CHEVROLET RACING IN NTT INDYCAR SERIESINDIANAPOLIS 500 INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAYMEDIA DAY – TEAM CHEVY DRIVERS GROUP ONEMAY 27, 2021
SELECTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM THE FIVE TEAM CHEVY INDYCAR DRIVERS IN GROUP ONE OF MEDIA DAY ROTATION: MAX CHILTON, NO. 59 GALLAGHER CARLIN CHEVROLET: “We will just have to forget about  the Grand Prix and move on to bigger and better things. The Indianapolis 500 is something five or six years ago I wasn’t aware of it to the extent of it I am now. I used to the end of the race in Monaco and think these guys are absolutely heroic. And the first time I actually watched it was through the visor of my helmet. Every year I learn more and more about it. I’ve been though trials and tribulations of not qualifying. We were on the cusp. I knew we were on the right side of it. But it doesn’t make the stress levels amy easier on qualifying day. I am just unbelievably proud of what we did. We were very very disciplined. We were up against power houses like Andretti who is engineering 8 cars. Penske with five and Ganassi with four. So a single car team is not easy. I think we did a fantastic job. We were very very disciplined. Yes we focused on qualifying all week and didn’t do much race running at all. But win a race you aren’t in. So we stuck to it. We were very disciplined. And didn’t get sidetracked by other peoples times. We knew what we needed to do and we actually executed the best we’ve ever done. I did the best qualifying I’ve ever done here. I was flat all four laps and it wasn’t because of downforce. We were trimmed more than ever. I was just really in control my bars and my jacker which allowed me to keep flat. They said at the time we were safe, but it was still very close.” ED CARPENTER, NO. 20 SONAX ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVROLET:QUESTION ABOUT OUTLOOK FOR RACE FOR ALL THREE ECR CARS: “I’m feeling pretty good. We’ve had a really good week and a half of prep. And obviously qualifying weekend went fairly well. Happy to have two of our three cars up in toward the front. And really excited about the race cars we’ve built based on what we learned in practice. I’m just hoping that we can continue the way things have been going. Hopefully we will be in a similar position late in the race from where we are starting and then we can fight for it.” WERE YOU SURPRISED YOU PUT UP THE BIG QUALIFYING NUMBERS THAT YOU DID? “I think we expected to be able to run over 232 mph for at least a lap based on what we did Saturday. I was encouraged when I saw Rinus time. Any time you have a teammate go before you, you kind of know where you are going to be relative to that. It was good. The guys did a great job with the balance. They had prepared for those conditions Friday.  And Fast Friday prepared us pretty well for what we saw in the Shootout. I knew we were going to have a chance. It was going to depend on how big Scott( Dixon) and Colton’s (Herta) first laps were.” DO YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR FUEL MILEAGE? “It’s a little hard to tell in those practice sessions. You don’t really know who goes out, and who stays out during those sessions. So it is hard to get an exact measurement on where the competition is. But, I was happy with what we were a le to do and learn. We have good options to be able to do what we need to do come Sunday. But you don’t truly know until the race and everyone is running full stints for real. But I’m always confident in what Chevrolet gives us from a fuel mileage standpoint, but also economy and most importantly reliability.”
JOSEF NEWGARDEN, NO. 2 SHELL FUEL REWARDS TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLETHOW HAS YOUR MONTH OF MAY BEEN AND WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR SUNDAY?“It’s been good. I’m excited to be here as always. I like seeing the energy again at this track with fans. I can’t wait to get going for Sunday. I think we have a good car. We all feel pretty comfy. We have high expectations without a doubt. We didn’t perform to the level that we would expect or hope in qualifying. But qualifying is one piece of it. The race is another. And I think we’re all very excited to be a part of this field and try to make the most of the day.” IN YOUR LAST SIX INDY 500’S YOU’VE HAD TOP-10 FINISHES IN FIVE OF THOSE SIX RACES. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE ALWAYS ON CUSP. WHAT IS YOUR MINDSET FOR THIS YEAR’S RACE AND HOW WOULD IT BE TO CELEBRATE IN VICTORY LANE?“Well, I always believe it can be the year. So that’s no different. We have to be able to attack at the end of this race if we’re able to put ourselves in position. The last couple of times I’ve been up in the mix at the end. First off, you’ve got to be able to put yourself in that mx but then I think be able to capitalize and attack at the very end. That final piece of the puzzle is really what I need. With this team I think we have that. I think we have execution skills, and we can definitely put it all on the line when it really matters. We’ve just got to be prepared to do that.” ON RACE STRATEGY AND WORKING WITH TEAMMATES“I think we have the ability to move forward, and I think we can definitely make it happen on race day. I think our cars are all capable of moving forward. This place is a matter of executing at the highest level throughout the day. We have to make strong stops and make the right decisions and if we can drive the car aggressively, I think we will be moving forward all day long and be in the mix. I think any one of us can. That’s our focus right now, to be prepared to do that and hope we have a very strong day.” BECAUSE OF THE DOUBLE POINTS FOR THIS RACE, DOES THIS RACE BECOME THAT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT?“Yeah, naturally it does. Because it’s double points it’s double-impactful. I’m still not a huge fan of it. I think it would be nice to see it return to standard points like we have with the season finale. But this is the game that we’re in right now. We know the rules going into it. So, it is important to have a strong race here, but it’s still the Indy 500. I think if you feel like you have a winning car then that overrides anything else on the day. But if you have a so-so car, then, championship-wise, it is a very important event. It’s going to play into the mix here as we go down to the wire. It’s important. You don’t want to think about it because it’s the 500, but it’s impossible not to.” SIMON PAGENAUD, NO. 22 MENARDS TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLETHOW HAS THE MONTH MAY BEEN FOR YOU AND WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR SUNDAY?“Well, I’m not going to lie. Qualifying was disappointing. As a team, we worked hard over the Winter trying to find as much as we could to be ready for qualifying day and it turned out to be a disappointment. We are very confident in our race package and we demonstrated it on Monday. Very early in the session we were able to pass many cars and I was very happy with my race car. I was as happy as I was in 1919, so we have a lot of hope. Knowing also my pit crew is the best on pit lane since the beginning of the season. We have a lot of hope we come back to the front. And the goal is to be cracking top-10 at the end of the 100^th lap and then I think we’ve got a chance.” ARE YOU GOING TO BE PLAYING A BIT OF A TEAM GAME TO GET TO THE FRONT OF THE FIELD AND THEN ALONE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE RACE?“I think we have a fantastic car, quite frankly. I’m very energized about the opportunity to go out there Sunday. I think the aero package is very good for racing. I think we’re going to see something different than we saw last year. Because they’re giving us more downforce, I think the racing in the back will also be better. I have a lot of hope. I feel like we have a chance to come back. Obviously, there are some very strong cars, but my goal is to come back to the front and do the best I can. There are no team games to play at this point.” WHAT’S IS YOUR ATTITUDE LIKE GOING IN AS AN INDY 500 WINNER AS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS WHEN YOU WERE STILL TRYING TO GET YOUR FIRST VICTORY?“That’s a great point you make. I didn’t get to enjoy the year after winning the championship here at the speedway. It’s okay. There are a lot of winner-seekers this week and it was fantastic to see the fans come back. Last year was definitely weird with no energy before the race, which is something we’re very sensitive to. The fans have been starving for competition so I’m very excited to be able to give them a great show here. And again, being a 500 winner gives you a lot of confidence and also a sense of achievement. It gives me the opportunity to unlock myself a little bit more going into the race knowing that I’ve done it before.” SAGE KARAM, NO. 24 DRR-AES INDIANA DREYER & REINBOLD RACING CHEVROLETYOU PROBABLY HAD A BIT OF STRESS ON SUNDAY GOING THROUGH THE LAST ROW SHOOTOUT, BUT HOW HAS YOUR MONTH BEEN? YOU STARTED OFF FAST“Yeah, it’s been an up and down month, for sure. We rolled off the truck pretty well. We were fourth on the charts on day one, but obviously I think all the drivers know it doesn’t really matter where you are on the first day of practice. But it felt good. It’s a confidence boost for me and the team. Everything was good until we got to Fast Friday and it seemed like the balance of the car changed quite drastically and then we knew we were in trouble. We knew we were probably going to be battling for the Final Five Shootout there, unfortunately. I’ve done that twice now. It doesn’t get any easier even though you’ve done it before. I didn’t really know what I could do for four laps, so I wasn’t totally confident. Thankfully the team gave me a car that was good enough to be able to get in the show inside of the last row. It’s my fourth time starting there, so I have some experience back there. I kind of know what to expect going into Turn 1. I think I have some good drivers around me too, with Will (Power) next to me, so I’m not really worried too much about who I am around. We’ve just got to make sure we avoid anything that might happen and be on our toes. It’s a long race and I think INDYCAR has done a good job with the car in bringing some new aero pieces. It makes it a bit easier to stay close to people and with a cooler track, I think that’s going to help guys like me and Will with passing.” HOW DIFFICULT IS IT FOR A ONE-OFF TEAM TO COME INTO THE INDY 500 WHEN THE TEAMS ARE GETTING SO MUCH BIGGER?“It’s obviously quite difficult. It’s a very competitive field. I’m 31^st and a 229-mph average. Usually, 31^st is like 227 or 226-mph It just shows how good the field is now days. I think for us we had a two-car operation, the last two years. And it was good. You’d go through a test plan a bit quicker and still get some more data. But we’re not a big team. And I think we operate better at just one car and just putting all your energy and effort into that car. That’s when we ran strong. And we’ve struggled the last two years. So, there are definitely some upsides and downsides to being a one off, one-car entry. But I think we’ve shown in the past that we can compete with the big teams. We’ve just got to put everything together. “It’s hard for me. Being my first race of the season, and my only race of the season like having a whole year off and then trying to come into the 500 being race ready, I need to re-learn some stuff and get ready by just driving. It’s hard to train for racing without actually just racing. After the first day of practice, my neck was just so sore and I’m sure full-time guys don’t have that. They get used to that stuff. I can’t really like workout for that. So, it’s strange. And the team, itself, like they don’t do live pit stops all year and everything, so they have to get in the swing of that through the month. I think that’s like kind of the downside to it. They do a great job and have been doing it for a long time. They’re so used to it. They know what they’ve got to check off the list and what the important stuff is.” WAS THERE ANY DOUBT THAT YOU WOULDN’T MAKE THE RACE?“No, just because I don’t want to manifest the negative energy in the universe. I want to always think positive, and I always believed that I was going to make it and I believed in my team and I think the team believes in themselves and in me, as well. I think everybody always believed we were going to make it. It was just going out and executing four perfect laps. As far as like how the run went, it was a good run. That first lap was pretty good. It was in the 230’s and I wasn’t expecting that. And then like the third and fourth corner of the second lap I started to feel the car getting a little bit tougher to handle. So basically, from Turn 3 and 4 at the end of the second lap on, I was holding on to the car. But I think it was like that for mostly everybody

