Stewart Pit Crew Pulling Double Duty on Saturday

Daytona Beach, Fl – J.R. Fitzpatrick qualified the No. 48 TRG Motorsports Chevrolet in 42nd place for tomorrow’s running of the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA RE/MAX race.

Fitzpatrick, from Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, spent the day on Thursday running nearly five hours on the high-banks of Daytona. The 20-year old Canadian posted a best practice time of 50.638 seconds with a speed of 177.732 mph, which had him running around the 39th position.

“We have a slightly different car than we had down here in the December test,” Fitzpatrick said. “At the test we were really fast on our own, but the car was not handling that great. This weekend Butch (Hylton, crew chief) put a little different setup on the car so we can handle in the draft, which is what we want for the race.”

TRG Motorsports crew chief Butch Hylton has recruited the Stewart-Haas pit crew from the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice NASCAR Sprint Cup Chevrolet of Tony Stewart to perform pit stops on the No. 48. The No. 14 crew is looking for some real race practice time prior to the Gatorade Dual and Daytona 500.

The Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA race will take the green flag on Saturday, February 7 at 4:15 p.m. and will be televised live on the SPEED Channel starting at 4 p.m. ET.