CAMARO Z/28.R AT COTA: Curran, Davis Take Top-Five Qualifying Spots in Austin
CKS Autosport’s Curran leads Chevy Camaro Z/28.R contingent with fourth in Grand Sport class

· GS championship leaders Davis, Liddell qualify fifth in No. 6 Stevenson Camaro

· Three Camaro Z/28.Rs to make up first four rows for Friday race

· Chevrolet chasing first CTSCC GS manufacturer championship
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TODAY MEMBERS OF CFH RACING (ED CARPENTER, SARAH FISHER, WINK HARTMAN AND JOSEF NEWGARDEN) ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM CHEVROLET (JIM CAMPBELL, U.S. VICE PRESIDENT OF PERFORMANCE VEHICLES AND MOTORSPORTS AND MARK KENT, DIRECTOR OF CHEVROLET RACING) ALL PARTICIPATED IN A TELECONFERENCE ANNOUNCING PARTNERSHIP FOR THE 2015 VERIZON INDYCAR SEASON.

BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPT:

TOM BLATTLER: Hi this is Tom Blattler, wanted to welcome everybody today for the CFH Racing announcement. We have a host of guests that will be speaking today including some very prestigious folks from up in the Detroit area, and wanted to first introduce from Chevy Racing, the U.S. Vice President of Performance Vehicles and Motorsports, Jim Campbell. Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–2014 Partnership Announcement →

CORVETTE RACING AT COTA: Looking to Defend in Austin
Corvette DP, GT cars winners last year in Circuit of The Americas debut

· Corvette DP won in Rolex Series, Corvette Racing in ALMS last year in Austin

· Second-to-last event weekend for TUDOR Championship

· Chevrolet aims to maintain lead in Prototype, GTLM manufacturer standings Continue reading Chevy Racing– CORVETTE RACING AT COTA: Looking to Defend in Austin →

CAMARO Z/28.R AT COTA: Hoping to Maintain Championship Control
Chevrolet leads Grand Sport Manufacturer, Team and Driver championships

· Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.R has five victories this season

· Davis, Liddell enter COTA round leading GS driver championship

· Chevrolet chasing first CTSCC GS manufacturer championship

DETROIT (Sept. 15, 2014) – With five victories in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge this season, Chevrolet hopes to strengthen its hold on the series’ Grand Sport (GS) championships heading to Circuit of The Americas. With two races remaining in the 2014 season, Chevrolet leads the GS manufacturer championship while Team Chevy drivers and partner teams are now in front in their respective points standings on the strength of the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.R.

The 11th round of the Continental Tire championship takes place at 12:20 p.m. CT on Friday at the palatial Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas. Last year’s race was the first for the series at the venue, which saw one Camaro in the top-10. Four Camaro Z/28.Rs are on the entry list this week.

There’s every reason to expect greatly improved results this time around at COTA. Three different Camaro Z/28.R entries have won races this year amounting to five victories in total and nine consecutive races with at least one podium finish. The victories have come on differing types of tracks – a good sign considering the nature of 3.4-mile, 20-turn layout at Circuit of The Americas. The 3.4-mile, 20-turn layout mixes a number of fairly lengthy straights.

“The layout at Circuit of The Americas provides one of the toughest tests we will see all year,” said Lisa Talarico, Chevrolet Program Manager for the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. “It mixes three fairly decent straights with a combination of high-speed sweeping turns and low- to medium-speed corners. The ideal setup likely will be more on the side of downforce and handling instead of outright speed. The championship picture looks good for everyone associated with the Z/28.R program. Keeping the momentum from the last few months will be important as we look ahead not just to COTA put the finale at Road Atlanta as well.”

Through 10 races, Stevenson Motorsports’ No. 6 Camaro of Andrew Davis and Robin Liddell leads the charge from the Camaro camp. The pair leads the GS driver’s championship by two points on the strength of three victories and back-to-back runner-up finishes in the two most recent rounds at Road America and VIR. The No. 6 Stevenson Camaro also heads the GS team standings.

Andy Lally and Matt Bell in Stevenson Motorsports’ No. 9 Camaro Z/28.R have one victory to their credit, as does CKS Autosport’s pairing of Eric Curran and Lawson Aschenbach in their No. 01 Camaro Z/28.R. Bob Michaelian rejoins Ashley McCalmont in the No. 00 CKS Camaro Z/28.R.

