Entry list for the 2024 ARCA Menards Series pre-race practice at Daytona

TEMPERANCE, Mich. — More than 70 drivers and 38 cars are entered for this weekend’s ARCA Menards Series pre-race practice at Daytona International Speedway.

Headlined by Australian superstar Shane Van Gisbergen, who won the NASCAR Cup Series’ first street course race in Chicago last season, and IndyCar star Marco Andretti, the grandson of 1967 Daytona 500 winner and 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner Mario Andretti, the entry list for the two-day practice includes defending Daytona race winner Greg Van Alst and a slew of drivers chasing the 2024 series championship.

Last year’s series runner-up Andres Perez returns in 2024 looking to make his first Daytona start in February. Perez was just shy of his 18th birthday last season and was not permitted to start the race due to age restrictions. He’ll be joined by Rev Racing teammate Lavar Scott, who finished fourth in his series debut at Daytona last year and has indicated he will also pursue the 2024 series championship.

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Kris Wright in 2024 is teamed with Venturini Motorsports for a full-season run, and Christian Rose returns to AM Racing as he makes his second run at the title. Bounty Rookie Challenge contender Caleb Costner will chase a championship with his self-owned team, and Tonawanda, New York native Andy Jankowiak also plans to pursue the title with the Kevin Lapierre and Andy Seuss-owned KLAS Motorsports team.

William Sawalich and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series regular Tanner Gray will share driving duties in the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota over the course of the practice weekend. Sawalich, the 2023 ARCA Menards Series East champion, will make his first laps at Daytona in the practice. But like Perez last year, he will not participate in the race next month due to age restrictions.

Wright will be joined in the Venturini Motorsports fleet for the practice by Jake Finch, Amber Balcaen, Toni Breidinger and Gus Dean. Balcaen finished a career-best sixth at Daytona last season, and Dean is a winner at Talladega Superspeedway.

Breidinger closed her partial 2023 season with seven top-10 finishes in her last eight starts, including four in the top five with her best being a third at Kansas Speedway in September.

Finch, who won the ARCA Menards Series East race at Dover Motor Speedway in April, will make his first Daytona start next month. His father James Finch was the winning team owner at Daytona in both 1993 and 1996 with Jeff Purvis driving.

Perennial superspeedway contender Sean Corr, who finished third at Daytona last season, is also entered in the practice, as is last year’s fifth-place finisher Mandy Chick, who returns with her family-owned team.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour standout Patrick Emerling is entered as the driver of his self-owned Emerling Motorsports Ford. Emerling’s team finished 14th in last year’s race with former Daytona pole winner Natalie Decker driving.

Willie Mullins, who finished second at Daytona in 2018, is also entered. So is Michigan’s Scott Melton, who will shake down a pair of Fords prepared by championship-winning crew chief and car owner Bill Kimmel.

Former ARCA Menards Series East Bounty Rookie of the Year Leland Honeyman will take to the track with Young’s Motorsports, the team with which he will run the full NASCAR Xfinity Series season in 2024. Carson Kvapil, a two-time CARS Tour champion, will also participate in the weekend’s activities.

Andy Hillenburg’s Fast Track High Performance Racing Team has entered five cars for the pre-race practice, and those rides will be shared by 13 different drivers.

The 2024 ARCA Menards Series season kicks off at Daytona with practice on Thursday, Feb. 15, General Tire Pole Qualifying on Friday, Feb. 16, and the 61st annual Daytona ARCA 200 at 1:30 pm ET on Saturday, Feb. 17. The race will be televised live on FS1 and broadcast nationwide on select affiliates of the MRN Radio Network.

Below is the complete entry list for the ARCA Menards Series pre-race practice at Daytona on Jan. 12-13.

Entry list for 2024 ARCA Menards Series pre-race practice at Daytona