Muniz, Mosack fastest in ARCA practice at Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — Actor-turned-racer Frankie Muniz topped Connor Mosack in ARCA Menards Series practice Thursday at Daytona International Speedway.

Muniz’s 49.393-second, chart-topping lap was one of his first laps in the draft. He will make his stock car racing debut in Saturday’s Daytona 200 (1:30 p.m. ET, FS1).

Behind Muniz was Connor Mosack, who posted a lap of 49.403 seconds in his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

Mosack is set to also race the No. 18 at Kansas in May and September, Charlotte in May, Pocono in July and Michigan in August. He is also set to run 23 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.

NASCAR Drive for Diversity development driver Lavar Scott was third in practice, just 0.001 seconds behind Mosack. Scott is driving the No. 2 REV Racing Chevrolet that won the 2022 ARCA championship with Nick Sanchez driving.

Experienced pizza delivery driver and veteran-in-the-making Andy Jankowiak was fourth in practice, also 0.001 seconds behind Scott. Jankowiak finished sixth and eighth in his last two ARCA Daytona starts.

Rounding out the top five was 62-year-old Dale Quarterley who, even after four decades of racing, is making just his second start at Daytona.

Farther back in the pack, two-time ARCA West champion Jesse Love was 12th, with a lap of 49.713 seconds. 2023 will be Love’s first full-time ARCA Menards Series season.

Full practice results are here.

1	30	Frankie Muniz*	Hair Club/Ford Performance Ford	49.393	182.212	11	13	–
2	18	Connor Mosack*	Mobil 1 Toyota	49.403	182.175	10	13	0.01
3	2	Lavar Scott*	Max Siegel Inc Chevrolet	49.404	182.171	11	14	0.011
4	73	Andy Jankowiak*	Whelen Ford	49.405	182.168	11	14	0.012
5	4	Dale Quarterley	Van Dyk Recycling Solutions/Motul/Walker Furn Chevrolet	49.406	182.164	10	12	0.013
6	6	Jack Wood	WB/Velocity Racing/Max Siegal Inc Chevrolet	49.473	181.917	7	8	0.08
7	35	Greg Van Alst	Verns Concrete/CB Fabricating/Sam Pierce Chevrolet	49.477	181.903	11	12	0.084
8	55	Toni Breidinger	FP Movement Toyota	49.631	181.338	2	7	0.238
9	25	Gus Dean	JBL/Dean Custom Air Toyota	49.639	181.309	2	7	0.246
10	15	Amber Balcaen	ICON Direct Toyota	49.643	181.294	2	5	0.25
11	8	Sean Corr	The Trans Group Chevrolet	49.661	181.229	12	13	0.268
12	20	Jesse Love*	Yahoo Toyota	49.713	181.039	7	7	0.32
13	32	Christian Rose*	West Virginia Tourism #AlmostHeaven Ford	50.217	179.222	2	6	0.824
14	3	Brayton Laster*	Indy Auto Recycles/Autorepairvinstickers.com Ford	50.224	179.197	2	13	0.831
15	36	Ryan Huff	South Eastern Services Ford	50.234	179.162	2	5	0.841
16	63	Logan Misuraca*	CELSIUS Chevrolet	50.254	179.09	7	11	0.861
17	3	Willie Mullins	Corvetteparts.net/Crow Wing Recycling Chevrolet	50.259	179.072	17	19	0.866
18	69	Scott Melton	Melton McFadden Insuracne/Donna’s Donuts Ford	50.508	178.19	14	16	1.115
19	53	Natalie Decker	Splat Ford	50.784	177.221	9	9	1.391
20	66	Jon Garret*	The Camping Crew Chevrolet	50.867	176.932	9	16	1.474
21	62	Steve Lewis Jr.*	Telco Construction/Jeffery Machine Chevrolet	50.966	176.588	12	12	1.573
22	44	Jason White	Powder Ventures Excavating Chevrolet	51.019	176.405	6	8	1.626
23	42	Robby Lyons	Sunwest Construction/MMI Chevrolet	51.043	176.322	7	9	1.65
24	97	Jason Kitzmiller	A.L.L Construction Chevrolet	51.108	176.098	3	14	1.715
25	12	Zach Herrin*	Lambda Legal Toyota	51.348	175.275	8	11	1.955
26	10	Ed Pompa	HYTORC of New York/Double H Ranch Chevrolet	51.377	175.176	10	12	1.984
27	27	Tim Richmond	Latino Immigration and Legal Center Toyota	51.44	174.961	2	3	2.047
28	11	Bryce Haugeberg	Magnum Contracting/Haugeberg Farms/UTI Toyota	51.747	173.923	10	15	2.354
29	2	Miguel Gomes*	Simthunder Chevrolet	52.427	171.667	4	5	3.034
30	68	Gage Rodgers*	SEKISUI Voltek Ford	52.893	170.155	2	7	3.5
31	6	A.J. Moyer	Rivers Edge Cottages & RV Park Chevrolet	54.514	165.095	3	3	5.121
32	93	Caleb Costner*	Innovative Tiny Houses/Lickety Lew’s Chevrolet	56.104	160.416	2	2	6.711
33	1	Andres Perez de Lara*	Fastrackracing.com Chevrolet	–	0	1	–
34	48	Brad Smith	Copraya.com Chevrolet	–	0	–	–