ARCA Testing: Theriault 4th Fastest At Daytona
It's a good start for Fort Kent's Austin Theriault. He had the 4th fastest car over two days of testing at Daytona International Speedway. Theriault was driving for his new ARCA Racing Series team owned by Ken Schrader for the first time.
ARCA is a feeder series for NASCAR and Theriault will race full-time with the #52 Chevrolet owned by former Cup Series driver Kenny Schrader.
The first ARCA race is February 18th at Daytona, part of the annual week long Daytona 500 event.
63 cars were testing over the weekend and Theriault's time of 188.363 MPH was impressive. Check out the top 10 speeds...
ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards
Daytona International Speedway
Open Testing (Jan. 13-14, 2017)
POS | NO | DRIVER/HOMETOWN | CAR | TIME | SPEED |
1 | 55g | Noah Gragson/Las Vegas NV | Toyota | 47.583 | 189.143 |
2 | 25 | Spencer Davis/Dawsonville GA | Toyota | 47.596 | 189.092 |
3 | 22 | Shane Lee/Newton NC | Ford | 47.718 | 188.608 |
4 | 52 | Austin Theriault/Fort Kent ME | Chevrolet | 47.780 | 188.363 |
5 | 77s | Dalton Sargeant/Boca Raton FL | Ford | 47.844 | 188.111 |
6 | 78g | Kaz Grala/Westborough MA | Chevrolet | 47.846 | 188.103 |
7 | 77m | Ty Majeski/Seymour WI | Ford | 47.869 | 188.013 |
8 | 23 | Bret Holmes/Munford AL | Chevrolet | 47.884 | 187.954 |
9 | 83 | Derrick Lancaster/Christiansburg VA | Dodge | 48.047 | 187.317 |
10 | 32 | Gus Dean/Bluffton SC | Toyota | 48.155 | 186.896 |