Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Chicagoland Race Notes

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
OVERTON’S 400
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
JULY 1, 2018

TOP TEAM CHEVY FINISHERS:
POS. DRIVER
2nd KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 CREDIT ONE BANK CAMARO ZL1
10th ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 88 AXALTA CAMARO ZL1
12th JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 MCDONALD’S/CESSNA CAMARO ZL1
14th JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S FOR PROS CAMARO ZL1
15th RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 31 OKUMA CAMARO ZL1

TOP FIVE FINISHERS:
POS. DRIVER
1ST Kyle Busch (Toyota)
2nd Kyle Larson (Chevrolet)
3rd Kevin Harvick (Ford)
4th Martin Truex, Jr. (Toyota)
5th Clint Bowyer (Ford)

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season continues next weekend at Daytona International Speedway with the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on Sunday, July 7 at 7:00 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Chicagoland Race Notes →

Chevrolet Racing

CORVETTE RACING AT WATKINS GLEN: Steamy Runner-Up for Garcia, Magnussen

CORVETTE RACING AT WATKINS GLEN: Steamy Runner-Up for Garcia, Magnussen
No. 3 Corvette on GTLM podium for second straight season; Gavin, Milner finish top-five

WATKINS GLEN, New York (July 1, 2018) – Corvette Racing endured one of its most trying races in recent memory Sunday, and the team was rewarded with a runner-up finish by Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen in the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. The No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R led 30 laps at Watkins Glen International as the squad soldiered through record-setting heat in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Continue reading CORVETTE RACING AT WATKINS GLEN: Steamy Runner-Up for Garcia, Magnussen →

Chevrolet Racing

CORVETTE RACING AT WATKINS GLEN: Steamy Runner-Up for Garcia, Magnussen

CORVETTE RACING AT WATKINS GLEN: Steamy Runner-Up for Garcia, Magnussen
No. 3 Corvette on GTLM podium for second straight season; Gavin, Milner finish top-five

WATKINS GLEN, New York (July 1, 2018) – Corvette Racing endured one of its most trying races in recent memory Sunday, and the team was rewarded with a runner-up finish by Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen in the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. The No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R led 30 laps at Watkins Glen International as the squad soldiered through record-setting heat in the Finger Lakes region of New York.

The result moves Garcia and Gavin to third place in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) points standings in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Chevrolet stands third in Manufacturer points heading into next weekend’s race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park just outside Toronto. Continue reading CORVETTE RACING AT WATKINS GLEN: Steamy Runner-Up for Garcia, Magnussen →

King of the West

IT’S HIRST AGAIN, THIS TIME AT PLACERVILLE SPEEDWAY

IT’S HIRST AGAIN, THIS TIME AT PLACERVILLE SPEEDWAY
July 1, 2018
Jim Allen

6/30/18 – By Jim Allen – Placerville, CA … Championship point leader Kyle Hirst continued his dominance of the King of the West-NARC victory lane with yet another impressive performance during Saturday’s fast-paced 30-lap Fujitsu-sponsored sprint car headliner at Placerville Speedway.

It was Hirst fifth win in 10 King of the West-NARC events this season aboard Dennis & Teresa Roth’s potent Roth Investments 25th Anniversary KPC sprint car. Hirst also earned the ARP Fast Qualifier award for the seventh time. Continue reading IT’S HIRST AGAIN, THIS TIME AT PLACERVILLE SPEEDWAY →

F4

DICKERSON DOMINATES SATURDAY AT MID-OHIO, WINS FIRST F4 U.S. RACE

DICKERSON DOMINATES SATURDAY AT MID-OHIO, WINS FIRST F4 U.S. RACE

Jay Howard Driver Development teammates Christian Rasmussen and Teddy Wilson finish on the podium

LEXINGTON, OHIO (July 1, 2018)- Dakota Dickerson of San Diego approached the Formula 4 United States Championship Powered by Honda mid-season event with one goal– to win– and after 11 combined second and third place finishes, the DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports pilot finally put a tally in the win column.

