Defending event Pro Stock champ
Jeg Coughlin Jr. ready for more Chicago magic
Reigning regional Top Alcohol Dragster champ Troy Coughlin Jr. running strong
JOLIET, Ill. (May 29) — Pro Stock ace Jeg Coughlin Jr. broke the longest winless streak of his career at last year’s Route 66 NHRA Nationals and ended up going on a tear that left him just one spot short of a sixth national class championship. Now the 62-time Pro Stock national event winner is expecting more Chicago magic, especially since he’s one of just two drivers in his class to have won a race this year. Continue reading Defending event Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. ready for more Chicago magic
Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono Advance
TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE
POCONO 400
POCONO RACEWAY
LONG POND, PENNSYLVANIA
JUNE 2, 2019
BOWTIE BULLETS:
TAKING THE CHECKERED FLAG:
Chevrolet leads all MENCS manufacturers with 32 victories in the 82 races on the 2.5-mile Pocono Raceway tri-oval, including a streak of six in a row from August 2102 (Jeff Gordon) to June 2015 (Martin Truex Jr.). Benny Parsons gave the Bowtie brand its first win at the racetrack in 1977; Darrel Waltrip, driving a Buick, was the pole winner. GM brands Buick, Pontiac and Oldsmobile have contributed 11 victories. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono Advance
Cruz Pedregon–Chicago Advance
NHRA® Team Report
Route 66 NHRA Nationals – Chicago
Pre-Race Report
It’s been a busy two weeks for Cruz Pedregon and team as they took full advantage of time in the shop before the four-race series begins in Chicago this week. “We’ve been prepping and building parts, getting ready for back-to-back races and getting the Snap-on Funny Car where we want it before the weekend,” Cruz said. “This is an important race for us each year because it’s considered the ‘home track’ for our primary sponsor, Snap-on, who hosts around 600 guests here for the race each year. And, it’s always fun to have the Chairman and CEO Nick Pinchuk visit the pit and see how we put the company’s tools and tool storage to work here at the track. He’s a big fan of the sport and long-time supporter of my racing career.”
Continue reading Cruz Pedregon–Chicago Advance
Chevrolet teams, drivers enter four-in-a-row race stretch
CHEVROLET AT JOLIET
What: Route 66 NHRA Nationals
When: Friday, May 30-Sunday, June 2
Where: Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois
TV: FS1 will telecast eliminations and finals at 5:30 p.m. ET June 2
Chevrolet teams, drivers enter four-in-a-row race stretch
Team Chevy seeks to continue momentum in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock
DETROIT (May 29, 2019) – A stretch of four consecutive National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) event weekends, starting with the 22nd Route 66 NHRA Nationals, will push Chevrolet drivers to retain their winning ways.
Continue reading Chevrolet teams, drivers enter four-in-a-row race stretch
Menard Expects Pocono To Be Plenty Tricky This Weekend
Menard Expects Pocono To Be Plenty Tricky This Weekend
May 29, 2019
This weekend’s Pocono 400 on the Tricky Triangle at Pocono Raceway promises to be a little trickier than usual, according to Paul Menard, driver of the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Mustang.
Menard said the new lower horsepower/higher downforce package, plus a change in transmission rules, will make for an interesting race on the unique 2 ½ mile track that features long straightaways and three distinctly different turns.
“There will be big drafts on the straightaways and not as much braking as before,” Menard said. “And with the new transmission rules, you’ll be wanting to shift but with the third gear we’re now required to use it would probably just blow the engine.”
Menard said that with the components of the new package, it’ll be important for drivers to keep their momentum up, especially since they won’t be able to downshift off Turns One and Three.
“I’m not sure how it will all work out,” he said. “We’ll see.”
Menard will be making his 25th career Cup start at Pocono, where he has five finishes of 11th or better, the most recent coming last June.
His Wood Brothers team will be making its 64th Pocono start. The team has three wins there. Their victories came in 1975 with David Pearson driving, in 1980 with Neil Bonnett at the wheel and in 2017, with Ryan Blaney taking the win over Kevin Harvick.
