NASCAR CUP SERIES LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY SOUTH POINT 400 TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 

KURT BUSCH, CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1 1LE SCORES VICTORY AT LAS VEGAS
LAS VEGAS, NV (SEPTEMBER 28, 2020) – For the first time in his career, Las Vegas native Kurt Busch added his name to the records books by taking his No. 1 Monster Energy Camaro ZL1 1LE to his hometown’s victory lane in the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The win marks Busch’s first win this season, securing his spot in the Round of Eight of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. 
With a set of strong late race restarts, Busch’s speed prevailed to give him his 32nd NASCAR Cup Series win. The victory, the sixth triumph for Chevrolet this season, is the Bowtie brand’s eighth win in history at the 1.5-oval and 792nd all-time win in NASCAR’s premier series. Alex Bowman, No. 88 LLUMAR Camaro ZL1 1LE, crossed the finish line in the Silver State’s 400-mile event in fifth, giving Team Chevy two of the top-five finishers. 
Matt DiBenedetto (Ford) finished second, Denny Hamlin (Toyota) was third and Martin Truex Jr. (Toyota) was fourth rounding out the top-five finishers of the race.  The NASCAR Cup Series season continues next weekend at Talladega Superspeedway with the YellaWood 500 on Sunday, October 4th, at 2:00 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on NBC, the NBC Sports Gold app, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. 
KURT BUSCH, NO. 1 MONSTER ENERGY CAMARO ZL1 1LE, PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT:            THE MODERATOR: We are now joined by tonight’s race winner of the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet. We’ll kick it over to media for questions.            Q. I know how bad you’ve wanted to win this race; has it sunk in at all? The celebration out there, that was memorable, but after getting the Daytona 500, I knew this was absolutely tops on your list.KURT BUSCH:  This is 20 years of agony and defeat and now today with triumph, I don’t know if I have any more gas left or if I just filled my tank up to go win every race that I’m going to go race next. This feeling of growing up here and watching the track get built from the desert gravel pit that it was by Richie Clyne and his group and then when Speedway Motorsports came in and bought it, I’m like, man, there’s going to be a Cup race there, I hope I can make my way up through Legend cars. And just all the memories, all the memories of everybody, my mom and dad, every Saturday night, all the commitment they gave me and my little brother to make it in racing.           For me it was a hobby. I never knew I’d get this far. A guy named Craig Keough here locally here in Las Vegas, the owner of the Star Nurseries here in Las Vegas took a chance on me and let me run his late model a few times and we won a couple races and started working our way up.           It takes a village to make somebody cut through and make it, and this is my hometown and I have so many people to thank, and I couldn’t be more proud and I know that they’re very proud right now watching on TV, watching on NBC Sports Network and seeing their hometown boy win at the hometown track.            Q. I knew on normal weekends you would have your friends from Star Nursery, you would have the high school people you grew up with. Is it somewhat bittersweet under the pandemic that that it just wasn’t ‑‑ I mean, I don’t know, it just seems like it would have been a little bit different had there been your hometown crowd there to cheer you on.KURT BUSCH:  They’ve pierced my heart right now. My memory of everybody, I know they’re thinking of me and I know they’re celebrating. They’re enjoying this just as much as I am. And yes, with empty grandstands, that’s tough. The governor couldn’t quite help make the right call to get fans in the grandstands, but everything aside, yes, it’s a bit empty, but my heart is full. I won at my hometown track after 20‑some odd tries.            Q. Take us through those final laps, what was going through your head and the emotion when you were spelling out Las Vegas out there with the checkered flag.KURT BUSCH:  The race unfolded in our favor when we were leading and we were cranking out some great lap times on old tires, and a yellow came out, and I’m like, this is like a huge break, this is like having all your chips in on a roulette number and it came up 1, it came up our number, and we doubled down. We had a good pit stop to hold our track position. We had to battle DiBenedetto on some of those restarts.           I pulled out a few drag racing tricks on him. I used our strengths against his weaknesses, and at the end, to again have 20 years of this track kicking my butt, it did the same thing tonight after lap 200 I’m like, really? Again? I’m going to have to battle, battle, battle maybe to get to 10th and we had no stage points tonight, either. So that yellow was a huge break for us.           And again, thank you to everybody in Las Vegas that helped my career get up and going. There’s so many people here; enjoy it tonight with me.            Q. I guess you’re riding back with Kyle. Brexton took this weekend off. Any extra pressure on you to beat your nephew this weekend?KURT BUSCH:  I wish I could have been there for it but I was trying to stay focused on getting my rest and being ready for today’s race. The pressure was there, and honestly on the plane ride out here, I was telling Samantha, my sister‑in‑law, that life is going to change with Victory Lane. I said, how did he feel, what were his emotions. She said, he was vibrating and that he loved it so much and that he could feel that energy of being a winner. And I just sat there on the plane going, my dad helped me, we helped Kyle, Kyle and my dad and myself are helping Brexton. It definitely felt like a generational shift was happening. But maybe not. Maybe not. This old guy has still got it going on.            Q. Kurt, when you’re going for the win there, is there anything going on in your mind like man, the difference between first and second, a playoff spot versus being on the bubble?KURT BUSCH:  It was going to be a tough pass for anybody to make. That was our ticket to move forward to win, to do the job that I need to do. I mean, it’s like giving a lion a piece of meat. I had it. I was in position, and nobody was going to take it from me. I had to execute on those restarts and then change the draft around, and the 11 was definitely going to have a hard time passing us because he had more to lose than we do.            Q. I was just wondering if you could talk about how important your spotter Tyler Green was for those crucial restarts and what your relationship has been like with Tyler.KURT BUSCH:  Tyler Green is a great spotter, he’s a great kid, and he’s a good racer. He races Legend cars in his spare time, and he actually has the most experience with the choose rule. This is my 21st year, I’ve never done a choose rule before, and so I’ve just gone off of him 100 percent. We’ve been crystal clear, and yes, spotters have to relay information with the restart lanes, with the draft, and where lap times are being produced. But all in all, my crew guys, this Monster Energy Chip Ganassi team, we knew we needed nighttime, and a yellow came out at a perfect opportunity and we had the right setup to be able to hold it wide open at the end to win it.            Q. Knowing that you’re locked into the next round, that’s obviously got to be big, take a lot off your mind for the next two races, but looking forward into the Round of Eight, what does tonight’s run do for you and this team, especially with Kansas and Texas back‑to‑back to start off the next round?KURT BUSCH:  Yeah, it’s a mile‑and‑a‑half win. We last won together at Kentucky on a mile‑and‑a‑half. So if you fast forward to Kansas and Texas, it’s a mile‑and‑a‑half. So everything is just pointing in our direction right now. I don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves, but we will enjoy this. We will celebrate. We need to grab points at Talladega. We need to grab points at the Roval.           We thought we were a top eight team if things went perfectly, but we still need to execute to grab those points in case we’re on the short stick and eliminated after the Martinsville round. All in all, this is a huge breath of fresh air. It’s wind in our sails, and it’s a lifelong dream of mine to win in my hometown.            Q. I know the emotions were pretty high when you got out of the car. Just comparison to your Daytona win; the emotion level, what was it like?KURT BUSCH:  It’s right there underneath Daytona, underneath the championship back in 2004. Any time you win, it’s special. But to do it in front of my hometown crowd and nobody was there and all the people that I see every time I come to Vegas and I get to say thank you and I can’t right now, that’s the hardest part. So this one is easily ramping up to being my third most favorite win ever. Right now it’s my favorite because it’s here, it’s Vegas, and I have so many people to thank. They know they helped me, and they know who they are, and it just all started with mom and dad taking me to the racetrack right here at the Bullring in Las Vegas.            Q. After the race you mentioned the people who have helped you since Vegas, but you got thanks from two people very close to you in Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth. What was it like to get the congratulations from Kyle and Matt after you crossed the start‑finish line?KURT BUSCH:  Again, I’m so grateful, but to have friendships in this garage, and Matt Kenseth and I go back the furthest out of anybody. It’s great to have him as a teammate right now and somebody that created stability for the 42 car, and to run with him and to share notes, it’s the best that we can be right now, with no practice and no normal sequences.           And then with my little brother, our relationship has blossomed this year with being travel buddies and staying in a family bubble together and respecting the COVID process together. And just to share stories and get caught up with things that we never talked about before, and to have him be the first one to give me the congratulatory donut down the back straightaway, it was a flashback of Legend car racing when we were growing up as kids together, and old brother always wins.            Q. It’s safe to say that some people might not have had the No. 1 in the Round of Eight, but this was a team effort tonight. Your spotter did a great job, pit crew did a great job. How much of a statement does this win feel like, a statement to say watch out for the No. 1 car, we’re not going anywhere?KURT BUSCH:  I’ll be honest with you, we needed everything to go perfect in this round to advance to the Round of Eight. You never want to count yourself out as a championship contender, but we knew we needed to work a little harder to keep pace with the 11, to keep pace with the 4. There’s the Penske guys that are strong, and I saw the 4 car tonight struggling, and the 18 was running around me a lot tonight.           You never know when your moment is going to come and the yellow came out at a perfect opportunity for us, and so yes, we’re advanced through to the Round of Eight. I still think it’s important to grab points at Talladega and the Roval. We just don’t have any ill side effects that are going to pop up these next two weeks. So we still need to go out there and put points in our pocket.            Q. What was your thinking in the car as the restarts were happening in those closing laps, heart rate, nightmares? Are you thinking confidence? What was your general mood as you were sitting in the car getting yourself set up for the best chance to win the thing?KURT BUSCH:  I go by this quote that I learned earlier this year reading some books and listening to some speakers. This guy, he said, “So what; now what?” It doesn’t matter what pops up, if it goes against you or if it’s with you, so what, now what, and that makes you clear your mind, makes me clear my mind anyway and make a plan, find a procedure that’s still going to keep us up front and protect that position.            Q. Even with more opportunities to run at Vegas in the future, was there ever a point where you were worried that you might not win at your home track in your career?KURT BUSCH:  I was worried about lap 200 today. I was like, oh, track got me again.           It’s so tough here keeping up with the track’s changing conditions, the speed through 1 and 2 versus the slick part of 3 and 4. We had been notoriously loose all year at mile‑and‑a‑half tracks, and we were loose all night. The run just before this, I said, hey, we’re finally on the tight side, go back. And then you’ve just got to wheel it. You’ve got to give it your best, and we found the right position to be in with the yellow flag and then the restarts.           But I mean, it’s Vegas; you’ve got to put yourself in position for the dice to unfold in your favor or for the cards to flip out. That would be the equivalent of having all of your money in after you’d been wasting money and burning up money all night at the blackjack table, and you go, you know what, one more hand, I’m all in, and then it just flipped over, an ace and a jack suited and it fell perfect.            Q. Matt McCall during these playoffs has run you long during green flag cycles where others have kind of split up stages, and that certainly benefitted you tonight. What is the challenge from a driver’s point of view when you’re running long, the tires are wearing, other people have fresher tires? What kind of demands does that put on you and the things that you’re able to do that allows Matt to make these calls to put you in this position?KURT BUSCH:  You know, that’s the good news and the bad news. We’ve been really good on long runs this year at mile‑and‑a‑halfs, and when we were out front on old tires we were cranking out some of the best laps that we had had all night. Again, it’s like we’re on that alternate strategy, and it’s just got to be law of averages, and it finally unfolded in our favor.            Q. When a driver runs 10th to 15th most of the night, how satisfying is it in your case to win those races?KURT BUSCH:  Oh, this is huge. We struggled early with being loose. We needed nightfall to happen sooner rather than later, and we just kept digging. We kept ourselves as close to the front as we could. Some pit stops were a struggle. I almost missed my pit box one time, and then that clear air at the end, being up front, being the guy that has to deliver for the team, that’s when everything came together for us. So no matter where you are in this game right now of NASCAR Cup Series racing, you’ve got to be there at the end to win it.            Q. Obviously with the next two races coming up in this round, it’ll be Talladega and the Charlotte Roval, races regarded as two really unpredictable elements of the round. Is there any pressure that has been relieved by winning here tonight going into the next two races of the round?KURT BUSCH:  Yeah, the pressure is off. There’s not going to be any consequences the next two weeks. But still, we want to gain points. We want to put some points in our pocket from the stages and the finish at Talladega and the Roval just to build up towards the season end. That’s how we’re going to make it to the Championship 4 is to still keep putting the pressure on, but we know we can slip up, or as Mark Martin said, you can stub your toe every now and then but you’ve just got to learn from it.           Right now we’re in great position. I knew we could make the Championship Eight if everything went perfectly through this round. This just put the icing on the cake way before we could get the cake.            Q. Just want to get your thoughts there 32nd career win, tying fellow past champion Dale Jarrett on the all‑time wins list, what that means to you?KURT BUSCH:  I was just looking at Dale Jarrett on the TV, I was like, I had something in the back of my mind for him; what was it. Yes, it’s a great feeling to be tied up with a Hall of Famer. He’s got more Daytona 500 wins, but we do have a championship together, and that’s cool company. I’ve always looked up to Dale Jarrett with respect; the traditions that he has started in this sport have carried through. His father taught him how to drive, how to be a great broadcaster and commentator, and so to be alongside Dale Jarrett ‑‑ this win at my hometown after two decades of not winning, I don’t know if I have more gas in the tank now to win every race or if I’m done. I’m loving every single minute of this win and what it’s done here in 2020, what it means here in 2020.            Q. When you look two decades from now and somebody brings up this race and you’re talking about it, what are you going to remember most?KURT BUSCH:  It’s being in position, never giving up, and when the opportunity to win comes your way, you have to be that lion and you have to grab that piece of meat and you can’t let go, and you have to continue to protect it when others are coming up with all the other yellows and restarts and drafts and inside lane, outside lane. That’s what I’m going to remember the most, and it’s similar to my win at Kentucky last year against my little brother.            Q. Describe how big of a deal ‑‑ you mentioned about the family, you brought up Brexton. How great is it to know another Busch family member being involved with racing?KURT BUSCH:  It’s a great feeling to see little Brexton already piecing it together and putting it in Victory Lane and having that excitement and that joy of winning. It takes a team effort, and for my dad to be there and my mom, this next generation, it’s amazing.           Watching Samantha, my sister‑in‑law, helping Brexton, it reminds me of my mom when she was there doing everything she could for me. I honestly had a feeling on the plane ride out here today, with his win, it was like, you know, my job is almost done here, I’m starting to become that old guy, got to find the rocking chair because Brexton is taking over. But not so fast. It’s great to be back in Victory Lane.            Q. Speaking of Victory Lane, it’s been also a big week for next season to have Ross Chastain as your teammate. Tell us what kind of an asset he’ll be in the new season.KURT BUSCH:  Yeah, he’s a great addition. Ross Chastain will fit in right away. His style of driving and how he goes about his craft is very similar to how I came up through the ranks with working and working and working. He’s had some tough situations stacked against him with different sponsors and different movement, but he’s just continued to rise above that and to showcase himself as the next talent to Chip Ganassi, and Chip chose him, so I see a lot of similarities, I think he’ll fit in great, and I hope we hit the ground running strong at Daytona next year.            Q. The post‑race cool‑down lap, what did it mean to be celebrating with Kyle at your home track?KURT BUSCH:  What a great feeling, to have him give me the celebratory mandatory door donut down the back straightaway, it was a flash back of legend car racing when we raced against each other as kids, and every time back when we were kids, because I’m seven years older, I would beat him. So that was perfect. It took us right back to memory lane in 20 years. It was perfect, right there on the back straightaway.            Q. Being from Las Vegas it was a bummer hearing the news last week that no fans would be allowed for this race. How much were you wishing those fans would be in attendance losing their minds seeing you win?KURT BUSCH:  It was tragic. Everything I was hearing from different business members in the community, Governor Sisolak said that we were going to have fans, and it just did an about‑face and changed. I know that Chris Powell here as the track president was devastated. The casino industry, the entertainment industry, everybody from restaurants to a friend of mine that runs one of the major helicopter tours here, they’re hurting. This is a process that we all have to get through together, but when you have 80 to 100,000 seats available for social distancing and for everybody to be able to enjoy it and to do it properly, I’m not a politician, but hey, I wish we could have had the fans. I know they saw me in spirit; they were watching it on NBC Sports Network, and my heart is pierced right now from all my great memories of friends, family and just the cool people that helped me become a winner here in Las Vegas.           I’ve got to make a comment. Ron Kantowski, Las Vegas Review Journal, you can finally write a good article about me in Las Vegas. I’m going to be so proud of you tomorrow when I wake up and read the paper. Thank you, Ron.             THE MODERATOR: Thank you for your time, and congrats again. 

