ARCA Menards Series 2020. Daytona International Speedway. Full Race

The Sunshine State is living up to its hype as the world's most famous beach is open for racing business as Speedweeks

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kicks off with the ARCA Minard Series in Daytona Beach, Florida. Look pushing side by side is getting good and we are competing in the ARCA

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and we welcome the 20 and 20 in 20 the number of

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welcomes you to world racing center Daytona International Speedway and the Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire, you know the weather, it just couldn't be better, we're talking 60 degrees, we're talking blue skies, we're talking slight breeze, it's perfect for going fast and going fast first in the pits.

On the road there are 33

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rs of various shapes, all ready to go one hundred and ninety miles an hour for almost 200 miles, it's time to go Phil Phil Parsons is Dave Rieff and Phil the second year under the nascar umbrella what ARCA has done and has always done is provide a clear and direct path for racers to reach the next level of racing and we've seen that for almost 60 years, Dave, every one of these drivers in this race today wants to race and the Daytona 500 next Sunday and this could just be the springboard if you can go to Victory Lane here to get you there and it happened before it happened several times, we look back to 1969, my brother Benny wins the ARCA race here and then he wins the championship in the NASCAR Cup Series Kyle Petty wins his first start in 1979 a winner at the Cup level Tim Richmond number of wins here wins his first time here at Daytona in 1981 Ryan Newman we know about Ryan Newman all the wins he has had in the polls he won here in 2001 and how about our current Cup champion Kyle Busch won here in 2004, this group here 116 combined NASCAR Cup wins and three championships, not bad, that's an absolute no-no, like I mentioned before on pit road, 33 hungry and cautious lions. the veterans and maybe to take the next step we have to talk right now about the people to keep our eyes on it the first race of the year there is always a lot, which is a lot, sure, but I want to mention some of them Haley Deacon can't come here the game comes here with so much fanfare she is a three time winner in the KN West series she has the credentials her first start at the Speedway how about Tanner Gregg?

We know that this young man knows how to go fast and passes. 200 miles per hour in a straight line, the NHRA Pro Stock champion a couple of years ago, he made the first start of it at the Speedway and how about the old man, he's 29 years old? 29, come on, Michael was very close to winning the championship. Last year he was the only former series winner at Daytona in this race today and he's starting from the pole and how about this young man? His first race on pavement in any type of stock car. David Gravel. He won the most important car race. in the story, the Knoxville Nationals last year, he's so excited I talked to him a few moments ago, he can't wait to get started, he wants to be a NASCAR driver and this will be his start today here in the ARCA Ménard series of course. the outlaw world champion who checked one off his bucket list a year ago, won the Knoxville Nationals, of course, we mentioned 33 drivers, one repeat winner, you know, the other 32 would like to knock out Daytona of your to-do list, but to-do lists are In plural, there is much more and it is the subject of our overall tire driver profile.

What do you want to do on your bucket list? Why an airplane is at the top of my wish list and I feel like that's a goal I can achieve. Know? When I'm at the air show they like to fly the plane up and then they almost like to stop it and they just like to go all the way down. My goal is to get my pilot's license and then be good enough to do it sooner. I would like to write. I once saw all those PBR people who seem pretty crazy. I don't think it will survive as I think it's on my last bucket list item, but it would be an amazing experience.

I think I want to be tough. I want to ride. a bull I think it's just amazing that it goes eight second syllables I'm the man, it's a mechanical bull until it goes too fast and I'm just a dad like everyone else I want to travel I'll see, you know all the things I used to look at your history book like the Great Wall of China and Australia I didn't watch kangaroos things like that you know I don't want to leave no one knows something I missed is on your bucket list well we know what's in various These pilots are listed today as Riley Herps.

It's been a long time since he found Victory Lane. Can he do it for the first time at Daytona International Raceway taking the green flag? It's all coming to you next. Established in 1959, perfected each and every year since. Welcome to Daytona International Speedway has to be a calming feeling Michael himself is going to win Harrison Burton taking his third victory in ARCA but no bigger than the Daytona 200, so we return to the artistic series, it's the Lucas Oil 200 about to fire its cars before they do, let's look at some of the stories you should pay attention to, starting with a man who knows the way to victory lane who almost didn't show up.

Here's Jamie, how we all came to a defining moment where I have to take some time for a personal reflection for Michael, that moment came at the end of the 2019 championship season where he finished as runner-up. One hundred and fourteen days passed and now, thinking about it, he says that for him,

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is about fixing. the little things and being in the right place at the right time, he said there are no hard feelings about last year, but he enters this season with the defensive crew chief and championship spotter combination of Kevin Reed and Brett Anderson together already They have won.

They are confident and experienced, something that many pilots in the field do not have. Here's the newest member of our streaming team. Katie Osbourne. Thank you. Jamie, delighted to be part of the team. The youngest driver in the field starting today is 18-year-old Hayley Deakin, she now has a boost of confidence as a rookie here at Daytona International Speedway, having switched from Toyota to Ford in the offseason and actually put that Ford Fusion at the top of the combined speed charts. in practice yesterday, but being a newcomer here also has its challenges. She's at the top of his list right now.

She is learning to select. She's also making those pit stops and not getting ahead of herself. She is with tgr Crosley 420 of the events here this season. and his focus is that Rookie of the Year reward where you're not a few months depends on what you do today it's in the background of his phone Dave found that he's shown a lot of speed and we'll see how far that speed will be allowed to advance him today when he starts for fourth time, now to address the start command and now, for the most famous words in motorsports, welcome your grand marshal director of racing operations for Lucas Oil.

Richie Lewis drivers start their Daytona International Speedway is the playground the race is the Lucas Oil 200 the thunderous roar of the stock cars on a beautiful sunny Daytona day the following cars started rolling here at the Daytona International Speedway is the Lucas Oil 200 is driven by General Tire the same General Tire that hands out our pole Ward Group Qualifying today Phil Parsons, who was fastest, is a little different than how they do it here in the ARCA Benard series, but Michael himself started first , he had a nice line of cars behind him, that's him in the white Sinclair green. car and finished on pole and sighs right behind him, ironically he qualified second, so it's a good group here, there are about six or seven different groups, they had the fastest way for Michael, it was the sixth pole of his career, said a guy who arrived last year.

I'm not a very good qualifier, well you've certainly realized that very, very well, now for our Lucas Oil starting grid, we mention Michael on pole in seven consecutive positions at Super Speedway for the Venturini team that drives a man decisive second. Dave Mader Jason White these are all guys at Brookes outside row one and row two who are making their best outings here and they're doing it on the biggest stage in the world. I saw Jason White in the garage area and said I know. Michael was happy and he was going to get the bowl, but I don't think anyone was happier than Jason White.

He said it's like a pole, it's like a victory for us to be in the top five. I misspoke a little earlier. mentioned that Haley Deegan was starting in fourth place, he is inside the number four row with another talented young man named Conor Hall David Gravel, there is the world of the outlaw running back with 51 wins in that series, the victory of the Knoxville Nationals He swept the world final and reached Florida. on Tanner Gray Pro Stock champion here in number six making his first start at Speedway and Jacob Hefner also Brian Repco burst Gus is always fast when you come to Daytona a former winner at Talladega so he knows how to do it on a super track that's all said and done, you have 33 cars as we go back to the back, split it up for me Phil, of the 33 at the top, will it hold up for all those guys to race together?

How many of you have a real shot today honestly I think to pump 20 guys 20 drivers 20 guys and girls have a chance Natalie Decker has another one of those drivers with a chance she has a top five finish here earlier in her career really Mullins has a second place here at Daytona so there is talent in this whole field John ferry runs very fast here at Daytona he is back in row number 12 saw Thomas Prater there next to Willie complains they call him the Moose he knows about restrictor plate racing we missed that race last year due to the birth of his son Hugh who is actually here now we have a chance to talk to the young man about celebrating his first year birthday here and how about Brad Smith, There are 350 starts this year, a long time ago, our competitor is very happy.

To see it here in the 48 car that James Hillman Confed Moffitt made famous, it was originally scheduled to start higher up, but few adjustments have to go to the back of our Chevrolet on board, we have five of them, the Chevrolet that belongs to the driver 23. Brett Holmes is not scheduled to do a

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season, but my goodness, he ran 14 times in a row in Syria and the points maybe are changes we talked about. Gus Dean, this is a daily tire on board. Gus, as a former winner here, raced

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-time in the Truck Series last year in the top 15.

Points will be run in a limited ARCA race this year, as well as in the truck race next week here at Daytona. This is Jacob, our fork performance onboard camera making his ARCA debut. A former late model champion at Hickory Speedway, that venue has produced some pretty big names in NASCAR. Lastly, he is a powerhouse for a cycling forward and we will also be riding with Drew Dollar. He is also making this Super Speedway debut for the Ben Dharini Motorsports Toyota. He qualified in fifth position. Great race for Drew Dollar and finally there's Michael. I who called the loss of last year's championship on the final day in Kansas a heartbreak.

Jamie talked about a lot of soul searching, but he's back and was very happy when he was finally awarded the General Tire survey award. Big hugs all around. for Michael, well that's vegan Haley going around the racetrack, we've got a radio on board with her Phil Parsons, take it, let's see what's in the mine for young Ellis if we check it out, hey Haley, digging Phil. Parsons and Dave Rieff at the Fox booth, got a copy, there's a little static, we certainly want to wish them the best. I know it's been a tremendous learning experience, but they've had the speed, they've got a great car, two big Ts behind them.

What do you think of today? Good deal, good luck, let's go to the pits. Jamie Dave, you mentioned Thad Moffitt in that number 46 starting from the back. He was not allowed after qualifying for being too low, but his teacher, the Crosley team, walked through the garage. He's found some allies to help him get across the field, but the goal is to be in front, so he's going to have to be conservative when making those passes, he needs to stay clean, the run is long enough, he just has to be patient. Not only does starting back affect Katie Thad, but it also affects her EGR Crossley teammates, Tanner Gray's #17 and Haley Deegan's #4, the strategy coming into the race was that three of them were going to work together to make moves.

On the front lines it will now be up to Haley and Tanner to make this happen together. Tanner says he knows Haley's car is fast up front, but he also knows it might be harder for those two to communicate since they're both new to Daytona and super

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s. your previous experiences in different styles of racing Dave, thank you very much Katie, the privilege ofto now have a very special guest join us, Ryan Blaney, five starts in ARCA, most importantly, many Monster Cup wins, so welcome to the booth here and what were all these Lucas? 200 I appreciate you having me here, it's nice to be at Daytona, it's great to start the season here with the Arc Menard Series, so I'm looking forward to a good race, a lot of good cars and a lot of people. who have never been here before, I will be interested to see how they do on their first outings, that will make the turn one exit interesting.

