Results from first ARCA practice at Daytona: Shane van Gisbergen, Marco Andretti, and more

You can say the 2024 season is officially here. The first ARCA practice of the season at Daytona featured Shane van Gisbergen, Marco Andretti, and others. This was a delayed first session that ended up going into the night. Today, a second session is already underway at the NASCAR track.

While there is world-class talent in this field, the usual suspects were near the top of the fastest lap times. Venturini Motorsports had the four fastest cars at the event. Jake Finch led the way with Toni Breidinger, Kris Wright, and Gus Dean following. All four are Venturini drivers.

However, Marco Andretti in his Cook Racing Technologies No. 17A Chevy was quick as well. He was unable to break the 49-second mark as the top-four did, but still fifth overall is solid. This is Andretti’s first ARCA experience and it has gone well by the looks of it.

Drivers Tanner Gray and William Sawalich of Joe Gibbs Racing were in 10th and 11th overall. Last year’s Daytona winner, Greg Van Alst was 16th overall. Amber Balcaen in the fifth Venturini car was down in 29th in terms of single-lap speed.

Then we shave Shane van Gisbergen who found himself down in 38th overall. His Pinnacle Racing Group Chevy wasn’t as quick. Then again, the three-time Supercars champ is getting the feel of things on the superspeedway.

His teammate, Connor Mosack, was 45th overall.