NASCAR CUP SERIES LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY SOUTH POINT 400 TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 

TOP TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL RACE RESULTS:POS.   DRIVER1st      KURT BUSCH, NO. 1 MONSTER ENERGY CAMARO ZL1 1LE5th      ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 88 LLUMAR CAMARO ZL1 1LE11th    JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 ALLY CAMARO ZL1 1LE18th    MATT KENSETH, NO. 42 MCDONALD’S CAMARO ZL1 1LE19th    RYAN PREECE, NO. 37 SLIM JIM CAMARO ZL1 1LE TOP FIVE UNOFFICIAL RACE RESULTS: POS.  DRIVER1st      Kurt Busch (Chevrolet)2nd     Matt DiBenedetto (Ford)3rd      Denny Hamlin (Toyota)4th      Martin Truex Jr. (Toyota)5th      Alex Bowman (Chevrolet)UNOFFICIAL CURRENT PLAYOFF RANK (Following Round 4 of 10)POS.   DRIVER (* = Chevy Contender)1. * Kurt Busch (Chevrolet) 1 Win2. Kevin Harvick (Ford) + 613. Denny Hamlin (Toyota) + 584. Brad Keselowski (Ford) + 165. Martin Truex (Toyota) + 156. Joey Logano (Ford) + 11      7. * Chase Elliott (Chevrolet) + 108. * Alex Bowman (Chevrolet) + 99. Kyle Busch (Toyota) – 910. Clint Bowyer (Ford) – 2011. Aric Almirola (Ford) – 2712. * Austin Dillon (Chevrolet) – 32
The NASCAR Cup Series seasons continues at Talladega Superspeedway with the YellaWood 500 on Sunday, October 4th,^, at 2:00 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on NBC, the NBC Sports Gold app, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
TEAM CHEVY NOTES AND QUOTES:KURT BUSCH, NO. 1 MONSTER ENERGY CAMARO ZL1 1LE – Race WinnerYOU GREW UP RACING AT THE BULLRING OUTSIDE OF THE 1.5 TRACK HERE AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, DREAMING OF THIS MOMENT. AND NOW YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING YOU COULDN’T DO IN 21 PREVIOUS TRIES HERE IN LAS VEGAS, AND THAT IS TO WIN AT YOUR HOME TRACK. AND TO WIN DURING THE PLAYOFFS HAS GOT TO RANK RIGHT NEAR THE TOP“This is what kids dream of when they grow up racing. You dream of winning at your hometown track. And for two decades it’s kicked my butt. And tonight, with this Monster Energy Chevy, I’m in awe. I knew the race would come to us. We needed to get to nightfall and one of those quirky Mac McCall (crew chief) pit sequences finally unfolded. We got lucky. You’ve got to be lucky. And you have to be lucky in any race, but we did it tonight with teamwork and pulling through and just not giving up. “This is Vegas and I miss the fans. I miss them so much. My dad and my mom, they were there every day at the track pushing. And Brexton, my nephew, won last night. Those thoughts were running through my head because my hometown is special. This Vegas place is special. So, thanks to Brendan Gaughan and South Point and everybody that makes this happen at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. I couldn’t be happier.” YOU SAID YOU’VE GOT TO BE LUCKY BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO BE GOOD. HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO HOLD OFF THE NO. 21 (MATT DIBENEDETTO) AND THE NO. 11 (DENNY HAMLIN), WHO HAD FRESHER TIRES THERE AT THE END?“Yeah, the No. 11 (Hamlin) had a ton of speed. I was wide-open. And you just have to manipulate the draft. I pulled out some old drag racing skills on the restarts. I knew that was our strong suit. We just put ourselves in position and we held off. Chip Ganassi was up in the suite somewhere and I could feel him breathing over my neck, I want to win. And we did it.” EVERYONE HAS BEEN SORT OF DREADING THIS ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS GIVEN THE TWO TRACKS AHEAD, TALLADEGA AND THE ROVAL. YOU CAME IN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PLAYOFF STANDINGS AND YOU’RE GOING TO LEAVE AT THE TOP OF THEM. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SECURE THE WIN SO EARLY?“That’s part of the system. It’s an incredible feeling to not have; well, it’s sinking in. No Talladega worries. No Roval worries. But we’re still going there to get points. We’re still going there to add up what we need to do to win this championship. So, thanks to Chevrolet. Thank you guys, and Jim Campbell, and everybody at the Ganassi shop. This Monster Energy Chevy was fast.” ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 88 LLUMAR CAMARO ZL1 L1E – Finished 5th“I guess it is good to be disappointed in a fifth-place finish. We did not need that caution to come out in the middle of the pit cycle like that. I thought it was going to be ok for us, but we just couldn’t get through traffic as well as we needed to. We had a really fast LLumar Camaro. Thanks to everyone at Hendrick Motorsports, because they have been working super hard. Our program is continuing to improve and I just feel like this is another Vegas race that go away from us. At least it was a good points day, which is what we need.” WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 AXALTA CAMARO ZL1 1LE – Finished 25th“Just a bummer of a result tonight. We really had a good car. We needed to keep adjusting to keep up with the track but we were running inside the top 10 before that caution during green-flag pit stops. Then we could never rally back unfortunately. Being stuck back there, we then got caught up with two laps to go and couldn’t recover.”
TY DILLON, NO. 13 GEICO MILITARY CAMARO ZL1 1LE – Finished 26th“Our GEICO Military team battled all night long. At the start of the race, the car didn’t have enough rear grip to charge and make speed, but Matt (Borland) kept chipping away at it. Our Chevrolet continued to get better throughout the race. The caution came at the wrong time after our green flag pit stop there at the end, which trapped us a lap down. You can’t control those things though. I’m looking forward to Talladega next week. It is important to our Germain Racing team to finish these final six races strong and we will keep working hard to do that.”
BUBBA WALLACE, NO. 43 DOOR DASH CAMARO ZL1 1LE – Finished 28th“Awful. Just missed it. On to Talladega.” AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 DOWFROST CAMARO ZL1 1LE – Finished 32nd“We had a strong DOWFROST Chevrolet tonight at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. We were doing what we needed to do. We were a solid, top-five car in Stage 1 and Stage 2 and were able to earn some points during the end of the stages. We weren’t so fortunate in Stage 3. We were issued a safety violation on pit road with less than 80 laps to go and had to restart at the tail end of the field. We shook it off because we knew that we work well under pressure. We made our way up to 20^th and were in pretty good shape, actually, because we were three cars behind the No. 1 and we were probably going to run long. But then I suddenly lost all steering and the water pressure gauge pegged at 400 degrees. We made quick repairs but lost nine laps on pit road and that pretty much did us in. I’m proud of this team for continuing to fight. We’ve got two races left in the Round of 12 and we’re not giving up. It’s on to Talladega Superspeedway where anything can happen.”
TYLER REDDICK, NO. 8 CAT MINING CAMARO ZL1 1LE – Finished 38th “We had a fast No. 8 Cat Mining Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE at Las Vegas, just didn’t really have any luck on our side tonight. I was a little tight to fire off, but we had good overall speed in our car. Unfortunately, after our first pit stop of the night, we had a loose right rear tire so we had to make a second stop to fix that and fell a lap down. It’s frustrating to have a car as fast as the one we had and be trapped a lap down, but as a team, we knew we still had a lot of time to get back on the lead lap and into the mix before the race was over. On the final lap of Stage 2, I got into the wall pretty hard and it ended our night early. That’s not the way our team wanted tonight to go with our Cat Mining Chevy, but we’ll look to regroup next week at Talladega Superspeedway.”

Austin Dillon and the No. 3 DOWFROST Chevrolet Team Earn Valuable Stage Points at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Showcase Never-Give-Up Attitude

32nd   7th  12th

“We had a strong DOWFROST Chevrolet tonight at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. We were doing what we needed to do. We were a solid, top-five car in Stage 1 and Stage 2 and were able to earn some points during the end of each of the first two stages. We weren’t so fortunate in Stage 3. We were issued a safety violation on pit road with less than 80 laps to go and had to restart at the tail end of the field. We shook it off because we knew that we work well under pressure. We made our way up to 20th and we were in pretty good shape because we were three cars behind the No. 1 car and we were going to run long, probably. But then I suddenly lost all steering and the water pressure gauge pegged at 400 degrees. We made quick repairs but lost nine laps on pit road and that pretty much did us in. I’m proud of this team for continuing to fight. We’ve got two races left in the Round of 12 and we’re not giving up. It’s on to Talladega Superspeedway where anything can happen, and our goal is to win.” -Austin Dillon

Tyler Reddick and No. 8 Cat Mining Team Show Speed Before On-Track Contact Cuts Night Short

37th   14th   19th

“We had a fast No. 8 Cat Mining Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE at Las Vegas. We just didn’t really have any luck on our side tonight. I was a little tight to fire off, but we had good overall speed in our car. Unfortunately after our first pit stop of the night, we had a loose right rear tire so we had to make a second stop to fix that and fell a lap down. It’s frustrating to have a car as fast as the one we had and be trapped a lap down, but as a team, we knew we still had a lot of time to get back on the lead lap and into the mix before the race was over. On the final lap of Stage 2, I got into the wall pretty hard and it ended our night early. That’s not the way we wanted tonight to go with our Cat Mining Chevy, but we’ll look to regroup next week at Talladega Superspeedway.”-Tyler Reddick

First IMSA podium, pole position and laps led for Taylor Hagler
LA Honda World Honda Civic Type R TCR stars in both races of doubleheader event
Hagler and Ryan Eversley suffer reversal of fortune after strong start in race two

LEXINGTON, OH (September 27, 2020) – Honda notched up their second podium finish of the 2020 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge series TCR class with the #77 LA Honda World Honda Civic Type R TCR at a pair of two-hour Mid-Ohio 120 events this weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Saturday Race
Starting fifth for the first event of the weekend, Taylor Hagler moved up to third place on the opening lap, setting consistent times and staying in a podium position through the first 20 minutes of the race. Falling back after a pit stop during a full-course caution, Hagler pitted again from fourth, handing the #77 LA Honda World Honda Civic Type R TCR to her co-driver Ryan Eversley.

Eversley resumed sixth on the track, but third among cars that had already taken service with just under an hour left to run at Honda’s home race. The Georgia-native moved to third as the leaders came in to complete the pit stop cycle, then passed the second-place #61 Audi on a restart with 42 minutes left to run.

Despite intense pressure from behind, Eversley continued his march forward, chasing down the race leader and even taking some looks down the inside before crossing the line in second place.

The second-place finish marked Honda’s best result in the 2020 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge, and Hagler’s first podium finish in her rookie year of IMSA competition.

Sunday Race
Hagler achieved two more IMSA firsts in Sunday’s second Mid-Ohio 120, notching up her first pole position—only the third woman to do so in Pilot Challenge history—and leading her first laps in IMSA competition.

Hagler stunned in qualifying, taking pole position on the very last timed lap as the sun set over Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. She continued her impressive pace in the opening 40 minutes of the event, holding off first the #5 Alfa and then the #21 Hyundai for more than 35 minutes before the only yellow flag of the day flew.

Pitting during a caution, Hagler handed over driving duties to Eversley. It would be a tough stint for the veteran, as he was asked to save fuel with one hour and 10 minutes of potential green-flag running still to go, right at the upper edge of the fuel window for the TCR class.

Eversley continued to save fuel, moving forward from fifth in the class as competitors came in for their additional fuel stops. Eversley took the lead with 30 minutes to go and looked set to make it a double podium weekend for Honda before an apparent turbocharger failure ended their day with just 20 minutes left on the clock.

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Next
The MICHELIN Pilot Challenge travels to Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta October 15-16 for the FOX Factory 120. The race can be streamed live on TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold.