Qualifying for the Pocono 400 is scheduled for Saturday at 11:35 a.m., and the race is set to start just after 2 p.m. on Sunday with TV coverage on Fox Sports One.
Giovanni Scelzi Powers to Win and Three Top Fives During Stout Weekend With World of Outlaws
Giovanni Scelzi Powers to Win and Three Top Fives During Stout Weekend With World of Outlaws
Inside Line Promotions – LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (May 29, 2019) – Giovanni Scelzi enjoyed the type of weekend most race car drivers dream of during Memorial Day Weekend.
Scelzi and car owner Bernie Stuebgen won the opening night of the Patriot Nationals on Friday, rebounded from a late-race flat tire to finish fifth in the Patriot Nationals finale on Saturday and captured a third-place outing on Monday during the Memorial Day Spectacle presented by KOI Auto Parts. All three races were with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, giving Scelzi four top fives and eight top 10s in 14 World of Outlaws races this season. Continue reading Giovanni Scelzi Powers to Win and Three Top Fives During Stout Weekend With World of Outlaws
AUSTIN PROCK AND MONTANA BRAND / ROCKY MOUNTAIN TWIST EAGER TO TAKE ON ROUTE 66 NHRA NATIONALS
AUSTIN PROCK AND MONTANA BRAND / ROCKY MOUNTAIN TWIST EAGER TO
TAKE ON ROUTE 66 NHRA NATIONALS
JOLIET, Ill. (May 29, 2019) — Austin Prock and the Montana Brand / Rocky Mountain Twist Top Fuel team are making their way to the ninth event on the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Season circuit, the Route 66 NHRA Nationals, motivated to continue their progress.
After a much-needed restart weekend at the recent Virginia NHRA Nationals, Prock and the Montana Brand / Rocky Mountain Twist team have set a new pace for their season. With crew chief Mike Green now leading the team, Prock made three consistent qualifying passes in the .80s that landed him the No. 10 spot. During eliminations, Prock kept up the consistency in the first round with a 3.866-second run to beat Richie Crampton for the fourth race day win of his rookie season. After taking the starting line advantage in the quarterfinals, Prock had to pedal his Montana Brand / Rocky Mountain Twist dragster and fell short of the second-round victory. Despite the early exit, Prock will enter the Route 66 NHRA Nationals inside the top ten of the NHRA Mello Yello points standings. Continue reading AUSTIN PROCK AND MONTANA BRAND / ROCKY MOUNTAIN TWIST EAGER TO TAKE ON ROUTE 66 NHRA NATIONALS
Malmgrens start of 2019 FIA European drag racing Championship Pro stock
We are pleased to inform that we where the fastest Pro stock car all weekend long, and offcourse low Qualifyer with new PB ( even if air was not so good) with 6,573-210mph , Jimmy Ålund second with 6,578-211 and Bengt Ljungdahl 3:rd with 6,61-208
We went to Final round and in Finals raced Jimmy Ålund and had him at 330 ft clock but my wheeliebar broke at hit and get stucked under car and made car to act funny and pushed my close to wall in 3:rd gear and I had to lift , sucks as I was ahead , knocked 4 hundreds on tree on him so a 6,663 and faster would have done it. But we are very pleased still with runner up and a killer performance in our Gray power plant, well done Paul , Steve and Mike at Gray engine shop.
ROBERT HIGHT AND AUTO CLUB LOOKING FOR REPEAT WIN AT ROUTE 66 NHRA NATIONALS
ROBERT HIGHT AND AUTO CLUB LOOKING FOR REPEAT WIN AT
ROUTE 66 NHRA NATIONALS
JOLIET, Ill. (May 29, 2019) — Robert Hight and the Automobile Club of Southern California Chevy Camaro SS Funny Car team are gearing up for the Route 66 NHRA Nationals, the ninth event on the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Series Season schedule, determined to maintain their grip on the Funny Car points lead.
