JEGS pro Jeg Coughlin Jr. begins Sonoma title defense from No. 3 qualifying spot
SONOMA, Calif. (July 27) — Six-time world champion drag racer Jeg Coughlin Jr. will begin the defense of his NHRA Sonoma Nationals title from the third position on the elimination grid after an impressive four rounds of qualifying, highlighted by a Friday evening pass of 6.533 seconds at 210.41 mph. Continue reading JEGS pro Jeg Coughlin Jr. begins Sonoma title defense from No. 3 qualifying spot →

Menard Set To Start 21st At Pocono

July 27, 2019

Paul Menard and the No. 21 Menards/Duracel Optimum Batteries Ford Mustang are set to start 21st in Sunday’s Gander RV 400 at Pocono Raceway. Continue reading Menard Set to Start 21st at Pocono →

Tyler Reddick Claims 14th Top-Five Finish of Season with American Ethanol / Novozymes Team’s Return to Iowa Speedway

“Well, we got a little bit of redemption at Iowa Speedway this time around after the tire issue we had during our first visit this season. We had a really good No. 2 American Ethanol / Novozymes Chevrolet Camaro all weekend long. It was snug enough for me to run the bottom well right from the start, so we really just focused on building some rear grip so I could run the top like I wanted. We got it handling right where I needed it to be during the final stage, and I was able to start chasing down the 20 for the lead. The two of us were able to keep up with each other and had really stretched out a lead until that late-race caution came out. We didn’t want to see that caution at all since it didn’t go with the strategy we were on and we had already taken our last set of sticker tires. We got shuffled back after that restart, but we lucked out a little bit once another caution came out, and we were able to use a set of 25-lap scuffed tires to our advantage to take back a couple spots. The strategy didn’t fall our way today, but we showed we had the speed we needed to contend and we’ll keep building on that. It shows how strong our team is that we are coming away from this weekend disappointed with a top-five finish.Thanks to American Ethanol and Novozymes for coming on board this weekend. I hope we put on a good show for them today.”

-Tyler Reddick

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY 200 AT MID-OHIO
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE, LEXINGTON, OHIO
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFICATIONS RECAP
JULY 27, 2019

Will Power puts Chevy on Pole at Mid-Ohio
Chevy drivers claim three in top 4 for Mid-Ohio race

LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 27, 2019) – Will Power claimed his fourth NTT P1 Award at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and 57th of his career to lead three Chevrolet drivers qualifying on the first two rows for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. Continue reading Will Power puts Chevrolet on Pole at Mid-Ohio →

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
POCONO RACEWAY
GANDER RV 400
TEAM CHEVY POST-QUALIFYING NOTES AND QUOTES
JULY 27, 2019

TOP TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL QUALIFYING RESULTS:
POS. DRIVER
5th Austin Dillon, No. 3 Freightliner Camaro ZL1
6th Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Ally Camaro ZL1
8th William Byron, No. 24 Liberty University Camaro Zl1
9th Kurt Busch, No. 1 Monster Energy Camaro ZL1
15th Alex Bowman, No. 88 Nationwide Camaro ZL1

TOP FIVE UNOFFICIAL QUALIFYING RESULTS:
POS. DRIVER
1st Kevin Harvick (Ford)
2nd Joey Logano (Ford)
3rd Aric Almirola (Ford)
4th Erik Jones (Toyota)
5th Austin Dillon (Chevrolet) Continue reading Chevy Racing—NASCAR—Pocono—Qualifying →

Continue reading Front-Row Start for Rossi, Honda at Mid-Ohio →

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY 200 AT MID-OHIO
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE IN LEXINGTON, OHIO
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUALIFYING QUOTES
JULY 27, 2019

WILL POWER, NO. 12 VERIZON TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET (NTT P1 Award winner with lap of 1:05.5317 in Firestone Fast Six; fourth pole at Mid-Ohio, third of season and 57th of career):
THAT LAST LAP WAS ‘TAKE THAT’
“It’s been such a bad year; so disappointing, but I have such a fire burning in me when I do a lap like that. It just beats you down when you have these bad runs. So happy to get the pole. So happy.”