The performance of the Camaro Z/28.R has been impressive in qualifying as well. Curran, Davis, Bell – all in consecutive races – and Jordan Taylor each have taken pole positions in a Camaro this year.

Developed alongside its production counterpart, the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.R incorporates the same performance elements that make the 2014 Camaro Z/28 the most track-capable Camaro ever. To enhance grip, for example, the Z/28.R’s body shares the same downforce-generating aero package as the production model including: the front splitter, rear spoiler with wickerbill, and hood extractor vent, among other items.

The Z/28.R is also powered by the same LS7 7.0L V-8 engine as the production Z/28 and employs the unique, helical-gear limited-slip rear differential found on the production model. It is standard in the Z/28, helping the driver put down more power to the pavement when exiting corners.

Live race coverage from Circuit of The Americas is set for 1:20 p.m. ET Friday at IMSA.com. FOX Sports 1 will air the race at noon ET on Sunday, Sept. 28.

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
MYABFITSTORY.COM 400
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER POST RACE QUOTES
SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET SS – Finished 2nd
HOW MUCH FUN WAS THAT BATTLE WITH KYLE LARSON? “Oh my gosh. I was having a pretty good time watching him and Kevin (Harvick) go at it in front of me. I didn’t know what was going to happen. I thought for sure there was going to be a wreck. But that’s just two guys that are wheeling it. I’m really proud of Kyle Larson. Man, what a great effort; such a young talent. I really wanted to see him win that race because I like him, but I didn’t want to see those other guys win it either. But we had a couple restarts and this Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet was really solid. The whole team effort was extremely solid. And that’s a great way to get started, especially with restarts like that to come out second. Brad (Keselowski) is really strong and Joey (Logano) is really strong in those short runs, and we had them beat I think, prior to that. Kevin (Harvick), well, maybe (Kyle) Larson, too, had us all beat prior to that. But still we were a top three or four all day long so to come in second, I couldn’t be more proud of this Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet team. And I want to say thank you to every name that’s on this hood that’s helping us to end hunger.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Chicago–Post Race →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
MYABFITSTORY.COM 400
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

JUSTIN ALLGAIER, NO. 51 BRAND PROFESSIONAL AGRICULTURE CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed Chicagoland Speedway as his home town track, the progress he feels he’s made during the season thus far, and more. FULL TRANSCRIPT:
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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
MYABFITSTORY.COM 400
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed the new Chase for the Sprint Cup format strategies, challenges, approachs, and more. FULL TRANSCRIPT:

TALK ABOUT YOUR MINDSET AS YOU BEGIN PREPARATION FOR THE WEEKEND IN CHICAGO
“I’m excited to get back in the car and get to work. It’s been a much different week for all the Chasers, with the media circuits we’ve been on and two full days leading up to the on-track activity today. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Chicago– Jimmie Johnson →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
FEDERATED AUTO PARTS 400
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 8TH
TELL US ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED?
“Just got dehydrated in the car. Not exactly sure what led to it we will have to dig in and see what happened. I started cramping when I got out of the race car. Then when I was cramping I was trying to stand-up because I was fine when I sat down then I would stand-up I would get dizzy. When I would sit back down I would start to cramp again. Just really dehydrated. Ended up with five liters of IV in me. I was definitely dry. I will have to dig in and understand what happened in the car. I was hot in the car so I will have to make sure all my fans were working and stuff like that. Scary moment and I hate that it happened, but have to learn from it and make sure it doesn’t happen again.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Richmond Post Race →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
FEDERATED AUTO PARTS 400
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER RACE NOTES & QUOTES
SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 4 BUDWEISER CHEVROLET SS – Finished 5th
ON THE RACE
“We didn’t have the best car tonight but got a Top 5 out of it and that’s what you’re going to have to do over the next 10 weeks to keep yourself in the game. And that’s really what it’s about it keeping yourself in the game. You’ve got to keep doing that and everything else; the race car runs fine and you’ve just got to battle every week.”
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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
FEDERATED AUTO PARTS 400
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 NATIONWIDE INSURANCE CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Richmond International Raceway and discussed Nationwide Insurance, strategy for the Chase, a relief fund for drivers, pressure in Chase and other topics. Full transcript:

TALK ABOUT HAVING NATIONWIDE INSURANCE AS SPONSOR: “I’ve been looking forward to getting this car (Nationwide Insurance livery) on the track. I’ve been working with Nationwide for a really long time, and it is a genuine relationship. They’ve been insuring the vehicles I drove since I’ve had my driver’s license. I can take you to the building in Kannapolis where we used to go to get the tags and all that stuff handled. I’m pretty happy to be able to work with companies you can get excited about, and that the relationship feels genuine and real. I feel real fortunate to be honest with you in that regard. We’ve had a working relationship for the last couple of years, and everyone has seen the commercials if you watch the Nationwide races. When I heard that they were a candidate to be a part of our Cup program, I was just surprised and excited about that to be able to continue that relationship and grow it. You work so hard in building these relationships with your partners. When they have the ability to invest more into that relationship, and you can take that partnership, and do better and bigger things with it; it’s a real win and success story. I was glad that they were coming on to our Cup car. More dialogue began to happen with HMS (Hendrick Motorsports) about the possibility of actually getting on the car this year, and so here we are today. I’m excited, and looking forward to working with Nationwide, and continue that relationship, and try to make sure it benefits both parties, and they enjoy the experience at the Cup level. It’s going to be a lot of fun. I know those guys pretty well, and I already have a good working relationship with them, and it should be real comfortable and easy.”
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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
FEDERATED AUTO PARTS 400
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 FARMERS INSURANCE CHEVROLET SS, met with media at Richmond to discuss last week’s win in Atlanta, being part of the Chase, qualifying efforts and more. Full transcript:

WELCOME TO THE CHASE. HOW AS THAT SUNK IN FOR YOU THIS WEEK KNOWING THAT COMING INTO RICHMOND THAT THAT HEAVY BURDEN HAS BEEN LIFTED FROM YOU?
“Yeah, it’s been a good week. It was great to get that win last week. We hadn’t won in awhile so it felt really good personally and for our team – all the guys. Hopefully we can carry all that momentum into this weekend. I think Richmond will tell a lot about where we are as a team going into Chicago and into the start of Chase – depending on how we run, how we perform and how well we work together tomorrow night. So we’re looking forward to it. We started out a little rough for us today… in qualifying trim not so good but in race trim I thought we were decent. We weren’t the best car but we were fairly close. As the track changes tomorrow, it changes who has the best car a lot of the time. Looking forward to tomorrow’s race.”
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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
FEDERATED AUTO PARTS 400
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER RACE NOTES & QUOTES
SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 31 CATERPILLAR CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed the Chase and the scenarios within that, his expectations of how the racing will be on Saturday night at Richmond, and more. Full Transcript:

YOU’D LIKE TO GET A WIN SATURDAY NIGHT AT RICHMOND; WHAT’S YOUR OUTLOOK?
“Oh, this is a great race track and it’s great to be here and just look forward to the opportunity to running well. Statistically, it’s been a good track for me. In our position, where we are in points, win or not, if we just do our job with the good Caterpillar Chevrolet, we’ll be in contention to make these last 10 races a lot of fun.”
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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
FEDERATED AUTO PARTS 400
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER RACE NOTES & QUOTES
SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed the teams he thinks are strong contenders to win at Richmond, the challenges of the track for him personally, his view of vying for another championship, the importance of having all four Hendrick teams in the Chase, and more. Full Transcript:
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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
FEDERATED AUTO PARTS 400
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Richmond International Raceway and discussed making the Chase, his chances at a win Saturday night and many other topics. Full Transcript:

LOOKING AHEAD TO SATURDAY NIGHT A WIN WILL GUARANTEE YOU A SPOT IN THE CHASE. WITH THAT SAID HOW ARE YOU APPROACHING THIS WEEKEND HERE AT RICHMOND?
“It’s got to all go really good. I thought our – what was our AXE Chevy last time we were here – but I think our Target Chevy will be good again. We were on the pole last time. We got in the wall the first lap and kind of messed up our splitter. I don’t really know where we stood in the race. But we had a good test here a couple of months ago. I feel like I’m starting to get the hang of this track. Hopefully we can get a win. That is pretty much our only hope right now, unless (Greg) Biffle has an absolutely horrible night, we are going to have to get a win. It is nice knowing what you have to do I guess before the race starts. Just got to be aggressive and get all you can. If we get a win it will be amazing if we can get in the Chase it will be pretty cool.”
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KASEY KAHNE TAKES CHEVROLET SS TO VICTORY LANE AND MAKES THE CHASE
Team Chevy Takes Five of Top 10 Finishing Positions