“I feel really great after my first win that I can’t wipe the smile off my face,” said Dickerson. “The DC Autosport guys worked really hard to get us where we are. We went testing earlier this week. Don (DC Autosport team owner) and I have been putting our heads together to figure out how to get more speed out of me and the car. The win gave us the push we needed to takeover first in the championship. We are looking to have the same fast results and add a few more wins on Sunday.”
Continue reading DICKERSON DOMINATES SATURDAY AT MID-OHIO, WINS FIRST F4 U.S. RACE →

Wood Brothers

Menard Rolls To The Pole At Chicagoland

Menard Rolls To The Pole At Chicagoland

June 30, 2018

On a sweltering afternoon at Chicagoland Speedway, Paul Menard and his No. 21 Menards/Sylvania Ford Fusion turned up the heat in qualifying and won the pole with a lap at 180.102 miles per hour.

It was Menard’s second career Cup pole, the first coming in July, 2008, at Daytona International Speedway. It was the 119th for the Wood Brothers team and their first since last fall at Phoenix Raceway.

Menard and the Menards/Sylvania team posted mediocre speeds in the two practice sessions on Saturday, posting the 15th fastest speed of 176.102 mph in the first session and the 24th best speed in Happy Hour with a lap at 173.249 mph. Continue reading Menard Rolls To The Pole At Chicagoland →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Chicagoland–Qualifying

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
OVERTON’S 400
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUALIFYING NOTES & QUOTES
JUNE 30, 2018

TOP TEAM CHEVY QUALIFIERS:
POS. DRIVER
3rd CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS CAMARO ZL1
9th WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 UNIFIRST CAMARO ZL1
15th JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 MCDONALD’S/CESSNA CAMARO ZL1
16th AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 DOW INTELLIFRESH CAMARO ZL1
17th ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 88 AXALTA CAMARO ZL1
19th RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 31 OKUMA CAMARO ZL1

TOP FIVE QUALIFIERS:
POS. DRIVER
1ST Paul Menard (Ford)
2nd Ryan Blaney (Ford)
3rd Chase Elliott (Chevrolet)
4th Denny Hamlin (Toyota)
5TH Kurt Busch (Ford)

The Overton’s 400 is scheduled to begin on Sunday, July 1 at 2:30 pm, ET. Live coverage can be found on NBCSN, MRN and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Chicagoland–Qualifying →

Richard Childress Racing

RCR Post Race Report – Chicagoland 300

Matt Tifft Posts a Solid Finish in the Surface Sunscreen Camaro Despite Late-Race Pit Stop

“That was one of the most physically grueling races of my career. It was hot with temperatures above 100 degrees, but my team battled through it. We had a fast No. 2 Surface Sunscreen Camaro yesterday, finishing fifth in both practices. Unfortunately, we tightened up way too much for the race. Nothing we seemed to do helped to loosen it up throughout the race, and I couldn’t run the top line like I wanted to. We still managed to run top-15 for most the race and showed some good speed. We made an unscheduled pit in the closing laps of the race which cost us a top-12 finish, but overall I’m proud of my team and looking forward returning to Daytona next week.”
-Matt Tifft Continue reading RCR Post Race Report – Chicagoland 300 →

Honda Racing

Second Row Starts for Acura at Watkins Glen

Second Row Starts for Acura at Watkins Glen
• Ricky Taylor qualifies Acura ARX-05 prototype third overall, Dane Cameron fourth
• Alvaro Parente qualifies his Acura NSX GT3 fourth in tight GTD field
• Record-setting qualifying runs shatter existing marks

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (June 30, 2018) – Lap records and extremely close qualifying times were the order of the day today at Watkins Glen International Raceway, as Acura entries qualified on the second row of both the Prototype and GTD fields in preparation for Sunday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen.

Acura Team Penske Prototype
Acura Team Penske’s Ricky Taylor and Dane Cameron locked out the second row of the starting field in a frantic 15-minute qualifying session that saw no fewer than 14 of the 16 prototypes shatter the existing track record around the 3.4-mile Watkins Glen road course.

Taylor led the way for Acura, qualifying his #7 Acura ARX-05 third overall, less than three-tenths of a second off the record pole time set by Colin Braun. Taylor and co-driver Helio Castroneves have been on a roll of late, finishing second earlier this month at the Detroit Grand Prix and leading a 1-2 Acura sweep at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in May. Continue reading Second Row Starts for Acura at Watkins Glen →

Chevrolet Racing

CORVETTE RACING AT WATKINS GLEN: Second-Row Sweep in GTLM Qualifying

CORVETTE RACING AT WATKINS GLEN: Second-Row Sweep in GTLM Qualifying
Milner third, Garcia fourth in Corvette C7.Rs ahead of steamy Sahlen’s Six Hours

