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

Continue reading

Sheldon Creed Clinches 2018 ARCA General Tire Pole Award

Photo – ARS

Sheldon Creed (No. 28 United Rentals Toyota) locked up the 2018 General Tire Pole Award when Chandler Smith (No. 20 Smith General Contractors/Craftsman Toyota) qualified fifth for last Saturday’s Shore Lunch 200, the final ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards short track race of the season. Continue reading

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

Aside

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.

Continue reading

Chandler Smith Rallies for Big Day and First ARCA Victory at Madison

Chandler Smith on Fan4Racing Radio, Monday, June 18, 2018, at 8:40 pm ET. Photo – ARS

Chandler Smith is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, June 18, 2018, at 8:40 pm ET.  Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

After knocking on the door several times this season, ARCA Racing Series driver Chandler Smith with Venturini Motorsports made a breakthrough in a big way on Friday at Madison International Speedway in the Herr’s 200. He led the practice session, took his fourth straight pole of the year and then won the race to sweep the event. Continue reading

Purdy Chases Best Career Finish with MDM Motorsports in Menard’s 200 at Toledo

Chase Purdy on Fan4Racing Radio, Monday, May 21, 2018, at 9:30 pm ET. Photo – Rey Del Rio/Getty Images

Chase Purdy is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR & Race Talk, Monday, May 21, 2018, at 9:30 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

Taking the lead on the last restart of the race, the two-time NASCAR Next driver, Chase Purdy was on his way to a victory in the ARCA Racing Series’ Menard’s 200 at Toledo Speedway on Sunday. He was five car lengths ahead of his nearest competitor until lapped traffic gave his teammate, Zane Smith a chance to make a big move with nine laps left in the race to get his second straight victory. Purdy was still happy with his best career finish of second-place. Continue reading