Quotes
Ryan Eversley (#77 LA Honda World Honda Civic Type R TCR) finished second on Saturday: “It was an unfortunate result to our second race this weekend but can’t say enough about how well our Honda Civic ran in qualifying and the first race! Before our mechanical problem in race two, we were leading pretty much the whole time, so that was really great. We’ll bounce back and head to the next race, but I’m even more excited about the rest of the year. Major congrats to my teammate Taylor on her first pole and IMSA podium, she’s been doing such a great job and I’m excited to see her having this success.

Taylor Hagler (#77 LA Honda World Honda Civic Type R TCR), finished second in Saturday’s opener, scored her first pole position for Sunday’s race: “It feels great to get my first IMSA podium! The beginning of the race definitely wasn’t easy. I was running by myself for a while, so I made sure to use the pack of cars behind me as a reference. I could tell that they were slower than me in certain corners, so I made sure that I hit all my marks to gap them. The car was running great and Ryan did what he does best.” On Sunday’s race: “Today was definitely a tough way to end the race. Everything was looking to work in our favor and Ryan made it back up to the lead. Unfortunately, that’s racing sometimes and we just need to refocus for the next race. Overall, this weekend has been really positive for us. I think that we finally were able to show that we can be contenders in the front of the field and fight for wins. There was a lot learned this weekend that we will take with us to Road Atlanta.”

·        No. 4 qualifier Ron Capps drives Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat to win at the 51st annual Amalie Motor Oil National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Gatornationals at historic Gainesville Raceway 

·        Capps’ Gatornationals victory extends Don Schumacher Racing’s (DSR) consecutive win streak to 10 consecutive national event victories

·        Funny Car championship battle tightens up among DSR teammates as they sit 1-2-3-4 with four national events left 

·        No. 1 qualifier Hagan drives Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye to a semifinal finish and within four points of leader Jack Beckman

·        DSR Top Fuel driver Leah Pruett takes her Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye dragster from eighth qualifying position to semifinal appearance at the Gatornationals

September 27, 2020, Gainesville, Fla. – It was a Hell(cat) of a ride for Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) driver Ron Capps on his drive to the winner’s circle at the 51st annual Amalie Motor Oil National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Gatornationals at historic Gainesville Raceway. 

Capps’ fourth career Gatornationals event victory extended DSR’s Funny Car consecutive win streak to ten national events since October 2019.

From his No. 4 position on the eliminations ladder, Capps sped past competitors Jim Campbell and Alexis DeJoria and into a hotly contested semifinal match against No. 1 qualifier and DSR teammate Matt Hagan; quite literally as Capps’ Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car crossed the finish line in flames while still posting the lowest elapsed time run and top speed of the weekend. 

“We blew up right when I stepped off the gas in the semifinals,” said Capps who emerged unscathed after turning on the win light and employing a “hockey stop” maneuver to slow his car after a 3.898-second pass at 329.99 mph to defeat Hagan’s 4.016/312.64. “It exploded down there but thanks to the changes made by the Don Schumacher Racing fab (fabrication) shop, this body stayed on, rather than launch up in the air. I felt very safe after it blew up and everything stayed together on the car.” 

With limited time to return to the staging lanes, Capps’s Crew Chief Rahn Tobler opted to unload a back-up Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat for the final round showdown against No. 2 qualifier Tim Wilkerson. Capps powered to a 3.937 sec./323.12-mph lap to defeat his opponents 3.945/325.92 and bring home his second Wally trophy of the season and 66th of his career.

“We all knew it was (Crew Chief Rahn) Tobler’s birthday and we all secretly wanted to win on his birthday, but to bring out a car that we had as a backup, that’s never made it to the finish line and it goes 3.93 in the final round of the Gatornationals is crazy,” said Capps. “He’s had that car up in the trailer since last year when we ran it at ‘Night Under Fire’ at Norwalk (Ohio) and made a check-out run with it and he put it away for these occasions. With live TV pushing us, we had every team member of Don Schumacher Racing over here working on the car. It was unbelievable. Team members you’re battling against in the championship are over here helping our guys and it was cool.”

Those efforts resulted in moving Capps up one position into fourth place in the Funny Car championship standings and into a four-way fight amongst the DSR teammates atop the leaderboard with just four national events left on the 2020 calendar.

Leading the charge towards the Funny Car championship with 569 points is Jack Beckman and his Infinite Hero Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat based on two wins and two runner-up finishes, and who, despite a quarterfinal loss to top qualifier Hagan, remains four markers ahead of him. 

For his part, Hagan drove the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye out of the gates for the opening round bye-run just as the “demon-possessed” namesake implies, posting a 3.915-second run at 327.90 mph to immediate set the low elapsed-time (e.t.) and top speed standard to beat. With the win over Beckman and the loss to Capps, Hagan remains firmly in second place.  

Sitting third in the points coming into the weekend, Tommy Johnson Jr. took his MD Anderson Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat for a drive to a first round win against J.R. Todd which was followed by a quarterfinal loss to Wilkerson. He does maintain his position in the standings with 512 points ahead of Capps who rounds out the top-four with 486 points.

While DSR Top Fuel driver Leah Pruett wasn’t able to score her first Gatornats win, she did drive her red, black and chrome Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye dragster to her fourth straight semifinal appearance. 

Pruett pedaled her way to an opening round victory against Joe Morrison to face No. 1 qualifier Clay Millican against whom she earned an exciting holeshot win as they ran identical elapsed time passes of 3.788 seconds. That set up a semifinal battle with Steve Torrence whom she had a slight second-place lead over in the Top Fuel championship standings coming into race day. Pruett drove her Mopar dragster to a solid 3.812-second pass, but saw her day cut short by Torrence’s 3.772 effort. Torrence went on to win the Wally and move into the points lead ahead of Doug Kalitta with Pruett still in the hunt sitting in third place in the Top Fuel standings just 33 points behind the leader.

In NHRA Factory Stock Showdown (FSS) qualifying, the Mopar Drag Pak duo of Mark Pawuk and Leah Pruett drove into eliminations seeded tenth and 12th respectively. Coming into Gainesville second in points behind Aaron Stanfield, Pawuk followed up his U.S. Nationals runner-up performance with a solid 8.091 at 169.83-mph run in his Empaco Equipment Mopar Drag Pak to defeat David Kramer’s 8.192 in the opening round. While Pawuk had a lightning quick start with a 0.002-second reaction time against the No. 2 qualifier, Stephen Bell, he wasn’t able to hold him off and fell short with a respectable 8.065/170.58 pass to the winner’s 7.987/171.18 run.

From her 12^th position on the eliminations ladder, Pruett and her Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak lined up next to no. 5 qualifier Arthur Kohn. Despite her best efforts, Kohn took the early lead and ended Pruett’s day prematurely.

The DSR Mopar Dodge//SRT teams and drivers will have a short time to get ready for next weekend’s Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Motorsports Park near St. Louis, Missouri. Two NHRA nitro qualifying sessions are scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 3, at 1:30 and 5:00 p.m. ET, with highlights to be aired on FS1 later that night from 10-11 p.m. ET and also on Sunday, Oct. 4, from 1:30-2:30 p.m. ET. 

Elimination rounds at the Mopar Express Lane Midwest Nationals Presented by Pennzoil are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 4, with the television broadcast on FS1 beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET featuring LIVE coverage of the final round.

Acura Team Penske wins the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio for the third consecutive year
Helio Castroneves, Ricky Taylor score third consecutive overall win of 2020
Contact ends GTD victory hopes for Mario Farnbacher and Matt McMurry; Meyer Shank Racing duo recover to finish fifth

LEXINGTON, Ohio (Sept. 27, 2020) – Acura kept its IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship winning streak alive Sunday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, as Ricky Taylor and Helio Castroneves scored their third consecutive win of 2020; and Acura Team Penske won the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio for the third consecutive year.

In the production-based GTD category, the Meyer Shank Racing duo of Mario Farnbacher and Matt McMurry took over the class lead following the first exchange of pit stops in their Acura NSX GT3 Evo, but sustained damage from contact following a mid-race restart. After an unscheduled pit stop for repairs, the pair recovered to finish fifth and maintain their lead in the GTD championship.

Acura Team Penske
At the start, pole qualifier Dane Cameron took charge of the two-hour, 40-minute contest in the #6 Acura ARX-05, while outside front-row starter Castroneves struggled on the slippery outside line and dropped back to fourth.

In the #6 Acura, Cameron pulled out an intial lead of 6.5 seconds in the first stint, then handed off driving duties Montoya during the first full-course caution of the day. Resuming in the lead, Montoya briefly slipped off course while lapping GTD traffic, falling back to seventh. Going to an off-sequence pit strategy, Montoya would work his way back into the lead with just over an hour remaining, but surrendered the position to teammate Taylor in the #7 Acura in a strategy call. Additional issues in traffic saw Montoya fall off the lead lap, finishing seventh.

An excellent first pit stop helped Castroneves moved his #7 Acura into third as the race neared the one-hour mark, and he gained another position as then-leading Juan Pablo Montoya had a brief off-course excursion in his #6 Acura. Another excellent stop saw the #7 move ahead of the #31 Action Express Cadillac during the second round of stops as Taylor took over the driving duties. Once around the off-sequence #6 Acura, Taylor was in control of the race for the final run to the checkers. The win for Castroneves and Taylor is their third in a row this year, following victories at Road America in August and Road Atlanta earlier this month. The pair moved up to third in the DPi Drivers’ Championship, only five points out of first, with three races remaining. Acura moves up to second in the Manufacturers’ Championship, just a single point out of first.

Acura NSX GT3 Evo Teams
In the always competitive GTD division for production-based cars, fast pit work also benefitted the Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo, as second-running McMurry moved his #86 NSX into the lead at the first round of pit stops and would maintain his advantage throughout his stint.

A caution that that came out at exactly the wrong moment for the GTD cars, with just over an hour remaining, cost the #86 car the class lead with co-driver Farnbacher at the wheel. Following the restart, Farnbacher pulled alongside the McLaren of Paul Holton to pass, but Holton made contact with Farnbacher no less than three times on the front straight, and the subsequent damage cut down the Acura’s right front tire, sending Farnbacher into the sandtrap at Turn 1 and limping around to the pits, dropping to ninth. Farnbacher eventually recovered to finish fifth, while Holton was given a stop-and-hold penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Combined with the GTD win at Road Atlanta three weeks ago and a trio of podium finishes earlier this season, Farnbacher and McMurry continue to hold an unofficial three-point the drivers’ title chase, with Acura a single point out of first in the Manufacturers’ Championship.

Starting third, the #57 Heinricher Racing with MSR Acura of Alvaro Parente and Misha Goikhberg also had a strong opening half, running third until the final round of pit stops, but lost some pace in the final thirty minutes, and eventually yielded a position to their teammates in the #86 Acura to finish sixth.

Making their fourth start of the 2020 season, the #22 Gradient Racing Acura NSX GRT3 Evo of Marc Miller and Till Bechtolshiemer ran as high as fifth in the first hour with Bechtolshiemer at the controls. The duo appeared headed for a top-six finish until Miller spun entering the first turn, with the resulting pit stop leading to a ninth-place finish for the still-young operation.

Next
The 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship next heads to the Charlotte Motor Speedway “Roval” [combined oval/road course], for the second of two GT class-only rounds in this year’s championship, October 9-10 in Charlotte, N.C.

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Quotes
Ricky Taylor (#7 Acura Team Penske ARX-05) race winner, 3rd consecutive victory of 2020: “I’m just so proud of the job this team did today. Helio [Castroneves] started on the outside, and that can be difficult here, but he settled in and put us in position to pass the #31 on the pit stops. I felt like we were the strongest car on track, especially on new tires. Thanks to our teammates Dane [Cameron] and Juan [Pablo Montoya], they were super helpful all weekend long. It was a real team effort.”

Mario Farnbacher (#86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo) Finished fifth in GTD, continues to lead GTD Drivers’ Championship with co-driver Matt McMurry : “Matt [McMurry] had a great opening stint. We were close on fuel so it was a tough call on when to come in during that second stop. But, we were really tight on fuel so it was a tough call. I think that without that, we could have finished second or third which would have been really good points. We tried to recover after we had our front right tire destroyed from someone else. When I got back out on track, I think the car was pushed to the maximum and we really gave it our all. We’re hoping that Charlotte will be better.”

Ted Klaus (President, Honda Performance Development) on today’s win at the Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio: “Congratulations to everyone at Acura Team Penske for their third consecutive win at our ‘signature’ event, the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio. We wish all of our Ohio-based associates could’ve been here to witness it in person, but we’re grateful for everyone who was able to come here today, or watch from home. We all know that Meyer Shank Racing deserved a much better result at their own ‘home’ race as well, but their excellent recovery effort keeps us in the thick of the GTD title fight with the Ohio-made Acura NSX GT3 Evo.”

CHEVROLET RACING IN NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION AMALIE MOTOR OIL GATORNATIONALS GAINESVILLE RACEWAY, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

ALEX LAUGHLIN SHAKES OFF EARLY-SEASON ISSUES AND SCORES BIGGEST WIN OF HIS CAREER IN HISTORIC GATORNATIONALS
• Jason Line retakes point lead in tight three-way battle with four races remaining

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (September 27, 2020) – Alex Laughlin left famed Gainesville Raceway very disappointed after his defeat in the NHRA Pro Stock final in 2019. He broke on the starting line and as his team rolled his car backwards, he watched Bo Butner drive away to the win.
But the driver of the Havoline Chevrolet Camaro SS left today a much happier young man, holding the Wally for winning the prestigious Gatornationals.
It was an all Elite Performance final as Laughlin lined up next to Aaron Stanfield. Both drivers thought they were going to suffer the agony of defeat as the duo shook the tires on both cars hard right out of the box. Somehow, Laughlin was able to get the car back underneath him and drive it straight to the lights for the win.
Laughlin’s car was as good as any as he started his march from No. 4 starting spot. Laughlin posted wins against Kenny Delco, rookie Kyle Koretsky, and low qualifier Deric Kramer. 
Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., and Jason Line all came in separated by just 11-points, but none of them were able to get a solid lead in the standings. Coughlin lost in round one while Enders lost in the quarterfinals to Line. Jason takes over the lead by a mere two points with four races remaining.
PRO STOCK:
JASON LINE, SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT CHEVROLET CAMARO SS, (fell in the semis) “It was not the day we wanted, and we kind of struggled and never really got a good handle on the racetrack all weekend – but you’ll have that. The good news is that we made up a little bit of ground and moved into the points lead. That’s a good thing, but we’re not going to fixate on that right now. It’s nice to have, though. The goal from here will be to hang onto it, obviously, and I think the silver Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaro is only going to get better and better.”
GREG ANDERSON, KB RACING, SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT CHEVROLET CAMARO SS, (fell in the first round): “I was ready to go with my head, but my leg wasn’t. Those two have to be on the same page, or you’re in trouble. It was a rookie mistake, unfortunately, but the good news was that I had a good racecar with my Summit Racing Chevy” 
ALEX LAUGHLIN, HAVOLINE/ELITE MOTORSPORTS CHEVROLET CAMARO SS, (race winner)“This has been a heck of a year and I am sure everybody says that, but this is just unbelievable. I want to thank Richard Freeman for giving me a bad-to-the-bone race car.  I want to thank Havoline, because without these guys, I wouldn’t be anywhere or anything and their continued support just means so much to me.  Hoping we can renew this year…..my family, just so thankful. The list goes on and on.” 