Since the 2019 NHRA season started, Hight and the Auto Club team have commanded the Funny Car class and, with eight races until the Countdown to the Championship, NHRA’s six race playoffs, are showing no signs of losing momentum. The two-time Funny Car world champion has already tallied three wins, one runner-up finish, two semi-final appearances and five No. 1 qualifiers to put him at the top of the pack. At the most recent event, the Virginia NHRA Nationals, Hight had a rare second round exit to rival Ron Capps but only after the two skilled drivers were forced to pedal their 11,000-horsepower hot rods to the finish line. Continue reading ROBERT HIGHT AND AUTO CLUB LOOKING FOR REPEAT WIN AT ROUTE 66 NHRA NATIONALS
JOHN FORCE POISED TO MAKE HISTORY, AGAIN; AIMS FOR 150TH TOUR VICTORY IN RETURN TO ROUTE 66
JOHN FORCE POISED TO MAKE HISTORY, AGAIN;
AIMS FOR 150TH TOUR VICTORY IN RETURN TO ROUTE 66
JOLIET, Ill. (May 29, 2019) — Nineteen years after beating Jerry Toliver in the final round of the Route 66 Nationals to become NHRA’s all-time leader in tour victories (breaking out of an 85-win tie with the late Bob Glidden), John Force returns this week to Route 66 Raceway with a chance to reach another professional milestone.
Force is on the precipice of adding to a legacy that already includes 16 series championships, Driver of the Year recognition (1996) and induction into America’s two principal auto racing Halls of Fame. The former big rig truck driver is poised to win his 150th NHRA tour title and this week he has a chance to do it in event staged just 60 miles from the Northbrook, Ill., headquarters of Old World Industries, parent of PEAK Coolant and Motor Oil, sponsor of his 10,000 horsepower, 330 mph Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car. Continue reading JOHN FORCE POISED TO MAKE HISTORY, AGAIN; AIMS FOR 150TH TOUR VICTORY IN RETURN TO ROUTE 66
RCR Event Preview – Pocono Raceway
Richard Childress Racing at Pocono Raceway … In 161 starts at Pocono Raceway, RCR team owner Richard Childress has two wins, both with Dale Earnhardt, who won on July 19, 1987 and July 18, 1993. Additionally, RCR has earned one pole award, 16 top-five and 55 top-10 finishes with 610 laps led at the uniquely-shaped three-turn track. Childress, a former driver in NASCAR’s top division, contributed two of those top-10 finishes under the RCR banner. Continue reading RCR Event Preview – Pocono Raceway
BRITTANY FORCE AND ADVANCE AUTO PARTS HUNGRY FOR MORE SUCCESS AT ROUTE 66 NHRA NATIONALS
BRITTANY FORCE AND ADVANCE AUTO PARTS HUNGRY FOR
MORE SUCCESS AT ROUTE 66 NHRA NATIONALS
JOLIET, Ill. (May 29, 2019) — Brittany Force and the Advance Auto Parts Top Fuel dragster team are headed to the Route 66 NHRA Nationals, the ninth event on the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Season schedule, eager to keep up the momentum.
Force and the Advance Auto Parts team are now sitting second in the NHRA Mello Yello points standings after defending their 2018 win at the SpringNationals in Houston with a double-up win alongside teammate Robert Hight in April. Accompanying her win are two runner-up finishes and three No. 1 qualifiers including the No. 1 at the SpringNationals that she shared with her father John Force. At the recent event in Richmond, Force had a second-round exit to longtime rival and three-time world champion Antron Brown but left the weekend still sitting No. 2 in the points standings behind reigning Top Fuel world champion, Steve Torrance, who already has three wins this season. Continue reading BRITTANY FORCE AND ADVANCE AUTO PARTS HUNGRY FOR MORE SUCCESS AT ROUTE 66 NHRA NATIONALS
NHRA’s best Sportsman racers take center stage at JEGS Allstars event
NHRA’s best Sportsman racers take
center stage at JEGS Allstars event
JOLIET, Ill. (May 28) – NHRA’s best Sportsman drivers will battle for class and divisional honors this weekend at the 35th annual JEGS Allstars, a special event held during the Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway.
The 35th annual JEGS Allstars event is
always a highlight of the season.
