -- what do you have to lose? Maybe someone will go with you.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 6:10 PM EST up reply actions

Hasn’t happened all race. Only way mcreynolds loses this race is if he runs out gas.

by jshaunburke on Feb 18, 2012 6:12 PM EST up reply actions

Like I said….

by jshaunburke on Feb 18, 2012 6:15 PM EST up reply actions

Chris Buescher never made the move in last year's ARCA Daytona 200. Finished second. He'll be denied the chance in this year's race.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 6:08 PM EST reply actions

Well, here goes nothing.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 6:12 PM EST reply actions

Wow....just wow

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by CPC on Feb 18, 2012 6:14 PM EST reply actions

What. A. Finish.

And who comes away with it in the end?

Gerhart.

Go figure.

You called it Shaun.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 6:15 PM EST reply actions

What an incrdible way to kick off the stock car portion of Speedweeks.

Incredible finish, bad race.

ARCA officials have to find a way to force these drivers to pass each other. This is the second-straight year that drivers were afraid to duck out.

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 6:23 PM EST reply actions

Race Summary

2 lead changes: 1 when the pole sitter pitted, 1 when the leader ran out of gas. Should be a pretty easy post-race report, matt! :)

by jshaunburke on Feb 18, 2012 6:23 PM EST reply actions

If you didn't just do it for me! =D

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 6:25 PM EST up reply actions

Was there more than 2 or was that really it? I only remember 2.

by jshaunburke on Feb 18, 2012 6:29 PM EST up reply actions

Good finish though!

I got home just in time to watch the last lap! Can’t wait for the Shootout now!

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 6:52 PM EST reply actions

Bobby Gerhart walks into the media center and asks "Did that really just happen?

“It was a stupid mistake that cost us the pole,” he continued. “ARCA puts us in a box and it’s our obligation to play in it. We screwed up.”

He also talked about what he saw coming out of turn 4.

“We decided that no one was going to remember me finishing fifth and I decided to go for it. I didn’t anticipate everyone running out of fuel. It just played out that way. I got a shot from behind and drifted up.

“It worked out for us today.”

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by MattWeaver on Feb 18, 2012 6:55 PM EST up reply actions

Eight is Great!

Sorry I didn’t get a chance to join in on the thread today. Went to a friend’s house to watch the race. I wonder if the neighbors complained about the noise that we made jumping up and down and shouting during the last corner of that last lap.

I still don’t know how all of those events occurred, but I’m 1 for 1 with my Daytona picks…somehow.

That race was a lot like a poker tournament: periods of boredom with a few thrilling moments interspersed. Something needs to be done about how the ARCA-style cars race on the freshly paved surface at Daytona. Even the best in the ARCA business had a hard time successfully making passes when almost all the cars were single file and glued to the inside yellow lines.

by ajcrdstr24 on Feb 18, 2012 7:27 PM EST reply actions