WATKINS GLEN, New York (June 30, 2018) – Both Tommy Milner and Antonio Garcia made their final laps in Corvette Racing’s Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs count Saturday in qualifying for the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. The Corvette Racing teammates filled out the second row in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) category for Sunday’s round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Tommy Milner was third-fastest in GTLM with a lap of 1:42.365 (119.572 mph) in the No. 4 Corvette C7.R, which he shares with Oliver Gavin. Milner’s final pass around the 3.4-mile, 11-turn road course moved him from sixth to third and within 0.417 seconds of the class pole-winning entry. Continue reading CORVETTE RACING AT WATKINS GLEN: Second-Row Sweep in GTLM Qualifying →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Chicagoland–Chase Elliott

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
OVERTON’S 400
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
JUNE 29, 2018

CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS CAMARO ZL1, met with members of the media at Chicagoland Speedway and discussed the season thus far, what the biggest challenges have been this season, why he runs so well at Chicago and many other topics. Full Transcript:

NEXT WEEK WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON WE STILL HAVE A PRETTY LONG LIST OF NOTEWORTHY DRIVERS WE HAVEN’T WON. IS THERE THAT BIG OF A SEPARATION BETWEEN THE WINNERS AND YOU GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN CLOSE?
“Some weeks, yes. I mean some weeks you know it’s been a pretty big difference. Other weeks I feel like we have been a lot closer. Unfortunately, I haven’t really found a… at some places I would think that we were a good ways off, might be another track… I will give you an example. Pocono, I thought we had a really good race at Pocono. We didn’t finish very well, but we were pretty competitive with the competition. Typically, when you run well at Pocono you go to Michigan and run well too and we ran really well at Pocono, went to Michigan and didn’t run well. I was kind of surprised by that and you know felt like I kind of had an idea of what we needed and the direction we were going was better for all those places and obviously that wasn’t the case. I can think back through a few races throughout the year where I thought we were in the ballpark, but for the most part there has been a bigger gap on those 1.5-mile to 2-mile tracks.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Chicagoland–Chase Elliott →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Chicagoland–Kyle Larson

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
OVERTON’S 400
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
JUNE 29, 2018

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 CREDIT ONE BANK CAMARO ZL1, met with members of the media at Chicagoland Speedway and discussed making his debut as a broadcaster with FoxSports1 during the Truck Series race at Eldora, why he continues to race sprint cars in his free time, why the No. 42 has yet to visit Victory Lane in the Cup Series and many other topics. Full Transcript: Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Chicagoland–Kyle Larson →

Wood Brothers

Menard Ready For Home-Track Race At Chicagoland

Menard Ready For Home-Track Race At Chicagoland

June 28, 2018

Paul Menard and the No. 21 Menards/Sylvania team are headed to Menard’s home track, Chicagoland Speedway, for Sunday’s Overton’s 400.

While Chicagoland, in Joliet, Ill., is technically the home track for someone from Menard’s hometown of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, it’s not exactly nearby.

“It’s the closest Cup track to my hometown, but it’s still a six-hour drive away,” Menard said.

“But it’s always exciting to run at your home track.” Continue reading Menard Ready For Home-Track Race At Chicagoland →

F4

INDYCAR DRIVER ZACH VEACH SET TO DEMO F3 AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP CAR AT MID-OHIO

INDYCAR DRIVER ZACH VEACH SET TO DEMO F3 AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP CAR AT MID-OHIO

The F3 Americas car to make North American on-track debut Friday

LEXINGTON, OHIO (June 28, 2018)- Andretti Autosport IndyCar driver and Ohio native Zach Veach will pilot the all-new Ligier JS F3 race car at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Fri., June 29, for its North American on-track debut. Veach will take a lap on the Mid-Ohio circuit in the F3 Americas Championship Powered by Honda car to provide a look at the car at speed on an American track.

An American driver success story, 23-year old Veach has shown great promise in this year’s IndyCar series and currently lies second in the Rookie of the Year standings.

“It’s an honor to have Zach drive the new F3 Americas Championship car,” said SCCA Pro Racing Vice President Steve Oseth. “This is the first time we get to see the car in action, so we are extremely excited for the North American debut to happen at a Honda track that F4 and SCCA Pro has such a rich history with, piloted by a driver who is relatable to our drivers and goals.”