We have a lot of guys that are at the front of this group, but we are I'll have 33 drivers screaming behind them and girls and girls, that's it and this is Faris, so you did five starts in ARCA reviewing my notes, you were very, very good eraser bow, but I couldn't do it. I was in the top five practically every time, yes. We had a lot of strong starts. I ran some races for Venturini in 2011. I got to race for Cunningham Motorsports came back, I think in 2013 I raced for them, I had a lot of fun, I raced on road courses, I raced on mile and a half race tracks in a lot of places I'd never been before and that helped me prepare to have more experience.

So, and I think we should have won four out of five, I took one out, dominating those races in the Cunningham car, yeah, we found a way to make sure we didn't win, but you know you learn from it and you just move on. and figuring out how to dig better next time, the car is still on the pace lap, barreling down the 3,600-foot homestretch. Here's an opportunity, Phil, to talk a little bit about rookie rewards. There are 13 rookies in this race, but we have In a way, I compared it to those who we think will want to keep an eye on throughout 2020, yes, without a doubt, Haley thinks she will be a championship contender, besides the fact that will be a reward, the outstanding rookie contender attracted a dollar, another. of the strong cars from Benny Reem Motorsports, as well as Ryan Repco, have always been well used and she was the fastest car in practice here and in off-season testing.

Scott's underpants made another star here and Jason Kitzmiller made his first start here in the ARCA menard series Ryan's racing drivers are racing drivers, you look at everything that goes on, we have dirt cars and Volusia David Gravels has been racing there How impressed are you with your experience on land? Your famous father, Dave Blaney, Cory's uncle, Dale and your grandfather, yeah, it's um. You know, it's a place I really appreciate, even though I didn't grow up doing as much dirt as my dad and then my uncle and my grandfather did, it was still nice to be around and, you know, I see David Gravel. in the field today, that's really cool, you know, I mean he wanted the Knoxville Nationals last year, that was a big win for him and it's good to see him making a transition here to ARCA and what better place to top it than Daytona, Well, speaking of Daytona.

It's time to kick off the Lucas Oil 200 driven by the General Tire pace car off the track. Michael is seen watching waiting waiting for the green flag to be added. We're underway at Daytona. Michael got off to a great start, these became number one behind him. It takes a little time to prepare to continue as they get these cars up to speed. I talked to a lot of drivers and they said, "Hey, we just want to stay clean, only Lauren remains in the draft." Someone mentioned Brian. So many young drivers are doing it. in their first outing at Daytona they did some testing, they did some drafts and testing, but it wasn't a 30 car package like a deal that's anti-size, it made a big dodo, we're not done yet, that's Scott Reeves, the blue one and white number 88 Eric Caudill in the seven the number seven white you see Andy sighs that's him the black car on the track I don't, I don't think anyone hit him, he slid backwards down the track through the group look at the damage on the front oh that's what I think going back up the track from the platform to the runway I think you're right yeah he did he did a great job saving it as best he could but when he backed up towards the by tilting it, it pushed the entire nose up and that will be a big repair, they do it right if you remember that he started second in this race qualifying effort, a tremendous disappointment.

The man who made his Cup debut last year finished 28th and who, of course, is Florida's running back. near Port Royal Palm Beach, Florida, this is Scott Reeves, so I guess the best I can say is that Andy thought he was clear about trying to duck into a hole. We can see a shadow in the opening, it just wasn't clear, I mean it was probably six inches and he just hooked it, this Potter probably already you know, telling him clearly that he's looking in his mirror to try to see here, we have a pretty good view , yeah, about two three-quarters of a car link that was David Gravel from Johnny Aid. and Andy just didn't have enough room here and it's nice to see for the observers from the top of the stands here, which is a long way down the stretch, you know, they're actually looking through binoculars at each of them.

One of them is up there trying to get the best. I thought to some extent. He was clear, but he made the move a little late and just that whole outfit, you see that, you'll see I'll speed up a lot. There are holes. We're approaching so fast here with the draft and things like that happen. Scott Reeves has to take evasive action, the 88th along with the seven gather and that brings us to our first precautionary cleanup underway here at Daytona, but it won't be long before he returns. competing here, Lucas Oil 200 presented by General Tire Johnna, the arc of an art series that kicks off Speedweeks, but the biggest day and all racing returns next week, is the Daytona 500 that kicks off the 2020 NASCAR season, will take place on February 16th starting at 2:30 before the race at one o'clock ET on Fox of course Ryan Blaney will be participating because he's here all week reduce the practice time in the Cup car today I have to do a little crash practice, how was your day?

Yes Yes. I had some practice today, 150 minute practice for the crash we have tomorrow afternoon after qualifying, so it was good, you get a lot of draft, you really try to really see what your car does, make big moves and then the practice of 500. you're actually just one car, you really just wanted to see what kind of speeds your car has, trying to get your rides perfect for tomorrow's qualifying and then when we get there next week and then practice more with our 500 cars, You'll do a little more racing just to try to see how it draws and stuff like that, but I'm excited for tomorrow's class, it's a cool event to start the weekend for us and honestly it's nice to get back in the car. today you know it was great to have some practice sessions especially with our new team now that we have everyone yeah so it's great to work with those guys of course your dad the Sack silver crown champion won the world outlaw championship. well, and at the Knoxville Nationals, we just saw the incident with Andy sighing waiting to get back to racing after David Gravel was in a very difficult position right there as a rookie coming out of turn 2 for the first time, but he did a good job , He did a good job.

You know, you can't really blame David for that. You know he was just traveling there at the bottom and there was a little gap and you know, like I said before, that's just a situation that people thought about. they were clear and they weren't and sometimes you get hooked now that you're taking a look at Tanner's number 17 car, which is 28th right now, Katie Osborne, you have more information about what's going on with that team, yeah, the 17th. The rookie here, Taylor Green, came in needing to replace the radio and, in fact, having just finished, he gave up a position when starting in 11th.

Why? Oh, two of the eighty places that came in second place, the qualifying car, not the the way I wanted to start, he was here, it hurt him to say let's go out and do it right away, we have to make this knee perfect for work on lowering the Bey links with four tires and fuel, but they told him he could. now he sees further than everyone Jamie God muffin in number forty-six is ​​already behind, so the team made the decision to go ahead and fill it with fuel, open the pit window a little, the problem they had.

They couldn't connect the fuel, so it cost them some time in the pit lane. Weir has to let it shake and see how many thanks, Jamie, of course, there are all kinds of challenges within the Menard ARK. series and that includes the General Tire Super Speedway challenge. We're talking about that kind of little point system within a point system. These advance the seven events that will comprise the General Tire Super Speedway challenge and this goes to the car owner. you can have multiple drivers, you don't have to have the same driver for every event because you earn points with that car, so Chad Brian, owner of car 77, won this award last year and among the many changes our cat has made now Being under the NASCAR umbrella changed the points scheme a bit and that includes the General Tire Super Speedway challenge used to be a couple of double points events, we're going to simplify it and make it a lot easier to understand, yeah just more along the lines.

As we line up the three national tour series to make the points system a little simpler to follow as we take a look at the field starting to enter turn three, it looks like we're getting pretty close to the race as the lights are out, so let's go. To get to green here, try to complete lap number four, see if we can get to 76 without further incident. Michael seems to have a very firm grip, of course, you can be like that when you're in front, none of that stuff is going on. We just saw, well, I was out, they were close to the front, I mean, Antici qualified second and David Gravel was in the top ten and Andy tried to get that hole right in front of David and it just wasn't right, Michael.

He says one of the keys to racing here at Daytona is yes, you have to be in the right place and that means being up front, away from all the action, get lucky if you want, it was pretty good when the first green flag came out, let's see how it handles this restart here, so this is big, so it's all about your help behind you on these restarts. You see they actually say, hey David, pretty close for the most part since you can push it, but it seemed like both lanes were pretty even on that restart. where I thought on the first initial start, the top lane didn't have a good jump, the spots didn't really get through the gears well, now they're much more even and it's really about these three cars, where six cars under the blanket, that?

Help comes to those boys and girls and it kind of pushes in my head it seems like the bottom might come forward here, talk about pushing, see? Dave had her pushed against the wall, but he was able to hold on to what he was giving to Michael. all she can handle here Dave made her a winner in the ARCA series Beckham 29 years old Snowball Derby one or two teammates now lined up inside that's another one of the cars Bendi Rainy Drew Dollar's 15 that car silver number 15 in second now coming at great speed down the pedestal here to complete lap 5, then it's lap 15 and now it's Riley Hurst's 18, what a great start because the top line doesn't seem to have the speed that the bottom line has .

We are not as well trained for the end result, especially at the beginning of the races, everyone just wants to adapt if they get a gap at the bottom, they try for it, you know, towards the end of the race people are more willing to take it . opportunities and jump to the top lane and try to push hard, but at the beginning of these things everyone just wants to paint the line and that's when you know you have to fight very hard, a good push to push that line doesn't do it. It looks like he has a dance partner, but he's actually holding his own here, there's a little gap back to the 32 car to help him on that outside line on the 32 driven by Gus Dean, say, hey Li, dig in that moss that turns black, cars number four. she's trying to get that suction, you see her side drawing right there, the 20 Brian repco car trying to slow her momentum a little bit, you see if they could form up on the outside a little bit, it looks like a pretty tight formation, there was a 88 cars, trucks , see how the bottom line is formed and somehow completed, but see that that's how it changes, like people just run and get to the top with what they felt at the time and now it's okay in the top lane . it's split up so they need everyone to work together you know once they get three wide and it really slows everything down it makes it a discipline it seemed like David Gravel had a great run after coming back,He's just had a lot more time. then he just turned right to go to the outside of Haley now that problem exactly he left himself on the outside now he's losing two spots but now Haley Deagan is going to jump behind that silver 63 from Dave Mader and that's very easy to do if your David Gravel You feel like you're Superman, you have a great route for someone, especially when you have some hope behind you, you approach the car in front and you want to take the road and you think you can cut through all that. that air that just hit your car is just slowing you down so that's what experience is all about and you know, he's here to learn and you know, I'm sure he learned from that mistake, they definitely put the kibosh on him, they say you I never really stop, especially this style of racing, but it helped a lot of laps.

