RC Starts 3-Day ARCA Testing at Daytona

[Walt]

The thing is that most local racers DON'T get it. It takes a lot of hard work and talent to get these sponsors. In Alli Owens case, she does much more for her sponsors than just race a car. She speaks at conventions and trade shows motivating young people to enter the electrical field. She travels all over the country visiting high schools and technical schools to recruit students most of the time taking her racecar with her. This only scratches the surface of what she does. At 13 years old she would ride her bicycle up and down US1 in Daytona stopping at businesses asking for sponsorship.

Most everyone that I see on race nights at NSS and going to stay right there racing because they have neither the determination, dedication or talent to do anything else. Yes there are many good drivers around but just like on a super speedway the driving is only 10% of what it takes. That's why there are good drivers that are past over and others make it.

By the way, it's approx. $75k per race in ARCA. Multiply that by 21 races.

Just to clarify something.

in single car runs, Ricky Carmichael was 15th fastest overall. Joey Lagano was 8th fastest and Alli Owens was 6th fastest overall. She was also the fastest Toyota over the 3 days in single car runs.

In drafting practice Ricky Carmichael was 17th fastest overall and Alli Owens was 13th fastest.

Click the following link to see all the ARCA stats from the test.

http://www.arcaracing.com/news.cfm?contentid=7488

I wish Alli, Ricky, Joey and all the rest of the ARCA drivers the best.

I'd love to know how these kids, and in particular Allie Owens, come up with these sponsors/benefactors/money angels that put up $75k to get them those ARCA rides at Daytona.

More power to them I guess, but I just don't get it.

[Boneman]

Walt,
No doubt Ali Owens earns her keep by working for her sponsors. That is the way of the world right now. Obviously many of us lament the days when it was the winning drivers that went on to the next level, when talent and determination meant more than salesmanship, race or gender.

She is playing the game using the modern rules and succeeding at it, I can't fault her for that.

[ss26]

With this being a Fl racing forum I was wondering why Patrick Sheltra has not been talked about he had the fastest speed overall from the three day test.
He is from Indiantown Fl.

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Carmichael is going truck racing next year at least for a limited schedule.
He has hinted on a sponsor saying "they have been good to me in the past"
SO I DONT KNOW WHO THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE...

[cake]

Jacktrippers favorite driver.
Number 1 in his heart

[JackTripper]

That hurts, that hurts...

I won't besmirch her her ability to get sponsorship, she must be a heck of a saleswoman to say, "I haven't really won much more than a race to the grocery store, but one of the top teams in ARCA is renting their car for $75,000 a race. Now give me $750,000" and they do. And make no bones about it, that is a superior team she has hooked up with. I talked to Mr. D'Hondt himself earlier this year about that ride and that team spares no expense when they go to the track.

I'd like to have her do sales at my company, that's for sure.

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She is alot of talk
she must have taken alot of spcial classes in high school
i want to see if she has the talent to go with it

[Todd McCreary]

the driving is only 10% of what it takes.

yep. that's pretty much what's wrong with racing today.

and you wonder why so many NASCAR races are boring.

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I say they put all the drivers in gremlins and pintos and see who comes out on top

[Todd McCreary]

I say they put all the drivers in gremlins and pintos and see who comes out on top

i'd have an 'unfair' advantage. my first car was a Gremlin.

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[QUOTE=Todd McCreary;20190

i'd have an 'unfair' advantage. my first car was a Gremlin.[/QUOTE]

Well here you
With that you could beat the likes of Nur Ali Ant Darrell Basham and the always fast Norm Benning