 GAINESVILLE, FL (September 27, 2020) — It took almost seven months but Terry McMillen and the AMALIEⓇ Motor Oil Top Fuel team finally delivered for the NHRA AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals fans. Today in front of an impressive crowd at Gainesville Raceway McMillen raced to a semifinal finish before being upended by eventual runner-up Billy Torrence. The day was one of solid progress and a big-time upset for the team from Elkhart, Indiana.

“We were ahead in that semifinal race against Billy Torrence and then it just dropped a cylinder at like 1.5 seconds out,” said McMillen, driver of the AMALIEⓇ Motor Oil XTERMIGATORⓇ Top Fuel dragster. “It started spinning the tires. It just didn’t work out. It has been a great weekend. We put on a great show in front of our AMALIE Motor Oil family. It was a successful weekend but certainly we wanted to go to the final and give ourselves a chance to win. We had the car to get there but we just made a mistake out there and it didn’t like it.”

McMillen and his Rob Wendland tuned Top Fuel dragster struggled in qualifying trying to get a handle on a hot track with only two qualifying sessions. The driver and crew chief combo put their heads together overnight and decided to get aggressive in their first round race with Top Fuel point leader Doug Kalitta. McMillen’s best time of the weekend was a pedestrian 4.72 second run in qualifying and they dramatically improved with a 3.724 second blast to get the first round win over Kalitta. The first round win highlighted some of the positive moves the team made.

“It was awesome to be here because with the Amalie executives out here at the track and our customers it is really good for them to see all this sport has to offer,” said McMillen. “You see the interaction with the fans and it helps everyone understand a little more about what our sport is all about. It is not just about race cars going down the track. We are taking care of the fans who are our potential customers for future sales. That is really important. Getting back here to Gainesville where we started something where we didn’t have the chance to finish was important. We finished it today the best that we could. Overall it was a good weekend we just have a couple bugs we still have to work out.”

In the second round McMillen had lane choice over three-time world champion Antron Brown. Once again the Rob Wendland tune-up was up to the challenge for another round win. His time was slower but it was enough to trailer a tire smoking Brown and advance to the semifinals. The next round did not unfold in McMillen’s favor but with another race this coming weekend the team was taking the positives and moving forward.

“In reality the more you race the more efficient you become,” said McMillen. “It is good for the team and good for everyone. You get a little more information every time. This is like our ninth run on this clutch pack so we are still learning this clutch system we are getting a better handle on it. It throws us a bone every once and a while. In Indy we went 3.72 and first round today we went 3.74 but we have to find consistency. Rob has done a marvelous job of giving us a good race car. The inconsistency of the clutch discs is something we are working through and that is something he can’t control. We have to continue to work on that clutch package.”

McMillen and the Amalie Motor Oil Top Fuel team will be back in action at the NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway with two qualifying session, Saturday, October 3.

Gatornationals Qualifying Results
Q1: 4.724 sec, 162.96 mph; Qual. 9
Q2: 5.111 sec, 137.40 mph; Qual. 11
Bonus Points: 0

Race Results

E1: Terry McMillen, Elkhart, Ind., AMALIEⓇ Motor Oil XTERMIGATORⓇ Top Fuel dragster, 3.747, 321.27 mph def. Doug Kalitta, Ypsilanti, Mich., Mac Tools dragster 3.877, 310.91 mph 

E2: Terry McMillen, Elkhart, Ind., AMALIEⓇ Motor Oil XTERMIGATORⓇ Top Fuel dragster, 3.827, 310.63 mph def. Antron Brown, Brownsburg, Ind., Matco dragster, 4.575, 178.06 mph

E3: Billy Torrence, Kilgore, Texas, Capco Contractors dragster 3.817, 321.88 mph def. Terry McMillen, Elkhart, Ind., AMALIEⓇ Motor Oil XTERMIGATORⓇ Top Fuel dragster, 3.841, 311.34 mph

• No. 3 Corvette C8.R takes fourth GTLM win of seaso• Chevrolet grows lead in Manufacturers Championship• Gavin, Milner come home second in No. 4 Corvette C8.R• Ninth class victory at Mid-Ohio for Corvette Racing

LEXINGTON, Ohio (Sept. 27, 2020) – Corvette Racing went wire-to-wire Sunday to claim a GT Le Mans (GTLM) victory at the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor won for the fourth time this year in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R.  The result extended their lead in the GTLM Drivers Championship and Chevrolet’s advantage in the class Manufacturers standings. Corvette Racing won at Mid-Ohio for the ninth time, and Sunday’s victory was the fifth in the first year of the mid-engine C8.R. Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner placed second in the No. 4 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R to remain second in GTLM points. It was the 63rd 1-2 finish for Corvette Racing and third of the year.  Corvette Racing led the entire two hours and 40 minutes – 110 laps in all. Taylor began from pole but Gavin got the jump early and led the first 17 laps before going slightly wide at the end of the backstraight. That allowed Taylor to move back in front, and the No. 3 Corvette led the rest of the way. Three full-course cautions kept bringing Garcia and Taylor back to the field. The first flew at the 36-minute mark, and both cars stopped for fuel and tires at 43 minutes running. Taylor took fuel and fresh Michelin tires, while Milner got in the No. 4 Corvette, which also got a full service. The No. 3 Corvette stopped again under the race’s second full-course caution with about an hour to go with Garcia taking over for Taylor.  Milner stopped again for fuel, tires and a final adjustment to try and match the pace of the sister Corvette. The move worked as the No. 4 C8.R remained almost glued to the back of the leading Corvette while holding off the pair of BMWs in third and fourth. Milner got as close a half-second and at one point held the fastest GTLM lap of the race before Garcia responded and reset fastest time four laps later. With no team orders, the two Corvettes continued to race each other hard but fair with Garcia winning by 1.472 seconds. Unlike the previous seven IMSA events, Corvette Racing has not tested the new-generation Corvette at Mid-Ohio. As a result, the team and its drivers relied on data analysis and correlations from sessions at Chevrolet’s Driver-in-the-Loop (DiL) simulator to arrive at its baseline setup ahead of the weekend.  A test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval – site of the team’s next GTLM race on Oct. 10 – also proved beneficial to the Mid-Ohio success.

ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – GTLM RACE-WINNER: “It was a perfect day and a perfect weekend. We seemed to have a really good Corvette all weekend long. Everything we did worked in the right direction. Being on pole made things a little easier even if we lost track position right away, but Jordan did a fantastic job getting back to the lead and being in control of the race. We didn’t risk doing the driver change on the first pit stop because we didn’t know about BMW’s fuel fill time and didn’t want to lose track position. Other than that, Jordan had a fantastic drive in both stints. It’s a shame we had that second yellow because we had built up about eight or nine seconds over the 4 car, and that would have made things way easier for me! But knowing what Jordan did at the start and on his restart, I knew what I had underneath me. I had to believe the car was really good and was able to do pretty much the same as Jordan. Getting that little gap over Tommy gave me a little chance to breathe especially with all the traffic, which is really important here. It was pretty much a perfect weekend for Corvette Racing and the first win for me at Mid-Ohio and for Jordan, too. We’ll keep going race by race and see what happens the rest of the year.”COMPARING THE C8.R TO THE CORVETTE C7.R AT MID-OHIO: “This is definitely better. Last year we had a close race. We pushed the Porsche all the way to the end but didn’t have enough. This year the C8.R worked perfectly not just on a quick lap, and the consistency through the stint was the main thing. That allows you to work your way through traffic a little better. The restarts were very strong. The car is very consistent and easier to drive. The C7.R was a good car, as we proved over the years, but this is definitely a step forward.”MORE ON RACE PREP: “From the test we did at the simulator plus the test we did (at the Charlotte Roval), everything worked together for this race. Every time we hit the track or in the sim, we have an opportunity to develop the car and improve it. I think we did that, obviously. The baseline car we had here really worked. We had to still fine tune things and follow the track conditions, but all the preparations worked in our way.”

JORDAN TAYLOR, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – GTLM RACE-WINNER: “The 3 Corvette was particularly strong all weekend. We led all four sessions – both practice sessions, qualifying and the race. I think we just had a little bit more speed on everyone else all weekend. The balance was really strong from the get-go. That says a lot for the team to come here for the first time with the C8.R with no testing – just simulator time – and rolling off the truck so strong. We only had to make minor adjustments to get it to where we wanted. It speaks volumes for the team and the preparation for today. It’s another good day for us, our fourth win of the year and fifth for Corvette Racing. It’s hard to complain about anything at this point.”WINNING AT MID-OHIO: “We’ve both been racing at Mid-Ohio for a long time. I’ve had a couple of close races here, and I’m sure Antonio has as well. Just like Road America, it was our first time winning there so anytime you check that box, it’s pretty special. The track is definitely a lot different, unique and technical. The first practice was very difficult. A lot can happen in these races here, like we saw today. Everything has to go right. Thankfully for us today, no one made a mistake on track, the guys were perfect in the pits and on strategy.”

OLIVER GAVIN, NO. 4 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – FINISHED SECOND IN GTLM: “Fundamentally, we were just that little step behind the 3 car. We could never get the balance to where Tommy and I were comfortable. It really only came in during that last stint; it was maybe a little bit of the track conditions and a little bit of us working on the car and figuring out a few things. It was somewhat of a frustrating weekend on our side, not being able to discover the same speed as our sister Corvette. It goes like that. We were quick in Atlanta and got the result, but it flip-flopped here. Antonio and Jordan really came back strong. We need to go back and try to assess why that is so we can have both cars running equally strong at the front. But today was a fantastic 1-2 for Corvette Racing and our third of the year. That’s always very positive and good for the team. They all worked hard this weekend to make sure we had everything covered off. It was an encouraging day.”

TOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – FINISHED SECOND IN GTLM: “Antonio and Jordan were really quick all weekend. Olly was able to sneak by at the start but Jordan did a good job capitalizing on the one little minuscule mistake. They did a really good job all weekend; their car was just a tick quicker all weekend and they turned it into a first-place effort. We struggled a little bit all weekend with a little too much understeer. We made a good change late to get a little bit back toward a better balance. The 3 car guys were quite good on the first five laps or so, and it looked like I was able to close up in the middle of the stint. But all in all, they were that little tick better. By no means did we have a bad weekend. Our Corvette was pretty good but missing just a little bit. As usual in our class, if you don’t get it just right then you’re a little out of that window. I’m super happy for the team. Obviously it was a little bit weird without Porsche, but good on all our guys to keep their heads down and focus. BMW is certainly no slouch but we just had a little bit of pace on them over a stint. We still needed to execute today, and everyone did that

LEXINGTON, Ohio (Sept. 27, 2020) – Corvette Racing went wire-to-wire Sunday to claim a GT Le Mans (GTLM) victory at the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor won for the fourth time this year in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R.  The result extended their lead in the GTLM Drivers Championship and Chevrolet’s in the class Manufacturers standings. Corvette Racing won at Mid-Ohio for the ninth time. Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner placed second in the No. 4 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R.

ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – GTLM RACE-WINNER: “You always get nervous. Even your teammate is pushing you hard. But it’s another great day for Corvette Racing and going 1-2. It’s a shame that Porsche is not here as we want them back for sure. It was a brilliant job by everyone. Jordan did a fantastic job all day long, getting on pole and then getting a solid lead even if there were a ton of yellows. But when you are in that position, you are in control of the race. The C8.R worked perfectly again today. This ticks off another win for me because I never won here! Let’s see if I can get another one at Atlanta because I’ve never won there, too! Just a great day for Corvette Racing.”

JORDAN TAYLOR, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – GTLM RACE-WINNER: “It was a perfect weekend for our Corvette. I think the 3 Corvette led every session in practice, qualifying and the race. The car rolled off the truck really well. This was one of the tracks where we never tested at, so the preparation by the team really set us up well. We lost the lead early, but I knew we had the fastest car and I wanted to get back by. Once the 4 car made a little mistake, I had to make the most of it. When we got back to the front we could control it from there. It was another great job by everyone at Corvette Racing – five wins for the team and four for us in the 3 car.” SURPRISED AT SUCCESS OF THE FIRST-YEAR C8.R? “Once we got the first win, that was a little bit of a strategy call. Since then, we’ve been so strong on pace and reliability. That’s just Corvette Racing and the staple of this team. I’m glad to be here and be with Antonio. Today definitely helped us in the championship. Only four to go.”

LEXINGTON, Ohio (Sept. 27, 2020) – Corvette Racing’s Jordan Taylor took his second GT Le Mans (GTLM) pole position of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season Sunday in an early-morning session for the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Taylor, in the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R, set a lap of 1:17.985 in the championship-leading entry he shares with Antonio Garcia. Taylor also was the class pole-winner at Sebring in July. Garcia and Taylor lead the GTLM Drivers’ Championship by 14 points over their No. 4 Corvette C8.R teammates Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner. Gavin qualified third in class and was 0.530 seconds off Taylor’s pace. He’ll line up behind the No. 3 Corvette for the start of the race. The Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio is scheduled for 2:05 p.m. ET today with same-day coverage on NBCSN at 11 p.m. ET. Live streaming coverage begins at 2 p.m. via TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold. In addition, IMSA Radio will broadcast the race on IMSA.com, which also will host live timing and scoring.