The JEGS Allstars competition crowns individual champions in 10 separate eliminators, as well as an overall team champion. A highlight of the drag racing season for three and a half decades, the JEGS Allstars event features a total purse of more than $150,000, making it one of the richest events of its kind. Continue reading NHRA’s best Sportsman racers take center stage at JEGS Allstars event
Honda Racing–Detroit Grand Prix
Detroit Grand Prix
Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.
12:30 p.m. EDT Saturday, June 1, 2019
NBC Sports Network
Radio Le Mans and IMSA.com
ACURA At Detroit
• Acura Motorsports has recorded three previous victories on the streets of Belle Isle Park, including consecutive GTD triumphs for the Acura NSX GT3 in 2017-18, and an overall win for the Acura ARX-01b prototype in 2008.
• Acura’s initial Detroit success came in 2008, the second year of the company’s LMP2 program in the American Le Mans Series. Franck Montagny and James Rossiter capped off a dominating performance to record Andretti Green Racing’s first overall victory in ALMS competition, and the first overall/LMP2 win for the Acura ARX-01b. Continue reading Honda Racing–Detroit Grand Prix
Corvette Racing at Le Mans–Circuit de la Sarthe
CORVETTE RACING AT LE MANS: Dress Rehearsal for 20th Appearance
Pair of Corvettes set for eight hours of running at famed Circuit de la Sarthe
• Corvette Racing seeks ninth class victory in competitive GTE Pro category
• Road America, Chevrolet simulator sessions part of intense preparation
• Six Corvette Racing drivers with 19 combined Le Mans victories
DETROIT (May 28, 2019) – Corvette Racing is back across the Atlantic once again for a landmark appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans – its 20th consecutive appearance at the historic French endurance race.
Sunday’s annual Le Mans Test Day serves as a final dress rehearsal for the twice-around-the-clock race on June 15-16. It is the only time that Corvette Racing – and the rest of the 62-car field – can turn laps around the 8.48-mile Circuit de la Sarthe, a mixture of permanent race track and public roads.
This is a landmark year at Le Mans for Corvette Racing. No team is on record as having made more than 20 consecutive appearances, and the program has won eight times in 19 tries. What’s more, Corvette Racing’s Le Mans record also includes eight runner-up class finishes and nearly 100,00 racing miles completed. Continue reading Corvette Racing at Le Mans–Circuit de la Sarthe
KING OF THE WEST-NARC SPRINT CARS SET TO INVADE PETALUMA ON SATURDAY
5/28/19, Sacramento, CA (Jim Allen) … The high-powered 950-horsepower King of the West-NARC Fujitsu 410 Sprint Car Series will battle wheel-to-wheel this Saturday, June 1st, when the traveling series invades the always exciting Petaluma Speedway.
This marks the first of only two appearances at Petaluma for the series which is celebrating its 60th Anniversary season. Interesting enough, despite it being June, the King of the West-NARC campaign only has two races under its belt in 2019 due to unpredictable weather. However, competition will be ramping up quickly with five races scheduled at five different tracks during June. Continue reading KING OF THE WEST-NARC SPRINT CARS SET TO INVADE PETALUMA ON SATURDAY
Menard Finishes 14th in Coca-Cola 600 At Charlotte
Menard Finishes 14th in Coca-Cola 600 At Charlotte
May 27, 2019
Paul Menard and the No. 21 Menards/Knauf Insulation team came within 10 laps of ending a great day of racing with a top-10 finish in the Coca-Cola 600, but a late caution ended up relegating them to a 14th-place finish.
Menard started Sunday’s marathon at Charlotte Motor Speedway from 17th place and spent much of the night running in the top 15 as crew chief Greg Erwin and the Menards/Knauf team adjusted their Mustang for the changing conditions as the race went from daytime to dark.