Do you think that before you know it, a newbie in this career would start to feel comfortable? These cars evolved, you know, our Cup cars, for example, have evolved a lot in the last few years. but Speedway packages that word differently, you know, you protect runs and you block differently and you push differently, so you're always new tricks of the trade and, except for a rookie coming out here, you know you just want laps that you know what you want to complete. Every lap you want to see what everyone behind you was doing in front of you to try to get runs, maybe sit back and see how long it takes you to run towards the car in front of you to make a move if we are in that spot at the end of the race and these top six right now we are doing it right there, outperforming the rest of the field.

They know that they are in reasonably good shape here to the extent that there will be no problems staying in line here. and pulling away from the rest of the field probably hurts to run and that Monster Energy car in third place right now Katie what she got for me Rookie of the Year in 2017 this is actually It's only the third start at Daytona. I asked him what he liked about it. She said I love super tracks because a lot of people hate them. It's a bit of luck. I think it's a combination of luck, science and skill.

And speaking of skill, this turns out. The guy's really good on the harmonica, guys, yeah, I'll have to ask him to play for that later right now, although Ryley Herbst is trying to chase down race leader Michael, who only allows six laps from 21 to 2018, but He is dominated at every turn. So far, Daytona today is cautious at Daytona's, we want to get back to the ARCA menard series, the Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire, why not? When we'll show you it's the green number 97 of Jason Kitzmiller of West Virginia. late model dirt racer Super Cup stock car racer in the middle of the screen smoke coming out of the rear mount a crew chief not a car chief that's not good that's an engine failure that's not it but we have some stops in the pits here No, none of the drivers in front came down pit road.

Blue guy Brett Holmes leads the pack down pit road in car number 23 in 97 races with Cody steals. Cody has been a veteran of the sport and a lot of cars come to pit road here. during that break right now we're talking about it's a little early for them to go the rest of the way, but if you're at the back of the pack, you really have nothing to lose. Brett Holmes was dragged to start, so he'll top it off with fuel, which means he can go a little further than the guys who stayed on the track, but again they can talk about maybe doing about 50 laps, maybe even 55 with some caution laps, so this is a little before doing the race. rest of the way, but again they want to spend less time on pit road than the other guys who have to stop later.

Well, there are still 67 laps to go to complete lap 13 as we move away from Michael sitting here, Michael himself and the Team Sinclair is still leading the Ark of an art series at Daytona. We'll see how it all plays out over 200 laps today. Contact now look down at the beach here in Daytona where it was in 1958 the last time they raced there. Now we have this Great and wonderful two and a half mile super

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, home of the ARCA Menard Series, it is the Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire from the world racing center Daytona International Speedway.

The cars start to line up and we get a chance to talk to Ryan Blaney. Phil and I is the entire arkem series. It was great to see John Menards at the drivers' meeting today, a man who meant a lot to the sport. Yeah, it was great having John here today. He will be here next week. Obviously for the 500 it's a big family, I mean a big family that loves racing, they've been involved in motorsports for a long time, not just stock cars, but any car, you know all the forms of racing, so you know the main sponsor. from this great series that you know has a lot of mixes between short tracks and super tracks and cool places like this that just speaks to what Menard is about, they love it, they love racing, they love what they do, one of the most genuine people that we were.

As you know, I had the pleasure of being Paul's teammate for a couple of years there and it's an absolute honor that mom has them in our car, especially for the 500 in the 500 crash, so we have menorahs and nuts for Mustang was here all this week, but he's great company. It has been great getting to know you over the past few years and we look forward to many wonderful years to come. 15 down, 65 to go, Michael's 25 is still setting the pace, Jamie. He's done better, he also started the race from pole, so we know he has a fast car, but talking to his crew chief, Kevin Reed, they also have a very stable car.

Kerry said the driving ability is as good as it has ever been mentioned that he won this race. In 2018, he actually did it behind the wheel of this exact car with Kevin sitting in the timing booth. Now one of the things to look for when the sun starts to set here in Daytona is that the back of the car likes to set. a little bit of light on them, so they'll wait to make that shift as long as they can when they get to pit lane and make sure they have a stable car to get to the checker.

Yes, you notice that Michael himself is going to restart this. race on the outside he took the lead the others restart from the inside but he has a teammate and I'm sure there are team orders look for that dollar on the inside that silver car eliminates michael self makes the jump and gets down in front of him you mentioned the team with Kevin reading in a man who won with the 2018, that is, the car comes. Jamie says he gets a little push, here we go, ready to turn this thing back on. Someone ran outside of In himself looks like Connor Hall, maybe car 22 that was right behind him alone and then again the T motors that he had to get away from car 15 of Drew Dollar stopped in front of him and leaves Connor right next to Now his teammates also lined up on the outside, from Chad Bryan racing Jacob Hefner in the 77 car lined up just behind Connor Hall's 22.

Look, we saw it like in the last reset, the bottom lane from there, it's a nice dress. It's just nice, there aren't enough cars at the top, you know the top will eventually come, it looks like it's trying to get there, but I mean, you have twice as many cars at the bottom, since on those there are three cars at the top sources, you really hope. everyone is organized, you have to have everyone working together, especially in these cars, where they seem to push each other, that's something very important that I noticed between these cars and, how can we get to the bumpers of our Cup car , it's really good and looks very tough.

It's not very stable but it will make you go very fast and in these cars there is almost an air bubble like what they say about an air bubble between the front and rear of these cars that we used to have a lot last year with the old style, so we have one that goes up again, but that air bubble is gone, but I see it on these cars, the lockup is Brad Smith, yeah, the engine goes out, it gets under the tire, a big spin happens and the flag will come out yellow. Again, a guy who's been doing it longer than most just loves coming here and being a part of the crowd.

Brad Smith of Shelby Township Michigan was ranked 27th when that happened, a guy who with his start here today can claim to have made our joint art series. begins in five consecutive decades. I think it will still be a little early for these pit stops. Right now there are 62 laps to go. They talk about running 50 and again they can stretch that with caution laps, but I think we could see the same guys who went down pit road last time be able to go back down pit road to complete them for the same reason, no I'm sure we're going to see the guys at the front coming down pit road, but yeah, it looks like another engine has turned on.

Here at Daytona, yes, the engines are running hot while there was a tremendous storm that came through a couple of days ago and really cleared everything up. It's very comfortable out there, so the cars certainly want to make a lot of power right now, so I want to get back into that air bubble is a fascinating concept that we always talk about and I'm sure the viewers at home can see yeah, these are cars Co you can't block the bumpers there is a big giant beach ball visible between these the rear bumper and the front bumper of these cars and when you get close it literally just absorbs energy whatever it is there is no aerodynamics or if it's cow pressure, we're not really sure what it does, but then it pushes the front car forward and it's really hard to break that barrier in our Cup cars, you know, last year and years before, when we talked a lot about the beach ball, you had to have a lot of people lined up behind you pushing very hard for you to break that bubble. and it was the best when you could break the bubble because then you could stay there, you know, one foot away, but it's a strange concept, it's different between every series, from our co2 trucks, Xfinity cars to Cup cars, all of them They totally draft. different even though some of them look very similar they all have a totally different design but that's something I really noticed with these Arco cars and they're going to do a big move here towards the end you might have to sit back to let the other car be behind you.

Reach your bumper to activate it and try to move Phillippi away from the brake a bit to get back to the car behind you, so I think you'll see people playing with that as the race goes on and they continue to learn what they need. having to build races and make moves, especially if you are in a position to try to win at the end of the race, you know we were talking during the break, yes, there are plans to see if you want. Actually, I'm going out to pollution, are you going to go to the dirt track?

My brother-in-law is racing there, so I'm going to go see The Outlaws. There was a great finish last night and hopefully it will be better to win tonight. There has been a great race. UMP Modifieds along with the second night of racing with the world of American power outlaws during the sprint cars was Donny Schatz doing what Donny Schatz does this guy is an animal Whitney just doing Donny things yeah what is doing well received some attention in the stretch back the field low probably get closer Phil, what do you think 19 down 61 to get close enough?

We've already seen enough caution rolls so they can roll the dice and say, okay, I'm going to bet. I'm going to stop now if we don't do enough caution laps. I can always go back to the pits, but he won't be there, he won't be at a disadvantage like these other guys up front would have been because wouldn't they have to spend more time on pit road? If they go down pit road, to top it all off, they'll be on par with the guys who pitted just a couple of laps ago. To make matters worse, they will make some adjustments, but there is no reason. to change tires, they have tires, they can go to this with everyone in the garage area so these tires will last forever, they have a lot of grip, they don't wear out unless you slide the tires through some debris, no one plans to change tires. and you have to get out of repetition, right?

I mean, we've had four cautions in 20 laps, you know, so you can bet if that's still going to happen, you know, and I don't know how much you can't. save seven or eight turns of fuel here, no matter how many warnings you get, that would be a lot of caution, laughs, this place is very big, but it will soon appear to see. I'm with you Phil, I think the boys. at the back he'll just go down to pit road just for the fun of it, you know there's no reason not to do it and you know then you'll see all the warnings play out well, the pits are closed and that means that no one will address. down that lane, at least not right now, drive ma'am, good luck the rest of the week and see you back on the track our thanks for yourknowledge today, thank you all for inviting me, Michael, to continue foolishly here, the Lucas Oil 200.

Back at Daytona, officially 1/4 of the way through the Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire, the pits are open and here comes the leading group of cars on pit road, Katie Osborne, coming at you, the guy who says he just shows up on the track and breaks it, breaks it, it hurts a lot, he's running fourth right now, they're few, just that there are no changes, he says he is happy, Jamie and then Drew's teammates Taller and Michael made the decision to join, it will be a gas and that's it. scenario for both of them, except for Michael's number 25, they are going to do a crash adjustment three kilometers back, you do one towards the front, waiting for fuel, right now they are telling them to wait, wait and they sent it there was a moment waiting a moment ago because Riley Hearst almost joined the tenth car now we have one spinning coming out of pit road look at Riley Lee on pit road here so close great move by driver Ryan Huff to avoid Riley Herbst as he came out of the pits, you know, it speaks a lot about the intangibles of rookie drivers competing in an environment like this with the writing.

One of the things that a lot of people don't do in this series is go to the pits. making pit stops and having to deal with that, but Riley Hertz will be back on the track. We continued under yellow flag here at Daytona at one point. The XFL's opening weekend continues tomorrow as Erin Murray leads the Tampa Bay Vipers against Matt. McGloin on the New York Guardians it all starts at 2:00 ET on Fox and Fox Sports here in Arkham in our series the lucas oil 200 driven by General Tire there's a new race leader the reason we're not picking up green Flag Action Right now you're looking at the cone on the back, so it's a poor orange cone taking abuse.

You won't like that, no you're not. We had mentioned a change of leader, although now it is young Tanner Gray, the former NHRA Pro Stock. the champion who takes over the lead did not come down to the pits that 15th time, although he is going down to the pit row Jamie and this is to serve a drive-through penalty they told you on the radio that you did everything right just go ahead, bring it Just keep calm , the penalty is because the fuel chamber left the pits when he came out of the pit lane, so he didn't do anything, but he still has to do the time. one more lap of fuel in that number 15 car, he was also running in second place before the pit stops, those two teams took it easy to get as much fuel as possible.

Observe this problem, you cannot leave this box, you see it on the left. His pit when Draw goes straight out onto the grass, here he did a good job blocking people coming into the pits, but unfortunately the gas can followed him out of his pit and now he's out of his pit in second place.Gus Dean of Tanner Gray and his Chevrolet scored in the lead with most out of the gate of 17. Tanner Gray, who stayed out there, said his Blake, his crew chief, said he needs to stay out there since no one can make it with fuel anyway. from here, but I asked him about his confidence in Super Speedway and he said I'm the Tanner Gray Super Speedway rookie.

First, the NHRA trust camp. I'm still working to find that confidence. I guess leading this race right now will give him a little bit of that, huh? he is the leader of the race, he will select the outside lane, yes sometimes our score will get him to the start/finish line and although 32 will be in front, Tanner Gray, he is actually our leader and has chosen the lane abroad. I don't know if there's anyone working along with Dean gusts maybe trying to get going here and maybe go out in front of teenage Gus and stop in front of him Tanner getting some experience here in Daytona getting ready for the truck race next Friday.

Definitely expanded for him on that route for Tanner, great first laps led in arc and his night start the first time he saw a green flag as the race leader to get going again at Daytona for a really good job on that start at what he could do. Gusty's front has elected to stay outside in front of Natalie Decker, but he will jump inside for most of these drivers. That yellow line is your friend. You want to keep those left sides right on that yellow line, but we have. some momentum on the outside led by Shawn 4 and car 8, who is third on that freight train, is Michael's Sinclair 25 engine, who is getting a big break, providing some of his own and some really good cars in that outside line. now Michael is leading that outside line with Natalie Decker right behind.

Sorry, with Haley Deegan in car 4 right behind him, he's going to jump inside in front of Tanner Grave 17, there are excavations working outside. Teammate Tanner Gray will move in front of Haley Deacons to see if they can work together to make something happen on the outside and as it stands, Shaun's core coming out of lap number 25. Shaun's core actually He has a couple of top five finishes here at Daytona. His career-best finish is fifth and he's done it twice here at Daytona with a gusty look at the Tanner Gray cars coming out of turn two. I liked that Tanner Gray move of jumping in front of his teammate Hayley Deegan.

It may not work at this time. but we have 55 laps to go let's try something here wait we may have to make something happen later in this race and hold firm right now it looks like the sun is covered to turn four into the shadow of the tri. -oval, see Tanner Gray pulling up to the side of the draft on that 25, that green blank Michael Self car to try to stop the momentum and pull that 17 car onto that board towards the front that you mentioned all four of these 17 and the four, that's a change for that racing team during the offseason.

I was speaking to the team owner, David Gill, along with Bola Mastis, and he said that it was quite a daunting task to change the entire team from him to Ford, but they have some excellent ports here. We are going to run the Ark of Menards East Series race in New Smyrna on Monday night with another one of their cars now there are gusts it's stuck inside that's the black 32 that's inside a main Egan you wrote on board with him for just a moment. He's doing a bit of a qualifying process right now, quickly approaching a third of the way through this race and when you're at the bottom of the track, you don't really want to push towards the middle of the track. clue because if you do.

That car behind you will approach that hole and you will try to go back and there will be no hole there. Phil, a long time veteran of the sport, what is the process of going through a race like this? Do you ever adapt? and try to stay calm like now in the middle parts of this race, we saw it from the beginning, there were six cars running single file, that was as calm as it's going to get, it's not calm right now, but again, these two Boys and girls are trying to learn Dave to try to figure out what might work.

We're coming towards the end of this race right now. That outside line is the best built in this entire race and they are holding track position with Michael Self running third right behind. he's 32 on Gus' team let's learn what that team is thinking with Jamie what are those high pressure situations you talk about they really are drivers gastine he told me more this morning and then you do it anyway , he said every time he arrives. behind the wheel of one of these cars whenever he sees those nerds and being out front like that is exactly what makes him thrive.

Katie Nellie Decker said that on the track he's focusing on being patient and actually in survival mode he did, even though he told me so. a story that goes back to when she was 14 or 15, she and her family went to a water park in Michigan, now they wrote a big vision board not just for her but for the whole family and at 18 she said my goal would be to compete in ARCA as she continues to progress, she has been able to gradually eliminate her vision board, which is something that really makes her smile and she becomes kind of a snowmobile racer with blood, which is why we are her grandparents, so that Natalie Decker has Run in her blood and Chia we are seeing that on the track she has a good track record at Daytona, she raced in 18 from the pole, she finished fifth with Venturini and nineteen moved to the GTR Crosley team and finished sixth, so who is a very good runner at this. facilities, she has a great group of people behind her right now.

Donnie Richardson, Kenny Schrader's longtime crew chief, is his crew chief, but he has Tony Eury Jr. a cheap old friend of Michael Waltrip and Dale Jr. Her cousin is also in the pits and those are the 52 cars she drives. It's Kenny Schrader's car that spends a lot of time and Volusia not driving will work on his shoulder, but Kenny Schrader will continue to drive while You can be sure that the Suns are a bit of a problem out of turn four for these drivers. Seeing Jacob Hefner actually doing a good job. He mentioned that he was a track champion at Hickory Motor Speedway.

There is a bit of history at Hickory Motor Speedway. little some of the past champions how about Harry Gant how about Ned Jarrett jr. Johnson appears with some of those guys like track champion Ernhardt, he's a kid who has a lot of history in the history of the sport. He once built a car in Ricky Rudd's colors. He loved playing with it as a child and decided to pay tribute to it. He is really doing very well. I work here on that outside line, he looks at that mop on that guy 46, he remembers that he started way back in the group and he's here in the draft leader.

I'm running in the top ten. Shaw's core led the most laps at Talladega last year, so you know he can do it here at these big racetracks, look how close those drivers are on the inside or the smudge of that double yellow line. Gus Teen is the only guy who goes about half a car length away if he keeps up. Natalie Decker will try to jump in that hole and squeeze him out and that would put him in the middle, which would be the worst thing that could happen. Meanwhile, big talker Haley Deegan continues to try to work on that outside line that JJ is a part of. that also on the number 61 car this mentioned the 23 at Bretton Holmes, what a tremendous season he had last year, he hooked up with crew chief Shane and by the way he's a charlatan at the Hickory track, he's Shane Huffman, the crew chief in three widths and this. is for the protagonist, things just changed in an instant, as it seems that Tanner Gregg will bring his Ford now that he is feeling the inside of Holmes' 23, who we were talking about, Brett Holmes looking for his first victory and Shaun Course. stuck in the middle, you see it towards the back of this package here.

I spoke to the driver of that white and blue 23 moments before the cars were dismissed. I talked about an abbreviated schedule, not a full timer this year. Asked. making you race differently knowing that you don't have to protect points and that you can be a little more aggressive after that first win. He says why he never thought about it more broadly, but yeah, I think he was aggressive and got third points, but he also said. For me, he's also doing some truck racing this year, so we're hoping to see him in a truck. Brett coming out of Munford, Alabama, a senior at Auburn University, making it end, so Michael South, who was once so dominant from the beginning, was dragged back, but now he's in the back. bumper up to 23 33 laps down 47 to go here at Daytona it's the Alabama race you're Brett Holmes leading the pack in turns three for a day Joan since we won't be back J Series ARCA Menard driven by Lucas Oil 200 by General Tire How did you get that advantage?

It was a lively time here in Daytona. Sean seemed like he had things covered but he didn't cover everything. He came too far forward. Look at the momentum in that second row he was trying to take. I blocked both lanes, but Bret at home said I have enough room at the bottom. I am a prologue of yours. Sean core got to the back of that group, we're talking restrictor plate racing on Sunday, back there, he left enough room for Bret Holmes and Brett took advantage, but Michael did 225 on the inside and Tanner Gray stayed there. Look at Brett Holmes, now he is trying to block both lanes and he is also trying to kill the momentum in whichever lane seems to have the momentum.

Haley digging back there doing everything she can to try to push those teammates past the 23, but the 23 slides well, that will help them get 10 degrees in front of Michael South, for now, let's see if Tanner Gray takes advantage this opportunity. jump in front of Michael and get behind the 23, he's not going to hold one on the outside and Michael isn't going to back up to the bumper. The work of the Brett Holmes observers is very, very important inthis moment. Brett's house watcher, Jamie, is doing it. good job keeping it in front yeah that's David Neil and he's also sending out a couple of warnings because you're going to have to start using it a little bit more but he said when I tell you to hit the brakes I need you to do that too.

If he said that you are getting too far ahead of the rest of the group and that you are not going to have the same push. Blayne Bridge, the crew chief of car 17 is saying that they can make it to lap 54 with fuel from Of course, it's all about seeing the lap car of car 69, Scott Malkinson, a contact. Now we have big problems, very often when they try to get my cars back, you see Jacob come in with a lot of damage left after the '63 silver and our truck. a lot of time there's also Conor Hall, the 22 teammates with Jacob Hefner, they pass by that return car and they tried to get back in line so fast that at some point they don't have enough room for that return car, there's Natalie Decker, she is involved as the number one heroine.

The car also involved a barrier outside of New York, there is a 'stay dry' absolutely wrecked Willie Mullins on all three cars also with damage right there, you can see him moving around in the car and the window netting below is Connor Hall 222 David gravel on the 28 with some damage, although from this angle we're not sure if it's just some tire rub on the inside. I don't know, take a look at that, it happened very, very quickly and it all started with Scott's 69 buckles up and runs on the inside, well he's on the inside to watch him endure being there passing it and you see the 61 moves in the 22 cars making contact and Jacob Heppner's 77 were there, you see Conner Hall a few ago. contact with some cars outside Natalie Decker is the one who makes contact with Jacob Hefner, he would have made it through but she had nowhere to go.

You see, Andy cites that the O2 is also involved, but it all stems from trying to get around the car on the way back. The lap car Scott Melton wasn't doing anything wrong, he was on the inside of the track against the double yellow line, boy there's a car, he thinks it's Riley Herps, that somehow avoids all of this. Look at the car 18 in the middle of your black screen 18, that's all. They're going to slide, they missed it, their cars are going to slide in front of him a little bit lower. Riley Hertz did a great job staying out of that incident that happened on lap 39.