TEAM CHEVY ADVANCECOCA-COLA 600CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAYCONCORD, NORTH CAROLINAMAY 30, 2021RACE #15 – CHARLOTTE The iconic 1.5-mile oval of Charlotte Motor Speedway will be the host to all three NASCAR national series for the venue’s first-ever tripleheader on Memorial Day weekend, one of the most anticipated race weekends in motorsports. Coming off a historic victory at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), Team Chevy NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) drivers will tackle the Charlotte Motor Speedway oval in the 62nd Annual Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, May 30, one of the NASCAR Cup Series crown jewel races.
In last weekend’s inaugural NASCAR Cup Series event at COTA, reigning NCS champion Chase Elliott brought the Camaro ZL1 1LE to Victory Lane for the fifth time this season. The triumph delivered Chevrolet, the winningest brand in motorsports, its 800th victory in NASCAR’s premier series. 
Next up for the NASCAR Cup Series is the 400-lap/600-mile annual Coca-Cola 600, a test of endurance for drivers as the longest race on the series’ schedule. In the May 2020 doubleheader at Charlotte, Elliott registered a runner-up finish in the Coca-Cola 600 and four days later went on to win the Alsco Uniforms 500. In 122 NCS races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 46 victories, including the inaugural race by Joe Lee Johnson driving a Chevrolet Impala on June 19, 1960.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) drivers will race under the lights to kick-off the tripleheader race weekend in the North Carolina Lottery 200 on Friday, May 28. NCWTS Chevrolet drivers are coming off of a strong showing at COTA, occupying second through eighth-place in the final running order. Reigning NCWTS champion Sheldon Creed remains third in the Driver Standings. Chevrolet looks to return to NCWTS victory lane at Charlotte Motor Speedway after Chase Elliott took the win in the No. 24 GMS Racing Silverado at the series’ May 2020 event. 
NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) drivers will compete in the Alsco Uniforms 300 on Saturday, May 29. Team Chevy drivers, led by runner-up AJ Allmendinger, placed five in the top-10 at COTA. Allmendinger currently sits third in the Driver Standings and COTA third-place finisher Justin Allgaier is fifth. Heading into the series’ 12th race of the season, Chevrolet remains the leader in the Manufacturer Standings.
CHEVROLET LEADS THE WAYComing off the Bowtie brand’s milestone win, Chevrolet remains atop of the NASCAR Cup Series Manufacturer Standings. Through 14 races thus far in the 2021 season, Team Chevy drivers have recorded five victories among four drivers: two by Alex Bowman and one each by William Byron, Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott.
William Byron remains second in the Driver Standings, with Hendrick Motorsports teammates Kyle Larson moving to third and Chase Elliott advancing from seventh to fifth to give Chevrolet three of the top-five in the Driver Standings. Joining them in the Playoff Standings are Austin Dillon in 11th, Alex Bowman in 12th, COTA pole winner Tyler Reddick in 15th.  
ALL RECORD-TYING WINS WITH CHEVROLETChase Elliott’s first victory of the 2021 NCS season was the 268th for Hendrick Motorsports, tying Petty Enterprises for the most wins in NCS history. The feat was accomplished in Hendrick Motorsports’ 38th season of NCS competition. From Geoff Bodine in 1984 to Kyle Larson in 2021, 20 different drivers have registered victories. The team has won a race in all but one season, with every trip to Victory Lane in a Chevrolet.
Hendrick Motorsports, which has delivered Chevrolet’s 400th (Terry Labonte), 500th (Jeff Gordon), 600th (Kyle Busch), 700th (Jimmie Johnson) and 800th (Elliott) victories, leads all NCS teams with 20 victories at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
MILESTONE START FOR ELLIOTTChase Elliott will make his 200th NCS start this weekend. The 2020 champion has recorded 12 wins, 65 top-five’s, 104 top-10’s and nine poles – all in a Chevrolet. His victory at COTA locked up a Playoff spot for the sixth consecutive season. Elliott has one victory (May 28, 2020) among five top-10 finishes in nine starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
BOWTIE BULLETS·       Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 62 top-10 finishes this season.
·       Chevrolet drivers Alex Bowman and Tyler Reddick have earned the pole for races this season. Chevrolet has 719 total pole starts.
·       Kyle Larson paces all drivers with 778 laps led.
·       Austin Dillon has completed 99.89% (3,795) of the 3,799 total laps.
·       William Byron (21 years, 4 months, 21 days) is the youngest pole winner at Charlotte in 2019.
·       Career Chevrolet driver Jimmie Johnson has eight wins in 37 starts at Charlotte to lead all drivers.
·       Kyle Larson in 2013 and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in 2011 are the two active NCS drivers that made their first NCS starts at Charlotte. 
·       Austin Dillon earned his first NCS win at Charlotte Motor Speedway when he drove his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet to victory lane in the 2017 Coca-Cola 600. 
·       Kurt Busch leads active drivers with 39 starts at Charlotte.
·       Ross Chastain recorded a NCS career-best fourth-place finish at COTA. 
·       Chase Elliott’s victory at COTA was his fourth consecutive top-10 finish.
·       Chase Elliott (Daytona Road Course), William Byron (Homestead-Miami Speedway) and Kyle Larson (Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway 2, Kansas Speedway, Dover International Speedway 2) have scored stage wins, for a total of 8 for Chevrolet.
TUNE INFOX will telecast the NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 live at 6 p.m. ET Sunday, May 30. Live coverage can also be found on PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. FS1 will telecast NCS qualifying at 11:05 a.m. ET Saturday, May 29. FS1 will also telecast the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at 8:30 p.m. ET Friday, May 28, and the NASCAR Xfinity Series Alsco Uniforms 300 at 1 p.m. ET Saturday, May 29.
QUOTABLE QUOTESWILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 2nd IN STANDINGSBYRON ON HIS THOUGHTS FOR CHARLOTTE: “This is a big race for us, both Hendrick Motorsports and for myself, growing up in Charlotte. It’s technically a hometown race for all of us and this was always my favorite racetrack growing up. Regardless of how I’ve run the year before, it’s a great feeling pulling up to that track every time. With how we’re running right now, I feel like we have positive momentum on our side and I feel like we have a chance to win. We just need to keep building off of the things we’ve been working on this year and we’ll be in contention. It’s going to be a great race for us.”
BYRON ON WANTING TO BREAK THE ALL-TIME WIN TIE FOR HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS: “It would mean a lot to be the driver who breaks the all-time Cup Series win record for Hendrick Motorsports, especially if it happened at Charlotte. Not only is this race huge for me being my hometown, but it’s really where I became a fan of Hendrick Motorsports. I used to watch Jeff (Gordon) and Jimmie (Johnson) be so successful at Charlotte. To then be able to get win No. 269 would be historic for everyone involved but just a whole extra meaning at my hometown track. Charlotte is what gave me my love of racing and Hendrick Motorsports.”
RUDY FUGLE, CREW CHIEF, NO. 24 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY CAMARO ZL1 1LEFUGLE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SECURING THE WIN NO. 269 FOR HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS: “I think everyone in the organization, in the sport, and even outside the sport knows how important the overall win record is, in general. It’s been a goal that has been set since before I arrived at Hendrick Motorsports. To now be in a position with the organization where our team could be the ones to break that record, it’s monumental. I think I can speak for everyone when I say I’m pretty sure all four Hendrick Motorsports teams feel that way, especially heading into Charlotte race week. Charlotte is already a special place for all of us to race at because usually our friends and family are here and it’s a race that holds a lot of history, aside from it being within walking distance of the race shop. You could technically drive the race car over there without a hauler, it’s that close. It’s a special weekend with something even more special on the line, and I hope we get the job done.”
KYLE LARSON, NO. 5 METROTECH CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 3rd IN STANDINGSLARSON ON HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS POSSIBLY BREAKING THE RECORD FOR THE MOST CUP SERIES WINS BY AN ORGANIZATION: “I know it’s going to be special to Mr. Hendrick because every time I talk to him, he brings it up. Now that we’re really close to it, we can all taste it. One more win and he breaks it, and I hope I’m the guy that can do it. I’m happy that I’m one of the drivers that contributed to his record. He’s had a long career of success and a lot of great drivers, and It’s just an amazing accomplishment.”
LARSON ON THE DAY-TO-NIGHT TRANSITION IN THE 600: “Definitely looking forward to the 600 and getting back on a mile-and-a-half track where we have been one of the strongest cars all year long. Charlotte is a different mile-and-a-half compared to the other ones we’ve run so far. It’s really bumpy and the transition from day to night is challenging. For whatever reason, I’ve always struggled with that transition, so I’m really looking forward to taking on that challenge in a Hendrick Motorsports car. It’s a long race. We need to keep our nose clean, stay in the hunt and not doing anything too flashy until the end.”
CLIFF DANIELS, CREW CHIEF, NO. 5 METROTECH CAMARO ZL1 1LEDANIELS ON POSSIBLE INTERNAL HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS TEAM RIVALRY TO SECURE RECORD FOR MOST WINS BY ORGANIZATION: “Absolutely we want to get that win for Mr. Hendrick, but that rivalry has not been spoken. All four of our teams are strong right now, and it would be special for us to get that victory for the organization and Mr. Hendrick. It’s not anything that any of us have ever talked about, but it’s unspoken that we all want to get that win for the company.”
DANIELS ON 1.5-MILE TRACK SUCCESS IN 2021 AND TRANSLATING THAT TO CHARLOTTE: “We’ve certainly looked at each mile-and-a-half track races run this year and any common thread we can pull from each to apply to Charlotte. We have been strong but there are no guarantees in this business. Other teams are working hard, so we have to keep upping our game, as well.”
CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 5th IN STANDINGSELLIOTT ON RACING 600 MILES: “Charlotte is always a challenge every year. 600 miles is a long time in the car, but honestly enough the race doesn’t really seem that much different. I know it’s a long race to watch and it is a long race, but behind the steering wheel it really does not, or so far, it does not feel that much different. I don’t know that my preparation will be much different, but obviously it is a huge race. It’s a race we all want to win. It’s a race you want to end your career and say that you have won so hopefully we can knock that off the list this weekend.”
ELLIOTT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NASCAR SALUTES INITIATIVE: “Memorial Day weekend, I feel like, has always been centered around the 600 for NASCAR for as long as I’ve been around, have watched or been a part of it. NASCAR has really done a fantastic job of honoring the men and women who have served our country and I feel like they have shown a great example of that at the 600 every year. It’s a tradition that we need to carry on, a tradition that should be carried on, and that’s not saying thanks enough, but it’s a small way to honor those folks who you might not hear about or know about otherwise.”
AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 BASS PRO SHOPS/TRACKER OFF ROAD CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 11th IN STANDINGSDO YOU GET EXCITED GOING INTO A PLACE LIKE CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY, WHERE YOU’VE WON BEFORE? “Yeah, I am. I’ve got Nashville Superspeedway after that, too. I won the last NASCAR Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway and finished third in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race there before they closed it down. Both Charlotte Motor Speedway and Nashville Superspeedway are two really key races where we know we have to go there with guns loaded and see if we can pop off a win. They’re places we can do it, so we’re pumped to get to those two tracks.” THE COCA-COLA 600 HAS A LOT OF MEANING TO YOU. IT’S THE LOCATION OF YOUR FIRST NASCAR CUP SERIES WIN, YOUR HOME TRACK, THE RACE IS ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, AND YOUR’E A MEMBER OF THE COCA-COLA RACING FAMILY. WHAT MAKES THE COCA-COLA 600 CHALLENGING? “Not making any mistakes and having a clean race is challenging. You’re in the car for a long period of time. It’s hot. You come down pit road a lot and there’s a lot of chances for error. My goals going into the Coca-Cola 600 are to have a clean race and find myself in a great position toward the end. Obviously, if you have the speed to win, that’s even better, but having a clean race is part of having a chance to win it. I think a lot of people have taken themselves out of that race with early mistakes. We’ll do our best to be there at the end. I think the long races have suited me in the past. We’ll see what we got. I think we’ve got some good history there and a good baseline setup. Our 550-horsepower package has been pretty strong. Charlotte Motor Speedway takes a little different mechanical idea than some of the 1.5-mile tracks that we go to. I always look forward to that track.” WHAT DID WINNING THE COCA-COLA 600 MEAN FOR YOUR CAREER?“I think, more than anything, winning the Coca-Cola 600 gave me confidence to know that I have a win in the NASCAR Cup Series. Driving the No. 3 Chevy means a lot to me, and to be able to put that number back into victory lane for RCR and for my family is important. The first win means so much to so many. It goes a long way. It gave me confidence leading into some of the other wins that we’ve gotten to know that we’ve been in those situations, been able to make something happen and finish it off. Finishing it off I think is a big part of some of the NASCAR drivers; the guys that finish it when it matters.” WHAT WOULD A WIN IN THE COCA-COLA 600 THIS YEAR MEAN? “I have a lot of memories at Charlotte Motor Speedway. I’ve been able to win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Cup Series there, and now we’re just trying to win at Charlotte in the Cup Series again. We’re in a pretty good position in points but we need a win to lock us into the NASCAR Playoffs and it would be nice to do that at my home track. It’s the Coca-Cola 600 and I’m a member of the Coca-Cola Racing Family. We always fight for who finishes best in the Coca-Cola 600.” TALK ABOUT YOUR PATRIOTIC PAINT SCHEME THIS WEEKEND. “Bass Pro Shops does a lot for our military, so it’s cool to be able to show that with this beautiful, patriotic paint scheme this weekend. It’s Memorial Day weekend and we want to honor all of our military. They are the men and women who really make this country what it is. Freedom isn’t free. We’re also honoring a Navy SEAL on the windshield header this weekend. Chief Special Warfare Operator David A. Fegyo. He gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country, and we’re proud to honor him this weekend.” ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 48 ALLY PATRIOTIC CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 12th IN STANDINGS“The Charlotte oval is one of my favorite tracks. It is where I got my first career NASCAR win back in 2017 in the Xfinity Series event and it is just a special place. We were really strong in the 600 last year and led the most laps, but just didn’t get the finish to show for it. Our mile and a half program is really strong and I feel like Hendrick Motorsports continues to build fast cars for these tracks.”
“Running the Ally patriotic scheme this weekend is going to be extra special. The Charlotte 600 is always a special event because of Memorial Day weekend and everything NASCAR, the track and the teams do to honor fallen military members. We are honoring Captain Matthew Brewer on the windshield of our No. 48 Chevrolet on Sunday. Captain Brewer took his own life earlier this year after struggling with CTE and PTSD symptoms following his stint with the United States Marines. I had the opportunity to speak with his family last week and I know how special it is for them to see his name on our car this weekend.” GREG IVES, CREW CHIEF, NO. 48 ALLY PATRIOTIC CAMARO ZL1 1LE“It is always tough when they put the marquee numbers out there. It is always sweeter when you are the one to break the record. Chevrolet’s 800 wins couldn’t be accumulated without those our team’s wins and that is what we have to remember. It is great that we are at these numbers, 800 for Chevy and 268 for Hendrick Motorsports. We all have helped get there and that is what we have to remember when we think, man I wish that was us capturing that special win. Very proud of everyone’s efforts and very happy for the No. 9 team.” “It is definitely not something that is easy for sure. It is a marathon movie. If anyone knows about marathon movies, I’m sure that the people over quarantine know how bored you can get watching long movies. Keeping the team active and fun is what we have to shoot for. Getting a good night’s rest the day before is important. You have to find your energy through your team in order to keep everyone awake and pumped up during those long green-flag runs.” TYLER REDDICK, NO. 8 ALSCO UNIFORMS CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 15th IN STANDINGSOVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, YOU AND THE NO. 8 TEAM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT SOME SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE PLAYOFF CUT LINE. WHAT HAS IT FELT LIKE TO HAVE THAT MOMENTUM HEADED INTO THE SUMMER STRETCH? “It’s great, but we can’t lift off the gas pedal. We have to continue to push from here until Phoenix at the end of the year. Regardless of our circumstances, we need to keep focusing on what changes we’ve made that have helped us perform and get this momentum going. We have to keep pressing on our strengths and working on our weakness. That’s something we’ve been able to do well over the past few races. This weekend will be important to keeping our climb up the standings going. We’ve worked hard to make our 1.5-mile program better all year, and this weekend will be a good chance for us to check and see how we stack up. I know the team has been working hard on our No. 8 Alsco Uniforms Chevrolet and we’ve put together a solid plan for the weekend, so I’m excited to get out on track Friday to see what we can do.” THIS WEEKEND IS THE FINALE OF THE NASCAR SALUTES REFRESHED BY COCA-COLA PROGRAM WITH THE COKE 600, RECOGNIZING AND HONORING THE MILITARY ALL WEEKEND LONG. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE PART OF SUCH A SPECIAL WEEKEND FOR THE SECOND TIME IN YOUR CAREER? “It’s really important to me to be able to honor our military and remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country. To be able to participate in my second Coca-Cola 600 with Alsco Uniforms and reflect throughout the weekend on those who keep our country safe is really special. It is because of the bravery and sacrifice of soldiers like Army Staff Sergeant Brian F. Piercy that we are able to be free to race like we do every single weekend. I know myself and the No. 8 team will be doing everything we can to make his family proud this weekend.” DANIEL SUAREZ, NO. 99 CAMPING WORLD CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 24th IN STANDINGSTHE COCA-COLA 600 IS SUCH A LONG RACE. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR THAT? “As a human being you try and perform at 100 percent the entire time, but when you’re running a marathon, you’re not going to be as strong in the last 30 minutes. That’s normal. Fatigue is setting in, your muscles are tired, you’re running out of fluid, and you’re hungry. Racing is the same way, especially in the Coca-Cola 600. We start running out of energy and your mind gets tired after four hours of racing. But I look to this race as a marathon and you have to be on top of your game for the last part of this race. So, I always try to keep that in my mind when I’m in the car. This isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon.”
WHAT HURTS THE MOST AFTER THE COCA-COLA 600? “It’s a combination of things. Your neck is tired, your lower back is tired, legs are tired and you’re just fatigued. You definitely feel it the next morning after a 600-mile race. You feel like you worked out a lot the day before, and you did inside the car. Two-and-a-half of these 600-mile races and I could be home in Monterrey, Mexico. It’s crazy to think of it that way.” IS IT IMPORTANT TO STAY IN SHAPE? “Working out is a lifestyle for me. I like to feel well and it helps me in the racecar, but it also helps me mentally. You lose a lot of weight in the racecar, and you have to be strong not only at the start of the race, but also at the end of the race. At the end of the day, you don’t win a race at the beginning when everyone is fresh, you win the race at the end when everyone is tired, and I feel like being in shape gives me that advantage at the end.”
ERIK JONES, NO. 43 PETTY’S GARAGE CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 26th IN STANDINGSWHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS HEADING INTO CHARLOTTE AND THE LONGEST RACE OF THE SEASON?“This race weekend is always cool. I really enjoy racing at Charlotte (Motor Speedway). We’re at home for the weekend and getting to sleep in our own beds, so that’s always a good feeling. The Coca-Cola 600 is also a really big race for us and the sport. It’s cool to get to run it every year and have the chance to go out there and be in it, along with it being Memorial Day weekend and everything that Charlotte does pre-race to honor those have served is really cool to see every year. I always look forward to this race and getting to race at home for the weekend.”
COREY LAJOIE, NO. 7 DIAMOND CREEK WATER CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 30th IN STANDINGS“Memorial Day weekend for the Coke 600 is one my favorites. It’s a home race and statistically one of my best 1.5-mile race tracks. We also get a practice, which is rare this season. It’s on Friday night so the track will change a ton between practice on Friday night to Qualifying on Saturday afternoon. The race track always makes a big shift throughout the course of 600 miles, so you need to have some adjustability built into your car. We’ve had some solid runs the last several weeks so I’m looking forward to collecting another solid run this weekend with Diamond Creek Water onboard.” 

Inside Line Promotions – PLACERVILLE, Calif. (May 27, 2021) – Dominic Scelzi’s consistent start to the season continued last weekend during a pair of races in his home state of California.

Scelzi overcame an opening-lap incident to charge through the field en route to a fifth-place result on Saturday at Petaluma Speedway in Petaluma before he posted a run from ninth to fourth on Sunday at Placerville Speedway.

The two top fives give Scelzi 19 top fives in 24 races this year. That tops last year’s total number of top fives in 65 starts.

“I feel we’re in as good of a position as we’ve ever been,” he said. “The team is great and I’m feel like I’m driving great. When we do have circumstances come up when we may not be in position to win the race we have to get the best finish we can and we did that on Saturday.”

The weekend started on the right note Saturday as Scelzi qualified third quickest out of 19 competitors. He advanced from fourth to third place in a heat race to make the dash. A fourth-place finish in the dash lined him up on the outside of the second row in the King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Series main event.

“That’s a place I’ve never been stellar at,” he said. “I’ve had a couple of average runs, but we qualified well and moved forward in the heat race Saturday. We ran fourth in the dash and I felt we set ourselves up for success.

“The front row took themselves out on the initial start of the feature. We got involved in it and had to restart I think in 16^th. It went green to checkered after that and we ran it up to fifth. I was mad it took us out of contention to have a shot to win the race, but I was extremely happy with how we rebounded. It was a hard place to pass at and we came from the back to fifth on a green-to-checkered run. We made a bad night a decent night.”

Scelzi’s charge to earn the fifth-place finish gives him a six-point lead in the championship standings after three races this season.

The team headed to Placerville Speedway on Sunday. Scelzi timed in fifth quickest out of 36 drivers before a third-place run in a heat race locked him into the ninth starting spot for the main event.

“I hadn’t run a 360 show there since I think 2017 or 2018,” he said. “We were the second-to-last car out overall and qualified third, which was great. We placed third in the heat so we missed the feature redraw because they were taking the heat race winners plus the fastest qualifier in each group.

“The track was really slick. I worked the middle bottom the whole feature. Everybody seemed to be running the curb. I kept my momentum up and drove it up to fourth. They cut the race short five laps. I felt we were a top-three car. It was great to be able to drive up through there and show speed. It’s the first time in a long time that I’ve been there and legitimately passed race cars. That gave me a huge boost of confidence.”

QUICK RESULTS –

May 22 – Petaluma Speedway in Petaluma, Calif. – Qualifying: 3; Heat race: 3 (4); Dash: 4 (4); Feature: 5 (4).

May 23 – Placerville Speedway in Placerville, Calif – Qualifying: 5; Heat race: 3 (3); Feature: 4 (9).

