Davis And Gragson Lead Friday ARCA Testing At Daytona

Spencer Davis led the morning testing session for the ARCA Racing Series Friday at Daytona International Speedway. Photo: ARCA Media

It’s not been uncommon over the years to see the Venturini Motorsports team atop the leader board in ARCA Racing Series open testing at Daytona International Speedway.

Friday was no different as Venturini teammates Spencer Davis and Noah Gragson led the way. Davis topped the morning session, while Gragson led the afternoon session.

Today was no different. When it was all said and done, Venturini team cars, the 55 and 25, led the way Friday afternoon with rookies Spencer Davis and Noah Gragson.

“Car was fast,” said Davis, who hails from Dawsonville, Georgia. “The track is little bumpy at speed…the G-forces push you down into the seat more than I anticipated in the corners. Davis Poultry Processing Equipment helped me get here to the test, and I’d like to thank them.”

Davis circled the 2.5-mile superspeedway in 48.437 seconds, an average speed of 185.808 mph in the morning session in the No. 25 Toyota.

“Spencer gave us feedback just like a veteran,” said Dave Leiner, Davis’s crew chief. “He picked up on the changes quickly…he has good feedback. We’ll do a few more single car runs, then go out and draft with our teammates later in the afternoon.”

Davis led the way over the No. 77 Cunningham Motorsports Ford with rookie Ty Majeski driving. Majeski was second fastest overall at 48.560 seconds (185.338 mph).

“This is my second time here,” said Majeski. “My first time was doing the “Road to Daytona” program a few years back. The car is pretty solid. My car was a little faster in the draft leading the 22 and 52. I still need to learn more on the aero-side of these cars.”

Ken Schrader Racing was next in the order, coming in third with Austin Theriault in the No. 52 Toyota. Theriault, who announced earlier this week he’d be running the full ARCA season in the 52, circled Daytona in 48.562 seconds (185.330 mph).

“This is my first time in an ARCA car, and it’s a lot different from racing the trucks at Daytona,” said Theriault. “You can get a closer to each other a lot quicker. Track position and patience will be the key when we come back for the race. If you have to start from the back, it will be work to get back to the front.”

Shane Lee was fourth quick in the session, while and Gragson was fifth. Zane Smith, Quin Houff, Kaz Grala, Gus Dean and Bobby Gerhart rounded out the top-10.

Noah Gragson paced the afternoon ARCA Racing Series test session at Daytona International Speedway. Photo: ARCA Media

In the afternoon session, Gragson, in the No. 55 Toyota, was fastest overall in the draft with a top speed of 189.143 mph.

“I am more than happy with our day today,” said Gragson. “I knew we were going to be good, but to be a half-second faster than any other team says a lot about the Venturini Motorsports program. We got in a draft with eight or nine cars. I was leading and Spencer (Davis) did a great job drafting with me. By the second lap, we both pulled away.

“We were third overall last year. I came in this year not too anxious, no nerves, and I think that helped a lot. That, and the Venturini Motorsports program is as good as it gets. The biggest thing for me was working on getting my car on and off pit road and learning all my marks out there.”

Davis was right on his heels at 189.092 mph. Both Gragson and Davis were a full two miles and hour faster than everyone else.

Cunningham Motorsports was next in the order, taking third and fourth on the overall speed charts with drivers Lee and Dalton Sargeant. Lee posted a speed of 186.947 mph, third fastest of the afternoon.

“We worked well with our teammates in both 77 cars, and Austin (Theriault) in the 52 car,” said Lee. “My car handled well in the draft. We worked on the car to draft up as close as we can…I’d like to get closer in the draft, and we’ll work on that tomorrow.”

Sargeant was fourth overall at 186.695 mph.

“Really happy with everything today,” said Sargeant. “It got better as the day went on. We still have more room to improve, to gain on and get better. I have a little more experience this year…nice to have my teammate working with me at the track. No matter how little a move may be out there, there’s still a lot to take away from it.”

Theriault was fifth fastest with a speed of 186.617 mph.

Majeski, Travis, Leilani Munter, Dean and Travis Braden rounded out the top ten.

Open testing picks back up Saturday morning with on-track activities from 9 am to 5 pm with an hour break for lunch at noon.

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