The further the race went, the better Menard’s Mustang performed, and when the green flag flew for a restart with 35 laps to go, he was in 10th place and on the move forward. Continue reading Menard Finishes 14th in Coca-Cola 600 At Charlotte
RCR Post Race Report – Coca-Cola 600
Austin Dillon and the No. 3 Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Chevrolet Team Show Speed in Coca-Cola 600 But Retire Early
Following On-Track Incident
“I’m disappointed because we had a fast Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Chevy Camaro ZL1 all weekend so I thought we would have a stronger race today then what we did. We were a victim of circumstance, but that’s what happens in racing sometimes. We worked hard throughout the race to adjust our car and keep up with changing track conditions, but our race ended early after an accident during the final Stage. I saw the No. 42 car spinning. I don’t know if it would have turned out in our favor if I would have slowed down and tried to get stopped, but I saw a gap so I made the decision to go all the way to the left to try and get through it. Unfortunately, it didn’t work. It’s part of it. We’ll be ready for Pocono Raceway next week.”
-Austin Dillon
Early Contact Hinders Daniel Hemric’s Efforts in First
Coca-Cola 600 Start with Cessna Chevrolet
“I really hate this night did not turn out better than it did for everyone on this Cessna Chevrolet Team. Luke Lambert and everyone on this team gave me a really fast No. 8 Cessna Chevy. We showed that in practice throughout the weekend and in qualifying on Thursday night. The car took off really well to start the race but we got so many cautions in Stage 1 that we made a strategy call to stay out and were able to grab the lead by doing that. Being able to lead in my first Coca-Cola 600 was a cool experience for sure, but the cars with fresher tires were much quicker on the restart. One of them made contact with the right rear and sent me into the outside wall off Turn 4. I’m really proud of everyone on this team, because they never gave up. We hit pit road as much as possible the rest of the night and they made repairs as best they could. We kept adjusting on it and just tried to do all we could to get to the end. When the caution came out with about 35 laps to go, we took the wave around to get one lap back and hoped for a quick caution, but we never got that when we needed and had to hit pit road under green with 20 laps to go. We will head to Pocono and try to change our luck there.”
-Daniel Hemric
Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Coca-Cola 600-Post Race
MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY
COCA-COLA 600
TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
MAY 26, 2019
TOP TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL RACE RESULTS:
POS. DRIVER
4th Chase Elliott, No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Camaro ZL1
6th Chris Buescher, No. 37 Kroger Thrill of the Grill Camaro ZL1
7th Alex Bowman, No. 88 Nationwide Patriotic Camaro ZL1
8th Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Ally Patriotic Camaro ZL1
9th William Byron, No. 24 Liberty Patriotic Camaro ZL1
TOP FIVE UNOFFICIAL RACE RESULTS:
POS. DRIVER
1st Martin Truex Jr. (Toyota)
2nd Joey Logano (Ford)
3rd Kyle Busch (Toyota)
4th Chase Elliott (Chevrolet)
5th Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Ford) Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Coca-Cola 600-Post Race
Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Indy 500– Post Race
CHEVROLET IN THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES
103RD RUNNING OF THE INDIANAPOLIS 500
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, INDIANAPOLIS
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE DRIVER QUOTES AND PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
MAY 26, 2019
CHEVROLET RACING IN THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES
103RD RUNNING OF THE INDIANAPOLIS 500
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, INDIANAPOLIS
TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE DRIVER QUOTES,
WINNER AND TEAM PRINCIPALS TRANSCRIPTS
MAY 26, 2019
Josef Newgarden, No. 2 Shell V-Power Nitro Plus Team Penske Chevrolet (started 8th; finished 4th): “We just fell short. It hurts a lot to be in positions and then fell out of position when (Takuma) Sato got by me. Then it was really tough to do anything. Certainly you needed to be those top two guys; that’s kind of blocking everything out. I tried to make up ground on the (final) restart. I got by (Ed) Carpenter and got into third but I just couldn’t quite get (Alexander) Rossi, and that’s what I think we needed to be in the fight at the end. We were close, we just fell short. The Shell V-Power car was fast all day, Chevrolet gave us what we needed. It’s a Team Penske victory. One of us wining is what ‘The Captain’ wants. They do such a great job that it’s great to reward the whole group with a victory. Congrats to Simon. Still not a bad day but it hurts a bit.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Indy 500– Post Race