SEASON STATS –

24 races, 9 wins

Richard Childress Racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway… Richard Childress has earned a total of 17 race wins at Charlotte Motor Speedway, including eight points-paying victories in the NASCAR Cup Series, four non-points-paying All-Star race wins and five NASCAR Xfinity Series wins. The organization’s most recent victories came in 2019 when Tyler Reddick won the Alsco 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race during his championship run, and in 2017 when Austin Dillon captured the Coca-Cola 600 over Memorial Day weekend to earn his career-first Cup Series victory. Catch the Action… The NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Alsco Uniforms 300 Fueled by LongHorn Steakhouse at Charlotte Motor Speedway will be televised live Saturday, May 29, beginning at 1 p.m. ET on FS1 and will be broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.  The NASCAR Cup Series’ Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway will be televised live Sunday, May 30, beginning at 6 p.m. ET on FOX and will be broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

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Austin Dillon and the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/ TRACKER OFF Road Military Appreciation Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE at Charlotte Motor Speedway… Austin Dillon earned his career-first win in the NASCAR Cup Series with a victory in the Coca-Cola 600 in May 2017. A native of North Carolina, Dillon has competed in 12 NASCAR Cup Series races at his hometown track, earning three top-10 finishes. He is a two-time winner at the track in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Dillon grew up watching races at Charlotte Motor Speedway from his grandfather’s condo, which overlooks the racetrack. 600 Miles of Remembrance… Dillon and the No. 3 team will participate in 600 Miles of Remembrance on Memorial Day Weekend. Dillon’s name will be replaced on his race car windshield header with the name of a fallen military service member for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The No. 3 team will feature Chief Special Warfare Operator Navy SEAL David A. Fegyo, who died in the line of duty on October 5, 2014. Chief Petty Officer Fegyo was a highly decorated combat veteran with numerous awards, including two Bronze Star Medals with Valor, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Service Commendation Medal with Valor, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Valor, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, two Combat Action Ribbons, two Presidential Unit Citations, a Joint Meritorious Unit Award, four Good Conduct Medals, the National Defense Service Medal, two Afghanistan Campaign Medals, two Iraq Campaign Medals, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and many other personal and unit decorations. Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Fegyo is survived by his loving wife, daughter, father, mother, brother, and numerous other family friends and teammates. Legendary Salute… Bass Pro Shops’ founder, Johnny Morris, was recently honored as a 2021 recipient of the Lee Greenwood Patriot Award during a ceremony hosted by Richard Childress at Childress Vineyards. Morris is a strong supporter of our military and veterans, offering a military discount every day in Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s stores. Other key initiatives include actively recruiting veterans, donating millions to AMVETS and the USO, hosting events that help recovering veterans connect with nature, and compiling care packages for Special Forces units. About Tracker Off Road… Dillon’s No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE prominently features TRACKER ATVs, a game-changing new line of all-terrain vehicles and side-by-sides offering breakthrough performance, service and value in the off-road industry. TRACKER OFF ROAD was born out of a powerhouse partnership formed between Bass Pro Shops and TRACKER founder Johnny Morris and Textron Specialized Vehicles, bringing together the undisputed world leader in boating with a global leader in innovation and technology.  About Bass Pro Shops… Bass Pro Shops is North America’s premier outdoor and conservation company. Founded in 1972 when avid young angler Johnny Morris began selling tackle out of his father’s liquor store in Springfield, Missouri, today the company provides customers with unmatched offerings spanning premier destination retail, outdoor equipment manufacturing, world-class resort destinations and more. In 2017 Bass Pro Shops acquired Cabela’s to create a “best-of-the-best” experience with superior products, dynamic locations and outstanding customer service. Bass Pro Shops also operates White River Marine Group, offering an unsurpassed collection of industry-leading boat brands, and Big Cedar Lodge, America’s Premier Wilderness Resort. Under the visionary conservation leadership of Johnny Morris, Bass Pro Shops is a national leader in protecting habitat and introducing families to the outdoors and has been named by Forbes as “one of America’s Best Employers.” Bass Pro Shops has a long relationship with NASCAR, dating back to 1998. For more information, visit http://www.basspro.com/. AUSTIN DILLON QUOTES:Do you get excited going into a place like Charlotte Motor Speedway, where you’ve won before?“Yeah, I am. I’ve got Nashville Superspeedway after that, too. I won the last NASCAR Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway and finished third in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race there before they closed it down. Both Charlotte Motor Speedway and Nashville Superspeedway are two really key races where we know we have to go there with guns loaded and see if we can pop off a win. They’re places we can do it, so we’re pumped to get to those two tracks.” The Coca-Cola 600 has a lot of meaning to you. It’s the location of your first NASCAR Cup Series win, your home track, the race is on Memorial Day weekend, and you’re a member of the Coca-Cola Racing Family. What makes the Coca-Cola 600 challenging?“Not making any mistakes and having a clean race is challenging. You’re in the car for a long period of time. It’s hot. You come down pit road a lot and there’s a lot of chances for error. My goals going into the Coca-Cola 600 are to have a clean race and find myself in a great position toward the end. Obviously, if you have the speed to win, that’s even better, but having a clean race is part of having a chance to win it. I think a lot of people have taken themselves out of that race with early mistakes. We’ll do our best to be there at the end. I think the long races have suited me in the past. We’ll see what we got. I think we’ve got some good history there and a good baseline setup. Our 550-horsepower package has been pretty strong. Charlotte Motor Speedway takes a little different mechanical idea than some of the 1.5-mile tracks that we go to. I always look forward to that track.”  What did winning the Coca-Cola 600 mean for your career?“I think, more than anything, winning the Coca-Cola 600 gave me confidence to know that I have a win in the NASCAR Cup Series. Driving the No. 3 Chevy means a lot to me, and to be able to put that number back into victory lane for RCR and for my family is important. The first win means so much to so many. It goes a long way. It gave me confidence leading into some of the other wins that we’ve gotten to know that we’ve been in those situations, been able to make something happen and finish it off. Finishing it off I think is a big part of some of the NASCAR drivers; the guys that finish it when it matters.”  What would a win in the Coca-Cola 600 this year mean?“I have a lot of memories at Charlotte Motor Speedway. I’ve been able to win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Cup Series there, and now we’re just trying to win at Charlotte in the Cup Series again. We’re in a pretty good position in points but we need a win to lock us into the NASCAR Playoffs and it would be nice to do that at my home track. It’s the Coca-Cola 600 and I’m a member of the Coca-Cola Racing Family. We always fight for who finishes best in the Coca-Cola 600.” Talk about your patriotic paint scheme this weekend.“Bass Pro Shops does a lot for our military, so it’s cool to be able to show that with this beautiful, patriotic paint scheme this weekend. It’s Memorial Day weekend and we want to honor all of our military. They are the men and women who really make this country what it is. Freedom isn’t free. We’re also honoring a Navy SEAL on the windshield header this weekend. Chief Special Warfare Operator David A. Fegyo. He gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country, and we’re proud to honor him this weekend.”

Tyler Reddick and the No. 8 Alsco Uniforms Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE at Charlotte Motor Speedway… Tyler Reddick has two NASCAR Cup Series starts on the Charlotte Motor Speedway oval, with his best finish of eighth coming during last year’s Coca-Cola 600. Reddick has one NASCAR Xfinity Series win at the 1.5-mile speedway, winning the Alsco 300 with crew chief, Randall Burnett, in 2019. The driver also one additional Xfinity Series top-10 finish at the track, as well as two NASCAR Truck Series top-five finishes. Alsco Salutes… Reddick’s No. 8 Alsco Uniforms Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE will include a special salute to the military during its return to the track this weekend. The bright green machine will include two inserts of the American flag on both sides of the car for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon, as well as the name of a fallen solider.  NASCAR Salutes… Army Staff Sergeant Brian F. Piercy will be displayed across Reddick’s windshield header as part of the 600 Miles of Remembrance and NASCAR Salutes Refreshed by Coca-Cola program. Staff Sergeant Piercy thrived in the Army. His leadership skills and attention to detail accelerated his rapid promotion to the rank of Staff Sergeant. He was known as a calm, composed, and observant leader with a huge heart and an unyielding commitment to his soldiers. The men who served under him in Weapons Squad say that Piercy instilled in them a sense of family that was the envy of others in their platoon. On his second and final deployment, Piercy was in the Arghandab River Valley of Afghanistan. He was killed on July 19, 2010, while leading his squad on a dismounted patrol. Staff Sergeant Piercy is survived by his wife, father, mother, brothers, and numerous other family and friends.  About Alsco Uniforms… Alsco is a fifth-generation family-owned and -operated uniform company founded in 1889 and recognized by the prestigious Hohenstein Institute for having invented the uniform rental industry. Celebrating over 130 years of business, Alsco provides uniform laundry services and other products that keep businesses clean and safe to all kinds of customers in the healthcare, automotive, industrial and hospitality industries. With more than 180 locations and 20,000 employees, Alsco provides laundry rental services to more than 355,000 customers in 14 countries, which makes Alsco Uniforms the largest uniform company in the world. Visit alsco.com to learn more about how Alsco Uniforms is the industry’s best kept secret. TYLER REDDICK QUOTES:Over the last couple of weeks, you and the No. 8 team have been able to put some space between you and the Playoff cut line. What has it felt like to have that momentum headed into the summer stretch?“It’s great, but we can’t lift off the gas pedal. We have to continue to push from here until Phoenix at the end of the year. Regardless of our circumstances, we need to keep focusing on what changes we’ve made that have helped us perform and get this momentum going. We have to keep pressing on our strengths and working on our weakness. That’s something we’ve been able to do well over the past few races. This weekend will be important to keeping our climb up the standings going. We’ve worked hard to make our 1.5-mile program better all year, and this weekend will be a good chance for us to check and see how we stack up. I know the team has been working hard on our No. 8 Alsco Uniforms Chevrolet and we’ve put together a solid plan for the weekend, so I’m excited to get out on track Friday to see what we can do.” This weekend is the finale of the NASCAR Salutes Refreshed by Coca-Cola program with the Coke 600 recognizing and honoring the military all weekend long. How does it feel to be part of such a special weekend for the second time in your career?“It’s really important to me to be able to honor our military and remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country. To be able to participate in my second Coca-Cola 600 with Alsco Uniforms and reflect throughout the weekend on those who keep our country safe is really special. It is because of the bravery and sacrifice of soldiers like Army Staff Sergeant Brian F. Piercy that we are able to be free to race like we do every single weekend. I know myself and the No. 8 team will be doing everything we can to make his family proud this weekend.”

Myatt Snider and the No. 2 TaxSlayer Chevrolet Camaro at Charlotte Motor Speedway… Myatt Snider has one career NASCAR Xfinity Series start at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which resulted in a top-10 effort last May behind the wheel of his Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. The 26-year-old also has one start in the NASCAR Truck Series at the North Carolina intermediate track.  About TaxSlayer… TaxSlayer makes online tax filing accessible for millions of Americans, with an easy-to-use platform and unlimited support at a fraction of the cost of the competition. Trusted for over 50 years, the Augusta-based tech company successfully completed more than 10 million federal and state e-filed tax returns in 2020 and processed $15 billion in refunds. TaxSlayer achieved a 4.5/5 TrustScore on consumer review site Trustpilot, with 87% of its customers rating the tax filing platform Great or Excellent. For more information, visit www.TaxSlayer.com. MYATT SNIDER QUOTE:You are racing at your home track this weekend. What are you looking forward to? “This weekend is going to be pretty special for the whole No. 2 team. We’re at our home race track, and we’ve got TaxSlayer on board for one more ride. So we’ll be at home, and have a great looking Chevrolet Camaro. Last year we ran really well with the No. 21 car, so I’m stoked to see how we can do with the No. 2 car. I have a feeling we’ve got a good run in store.”

One driver could take home $42K over three nights SARVER, PA– May 27, 2021 – When the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Models schedule starts to heat up, it means the highly anticipated Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway is around the corner. In one month, The Most Powerful Late Models on the Planet will travel to the Sarver, PA track for three nights of action-packed racing.  On Thursday, June 24, and Friday, June 25, the Series will run a 30-lap Morton Buildings Feature, paying $6,000-to-win both nights. Those races set the stage for the Firecracker 100 on Saturday, June 26, with the winner collecting a massive $30,000 top prize.  The event has an “Every Lap Matters” format, as Saturday’s Drydene Heat Race lineups are determined by Thursday and Friday’s results.  Eleven drivers have won the Firecracker 100, including Cade Dillard who put on a history making performance last year. Three-time champion Darrell Lanigan kept the pressure on the red #97 throughout the entire event, but Dillard never caved and brought fans to their feet with his popular win. To make it back to back victories this year, he’ll likely have to contend with 2018 Firecracker winner Chris Madden – the only other full-time World of Outlaws driver to win the event. Madden is currently on a hot streak, winning the last three Morton Buildings Features. He also has more wins than any other driver in 2021 with four victories after picking up two consecutive wins at Port Royal Speedway. The Gray Court, SC driver’s performance has given him an extra boost in the points, and he’s closed the points gap to leader Brandon Sheppard down to 26 points. Sheppard, the three-time and defending champion, has accomplished a lot in his World of Outlaws career, but he’s still searching for a Firecracker 100 win. The New Berlin, IL driver isn’t only chasing Victory Lane at Lernerville Speedway, but also history. His next win will be the 71st of his career, putting him only seven wins behind Josh Richards for the most all-time (78).  Scott Bloomquist, the 2004 Series champion, is also expected to be at Lernerville Speedway that weekend. “Black Sunshine” has won the Firecracker 100 three times, more than any other driver.  Those drivers and the rest of the tour regulars will be joined by a stout field of regional competitors, all searching to park their cars in the illustrious Victory Lane.  PREVIOUS FIRECRACKER 100 WINNERS2020-Cade Dillard on June 262019- Tim McCreadie on June 22 2018- Chris Madden on June 23 2017- Brandon Overton on June 24 2016- Scott Bloomquist on June 26 2015- Rick Eckert on Sept. 5 2014- Darrell Lanigan on June 28 2013- Josh Richards on June 29 2012- Scott Bloomquist on June 30 2011- Jimmy Mars on June 27 2010- Shane Clanton on June 26 2009- Jimmy Mars on June 27 2008- Brian Birkhofer on July 29 2007- Scott Bloomquist on June 30The RUSH Late Model Series will be in action throughout the weekend, as well. They’ll compete in the $10,000-to-win Bill Emig Memorial.  Tickets: https://bit.ly/34nZOC8Competitor Notes: https://bit.ly/3oTfSWb Fans attending the event can enjoy several events throughout the weekend.  Tickets, merchandise, and driver memorabilia will be raffled off all three days on the midway.  The money from the raffle will go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Fans can also meet their favorite drivers on the midway Saturday during an autograph session, starting at 4 pm.  Events will be happening in the Speedway’s parking lot, as well.  Anyone staying after the races on Thursday and Friday can enjoy post-race concerts at the stage. That’s also where Slick Woody’s Cornhole Company is holding a cornhole tournament on Saturday at noon.  If you plan on camping throughout the weekend, you could be up for a prize. On Friday, World of Outlaws officials will judge who has the best campsite at the speedway.  If you can’t make it to the track, watch all the action live on DIRTVision with the annual Platinum FAST PASS subscription for $299/year or the monthly FAST PASS subscription for $39/month.

The World of Outlaws Morton Buildings® Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: DIRTVision (Official Live Broadcast Partner), Drydene (Official Motor Oil), Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Tire), iRacing (Official Online Racing Game), Morton Buildings (Official Building), SIS Insurance (Official Insurance Provider) VP Racing Fuels (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, including: Arizona Sport Shirts/Gotta Race, ARP (Automotive Racing Products), Cometic Gasket, COMP Cams, MSD, Penske Racing Shocks, Quarter Master, Slick Woody’s (Quick Time Award), and Wrisco (Exclusive Racing Aluminum); along with manufacturer sponsors, including: Capital Race Cars, FireAde, Integra Shocks, Intercomp, K1 Race Gear, Racing Electronics, Reliable Painting, and Rocket Chassis.Founded in 1978, the World of Outlaws®, based in Concord, NC, is the premier national touring series for dirt track racing in North America, featuring the most powerful cars on dirt, the World of Outlaws NOS® Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings® Late Model Series. Annually, the two series race nearly 140 times at tracks across the United States and Canada. CBS Sports Network is the official broadcast partner of the World of Outlaws. DIRTVision® also broadcasts World of Outlaws events over the Internet to fans around the world. Learn more about the World of Outlaws.

