Momentum Builds as 2019 ARCA Menards Series Starts Season with New Sponsors and Increased Television Ratings


ARCA Menards Series Daytona winner Harrison Burton celebrates with parents Kim and Jeff in victory lane following the Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire – ARCA photo

With a new series entitlement sponsor, two race entitlement sponsors either renewing or initiating deals, and an upward trend in television ratings, the ARCA Menards Series has started 2019 with positive momentum.

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Harrison Burton Wins ARCA Menards Series Lucas Oil 200

Harrison Burton on Fan4Racing Radio, Monday, February 11, 2018 at 8:40 pm ET Photo – Courtesy of AMS

Harrison Burton is on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk, Monday, February 11, 2019, at 8:40 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Harrison Burton (No. 20 DEX Imaging Toyota) drove to victory in Saturday’s ARCA Menards Series Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire at Daytona International Speedway. It was Burton’s first start of any type at Daytona.

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Andy Seuss Leads ARCA Final Practice at Daytona

Andy Seuss (No. 02 Robert B. Our Company Chevrolet) led Friday’s final practice for the Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire for the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards at Daytona International Speedway. Seuss’s fast lap came late in the session when he hooked up in a multiple car draft. He timed in at 49.437 seconds/182.050 miles per hour.

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Brandon McReynolds Leads ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Practice at Daytona

Photo – Courtesy of ARS

Brandon McReynolds (No. 28 KBR Development Toyota) led Thursday’s two-hour practice session for Saturday’s ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire at Daytona International Speedway. McReynolds, son of NASCAR on Fox analyst Larry McReynolds, turned a fast lap 49.014 seconds/183.621 miles per hour.

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Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tires – By the Numbers

0 – Number of races of any kind Kyly Petty had competed in before he won at Daytona in 1979; Petty’s nephew Thad Moffitt will make his Daytona debut in 2019

0.562 – Michael Self’s official margin of victory last year, in seconds, over Willie Mullins

2 – Consecutive General Tire Pole Awards at Daytona by the Venturini Motorsports No. 25 team; Tom Hessert III started from the pole in 2017 and Natalie Decker rolled from P1 in 2018

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