AVONDALE, Ariz. — Ty Gibbs was quickest throughout the two-hour ARCA Menards Series morning practice session Friday in preparation for this evening’s General Tire 150 at Phoenix Raceway.
Gibbs’s No. 18 Monster/Terrible Herbst/Orca Toyota turned a 27.037-second (133.151 mph) lap on the 1-mile oval. He ran a total of 49 laps, which was the ninth-most for a driver in the session.
Gibbs’ won the West finale at Phoenix last year.
Adjustments being made to @TyGibbs_ car. He is currently fastest halfway through practice! #GeneralTire150 | #SiouxChiefShowdown pic.twitter.com/Nh6M6KehxZ
— ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) March 6, 2020
Daytona winner Michael Self, who returned to Phoenix Raceway for the first time since 2013, put down a 27.151 (132.592) lap, which was good enough for second quickest. Self’s Venturini teammate Chandler Smith (27.462/131.090) was third quickest, followed by Sam Mayer and Drew Dollar.
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Jesse Love, Nick Sanchez, Thad Moffitt, Hailie Deegan and Zane Smith rounded out the top 10.
The race also serves as the first round of the 10-race Sioux Chief Showdown.
Qualifying for the General Tire 150 is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. MST. The green flag for the 150-lap race is scheduled for 5 p.m. MST on FS1 and MRN.
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