Tucker Wins Second Straight Tour Championship from Pits After Bergeron, Matjoulis CollisionEvan Seay leads all but two laps en route to third Feature win, Bergeron runner-up in points May 26, 2021 – After going eight consecutive weeks of notching nothing but wins and runner-up finishes on the DIRTcar eSports Tour, Kendal Tucker is now a two-time DIRTcar eSports Tour champion. An incredible season for the driver from Mt. Airy, NC – notching three wins, eight top-fives, eight top-tens and all but the first event started. “It feels good to go back-to-back in this deal,” Tucker said. “It’s the first time I’ve ever done that in a series on iRacing.” But his podium streak was abruptly ended when some contact from an incident involving Alex Bergeron and Blake Matjoulis on Lap 5 spilled over into his path. Matjoulis and Bergeron came together at the exit of Turn 4, nearly sending Bergeron completely around in front of the field. His spinning momentum caught the nose of Richard Murtaugh Jr. and then sent him through the Turn 1 grass, back up onto the track and right into the side of Tucker, who collected several other innocent bystanders in a wild flipping sequence in Turns 1-2. Tucker nursed his heavily damaged racecar back to the pits under the yellow but was met with terminal damage upon arrival at his pit stall, forcefully ending his night. However, coming into the event a secure 75 points ahead of Bergeron in the Tour standings, the championship gold was not lost. Neither was the love between the drivers in the DIRTVision post-race interviews regarding the incident. “Not much of a surprise coming from the 12 car,” Tucker said. “He has no regard for people around him on the track, it seems like. Goes into the infield when he had some bad luck and comes up in front of everybody else trying to compete for position on the track.” Bergeron repaired his car, restarted from the rear of the field and went on an incredible passing spree over the next 45 circuits, crossing the stripe third by the drop of the checkered. “We were definitely the fastest driver out here tonight,” Bergeron said. “It’s just sad that we get wrecked intentionally every week… We did everything we could and went from nearly dead last to up to the front.” In the end, two spots ahead of Bergeron was the one true dominant force of the race – Evan Seay. The Chesnee, SC-driver led almost all 50 laps of the Bicknell Racing Products Big Block Modified Feature at The Dirt Track at Charlotte and scored his third $250 check of Season 3. “It’s difficult to win these races with them being fixed [setup],” Seay said. “You’ve gotta figure out what line to run and be better at that line than everybody else.” While Tucker held the virtual championship trophy high in Victory Lane at the end of the night, he was only credited with a 23rd-place finish, much to his disappointment. “I definitely thought we could have competed for another win,” Tucker said. “It’s probably one of my favorite tracks on here, so for the night to end pretty early, it definitely stings a little bit.” Bicknell Racing Products Feature (50 Laps) – 1. 33-Evan Seay [2]; 2. 127-Blake Matjoulis [4]; 3. 12-Alex A Bergeron [1]; 4. 48-Dylan Yeager [3]; 5. 22-Mason Hannagan [7]; 6. 331-Dustin Hall3 [10]; 7. 33-Richard Murtaugh Jr. [8]; 8. 85-Tyler Schell [6]; 9. 1-Jesse Enterkin [9]; 10. 0-Kevin Dedmon [12]; 11. 115-Boddie Parker3 [13]; 12. 717-Bobby Rafferty [14]; 13. 17-Brett Rowles [11]; 14. 13-Matt Remick [17]; 15. 2-Chance Carr [15]; 16. 2-Bradley Steinruck [19]; 17. 114-Joe Garcia [18]; 18. 72-Joseph Grabianowski [21]; 19. 78-Justin Bishop3 [20]; 20. 29-William Richardson4 [16]; 21. 91-Jeffrey Eddy [23]; 22. 46-Jonathan Nause [24]; 23. 0-Kendal Tucker [5]; 24. 58-Ryder Sroufe [22] CHOMP GOES THE CHAMP: Jackson Makes First Street Stock League Championship Official After Hackney Wins Finale at CharlotteTeam No Love finishes 1-2 in Feature, take home 2-3 in points standings He was dubbed the “people’s champ” after winning three Chevy Performance Street Stock League races in DIRTcar eSports Season 2. Now, Tyler Jackson has made it official as the first-ever champion of the League in Season 3, locking it up after his third-place performance in the finale Wednesday night at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. Three Feature wins this season propelled the Rockford, IL-native to a 43-point lead over Carl Kilgore coming into the finale, and he was able to hold it after battling it out with Kilgore and fellow Team No Love member Keith Hackney in the closing stages. Jackson started on the pole for the 25-lap affair and led Laps 2-13 before a big effort on a restart from Hackney gave him the opening he needed to sneak on by. Jackson took a low-to-high approach into Turns 1-2 while Hackney stayed up top and crossed down underneath him at the exit of Turn 2 to take the lead into Turn 3. “I timed it right there on that last restart, and I knew he was gonna throw it in there on a slider. I had already backed out of it once I got up in the corner, because I was going to drive underneath him,” Hackney said. Kilgore had to wait for his turn to pass, and finally got that opportunity with two laps remaining as he cashed-in on a big slide job attempt as they dove into Turns 1-2. Kilgore planted it on Jackson’s nose and took the spot, but Jackson returned the favor in Turns 3-4. Kilgore stayed persistent and crossed it back underneath Jackson as they crossed under the flag stand. This time, Jackson hung back with one thing on his mind. “Tonight, I definitely could’ve slid Keith a couple of times, but I figured I’d just roll second. I saw Carl coming and he kinda used me up going into [Turn] 1 and then slid me, but I just figured I’d let both of them go and take home the big trophy,” Jackson said. His championship points strategy had worked – Jackson made some conservative decisions coming into the final races and points raced his way to a first big trophy. One which he will likely carry into the fall DIRTcar eSports season and try to defend. Back out front, Hackney had driven away with the W, wrapping up his second Feature win of the year against his two biggest pieces of competition. “Especially my teammate [Kilgore] and Tyler [Jackson] also – we were pretty much the class of the season, and it’s always fun racing with everybody,” Hackney said. Chevy Performance Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 69-Keith Hackney [2]; 2. 21-Carl Kilgore [6]; 3. 25-Tyler Jackson3 [1]; 4. 48-Kyle Vaughn [5]; 5. 717-Bobby Rafferty [9]; 6. 71-Daniel Stiffler [11]; 7. 77-Holden English [14]; 8. 21-Jim Reavis [13]; 9. 26-Sage Luther [20]; 10. 546-Randy Axner [10]; 11. 225-Nathan Lemons [12];12. 84-Mike Watt5 [21]; 13. 38-Ryan Carlisi [16]; 14. 17-Brett Rowles [17]; 15. 18-Justin Henson3 [7]; 16. 2-Clifford Bellomy [19]; 17. 46-Jonathan Nause [24]; 18. 77-Joel Phillips [22]; 19. 76-Robert Palmer8 [23]; 20. 5-Isaac Salas [4]; 21. 73-Scott A Reid [18]; 22. 111-Jaron Valley [15];23. 8-Sean Stevens [8];24. 54-Larry Barber Jr2 [3]

DIRTcar Racing is brought to fans by many important sponsors and partners, including: DIRTVision (Official Live Broadcast Partner), Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Tire), SIS Insurance (Official Insurance Provider), VP Racing Fuels (Official Racing Fuel), Chevy Performance Parts, iRacing (Official Online Racing Game), Arizona Sport Shirts/Gotta Race, and NAPA Auto Parts (SDS). Contingency sponsors include: ARP (Automotive Racing Products), ASI Race Wear (SDS), Bassett Racing Wheel, Bell Helmets, Beyea Custom Headers, Bicknell Racing Products (SDS), Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux (SDS), Cometic Gasket (SDS), COMP Cams, Drydene, Fast Shafts, Fox Factory, Jerovetz Motorsports Shock Service, K1 Race Gear, KSE Racing Products, MSD, Mulit FireX, Quarter Master, Schoenfeld Headers, Summit Racing Equipment, Velocita USA, Wrisco (Exclusive Racing Aluminum), and Xceldyne. Along with manufacturer sponsors, including: FireAde, Intercomp, and Racing Electronics.

Kokomo Sprint Car event and Late Model Illini 100 to be a part of first hour-long special on Monday, May 30 CONCORD, NC – May 26, 2021 – Two of the best World of Outlaws events of the early 2021 season will be relived on CBS Sports Network Sunday, May 30, at 7pm (ET).The network will broadcast multiple World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car and World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model events on Sundays, starting with the hour-long special on May 30.It’ll feature the World of Outlaws Sprint Car event at Kokomo Speedway, from 7pm to 7:30, and the World of Outlaws Late Model Illini 100 at Farmer City Raceway, from 7:30pm to 8.“Our partnership with CBS Sports Network has allowed us to showcase the best World of Outlaws events to an expanded audience and we’re excited to be able to do so again this year,” World of Outlaws CEO Brian Carter said. “We’ve already seen phenomenal racing this season and I can’t wait to share it again with race fans.”Kokomo Speedway has become a fan favorite on the Sprint Car tour and the April event proved why again. The stars of The Greatest Show on Dirt waged a war of wheelies and slide jobs around the quarter-mile Indiana track. In the end, it came down to a battle between Kasey Kahne Racing teammates James McFadden and Brad Sweet, the two-time defending champion.The quarter-mile Farmer City Raceway in Illinois produced an equally thrilling show for the Late Model’s Illini 100. The stout 28-car field raced inches apart throughout the entire 75-lap event, making daring slide jobs that either resulted in a clean pass or an attempt to knock down the outside wall. Series regular Cade Dillard and Summer Nationals star Bobby Pierce put on a brawl for the win that left fans at the edge of their seats in the closing laps.If you miss its 7pm air time, the show will reair at 12am Monday morning to kick off Memorial Day.Another hour-long special will take place on June 6 at 1pm (ET) on CBS Sports Network. The races shown will be announced at a later date.Then, on Saturday, June 12, at 1:30pm (ET) the World of Outlaws will return to network television on CBS with the World of Outlaws: It’s Bristol Baby hour-long special, featuring the Sprint Car and Late Model events from Bristol Motor Speedway.CBS Sports, a year-round leader in television sports, broadcasts a portfolio of events on the CBS Television Network, including THE NFL ON CBS; college football, including the SEC ON CBS; college basketball, including the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship; golf, including The Masters®, PGA Championship and PGA TOUR; and CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR. In addition, the division includes CBS SPORTS NETWORK, the 24-hour home of CBS Sports, and produces INSIDE THE NFL for SHOWTIME. CBS Sports Digital’s multi-platform offerings include CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports apps for mobile and connected TV devices; streaming sports news network CBS Sports HQ; 247Sports; MaxPreps; CBS Sports fantasy games; and SportsLine.

The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink® Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: DIRTVision (Official Live Broadcast Partner), Drydene (Official Motor Oil), Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Tire), iRacing (Official Online Racing Game), Morton Buildings (Official Building), NOS Energy (Official Energy Product), SIS Insurance (Official Insurance Provider) and VP Racing Fuels (Official Racing Fuel); contingency sponsors include ARP (Automotive Racing Products), Cometic Gasket, COMP Cams, KSE Racing Products (Hard Charger Award), MSD and Slick Woody’s (Quick Time Award); manufacturer sponsors include FireAde, Intercomp, K1 Race Gear, and Racing Electronics.The World of Outlaws Morton Buildings® Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: DIRTVision (Official Live Broadcast Partner), Drydene (Official Motor Oil), Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Tire), iRacing (Official Online Racing Game), Morton Buildings (Official Building), SIS Insurance (Official Insurance Provider) VP Racing Fuels (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, including: Arizona Sport Shirts/Gotta Race, ARP (Automotive Racing Products), Cometic Gasket, COMP Cams, MSD, Penske Racing Shocks, Quarter Master, Slick Woody’s (Quick Time Award), and Wrisco (Exclusive Racing Aluminum); along with manufacturer sponsors, including: Capital Race Cars, FireAde, Integra Shocks, Intercomp, K1 Race Gear, Racing Electronics, Reliable Painting, and Rocket Chassis.

Batavia, OH (May 26, 2021) – In Wheatland, MO, a town with a population of under 400, lies an immaculate 3/8-mile oval facility known as “The Diamond of Race Tracks”. This weekend when the nation’s top dirt late model drivers invade Lucas Oil Speedway, the transient population greatly increases. On May 27th-29th the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the Lucas Oil Midwest Latemodel Racing Association (MLRA) will co-sanction the 29th edition of the Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com.  In 2020, a postponed event date saw Payton Looney become just the second driver from Missouri to win the Show-Me 100, picking up his biggest career win.  Thursday’s program will feature a $6,000-to-win, $600-to-start event, honoring the late Allen “Cowboy” Chancellor, longtime MLRA Owner/Promoter. The 5th Annual “Cowboy Classic” will include a full program of: Allstar Performance Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains, and a 45-lap main event. The action on Friday, May 28th will pay tribute to Don and Billie Gibson, former promoters of West Plains Motor Speedway and founders of the Show-Me 100. The activities will include a complete program of: Allstar Performance Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains, and a 40-lap, $6,000-to-win, $600-to-start main event. Drivers will earn points in each of the two preliminary nights; those points combined will determine the line-ups for Saturday night’s $30,000-to-win, $2,000-to-start finale. The USRA Modifieds will be featured as the support class each night. Their activities on Thursday and Friday, May 27th-28th will feature a complete program of: Time Trials, Heat Races, B-Mains, and a 20-lap, $750-to-win main event each night. On Saturday night, consolation events for the Lucas Oil Late Models and the USRA Modifieds will be held, plus the Midwest Sheet Metal Show-Me Challenge. The Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 main event will follow the Midwest Sheet Metal Show-Me Challenge on Saturday night. The USRA Modifieds will cap off the weekend action with their $1,500-to-win main event.Tim McCreadie currently leads the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series point standings going into this weekend’s events. Hudson O’Neal trails McCreadie by just 65 points. Jonathan Davenport sits in third, while Tyler Erb and Ricky Thornton Jr are tied for fourth in series points. Track Information:Lucas Oil SpeedwayPhone Number: 417-282-5984General Manager: Danny LortonLocation: 18842 Speedway Drive (700 E. Hwy 54), Wheatland, MO 65779Directions: 0.2 mile south of US 54 on SR 83.Website: www.lucasoilspeedway.com Thursday-Friday May 27th and 28th Tire Rule:Left Rear/Fronts – Hoosier Rib (28.5) 1350Right Rear – Hoosier (29.0) 1350 NRM, (29.0) 1350 NRMW, (92) LM40*Must use the same set of 4 tires for Time Trials, Heat Races, and B-Mains.*For the A-Main, competitors may use 2 new rear tires.*Flat tire must be replaced with a used tire of the same compound and construction to retain starting position. Saturday May 29th Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 presented by Protect The Harvest Tire Rule:Left Rear/Fronts – Hoosier Rib (28.5) 1350Right Rear – Hoosier (29.0) 1350 NRM, (29.0) 1350 NRMW, (92) LM40*Must use the same set of 4 tires for B-Mains and Non-Qualifiers Race.*For the A-Main, competitors may use 4 new tires.*Flat tire must be replaced with a used tire of the same compound and construction to retain starting position. Thursday-Friday May 27th and 28th Event Purses: $6,000-to-win: 1. $6,000, 2. $3,000, 3. $2,000, 4. $1,500, 5. $1,250, 6. $1,000, 7. $950, 8. $900, 9. $850, 10. $800, 11. $700, 12. $600, 13. $600, 14. $600, 15. $600, 16. $600, 17. $600, 18. $600, 19. $600, 20. $600, 21. $600, 22. $600, 23. $600, 24. $600. = $26,750 Saturday May 29th Midwest Sheet Metal Show-Me Challenge for Non-Qualifiers Event Purse $2,500-to-win: 1. $2,500, 2. $1,250, 3. $750, 4. $600, 5. $500, 6. $475, 7. $450, 8. $425, 9. $400, 10. $375, 11. $350, 12. $325, 13. $300, 14. $275, 15. $250, 16. $250, 17. $250, 18. $250, 19. $250, 20. $250, 21. $250, 22. $250, 23. $250, 24. $250. = $11,475 Saturday May 29th Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 presented by Protect The Harvest Purse:$30,000-to-win: 1. $30,000, 2. $15,000, 3. $10,000, 4. $8,000, 5. $6,000, 6. $5,000, 7. $4,000, 8. $3,000, 9. $2,750, 10. $2,600, 11. $2,500, 12. $2,475, 13. $2,450, 14. $2,425, 15. $2,400, 16. $2,375, 17. $2,350, 18. $2,325, 19. $2,300, 20. $2,250, 21. $2,200, 22. $2,150, 23. $2,100, 24. $2,050, 25. $2,000, 26. $2,000, 27. $2,000, 28. $2,000. = $128,700 Previous Show-Me 100 Winners:1993 – Billy Moyer1994 – Billy Moyer1995 – Scott Bloomquist1996 – Billy Moyer1997 – Rick Aukland1998 – Freddy Smith1999 – Terry Phillips2000 – Ray Cook2001 – Freddy Smith2002 – Wendell Wallace2003 – Scott Bloomquist2004 – Scott Bloomquist2005 – Scott Bloomquist2006 – Wendell Wallace2007 – Wendell Wallace2008 – Scott Bloomquist2009 – Brian Birkhofer2010 – Ray Cook2011 – Jimmy Owens2012 – Jimmy Owens2013 – Jimmy Owens2014 – Don O’Neal2015 – Jonathan Davenport2016 – Jimmy Owens2017 – Bobby Pierce2018 – Scott Bloomquist2019 – Canceled2020 – Payton Looney

May 26, 2021

Matt DiBenedetto and the No. 21 Menards/Masterforce Tools team are heading into this weekend’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway hoping to pick up where they left off the last time the Cup Series raced on a 1.5-mile track.

In the Buschy McBusch 400 at Kansas Speedway on May 2, DiBenedetto ran well all day and scored a season-best fourth-place finish.
 
Sunday’s race, at 600 miles, is the longest on the Cup Series schedule, but DiBenedetto said he and the Menards/Masterforce team are up to the challenge.
 
“It’s a long race, but we are excited for it because we have been strong on mile-and-a-half tracks,” he said.
 
DiBenedetto also said he is proud to be a part of the Memorial Day weekend tribute to fallen service members that has become a part of the race weekend at Charlotte.
 
Through the 600 Miles of Remembrance program, each race team honors a fallen service member by carrying his or her name on the race car and often hosting family members of the deceased.
 
This year, DiBenedetto, the Wood Brothers and the Menards/Masterforce team will be honoring United States Marine Corps Sgt. Jeremy E. Murray of Atwater, Ohio.
 
Murray enlisted in the U.S. Army after graduating from high school. Once he finished his tour he returned home and worked a civilian job for a time before enlisting in the Marine Corps.

Hoping to make the Marines his career, Murray was on his third deployment to Iraq when he died November 16, 2005, from an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in the vicinity of Hadithah, Iraq.
 
He was 27 years old. 
 
At that time, he was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary.
 
He left behind, his wife, Megan (Ferringer); son, Ian; parents, Harold and Pamela Murray of Atwater; sister, Lisa Murray Frame of Atwater; grandfather, Enlow W. Murray of Georgia; and many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
 
The United States Post Office Building in Rootstown, Ohio, where his mother worked, was named for Murray, and now the No. 21 Menards/Masterforce Mustang will carry his name in the Coca-Cola 600.
 
DiBenedetto said he’s honored to be a part of that remembrance.
 
“It’s a special time being Memorial Day weekend,” he said. “We are a very patriotic family and are proud to honor our fallen heroes.”
  
A practice session is set for Friday at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, and qualifying for the Coca-Cola 600 is scheduled to start at 11:05 a.m. on Saturday. 
 
The Coca-Cola 600 is expected to get the green flag just after 6 p.m. on Sunday with TV coverage on FOX.
  
There will be three Stage breaks – at Laps 100, 200 and 300.
 

