It may not have been how he wanted Saturday’s season-opening ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards event to end, but Maine’s Austin Theriault was still as jubilant as any in victory lane at Daytona Int’l Speedway.
Justin Fontaine was transported to a local hospital after a wild crash on Saturday that cut the season-opening ARCA Racing Series event at Daytona Int’l Speedway five laps short of its scheduled distance.
One of the prevailing storylines of Saturday’s opening practice session for the 59th annual Daytona 500 was the struggles of Furniture Row Racing getting through the inspection line.
Max Angelelli’s final stint Sunday morning, as the 55th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona began to wind down, was like a look back to the early days for the 50-year-old Italian.
A timely shower allowed Filipe Albuquerque and the No. 5 Action Express Cadillac DPi to lead the 55th annual Rolex 24 at Daytona as the field crossed the six-hour benchmark on Saturday night, picking up the first available bonus points towards the Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup.
A rare mistake by five-time Rolex 24 at Daytona overall winner Scott Pruett saw the 3GT Racing Lexus RC F GT3 crash out early during Saturday’s 55th running of the twice-around-the-clock endurance classic.