JORDAN TAYLOR, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – GTLM POLE-WINNER: “It was good. No matter how many cars, the GTLM class is always going to be competitive. It’s unfortunate Porsche isn’t here but hopefully they will be back for the next round. For us, it’s the first time here with the Corvette C8.R, so a lot of this came down to preparation by the team. We spent two days at the simulator last week to prepare for it and rolled off the truck really strong. We’ve only had to make a couple of minor adjustments, and that speaks volumes for the team and the preparation to come here with a brand new car and be out front. The Corvette was really good in qualifying and has been good all weekend. Hopefully we can lead the next session as well.” MANAGING TRAFFIC IN THE RACE: “This is my first time racing here in GTLM. Passing the GTD cars in practice is difficult. The speed differential isn’t that big. You can get stuck behind them for most of the infield if you don’t get them down the main straights. They have ABS and can brake very deep into those big brake zones as well. There’s not a big separation between the classes, so hopefully that doesn’t impact too much of the race. Then with the prototypes coming through, that will make it even more interesting.”

BROWNSTOWN, IN (September 26, 2020) – Tim McCreadie went to victory lane at Brownstown Speedway as he captured the 41st Annual Jackson 100 on Saturday Night. McCreadie took the lead on lap 15 and held it the rest of the way for his second win in the last three Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series races. The New York Native previously won the event in 2008.Jonathan Davenport chased McCreadie to the checkers to finish second. The Eibach Springs Rooke of the Year Point Leader, Tanner English came from the 11th starting spot to finish third. Completing the top five were Zack Dohm and Earl Pearson Jr. Davenport led the first 14 laps of the 100-lap event until yielding the lead to the fourth-place starting McCreadie. McCreadie survived several restarts to pick-up his second career win in the track’s most prestigious event that began in 1980. McCreadie’s picked up his seventh LOLMDS win of the season. “When I first came here, we won the first time out the gate. I thought man I love this place, this is a lot of fun. I was thinking 12 years later, it hasn’t been a lot of fun for 11 of them, but the 12th is pretty cool that’s for sure. I haven’t been here many times where it’s been horrible, it has always been really racy. I am worn out! This is probably the hardest I have worked for anything this year. I saw 49 on the board and I thought to myself, don’t hold off one lap because he will make you pay. I thought he [Davenport] was getting close so I just moved down the track a little bit.” Davenport was looking for his second win the event as well, but finished in second. “We had a good car tonight, just not good enough. I think we were pretty close. Congratulations to McCreadie on the win. I think he has been in my trailer as much as he has been in his. I was just probably one lap too late in moving up top in the beginning. Me and Zack [Dohm] had a good race there for several laps when we were running side-by side. We have come a long way since last week.”  English earned another podium finish at one of his favorite tracks. “We definitely had a fast car at the end. It seemed like every time after a caution we would pass two or three cars and then kind of even out at the end. Everybody seemed to start fading at the end and I started to gain on them, picking them off one by one. I had one of the best cars I have had all year.” The winner’s Donald and Gena Bradsher-owned Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Cornett Racing Engine and sponsored by Mega Plumbing of the Carolinas, Bilstein Shocks, VP Fuels, Sweeteners Plus, D&E Marine, and Racing for Heroes. Completing the top ten were Mike Marlar, Tyler Erb, Chris Ferguson, Devin Moran, and Ricky Thornton Jr.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 
Race Summary 
41st Annual Jackson 100
Saturday, September 26th, 2020
Brownstown Speedway – Brownstown, IN
Lucas Oil Time Trials
Fast Time Group A: Kyle Strickler / 13.828 seconds (overall)
Fast Time Group B: Michael Chilton / 14.314 seconds

Penske Race Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 8-Kyle Strickler[1]; 2. 9-Devin Moran[3]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce[7]; 4. 16R-Justin Rattliff[2]; 5. 32S-Chad Stapleton[4]; 6. 2S-Stormy Scott[5]; 7. 22B-Austin Burns[9]; 8. 1G-Devin Gilpin[8]; 9. 16-Tyler Bruening[6]; 10. 28JS-Jeff Shackelford[10]

FK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar[2]; 3. 71-Hudson O’Neal[3]; 4. 25-Shane Clanton[6]; 5. 83-Scott James[7]; 6. 44-Colten Burdette[5]; 7. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[8]; 8. 18L-Trevor Landrum[4]; 9. 144-Anthony Kinkade[9]; 10. 29-Larry Grube[10]

Simpson Race Products Heat Race #3 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 21M-Billy Moyer Sr[1]; 2. 81E-Tanner English[5]; 3. 22F-Chris Ferguson[2]; 4. 42-Chad Finley[3]; 5. 23H-Cory Hedgecock[6]; 6. 71D-Don O’Neal[4]; 7. 14R-Jeff Roth[8]; 8. 43-Kody Marsee[10]; 9. T22-Tegan Evans[9]; 10. (DNS) D8-Dustin Linville

Ohlins Shocks Heat Race #4 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 2. 14-Josh Richards[3]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[6]; 4. 22L-Skyller Lewis[5]; 5. 97-Michael Chilton[1]; 6. 21-Billy Moyer Jr[4]; 7. 76-Shelby Miles[8]; 8. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[7]; 9. 14B-Britan Godsey[9]; 10. 19Y-Scott Young[10]

MyRacePass Heat Race #5 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 39-Tim McCreadie[3]; 2. 17J-Greg Johnson[1]; 3. 11R-Josh Rice[2]; 4. 1CJ-Justin Shaw[7]; 5. 14G-Joe Godsey[4]; 6. 24-Jared Bailey[5]; 7. 19M-Marty O’Neal[9]; 8. 21H-Robby Hensley[8]; 9. 26J-Joshua Hall[6]; 10. 79-Troy Worrick[10]

Lucas Oil Heat Race #6 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 17D-Zack Dohm[1]; 2. 1-Earl Pearson Jr[2]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[3]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb[4]; 5. C9-Steve Casebolt[8]; 6. 20N-Tyler Neal[6]; 7. 12J-Jason Jameson[5]; 8. 17T-Tim Vance[7]; 9. 14M-Reid Millard[9]; 10. 13L-Brayton Laster[10]

Tiger Rear Ends B-Main #1 Finish (12 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. 16R-Justin Rattliff; 2. 25-Shane Clanton; 3. 32S-Chad Stapleton; 4. 83-Scott James; 5. 2S-Stormy Scott; 6. 44-Colten Burdette; 7. 22B-Austin Burns; 8. 20C-Duane Chamberlain; (DNS) 1G-Devin Gilpin; 10. 18L-Trevor Landrum; 11. 16-Tyler Bruening; 12. 144-Anthony Kinkade; 13. 28JS-Jeff Shackelford; 14. 29-Larry Grube

FAST Shafts B-Main #2 Finish (12 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. 42-Chad Finley[1]; 2. 97-Michael Chilton[4]; 3. 23H-Cory Hedgecock[3]; 4. 22L-Skyller Lewis[2]; 5. 21-Billy Moyer Jr[6]; 6. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[10]; 7. 19Y-Scott Young[14]; 8. 14B-Britan Godsey[12]; 9. 14R-Jeff Roth[7]; 10. 43-Kody Marsee[9]; 11. (DNS) 71D-Don O’Neal; 12. (DNS) 76-Shelby Miles; 13. (DNS) T22-Tegan Evans; 14. (DNS) D8-Dustin Linville

Sunoco Race Fuels B-Main #3 Finish (12 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. C9-Steve Casebolt[4]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb[2]; 3. 1CJ-Justin Shaw[1]; 4. 24-Jared Bailey[5]; 5. 20N-Tyler Neal[6]; 6. 12J-Jason Jameson[8]; 7. 19M-Marty O’Neal[7]; 8. 26J-Joshua Hall[11]; 9. 17T-Tim Vance[10]; 10. 14M-Reid Millard[12]; 11. 21H-Robby Hensley[9]; 12. 79-Troy Worrick[13]; 13. 13L-Brayton Laster[14]; 14. 14G-Joe Godsey[3]

Anthony Alfredo and the Sim Seats Chevrolet Team Score Valuable Stage Points and Secure Eighth-Place Finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

8th    8th  7th

“We had another extremely fast No. 21 Sim Seats Chevrolet tonight at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. I thought we did a really good job running inside the top-five for the majority of the race and scoring some valuable stage points to add to our total, as we continue to pursue an Owner’s Championship for our No. 21 team. We fell back a bit at the beginning of the final stage. The groove I had been running throughout the race went away and it seemed the way the rubber laid down really affected the balance of our Sim Seats Chevrolet. My crew chief Andy Street made great adjustments to keep our car in it and we were thankfully able to rally back inside the top-10. Unfortunately, we had a problem on our last pit stop with some lug nuts falling off, which cost us several positions. I tried to get all I could on the last restart and we were able to get back to eighth for another top-10 finish. We win as a team and lose as a team, but I’m very proud of all the effort that my Richard Childress Racing team puts into this program week in and week out. I’m really looking forward to going to Talladega Superspeedway next weekend.” -Anthony Alfredo

·        Matt Hagan earns No.1 spot in Funny Car qualifying at the 51st annual Amalie Motor Oil National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Gatornationals at historic Gainesville Raceway 

·        Hagan drives Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye to the only sub-four second run in Funny Car qualifying and earns five bonus points and a first-round bye

·        Don Schumacher Racing’s (DSR) quartet of Funny Car drivers look to extend their streak of nine-consecutive event wins at the Gatornationals

·        DSR Top Fuel driver Leah Pruett will start her Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye dragster from the eighth spot on the elimination ladder at the Gatornationals 

·        Mopar Drag Paks of Mark Pawuk and Leah Pruett qualify tenth and 12^th respectively for Sunday’s elimination rounds of Factory Stock Showdown

September 26, 2020, Auburn Hills, Mich. – Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) pilot Matt Hagan drove his red-hot “Demon-possessed” Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye to a three-second pass, the only one in Funny Car qualifying amid hot and muggy conditions, to garner the No. 1 qualifier position for Sunday’s elimination rounds at the 51st annual Amalie Motor Oil National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Gatornationals at historic Gainesville Raceway. 

Hagan’s final qualifying run at 3.975 seconds and 321.35 mph to earn the top spot on the eliminations ladder was an improvement on an already strong 4.006 sec./ 315.64 mph initial run that had him second on the timing sheets. With this his third career No.1 qualifier position at the Gatornationals (2010-11), his third of the season and the 39th of his career, Hagan reaps the benefits with a first-round bye and five extra bonus points. He is also looking to hoist a third Wally trophy this season and his first at the Gatornationals.

While the Florida sun elevated track temperatures to over 120 degrees making qualifying and the drag strip a lot trickier, the Funny Car championship battle also heated up as Hagan (525 points) heads into race day at Gainesville second in the standings, sandwiched between points leader Jack Beckman (549) and Tommy Johnson Jr. (492) with Ron Capps (411) rounding out the top-five. With just five race days remaining in the 2020 NHRA season and a tight points race between the DSR teammates, every round win and bonus point is especially valuable.

While they battle through rounds and jostle for position atop the championship standings, the Mopar Dodge//SRT Funny Car foursome are also looking to extend their team’s current streak of nine-consecutive event wins. 

Three-time Gatornationals winner Ron Capps is seeded fourth for Sunday’s first elimination round after posting a stout 4.025 sec./ 309.27 mph qualifying pass in his HEMI-powered Dodge//SRT machine and will have John Smith as his first opponent of the day.

Qualifying didn’t quite go as planned for Beckman who won at the historic Gainesville track in 2018. He will start his Infinite Hero Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat from the ninth rung on the eliminations ladder after a 4.123 sec./ 254.18 mph qualifying effort and will see Paul Lee in the next lane for his first match-up.

Tommy Johnson Jr., who has had three No. 1 qualifier positions this season and is seeking a second win this year with what would be his first Gatornationals win, didn’t fare as well as usual in qualifying posting a 4.129 sec./ 249.44 mph run for the tenth quickest pass of the day in his MD Anderson Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat. He’ll be paired-up with J.R. Todd for the opening round.

DSR Top Fuel driver Leah Pruett is not only looking to score her first Gatornats event win, but also hoping to make some big gains in the standings as she sits in second place just 51 points behind leader Doug Kalitta going into race day. Pruett took her red, black and chrome Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye dragster for a 3.922 sec./315.64 mph run on her final qualifying attempt to give her lane choice against Clay Millican. 

In NHRA Factory Stock Showdown (FSS) qualifying, the Mopar Drag Pak duo of Mark Pawuk and Leah Pruett will go into eliminations seeded tenth and 12th respectively after the heat slowed their forward momentum both on track and in qualifying. In the first session held on Friday, Pruett was seventh on the speed charts after taking her Mopar Dodge Challenger for an initial pass at 8.297-second and 168.01 mph. Her second run on Saturday at 8.160 sec / 169.25 mph put her 12th overall to pair her up with Arthur Kohn for the opening round.

Pawuk fared a slightly better moving up a spot to a tenth place on the eliminations ladder with his second pass at 8.105 sec./ 171.99 mph. Pawuk came to Gainesville Raceway second in points with four race days left to catch current leader and No. 1 qualifier Aaron Stanfield. Pawuk will line-up his Empaco Equipment Mopar Drag Pak next to Derik Kramer in the first round.

Television coverage of the NHRA elimination rounds, including LIVE finals at Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, will air on Sunday, September 27, on FS1 beginning at 2 p.m. ET.

ADDITIONAL NOTES and QUOTES: 

Jack Beckman, Infinite Hero Foundation Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car
(No. 9 Qualifier – 4.123 seconds at 254.18 mph)
Qualifying 1: 4.123 sec./ 254.18 mph 
Qualifying 2: 4.340 sec./ 211.53 mph 

“I think that the Infinite Hero team is living proof that you do not have to qualify in the top half to win the race on Sunday. We’ve kind of been living out of the bottom half this year and a lot of that has to do with just getting two qualifying runs. I thought we had backed it up enough on the second run and we’re still too aggressive. I had mentioned that we had changed two discs in our clutch package two races ago and this is the hottest track we’ve been on and it’s still throwing us a bit of a curveball. We’ll have an early start tomorrow. It’ll be different conditions that will give us one more run. We’ll pick away at it and hopefully we make three more after that.”

