ARCA News: Andretti paces Daytona 200 practice
In ARCA practice at Daytona, Indianapolis 500 pole-sitter Marco Andretti set the pace with a 48.600s in the #17 Cook Racing Technologies Chevrolet.
Qualifying will take place on Friday afternoon (local time) in a unique format to accommodate the bumper entry list.
49 cars practices Thursday ahead of their bid to make the 40-car grid.
Drivers will head out in groups of up to nine cars, as determined by a random draw following practice, with each group given four minutes of track time.
They will then be classified on the basis of individual fastest laps, at which point the top 34 are locked into the race, with the final six spots reserved for provisional starts.
Right place, right time.@MarcoAndretti reflects on his practice run and his expectations for this weekend. pic.twitter.com/lv1fi8BrQv
— ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) February 15, 2024
Practice Results
| Pos | No. | Name | Sponsor | Time | Speed | On Lap | Laps |
| 1 | 17 | Marco Andretti* | Group 1001 Chevrolet | 48.600 | 185.185 | 12 | 13 |
| 2 | 08 | Patrick Emerling | Southern Tier Security Ford | 48.601 | 185.181 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | Willie Mullins | Corvetteparts.net/Crow Wing Recycling Ford | 48.676 | 184.896 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 15 | Kris Wright | F.N.B Corporation Toyota | 48.718 | 184.737 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | Dale Quarterley | Van Dyk Recycling Services/Motul Arai Chevrolet | 48.718 | 184.737 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 20 | Jake Finch* | Phoenix Construction Toyota | 48.719 | 184.733 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 55 | Gus Dean | Dean Custom Air Toyota | 48.733 | 184.680 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | 22 | Amber Balcaen | ICON Direct Toyota | 48.792 | 184.456 | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | 25 | Toni Breidinger | Celsius Toyota | 48.840 | 184.275 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 10 | Ed Pompa | HYTORC of New York/Double H Ranch Chevrolet | 49.295 | 182.574 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 30 | Justin Bonsignore* | Hard Rock Bet | 49.309 | 182.522 | 9 | 10 |
| 12 | 6 | Lavar Scott* | Max Siegel Inc Chevrolet | 49.456 | 181.980 | 7 | 12 |
| 13 | 28 | Shane Van Gisbergen* | Pinnacle Motorsports Chevrolet | 49.512 | 181.774 | 7 | 10 |
| 14 | 73 | Andy Jankowiak | V1 Fiber Ford | 49.516 | 181.759 | 8 | 12 |
| 15 | 18 | Tanner Gray | Dead On Tools Toyota | 49.527 | 181.719 | 7 | 13 |
| 16 | 97 | Jason Kitzmiller | A.L.L Construction Chevrolet | 49.528 | 181.715 | 9 | 16 |
| 17 | 62 | Steve Lewis Jr.* | Telco Construction/Jeffery Machine Chevrolet | 49.805 | 180.705 | 8 | 11 |
| 18 | 2 | Andres Perez | Max Siegal Inc Chevrolet | 49.810 | 180.687 | 8 | 9 |
| 19 | 36 | Ryan Huff | Southeastern Services Ford | 50.051 | 179.817 | 14 | 19 |
| 20 | 93 | Caleb Costner* | Lickety Lew’s/Heritage Water Systems Chevrolet | 50.142 | 179.490 | 5 | 9 |
| 21 | 02 | Leland Honeyman Jr.* | Young’s Motorsports Chevrolet | 50.312 | 178.884 | 17 | 19 |
| 22 | 13 | Armani Williams | Blue Sprig Toyota | 50.471 | 178.320 | 17 | 20 |
| 23 | 07 | Jeff Scofield* | JXT Transport Chevrolet | 50.552 | 178.034 | 6 | 11 |
| 24 | 68 | Gil Linster* | HOOSH.com Ford | 50.581 | 177.932 | 7 | 11 |
| 25 | 63 | John Aramendia* | 1st Call Plumbing Heating & Air Chevrolet | 50.594 | 177.887 | 10 | 14 |
| 26 | 32 | Christian Rose | West Virgina Tourism Ford | 50.677 | 177.595 | 6 | 8 |
| 27 | 34 | Issac Johnson* | Endress & Hauser Ford | 50.681 | 177.581 | 7 | 9 |
| 28 | 69 | Scott Melton | Melton McFadden Insuracne/Donna’s Donuts Ford | 50.684 | 177.571 | 10 | 16 |
| 29 | 7 | Eric Caudell | RYDIN/Coble Enterprises/Red Tine Canopies Toyota | 50.714 | 177.466 | 6 | 8 |
| 30 | 35 | Greg Van Alst | Zaki Ali Injury & Criminal Attorney ZakiAli.com | 50.732 | 177.403 | 5 | 5 |
| 31 | 74 | Mandy Chick* | Dynam ic Drivelines/FK Rod Ends/Fragola Perf Chevrolet | 50.744 | 177.361 | 8 | 14 |
| 32 | 8 | Sean Corr | Empire Racing Chevrolet | 50.896 | 176.831 | 2 | 3 |
| 33 | 95 | Brayton Laster* | MAN Motorsports Toyota | 50.994 | 176.491 | 11 | 24 |
| 34 | 75 | Bryan Dauzat | Brother-in-Law Racing Chevrolet | 51.069 | 176.232 | 11 | 12 |
| 35 | 57 | Hunter Deshautelle* | Brother-In-Law Motorsports Chevrolet | 51.082 | 176.187 | 7 | 9 |
| 36 | 44 | Thomas Annunziata* | Nerd Focus Chevrolet | 51.118 | 176.063 | 5 | 7 |
| 37 | 11 | Bryce Haugeberg* | Karcher/Brenco Toyota | 51.196 | 175.795 | 5 | 10 |
| 38 | 87 | Charles Buchanan | Spring Drug Ford | 51.219 | 175.716 | 5 | 9 |
| 39 | 12 | Ryan Roulette* | VFW Ford | 51.361 | 175.230 | 8 | 12 |
| 40 | 88 | A.J. Moyer | Rivers’s Edge Cottages & RV Park/Am pere EV Chevrolet | 51.444 | 174.948 | 11 | 12 |
| 41 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Richmond Racing Toyota | 51.675 | 174.165 | 9 | 10 |
| 42 | 01 | Takuma Koga* | Macnica/CKB Fast Track High Performace Toyota | 51.867 | 173.521 | 5 | 6 |
| 43 | 99 | Michael Maples* | Don Ray Petroleum LLC/Maples Motorsports Chevrolet | 52.233 | 172.305 | 13 | 13 |
| 44 | 06 | Tommy O’Leary IV | Peterson Motorsports Ford | 53.807 | 167.264 | 5 | 5 |
| 45 | 31 | Mitch Gibson* | backthelane.com Chevrolet | 54.411 | 165.408 | 2 | 17 |
| 46 | 47 | Becca Monopoli* | Mixon Motorsports Toyota | 54.895 | 163.949 | 2 | 2 |
| 47 | 48 | Brad Smith | Brad Smith Motorports Ford | 55.344 | 162.619 | 6 | 8 |
| 48 | 98 | Dale Shearer | Shear Speed Toyota | 55.591 | 161.897 | 12 | 12 |
| 49 | 86 | Cody Dennison* | Toolganizer Ford | 57.082 | 157.668 | 11 | 12 |