Hampton, Ga. – (September 1, 2014) – Kasey Kahne led the last two laps at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the Oral-B USA 500 to clinch a berth in the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup with his first victory of the season. He led twice for 25 laps in his No. 5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet SS in route to his third victory at the 1.54-mile track and 17th win of his career. He joins Hendrick teammates Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. making it the third year in a row that all four Hendrick Motorsports teams have been in the final 10-race run for the title. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Atlanta–Kasey Kahne Wins →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
ORAL-B USA 500
ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
AUGUST 31, 2014

KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 FARMERS INSURANCE CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER
YOU DID IT, BUT IT TOOK A LOT TO GET HERE:
“Yeah, man, it took a lot. We were all over the place during the race but the guys stayed with me and worked hard. On those restart – I didn’t know what would happen because I had great restarts all night and I struggle with restarts a lot. That’s big, because that is one of the things you have to be good at and it worked really well tonight. Really happy and thankful for Farmers Insurance, Chevrolet, Great Clips, Time Warner Cable, Pepsi Max, Sprint, all the fans, and Von Zipper. It’s been tough and we have had kind of a downer year at times and then we started running really good. Last week we were really fast at Bristol and then we had a problem. So it’s been kind of one thing after the other but we are in the Chase with my teammates. I have a great group of teammates, it’s awesome to work with those guys and to be part of Hendrick Motorsports and everything that Mr. H gives us. Glad we are in the Chase and we can race them now.”
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CHEVROLET RACING
VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
MAVTV 500
AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
AUGUST 30, 2014

AN INTERVIEW WITH RACE WINNER TONY KANAAN, NO. 10 TARGET CHIP GANASSI RACING CHEVROLET
AN INTERVIEW WITH HELIO CASTRONEVES, NO. 3 AAA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, 2ND PLACE IN FINAL STANDINGS

THE MODERATOR: We’re now joined by our race winner Tony Kanaan. This is Tony’s first win of the season, his 17th career win. Last win was at the 2013 Indianapolis 500. His six podium, six top 5 and 12 top 10 finishes of the season. Also the sixth race he has led laps this season. Five of those were on ovals.
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CHEVROLET RACING
VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
MAVTV 500
AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER POST RACE QUOTES
AUGUST 30, 2014

SCOTT DIXON, NO. 9 TARGET CHIP GANASSI RACING CHEVROLET – FINISHED 2ND IN RACE, FINISHED 3RD IN FINAL STANDINGS: “Wow, that was one heck of a way to end the season with a 1-2 Team Target finish. It’s always a good feeling to head into the offseason with a good result and strong momentum. I’m so happy for Tony and the whole Chip Ganassi Racing family.”
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WILL POWER, NO. 12 VERIZON TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, 2014 VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES CHAMPION:
YOU CLOSED YOUR EYES AS YOU PULLED IN HERE, WAS THAT A MOMENT OF SOAKING IT IN OR A REACTION TO FINALLY: “That was one of the hardest races ever. I was crying over the line and it just went on and on and I slowly made positions and the car wasn’t great. So man, I just have to thank Verizon, Roger Penske and Tim Cindric. It’s just surreal man. I can’t believe it.”

YOU MENTION CRYING, WHAT WAS THE EMOTION LIKE? WAS IT THE RELAXATION? “Yes, I was just so mentally exhausted. My hands were like so numb from holding the wheel so tight and I wanted to be a lot more. Its over and I want to be so much more but sorry, I am just so drained that I can’t. I can’t believe I won it.”
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ROGER PENSKE, TEAM OWNER FOR TEAM PENSKE DRIVERS WILL POWER, HELIO CASTRONEVES, AND THEIR TEAMMATE JUAN PABLO MONTOYA met with members of the media at Auto Club Speedway for a question and answer session. Full transcript:

An Interview With:
ROGER PENSKE
THE MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everybody. We’re going to get started here with our media availability for Roger Penske. We’ll have Roger answer a couple of questions and we’ll open it up for questions from our audience, as well. I appreciate everyone joining us today as we get ready to go for the IndyCar title at the MAVTV 500 here this weekend. I guess just talk about the season it’s been in 2014, obviously a terrific year for Team Penske with Will and Helio battling it out for the championship and a great addition with Juan Pablo Montoya who’s running sixth in the series this year.
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