Matt Hagan, Mopar Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye Funny Car  
(No. 1  Qualifier – 3.975 seconds at 321.35 mph)
Qualifying 1: 4.006 sec./ 315.64 mph (2 bonus point for second quickest run of session)
Qualifying 2: 3.975 sec./ 321.35 mph (3 bonus points for quickest run of session)

“Our race car is running great. This Dodge Hellcat Redeye Funny Car is running strong. It runs like a Hellcat, but drives like a (Chrysler) 300C. Dickie (Venables) is doing such a great job putting a tuen-up in this car. What a great race car I have underneath me. It’s one of the more fun seasons I’ve had. The car is just so smooth. It shows the caliber of guys we have to take so much time off and all the adversity with Covid19 and to come back out here and put together a great race car. We’ve been No. 1 qualifier several times and won a few times also. We have a real car that can compete for the next five races and do big things. I’m extremely excited. I think this might be the first time I’ve ever had a bye run and I just can’t say enough about this team who makes it all happen.”

Tommy Johnson Jr., MD Anderson Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car
(No. 10 Qualifier – 4.129 seconds at 249.44 mph) 
Qualifying 1: 4.129 sec./ 249.44 mph 
Qualifying 2: 4.969 sec. /152.35 mph 

“That is not our normal qualifying position, our average took a hit here this weekend. Come race day I think we can overcome that. It’s just a tricky track for everybody. It’s hotter than what we’ve seen most of the year and a surface we haven’t raced on in over a year. With two shots at qualifying, it’s been hard to hit it quickly. Hopefully we have enough data for tomorrow and we can make the right changes and maybe the weather will be cooler, but we have to wait and see. It should be an interesting race and may fall in the driver’s hands and it may be a pedal fest, but we’ll be ready. They’re all big rounds now. We control our own destiny and have to fend them all off.”

Ron Capps, NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car
(No. 4 Qualifier –seconds at mph)
Qualifying 1: 4.025 sec./ 309.27 mph 
Qualifying 2: 7.827 sec./ 8.589 mph
 
“Man, what a difficult day. Hot weather, humidity all the things that make you dig down deep. The NAPA guys did great Q1 and put us No. 4. I actually shut the car off around 900-feet, so it was possible that we could have gotten a few more spots in that session. We had a couple of issues on Q2 and Tobler and the guys are looking at it right now. There was something with the air system and it didn’t function properly and caused us to smoke the tires. We went up there to go low ET knowing there weren’t 16 cars here. That bye run is pretty important. Fortunately, we’re in the show. It’s going to be a tough day tomorrow and we need to make some ground up and get back in the top four.”

Leah Pruett, Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye Top Fuel Dragster  
(No. 8 Qualifier – 3.922 seconds at 315.64  mph)   
Qualifying 1: 4.347 sec./ 187.63 mph 
Qualifying 2: 3.922 sec./315.64 mph

“It was very tricky to maneuver from the tuning calls to expecting the thing to maybe wash out a little bit, and we had to reposition the car for things we didn’t have to do at the Indy races given how hot it was here today. We smoked the tires Q1, but really far out there. I was thinking it was going to make it. And oddly enough for us to go second to last pair in Q2 put us in a good spot to be able to see where the track was at during that time, which could be similar to the final round tomorrow. I’m feeling good about eliminations for Sunday. We’re carrying momentum from the U.S. Nationals picking up where we left off and we’re itching for a solid race day with an early 10 am start. We’ll get some good sleep and be ready to tame some nitro dragons tomorrow.”

Mark Pawuk, Empaco Equipment Mopar Drag Pak– Factory Stock Shootout
(No. 10 Qualifier – 8.105 seconds at 171.99 mph)
Round 1:   E.T. at   MPH defeated Kim Shirley 8.795 E.T. at 154.90 MPH
Qualifying 1: 8.583 sec./ 168.51 mph
Qualifying 2: 8.105 sec./ 171.99 mph

“It looks like the Florida heat really got to our Dodge Drag Paks this weekend. We didn’t have the same performance that we had at Indy, but tomorrow is a new day and we’d love to go some rounds and stay up in the points. Our competition is looking awfully fast, but we’re never down until it’s over. (Crew chief) Kevin Helms and the crew, Terry (Snyder) and Kyle (Pawuk), are going to get it done to make these cars quicker tomorrow for race day.”

Leah Pruett, Mopar Dodge Challenger Mopar Drag Pak – Factory Stock Shootout 
(No. 12  Qualifier – 8.160 seconds at 169.25 mph)
Qualifying 1: 8.297 sec. / 168.01 mph 
Qualifying 2: 8.160 sec / 169.25 mph

“Things are a little different this weekend with one run on Friday, one on Saturday and all four rounds of racing on Sunday. We go into race day from the No. 12 position and had two good runs down the track. The strategy is to get down the track and creep up on it instead of overpowering the track and then trying to back it down. I’m very confident that we can keep finding more power with this Mopar horsepower we create and we’re going to need that tomorrow morning for the first round. We look forward to a long day of racing and carrying the Mopar banner for the Dodge fans. We’re excited to be back in Gainesville and hope to go some rounds deep into Sunday for these fans.”

NHRA Championship Points Standings:
Following qualifying at Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals

FUNNY CAR (season wins in parentheses)
1. Jack Beckman (Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat) – 549 (2)
2. Matt Hagan (Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat) – 525 (2)
3. Tommy Johnson Jr. (Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat) – 492 (1)
4. J.R. Todd – 420
5. Ron Capps (Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat) – 411 (1)
6. Bob Tasca III – 394
7. Tim Wilkerson – 388
8. Alexis DeJoria – 276
9. Cruz Pedregon – 266
10. Paul Lee – 258

TOP FUEL (season wins in parentheses)
1. Doug Kalitta – 526 (1)
2. Leah Pruett (Mopar Dodge//SRT) – 475
3. Steve Torrance –  468 (2)
4. Justin Ashley – 402 (1)
5. Billy Torrance – 373 (1)
6. Shawn Langdon – 363 (1)
7. Antron Brown – 353
8. Terry McMillen – 337
9. Clay Millican – 317
10. Doug Foley – 196

BROWNSTOWN, IN (September 25, 2020) – Josh Richards held off a late rally from Ricky Thornton, Jr. to win Friday Night’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned “Night Before the Jackson” event at Brownstown Speedway. Richards, the 2017 LOLMDS National Champion, was the fourth different leader of the race when he took the top spot on lap 14. He held the lead the rest of the way despite Thornton’s furious charge, which saw the two drivers run side-by-side for several circuits. Earl Pearson Jr. crossed the line in third followed by Jonathan Davenport and Zack Dohm. Devin Moran led four laps and Billy Moyer led three laps early on. Thornton battled with Moran for two laps, until he finally cleared him on lap 9. He then held the top spot until Richards forged ahead with 26 laps to go. In Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the 31st time in his career, third time this season, he came from the seventh starting spot to get the win. “Coming here in the past, we didn’t really have a good package. I have never ran that well here. We have worked hard on the car the last couple weeks. I have the best team in the business and my guys have been awesome. I didn’t know what to expect early in the night. We worked on the car a little bit. I saw him [Thornton] there with two to go. I really didn’t know where to run. I just didn’t want to break my momentum and we held him off.” Thornton continues to get closer to winning his first career LOLMDS event. He had a shot at the end of the race but fell a couple of car lengths back of Richards at the finish. “Congrats to Josh! I had a blast out there. You could move around some out there. We have a good hot-rod for tomorrow. I saw the board with 12 or 13 laps to go and I thought if I am going to get up I had better go now. I was able to get back to them and run Josh down. To race as hard as we did and we never touched once. It’s pretty awesome.” Pearson was pleased with his third place finish. “The track is awful racy right now. We were a little worried at first with all of these cars here tonight. It was a good for us. I got held up by some traffic, but I don’t know if we had anything for the top two. ” The winner’s Clint Bowyer Racing Rocket Chassis is powered by a Cornett Racing Engine and sponsored by iRacing, Big River Steel, DEKALB Seed, Crawford Outdoor, Cometic Gasket, Sunoco Race Fuels, and Integra Shocks. Completing the top ten were Tyler Erb, Bobby Pierce, Tim McCreadie, Devin Moran, and Tanner English.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 
Race Summary 
Night Before the Jackson
Friday, September 25th, 2020
Brownstown Speedway – Brownstown, IN

Lucas Oil Time Trials
Fast Time Group A: Chris Ferguson / 13.878 seconds (overall)
Fast Time Group B: Billy Moyer Sr. / 14.115 seconds

Penske Race Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 9-Devin Moran[2]; 2. 14-Josh Richards[3]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[4]; 4. 22F-Chris Ferguson[1]; 5. 76-Shelby Miles[5]; 6. 24-Jared Bailey[6]; 7. 21H-Robby Hensley[9]; 8. D8-Dustin Linville[7]; 9. 13L-Brayton Laster[10]; 10. (DNS) 17J-Greg Johnson

FK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 71-Hudson O’Neal[4]; 2. 17D-Zack Dohm[3]; 3. 1T-Tyler Erb[6]; 4. 2S-Stormy Scott[2]; 5. 22B-Austin Burns[8]; 6. 16R-Justin Rattliff[5]; 7. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 8. 26-Wayne Chinn[9]; 9. 43-Kody Marsee[10]; 10. (DNS) 6V-Victor Lee

Simpson Race Products Heat Race #3 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 8-Kyle Strickler[3]; 3. 25-Shane Clanton[2]; 4. C9-Steve Casebolt[4]; 5. 14G-Joe Godsey[7]; 6. 42-Chad Finley[6]; 7. 32S-Chad Stapleton[5]; 8. 14M-Reid Millard[8]; 9. 79-Troy Worrick[9]; 10. (DNS) 5W-Brian Wilhite

Ohlins Shocks Heat Race #4 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 21M-Billy Moyer Sr[1]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[6]; 4. 16-Tyler Bruening[7]; 5. 11R-Josh Rice[5]; 6. 21-Billy Moyer Jr[3]; 7. 14R-Jeff Roth[8]; 8. 1G-Devin Gilpin[4]; 9. 14B-Britan Godsey[9]; 10. T22-Tegan Evans[10]

MyRacePass Heat Race #5 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 39-Tim McCreadie[1]; 2. 71D-Don O’Neal[3]; 3. 18L-Trevor Landrum[5]; 4. 81E-Tanner English[2]; 5. 23H-Cory Hedgecock[4]; 6. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[7]; 7. 22L-Skyller Lewis[8]; 8. 1CJ-Justin Shaw[9]; 9. 19M-Marty O’Neal[6]; 10. (DNS) 157-Mike Marlar

Lucas Oil Heat Race #6 Finish (10 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): 1. 1-Earl Pearson Jr[4]; 2. 12J-Jason Jameson[1]; 3. 97-Michael Chilton[2]; 4. 44-Colten Burdette[6]; 5. 83-Scott James[3]; 6. 17T-Tim Vance[5]; 7. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[9]; 8. 144-Anthony Kinkade[7]; 9. 29-Larry Grube[8]

Tiger Rear Ends B-Main #1 Finish (12 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. 2S-Stormy Scott[2]; 2. 22F-Chris Ferguson[1]; 3. 76-Shelby Miles[3]; 4. 24-Jared Bailey[5]; 5. 16R-Justin Rattliff[6]; 6. 22B-Austin Burns[4]; 7. 20-Jimmy Owens[8]; 8. 21H-Robby Hensley[7]; 9. D8-Dustin Linville[9]; 10. 26-Wayne Chinn[10]; 11. 43-Kody Marsee[12]; 12. (DNS) 17J-Greg Johnson; 13. (DNS) 13L-Brayton Laster; 14. (DNS) 6V-Victor Lee

FAST Shafts B-Main #2 Finish (12 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. C9-Steve Casebolt[1]; 2. 16-Tyler Bruening[2]; 3. 11R-Josh Rice[4]; 4. 32S-Chad Stapleton[7]; 5. 14G-Joe Godsey[3]; 6. 42-Chad Finley[5]; 7. 14R-Jeff Roth[8]; 8. 14M-Reid Millard[9]; 9. T22-Tegan Evans[14]; 10. 79-Troy Worrick[11]; 11. 21-Billy Moyer Jr[6]; 12. 14B-Britan Godsey[12]; 13. (DNS) 1G-Devin Gilpin; 14. (DNS) 5W-Brian Wilhite

Sunoco Race Fuels B-Main #3 Finish (12 Laps, Top 2 Transfer): 1. 81E-Tanner English[1]; 2. 23H-Cory Hedgecock[3]; 3. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[5]; 4. 44-Colten Burdette[2]; 5. 83-Scott James[4]; 6. 22L-Skyller Lewis[7]; 7. 19M-Marty O’Neal[11]; 8. 17T-Tim Vance[6]; 9. 1CJ-Justin Shaw[9]; 10. 144-Anthony Kinkade[10]; 11. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[8]; 12. 29-Larry Grube[12]; 13. (DNS) 157-Mike Marlar

ST. LOUIS (Sept. 25) — Three-time and reigning D3 champion Mike Coughlin took a big step towards defending his North Central Division Top Dragster title with an impressive victory over one of his chief rivals Thursday night at World Wide Technology Raceway. Finishing the final two rounds of an event that began in late August in Bowling Green, Ky., Coughlin outlasted three championship hopefuls to earn his 15th Wally at the divisional level. “What a great way to start a very important weekend,” said Coughlin, a 29-time winner in all NHRA competition. “We have a unique chance to win three races in one weekend and you can’t win all three if you don’t win the first one so we’re very happy to earn this trophy. It’s certainly a heckuva confidence booster.” Mike Coughlin shows off the hardware Winning this race was simply a continuation of a dominant outing at Beech Bend Raceway where Coughlin qualified No. 1 with 6.108 at 224.77 mph and powered through a bye run and victories over Phillip Oakley and John Biagi to reach the semifinals before the event was postponed.  Picking up where he left off on Thursday, Coughlin was able to cruise past Al Peavler and John Strassweg — who both fouled out at the starting line — to reach the winner’s circle for the first time this season. “We had a little luck come our way with back-to-back red lights in the other lane to get this win,” Coughlin said, “but I’ll take it with a smile. There is no question we’ve been on the other end of luck plenty of times, so it always feels good when things even out in your favor every once in a while. I’m pretty sure (Strassweg) had an electrical issue in the final but we’ve also suffered that same fate ourselves in the past. It probably all evens out over time.” Although the official points haven’t been posted yet, Coughlin certainly improved on the third-place ranking he held prior to the event, when he trailed leader Danny Nelson by 45 points and Patrick Forester by 20. He’s also added some space between himself and fourth-place Peavler and fifth-place Strassweg, who beat Nelson in the semifinals. Forester had previously lost in the first round of eliminations.  Mike Coughlin’s  JEGS.com Top Dragster Thursday’s victory also was a great way to start a weekend where two more D3 trophies are up for grabs. The originally scheduled St. Louis doubleheader will conclude the Division 3 schedule for the season.   “Greg Cody, Tony Collier and Ryan Micke have this JEGS Dragster running so consistently it’s a real pleasure to drive,” said Coughlin, who previously won the D3 Top Sportsman championship in 2007 and 2009. “We didn’t need to do much to prepare the car for this race. Just a few adjustments to the boost and EFI and we were good to go.  “We did get two qualifying runs for (Friday’s) race before we finished the Bowling Green race and we ran a 6.103 to qualify second so I knew I had a car capable of winning. Now we need to go out there tonight and get No. 2.”