I think more than half the field was involved in that incident. Well, when you come to this restrictor plate race, you hear about it all the time, we don't like to talk about it, but it was the biggest one along with Jacob happening here, sit here, he plays with the throttle, that's the car back there. watch the 61 move down, enter the 77, more than ten cars in the incident here, in turn, one of fifteen cars took out a dollar, your earring, what a great job, away from the race track through the grass, but avoided those cars. Good job, I drew. dollar that the 18 year cleanup is taking place here at Daytona International Speedway after this incident that involved over 10 cars, the largest one that happened at Arkham and the art series right at the midpoint of the Lucas Oil 200, it has been an eventful Lucas Oil 200 presentation. by General Tire almost to the halfway mark when the red flag was brought out following a major incident involving many cars, sounds like a perfect Phil Parsons moment for our Richmond Water Heaters mid-race recap where we highlight the Yellow flag foul number one Andy sighs.

I drove well before eating everyone, but there was a little contact with some cars. He sees the 80 degrees meet a set of the bear's tail. The next time the caution comes out is for the '97, the fully built Chevrolet of Jason Kitzmiller of Petersburg. West Virginia, that's an expired engine. Congratulations to Smith, car 48 spins in its oil after losing an engine, another warning comes down, this is a no no no can't. Take anything out of your launch. Draw Dollar did that by running second at the time during a pit stop. It's that major incident with a big carnage going into turn one.

I think it started with the favorite waving the 69 from Scott Feldman and the 61 he got from Scott Don. "I tried to get back in line on the inside and he made some contact with Conor Hall, the number 22 car, and I think that's what started this incident. Michael has led the most laps, but he's not currently leading with his Brent Holmes. like us". I've had five liters, six different lead changes on that caution flag, been out for 15 laps, look at the drivers involved, yeah there are a lot of strong cars here, Andy sighs, he qualified second, see David Gravel had a great race and is back in car number 28 at Natalie.

Decker also did very well in '52, Dave Mader in '63 and Jacob Hefner also in '77. The car involved Dominique Van, where the Canadian motor racer turned her into our Khatib. Jamie, Kevin will read to the crew chief for Michael, a point of great caution. You guys are back, you're not leading the race right now, but how do you get back to that when the race is as inconsistent as this? Well, I think we're going to go back to the pits and complete when they're green again here and there's no general tires for not tonight, they're phenomenal, we can run 80 laps on general tires, so we'll be fine there, we'll go back down.

We put in about three seconds of fuel and hopefully we'll come out with the lead. We made a small mistake at the first stop and arrived with the lead, but there was no damage or foul. Michael got behind the wheel and drove back to second position, so we're in really good shape here coming back and I hope everything goes well so we can win here and finish one of the things we've talked a lot about his experience front to rookies when you have an experienced driver behind you. wheel, how does that help you in a race like this?

It's always easier when one of the guys who's been here before has some experience with plate racing and Michael is phenomenal all around, so we have a good chance tonight if we can get someone to help us. Join us, maybe get one of our friends we brought with us behind us and give us a little tent. Our races are definitely a team sport. Katie, we're hearing that the rookie here at Daytona International Speedway Haley Deegan is very patient. Over there Seth Smith, his crew chief here, we also heard that there is a possible vibration in the car, how is the car holding up?

Everything is working very well. We cut the front, there was some oil on the race track and we piled everyone under Kosh when the front slid a little so we're a little worried we might get vibrations, we'll see how it shakes when we get back under caution here at the top of the race we talked about the strategy was working, that guy, the two teammates working together, both her. and Tanner, how is Haley holding down the fort? She is doing a super good job. They're both really aware of where the other is and what's going on, so we just need to get our other car there and get everything. three of them together and I think we will have a good chance wishing you and the rest of the team the best.

Thanks, it will be a season of firsts for Haley Deegan as she continues to run for Rookie of the Year. Haley Teigen will start in fifth place with a green flag return to the fan, sit here today, the sun setting in the west as we look in those directions, I was escorted back to the Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire, a perfect day will turn into a perfect afternoon, of course, looking west, let's also look east, to the other side, over the Atlantic Ocean, let's take a look at that full moon rising above the horizon, beautiful, still, with a red flag absolute, conditions, cars in a pause in the in the final stretch due to the big incident, meanwhile, we have the race leader, Brett Holmes, in his 62nd race, but it is only the fifth time he has been able to lead a race , even with a good job, but after the season last year he got that solid third place in the points, I'm not surprised, especially with Shane Huffman calling the shots, Jimmy, good opportunity to talk to him, the city, we can place him mosaic, hey, Brett Holmes, Phil Parsons, in the Fox booth, you got a copy, well, that thing looks pretty good out there.

I know that's the plan to keep that thing up front, if you have friends to work with, Shane will take you to pit road with the caution flag here to get enough fuel to make it to the end. First one to come to pit row, so I don't think you're going to surprise anyone, okay buddy, good luck, there's no one down there, you know, check it out on our broadcast, they just tell us, I mean, No. I won't tell anyone, come on, but Dave will leave the race, it will turn into pit road, you will know and the way he got that lead in the race was also very, very spectacular, the cars prepared to go back to turn on when the yellow lights returned.

All of the work on turn one has been completed by the Daytona International Speedway staff and when we return, I guarantee those pits will be open and the game will change once again. We'll have the story and how it all happens on pit road. When we get back to the Ark, our series on Lucas Oil to Mother today starts spinning tonight here at Daytona International Speedway, it's the ARCA Ménard Series campaigns on the Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire, which is now officially 40 in Florida . but the cars picked up speed again after a major incident.

The cars accelerated again and headed down pit road. We had our eyes on all the action. What did we see when they made that curve? Yes, just as we thought most of the time. the field went down pit road, they know they can stop, now they get enough fuel to make it to the end of the race, very few cars on pit road change tires, there's the air coming, you see the 10th grade, the car 17, he is one of the cars, one of the few cars that actually put tires on, he will put on four tires, there is Brett Holmes in the center, our leader, it didn't surprise anyone, who was the first out of the pits, exactly fuel , just for him, see Michael, our poleman, dr.

Biden the screen also uses only fuel again, almost all the cars here used only fuel. The tan gray is about the only card that put wheels on that 17 Ford and it looked like he himself was the first, followed by Holmes and the 18 herb. see how the timing score recycles everything, but for more, and what happened with the 17, so good, defending well, just like Haley Deegan, the 17 car was also worried about the puncture, spot those tires, so that all four tires were changed and, furthermore, we know that it is one of the only cars leaving the pit lane it all came down to Michael and his crew chief Kevin telling him again I don't care if you give me a John Force burn words without filling feeling like you're leaving this pit he saw that's exactly what they did they needed less fuel than the number 23 with houses of bread behind the wheel, they needed about seven seconds, but they told him to stay calm, to wait to go racing, for Of course, John forced the 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion, NHRA qualifier from Pomona, to come after us as they begin their season in I guess on the left coast, in California, I think the great tenor would know how to make a hole shot, we would still know, absolutely, that kid was a lethal haul for a couple of years competing in the Rookie of the Year category, the youngest winner.

The youngest champion, this is a driven team, I thought we would see a little more of Tanner Gray, but now he is taking the next step, yes, time in the truck series. Ella, this is Crosley, she's still running some ARCA races this year. Absolutely good, he said this was important as there are other truck racers that will be competing on Friday and they are here, just learning the basics again, warming up to the heat at an International Speedway, well let the sun set when we go great, find out with In a moment, here's a preview of what's coming next week from Daytona, starting with the showdown at Daytona on fs1 on Thursday at 6:00, then it'll be the Gander Truck Race, the Xfinity race and then a little little song they call the battle of the Daytona 500. racing menu the great american the great american race at the center of world racing sounds like a great description, sure what a great week it will be here at Daytona how's that for the Haley Deacon car?

I'll tell you what she lifted six times With the V Venturi D team last year she had several good results and a couple of DNFs, but this is a girl who goes after herself, she was in the top five at Lucas Oil Raceway, so He did a great job in this race here that he worked with. Her teammate made that line out of work. She is with Brett Holmes now, who has beenvery very fast. I think she has done absolutely everything that was asked of her and if she can finish it and she is learning well, then she is learning, she is preparing for the end. of this race, she really did a great job.

If you follow her on social media, she talked a little bit about what it was like to recruit in an even larger group in practice and this is a girl who is definitely the lord of the ropes. Michael self Brett Holmes has been dragged back to third place. Michael will leave and give you the number one shift. Brett Holmes jumps inside jumps behind Riley Herbst leaves Haley digging leading that outside line which is Sean's eighth, poor line to find Haley Haley in black. number four, there's fat Moffatt, she's actually a teammate of Haley's with djr Crosley, that's him in car 46.

Richard Petty's grandson moved to the Fords after racing with the Empire; Last year with thirty-six laps to go, Michael and I, who already leads twenty-four of them, can really dominate that extra point. Bonus point for leading the most laps. I heard Kevin Reid say it was a bit of a miss. Angry the first time because of the car's bad fuel, they didn't screw that one up and won. The race is on, yeah, check out this side-by-side battle for fifth place, Haley digging the four cars on the outside, that's Chuck's 11 cars on the inside, those guys need the girls to line up as one line to try to catch.

This group in front of him does not need to let that group of four get away from them. You see Sean Horn will now jump in and get behind Chuck's tires and that 11 car you mentioned, Chuck tires out his crew chiefs, David, if he has any history here Jesse J Yarborough every time the race summer at Daytona in 81 Benny's crew chief for a couple of years is my strangest screecher most of DW when he drove through my yard. I love Daytona, not only does it bring out the raw young talent, but it also brings out guys that have been doing this forever and that's how some of these kids are making the transition, taking with them the path they made to Daytona , both figuratively and literally, it's been a pretty wild ride for Haley Deacon, literally, she said it's a lot of time and effort studying, so a lot and she's learning a lot here, however, also getting to Daytona International Speedway was very funny because he said that he and his family were actually in the middle of the tornadoes and they are from California, so a phone alert was actually activated. and they're like tornadoes Brian Deegan, his dad was actually pretty nervous and this is a guy Willie knows all about adrenaline, he even had white knuckles, they had to pull over to the side of the road when Marissa, his mom, said They were probably my We landed once they cut off the road, the whole way to Daytona was pretty wild.

Jamie as we were watching some groups start to form here when I go back to something that happened this afternoon at the drivers meeting, all of these drivers were told that there were three things that race control expects from what they expect and by working together it was done the question what about movable bumpers? The result was that there is no penalty, certainly no crashes in the corners, that's one thing, but blocking them is a no-no, it's incredible. Although how much speed can be gained by locking the bumpers, it is too early in a race to do so, we have thirty-four laps to go.

You see that group of four cars moving forward, although these cars continue to race side by side to reach fifth position. Top Chuck is really doing a good job in the top five, him and Haley Deegan, side by side. Haley has her teammate, not Tanner Craig, behind her, if they could get away from Chuck's tires I think they could probably hear the chase. As you can see, that group of cars may have gotten a little loose coming into the turn, moved toward the race track. Haley took some evasive measures, the only complicated one, the airways were difficult to get here for a lot of people, yes, they were.

I understand there's some snow in Georgia, North Carolina, let's talk about this for a moment to see if Chuck hires maybe loosen up a little, she hesitates actually, it looked like Tanner Gray, he stopped behind her and almost almost in a little, but she was very close and that attracted Chuck, the rental car, inside, towards her, right towards him. Good driving advice from both drivers to keep those cars in order. Now there's no doubt she understands how a race car works and we always talk about Tanner Gray. Whether it was in the NHRA or even last year when we saw this, she is afraid of making a mistake, but she usually learns from that mistake and won't repeat it.

It's amazing what she has been able to do with such limited experience in this type of vehicle. See them losing a little ground on that outside line. There is a car back that has metla. No, it's actually that Moffitt, now that the top three are away, but now he's falling behind this second group. You see that the gap is not between the top 3 meters. Fat Moffatt will now have some help here from Chuck, hired in that 11 car he drives for Andy Hillenburg, and will also walk across the park for Michael car Riley Herps and Brett Holmes as they crossed the start/finish line eight tenths of second ahead of the fourth place runner Jani in the middle of that second night you just saw that silver number 15 and he's starting to get frustrated, he said there are no rubies picking a line he says once you can move forward we get in front of that Borkar said that you're fast enough you can get there totally packed they were single file and the inside of the race track a tremendous amount of damage to chuck rent a car the florida home builder was in fifth place at the time that's a good sign.

Dave's window being down means the driver is fine, he doesn't need immediate attention, although I guarantee he's still feeling the effects of making a quick right turn. and a really hard impact with the wall, possibly some bump, maybe it went wrong, let's see if we can see what happens, see, that's Haley right behind, Ragan stands against the rear bumper now that they're not together and then he kind of goes It moved to the inside and then it made contact with the right rear corner of that car, these cars, these bumpers don't line up exactly, oh, and I think that contact left it dead, right against the outside wall, there you see it again, yes, and one.

A little touch is all it takes and I'm no physics expert, but I certainly understand the physics of what happened right there. It looked like the first hit moved his card inward and that left the right rear corner of his car exposed and I think there was more contact with the right rear corner which turned him directly into the outside wall. He is one of Andy Hill and the Busted Car, a former champion of the sport who now presents many car driver development programs. There will be another view, you will see that initial hit. He moved it in and then when he tried to correct it, he put Haley on the right rear of his bumper, they didn't line up properly and that just turned him into the wall cars behind, doing a good job of avoiding the incident.

It means it's just a one-car incident, but it's expensive for Chuck's hires. He was the only Florida driver in the field a year ago. I have to wonder what's going on in Haley Deegan's mind. She now has no intention of helping Chuck's employees. They were trying to catch the group in front of them and it seemed like just one little drafting hit went wrong, another little jolt. Here's car 11 finishing down the stretch here at Daytona, as it's still 50 laps down. 32 decide the Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire. It's one of the best weeks in motorsports. Daytona Speed ​​Weeks begins tomorrow at noon ET with Daytona 500 qualifying on Fox and then we'll switch to fs1 and see who will take home first place. flag of the year and the crash at Daytona all the action can also be seen on the Fox sports app the cars continue to roll incident involving car number 11 katie has more information on what's going on and what she heard from team chuck iris his fourth Daytona race, he's not happy with Haley Vigan's number four car, he took a hard hit but he's okay, they took the wind out of him so he's still catching his breath as one team says he's heading to the number four car, there is no harm to them. knowledge and no comment on what Chuck had to say about the four, yes there is a contact at that very moment, she is just trying to get him to move on to Bat Moffett in that 46 car so they can shake up the chase for that one a little front car. one hit moved his car to the left and when he corrected it to the right he ended up with Haley's bumper on the right rear side of his bumper, they don't match up correctly and that just spun him into the wall, yeah, no, no, until However, there was a big hit here and I certainly had to sit there and compose myself a little after taking such a hard lick, so we're officially 52 laps down, working on lap number 53 right now.

Michael Self led 33 laps and started again. versus a new one here in 2018 with Kevin Reid out of the box, it's back with Kevin Orie, in fact, it's the entire championship team since Kristin Equis and said, basically, they just said we just changed the colors on the car, they got a different one. rocker, yeah, well they want some races, you know, together, I bet they won this race here 15 years ago together exactly, so they're no strangers to each other, so I think it's going to be a pretty potent combination fighting for this champion in you. all the way to the end one lap left until the official start ARCA gives the signal to continue the lights are off in the pace truck two and a half miles they will turn around this the green flag will come out the competitions and let's check With Jamie, one thing What's happening in pit lane right now, our crew chiefs are starting to run up and down the pit lane, talking to each other to say, "Hey, go and let's work together." Can't we work together?

What happens if my driver stops? What if yours? Come on, how can we do this? Kevin Reed ran over to try to talk to Mark McFarland said I don't know if it will work or not but Phil this is something you can talk to when you're out there. the race track and your team is trying to tell you to look for this guy, you can work with him, how do you handle him well? Sometimes it's hard because sometimes you never see it. I've had plans before the race and said, "Okay, let's do it." work together and never saw that other driver the entire race.

I think you have to go with someone to help you because they will also help themselves. It's great to have a plan. You have a couple of Toyotas there that can work together. with Riley herpes Michael but then you have strong and Chevrolet behind them another teammate in 7th place this is the dollar and you know he is a teammate of Michael so if he could get there they would work together , but again you're I'm going to work together with someone who will make this make sense right now. Phil, you're one of the guys running this. 31 degree curves.

Three degrees in the final stretch. What's it like going 200 miles per hour on a race track, but does it feel like? flat these curves say 31 degrees actually feel flat so it's a fun race rig to drive it has a much narrower width at Talladega we put Daytona Talladega together yes but this race track is much narrower and it's less banked than Talladega, but sometimes this race track can be a challenge and we've seen that happen today for sure, when you come to Daytona make sure you have a chance to see the start/finish line. Be sure to stop on the curves and check out the cars on the sidelines.

Absolutely stunning. Michael himself outside. from him it will be a jump Deegan the start/finish line is about to come to life again the safety car stops is this the driving section 27 laps to go or we will have more warnings the green is out again and Brett Holmes is in the rear bumper of your race leader, Fred Holmes, is doing a great job pushing the 25 LaMichael. Riley Hoofs is doing everything he can to try to get Eve to keep up with Brett Holmes. I nod Moffitt there, car 46 stops behind Riley. It doesn't seem like it here. like he had the pace to take that card, we saw him lose the front three earlier, right before that caution flag, the outside line trying to get it to the 25.

Michael did a good job of blocking both lines coming into turn three. Haley Deacon is being a good guy, she'll try to slide in there behind Brent's 23 houses, don't let Riley get carried away with that, he took our even though they're both sponsored by Monster, they're not teammates. Haley leads DJ Ella CrosleyJoe Gibbs. Riley Herps, who races there for the 18s, wants an 18+ Toyota, seemingly confident at the start of the race and says that if he takes the lead, he feels he has a strong car to lead to the finish with 35 laps down. That might be the confidence he needs.

We talked about whether Michael Self was going to work with Riley Herbs. Michael Self Mason thinks he is too competitive and they work together too much. He'd rather see Brett Holmes behind him or Haley Deacon or Tanner Gray, maybe him. He wants that '18 car because he thinks it's too strong, not in the mix here, but I think Riley Herps has other ideas. If you follow the race on the 18th, at least on the ARCA side, he got his first win and just came back. 2017 to Pocono since then six runners-up 13 top ten that he desperately wants to win, he could get to that today, but those lines went back now yeah, there are not many cars up there, see they ride the 46 david gravel that had damage from that big accident, He's back here racing with these guys, he's still on the lead lap, there's Jason White doing a good job here, on the lead lap, running here, just outside the top ten, there's the 51-time sprint car winner out of the law.

David Gravel got married just a week ago, Knoxville Nationals archives in Charlotte, all this momentum, life is good right now, if you're the driver of the 28, you see these guys running side by side, Becker , it will be difficult for them to maintain contact. this front group here these seven front cars led by Michael themselves sent a separatist freight train now and I returned one and that one a pack of four machines trying to track it and if I were each of these guys and girls right here I would stay in the line here for at least ten laps to go, then we can try to get me to make a plan, maybe, hey, Leonor, teammate, Tanner, cool, it can be arranged.

You see some debris on the runway. I think that might trigger a warning. The flag outside looks like someone lost a tire. Part of the casing is against the outside wall, outside the racing groove, that's for the officials to easily discover. I mean, that's right up against the wall, which isn't actually out of the racing groove. I think we saw it. He walks out of here in this shot, you see something hard for me back there and you keep looking, he was actually sitting on the racetrack and it looks like maybe Thad Moffitt ran him over and that's what flipped him into the outside wall, granted to these cars.

They're not actually running against the wall again right now, but the potential is there if they get side by side to run against the outside wall, so 22 laps to go, buck and fifty jumping off that little penalty, has returned with that money. car, yeah, Shawn Cord doing a good job again on that eight car for him, look at the Raleigh herpes that were hiding in the back of that seven car train. 20 laps left, the Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire will make you suicidal when we get back. for Daytona, it's ARCA Minard Series runner-up in the championship standings, Michael Self, who is looking for his second Lucas Oil 200 win.

He has Brett Holmes behind him in 23rd. Haley, who isn't bad for a rookie in the top three. Right now he is doing a great job and has his teammate Tanner behind him. I think these guys may have guys and girls again, they may have something to say about the end of this race. Michael sent a great spot right now, he has a good pusher and Brett. Holmes, but they have a pair of hungry rookies right behind them in Haley Deegan and Tanner Gray. Tanner Gray is also a rookie. The talk on the team radio right now is that Tanner keeps getting closer, he's leaving the door open for you, stay on that yellow line, that double yellow line and you have a real chance to make this tie.