The Ligier JS F3 chassis equipped with the 270-horsepower Honda Civic® Type-R® turbocharged K20C1 motor, a set of Pirelli P Zero slicks and the first North American application of a race car halo is slated to hit the 2.25 mile, 12-turn track after its reveal at 12:05 pm ET.

“We really felt that it was important to do another reveal of the car to drivers, teams, fans and media because the car has changed drastically in look and design since the launch at COTA in October,” said F3 Americas chassis manufacturer and Onroak Automotive North America General Manager Max Crawford. “The original was a concept and test mule, we have done a massive amount of work in Computational Fluid Dynamics and wanted to show everyone the finished product. “

Monster Jam

Monster Jam–June Update

Happy Friday. As we close out June and head into July to celebrate our countries independence, I want to wish you a Happy and safe 4th of July.

Monster Jam has been very busy during the month of June with 4 stadium Monster Jams.

We have had two Stadium events domestically, one in Foxboro Massachusetts, and the other in Nashville, Tennessee.

Internationally, we performed in Lyon, France and Rotterdam, Netherlands. Continue reading Monster Jam–June Update →

Megan Meyer

Randy Meyer Racing Team Scores 50th NHRA Win at Norwalk Nationals with Megan Meyer

Randy Meyer Racing Team Scores 50th NHRA Win at Norwalk Nationals with Megan Meyer

Jun 28, 2018 | Featured, Megan Meyer, Race Results
Randy Meyer Racing Team Scores 50th NHRA Win at Norwalk Nationals with Megan Meyer

In the finals at Summit Motorsports Park for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Megan Meyer, Olathe, Kansas, took home the win in Top Alcohol Dragster for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Continue reading Randy Meyer Racing Team Scores 50th NHRA Win at Norwalk Nationals with Megan Meyer →

Megan Meyer

DI DRIVER BLOG PRESENTED BY WELD RACING: Megan Meyer

Driver Blogs
DI DRIVER BLOG PRESENTED BY WELD RACING: Megan Meyer
By Drag Illustrated | June 27, 2018

“Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.” –Humphry Davy

This past week was full of amazing moments with my team that I will treasure forever. We always try to have new experiences at each race we attend, and we now have many memories of racing in Norwalk, Ohio. Continue reading DI DRIVER BLOG PRESENTED BY WELD RACING: Megan Meyer →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Chicagoland Preview

TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE
OVERTON’S 400
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY
JOLIET, ILLINOIS
JULY 1, 2018

BOWTIE BULLETS
LEADER OF THE PACK:
Chevrolet leads all other manufacturers with eight (8) victories at the 1.5-mile, Chicagoland Speedway. Chevrolet has powered five (5) different drivers and teams, as well as, three (Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo SS and Impala) different nameplates to Victory Lane at the Joliet track. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Chicagoland Preview →

Honda Racing

Acura Teams Return to Road Course Competition at Watkins Glen

Acura Teams Return to Road Course Competition at Watkins Glen
• Acura Team Penske seeks second victory of 2018 for ARX-05 prototype
• Defending GTD winner Meyer Shank Racing on a roll following 1-2 Detroit result
• Honda of America Racing Team, C.J. Wilson Racing return to GTD with Acura NSX GT3s

TORRANCE, Calif. (June 27, 2018) – Acura teams return in force this weekend at Watkins Glen International Raceway, with the manufacturer represented by four teams fielding six entries in the Prototype and GTD divisions for the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen.

Sunday’s six-hour endurance contest on the fast, flowing Watkins Glen circuit marks the return of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship to a traditional road course, following the tight confines and short overall race distance of the Belle Isle Park temporary street circuit. Continue reading Acura Teams Return to Road Course Competition at Watkins Glen →

Follow A Dream Racing

Permatex/Follow A Dream TA/FC Team Reaches Quarterfinals of Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals

Permatex/Follow A Dream TA/FC Team Reaches Quarterfinals of Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals

MARSTONS MILLS, Massachusetts (June 27, 2018)

If there’s one song the Permatex/Follow A Dream Top Alcohol Funny Car team doesn’t want to hear for a while, it’s “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head.”

For it was rain – and lots of the wet stuff, indeed – that hampered the team from getting a good baseline or advancing past the quarterfinals of this past weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.

Rain interrupted the weekend numerous times, including seven – count ‘em SEVEN times – on Saturday, leaving the Follow A Dream team with just one qualifying attempt before eliminations on Sunday. Continue reading Permatex/Follow A Dream TA/FC Team Reaches Quarterfinals of Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals →

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