Festival of Power UnlockedSanta Pod RacewayFri.25 – Sun.27 June 2021
The roar of delight heard around Santa Pod Raceway when Covid-19 restrictions are lifted on 21^st June, as expected, will be drowned out four days later by the roar of engines as the venue presents its first full-house, unlimited-audience event since the pandemic took hold last year.
The Festival of Power is traditionally held at Easter to launch the UK drag racing season. Postponed by Covid, this year’s version will take place over the 25^th-27^th June weekend and, to honour the lifting of restrictions, is being re-branded as the Festival of Power Unlocked.
The name may be modified but the format remains as exciting as ever, melding championship drag racing, on two wheels and four, with entertainments and attractions for all the family. At the noisiest end of the programme will be the nitro-burning European Funny Car Series, plus at least one Top Fuel Dragster shaking off the dust after a winter’s rest. A key feature of the Festival has long been the Jet Car Shootout, and five of the thunderous, fire-breathing beasts are scheduled to light up the start line.
This will in fact be the second national championship round for cars and motorcycles – the series began five weeks earlier, in front of a limited-attendance crowd. The bill-topping Pro Modifieds of the Motorsport UK British Drag Racing Championship already have an early points leader at whom to take aim when these outrageously powerful ‘silhouette’ machines hit the track on Festival Friday for their first qualifying session. In addition, 11 Sportsman car classes will compete in their respective national title chases while, on two wheels, 10 motorcycle classes, headed by Top Fuel Bike, will battle for two-wheeled supremacy. The youngsters of Junior Dragster and Junior Drag Bike will enjoy their own eighth-mile action.
Away from the track, the Live Action Arena will focus on Monster Trucks and the amazing feats of champion stunt driver Terry Grant and stunt rider Lee Bowers, along with the regular diet of funfair rides, helicopter pleasure flights, sideshows, children’s amusements and some lively evening entertainments in the Fuelers Bar.
The Festival of Power Unlocked takes place at Santa Pod Raceway, near Wellingborough (NN29 7XA) from Friday 25^th to Sunday 27^th June. Advance adult admission prices begin at £20, with children aged 5-15 at £5 each. Full event and venue information is available at www.santapod.co.uk or by telephoning the Box Office at 01234 782828. Tickets may be bought online or by telephone but must be pre-booked. There will be no admission at the gate.

Indy 500 Weekend Shared with The Greatest Show on Dirt in The Hoosier State

TERRE HAUTE, IN – May 25, 2021 – They call it The Greatest Spectical in Racing; We call it The Greatest Show on Dirt.

Not only is The Hoosier State spoiled with the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 this weekend, but the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series is coming to town, too.

While the big track on 16th Street takes the spotlight on Sunday afternoon, the Outlaws will be captivating fans on Friday and Monday to bookend the epic weekend of racing in Indiana. It begins with a trip to Terre Haute Action Track on May 28 and wraps up with a stop at Lawrenceburg Speedway on May 31.

TERRE HAUTE TICKETS (5/28)
LAWRENCEBURG TICKETS (5/31)

Here are some of the storylines to follow this week:

INDIANA’S LAST CALL: The Memorial Day Weekend doubleheader in “The Hoosier State” will mark the final chance for Indiana’s faithful to see the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars inside their home state this year. Two previous appearances on the bullrings at Kokomo and Tri-State thrilled fans in April, so now the big tracks at Terre Haute and Lawrenceburg get their time to shine.

Friday’s race at Terre Haute will be the 165th World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series event contested in Indiana.

BIG AND WIDE: After an Ohio weekend on a smaller 1/3-mile at Attica and smooth 3/8-mile at Sharon, the Outlaws will be getting back to two high-speed joint this weekend. Terre Haute’s ultra-wide surface is one of eight 1/2-mile venues on the 2021 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series schedule. After Terre Haute, Lawrenceburg will become one of the most high-banked tracks of the season on Monday.

Of the nine races already contested on 1/2-miles this year, we’ve had seven different winners. Only David Gravel (sweeping Bristol) and Carson Macedo (Volusia, Williams Grove) have found victory lane more than once on the big tracks.

EVIL LADY LUCK: Sheldon Haudenschild and his Stenhouse Jr. Marshall Racing, NOS Energy Drink #17 have been the fastest they’ve ever been, but Lady Luck will just not side with them. It could easily be argued that the Wooster, OH native should have an additional five wins (leading with less than 10 to go) on top of his already scored three victories.

He was gone at Tri-State when he got a flat tire in lap traffic; He was handling it at Jacksonville when he cut a tire on debris; He was destroying the field at I-70 and Sharon until late race cautions spoiled it; and he was coming to take the white flag at Sharon when a lap traffic gave him nowhere to go.

If you crunch the numbers, in an ideal world Haudenschild would be slotted second in the championship only -8 points behind Sweet for the top spot, but instead he’s -164. The season is still young, and the #17 is still rippin’, though. He’ll get two more shots to rebound and get back in victory lane this weekend at Terre Haute and Lawrenceburg.

ON THE RISE: Earlier this season, Donny Schatz had slipped as far back as seventh in the championships standings. You read that right, seventh for the 10-time World of Outlaws champion. Some trying times presented the Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing #15 with hurdles, but they’ve fought back and clawed their way to fourth in the standings, only down -150 points.

Since his rough stretch in April with four consecutive finishes outside the top-10, Schatz and the Ford Performance, Carquest crew have recovered nicely. In 13 events since then, he’s recorded five podium finishes and nine top-five results with an average finish of 5.3. This weekend, Schatz returns to two tracks (Terre Haute & Lawrenceburg) that he’s won at before with a good chance to keep the momentum rolling.

POUNCING ON THE BIG CAT: Over the last eight events, two-time and defending Series champion Brad Sweet hasn’t been his usually dominant self. The Kasey Kahne Racing #49 did tame the PA Posse at Lincoln Speedway, but outside of that lone victory during that stretch he recorded an average finish of 9.7 and let him points lead dwindle down.

Capitalizing on Sweet’s slow May is the trio of David Gravel, Carson Macedo and Donny Schatz. At one point, the Grass Valley, CA native had more than 100 points on the whole field, but his struggles have made way for others to close the gap. Now, Gravel only sits -56 behind, Macedo has narrowed it down to -86, and Schatz has clawed back to only -150.

ONE EPIC WEEK: As if the allure of The Greatest Show on Dirt isn’t enough, the overload of racing inside Indiana should sell you on making the trip this weekend. Of course, there’s the World of Outlaws shows on Friday night at Terre Haute Action Track and Monday night at Lawrenceburg Speedway, but to offer you more bang for your buck, there’s more racing every other night.

Fans can pre-game for the Outlaws at Terre Haute by visiting the 1/2-mile on Wednesday and Thursday for USAC Sprint Cars and Silver Crown. The population will surge on Friday, Saturday & Sunday as race weekend arrives for the Indianapolis 500. More local racing supports Indy on the weekend and finally the Outlaws cap off the epic week at Lawrenceburg for a Memorial Day special on Monday night.

This Week at a Glance – When and Where

Friday, May 28 at Terre Haute Action Track in Terre Haute, IN
Monday, May 31 at Lawrenceburg Speedway in Lawrenceburg, IN

On the Internet
World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series
Twitter – @WorldofOutlaws
Instagram – @WoOSprint
Facebook – Facebook.com/WorldofOutlawsSprintCarSeries
YouTube – Youtube.com/WorldofOutlaws
DIRTVision – DIRTVision.com – Platinum annual FAST PASS for $299 or monthly FAST PASS for $39/month

Around the Turn: Following this weekend, the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will roll northwest to visit River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND on Friday, June 4, then Granite City Speedway in Sauk Rapids, MN on Saturday, June 5.

NOS ENERGY DRINK FEATURE WINNERS (8 Drivers):
9 wins – Brad Sweet, Kasey Kahne Racing w/ Mike Curb #49
4 wins – David Gravel, Big Game Motorsports #2
3 wins – Sheldon Haudenschild, Stenhouse Jr. Marshall Racing #17
3 wins – Carson Macedo, Jason Johnson Racing #41
2 wins – Aaron Reutzel, Roth Motorsports #83
2 wins – Logan Schuchart, Shark Racing #1S
1 win – James McFadden, Kasey Kahne Racing w/ Mike Curb #9
1 win – Brent Marks, Brent Marks Racing #19M
1 win – Dave Blaney, Dave Blaney #10

FEATURE LAPS LED (18 Drivers):
202 laps – Brad Sweet
151 laps – Sheldon Haudenschild
89 laps – Donny Schatz
88 laps – David Gravel
81 laps – Aaron Reutzel
68 laps – Logan Schuchart
47 laps – Carson Macedo
31 laps – James McFadden
27 laps – Sam Hafertepe Jr.
19 laps – Tyler Courtney
17 laps – Brent Marks
10 laps – Jacob Allen & Brock Zearfoss
3 laps – Ian Madsen
1 lap – Kasey Kahne, Kraig Kinser, Brandon Spithaler, Dave Blaney

SLICK WOODY’S QUICKTIME AWARDS (12 Drivers):
7 QuickTimes – David Gravel
4 QuickTimes – Sheldon Haudenschild
2 QuickTimes – Brad Sweet, James McFadden, Aaron Reutzel, Cory Eliason, Sam Hafertepe Jr.
1 QuickTime – Carson Macedo, Logan Schuchart, Danny Dietrich, Anthony Macri, Giovanni Scelzi

DRYDENE HEAT RACE WINNERS (24 Drivers)
12 Heat Wins – David Gravel
9 Heat Wins – Carson Macedo, Aaron Reutzel
8 Heat Wins – Sheldon Haudenschild
6 Heat Wins – James McFadden
5 Heat Wins – Donny Schatz, Logan Schuchart
3 Heat Wins – Brock Zearfoss, Ian Madsen, Brian Brown, Giovanni Scelzi, Sam Hafertepe Jr.
2 Heat Wins – Jacob Allen, Kasey Kahne, Kraig Kinser, Jason Sides, Brad Sweet, Kyle Larson
1 Heat Win –  Danny Dietrich, Hunter Schuerenberg, Tyler Courtney, Lance Dewease, Anthony Macri, Brandon Spithaler

PODIUM FINISHES (20 Drivers):
14 Podiums – Brad Sweet
8 Podiums – Carson Macedo
7 Podiums – Donny Schatz, Sheldon Haudenschild
6 Podiums – Aaron Reutzel, Logan Schuchart, David Gravel
5 Podiums – Brent Marks
3 Podiums – James McFadden, Giovanni Scelzi
2 Podiums – Cory Eliason, Lance Dewease, Anthony Macri
1 Podium – Kraig Kinser, Danny Dietrich, Tyler Courtney, Justin Peck, Brian Brown, Anthony Macri, Dave Blaney, Sam Hafertepe Jr.

2021 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Schedule & Winners

No. / Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Fri, Feb. 5 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Brad Sweet (1)
2. Sun, Feb. 7 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Logan Schuchart (1)
3. Fri, March 5 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Carson Macedo (1)
4. Sat, March 6 / East Bay Raceway Park / Tampa, FL / Aaron Reutzel (1)
5. Fri, March 12 / Magnolia Motor Speedway / Columbus, MS / Sheldon Haudenschild (1)
6. Sat, March 13 / The Rev / Monroe, LA / David Gravel (1)
7. Fri, March 19 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Sheldon Haudenschild (2)
8. Sat, March 20 / Cotton Bowl Speedway / Paige, TX / Brad Sweet (2)
9. Sat, March 27 / Lake Ozark Speedway / Eldon, MO / Brad Sweet (3)
10. Fri, April 2 / I-55 Raceway / Pevely, MO / Brad Sweet (4)
11. Sat, April 3 / I-55 Raceway / Pevely, MO / Brad Sweet (5)
12. Fri, April 9 / Kokomo Speedway / Kokomo, IN / James McFadden (1)
13. Sat, April 10 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN / Carson Macedo (2)
14. Fri, April 22 / Bristol Motor Speedway / Bristol, TN / David Gravel (2)
15. Sun, April 24 / Bristol Motor Speedway / Bristol, TN / David Gravel (3)
16. Thur, April 29 / Jacksonville Speedway / Jacksonville, IL / Brad Sweet (6)
17. Fri, April 30 / I-70 Motorsports Park / Odessa, MO / Brad Sweet (7)
18. Sat, May 1 / I-70 Motorsports Park / Odessa, MO / Brad Sweet (8)
19. Sat, May 8 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Brent Marks (1)
20. Sat, May 8 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Sheldon Haudenschild (3)
21. Wed, May 12 / Lincoln Speedway / Abbottstown, PA / Brad Sweet (9)
22. Fri, May 14 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Carson Macedo (3)
23. Sat, May 15 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Aaron Reutzel (2)
24. Tues, May 18 / Bridgeport Speedway / Swedesboro, NJ / Logan Schuchart (2)
25. Fri, May 21 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / David Gravel (4)
26. Sat, May 22 / Sharon Speedway / Hartford, OH / Dave Blaney (1)

NASCAR CUP SERIESCHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAYCOCA-COLA 600TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPTMAY 25, 2021
CHAD KNAUS, HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS VICE PRESIDENT OF COMPETITION ~ Teleconference Transcript Highlights: IT WAS A MONUMENTAL MOMENT FOR HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS AT COTA. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU AND TO THE COMPANY?“Oh, it was so many levels of coolness. Obviously, the inaugural event at COTA. Having that 268 kind of circled on my board now for about a year and a half as we’ve been approaching it. And to be able to get that 800th victory for Chevrolet was just awesome. The guys and gals that work here at Hendrick Motorsports over the years have all contributed on many levels to get these wins. To be able to tie Richard Petty Motorsports is just awesome. As I grew up as a young man, the king was the king, right? And everybody wanted to be like Richard Petty. I know the amount of respect that Mr. Hendrick and everybody here at Hendrick Motorsports has for Richard and his whole organization; it’s pretty awesome to be able to tie those guys.”
WHAT WINS STAND OUT THE MOST THAT PERSONIFY HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS THAT SHOW WHY THEY TIED THE PETTY RECORD?“Oh, there are so many. I think back on the ones that I think were challenging that maybe we were able to pull off as an organization that maybe we shouldn’t have. The million-dollar win at Darlington with Jeff; we weren’t as fast as we needed to be that year. We made a bunch of changes to the race car throughout the course of the race and were able to come back and win that race. That’s a big one. There was a 600-mile race at Charlotte for the Coca-Cola 600 that we won that we had an alternator issue. We had to change batteries toward the latter stages of the race. We were all the way back in the pack and were able to charge up past Bobby Labonte, I think it was, coming to the checkered. Those types of races and the tenacity I feel like we’ve had with our drivers, our teams, and our crew chiefs at Hendrick Motorsports is what really makes where we are today possible. There were a ton of races that were won prior to me ever getting here; for being a part of it. But I can tell you this. The reason I’m here is because I wanted to be a part of Hendrick Motorsports and a winning organization when I was a young man. There are a lot of pretty critical ones out there.”
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE 2004 WIN IN ATLANTA THE WEEK AFTER THE MARTINSVILLE TRAGEDY? WHAT DID THAT DO FOR THE ORGANIZATION?“Obviously, in 2004 we won at Martinsville. That day was tragic. I’ll never forget that day. It was tough. But the thing that I remember the most is going to Mr. Hendrick’s house that night and the strength that we had saying we’re going to keep going. We’re going to keep doing this and showing up at Hendrick Motorsports and saying we’re going to go to Atlanta. We’re going to race. And for us to be able to go there and race that next event as an organization in the manner of which we did, which was tough; it was really hard to get through the weekend. But what was really amazing is once we dropped the green flag, everybody knew what we were there to do. We were there to try to win that race. And we battled Mark Martin at the very end and were able to beat him. That was one that really set this organization up for a can’t lose, never die situation.”
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY STOCK CARS ARE JUST NOT GOOD IN THE RAIN? IS THERE AN ANSWER TO THAT?“I don’t know that any car is quote unquote good in the rain, right? Street cars that are designed to be driven in inclement weather, if it’s raining out, it’s hard to see. You slow down, right? That’s kind of what it is. Quite honestly, I felt like our cars performed extremely well in the rain situations. The drivers were able to steer, turn, accelerate, race; I think they performed really well. The issue was the spray. So, the visibility is difficult. That’s like that in any form of racing or on the street. You’re going to deal with that. So, I don’t think that our car is bad in wet conditions per se. I think it actually performed really well. So, I’m not trying to twist you up on that. I’m just saying I don’t think there’s any car that’s really good in the rain when you’re behind somebody else. That’s a tough position to be in.”
SO, IS IT A MATTER OF KNOWING HOW WATER IS TOO MUCH WATER TO COMPETE IN AND NOT NECESSARILY THE CAR BEING THE ISSUE?“There’s probably an element to that, for sure. I think the only way to learn is to do. And could some decisions have been made? NASCAR has admitted it. Could single file restarts at little bit sooner helped? Yeah, I don’t disagree. But you know that. Just like racing on the dirt. You don’t know that until you do it. And you learn from your mistakes. So, it’s an environmental thing where you’ve just got to get yourself immersed in there. You’ve got to do it. You’ve got to get in the environment; understand the situations, and then make decisions as you go. That’s unfortunately what we have to do. I think NASCAR did the best job they could under the circumstances, and I feel like they learned a lot. And we’ll just grow from it.”
WHAT IMPACT ARE YOU MAKING IN YOUR NEW ROLE AT HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS AND WHEN MIGHT YOU HAVE EVEN MORE INPUT IN THAT ROLE?“Look, it’s hard for me to know exactly my contribution. You would have to ask people that are probably working with me and alongside me that question. We’ve been working really hard since the middle of last year as an organization to get flipped and to get our performance where we needed it because we weren’t where we needed to be. And that wasn’t a happy place for anybody at Hendrick Motorsports. We decided at that point, as a company, that we were going to put our heads down and get to work and right the ship. By the end of the season, we were fortunate enough to get out there and win a couple of races in a row and pull off the championship in pretty dominating fashion with the No. 9 car. I think we’ve been going down this path for a while, right? Have I helped? I hope so. If I’m not contributing, I’m probably not going to keep this job for very long (laughs).
“We’ve really put our heads down. We’ve really focused on performance and teamwork and working with one another (by) bringing in an amazing crew chief, like Rudy Fugle, to be able to work alongside Cliff (Daniels) and Alan (Gustafson) and Greg (Ives) I think was a huge asset and a huge boost to our company. And then you bring in a guy like Kyle Larson, who is an amazing driver; and put him alongside the other drivers that we’ve had and been growing here at the company, and you’ve got a pretty good army of folks to go to the race track with, right? I think that’s what you’re seeing is a lot of the fruit from the labor and the effort and the work that these guys and our teams and everybody at Hendrick Motorsports has been putting out there. The pit crews are knocking off really good pit stops consistently, which is great. So, there are a lot of things that are going right that are months in the works. Hopefully we have more to come.”
CAN YOU TAKE US THROUGH THE CURRENTLY TECHNOLOGY THE TEAMS USE TO MONITOR WEATHER?“If you’re talking directly to the rain, when we made our decisions on wets versus dries and all of that at the beginning of the race, clearly nobody had it right. Every race team had a couple going in each direction. We, unfortunately just like a weatherman on TV. You’re lucky if you get it about 75 percent. And that’s kind of it. We have our weather apps and programs. We do all the things most people do. But weather is weather, and it changes quickly. At a track as large as COTA, it’s really difficult to manage that. You can have a band of showers that goes across one portion of the track and on the other side, it’s not that bad. One thing that was really interesting last weekend was the way that the pit road is, with a tower of suites behind there, three of our teams were kind of where the suites were and the No. 5 car, on the first pit box, was outside of that. I’m sitting on the No. 48 pit box and man it’s not raining that bad. You could see sprinkles coming down. I hopped down and walked down to the No. 5 pit box and those guys were soaked to the bone. You just don’t know that if you’re not in the environment. Still, the best weather app is just taking your hat off and seeing if it’s raining or not and then you can stick it back on.”
ARE YOU GETTING PARTS AND PIECES FOR THE NEXT GET CAR? WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU’LL HAVE A CAR READY TO GO FOR A SESSION?“We have tests scheduled at Bristol in August. That’ll be a first on-track with that. We are starting to slowly get some parts and components in. It’s going to be quite a transition and quite a process, but it’s an exciting one for sure, and it’s the future of our sport. I’m glad to be a part of it and a part of the transition because it’s going to be unique how we pivot, how we change, how we test this car, how we race this car, how we inspect this car. It’s all going to be brand new and we’re going to be learning together as an industry.”
ANOTHER BIG NUMBER FOR YOU IS GOING TO BE 269. IT’S NOT A MATTER OF IF, BUT WHEN. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND WHAT IT WILL MEAN TO THE ORGANIZATION AND HOW MUCH RICK HENDRICK HAS PLAYED A PART IN THIS SPORT?“We’ve had 268 circled for so long, I don’t even know what 269 is going to be like yet. We’re really excited to be right there, close to being able to get that. The 600 would be an awesome time for us to get it right here in Hendrick Motorsports’ back yard. It would be great to get that before the season is out. That’s definitely the goal. What Mr. Hendrick has done for this industry and the racing community is nothing short of great. He has contributed in so many manners and touched so many people’s lives. Whether you’ve worked with him or raced against him; surely, he’s done something for you in some capacity. To have that presence in our sport is just fantastic. It’s going to be an honor to celebrate that with him. I’m a huge Rick Hendrick fan. He has been a metric to me since I was 21 years old and has really helped me along with my career. I’m just happy to be a part of it. I can’t wait to give him a big hug after we get it and we can go and hopefully get more.”