NASCAR CUP SERIES LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY SOUTH POINT 400 TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 

ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 88 LLUMAR CAMARO ZL1 1LE, met with media via teleconference to discuss his outlook going into the first race of the Round of 12 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the confidence he has in his team going into the second round of the Playoffs, and more. Transcript:  WHERE DO YOU THINK YOUR TEAM IS AT? WATCHING, YOU GUYS CERTAINLY DID ENOUGH TO GET THROUGH TO THIS ROUND, BUT IT’S NOT LIKE YOU’RE RUNNING IN THE TOP- THREE OR FOUR EVERY WEEK.“I think we’re in a good place, for sure. Darlington went really well for us. Richmond we knew was probably our weak point of the Playoffs. Bristol was going to be a solid top-five night until we had that tire issue. The last couple of weeks, I think we’ve been really strong. Darlington, we had an issue on pit road that cost us a top-five, but I think we still finished sixth. We’re in a good spot. We’re going to some race tracks that are notoriously really good for us compared to where we’ve been over the last couple of weeks. I’m really confident. I think Greg (Ives, crew chief) and the guys are working really well together and we should be really good.”
DO YOU THINK LAS VEGAS WILL RACE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS IT DID IN FEBRUARY OR WITH RIGHT-SIDE TIRE CHANGE, DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES AND SO MUCH HAPPENING SINCE THEN THAT IT’LL BE MUCH DIFFERENT?“I think the tires are probably the most crucial part of what we do, so for it to be different, it’s definitely a big unknown. It’s supposed to be a little bit more grip. So, if it’s more grip, I’d say the race will be similar to February, just in the sense that the track is going to have less, so maybe it will even out a little bit. But it’s going to be really hot and really slick, so it’ll be interesting to see how the tire fall-off is and just how it reacts.”
YOU WERE REALLY SOLID ON 1.5-MILE RACE TRACKS EARLIER. ARE YOU CONFIDENT IN THE LAST HOW MANY RACES THAT WE HAVE LEFT, THAT HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS HAS PICKED UP ENOUGH SPEED WHERE THEY CAN BE COMPETITIVE WITH THE OTHER RACE TEAMS?“I think we’re always trying to find more speed and more power. Our engine shop works really hard to constantly try to find whatever they can find. I think we definitely fell off through the summer and we looked in all areas to just try to improve every area and engines were definitely one. I hope we have enough speed. I think at Darlington and Bristol, we definitely showed we have enough speed. Going to a place like Las Vegas, you look at how we were in the spring there – if we can go and do that again and finish it off this time, that’d be great. But it’s really hard to say. Even for us, not having any practice and just going to so many different race tracks to start the Playoffs, I’m really not quite sure how our 1.5-mile program is going to stack up. But I’m really confident in it and think we’ll be really good.”
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PENALTIES THAT CAME DOWN YESTERDAY AND YOU LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR, DO YOU THINK LOSING THE AMOUNT OF TESTING NASCAR IS GOING TO TAKE AWAY WILL EFFECT YOU MORE WITH PEFORMANCE OF THE CURRENT CAR OR PERFORMANCE GOING FORWARD WITH THE NEXT GEN CAR? “It’s kind of hard for me to answer – obviously I’m not really involved in wind tunnel testing. But I know that it was an internal error and that we self-reported it. But, other than that, I don’t know how the restrictions really work and how that’s going to impact us next year. I know we’re going to have a chunk of time less of wind tunnel testing that we can do next year, which is never a good thing. It’ll impact us somewhat, for sure. It’s never good to have less of that. But, at the same time, it is what it is and we’re just focused on what’s in front of us.”
YOUR THOUGHTS ON IF BRISTOL PUT DIRT DOWN – HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE POSSIBILTY OF SEEING THAT IF IT EVENTUALLY HAPPENS?“I’d race lawn mowers if I had to. A Cup car on dirt – it doesn’t sound so bad to me. Bristol is a little interesting one. It’s a great race track and to see that race track kind of lose a race, in a sense, would definitely be a bummer. But I’m just interested to see, I feel like I’ll find out about it when you guys do – but, if something like that were to happen, how it would all play out. It’s really interesting to kind of read the rumors and what everybody’s saying. I think it would be a lot of fun – I’m all for running Cup cars on dirt. I never ran the Truck race at Eldora, but I did run some ARCA stuff at the Springfield Mile and that was a blast. Obviously, a very different race track, but that was a lot of fun.”
CAN YOU POINT TO ONE THING THAT YOU’VE LEARNED FROM BEING TEAMMATES WITH JIMMIE JOHNSON?“I get that question quite a bit and I feel like the biggest thing is just how he treats people, treats everybody at the shop, and just how he is as a person. He’s so humble. He’s had more success than anybody currently racing has and he’s still the nicest guy in the garage, the easiest guy to talk to and just a really good person. Just how he carries himself – we should all definitely be a little more like Jimmie sometimes.”
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HIS PROSPECTS ONCE HE GETS INTO INDYCAR, SPORTS CARS OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT HE DECIDES TO DO WITH POST-CAREER DRIVING?“I’m jealous that he’s going to get to drive so many different types of cool race cars. It obviously sounds like he’s going to have a lot of fun. But I think he’ll do really well. He’s going to be successful in whatever he gets in. He’s so talented and I’m just pumped to get to watch it – I think it’s going to be a lot of fun.”
WITH THE PLAYOFF SCHEDULE BEING THROWN THROUGH A BLENDER THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, DOES THAT BENEFIT YOU MORE SO THAN LAST YEAR OR DOES IT NOT MATTER?“I think this second round – last year we said how good it was going to be for us because we had ran second at every track going into it in the spring and we didn’t make it through the Round of 12. So, it’s hard to say. I feel like there’s some really good tracks for us and every round has an opportunity for us to win, which is definitely good. But it’s tough – it’s never easy. The Playoffs are hard. You have one bad race and the whole thing is kind of blown apart if you don’t have a ton of Playoff points to lean on. I don’t think it’s any better or worse for us. I’m glad we have a shot to win in every round. If we make the Round of 8, we’re going to probably need to win to make the Round of 4. So, it’s definitely good to have those opportunities.”
WE HAD BRAD KESELOWSKI HERE YESTERDAY AND HE SAID ABOUT LAS VEGAS, THAT IT’S THE SECOND-MOST IMPORTANT RACE OUTSIDE OF PHOENIX TO WIN THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SEASON BASED ON THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE RACES WE HAVE COMING UP IN THE ROUND OF 12. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?“Yeah, I think that makes sense to me. Vegas is probably your best shot at controlling your own destiny over the next three races. Talladega, there’s nowhere to hide – anything can happen and we all know how those races can go. The Roval is obviously a wild card. We’ve run really well there in the past. The HMS road course program is really, really good. I’m not the best road course racer, but we have some good finishes there and I think that comes from some really great race cars. It’s hard to say, but I think it’s definitely a really important race for us.”
WHERE YOU SIT IN POINTS COMING INTO THE ROUND OF 12, DO YOU THINK VEGAS IS POSSIBLY A MUST-WIN SITUATION OR DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE A GOOD POSSIBLITY OF POINTING YOUR WAY IN?“Yeah, I think we can point our way in. It sure would be nice to go win Vegas, but we’re above the cutline right now. I think we finished seventh in points the last round. We’re obviously closer than I want to be, but at the same time, I think we have every opportunity to point our way in if we just have a good, solid round and execute every week. We just can’t beat ourselves.”
NEXT WEEKEND IS THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 2000 WINSTON 500, WHICH WAS DALE EARNHARDT’S FINAL VICTORY. DID YOU EVER WATCH THAT RACE AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THE LASTING LEGACY AND IMPACT THAT RACE HAS?“I would have been seven, so I probably watched, but don’t really remember watching it at that time. That’s the race where Kenny Wallace pushed him to the win, right? I feel like I’ve seen that highlight reel a bunch of times. That’s probably about it. Obviously, Dale (Earnhardt)’s legacy at Talladega, speedway racing in general, and every race track – he won a bunch of those things. Definitely big there, but as far as what that race has carried over, it’s kind of hard for me to speak on. But, it definitely was a good one, for sure.”

Richard Childress Racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway… In 70 NASCAR Cup Series starts at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing has 11 top-five and 22 top-10 finishes. The Welcome N.C. organization has also found success in the NASCAR Xfinity Series capturing four wins, 14 top-five and 29 top-10 finishes in 54 starts.  NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs… Austin Dillon is in the midst of his fourth NASCAR Playoffs appearance and currently ranks eighth among the 12 remaining Playoff-eligible drivers. Dillon advanced out of the Round of 16 following three strong performances in the opening round of the NASCAR Playoffs (second at Darlington Raceway, fourth at Richmond Raceway, and 12th at Bristol Motor Speedway). The Round of 12 begins this weekend with the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs… The Richard Childress Racing No. 21 Chevrolet team, led by crew chief Andy Street, qualified for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Owner’s Playoffs following an impressive regular season with four rotating drivers (Anthony Alfredo, Myatt Snider, Kaz Grala, and Earl Bamber). The Round of 12 begins this weekend with the Alsco 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Catch the Action… The NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Alsco 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be televised live Saturday, September 26, beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network and will be broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. Don’t forget to follow the action on social media, with live updates at twitter.com/RCRNXS and twitter.com/RCRracing. The NASCAR Cup Series’ South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be televised live Sunday, September 27, beginning at 7 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network and will be broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. Don’t forget to follow the action on social media, with live updates at twitter.com/RCRCup and twitter.com/RCRracing.

This Week’s DOWFROST Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … In 10 NASCAR Cup Series starts at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Dillon has two top-five and two top-10 finishes, including a fourth-place finish in his most recent appearance at the track in February. He is a former winner at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in both the NASCAR Xfinity Series (2015) and NASCAR Truck Series (2010). Dow brings a science and engineering crew who is driven by limitless curiosity to the RCR Team …Austin Dillon and the RCR team are again supported by Dow’s materials science expertise and technologies this season. Backed by the power of data analysis and virtual modeling, Dow develops and manufactures high-performance components and materials custom-made for the No. 3 car. Dow and RCR’s partnership has expedited innovation and shortened testing time in the automotive industry by recreating in the lab one of the most extreme environments – the racetrack. After seven years of collaboration, Dow scientists and RCR engineers are continuing to work together to make the No. 3 car faster, safer and more precise. Stay up to date with Dow’s exciting developments at www.dow.com/sports and follow us on Twitter @DowSports & @DowNewsroom. DOWFROST™ Heat Transfer Fluids … A race car requires exceptional care to run at peak performance – your HVAC system is no different. DOWFROST™ glycol-based fluids have been helping systems achieve peak performance since 1929. With Dow, you’re not investing in just a heat transfer fluid. From the initial stages of assessing your system for the right fluid, to supporting that system years down the road, Dow delivers trusted products and total peace of mind for you. Connect with us at dow.com/fluids NASCAR Playoffs … Dillon is currently competing for the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Championship, where he ranks eighth. The four-round postseason consists of eliminations after the Round of 16 (Darlington, Richmond, Bristol), the Round of 12 (Las Vegas, Talladega, Charlotte Roval) and the Round of 8 (Kansas, Texas, Martinsville). The Championship 4 will compete for the title at Phoenix. AUSTIN DILLON QUOTES:What are your thoughts on Las Vegas Motor Speedway?“I love Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Statistically, it has been one of my best tracks, and I’m excited to go there and try to maximize points and win a race to solidify our spot in the Round of 8. Our goal as a team is to be consistent and to try and score Stage points early. I think Stage points will play a big part of advancing out of each round in the NASCAR Playoffs. There’s a lot on the line.” It seems like Las Vegas Motor Speedway is getting more and more worn as the years go by. How careful do you have to be with your tires there now compared to the past?“You definitely have to take care of them. You have to keep track position and have a car that holds on for the long run. Las Vegas Motor Speedway is becoming much more similar to Chicagoland Speedway in terms of the amount of tire wear you see.”Did you feel like you were overlooked coming into the playoffs a little bit? “I get overlooked some, probably more than most, but I don’t know why.  I always feel like I perform pretty well in pressure situations, and RCR as a whole can step up.  I have total belief in the 3 team and probably more belief this year than I’ve ever had because we’ve brought consistent speed to the track, and we might not have gotten every finish that we should have gotten this year but we’ve gotten a lot of good finishes.  It’s been one of my best years statistically. Chevy has stepped up.  Everybody that puts work in at RCR does a really good job. I think the smaller group has been good for us, with less distractions at the track.  As a whole, our group really works together well.”

