Canadian Maryeve Dufault got her first taste of an ARCA stock car when completing a three-day test at the New Smyrna Speedway with Tony Marks Racing (TMR).
The test was intended to provide Dufault with an opportunity to get familiar with the ARCA car and get some valuable seat time as TMR prepares their 2011 campaign.
Crew chief Larry Moore planned the test so that Dufault could run quite a few laps in the CRA Late Model car and learn the half-mile oval of New Smyrna before moving into the ARCA car.
“I was impressed with how smooth and calm she was when we moved to the ARCA car as that is really something you can’t teach a driver,” Moores declared in a team press release.
“She handled the ARCA car really well and I was impressed with how quickly she picked up on the weight and horsepower of the car.”
“I am really very happy with the whole weekend,” said Dufault at the close of the test.
“I quickly adapted to the 800-horespower ARCA car and the test has really boosted my confidence going into the Daytona test in January.”
The team is slated to run the full 19-race season in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards with Dufault.
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| Maryeve Dufault (Photo: TMR ) |
The test was intended to provide Dufault with an opportunity to get familiar with the ARCA car and get some valuable seat time as TMR prepares their 2011 campaign.
Crew chief Larry Moore planned the test so that Dufault could run quite a few laps in the CRA Late Model car and learn the half-mile oval of New Smyrna before moving into the ARCA car.
“I was impressed with how smooth and calm she was when we moved to the ARCA car as that is really something you can’t teach a driver,” Moores declared in a team press release.
“She handled the ARCA car really well and I was impressed with how quickly she picked up on the weight and horsepower of the car.”
“I am really very happy with the whole weekend,” said Dufault at the close of the test.
“I quickly adapted to the 800-horespower ARCA car and the test has really boosted my confidence going into the Daytona test in January.”
The team is slated to run the full 19-race season in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards with Dufault.