NASCAR CUP SERIES CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAYCOCA-COLA 600TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPTMAY 25, 2021
WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY CAMARO ZL1 1LE, Teleconference Transcript DO YOU TRAIN ANY DIFFERENTLY FOR THE 600, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE A VERY HOT DAY, BUT SUNDAY LOOKS A LITTLE COOLER?“I just hydrate differently, or more, throughout the week, honestly. As far as it goes, like effort in the car, I think the 600 is maybe not the highest effort race because of the way the track is. There’s not a ton of bump content or wheel content maybe, like you would at, say like Darlington or Atlanta would be harder. So no, I don’t think physically you do much. I think that eating and hydrating is a little bit different because throughout the race you need more fluids, and you also need to eat at some point during the race; whether it’s like energy chews or stuff like that. That’s all I do differently.”
AS A CHARLOTTE NATIVE, GROWING UP IN CHARLOTTE, DO YOU CARE A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THE INDY 500? GROWING UP AS A KID, DID YOU WATCH IT? OR WERE YOU ALWAYS FOCUSED ON GOING TO THE SPEEDWAY AND THE STOCK CARS?“I’ve cared about it more as the years go by. I think as I’ve grown in appreciation of racing in general, and I’ve learned some of those folks on the INDYCAR side with the training guys I use with PitFit (like) Jim Leo, they train Scott Dixon and some of those guys up there. So yeah, I think I’ve grown in appreciation for it. I can’t say that I know everything that I watch or know everything that’s going on, but I definitely try to catch the end of the race as we get ready for the 600. It just kind of varies based on timing. But yeah, it’s a really cool day to have both of us competing.”
WHAT DO YOU ADMIRE ABOUT THE FORM OF RACING WE’LL SEE IN THE INDY 500? WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO RACE ONE OF THOSE CARS IN YOUR CAREER OR ARE YOU LIKE A STOCK CAR GUY?“I’m a stock car guy. They’re both hard. They’re both difficult to drive in their own ways.  I think that what I’ve noticed the most is that with a stock car you’re dealing with something that’s way overpowered and heavy for the race tracks we run on, for the most part. There are some tracks that do have more grip than others. But I think in general, you’re sliding around a lot. I think with an IndyCar, you’re a lot more stuck to the track, but they’re also pushing the cars way faster. So, there are pros and cons to both. But I enjoy watching the INDYCAR races, I’d say, the Indy 500 the most because I feel like it’s got the most importance to those buys. I don’t know if I’d ever do it, thought. It’s so different. The discipline is so different than I’ve ever been used to. I could get used to it on iRacing or something, but it’s going to be a way different beast when you get into the car.”
ALL THE TEAMS AT HENDRICK HAVE WINS NOW HEADING INTO THE PLAYOFFS, AND A WEEK EARLIER, YOU FINISHED 1-2-3-4. CHAD KNAUS SAID ALL THE DRIVERS ARE GETTING ALONG REALLY WELL WITH SHARING INFORMATION. EXPLAIN THE MODE THERE, KNOWING YOU WILL BE COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER IN THE PLAYOFFS. HOW DOES THAT FEEL?“I think we hope that this run continues. It’s early in the year so you’ve got to keep that speed and that momentum up throughout the year, which is really hard. You can easily get ahead and then fall behind and somebody leapfrogs, and that cycle continues throughout the year until you get to the final race, which is why that final race is such a surprise sometimes. The work never stops all the way until then. Somebody is always chasing or trying to keep their lead. For us, we’ve just got to keep it up. For us on the No. 24, we’ve done really well this year. I think in the past 10 to 12 races, our worst finish was 11th, and that’s great. We just have to make the highs a little bit higher and try to get another win, which is what we’re focused on at Charlotte.”
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES AT COTA. WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THE RAIN AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND THE FOGGER AND THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT? WHAT WERE THE CHALLENGES? AND WHAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT IN THOSE COMPONENTS?“It’s a little bit of both. The defogger works pretty well, I think. I think the biggest issue, like last year, we ran in the rain at the ROVAL and none of us used the windshield wiper because it didn’t do anything because the rain was so light. Whereas this time around, the rain got so bad that you actually had to run the windshield wiper just to see, period. I thought ours worked better than we expected. I think there’s still room to so on that. It was extremely hard to see there in Stage 2. I think that everybody agreed on that. I was back in 35th after our damage, and I couldn’t see anything. It got better as the race went on. As I got further up in the field and was starting to run like 5th to 12th, I was able to see better. It was kind of similar at Bristol. The further forward you are, the better it is. I don’t know what they can do. The spray definitely needs to be worked on. I think it’s great for us to run in the rain. There are no traction issues. We all have good car control and can drive the car still, the tire is fine, we just have to figure out the spray so that we can continue to run.”
FROM A DRIVER’S POINT OF VIEW, HOW MUCH TO YOU PAY ATTENTION TO AND FOCUS ON WEATHER? THERE APPEARS TO POSSIBLY BE A 15 DEGREE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHEN YOU PRACTICE ON FRIDAY AND THE RACE ITSELF ON SUNDAY. IS THAT SIGNIFICANT?“Yeah, I think it’s significant just because the track in Charlotte changes so much. You can go there, and it can be 90 degrees and sunny and you’re fighting a completely different race car than at night. Honestly, that’s the difference maker between when we used to run there for the All-Star race and then we would come back and race a week later and the track and characters at the front would be totally different. Nothing really changed about the cars, but just the characteristics of the track changed. We have to be really conscious of that. I think we have to be conscious of not over-adjusting in practice and not getting too tight or too loose and try to keep it somewhere in the middle and find a package that works. Honestly, I’m of the opinion that when the track is hotter and slicker if your car handles better, it’s going to just handle better when you get to cooler conditions. We try to make it handle as well as possible for the conditions and then hopefully it’s just a little bit better when it gets cooler.”
CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY WILL BE BACK TO FULL CAPACITY WITH FANS THIS WEEKEND. DOES THAT MEAN ANY MORE TO YOU THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR’S RACE? OR ARE YOU USED TO HAVING FANS BACK AT THE TRACK BY NOW?“I think a little bit of both. Yeah, I’m used to seeing fans the last couple of weeks. So, it’s not going to be that different. But I think Charlotte, they always do it a little bit bigger and better, so I feel like it’s probably going to be bigger and better than the last few weeks. It’s probably going to be pretty crowded. I think it’s going to be a different experience and just going to have to stay focused on my end just to continue doing what we’ve been doing, which is staying focused and performing and not listening to the noise too much. That’s our biggest focus.”
WHAT’S THE DYNAMIC LIKE AT HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS NOW WITH ALL FOUR CARS RUNNING REALLY WELL AND HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM YEARS PAST?“I think there’s just more confidence. I think we’re not searching as much like on what to do. There are less questions going into the race weekend of what the car needs and what we need from a downforce or an aero standpoint, or set-up wise. So, there’s a lot less questions. There is still the desire to perform. It’s always been there. I feel like the desire for us on the No. 24 is higher than ever because we feel like we’re really close. So we’ve just got to work a little bit better on some things, but we’re really close to another win.”
YOU’VE STARTED A PAIR OF RACES AT CHARLOTTE ON THE POLE BUT HAVEN’T FOUND THE SUCCESS MAYBE YOU HOPED FOR. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CHANGE THINGS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN THIS WEEKEND?“I think just focus on the race car and what the race car needs as the runs go on and as the race goes on. I’m going to do a lot of studying and prep this week on figuring out what the trends are with the race track and what some of the guys that have been successful there, our teammates, have done better than us. I’ll say that’s my goal this week is just to learn some of those little details that might pay off as the race gets longer and gets toward the end. Like you said, I’ve run really well at Charlotte. I know how to go fast there. So, I don’t have to worry about that. But I just have to focus on what my race car needs to do throughout so I don’t fall off at the end.”
THE COKE 600 IS 100 MILES LONGER THAN WE’RE USED TO RUNNING. AS A DRIVER, DO YOU FEEL THAT IN THE RACE?“Yeah, I think if you’re not running well, for sure. But if you’re running well, the race feels really short and you kind of feel like you’re always trying to get ahead of the next adjustment and trying to get ahead of whoever you’re racing against to try to get that track position and try to win the race. Yeah, I think it is definitely a challenge to keep up with the race track and to stay focused for all 400 miles. The preparation during the week is really critical because you can easily get behind and it can feel like a really long race like you said. But if you’re prepared and your race car is driving well then it’s fine.”
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES FOR WINNING THE 600 IS A RESTORED VINTAGE COKE VENDING MACHINE. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?“Yeah, I think it would be great. I don’t discriminate trophies. Any of them are good (laughs). So, I don’t feel like any trophy I have is a bad one. But I love all the glitz and glamour that comes with winning the 600. It would be awesome, I’m sure.”
THROUGH THIS FIRST QUARTER OF THIS RACE SEASON, WHAT AREAS CAN YOU LOOK AT WHERE YOU CAN SAY YOU HAVE DEFINITELY IMPROVED AS A DRIVER VERSUS AT THIS POINT IN YOUR EARLY YEARS IN THE CUP SERIES?“Yeah, I don’t think I’m driving any harder or have any different techniques. There are subtle things here and there at different race tracks that I’ve picked up on that I didn’t know before. But I didn’t necessarily have the car to pick-up those things. It goes hand in hand. You’ve got to pick up those techniques when you start running closer to the front. I think that’s one thing. I think my communication has gotten better with my team. I feel like I’m more voiceful, on the things I need in the car and what I’m struggling with so that they can understand how to help. So, I’m not necessarily kind of holding it in and just struggling along anymore. I’m definitely trying to get them to help me where I know that I need help. I think that’s the big difference. I feel like we’re just executing really good races. We’re right there. We’ve just got to get a little bit better and I think that’s going to come this weekend, for sure.”

NASCAR CUP SERIESCHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAYCOCA-COLA 600TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPTMAY 25, 2021

