Derrick Lancaster Tops Friday’s Daytona Test Speed Charts

Derrick Lancaster led the way on Day 1 of the annual ARCA Menards Series two-day open test at Daytona International Speedway on Friday.

Lancaster’s best lap, turned in a draft, timed in at 48.939 seconds/183.902 mph in his No. 29 Derrick Lancaster Racing Chevrolet.

“I have someone helping me out with some tricks, and I told him I wouldn’t tell anyone who it is,” Lancaster said the 47-year-old Lancaster, who has five career ARCA Menards Series starts on his resume dating back to 2014. “He told me a few things, and I listened to him. I learned more out there today than I have in the previous eight times I have been here.

Derrick Lancaster

“We hooked up in the draft with (Ty Gibbs’) 18 car and caught the pack in front of us really quickly. The 18 and I seemed to work really well together.”

Lancaster’s run at Daytona was his first time back in a race car after a serious injury in a late model last summer could have ended his career.

“It was last August at Kingsport Speedway,” he explained. “I had won there the previous year, and we were running good and the cars in front of me got together and I got into it. I got up in the air and came down and it just came down wrong. I got out of the car and walked back to the trailer, and my guys started to tell me something looked wrong with my neck.

“I ended up going to the hospital, and they told me I had cracked my C-1 vertebra. They said I was lucky to be alive, and that my racing days were going to be behind me.

“Last year was hard for everyone for a lot of reasons, so it’s great to get here to Daytona and start the season off on the right foot.”

Gibbs was second fastest in Friday’s open session at 48.985 seconds/183.730 mph. Thad Moffitt (49.275 seconds/182.648 mph), Sean Corr (49.311 seconds/182.515 mph), and Nick Sanchez (49.312 seconds/182.511 mph) rounded out the top five.

Defending series champion Bret Holmes was sixth fastest, with Corey Heim, Taylor Gray, Rich Bickle and Jack Wood rounding out the top 10.

Forty-nine drivers made at least one lap throughout the seven-hour session. The only incident was a flat left rear tire on Gracie Trotter’s No. 25 Toyota with less than half an hour remaining in the session.

ARCA Menards Series testing at Daytona continues Saturday starting at 10 a.m. ET. ARCARacing.com will carry live timing and scoring throughout the day.

Friday Results

Pos. No. Name Sponsor/Make Time Speed Diff.
1 29B Derrick Lancaster Derrick Lancaster Racing Chevrolet 48.939 183.902 0.000s
2 18 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48.985 183.730 0.046
3 46 Thad Moffitt DGR Ford 49.275 182.648 0.336
4 8 Sean Corr Empire Racing Chevrolet 49.311 182.515 0.372
5 2S Nich Sanchez Rev Racing Chevrolet 49.312 182.511 0.373
6 23H Bret Holmes Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet 49.354 182.356 0.415
7 20 Corey Heim Venturini Motorsports Toyota 49.368 182.304 0.429
8 17 Taylor Gray DGR Ford 49.410 182.149 0.471
9 45 Rich Bickle Empire Racing Chevrolet 49.435 182.057 0.496
10 21 Jack Wood GMS Racing Chevrolet 49.497 181.829 0.558
11 63 Dave Mader III Spraker Racing Chevrolet 49.508 181.789 0.569
12 35 Greg Van Alst Van Alst Motorsports Chevrolet 49.512 181.774 0.573
13 32 Howie DiSavino III AM Racing Chevrolet 49.517 181.756 0.578
14 23M Sam Mayer Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet 49.523 181.734 0.584
15 2W Kris Wright Young’s Motorsports Chevrolet 49.603 181.441 0.664
16 55 Derek Griffith Venturini Motorsports Toyota 49.691 181.119 0.752
17 17 Drew Dollar Venturini Motorsports Toyota 49.701 181.083 0.762
18 73 Andy Jankowiak AJ Racing Team Ford 49.938 180.223 0.999
19 44 John Ferrier Ferrier McClure Racing Chevrolet 49.951 180.177 1.012
20 60D Andrik Dimayuga Lira Motorsports Ford 50.041 179.853 1.102
21 94D Dawson Cram Cram Enterprices Toyota 50.044 179.842 1.105
22 25 Gracie Trotter Venturini Motorsports Toyota 50.118 179.576 1.179
23 40N Jett Noland Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 50.154 179.447 1.215
24 94C Alex Sedgwick Cram Enterprises Toyota 50.213 179.236 1.274
25 69 Scott Melton Kimmel Racing Ford 50.285 178.980 1.346
26 3 Willie Mullins Mullins Racing Chevrolet 50.326 178.834 1.387
27 3C Davey Callihan Mullins Racing Ford 50.368 178.685 1.429
28 28 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 50.541 178.073 1.602
29 10C Jason Crabtree Fast Track Racing Ford 50.686 177.564 1.747
30 40H Carson Hocevar Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 50.877 176.897 1.938
31 97 Jason Kitzmiller CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet 50.943 176.668 2.004
32 44C Benny Chastain Ferrier/McClure Racing Chevrolet 51.150 175.953 2.211
33 2G Mark Green Rev Racing Chevrolet 51.236 175.658 2.297
34 18A Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 51.257 175.586 2.318
35 12L Charles Lacarre Fast Track Racing Chevrolet 51.341 175.298 2.402
36 12N Michael Harper Fast Track Racing Chevrolet 51.445 174.944 2.506
37 83 Chase Dixon Derrick Lancaster Racing Chevrolet 51.487 174.801 2.548
38 10D Devon Rouse Fast Track Racing Ford 51.636 174.297 2.697
39 60G Juan GOnzalez Lira Motorsports Ford 51.661 174.213 2.722
40 29A Josh Berry Derrick Lancaster Racing Toyota 51.710 174.048 2.771
41 44A Mark Lowrey Ferrier/McClure Racing Chevrolet 51.875 173.494 2.936
42 01P Blaine Perkins Fast Track Racing Toyota 52.160 172.546 3.221
43 10P Ed Pompa Fast Track Racing Ford 52.263 172.206 3.324
44 11 Richard Garvie Fast Track Racing Ford 52.339 171.956 3.400
45 10S Owen Smith Fast Track Racing Ford 52.686 170.823 3.747
46 88M Rickey Moxley Reeves Racing Chevrolet 52.857 170.271 3.918
47 88R Scott Reeves Reeves Racing Chevrolet 53.117 169.437 4.178
48 7 Brittany Zamora CCM Ford 53.226 169.090 4.287
49 12B Mariah Boundrieau Fast Track Racing Chevrolet 59.641 150.903 10.702