DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Frankie Muniz jumped out of his No. 30 Rette Jones Racing Ford following Thursday afternoon’s ARCA Menards Series practice session at Daytona International Speedway drenched in sweat. He said his heart was beating “400 miles per hour.”
And with good reason.
Muniz’s ARCA career began with a bang in the hour-long practice session at the World Center of Racing. He paced the field with a top lap time of 00:49:393, besting Joe Gibbs Racing’s Connor Mosack and Rev Racing’s Lavar Scott for the fastest run.
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“The car felt so good,” Muniz said. “I’m so grateful for my team for putting together this car. Ford built a sick Mustang. I’m so excited. HairClub, everybody; I’m so excited for qualifying and the race.
“Nobody wins practice, but feels good, and it’s a confidence booster, and I need that because I’m new here. But I’m having a blast.”
Muniz, a 37-year-old from Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, announced last month a full-time ARCA Menards Series schedule with Rette Jones Racing in 2023. Saturday’s Daytona 200 (1:30 p.m. ET on FS1) marks his first start on the platform.
Andy Jankowiak and Dale Quarterley recorded the fourth and fifth best lap times in practice, respectively.
Below are the complete results from Thursday’s session ahead of Saturday’s race.
- Practice results
Pos. | Car No. | Driver | Sponsor, OEM | Best Time | Best Speed | In Lap | Laps | Diff |
1 | 30 | Frankie Muniz* | Hair Club/Ford Performance Ford | 49.393 | 182.212 | 11 | 13 | – |
2 | 18 | Connor Mosack* | Mobil 1 Toyota | 49.403 | 182.175 | 10 | 13 | 0.01 |
3 | 2 | Lavar Scott* | Max Siegel Inc Chevrolet | 49.404 | 182.171 | 11 | 14 | 0.011 |
4 | 73 | Andy Jankowiak* | Whelen Ford | 49.405 | 182.168 | 11 | 14 | 0.012 |
5 | 4 | Dale Quarterley | Van Dyk Recycling Solutions/Motul/Walker Furn Chevrolet | 49.406 | 182.164 | 10 | 12 | 0.013 |
6 | 6 | Jack Wood | WB/Velocity Racing/Max Siegal Inc Chevrolet | 49.473 | 181.917 | 7 | 8 | 0.08 |
7 | 35 | Greg Van Alst | Verns Concrete/CB Fabricating/Sam Pierce Chevrolet | 49.477 | 181.903 | 11 | 12 | 0.084 |
8 | 55 | Toni Breidinger | FP Movement Toyota | 49.631 | 181.338 | 2 | 7 | 0.238 |
9 | 25 | Gus Dean | JBL/Dean Custom Air Toyota | 49.639 | 181.309 | 2 | 7 | 0.246 |
10 | 15 | Amber Balcaen | ICON Direct Toyota | 49.643 | 181.294 | 2 | 5 | 0.25 |
11 | 8 | Sean Corr | The Trans Group Chevrolet | 49.661 | 181.229 | 12 | 13 | 0.268 |
12 | 20 | Jesse Love* | Yahoo Toyota | 49.713 | 181.039 | 7 | 7 | 0.32 |
13 | 32 | Christian Rose* | West Virginia Tourism #AlmostHeaven Ford | 50.217 | 179.222 | 2 | 6 | 0.824 |
14 | 03 | Brayton Laster* | Indy Auto Recycles/Autorepairvinstickers.com Ford | 50.224 | 179.197 | 2 | 13 | 0.831 |
15 | 36 | Ryan Huff | South Eastern Services Ford | 50.234 | 179.162 | 2 | 5 | 0.841 |
16 | 63 | Logan Misuraca* | CELSIUS Chevrolet | 50.254 | 179.09 | 7 | 11 | 0.861 |
17 | 3 | Willie Mullins | Corvetteparts.net/Crow Wing Recycling Chevrolet | 50.259 | 179.072 | 17 | 19 | 0.866 |
18 | 69 | Scott Melton | Melton McFadden Insuracne/Donna’s Donuts Ford | 50.508 | 178.19 | 14 | 16 | 1.115 |
19 | 53 | Natalie Decker | Splat Ford | 50.784 | 177.221 | 9 | 9 | 1.391 |
20 | 66 | Jon Garret* | The Camping Crew Chevrolet | 50.867 | 176.932 | 9 | 16 | 1.474 |
21 | 62 | Steve Lewis Jr.* | Telco Construction/Jeffery Machine Chevrolet | 50.966 | 176.588 | 12 | 12 | 1.573 |
22 | 44 | Jason White | Powder Ventures Excavating Chevrolet | 51.019 | 176.405 | 6 | 8 | 1.626 |
23 | 42 | Robby Lyons | Sunwest Construction/MMI Chevrolet | 51.043 | 176.322 | 7 | 9 | 1.65 |
24 | 97 | Jason Kitzmiller | A.L.L Construction Chevrolet | 51.108 | 176.098 | 3 | 14 | 1.715 |
25 | 12 | Zach Herrin* | Lambda Legal Toyota | 51.348 | 175.275 | 8 | 11 | 1.955 |
26 | 10 | Ed Pompa | HYTORC of New York/Double H Ranch Chevrolet | 51.377 | 175.176 | 10 | 12 | 1.984 |
27 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Latino Immigration and Legal Center Toyota | 51.44 | 174.961 | 2 | 3 | 2.047 |
28 | 11 | Bryce Haugeberg | Magnum Contracting/Haugeberg Farms/UTI Toyota | 51.747 | 173.923 | 10 | 15 | 2.354 |
29 | 02 | Miguel Gomes* | Simthunder Chevrolet | 52.427 | 171.667 | 4 | 5 | 3.034 |
30 | 68 | Gage Rodgers* | SEKISUI Voltek Ford | 52.893 | 170.155 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 |
31 | 06 | A.J. Moyer | Rivers Edge Cottages & RV Park Chevrolet | 54.514 | 165.095 | 3 | 3 | 5.121 |
32 | 93 | Caleb Costner* | Innovative Tiny Houses/Lickety Lew’s Chevrolet | 56.104 | 160.416 | 2 | 2 | 6.711 |
33 | 01 | Andres Perez de Lara* | Fastrackracing.com Chevrolet | – | 0 | 1 | – | |
34 | 48 | Brad Smith | Copraya.com Chevrolet | – | 0 | – | – |