 JIM CAMPBELL, CHEVROLET’S U.S. VICE PRESIDENT OF PERFORMANCE AND MOTORSPORTS, met with media following Chevrolet’s milestone 800th all-time win in the NASCAR Cup Series at Circuit of The Americas. Press Conference Transcript:  MODERATOR: IT WAS GREAT SEEING YOU AT CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS THIS WEEKEND AND IT WAS FUN WATCHING THE CELEBRATION AFTER THE GREAT WIN BY CHASE ELLIOTT – CHEVROLET’S 800th WIN IN NASCAR. WHAT A TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT, JIM. WALK US THROUGH JUST THE EMOTION GOING THROUGH YOU ON SUNDAY AND CHASE ELLIOTT PULLING OFF THAT MONUMENTAL MILESTONE FOR CHEVROLET. “These kind of milestone wins, they mean a lot. It is a massive amount of hard work done with many, many partners in teams, drivers and crew chiefs, so it was really special. To have the chance to be in Austin, (Texas), at Circuit of The Americas, it’s a place where Chevrolet has raced a lot in our history; primarily in the SportsCar area. But it was great to see NASCAR there. When Chase (Elliott) got the victory, obviously a rain-shortened victory, but nonetheless a victory; it was very sweet. We were so excited. He obviously got the inaugural win at Circuit of The Americas. It was also his first win of the season and 12th career-Cup win overall. It was a special number for the Hendrick Motorsports organization of 268, tying the iconic Petty Enterprises in all-time Cup Series wins. For Chevrolet, it put 800 on the board and we couldn’t have been prouder. So many drivers and teams have contributed to that success, along with our Chevrolet engineering team. We couldn’t have been prouder; it was a great moment.”
WE WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS AND HOW THEY’VE BEEN HAND-IN-GLOVE WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IN THE NASCAR CUP SERIES. HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS AND THE SUCCESS THAT CHEVROLET HAS EXPERIENCED.“The Hendrick Organization, Rick Hendrick, along with all of his leaders; all of the drivers and crew chiefs; Marshall Carlson, Jeff Andrews, Chad Knaus, all of the team that’s there now; but it’s all that came before them, as well. They are fantastic partners. When you look at 268 wins, that is a significant number. Hendrick Motorsports had Chevrolet’s 400th win with Terry Labonte; 500th win with Jeff Gordon; 600th win with Kyle Busch at the time; 700th win with Jimmie Johnson; and now 800th with Chase Elliott.”“Hendrick Motorsports has 268 wins for Chevrolet. Richard Childress Racing has 109 wins. Junior Johnson and his team delivered 53 wins. If you add up those three teams, they are over half of the wins for Team Chevy. We couldn’t be prouder. There is quite a list of top performing drivers, as well. Jeff Gordon had 93 wins, all with Chevrolet. Jimmie Johnson had 83 wins, all with Chevrolet. Dale Earnhardt had 73 of his 76 wins with Chevrolet. Darrell Waltrip had 59, Cale Yarborough had 48, and of course Chase Elliott added his 12th win to that list. It was an exciting way to wrap up the weekend.”
YOU’RE ONE OF THE FEW MANUFACTURERS INVOLVED IN BOTH INDYCAR AND NASCAR. IT’S A BIG WEEKEND FOR BOTH SERIES, BUT LATER THIS YEAR, THEY’LL BOTH BE RACING AT INDIANAPOLIS IN AUGUST. IT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU TO HAVE SYNERGIES BETWEEN THE TWO SERIES? “This is a big weekend with the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte (Motor Speedway). For Chevrolet, we have a long history in both series, so it’s huge for us. One thing I will say about both IndyCar and NASCAR – with NASCAR, from Jim France to Lisa, Ben, Steve Phelps and Steve O’Donnell and the whole team, they have been really working with us as a manufacturer and others in the industry around things they can do to strengthen the schedule and doing a dual race was on our list. We’re invested in both sports, so that’s going to be huge for us. I think it’s going to be great for the fans to see two different series at the same track. We’ve obviously done that over the years from time-to-time with an IndyCar race and a NASCAR Truck Series Race or NASCAR and IMSA. I would love to see more of that because we’re involved in all of those series and that would be great for us as a manufacturer; but more importantly, for our customers and for the fans.”
YOU WERE GOING TO EXPAND A BUILDING IN CONCORD AND THEN IT BECAME A GM DEFENSE BUILDING. ARE YOU STILL PLANNING TO BUILD SOMETHING IN CONCORD? AND IF SO, WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT COULD BE OPERATIONAL?“We did announce that we’re going to bring Charlotte a GM Technical Center and that will happen. Last year, being so unique with the pandemic, we had to change gears a bit and our GM Defense unit won a significant contract on an infantry squad vehicle truck that is based off of the Chevrolet Colorado, obviously modified for their needs. So, they needed space to go right then and meet the requirements of the GM Defense contract for the government. We did convert that building to the GM Defense and it’s now a full-production facility building those ISV trucks for the military. We will have some news shortly on what our new plans are. We’re still committed to the area for a General Motors Technical Center. There’s more to come.”
YOU STARTED TALKING ABOUT HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS; THEY’VE KIND OF BEEN ON TOP OF THE WORLD LATELY WITH EVERYTHING THAT’S BEEN GOING ON. BUT LAST YEAR WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE. THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW LAST SUMMER WAS THEIR LOW POINT FOR THEM. JUST CURIOUS, DID YOU GUYS AT CHEVROLET HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM OR OFFER UP ANY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OR IS THIS TURNAROUND MORE IN-HOUSE? “The last two or three years, we have not had the success that we’ve enjoyed previous to that. The great news is that obviously last year ended with a championship with Chase Elliott and Hendrick Motorsports in the No. 9 Camaro ZL1 1LE and we’re proud of that. The team owners and Chevrolet have come together to really rally around a consolidated engineering effort on common projects. We have commitment from Richard (Childress), Chip (Ganassi) and Rick (Hendrick) to do that, along with our affiliate teams. We’re going to put the technical center down there; we already have the work well underway. The alliance between Hendrick Motorsports and ECR engines came together and we certainly advocated and encouraged that, and have been part of that effort to bring those two entities together. That paid dividends for us wrapping up last season.”
“When you put it all together, we’re working on four or five really key focus areas to help with the performance of our Cup program, as well as Xfinity and Truck. That’s in areas, for example, deep aero work that we’re doing together; that’s been on for some time. We’re doing tire development; basically, getting good tire data together. Our simulation program, which is anchored primarily in the Driver-in-the-Loop, which we have in Charlotte and we’re going to add capacity to that. Those are three examples of areas of which we are focusing on together. It’s a huge effort by Jeff Andrews, Andy Petree and Tony Lunders to bring those organizations together with Eric Warren. Eric Warren was at Richard Childress Racing and we brought him on board last year in the fall. He’s a talented engineer and he’s leading up our NASCAR Cup Series program, as well as Xfinity and Truck. So, it’s really engineering-based. We moved our motorsports group into our engineering area last January, so that happened some time ago. I think it really fortified our efforts and it’s starting to pay dividends.”
“Believe me, in this sport, you have to be on it every second. Competition is always moving. We are in series all around the world with Chevrolet and our other brands like Cadillac and Hummer. We know you have to stay on top of it. It’s a pretty ruthless competition and the competition is always trying to get back on top. We’re seeing the improvements and we want all of our Chevy teams to enjoy the same success that we’re seeing with Hendrick Motorsports and we’re starting to see just that.”
SUNDAY MARKED THE 800TH WIN FOR CHEVROLET. LOOKING BACK THROUGH THE YEARS, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MILESTONE MOMENTS THAT STOOD OUT FOR YOU IN WATCHING CHEVROLET GET TO THIS POINT? “I mentioned some of the milestone wins. The first win was Fonty Flock; he won in Columbia, South Carolina, in a Chevy. That was kind of the beginning of the Chevy small-block V8 era and that era really was pivotal for our company, in terms of really adding incredible performance to many of our vehicles, including the ones we race on the track. If you go all the way through, there’s just so many historic wins. I mentioned a few of them there. The 100th win was Rex White in Columbia, South Carolina. The 200th win was Benny Parsons at Riverside and our 300th win was Dale Earnhardt at North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. So, there’s so many that are meaningful and important. I’ve been in racing a long time, like many of you, and when you ask team owners ‘tell me about a win’ or let’s celebrate a win we just had, they often pivot very quickly to what’s next. What about the next win? We have to keep the momentum going; how do we keep this momentum going?”
“The favorite win – I mentioned a few of the historic ones and obviously the favorite one is the next one.”
WITH HOW THE RACE PLAYED OUT SUNDAY AT COTA IN THE RAIN AND HOW DANGEROUS THAT GOT, WITH NASCAR AND GOODYEAR TRYING TO DEVELOP A TIRE WHERE THEY COULD BE POTENTIALLY RACED ON A SHORT TRACK IN SOMEWHAT DAMP CONDITIONS, HOW COMFORTABLE ARE YOU WITH HOW FAR NASCAR MIGHT BE GOING TO EMBRACE RACING IN RAIN CONDITIONS?“That’s a great questions. It’s obviously a hot topic coming off the weekend. Chevrolet is involved in a lot of these SportsCar series, IndyCar and others, and in most of all the other series, we do race in the rain. We have worked with the sanctioning bodies, including IMSA, which is in the NASCAR family. We’ve ran our Corvette since 1999 in the SportsCar series and then more recently, we’ve added Cadillac to the prototype category called DPi. We use technologies like heated windshields, where we basically have a micromesh that’s in between the layers of the windshield that gives enough heat to the windshield to keep the condensation from building. There’re some other techniques that we use there, as well.”
“Racing in the rain – certainly we don’t want anything to be unsafe. There have been moments, even in SportsCar racing, where we’ve seen the series put the yellow out and they’ll run a lot of yellow laps or, in some cases, a red. So, I think every condition, every track, is different and it almost has to be like a game time call, if you will, on that. I think there’s a lot of experience in the NASCAR family, particularly in IMSA, in running in the rain and just making the right calls in the moment based on the conditions. I’m optimistic about it. We have to take it one step at a time. We want to keep the drivers safe; there’s no doubt about that.”
MODERATOR: JIM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO JOIN US. GOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND AS YOU PURSUE WIN 801 AT CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY.

Already recovered media from the weekend I bring them up to date … 🤭😅.
 On Saturday in the Castilla y León championship after free practice, we classified in 2nd place for the league … A modality that was created for this test and in which we achieved the maximum score by winning all the battles against all the competitors of  the pro category.  We achieved the highest possible score and placed 1st in the league … Then we ran the semi-final and we won it too … We went to the final and not knowing that because we were the winners of the league we came out first, we made a strategic mistake that led us to error on the track and we lost the battle … Of course … giving a show and leaving a good image …  We climbed to 2nd place on the podium and now we are 2nd in the Castilla y León championship … What we are going to have to go back to for 1st place in the next round … 😜.
 We are very happy for the role we played this weekend and we hope that our sponsors and collaborators are too …. Without a doubt, being backed and supported by the best, makes us have to live up to it …. And without  that support and backing none of this would be possible …
 We broke the ice after the beginning of the global pandemic … We went to run in the first scoring drift race in Spain and we achieved 2nd place … We are very happy and grateful …. We’re dusting ourselves off and getting ready for the next one … 💪🏻🐔

CHEVROLET RACING IN NTT INDYCAR SERIES INDIANAPOLIS 500 INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAYQUALIFICATIONS RECAPMAY 23, 2021 Team Chevy teammates qualify on Rows 1 and 2 for Indianapolis 500Rinus VeeKay and Ed Carpenter lead 16-car Chevrolet contingent INDIANAPOLIS (May 23, 2021) – Teammates Rinus VeeKay and Ed Carpenter will lead the Chevrolet contingent into the 105th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge from the front two rows.VeeKay, who eight days earlier earned his initial NTT INDYCAR SERIES victory on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, qualified third in the Firestone Fast Nine Shootout with a four-lap average speed of 231.511 mph on the 2.5-mile oval.  Carpenter, a three-time Indy 500 pole winner, qualified fourth in the No. 20 SONAX Chevrolet with an average speed of 231.504 mph. Simona De Silvestro dug deep in the Last Chance Qualifying and put her No. 16 Rocket Paretta Autosport Chevrolet in the 33rd starting position for the field of the Indianapolis 500. It will be the sixth time the Swiss born driver will start the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. After missing the lock-in on Saturday to be in the top-30, De Silvestro had to battle four additional drivers for the final three spots on the grid. Sixteen entries powered by the 2.2-liter, twin-turbocharged, direct-injected Chevrolet V6 engine qualified for the 33-car field for the 200-lap race Sunday, May 30. A Chevrolet driver has qualified on the front row eight of the nine years, including six pole starts, since the Bowtie brand returned to NTT INDYCAR SERIES manufacturer competition in 2012. “I’m very proud of our team, proud of Chevrolet giving us all the power we need to go fight for the pole and more importantly to fight for a win next Sunday,” said Carpenter, who is also the principal of Ed Carpenter Racing. Chevrolet front-row starters since 20122021: Third – Rinus VeeKay2019: First – Simon Pagenaud. Second – Ed Carpenter. Third – Spencer Pigot2018: First – Ed Carpenter. Second – Simon Pagenaud. Third – Will Power2017: Second – Ed Carpenter2016: Second – Josef Newgarden2015: First – Scott Dixon. Second – Will Power. Third – Simon Pagenaud2014: First — Ed Carpenter. Third – Will Power2013: First – Ed Carpenter. Second – Carlos Munoz. Third – Marco Andretti2012: First – Ryan Briscoe. Second – James Hinchcliffe. Third – Ryan Hunter-Reay Drivers received a turbocharger boost, which equates to an increase of about 45 horsepower, for practice Friday, May 21, that carried over for the two days of qualifications. Scott Dixon, the 2020 Indy 500 winner, recorded a four-lap average speed of 231.685 mph in his Chip Ganassi Racing Honda to win the NTT P1 Award. VeeKay was the highest rookie qualifier in 2020 and improved one position for 2021. He will seek to join Simon Pagenaud in 2019 and Will Power in 2018 as Chevrolet drivers to win on the IMS road course and oval in the same month. “Both Ed and I have amazing cars. Chevy power has been outstanding today,” said VeeKay, 20, driver of the No. 21 Bitcoin Chevrolet. “We have a good shot at winning.” Pato O’Ward, who claimed his first NTT INDYCAR SERIES victory May 1 on the Texas Motor Speedway oval, qualified on Row 4 in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet. Teammate Felix Rosenqvist, driving the No. 7 Vuse Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet, qualified 14th. Scott McLaughlin, competing in his first Indianapolis 500, qualified 17th in the No. 3 Pennzoil Team Penske Chevrolet. Pagenaud, the 2019 pole winner, qualified 26th in the No. 22 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet. Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya qualified 24th in the No. 86 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet. Power persevered through a nerve-racking day of Last Chance Qualifying and drove the No. 12 Verizon 5G Team Penske Chevrolet to 32nd in the starting lineup. He will be joined on the last row by Sage Karam in the No. 24 DRR-AES Indiana Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet and Simona De Silvestro, who is making her first ‘500’ appearance since 2015, in the No. 16 Rocket Pro/Paretta Autosport Chevrolet. NBC will telecast the 200-lap race at 11 a.m. ET May 30. Motorsports icon Danica Patrick will drive the 2021 mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette Stingray hardtop convertible to lead the field to the green flag. The 2021 race marks the 32nd time for Chevrolet to pace dating to 1948, and the 18th time since 1978 for America’s favorite sports car. TEAM CHEVY QUALIFIERS WITH AVERAGE SPEED IN MPH:3. Rinus VeeKay, No. 21 Bitcoin Ed Carpenter Racing (231.511)4. Ed Carpenter, No. 20 SONAX Ed Carpenter Racing (231.504)12. Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP (230.864)14. Felix Rosenqvist, No. 7 Vuse Arrow McLaren SP (230.744)17. Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Pennzoil Team Penske (230.557)19. Conor Daly, No. 47 U.S. Air Force Ed Carpenter Racing (230.427)21. Josef Newgarden, No. 2 Shell Fuel Rewards Team Penske (230.071)22. JR Hildebrand, No. 1 ABC Supply/AJ Foyt Racing (229.980)24. Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 86 Arrow McLaren SP (229.891)26. Simon Pagenaud, No. 22 Menards Team Penske (229.778)27. Sebastien Bourdais, No. 14 ROKiT/AJ Foyt Racing (229.744)29. Max Chilton, No. 59 Gallagher Carlin (229.417)30. Dalton Kellett, No. 4 K-Line Insulators/AJ Foyt Racing (228.323)31. Sage Karam, No. 24 DRR-AES Indiana Dreyer & Reinbold Racing (229.156)32. Will Power, No. 12 Verizon 5G Team Penske (228.876)33. Simona De Silvestro, No. 16 Rocket Pro/Paretta Autosport (228.333)Charlie Kimball, No.11 Tresiba AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet and RC Enerson, No. 75 Top Gun Racing Chevrolet did not qualify for the race.  DRIVER QUOTES:RINUS VEEKAY, NO. 21 BITCOIN ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVROLET, QUALIFIED 3RD:“I had a big moment on the last lap, in the first corner. I never lifted, but when I think back, maybe I should have! That last lap was the sketchiest lap I’ve ever done, but I kept my foot on the gas. I wanted it to be as on the limit as possible, so I kept the power on, even with all the wiggling. I knew Turn One would be the trickiest so once I got through, I thought it would be fine. I couldn’t have gone any faster. I was happy to make the Fast Nine yesterday and we’re grateful to have Chevy power taking me to the front row! I’m very happy for the team and very grateful, for all the sleepless nights and hard work. I think we can go for the win next Sunday. I love Indy, and with the Ed Carpenter Chevy, it’s such a pleasure – apart from that last lap! I have a great car and a great team around me. That win last week has changed the spirit within the team and we were all extremely motivated. The entire month of May has been amazing.”  ED CARPENTER, NO. 20 SONAX ED CARPENTER RACING, QUALIFIED 4TH: “Chevy has been a great partner; they give us so many tools and help us thrive. There’s no better partner to have. I’m happy, we were in the hunt and we have a car on the front row. Both of our cars were extremely close, and that small gap between the two cars is a testament to ECR and the quality of cars that they build. -Very proud to be seven-thousandths of a mile-an-hour between our cars is frickin’ awesome. That is all ECR. That is all our team; it is Chevy. 10 years as partners is amazing. It’s tough competition, whether it’s Honda versus Chevy or the two of us going against Scott Dixon and Colton Herta. We had all the power we needed to fight for the pole, they were just a little better than us today. There are so many great drivers in the series, it’s awesome to compete against them and we love the challenge. At the end of the day, we’re happy with where we’re starting the Indy 500. Rinus is the real deal, I’m proud of him. He’s a resilient kid, he learns and keeps getting better. He’s going to be tough to beat next Sunday, I’m as worried about him as anyone. But we’ll be in a great spot for the race, with my teammate in front of me, so we’ll tune up the car today and Carb Day and be ready for next Sunday.” SAGE KARAM, NO. 24 DRR-AES INDIANA DRYER AND REINBOLD RACING CHEVROLET, QUALIFYING 31ST: “It wasn’t easy running in Sunday’s last Chance qualifying, as it was warmer than Saturday’s qualifying. But the team did a great job preparing the car for the four-lap stint. Glad we were fastest in that little round as we were two years ago. Ironically, I’ll start 31st for the third straight Indy 500. I’m really proud of the DRR Team Chevy and AES Indiana crew the way they kept working so hard to get me in the show here at Indy. As one-car, Indy-only team, DRR has to go up against two cars basically Penske-prepared for Will and Simona. And we beat them today. I think that is very cool. Now we are ready to prepare for next Sunday’s race.”WILL POWER, NO. 12 VERIZON 5G TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, QUALIFED 32ND:  “Yeah that was very, very nerve-wracking. The run started going loose everywhere. I held onto it out of 2, hit the wall, and I took a chance by holding it wide open and hoping the rear toe wasn’t too bad. Man. That is as loose as you want to get it. I can’t thank Verizon and Chevy enough for sticking with me after all these years. I’m so stoked to get in the race. The team has put a massive amount of effort into this race. It’s a big relief more than anything to get in this race. I knew I couldn’t lift. Some nervy lifts. But yeah. This place throws everything at you. We’re in the race and it’s an amazing feeling, amazing place. It’s more nerve wracking than going for pole. Definitely I lost a bit of sleep!”  SIMONA DE SILVERSTRO, NO 16 ROCKET PRO PARETTA AUTOSPORT CHEVROLET, QUALIFIED 33RD: “What a day. It was definitely nerve racking being in this position. Super happy that we made it in because of everyone involved as well,  because of all the hard work that got put in, it would have been crazy to not have made it. From that point of view, we’re super relieved. Now we just focus on racing and I think we could be pretty good because our car was pretty competitive.“For Beth as well I just wish it wouldn’t have been as crazy for the first time we were racing together. At least we got that one out of the way and now we can really focus on this going forward. It was interesting but you know I think we all stuck together and that’s what made us strong to be here today.”