HOW MUCH DOES THIS RESTORE YOUR CONFIDENCE FOR THE RACE?
“It’s great for confidence for my guys. I feel so bad for my guys. I’ve made some mistakes, so it was good to pay those guys back with some positive energy. And for our supporters as well for all the effort they put in. It’s been a tough year. I had a lot of energy to get pole today. I really want to win a race now. The things that haven’t gone our way. It just starts to wear on you. For me, it just makes me faster and more aggressive that leads to mistakes.”

JOSEF NEWGARDEN, NO. 2 PPG TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET (qualified third): “Good day and good qualifying result for us on the PPG Chevy team. To qualify first, third and fourth is about as good as you can do, so great job overall by Team Penske. You could see how our work from the test we had here made a difference. Chevy’s done a phenomenal job — the last three or four weeks we’ve just been on it. That gives us a lot of confidence on the PPG car that we can tap into that consistency and have a strong result tomorrow.”

SIMON PAGENAUD, NO. 22 MENARDS TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET (qualified fourth): “Awesome result for Team Penske to have three cars in the Fast Six and congratulations to Will for winning the pole. I really thought we would be able to get a front row starting spot with the Menards Chevy, but I think I affected the strategy a little too much and we didn’t have the right tires on the car at the end. Tomorrow, we’ll go racing hard. It’s going to be an exciting race with all the championship contenders starting at the front, so it should be a lot of fun to watch.”

SPENCER PIGOT, NO. 21 AUTOGEEK ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVROLET (qualified 13th): “Qualifying was really frustrating. We seemed to be really quick through the weekend, but we obviously didn’t have it there on red tires. We didn’t get a run on them yesterday, so that did not help us. We’ll have to take a look at it and see where we can improve for tomorrow. The car was really good for the most part up until qualifying. We’ll go back and look at all that and hopefully get the Autogeek Chevy back up to where it’s supposed to be.”

MAX CHILTON, NO. 59 GALLAGHER CHEVROLET (qualified 16th): “Obviously, compared to last year where we got through to the Firestone Fast Six, it looks like we’ve made a step backwards but I think last year we just kind of scraped through because of red flags. I truly believe we had more pace today than we did last year. It’s just super close out there. You know three tenths would’ve gotten me comfortably into the Firestone Fast Six. I really maximized everything I could. We didn’t get a run on reds yesterday, so that was really my first red run of the weekend. I think if I knew what I know now on the reds, we might’ve been able to get Dixon with those two tenths we were just shy of. When we’re only two tenths off of a Ganassi car, I think we can be proud of the job we did. We’re in a good place for tomorrow and I’m hoping we can bring home a good result for the No. 59 Gallagher Carlin Chevrolet.”

ED JONES, NO. 20 ED CARPENTER RACING SCUDERIA CORSA CHEVROLET (qualified 18th): “We certainly made improvements on the black tires over the course of the weekend. However, not being able to run the reds yesterday really cost us quite a bit as we didn’t know what to expect. It’s not usually very easy to overtake here but hopefully we are able to make some positions up.”

MATHEUS LEIST, NO. 4 ABC SUPPLY AJ FOYT RACING CHEVROLET (qualified 21st): “Disappointing qualifying today, very disappointing, considering we were running in or near the top 12 most of the time here. The car felt pretty good for most of the run but we are lacking getting the speed out of the car. We have one more practice tomorrow to figure it out before the race.” Continue reading Chevy Racing—Indycar—Mid-Ohio—Qualifying →

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
POCONO RACEWAY
GANDER RV 400
TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
JULY 27, 2019

TY DILLON, NO. 13 GEICO MILITARY CAMARO ZL1 Media Breakout Session Highlights:

HOW WAS YOUR PRACTICE? OBVIOUSLY, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF CARS THAT CRASHED DURING THAT FIRST PRACTICE.
“Yeah, I don’t know if it was due to the PJ-1 or not. I don’t really think so. I think it was just people pushing it to the edge to go faster and faster. We’ve kind of seen it the last couple of weeks, so everyone has figured out that you kind of have to be freer with these cars to gain speed. I think people were just pushing that limit. On our Geico Military Camaro, we just weren’t really happy with the balance on it. Hopefully in this second practice, we’ll hit on something and get better.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono–Ty Dillon →

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
POCONO RACEWAY
GANDER RV 400
TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
JULY 27, 2019

BUBBA WALLACE, NO. 43 VICTORY JUNCTION CAMARO ZL1 Media Breakout Session Highlights:

WHAT ADJUSTMENTS DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS SEASON TO BE A LITTLE MORE SUCCESSFUL?
“We just need to finish the race where we are running. In Kentucky, we were 18th with six or seven laps to go and we ended up 23rd one lap down. We’ve been having great runs ever since the All-Star weekend. It seems like the stars have lined up for us at the end of the race. Once that happens, we will start clicking off some spots in the points. But we were just behind the eight-ball for so long at the beginning of the season and we just need to climb our way out of it. We will continue to fight.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono–Bubba Wallace →

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
POCONO RACEWAY
GANDER RV 400
TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
JULY 27, 2019

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 CREDIT ONE BANK CAMARO ZL1 Media Breakout Session Highlights:

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A SEASON LIKE THIS WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’VE JUST BEEN MAKING SO MANY MISTAKES?
“No, I mean 2015 I don’t really remember that year, I don’t really want to remember that year. But I just remember it being bad. I don’t know if we crashed a lot then or what. Lately, it’s just been a lot of mistakes on my part. Earlier in the year, it was just bad luck or whatever you want to call it. But lately, it’s just been my fault.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono–Kyle Larson →

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
POCONO RACEWAY
GANDER RV 400
TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
JULY 27, 2019

ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CAMARO ZL1 Media Breakout Session Highlights:

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“I think the tires got really hard. Obviously, the tracks have changed a little bit with the PJ-1. It seems like the last couple of weeks, people have been crashing in practice. We just unloaded really loose and a little poorly, but hopefully we’ll gain on it and get better throughout the day.”

IT SEEMED LIKE YOU WERE LIFTING A LITTLE MORE THAN YOU DID IN THE SPRING RACE. WHAT IS THE REASON BEHIND THAT?
“I don’t think anyone was wide open in June, except through the tunnel. For us, we are just freer. I think the cars are a little faster this time around. The 24 is really fast right now; he was still wide open in the tunnel. I don’t really think anything has changed. Nobody is running in the PJ-1, that stuff is just going to get slimey all weekend. I don’t know, it definitely seems like there is less grip, but the cars are going faster.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono–Alex Bowman →

ROBERT HIGHT AND AUTO CLUB SIT NO. 1 FRIDAY AT THE NHRA SONOMA NATIONALS
SONOMA, Calif. (July 26, 2019) — Two-time Funny Car world champion Robert Hight powered his Automobile Club of Southern California Chevrolet Camaro SS to the No. 1 spot Friday night under the lights at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway. Teammate and John Force Racing owner, John Force and the PEAK machine sit in the No. 8 spot, and in Top Fuel, first-year driver Austin Prock is in sixth with his Montana Brand / Rocky Mountain Twist dragster, and Brittany Force and Carquest Brakes are currently in the No. 10 position. Continue reading ROBERT HIGHT AND AUTO CLUB SIT NO. 1 FRIDAY AT THE NHRA SONOMA NATIONALS →

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY 200 AT MID-OHIO
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE, LEXINGTON, OHIO
TEAM CHEVY DAY ONE RECAP AND DRIVER QUOTES
July 26, 2019

Two Chevrolet entries in the top three in Mid-Ohio practice
Simon Pagenaud, Will Power pace the Bowtie brigade on road course

LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 26, 2019) – Team Penske teammates Simon Pagenaud and Will Power, who have had past success on the 2.258-mile, 13-turn Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, were among the top three on the time sheet after two practice sessions for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Mid-Ohio →

Herta, Honda Head Indy Car Field at Mid-Ohio
• Rookie Colton Herta tops the time charts in opening day of practice for Honda Indy 200
• Another rookie, Felix Rosenqvist, impresses with fourth-fastest time
• Scott Dixon leads morning practice, finishes day seventh overall

LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 26, 2019) – Honda-powered rookie Colton Herta led the way Friday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in the opening day of NTT IndyCar Series practice in preparation for Sunday’s Honda Indy 200. Herta’s best lap time of 1:05.7292 was more than two-tenths of a second clear of second-quickest Simon Pagenaud.
Continue reading Herta, Honda Head Indy Car Field at Mid-Ohio →

NHRA® Team Report
Sonoma Nationals – Sonoma
Pre-Race Report

On the heels of the team’s strongest finish of the season, Cruz Pedregon is headed to Sonoma with his eye on a win and a spot in the Countdown. “We finally showed what we could do on race day with E1 and E2,” says Pedregon. “We raced smart but misjudged the track a little on E3. Even so, we held the number 1 spot until Q4 with no major damage to parts.” Continue reading Cruz Pedregon–Sonoma Advance →

Meyer Sisters to Settle Tie Breaker at Topeka Regional Event

Jul 23, 2019 | Featured, Megan Meyer, Pre-Race Releases, Rachel Meyer
Meyer Sisters to Settle Tie Breaker at Topeka Regional Event

Megan and Rachel Meyer of the Randy Meyer Racing Team will continue their battle for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Central Regional Championship this weekend at their home track in Topeka, Kansas. The Meyer Sisters are currently tied for first place, both having one win and two runner-up finishes this season, and will have three more races after this weekend to continue their chances of winning the series. Continue reading Meyer Sisters to Settle Tie Breaker at Topeka Regional Event →

EVENT RECAP : Round 5, BABY BLUE

Dan’s main competition Supra, “Big Blue” sat out this event resulting in the demo Supra “Baby Blue” making its big debut in Seattle. “Baby Blue” was well anticipated by the Formula Drift series and Dan’s fans from all over! Running a lower horsepower car on a big horsepower track put Dan’s driving skills to the test more than ever. Dan made it happen on track with “Baby Blue” and successfully qualified leading up to yet another battle with Chelsea Denofa! Dan did not get the win; but to say the least, we felt this round was a true victory as a team! Thank you to our partners that have been involved with building “Baby Blue” this past year. Dan will continue to drive this demo car at future events outside of the Formula Drift series, more “Baby Blue” to come…

Dan will be competing in his Formula Drift Competition Supra, “BIG BLUE” at ROUND 6 in St. Louis on August 9-10th

Dominic Scelzi Venturing to Santa Maria Saturday for First Time Since 2015

Inside Line Promotions – WATSONVILLE, Calif. (July 25, 2019) – Dominic Scelzi is excited to return to Santa Maria Raceway this Saturday for a King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Series event. Continue reading Dominic Scelzi Venturing to Santa Maria Saturday for First Time Since 2015 →

Giovanni Scelzi Ties Career-Best Outlaws Finish at Eldora Before Making Kings Royal Main Event

Inside Line Promotions – ROSSBURG, Ohio (July 25, 2019) – Giovanni Scelzi tied his career-best World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series result at Eldora Speedway and he made the Kings Royal main event to highlight a busy week at the half-mile oval. Continue reading Giovanni Scelzi Ties Career-Best Outlaws Finish at Eldora Before Making Kings Royal Main Event →

Menard Ready For Treated Track At Pocono

July 25, 2019

Paul Menard and the No. 21 Menards/Duracell Batteries Ford Mustang were on track at Pocono Raceway just seven races ago, but they’ll find a different surface when they arrive for this weekend’s Gander RV 400. Continue reading Menard Ready For Treated Track At Pocono →