NASCAR Natalie Decker

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Michael Self Seeking Another Win at Daytona, Among Some Tough Competition

Michael Self wins 2018 Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona International Speedway – Photo/DIS

Michael Self is our next radio guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview at 9 pm ET on Thursday, February 7, 2019. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

The long wait is over and the ARCA Racing Series is back at the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway for their season opener. The Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire is on Saturday afternoon and the defending winner, Michael Self is looking for his second consecutive victory with some tough competition on his heels.

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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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Dean Takes Pocono Pole; Looks for Two-in-a-Row in ModSpace 150

Gus Dean takes the Pole Award for Win Tron Racing at Pocono Raceway. Photo – ARS

Gus Dean took to the track last in General Tire Pole Qualifying, but he will start the ModSpace 150 from the pole as he turned the fastest lap of the afternoon around the 2.5-mile Pocono Raceway. Dean’s lap of 52.850 seconds/179.293 miles per hour was good enough to lock down his first General Tire Pole Award of 2018 and the first of his ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards career.

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