He told the team that's how he felt. Dumb for not taking advantage of those opportunities early, we're getting to the heart of the matter now you have to start thinking about it with 18 laps to go, it's almost time and let's not forget the job Drew Dollar did preventing that big accident. Going down to the inside of the race track and downshifting, he gets that car, wow, doing a good job. Riley Hertz is going to make a move to the outside of Shaun's core, it's time to go to 18, but he doesn't have a dance partner mark to get back in line and I'm sure at this point he said he was fine with 17 laps to the end.

I can't win this race from seventh place. I'm going to try to make something happen. He tried to make the move around Shana's core, obviously he didn't have it. helps and it didn't work mentioned at the top of the pilot on the 25th the only previous winter Vinny the other 32 can make it including the five cars in a row behind him we have a first time winner I like the idea of ​​these The guys and girls from the first four or five stay in line here, within ten laps to get to the end here before making any moves, guarantee that Michael Self won't go off that double yellow line, protect all the real estate. that he can right now and he continues to make a mistake, there's a series, she saw him get a little bit away from the double yellow line, he goes up too high and the buck dives, he's going to close that hole and try to push Tanner Gray towards On the outside, these guys are almost 12 seconds ahead of Moffitt's car in eighth place, so that's what it means to line up running single file, that's what happens when you're able to do that when you have cars running side by side behind you. he lost well almost 12 seconds, which is about the length of the backstretch they were entering, through his Moffitt was coming out of turn four, now here comes the freight train passing the start/finish line, while that group just goes back three to four, there's a turn around. car now see how fast these guys and girls will try to get inside look at Riley herps now on the outside of Shawn cords you will be able to use that car back to choose no it will give room to Shawn Corson they continue to run side by side losing ground in front of the top five if raleigh could get enough momentum to get in front of shun's core and move down the track it will work, it's almost no more than three quarters of the car's length but not a pretty comprehensive look im in my last quote, look how much Brown lost on that lap by trying to do that move in a full second, almost a second, 2/10, now they have a lot of work ahead of them for him to regain that lead.

They may have fallen out of the barn now, it may be tough to catch the top five now with 14 laps to go and that will leave Dru's $15 vulnerable in the back car of the draft, he's a little vulnerable at times. backed into that group behind oh we have a smoker looks like Tanner Grace's car is starting to smoke a little that's the 17 the performance four car Haley Deegan's teammate running right in front of him is still up to speed but you can definitely see some smoke coming out of Ford and it's starting to get bad gray tenor the youngest NHRA champion in its sporting history a professional action at the age of 18 rapidly advancing to the Truck Series next week says that These laps will be invaluable today question Do you have enough car to finish this?

They are smoking like this. You see how Drew Dollar has now lost touch with the front. The last car in line is vulnerable to being dragged backwards by the cars behind it. That's the gap that looks up. You can see that smoke now on the windshield. The $3.00 doesn't seem to end on the new dollar issue. That might be wise. He backed up another lap. The car entered the fray at the corner. Look how quickly they got back to the corner. below they pass by the car back with more information on the smoke situation with a gray Katy Tanner 17-2, they are telling him to stay out, it could just be a tire rub so we'll find out here just a little , you just need to look at your gauges because I don't think you've made any contact with anyone.

I don't think it's tire rubbing, but you just need to look at his gauges. Be sure to maintain a little pressure. Make sure the water temperature does not get too high. getting your cars on that lap allowed these cars to win the $1,500 they returned to Sean Courtney Kerr betting allowed them to close the gap now Sean Corps moved to the outside shift to the outside to try to make the move on Deshawn's core can? gain enough momentum here to stop him, no he can't, with that smoke starting to grow even bigger from 17, meanwhile Maikel will drop down and lead his 49th left, the most laps any driver has ever led, the lucas oil 206 poppy gerhart.

He led 55 laps in 2013. Arts officials are keeping an eye on this, the windshield of a $3.00 car so it's a lot less here in the seat of 15. You have to be paying attention. Yes, we are hearing that they. They are turning black like a 17 from dinner, I think they have to do it. We saw that on board and the 15a pulled out a dollar that was sitting on his windshield, if it was smoking and not on his windshield it would probably be fine. but I think he will put a premature end to the race because of the tanner grade, but what a great job he did below the yellow line, the 17th on pit road.

Hayley Teigen loses a teammate. Tanner Gray misses his chance to win. You know, the category knows that its race is essentially over. I'm going to look at him, maybe he'll open the hood. You see him turn off the engine. It's like he mentioned. Haley Deacon loses. The team made the cut at $15 drawn. Now it's going up to. the rear bumper of Haley Deegan's dirt four, all going full time with Venturini as the yellow flag comes out, debris potentially from the 17. Wow, there was definitely some debris down the stretch or that debris we saw before and again, I think. ark officials had to bring this in they had to increase this precaution to clear the debris we saw how much fluid you see on the inside of the hood on the 17th grade Tanna there was so much fluid on the windshield of dollars, I think that's what caused the arch Menards officials said, hey, we need to put this caution in place, make sure the track is clean, a 200-mile race and for Tanner Gray, it comes closed within 25 miles to run on top of which I'm running under yellow, very tired though, falling apart on a car and there's shrapnel all over the backstretch, yeah there's debris all over the track, sure whose car it was, but that's David Gravel, looks good on this side, we're listening on the other side, yes, the door of that car disappeared, there was a little, there was something on the race track and I think that was the door of that gravel of David's 28 that they ran over and that splintered it, but yeah I know David Gravel, he doesn't care, he's a sprint car racer.

Things fall out of those cars all the time. He says: let me continue. Willie, find out with us where we return and end up in Daytona. The sunset at Daytona International Speedway is absolutely stunning. Here we have. You have an impressive finish for you today from the Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire. It has also been fueled by its fair share of yellow flags. You're sliding on the grass and end up back on the track, there's nowhere to go, a couple of cars get caught in the mix too and it seems to be the norm nowadays, sixty-one of JJ's group moving towards the interior and make contact. with Connor Hall at 22 at least there is a medium making contact with Jacob Hefner tenders including David Crabble involved in this incident david gravel has recovered although there is a tough one right there hard hit chuck hires on the back fence just lost a bit of form haley Deacon had nowhere to go and there was some major damage that left him breathless, thankfully no worse for the wear and tear of Chuck Hard.

Our most recent caution was the gate at the racetrack, it comes off a David Gravels car, you see it lying on the racetrack, then someone will come and run over that here, it's right here, but a lot of debris on the racetrack. races that's what caused this caution flag, no damage other than the door coming off of David Gravels' car that was from the previous incident we talked about. Of course, David Gravel coming out of the open Outlaws world will race the cars he's used to with that wind blowing into the cockpit. gravel will try to stay out there, we're hearing they're bringing it to On pit road, they might need to put something back on the door bars that open right now.

We're exposed on that twenty-eight of David's gravel. Seven laps ago we were seventy-three down and there's a big hole in the side of that twenty-eighth machine. There are dynamics that are so important here at this track that that gap would probably blow the side panel off of this car if they left it on the track, so I think ARCA Menards officials are talking about taking it to the pits tohave them. Look at it here, it's coming right now. A tough blow for a guy who did a great job in his ARCA Menard Series debut by doing so at Daytona and scoring ninth as he heads to pit road.

The question is: what can they do with it? Yeah, they're putting in a side window, maybe they don't have to put a door in it, but you have to have a side window on these types of racetracks, so that's what they're trying to do is somehow put in a side window. in the cars you see. Tanner Katie with Kennedy looks great, like he's been shoved behind the wall, yeah you can see, you can see the hood pulled up with his teeth, the word they would describe her in the team right now is devastated, they thought. or maybe they were hoping that smoke was tire rubbing. but it was actually the radiator that was pushed back into the steering box and there is a hole in the oil cooler.

They're done, they thought they could fix it, but it's official, they ended a very disappointing day for him. team number 17 and the race is really going to start to get going now with six laps to go for number 15 he's been on the radio talking to his crew chief that's real bucks talking to Shannon Marsh telling him I don't have a whole a bunch of crew, said I'm revving from 4700 to 5,000 rpm when we get back to the green, but they're taking off much faster than me, the crew came back to him and told him that when we get back, you'll be right on the bumper of machine number 23 with Brett Holmes behind the wheel, he said, “get right on that bumper.” That's why we do this when they get back to the start/finish line, there are only five laps left.

I am so curious. to see which line Michael will choose, does he want Hayley Deakin behind him or does he want his teammate through the buck behind him? I think if I'm Michael, I might want to choose the outside line because we know it's drawn. The dollars will have to line up on the outside. I could pick that outside line, so I know I have a teammate with me. Well, it's setting up for a fantastic ending. As far as we know, Michael himself is 2018, one he's trying to get back to and back to. When he got stuck and had an incident very early on lap two last year, he struggled to come back and still compete for the championship.

You see, ARCA officials are holding the 28th spot if David taxes until they fix that hole. he hasn't lost a lap, so it will most likely take him out of contention for the win, as we get the signal that there is one lap left before we get back into the race, we will restart with four laps to go, meanwhile , Haley Deegan, a rookie, runs for the first time. Here at Daytona she continues to impress at third Katie is absolutely talking on the radio right now under the CLO. Haley Deacon is being told to push like crazy on this restart and stay glued to the bumper, we'll see if she can get the job done here.

With five laps to go, Team Michael decided to choose Haley Deegan as the esse pusher and her teammate sat well. Haley definitely knows how to win in dramatic fashion. The first woman to win in the ARCA Menards West series did so a couple of years ago. I came back with two more wins last year, all of them coming on tight little bull rigs, all of them coming with a little rub and a little push, here's your dad, coming in on the last lap, so good you'll be able to push, push , push. en route to a win at Daytona, well I'd say there will definitely be some pushing and shoving here, sure he must be a nervous dad right now but he's not showing any signs of that, a real adrenaline junkie passed Jinan.

His daughter's veins are so important for you to be able to speed up for these drivers in this reboot. Travel will try to get back out to see what he could do. I used to be able to see too much to hit the right side, but not anymore. He'll have to catch up here as quickly as he can because it's completely still, although for David Gravel it's all about experience getting to the line. Can Michael win his second Lucas Oil 200 or can Brent Holmes get our first of his? Command Art series wins, how about newbie Haley Deegan? up front it's a sprint to the finish good start by Michael Hayley Deegan makes a nice dollar jump to the inside behind Hayley Deacon leaves Brett Homes on the outside there Rowley will try to get a third to help him Will that one stay home Will help come from your store?

Will 23 be brought inside? It looks like he now has a comeback race with the real dollar. He will miss a local draft at 15 Drew Dollar. He's got some help, not with Rowley's herpes. lots of experience with that 18 Rowley herps car, but here the buck on the inside gets real, he's a grandson of the 46, he started 33rd, he's part of this race on Jason, that number 12 guard who does a good job holding on here Jason White outside of Canada was part of the Canadian National Skeet Ski Team. He's been going 124 miles per hour on skis. He's 180 miles per hour right now.

He is tired. Three laps left. He himself continues to control behind him. Pure chaos. Who will they do it with? You're going to have to show Michael from that double yellow line, there's no reason for him to leave that double yellow line here. Hayley did a great job lining up as these three cars tried to pull away to the women's finishes in the The ARCA Menard Best Second Series has been done four times Hayley Deegan tried to make history our first drive Shauna Robinson did it here in Daytona driving for James threw two laps to go at Daytona five miles for Michael did it for the second time.

In the distance you see these cars running side by side, now they're trying to line up. You see Brett Holmes, that white blue car hanging outside, inside the car of each of the top five, six, seven, eight, a driver who desperately wants to do. history, the Acholi, you have to respect this place, that second group really caught it quickly Jason White as he gets to the back of Moffitt might have a little momentum here Brian Deegan hoping for the best as they exit turn four towards the flag tri-oval white is in hand and it is a full speed race towards the finish line.

The next flag out will determine the winner of the Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire Haley needs a little help from Drew Dollar that 50. car maybe to make a move on Michael I 3,600 feet of backstretch cars left nose to tail I'm not sure Drew is close enough to Haley to really give her much help in trying to do something with Michael I here comes Michael I will anyone compete Without Michael, he won for the eighth time, captured his second hundred 200 and repeated the performance by Kevin Reid in this 2018 man, the Venturini Motorsports team really flexed their muscles once again, their fourth win as a team, third in a row, they won seven. of the last nine full races go back to the middle of next year or last year's quarter and of course that man took Krysta's debt and goes to the championship lead. 60 of the 80 that were left standing, run by Michael, who started from the pole, was in front.

Throughout the race you see Kevin Reed, a fairly happy crew chief, right there he turned the car which allowed Michael to take the pole position. The first time he made a man for Michael, his second race was from the pole and the first track he won at more than once and it's Daytona, it's a good choice to do it, yeah, let's go to Jamie and the excitement finally has arrived. Kevin Rita should get off the pit cart. It's celebration everywhere. You just wanted Daytona. What was the biggest challenge? The team overcame today. I don't know, today seemed pretty easy.

I've won four of these things here and it's good, it's getting sweeter, but I mean you can't beat the Toyota. We put general tires on them. Oh no, tonight he can run. 80 laps and we're going to Victory Lane, congratulations Katie, you were following Deacon, the whole family here right now, he just ran out to make sure they could see Haley as she passed, we have her mom Marissa and her dad Brian Deegan, my goodness, they know they were supposed to go to the stands to watch this race, but they stayed in the pits. Why what does this really mean to you?

And I felt like we needed to be with the team and see what the calls were. was being made and just because we had to be in the mix and I'm glad we did because there were a lot of calls that were happening and she was on the floor talking on the radio and it all went really well. she said a lot of close calls but the team let it go, the team did a good job, man I'm so nervous, how would you describe your emotions right now? I'm so excited for her, she did amazing, she crushed it.

Out there as if she deserved it, she didn't understand that the team is incredible and we are very happy to be here. OMG everyone smiles, handshakes and hello advisors, you would have thought you won that race. Dave, now a rookie at Daytona, sure performed like a veteran, but it was Michael who was able to pick up his second Lucas Oil 200, where he gets out of the car celebrating and we'll talk to him flexing his muscles today, when we return, there's the thrill of the victory and then there is the thrill of victory of winning at Daytona Michael himself takes the checkered flag for the second time in his career a very happy crew chief Kevin read the first there to congratulate him.

Lucas Oil results how about this statistic? All the drivers in the top six match Michael himself or all. the best finish of his ARCA career, including that great Haley Deegan race, some really great stories here brought in dollars with a great race finishing third. Shawn Cord with his career-best finish is always good here at Daytona, which Moffitt's grandson Richard Petty gets a top five in the Daytona racers 13. through 24, that's where Chuck flies out. Chuck hires more like 19th. He starts the freight train of cars that had problems today, a good number of yellows, but when all is said and done, Michael leads only 60 of the 80 laps, perhaps the biggest threat to who wins is Haley Deacon, the second place finisher, now waiting with Katie, oh my goodness, we talked about the victory celebration and what's happening in our box.

I think right now you're celebrating like that, it was a win too, yeah sure, it was a great moment for I came when Reese was the first to finish, the second goal was top three and top five. I would have loved to come out here and finish second. Nothing could have been better for me, obviously all drivers want to win, but this was a win for me. We talk to him. at the beginning of the race you were a little nervous, you really had to get into that mindset, how well do you think you really did?

I mean, man, the first time you compete at the same time, how could you not be nervous? Is there any race you want to do, it's Daytona and this was my goal, okay, this track is one I really want to get a good finish on, so we did it, we definitely completed our goal stress race, we have our next goals free, I think. We set the bar too high, getting a lot out of the rest of the races. You already know the background of your phone. We talked before. There is a quote in there that motivates you day after day.

You are setting it up. You're setting up what you're doing now for the end of the season, how does that feel to you over and over again? I mean, it's a lot of work, there's a lot of work in our careers, whether it's the team guys in the shop pushing me every day. Going to the simulator, training, seeing footage of so many things that go into this two-hour race and people understand how much goes into it and how much goes into it mentally, so it's been a work in progress, definitely everything I've been doing in the past few years. last two. the months off seasons paid off reward Rookie of the Year she's going for it Jamie and the celebration can now begin in victory lane while Michael the Venturini top team is here to get that Gatorade shower for the second time in his race he gets a walk his team boss Kevin Reed in celebration you're now a two time Daytona winner Michael I know you want to bring your family here it's definitely an emotional moment when you think about finishing the season like you did the year past, but return now as the first. winner of the year, how sweet this Redemption is, it's amazing, oh man, to start this year like this technically to get back with Kevin Reed here at Daytona, you know, this is amazing, just to come and feel like this is our year of redemption and You know, being back with Sinclair and Venturini here, it feels so good to start the year like this and overall a great day.

I can't give enough credit to all these guys here, this guy here, Billy Big Bill. Kevin, what an amazing car. I mean our cars finished on morning 3. It's amazing. We talked earlier this weekend about refocusing and preparing your mind for the new challenge. How significant it was that when you were behind the wheel today you know it's big. The placeIt's a little different than anywhere else we go, you know there's a lot of things that are out of your control at this place, but to go out there, I think having the car that we made where we were able to lead so many laps and where we can maintain that. leading up front, keeping other cars at bay, you know, that gives you a lot of confidence and what I knew these guys could already do, but it makes you a lot more excited for Phoenix in the next race, they're going to pull ahead and have a little do I know that the celebrations will continue one more question, a big kiss from Big Bell, there is certainly something to celebrate here tonight, Michael, you talked about not only having a good car in terms of top speed, but also having a Stable car with the sun setting. track changes throughout the caution period, how important that was to the result, oh that's huge and I say that to a lot of the younger guys that come here, frankly sometimes it's more important than speed here, especially when we come back, you know, seventh, eighth place, we are.

Back off a draft a couple of times, there's a lot of drafting and you have to be able to hold on in that situation, so by having a stable car you know you can handle it whether you're in the front or the back. the draft that's what you are when you hear in victory lane in this car a two for two in this car here they tell us it's great two good cars interrupt the celebration more congratulations for winning in Daytona hell without a doubt there is some redemption some validation like Well, what about Michaels himself now with his eighth win?

He is the 40th star. He wins twenty percent of the races. That's pretty good. That's very, very good. It will be a big celebration before he comes home tomorrow, but he will do it. With a very unique trophy, how about validation of Haley's dig? There were questions that were answered with exclamation points. Yes, I think the Haley deacons are going to Victory Lane this year. She will prove it in the West series that she is really good in the short. tracks we're going to have some cool short tracks Phoenix might be at our next race you know it might not be where Haley Deegan gets that first win she has 19 more chances we mentioned 20 races at 20 different tracks there are no repeats on it I have a couple of road courses like the ARCA guys used to go to, let's go back to those, we have two more dirt tracks in Springfield and Decoite, you have to have some versatility if you want to compete for the championship in this series, yeah, I think the championship for the entire arkem series will run through those 25 of selfish Michael, he has made an effort to win this championship, you will have to beat him, let's go down for our third place, you are waiting with Katie, a person. that's not celebrating right now it's a $3 driver number 15 you said you were disappointed why yeah just disappointed I felt like I should shoot to win it you know these guys put a lot of work into this Toyota Camry it's super fast we were definitely better than the third place car, we're first or second there for sure and these guys put a lot of effort into it and they just wish they could have brought home a win.

You're talking about these guys who put in this effort. Venturini Motorsports, this is one that you joined here and you're really starting a full rookie season here, if you will, what have they done to help you? Yeah, a lot of things you know, obviously, are coming fast. cars every week sitting with me watching movies, guiding me through everything, they have a good spotter, tell me, you know what I have to do there, you know, it's really great to have them around, also Toyota, they are doing a lot for us. You know, between the gym and taking us shopping, everything, teaching us everything.

I saw a photo on social media of you guys playing ball, that was great just this week so congratulations, I know you're disappointed with the third one, there were a lot of people. and his first debut here at Daytona International Speedway would be very excited for Dave to help out 19 year old Haley Deegan 18 yes Katie is right he has nothing to be ashamed of he did a great job finishing third wake up tomorrow. I'll definitely realize that having a little perspective and talking about tomorrow's menu, Fox at noon ET is when you turn it on if you want to watch the Daytona 500 qualifying on fs1 change at 2 :00 p.m.

Um, for that crash with Busch, we had Ryan Blaney talking about testing and practice in those cars today, which is going to be a funnel race, yeah, and it's always crazy for Anna, it's great to have Busch back and call him the clash with Busch again, well, we start with the sunnat', but how about that photo of the moon and how about the celebration that Michael and his team will have tonight? Questions about whether he would come back after the disappointment. I guarantee you that a second consecutive Daytona 200 victory will get his juices flowing again. I think our top three results will be our top three contenders for this championship.

Michael Self, Haley Deacon and Drew Dollar all run full time here and will be contenders for this championship. The next day of the NHRA will be an eventful day here at Daytona International Speedway. The couples house belongs to the 200 floor, it was driven by General Tire and after many yellow cards there was some domination, a rookie tried to make Haley vegan but couldn't catch the main man, car number 25 and Michael Sell, now He's a two-time winner of The Daytona 200 Man Nandi is the one that got him there, team frogs have a good night.