Full Throttle

Evernham Motorsports development driver Erin Crocker turned her first laps at Daytona International Speedway on Friday. “They were exciting,” said the 24-year-old Crocker, a native of Wilbraham, Mass. “It was a childhood dream to race at Daytona and these were our first laps. It’s my first day at Daytona, the first day of many hopefully.”

Current plans are for the former World of Outlaws pilot to run a full season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in the No. 98 General Mills Dodge Ram for Evernham Motorsports as well as selected ARCA RE/MAX Series and Busch Series events. Crocker will compete in both the ARCA 200 on Feb. 11 as well as the Daytona 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race Feb. 17.

Kevin Harvick Inc. development driver Burney Lamar will also pull double duty during Speedweeks, competing in both the ARCA 200 and the Hershey’s Kissables 300 NASCAR Busch Series season opener.

Lamar, who ran an abbreviated schedule of NASCAR Grand National Division West Series, Craftsman Truck Series and Busch Series races for KHI last year turned in the fourth fastest time in the morning session putting laps on a pair of Richard Childress Racing #31 Chevrolets prepared by Kevin Hamlin.

Crocker was one of four females participating in this weekend’s ARCA/REMAX testing. RE/MAX Series veteran Christi Passmore, of Pryor Oklahoma, put her Mike Mack-prepared Ford through its paces. Florida short tracker Amanda Gogel was at the wheel of Ralph Solhem