ARCA: William Sawalich Leads Day One of ARCA Testing at Daytona

The ARCA Menards Series hit the track on Friday at Daytona International Speedway for day one of pre-season testing. William Sawalich led the first day of the two-day session with a time and speed of 49.155s / 183.094 mph after circling the 2.5-mile oval 66 times.

Andy Jankowiak sat behind Sawalich with a time of 49.621s / 182.700 mph with 34 total laps in the session. Jankowiak sat atop the leaderboard earlier in the day in his No. 73 KLAS Motorsports Ford.

Sitting third at the end of the day was Brayton Laster in the No. 38 Mullins Racing Chevrolet. Laster, from Greenwood, Indiana, posted a 49.362s / 182.326 mph in the session. 

Nick Sanchez (49.394s / 182.208 mph) and Jacob Perry (49.396s / 182.201 mph) rounded out the top five.

Frankie Muniz sat sixth fastest in the No. 30 Rette-Jones Racing Ford with a lap of 49.403s / 182.175 mph. Muniz, a television/film star known worldwide, will race a full-time slate for the organization in 2023.

Six drivers were invited to the annual ARCA test as part of the “Road to Daytona” program. 2022 NWMT champion Jon McKennedy, 2022 ARCA West champion Jake Drew and ARCA West driver Leland Honeyman all took laps in the day one session. McKennedy sat 34th while Honeyman was 40th quickest. Drew was 45th out of the 45 cars to post times. 

The series will be back testing on the high banks Saturday beginning at 10:00 am ET. and will run until 5:00 pm ET. ARCARacing.com will have live timing and scoring.

Full results:

Pos.
Car No.
Driver
Hometown
Team
Make
Lap time
Speed
1
18
William Sawalich
Eden Prairie, MN
JGR
Toyota
49.155
183.094
2
73
Andy Jankowiak
Tonawanda, NY
KLAS Motorsports
Ford
49.261
182.7
3
3B
Brayton Laster
Greenwood, IN
Mullins Racing
Chevrolet
49.362
182.326
4
2
Nick Sanchez
Miami, FL
REV Racing
Chevrolet
49.394
182.208
5
44
Jacob Perry
Pawcatuk, CT
McClure Racing
Chevrolet
49.396
182.201
6
30
Frankie Muniz
Ridgewood, NJ
RJR
Ford
49.403
182.175
7
69
Scott Melton
Rockford, MI
Kimmel Racing
Ford
49.422
182.105
8
12T
Christopher Tate
Sunset, TX
Fast Track Racing
Ford
49.468
181.936
9
97
Jason Kitzmiller
Petersburg, WV
CR7 Motorsports
Chevrolet
49.505
181.8
10
15
Amber Balcaen
Winnipeg, Manitoba
VMS
Toyota
49.531
181.704
11
25
Gus Dean
Bluffton, SC
VMS
Toyota
49.545
181.653
12
20
Jesse Love
Redwood City, CA
VMS
Toyota
49.638
181.313
13
18
Connor Mosack
Charlotte, NC
JGR
Toyota
49.704
181.072
14
35
Greg Van Alst
Anderson, IN
Van Alst Motorsports
Chevrolet
49.715
181.032
15
1
Jake Finch
Lynn Haven, FL
Phoenix Racing
Toyota
49.836
180.592
16
6
Andres Perez De Lara
Mexico City, Mexico
REV Racing
Chevrolet
49.913
180.314
17
75
Bryan Dauzat
Alexandria, LA
Brother-in-Law Motorsports
Chevrolet
50.024
179.914
18
63
Logan Misuraca
Sanford, FL
Spraker Racing
Chevrolet
50.112
179.598
19
73A
Nick Anglace
Oxford, CT
KLAS Motorsports
Ford
50.177
179.365
20
42
Robby Lyons
Seminole, FL
CRT
Chevrolet
50.252
179.097
21
53Z
Garrett Zacarias
Candor, NY
Emerling-Gase Motorsports
Ford
50.255
179.087
22
32
Christian Rose
Martinsburg, WV
AM Racing
Ford
50.279
179.001
23
3P
Brad Perez
Hollywood, FL
Mullins Racing
Chevrolet
50.283
178.987
24
42L
Landon Lewis
Ocean Isle Beach, NC
CRT
Chevrolet
50.428
178.472
25
53
Mike Policastro
Cortlandt Manor, NY
Emerling-Gase Motorsports
Ford
50.568
177.978
26
3
Landon Pembelton
Amelia, VA
Mullins Racing
Chevrolet
50.575
177.954
27
8
Sean Corr
Goshen, NY
Empire Racing
Chevrolet
50.606
177.845
28
42G
Matt Gould
Mooresvile, NC
CRT
Chevrolet
50.657
177.665
29
55
Toni Breidinger
Hillsborough, CA
VMS
Toyota
50.833
177.05
30
74
Mandy Chick
DeSoto, KS
Chick Engineering, LLC
Chevrolet
50.904
176.803
31
57
Hunter Deshautelle
Alexandria, LA
Brother-in-Law Motorsports
Chevrolet
50.92
176.748
32
6S
Lavar Scott
Carney’s Point, NJ
REV Racing
Chevrolet
51.074
176.215
33
3MH
Mario Hart
Callao, Peru
Mullins Racing
Chevrolet
51.1
176.125
34
12M
Jon McKennedy (RTD)
Chelmsford, MA
Fast Track Racing
Ford
51.167
175.895
35
68
Gage Rodgers
Coldwater, MI
Kimmel Racing
Ford
51.32
175.37
36
62
Steve Lewis
Ransomville, NY
Steve Lewis Racing
Chevrolet
51.405
175.08
37
10
Ed Pompa
Ballston Spa, NY
Fast Track Racing
Chevrolet
51.411
175.06
38
3H
Landon Huffman
Claremont, NC
Mullins Racing
Chevrolet
51.493
174.781
39
5
C.W. Lemoine
Mandeville, LA
BGR
Chevrolet
51.528
174.662
40
11
Leland Honeyman (RTD)
Mooresvile, NC
Fast Track Racing
Ford
51.536
174.635
41
27
Tim Richmond
Otawa, IL
Richmond Racing
Toyota
51.55
174.588
42
01D
Cole Duncan
Circleville, OH
Fast Track Racing
Ford
51.576
174.5
43
53E
Patrick Emerling
Orchard Park, NY
Emerling-Gase Motorsports
Ford
51.712
174.041
44
3M
Willie Mullins
Fredericksburg, VA
Mullins Racing
Ford
51.728
173.987
45
11D
Jake Drew (RTD)
Fullerton, CA
Fast Track Racing
Ford
52.737
170.658

Results Credit: ARCARacing.com

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