Race report
ARCA
Michael Self holds off Hailie Deegan for Daytona ARCA win
Michael Self got off to fast start in his effort to contend for another ARCA Menards Series title.
Jim Utter
Edited: Feb 10, 2020, 12:15 AM
Copy link
Share on Viber
Self, who lost last season’s championship by 25 points to Christian Eckes, held off rookie Hailie Deegan to win Saturday’s Lucas Oil 200, capturing his second victory in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway.
Self led 60 of the 80 laps and never seemed seriously challenged late in the race.
“I tell people a lot one of the most important things to win this race is having a car that is stable,” Self said. “Speed isn’t necessarily the main thing that wins you this race. It’s being able to be the car out front or the car in the middle of the pack and being able to hang on to it when you’re being bump-drafted.
“All the guys at Venturini Motorsports have done a phenomenal job giving us those cars. It makes life easier for us as drivers. It’s nice to know you have the speed on top of it.
“As a driver that’s exactly what you want to have for this race.”
Deegan tied for the best finish in ARCA by a female driver. Erin Crocker (three times) and Shawna Robinson (one) were the others to accomplish the feat.
“Of course you want to win, but I am really happy about finishing second in my first race at Daytona,” Deegan, 18, said. “My goal for this race was top-three to top-five – that was going to be a victory for me.
“I was totally fine with finishing second. I wasn’t going to try to do anything to Michael. There wasn’t much I could do in the situation.”
Deegan is the daughter of Brian Deegan, a motocross rider, off-road racer, and former X Games athlete. She is running her first full season in the ARCA series and will likely do some NASCAR Truck races later in the year. Her previous best finish in ARCA was a fifth last season at Lucas Oil Raceway.
Drew Dollar finished third, Sean Corr was fourth and Thad Moffit – the grandson of Richard Petty – ended up fifth.
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Ty Gibbs got a taste of Daytona and is 'having a blast'
Next article Sam Mayer wins wild ARCA East season opener at New Smyrna
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Jim Utter
Erik Jones agrees to multi-year contract extension with Legacy Motor Club
NASCAR Cup
NASCAR Cup
Erik Jones agrees to multi-year contract extension with Legacy Motor Club
Goodyear's option tires at Richmond "were like Mario Kart with a star"
NASCAR Cup
NASCAR Cup
Richmond II
Goodyear's option tires at Richmond "were like Mario Kart with a star"
NASCAR: Austin Dillon move was "really close to crossing the line"
NASCAR Cup
NASCAR Cup
Richmond II
NASCAR: Austin Dillon move was "really close to crossing the line"
More from
Michael Self
Michigan ARCA winner Michael Self penalized 50 points
ARCA
ARCA
Michigan ARCA winner Michael Self penalized 50 points
Michael Self charges to ARCA win on late restart at Chicagoland
ARCA
ARCA
Michael Self charges to ARCA win on late restart at Chicagoland
Michael Self escapes carnage, wins ARCA season-opener at Daytona
ARCA
ARCA
Michael Self escapes carnage, wins ARCA season-opener at Daytona
Latest news
MotoGP Australian GP: Marc Marquez wins sprint to seize points lead, Jorge Martin crashes
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP
Australian GP
19 min
MotoGP Australian GP: Marc Marquez wins sprint to seize points lead, Jorge Martin crashes
NASCAR Truck Series championship down to two with two to go
NASCAR Truck
NSTR NASCAR Truck 2 h
NASCAR Truck Series championship down to two with two to go
MotoGP Australian GP: Marc Marquez recovers from crash to take pole at wet Phillip Island
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP
Australian GP
4 h
MotoGP Australian GP: Marc Marquez recovers from crash to take pole at wet Phillip Island
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe