First ARCA Daytona Entry List
Features Thirty Cars; More to Come
Race is Set For February 12th
ARCA PR Report
Twenty-four drivers and 30 cars appear on the first entry list for the February 12 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway, with more expected to come in the weeks leading up to the season opener for the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards.
Among the opening entries are nine-time ARCA champion Frank Kimmel in the No. 44 Ansell/Menards Ford for Kimmel Racing, Venezuelan driver Milka Duno in the No. 63 CITGO Lubricants Dodge for Sheltra Motorsports, and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Joey Coulter in the No. 16 Rip It Energy/Darrell Gwynn Foundation Chevrolet for Coulter Motorsports.
Three two-time ARCA Racing Series winners are entered: Mark Thompson will drive the No. 66 Phoenix Air Toyota for Venturini Motorsports after finishing second at Daytona last season; Dakoda Armstrong is entered in the No. 22 Ferrellgas-Syngenta Dodge for Cunningham Motorsports; and Chad McCumbee will drive the No. 1 ModSpace Ford for Andy Belmont Racing.
Canadian driver Maryeve Dufault will make her first ARCA Racing Series attempt in the No. 12 Tony Marks Racing Dodge, and Nick Igdalsky - a full-time competitor in the 2010 ARCA Racing Series season - will drive the No. 23 Fox Realty Chevrolet for owner Wayne Hixson.
Additional entries are expected in the coming weeks. The full entry list (as of today) is below.
The 2011 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards season will mark the sanctioning body's 59th year of competition and begins with the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, February 12. The event will air live on SPEED.
The complete 2011 event schedule is available at ARCARacing.com.
The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards has crowned an ARCA national champion each year since its inaugural season in 1953, and has toured over 200 race tracks in 28 states since its inception. The series tests the abilities of drivers and race teams over the most diverse schedule of stock car racing events in the world, annually visiting tracks ranging from 0.4 mile to 2.66 miles in length, on both paved and dirt surfaces as well as a left- and right-turn road course.
Founded by John Marcum in 1953 in Toledo, Ohio, the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is recognized among the leading sanctioning bodies in the country. Closing in on completing its sixth decade after hundreds of thousands of miles of racing, ARCA administers over 100 race events each season in two professional touring series and local weekly events.
2011 Event #1, ARCA Racing Series Presented by Menards
Daytona Int'l Speedway, Daytona Beach FL, 2-12-11
Official Entry List, Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200

CAR
DRIVER/HOMETOWN
TEAM AND CAR
TEAM OWNER
1
Chad McCumbee/Supply NC
ModSpace Ford
Jennifer Belmont
12
Maryeve Dufault/Sorel Quebec
TMR Dodge
Tony Marks
14
TBA
Andy Belmont Motorsports Ford
Jennifer Belmont
15
Kyle Fowler/Smyrna GA
Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet
Bill Venturini
16
Joey Coulter/Miami Springs FL
Darrell Gwynn Foundation-Rip It Energy Fuel Chev. Joe Coulter
22
Dakoda Armstrong/New Castle IN
Ferrellgas-Syngenta Dodge
Kerry Scherer
23
Nick Igdalsky/Long Pond PA
Fox Realty Chevrolet
Wayne Hixson
25
TBA
Venturini Motorsports Toyota
Cathy Venturini
28
TBA
Hixson Construction Chevrolet
Wayne Hixson
36
TBA
JAM Dodge
Mike Allgaier
37
Joey Gase/Cedar Rapids IA
Spraker Racing Ford
Jeff Spraker
42
Scott Stenzel/Orlando FL
Yellow Stripes Making The Driver Ford
Scott Stenzel
44
Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN
Ansell-Menards Ford
Frank Kimmel
48
James Hylton/Inman SC
Hylton Motorsports Ford
James Hylton
54
Will Vaught/Crane MO
Clements Race Engines Chevrolet
Will Vaught
55
Hal Martin/Galliano LA
Venturini Motorsports Toyota
Billy Venturini
58
Chad Hackenbracht/New Philadelphia OH
Tastee Apple Chevrolet
Greg Hackenbracht
62
Drew Charlson/New Bremen OH
Aluma Aluminum Trailers Chevrolet
Larry Hollenbeck
63
Milka Duno/Caracas Venezuela
Citgo Lubricants Dodge
Patrick Sheltra
66
Mark Thompson/Cartersville GA
Phoenix Air Toyota
Cathy Venturini
68
Steve Blackburn/Prestonsburg KY
Honda of Prestonburg Dodge
Bill Kimmel
77
Joey Licata/Van Nuys CA
Cunningham Motorsports Dodge
Briggs Cunningham
82
Sean Corr/Goshen NY
Empire Racing Ford
John Corr
95
Tommy Joe Martins/Como MS
Martins Motorsports Dodge
Tommy Joe Martins
97
Matt Lofton/Mooresville NC
Strutmasters.com Chevrolet
Matt Lofton
06
Wayne Peterson/Pulaski TN
Wayne Peterson Racing Chevrolet
Wayne Peterson
08
TBA
Hylton Motorsports Ford
James Hylton
09
Benny Gordon/DuBois PA
VSI Ford
Grant Enfinger
Brian Rose/Louisville KY
Harris Trucking-ASE Toyota
Brian Rose
Frank Kimmel is among those filing an early entry for Daytona.