Batavia, OH (May 23, 2021) – The Brandon Ford TV Race Challenge continues this week at the Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 Presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com. Brandon Ford, the World’s Largest Volume Ford Dealer, provides the Official Pace Truck of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. In 2021, Brandon Ford expanded their partnership of the premier national tour to include support of the TV Race Challenge. This year’s Show-Me 100 will broadcast LIVE on the MAVTV Motorsports Network on Saturday, May 29th. Both Thursday and Friday’s preliminary events will be taped for broadcast on MAVTV Motorsports Network later in the year, while all three nights will be live on MAVTVPlus.com. The Brandon Ford TV Race Challenge will award points to drivers at the 32 televised events broadcasted on Network TV within the series schedule in 2021. The winner of the Brandon Ford TV Race Challenge will receive a $10,000 cash award, while second and third will receive $3,000 and $2,000 respectively at the year-end awards banquet. The talent of the nation’s top dirt late model drivers will be put on display along the way, not only at each venue during the live streams on MAVTV Plus, but also during the 32 broadcast events on the MAVTV Motorsports Network, 15 events on CBS Sports Network, 5 events on CBS, and 13 events on the NBC Sports Network. Currently Brandon Overton leads Hudson O’Neal, Devin Moran, Brandon Sheppard and Kyle Bronson in the Brandon Ford TV Race Challenge standings. For complete standings visit: https://lucasdirt.com/points/2021-points. “A huge thanks to Wayne Hammond and everyone at Brandon Ford for sponsoring the TV Race Challenge in 2021. Having additional money for the racers to shoot for adds to the excitement of our TV package in 2021. The drivers always want to perform at their best when the TV cameras are on, but having the added cash incentives to compete for during TV races makes every position count,” stated Wayne Castleberry, Corporate Motorsports Sales and Marketing for Lucas Oil Products. Brandon Ford, located in Tampa, FL, has won Ford’s prestigious President’s Award 17 years in a row, saluting the top-performing Ford and Lincoln dealerships that pursue excellence in the highest levels of customer satisfaction in both sales and service. Brandon Ford has one of the largest inventories of new and pre-owned vehicles in the nation. To learn more about Brandon Ford or if you are interested in purchasing a vehicle, visit: www.brandonford.com. Show-Me 100 action kicks off on May 27 with the “Cowboy Classic” for Late Models headlining the program, with a $6,000-to-win, $600-to-start main event which also enables drivers to earn valuable points toward starting position into the night-night main event. The USRA Modifieds feature winner will earn $750. The “Tribute to Don and Billie Gibson” on May 28 also will see a $6,000-to-win feature with more points earned for the starting lineup the next night. USRA Modifieds compete for a $750-to-win feature with more points collected toward the final-night main event. The May 29 program includes B Mains, the Midwest Sheet Metal Show-Me Challenge and the 100-lap, $30,000-to-win main event along with a $1,500-to-win USRA Modified feature. For more information about the Show-Me 100 visit www.lucasoilspeedway.com.

Strickler grateful for opportunity to work with Bloomquist  The “High Side Tickler” looks toward the future with Team Zero ChassisCONCORD, NC – MAY 24, 2021 – Kyle Strickler was at a crossroads in his racing career.“The High side Tickler” split with PCC Motorsports and was left to find a ride for the World of Outlaws Late Model races at Port Royal Speedway with days to spare.After picking up a Vic Hill Racing engine in Tennessee, Strickler made a stop in Mooresburg. That’s when the wheels began turning—leading to the North Carolina driver joining forces with 2004 World of Outlaws champion Scott Bloomquist.“We’ve always kind of joked about [Bloomquist] wanting to get me in cars,” Strickler said. “I told him there’s no better time than right now to put a deal together. It surprised me how excited he was, and how willing he was to go above and beyond and try to put a deal together.”Strickler ran a Team Zero car during the two-day Port Royal Speedway event, which he bought from fellow competitor Frank Ingram. Bloomquist served as his crew chief, hoping to help get the car dialed in for Strickler in a timely manner.“Working with him, I’ll get to know this car as well as my own, and hopefully it’ll help him do as well as he can,” Bloomquist said. “I think he’s got a hell of a lot of talent, and it’s exciting.”For Strickler, it’s more than just teaming up with one of the most accomplished Late Model drivers in history. He sees “Black Sunshine” as a father figure.“I’ve always looked up to him, and if there’s anyone you’re going to look to and try to shortcut your learning curve, the greatest of all-time would be the one to help you do that,” Strickler said. “There’s no better opportunity than to drive for Daddy Scott.”Strickler finished 21st and 16th in the two Morton Buildings Features at “The Speed Palace.” Despite not getting the results he hoped for, the plan is to build toward the future.“These cars are built and centered around Eldora,” Strickler said. “The Dream is coming up, and we were very good there last year with our Longhorn [Chassis]. [Bloomquist] is helping me a lot and we’ve talked non-stop the last two days about what I need to adjust from a driver’s standpoint and how the cars are going to be different.”“The High Side Tickler” hopes it’s a partnership that stays together on his quest toward a World of Outlaws Late Models championship.“If everything goes well, I’d love to stay here,” Strickler said. “We’ll end up eventually getting our own cars, and having my own race team, hopefully working out of [Bloomquist’s] shop in Tennessee a lot.”“The way I see it, the sky’s the limit, and if everything’s going well and [Bloomquist] is behind it and wants to help me progress, I think we could win a lot of big races and crown jewels.”Both drivers are excited about the chance to work together, and Bloomquist hopes it puts Strickler in the right direction for his career.“I’m sure [Strickler’s] got what it takes, I just want to have him in the right car to suit him,” Bloomquist said.“When [Bloomquist] speaks, I listen, and we’ll see how it all works out,” Strickler said. “I’m kind of on cloud nine to have this opportunity, and I just want to go out there and perform.”Strickler hopes to get back to his winning ways, after finding Victory Lane in two of the first three races this season at Volusia Speedway Park. Right now, he’s tied for fourth in the standings with Ricky Weiss—160 points behind Brandon Sheppard.The next stop for the Mooresville, NC driver and the World of Outlaws is Friday, June 4, when the Series visits Circle City Raceway in Indianapolis, IN for the first time.If you can’t make it to the track, watch all the action live on DIRTVision with the annual Platinum FAST PASS subscription for $299/year or the monthly FAST PASS subscription for $39/month.

The World of Outlaws Morton Buildings® Late Model Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: DIRTVision (Official Live Broadcast Partner), Drydene (Official Motor Oil), Hoosier Racing Tire (Official Tire), iRacing (Official Online Racing Game), Morton Buildings (Official Building), SIS Insurance (Official Insurance Provider) VP Racing Fuels (Official Racing Fuel); in addition to contingency sponsors, including: Arizona Sport Shirts/Gotta Race, ARP (Automotive Racing Products), Cometic Gasket, COMP Cams, MSD, Penske Racing Shocks, Quarter Master, Slick Woody’s (Quick Time Award), and Wrisco (Exclusive Racing Aluminum); along with manufacturer sponsors, including: Capital Race Cars, FireAde, Integra Shocks, Intercomp, K1 Race Gear, Racing Electronics, Reliable Painting, and Rocket Chassis.Founded in 1978, the World of Outlaws®, based in Concord, NC, is the premier national touring series for dirt track racing in North America, featuring the most powerful cars on dirt, the World of Outlaws NOS® Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings® Late Model Series. Annually, the two series race nearly 140 times at tracks across the United States and Canada. CBS Sports Network is the official broadcast partner of the World of Outlaws. DIRTVision® also broadcasts World of Outlaws events over the Internet to fans around the world. Learn more about the World of Outlaws.

NASCAR CUP SERIES CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS ECHOPARK TEXAS GRAND PRIX TEAM CHEVY RACE NOTES & QUOTES MAY 23, 2021 CHASE ELLIOTT CAPTURES 800th WIN FOR CHEVROLET IN NASCAR CUP SERIESFirst-Ever NCS Victory at COTA AUSTIN, Texas – (May 23, 2021) – Chase Elliott’s win of the inaugural EchoPark Texas Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) in his No. 9 Llumar Camaro ZL1 1LE scored the 800th all-time victory for Chevrolet in NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) competition. This unprecedented win secured a significant milestone for Chevrolet as the most successful manufacturer in NASCAR history. In addition to reaching this 800th triumph for the brand, Elliott brought the Camaro ZL1 1LE to Victory Lane for the 14th time since becoming Chevrolet’s flagship NCS race vehicle in 2020, and the fifth time in the 2021 NCS season. “I couldn’t be more excited,” said Elliott.  “I’ve never won a rain race before, so it’s kind of cool. And I’m just super proud of our team for just continuing to fight. We started the day, and we weren’t very good. I just kept pushing myself and we kept making some good changes throughout the day and got to where I thought we were on pace with those guys there at the end. So, I’m really proud of that. It’s not the greatest thing ever, for it to rain and to have a rain race win, if it’s your first one; but I think it’s okay if it’s down the road, so I’m pretty excited about that. I’m looking forward to next week and trying to keep it rolling.” Due to inclement weather, the EchoPark Texas Grand Prix was called with 14 laps to go. Elliott’s triumph marks the first appearance for the NCS in its debut at COTA, a 3.4-mile, 20-turn, counterclockwise track circuit track with multiple elevation changes that that flow with the hilly landscape. This win was Elliott’s 12th NCS career victory, his sixth road course win, and first of the 2021 NCS season. It also celebrated the 268th victory for Rick Hendrick and Hendrick Motorsports. “So proud of Chase Elliott and his No. 9 Camaro team for persevering all race long and handling such challenging conditions to deliver a big win at the first race at Circuit of the Americas,” said Jim Campbell, vice president of Performance and Motorsports. “Chase’s first win of the season is extra special as it was Hendrick Motorsports 268th Cup win and Chevrolet’s 800th Cup win.” “I’d also like to thank all of the Chevrolet engineers, and all of the drivers, crew chiefs, teams and owners who have contributed to those 800 wins over the past 66 years.” Chevrolet’s rich heritage in NASCAR competition began when Fonty Flock took the checkered flag on March 26,1955 at Columbia Raceway in Columbia, South Carolina in his ‘55 Chevy. Sixty-six years later, the ‘Bowtie Brand’ continues to set the mark. Chevrolet’s accolades in NASCAR racing are vast. To date, the manufacturer has earned 32 Driver titles and 39 Manufacturer titles en route to its 800 victories.  No manufacturer has carried more drivers and teams to championships in NASCAR’s premier division than Chevrolet. MILESTONE VICTORIES LIST:1st WIN: 3/26/55 – Fonty Flock, Columbia, SC100th WIN: 7/07/62 – Rex White – Columbia, SC200th WIN: 6/11/78 – Benny Parsons – Riverside, CA300th WIN: 4/20/86 – Dale Earnhardt, Sr. – North Wilkesboro, NC400th WIN: 9/10/94 – Terry Labonte – Richmond, VA500thWIN: 8/12/01 – Jeff Gordon – Watkins Glen, NY600th WIN: 3/25/07 – Kyle Busch – Bristol, TN700thWIN: 11/4/12 – Jimmie Johnson – Ft. Worth, TX800th WIN: 5/23/21 – Chase Elliott – Austin, TX DURATION BETWEEN MILESTONE WINS:1st to 100th: 2660 days = 7 years, 3 months, 11 days100th to 200th: 5818 days = 15 years, 11 months, 4 days200th to 300th: 2870 days = 7 years, 10 months, 9 days300th to 400th: 3065 days = 8 years, 4 months, 21 days400th to 500h: 2528 days = 6 years, 11 months, 2 days500th to 600th: 2051 days = 5 years, 7 months, 13 days600th to 700th: 2051 days = 5 years, 7 months, 10 days700th to 800th: 3122 days = 8 years, 6 months, 19 days WINS BY NAMEPLATE:Bel Air or Biscayne = 55Chevelle/Chevelle Laguna/Laguna S-3 = 36Lumina = 61Monte Carlo/Monte Carlo SS = 396Impala/Impala SS = 152Chevrolet SS = 73Camaro/Camaro ZL1/Camaro ZL1 1LE = 27

May 23, 2021, Baytown, Texas – Rain disrupted National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Camping World Drag Racing Series activities for a second day at the Mopar Express Lane SpringNationals Presented by Pennzoil at Houston Raceway Park and forced the postponement of competition. After Saturday qualifying was shortened due to weather, a persistent drizzle began at the tail end of Sunday’s opening round of Top Fuel eliminations, resulting in a lengthy delay through the late afternoon until officials made the decision to move the balance of the eliminations contest to 10 a.m. Central Time on Monday morning.

Prior to the rain delay, six Top Fuel pairs were able to get in elimination runs including No. 2 qualifier Leah Pruett and her Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) Pennzoil dragster after extending her streak of qualifying among the quick half of the field to all five national events so far this season. 

After 19 consecutive races in which the HEMI®-powered racer advanced to the quarterfinals or better, Pruett was looking to shake off some of the bad luck that had vexed the team in the opening round of two previous events. Her Mopar rocketed off the start with an impressive 0.020-second reaction time, but a mechanical glitch early in the run hampered her forward motion and despite efforts to peddle her way down the track, Pruett was unable to advance.

However, Pruett will have another chance on Monday to vie for a Wally trophy at the Mopar Express Lane SpringNationals Presented by Pennzoil aboard her 2021 Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak in Factory Stock Showdown (FSS) from the No. 10 position on the eliminations ladder. She’ll face No.7 Arthur Kohn in the opening round while her teammate, No. 13 seed Mark Pawuk will line up his Empaco Equipment Mopar Drag Pak against No. 4 seed David Barton. 

Funny Car eliminations have also been rescheduled for Monday with three Dodge Charger SRT Hellcats starting from the top half of the eliminations ladder. No. 3 qualifier Ron Capps will have lane choice over Paul Lee in the opening round, while No. 4 seed Cruz Pedregon will begin his day facing off against Terry Haddock, and from his No. 6 spot, Matt Hagan will battle against Chad Green.

ADDITIONAL NOTES and QUOTES

FUNNY CAR:

Matt Hagan, DSR Pennzoil Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye
(No. 6 Qualifier – 3.961 seconds at 324.12 mph) Bonus point for third quickest Q1 run

Round 1: Delayed until Monday

Ron Capps, DSR NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
(No. 3 Qualifier –  3.941 seconds at 315.42 mph)

Round 1: Delayed until Monday

Cruz Pedregon, Pedregon Racing Snap-on® Tools Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat

(No. 4 Qualifier – 3.943 seconds at 323.12 mph)

Round 1:  Delayed until Monday

TOP FUEL:

Leah Pruett, DSR Pennzoil Mopar Dodge//SRT Dragster  
(No. 2 Qualifier – 3.733 seconds at 312.86 mph)

Round 1: (0.020-second reaction time, 12.703 seconds at 60.13 mph) loss to No. 13 Justin Ashley (0.039/3.770/317.79)

“Frustration is the word of the day. Unfortunately for us, we were not able to advance out of the first round. Our issues weren’t caused by tune-up error, nor a driver error. We had a line and fitting that no longer wanted to be married to each other and they disconnected themselves, draining our CO2 bottle after the burnout. So, unfortunately, we did not have the proper pressure to set the clutch where it needed to be and when I hit the gas to leave, we had extra arms in play in the clutch that applied way more power than we had wanted. This is the ultimate proving grounds but I don’t think anybody would be able to make it down the track when you apply all 12,000-horsepower at the same time at the hit. Silver lining in this for us is we still have so much confidence in this team – the driver, the crew chief, the car when it’s not having a bad day. We’re hoping to minimize these terrible days. Thankfully we are still early in the season. Are we impressed with where we sit in the standings? No, but we look forward to getting back after it in Epping. Our heads are not down low; we’re holding them high.”

FACTORY STOCK SHOOTOUT:

Leah Pruett, Mopar Dodge Challenger Mopar Drag Pak –
(No. 10 Qualifier – 7.959 seconds at 174.73 mph)

Round 1: Delayed until Monday

Mark Pawuk, Empaco Equipment Mopar Drag Pak– Factory Stock Shootout
(No. 13 Qualifier – 8.050 seconds at 172.21 mph)
Round 1: Delayed until Monday

NHRA Championship Points Standings:
Following Qualifying for the Mopar Express Lane SpringNationals at Houston Raceway Park

FUNNY CAR (season wins in parentheses)
1. Bob Tasca III – 398 (2)

2. J.R. Todd – 376 (1)
3. John Force – 205

4. Matt Hagan (Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat) – 294

5. Ron Capps (Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat) – 271

6. Alexis DeJoria – 268

7. Robert Hight – 251

7. Cruz Pedregon (Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat) – 251

7. Tim Wilkerson – 251

10. Blake Alexander – 182

TOP FUEL (season wins in parentheses)
1. Steve Torrance – 449 (2)

2. Antron Brown – 369 (1)

3. Brittany Force – 308 

4. Shawn Langdon – 281

5. Josh Hart – 278 (1)

6. Billy Torrence – 247
7. Doug Kalitta – 229
8. Justin Ashley – 225

9. Leah Pruett (Mopar Dodge//SRT) – 215
10. Clay Millican – 198

DodgeGarage: Digital Hub for Drag Racing News

Fans can follow all the NHRA’s action this season at DodgeGarage, the one-stop portal for Dodge//SRT and Mopar drag-racing news. The site includes daily updates and access to an online racing HQ, news, events, galleries, available downloads, and merchandise. For more information, visit www.dodgegarage.com. 

@DodgeMoparMotorsports on Instagram

The @DodgeMoparMotorsports Instagram channel continues to share content capturing Dodge//SRT Mopar drivers on the track. Fans can see action from the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series and NHRA Sportsman grassroots racers competing in classes such as Factory Stock Showdown, Stock and Super Stock, as well as additional motorsports series.

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