Tyler Reddick and the No. 8 Cat Mining Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … Tyler Reddick has one previous NASCAR Cup Series start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, having had a strong run at the 1.5-mile speedway earlier this year. Reddick has four previous NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at Las Vegas and won last year’s fall race in dramatic fashion after the team gambled on their fuel mileage strategy. Reddick also has one win and two top-10 finishes in the NASCAR Truck Series at the 1.5-mile speedway. About Cat Mining … Success in the mining industry takes more than the best equipment. It takes a partner who goes beyond the iron to help you address your toughest challenges and take advantage of your biggest opportunities. That partner is Caterpillar. Caterpillar will work with you to find ways to improve your mining operation – developing comprehensive solutions that combine products, technologies and services to help you work more efficiently and consistently, boost productivity and keep people safe. We are focused on being a true business partner and helping you optimize your operation at every level – from machines to individual sites to the complete mining enterprise. Learn more by visiting  cat.com/mining. TYLER REDDICK QUOTE: You had a solid run at Las Vegas Motor Speedway earlier this season. How are you and the team looking to improve this weekend?“Our Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE was fast when we visited Las Vegas in the spring. We really just had to tweak the handling during the race a little bit to get it to where I needed it to be. This time around, we have a better baseline going into the weekend since we now have some notes to refer back to. One thing we’ll be looking to improve on specifically is our short-run speed and handling. We just seemed to lack a little bit taking off during the race weekend at Las Vegas earlier this year, which ended up hurting us during that final restart, but we’ve had a lot of time as a team this year to work on these cars to make them better. I expect our No. 8 Cat Mining Chevrolet to fire off really well on Sunday and am looking forward to the race. I’ve had a lot of success at Las Vegas over my career, so I’m excited to get back there this weekend.”

Anthony Alfredo and the No. 21 Sim Seats Chevrolet Camaro at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … Following a strong sixth-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway, Anthony Alfredo is scheduled to be back behind the wheel of the No. 21 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing for this weekend’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Alfredo has two career NASCAR Truck Series starts at Las Vegas, both coming in 2019.  About Sim Seats … Since 2009 we’ve been designing and fabricating high quality made in USA driving simulators including motion systems, complete turn-key iRacing packages, and custom fabrication. Our customer base includes all racers from amateur to the pro ranks. Every one of us at Sim Seats is a weekend racer too. Our passion for racing drives us to build better sim racing equipment and leaves us feeling that the weekend just doesn’t cut it.  Join us for the thrill of racing any time, any day, any car, any track. As we like to say, don’t limit your track time to the weekend! Visit us at simseats.com. Fast Start for Fast Pasta … Running a limited schedule in the No. 21 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing, Alfredo has secured seven top-10 finishes. He also won an eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series Saturday Night Thunder Race at Dover International Speedway during NASCAR’s hiatus from on-track competition. ANTHONY ALFREDO QUOTES: You have been strong on every 1.5-mile race track you have competed on this season. What excites you the most about going to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend? “I’m really excited to head to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend in our No. 21 Sim Seats Chevrolet Camaro. Not only have we had impressive speed at the 1.5-mile race tracks this year, but I actually ran at Las Vegas twice last year in the Truck Series. There hasn’t been many tracks this year that I’ve been to previously, so that gives me a little bit of added confidence heading into the race. What are some key differences that separate Las Vegas Motor Speedway compared to some of the other 1.5-mile racetracks? “Las Vegas Motor Speedway is a little different than most tracks because it doesn’t have as much tire fall-off as some of the other 1.5-mile tracks. It still is important to have a car that handles well, mainly because of the big patch of bumps heading into turn 1. It also can provide multi-groove racing which really fits my driving style. With the speed our whole Richard Childress Racing team has been bringing to the race track every weekend, I would not be surprised if we parked our No. 21 Sim Seats Chevrolet in victory lane on Saturday night.”

TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE SOUTH POINT 400 LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY LAS VEGAS, NEVADA SEPTEMBER 27, 2020
LAS VEGAS: RACE #30The NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) heads west to the Silver State for the second time this year for the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located about 15 miles northeast of the famed Las Vegas Strip. The popular 1200-acre complex has hosted the NCS since 1998; and most recently, since 2018, the venue has held annual NCS races in both the Spring and the Fall. Despite the pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic this year, the two Las Vegas stops have retained their originally scheduled dates.
The excitement will be high as the 400-mile, 267-lap South Point 400 at the 1.5-mile circuit opens the Round of 12 in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, which also marks the 30th of 36 races in the 2020 season.
The three-day race weekend begins on Friday, September 25th, with the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series World of Westgate 200 at 9:00 p.m. ET, followed by the NASCAR Xfinity Series Alsco 300 on Saturday, September 26th, at 7:30 p.m. ET. The NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400 caps the weekend on Sunday evening, September 27th, at 7:00 p.m. ET.
In compliance with local and state COVID-19 restrictions, the race weekend will be held without spectators.
ROUND OF 12:Four Chevrolet drivers are among the 12 in contention for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship through three of 10 Playoff races. Entering Race 4 of the Playoffs, the Las Vegas Round of 12 opener, here are their current Playoff standings & statistical highlights: 
Chase Elliott, No. 9 Unifirst Camaro ZL1 1LE – 5th in Standings (3,021 points)Victories: 2 (Charlotte Motor Speedway and Daytona Road Course)Top-Fives: 11; Top-10’s: 16; Laps Led: 669Stage Wins: 7At Las Vegas: Top-Five’s: 2; Top-10’s: 3; Average Finish: 21.4
Alex Bowman, No. 88 Llumar Camaro ZL1 1LE – 7th in Standings (3,009 points)Victories: 1 (Auto Club Speedway)Top-Fives: 3; Top-10’s: 10; Laps Led: 389Stage Wins: 4At Las Vegas: Top-Five’s: 0; Top-10’s: 1; Average Finish: 20.7
Austin Dillon, No. 3 DOWFROST Camaro ZL1 1LE – 8th in Standings (3,005 points)Victories: 1 (Texas Motor Speedway)Top-Fives: 4; Top-10’s 9; Laps Led: 135Stage Wins: 0At Las Vegas: Top-Five’s: 2; Top-10’s: 2; Average Finish: 14.7
Kurt Busch, No. 1 Monster Energy Camaro ZL1 1LE – 12th in Standings (3,001 points)Top-Fives: 4; Top-10’s: 15; Laps Led: 111Stage Wins: 1At Las Vegas: Wins: 0; Top-Five’s: 0; Top-10’s: 2; Average Finish: 22.5
BOWTIE BULLETS:The South Point 400 marks the 26th NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway since 1998, and Chevrolet has seven wins at the 1.5-mile oval. The Bowtie Brigade recorded its first victory on March 3, 2001, when Jeff Gordon drove a Monte Carlo to Victory Lane for Hendrick Motorsports after a 24th place starting position.
·      Current Chevrolet drivers that have recorded wins at Las Vegas Motor Speedway include:Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Ally Camaro ZL1 1LE, leads the series with four wins (2005, ‘06, ‘07, & ‘10).Matt Kenseth, No. 42 McDonald’s Camaro ZL1 1LE, has three wins: (2003, ‘04, & ’13).
·      Team Chevy has sat on the pole at Las Vegas Motor Speedway four times. Kurt Busch, No. 1 Monster Energy Camaro ZL1 1LE, holds the track qualifying record of 196.378 mph / 27.498 seconds set on March 4, 2016.
·      In the Round of 16 of the 2020 NASCAR Playoffs, Chase Elliott, No. 9 Unifirst Camaro ZL1 1LE, led all drivers with the best average running position of 5.37.
·      In all seven years of the NASCAR Playoffs, Chevrolet team Hendrick Motorsports has had at least two drivers advance to the second round.
STARTING LINE-UP:For the remainder of the 2020 NCS season, the starting lineups will be determined by a competition-based formula, combining the following metrics from the previous race event: 15% of a fastest lap time position, 25% of the driver’s final race finish position, 25% of the owner’s final race position and 35% of the Owner points position. Here are Team Chevy’s top-20 starters for Saturday Bass Pro Shops Night Race:3rd       Chase Elliott, No. 9 Unifirst Camaro ZL1 1LE7th       Austin Dillon, No. 3 DOWFROST Camaro ZL1 1LE8th       Alex Bowman, No. 88 Llumar Camaro ZL1 1LE9th       Kurt Busch, No. 1 Monster Energy Camaro ZL1 1LE14th     Tyler Reddick, No. 8 Cat Mining Camaro ZL1 1LE18th     Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Ally Camaro ZL1 1LE20th     Matt Kenseth, No. 42 McDonald’s Camaro ZL1 1LE
TUNE-IN:NBCSN will telecast the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday, September 27th, at 7:00 p.m. ET to kick-off the Round of 12 for the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. Live coverage can also be found on the NBC Sports Gold app, PRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.
QUOTABLE QUOTES:ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 88 LLUMAR CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 7th IN STANDINGS“Clinching a spot in the Round of 12 last weekend in Bristol was exactly what we needed to do as a team. Although we didn’t have the greatest finish last week, it was something that was completely out of our control. We have some strong tracks in the Round of 12 that will be good for us. Our main goal this season was to make the Round of 8 and I really feel like this team is on track to do that. We have to continue putting solid races together and getting strong finishes.”
“Las Vegas is a strong track for us. We ran really well in the spring event this season, so I am ready to get back to the track this weekend. Our intermediate program at Hendrick Motorsports is really strong and we need to have a strong race this weekend. Greg (Ives) and the LLumar team have been working extremely hard on our cars and I really think it is showing.”
AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 DOWFROST CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 8th IN STANDINGSWHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY?“I love Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Statistically, it’s been one of my best tracks, and I’m excited to go there and try to maximize points and win a race to solidify our spot in the Round of 8. Our goal as a team is to be consistent and to try and score Stage points early. I think Stage points will play a big part of advancing out of each round in the NASCAR Playoffs. There’s a lot on the line.”
IT SEEMS LIKE LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY IS GETTING MORE AND MORE WORN AS THE YEARS GO BY. HOW CAREFUL DO YOU HAVE TO BE WITH YOUR TIRES NOW COMPARED TO THE PAST? “You definitely have to take care of them. You have to keep track position and have a car that holds on for the long run. Las Vegas Motor Speedway is becoming much more similar to Chicagoland Speedway in terms of the amount of tire wear you see.” DID YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE OVERLOOKED COMING INTO THE PLAYOFFS A LITTLE BIT? “I get overlooked some, probably more than most, I don’t know why.  I always feel like I perform pretty well in pressure situations, and RCR as a whole can step up.  I have total belief in the 3 team and probably more belief this year than I’ve ever had because we’ve brought consistent speed to the track, and we might not have gotten every finish that we should have gotten this year, but we’ve gotten a lot of good finishes.  It’s been one of my best years statistically and just the ability behind the cars are better. Chevy has stepped up.  Eric Warren, RCR, all of the mechanics and everybody that puts work in do a really good job. I think the smaller group has been good for us, with less distractions at the track.  As a whole, our group really works together well.” WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 AXALTA CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 14th IN STANDINGSBYRON ON RETURNING TO VEGAS SINCE THE PANDEMIC:“It’s crazy to think how far things have evolved since we went to Vegas earlier this year. It was just the second race of the year and before everything changed with the pandemic. That race, we had a lot of speed even though everything was still new and fresh for the year. We had a fast car and we just have to continue that when we get Vegas this weekend.”
BYRON ON HOW THE TRACK CAN CHANGE THIS TIME OF YEAR:“The track definitely does change, even with a slight change in temperature. We’re used to going to Vegas at the beginning of September when it’s still really hot. I think being closer to the end of September it will have started to cool off a bit. That will make it unique for us, especially with the late start time Sunday. This race is going to have some different elements that everyone will need to overcome.” TYLER REDDICK, NO. 8 CAT MINING CAMARO ZL1 1LE – 19th IN STANDINGS“Our Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE was fast when we visited Las Vegas in the spring. We really just had to tweak the handling during the race a little bit to get it to where I needed it to be. This time around, we have a better baseline going into the weekend since we now have some notes to refer back to. One thing we’ll be looking to improve on specifically is our short-run speed and handling. We just seemed to lack a little bit taking off during the race weekend at Las Vegas earlier this year, which ended up hurting us during that final restart, but we’ve had a lot of time as a team this year to work on these cars to make them better. I expect our No. 8 Cat Mining Chevrolet to fire off really well on Sunday and am looking forward to the race. I’ve had a lot of success at Las Vegas over my career, so I’m excited to get back there this weekend.”

Batavia, OH (September 23, 2020) – The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series visits Brownstown Speedway for the first time in 2020, after postponed and canceled trips earlier in the year, with back-to-back shows. The Jackson 100 weekend features a $10,000-to-win show Friday, September 25th, and $15,000-to-win on Saturday, September 26th.

In 2019, Hudson O’Neal captured one of the biggest wins of his career,  in front of his home town crowd, after leading the last 30 laps of the Jackson 100. The race saw multiple lead changes and side-by-side racing action, which can all be expected again this year. With a rich history of racing at Brownstown Speedway, since 1952, and long standing history of the Jackson 100, since 1980, fans from near and far make this event a must on their schedule, year after year. 

On track action is set to begin at 6:30 pm EDT, on both Friday and Saturday. Lucas Dirt is joined by Pro Late Models, Modifieds, and Pure Stocks on Friday, while Modifieds and Super Stocks are support divisions in contention on Saturday. 

To purchase tickets in advance, visit www.brownstownspeedway.com or call 603-501-0517. For anyone unable to make it out in person, both nights will be live on LucasOilRacing.tv with a yearly subscription. 

Brownstown Speedway Information: Phone Number: 812-358-5332Location: 476 East CR 100, Brownstown, IN 47220Directions: Located on Highway 250 at the Jackson County Fairgrounds 1 mile south-east of Brownstown, IndianaWebsite: www.brownstownspeedway.com

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.

Friday’s Purse:
1. $10,000, 2. $5,500, 3. $3,500, 4. $2,750, 5. $2,250, 6. $1,800, 7. $1,500, 8. $1,300, 
9. $1,200, 10. $1,100, 11. $1,075, 12. $1,050, 13. $1,025, 14. $1,000, 15. $950, 16. $925, 17. $900, 
18. $875, 19. $850, 20. $825, 21. $800, 22. $800, 23. $800, 24. $800

41st Annual Jackson 100 Purse:
1. $15,000, 2. $6,500, 3. $3,500, 4. $3,000, 5. $2,500, 6. $1,900, 7. $1,700, 8. $1,600, 9. $1,550, 10. $1,500, 11. $1,450, 12. $1,400, 13. $1,350, 14. $1,300, 15. $1,200, 16. $1,100, 17. $1,000, 
18. $1,000, 19. $1,000, 20. $1,000, 21. $1,000, 22. $1,000, 23. $1,000, 24. $1,000

Brownstown Speedway LucasOilRacing.tv air times:Friday, September 25th – Night Before the Jackson: 6:30 PM EDT (yearly subscription)Saturday, September 26th – 41^st Annual Jackson 100: 6:30 PM EDT (yearly subscription)