Danica Patrick Qualifies 12th for ARCA Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 on Saturday at Daytona Danica Patrick qualified 12th for the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona during practice on Friday, and will now make the big jump from the IndyCar circuit over to stock car racing. For a little while, Patrick even had the best qualifying time for the Daytona race, but she was surpassed by a number of drivers later in the day. Still, qualifying 12th for her first race with barely any experience behind the wheel of a stock car is truly remarkable. That right there may show that Danica Patrick has the natural ability that could lead to success on the ARCA circuit, and maybe even at Daytona on Saturday.Placing 12th in qualifying means that Patrick will be starting pretty close to th... WhoWon.com is The Internet Source for Motorsports News and Information Chase Mattioli will start today's ARCA Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 from 30th starting position, and with the support of Advanced Payment Services, ... Hessert will start 23rd Tom Hessert III of Cherry Hill qualified 23rd for today's ARCA Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway. Driving a Cunningham Motorsports ... Danica focused on plan But rather than get lost in buzz, the IRL star's focus this week is solely on making her ARCA debut in Saturday's Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200. On Thursday, she posted the 14th-fastest time out of 47 cars during the second ARCA practice with a lap of 180.484 mph. Her performance is right in the zone that crew chief Tony Eury Jr. has asked Patrick to aim for as she makes her foray into stock cars. "If we can finish in the top 15 on Saturday," Eury said. "It will be just like a win." When Patrick ran 23rd during the first practice, Eury said the team reverted back to the set-up from December's ARCA test and worked to find speed in... Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 The tiebreaker question is used to determine ranking if two or more entries have the same point total. The answer closest to the correct answer (over or ... Tulsa World Owasso's Russ Dugger qualified Friday for the ARCA Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 with a lap of 50.514 seconds (178.168 ... Nick Igdalsky begins ARCA season at Daytona Nick Igdalsky puts his ear plugs in prior to getting into his car for qualifying Friday for today's ARCA Series Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona ... Front page news The Speedway hosts a unique tripleheader that starts with Daytona 500 pole qualifying, continues with the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 and concludes with the Budweiser Shootout.Each event has its own special twist, which prompted track president Robin Braig to say, "It's quite a lineup. This should be our most exciting Shootout day ever."Daytona 500 time trials usually fall on the Sunday before the big race. This year the NFL hogs that date, so the Speedway moved qualifying to today."It's designed around scheduling and not wanting to do anything against the Super Bowl," NASCAR president Mike Helton said. "As it turns out, it's going to be a pretty neat day."The two fastest cars from... WhoWon.com is The Internet Source for Motorsports News and Information Directly after Saturday's Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona Int'l Speedway, visit www.arcaracing.com/media to download broadcast quality race footage in ...

Racin- Today » ARCA Notes More than 50 teams used the on-track session to prepare for Saturday's Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200, but IZOD INDYCar Series star Danica Patrick drew most of ...