Gary Scelzi Motorsports

Dominic Scelzi Records First Podium Finish of the Season

Dominic Scelzi Records First Podium Finish of the Season

Inside Line Promotions – BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (April 10, 2018) – Dominic Scelzi scored his best result of the season last Sunday at The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park.

Scelzi and his family owned, Roth Motorsports backed team qualified third quickest to begin the King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Series event.

“We were really good,” he said. “We started off third quick, which I was happy with. Then we went forward in the heat race, which is what we needed to do to make the dash.” Continue reading Dominic Scelzi Records First Podium Finish of the Season →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevrolet Seeks to Continue Momentum on Long Beach Streets

Chevrolet Seeks to Continue Momentum on Long Beach Streets

· Reigning series champion Josef Newgarden coming off stirring win
ᴏ Driver of No. 1 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet atop standings
· Chevrolet has won two of the past three races on 1.968-mile course
ᴏ Team Chevy notched podium sweeps in 2015 and ’16 races
· Tested Chevy engine is powering the new universal aero kit
ᴏ 2.2-liter V6, twin-turbocharged power plant is up to task
· Fans have opportunities to meet their favorite Chevrolet drivers

DETROIT (April 11, 2018) – With a stirring victory April 8 at ISM Raceway, reigning Verizon IndyCar Series (VICS) champion Josef Newgarden is brimming with confidence entering the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Continue reading Chevrolet Seeks to Continue Momentum on Long Beach Streets →

Wood Brothers

Menard, Wood Brothers Ready For Another Memorable Trip To Bristol

Menard, Wood Brothers Ready For Another Memorable Trip To Bristol

April 11, 2018

For anyone who loves NASCAR-style auto racing, from drivers to fans and every one in between, any trip to Bristol Motor Speedway is a memorable one, especially that first visit.

For Eddie Wood, co-owner of the No. 21 Menards/Dutch Boy Ford driven by Paul Menard, that first Bristol trip as a true member of the Wood Brothers race team came in the summer of 1968.

“That’s the year I turned 16, and you had to be 16 to be in the garage,” Wood said. “It was the first time I got to wear one of the red-and-white crew shirts.” Continue reading Menard, Wood Brothers Ready For Another Memorable Trip To Bristol →

Honda Racing

ACURA NAMED TITLE SPONSOR OF IMSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE AT MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE

ACURA NAMED TITLE SPONSOR OF IMSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE
AT MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE

Acura Sports Car Challenge Highlights Season-Opening Weekend at Mid-Ohio

LEXINGTON, Ohio (April 11, 2018) – Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is proud to announce that Acura will be the title sponsor of Round Four of the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) WeatherTech Sports Car Championship, May 4-6, 2018.

Highlighted by the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio on Sunday, May 6, a full weekend of world-class sports car racing returns to the 2.258-mile, 13-turn permanent road course in Lexington, Ohio, for the first time since 2013. The race will feature many of the cars and drivers from this year’s Daytona 24 Hours and Sebring 12 Hours events. It also marks the renewal of a partnership for the track with the Acura brand. Acura sponsored the sports car events from 2007 to 2009 when the former American Le Mans Series raced at Mid-Ohio.

“This feels very much like a homecoming for the Acura brand,” said Jon Ikeda, Acura vice president and general manager. “Our sponsorship of American Le Mans Series racing at Mid-Ohio goes back a decade, and our corporate relationship with the race track spans a full quarter century. Continue reading ACURA NAMED TITLE SPONSOR OF IMSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE AT MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–Bristol Advance

TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE
FOOD CITY 500
BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY
BRISTOL, TENNESSEE
APRIL 9, 2018

BOWTIE BULLETS
CHEVY OVER 40 CLUB:
Bristol Motor Speedway is one of only six tracks on the current Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule where Chevrolet has more than 40 victories. Chevrolet has visited Winner’s Circle at the ‘World’s Fastest Half-Mile’ 45 times, more than any other brand.

CHEVROLET HISTORY MINUTE:
Chevrolet earned their first win at the ‘Last Great Coliseum’ in 1971 with Charlie Glotzbach behind the wheel, the same race Glotzbach set the race speed record at Bristol clocking 101.074 mph average pace throughout the 500-lap event. That record still stands today. Continue reading Chevy Racing–Bristol Advance →

Gary Scelzi Motorsports

Giovanni Scelzi Nets Top-10 Result During KWS-NARC Season Opener

Giovanni Scelzi Nets Top-10 Result During KWS-NARC Season Opener

Inside Line Promotions – BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (April 10, 2018) – Giovanni Scelzi garnered his first top-10 finish of the season on Sunday at The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park.

Scelzi and his family owned, Roth Motorsports backed No. 41 began the King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Series season-opening event by qualifying eighth quickest. He then won a heat race after starting on the outside of the front row to earn enough points to make the dash.

“We didn’t time in very good so I knew I had to win the heat to make it into the dash,” he said. “We were good in the heat and it paid off.”

Scelzi then placed sixth in the dash to start the A Main on the outside of the third row.

“They ripped the track up before the feature and it was one lane around the bottom,” he said. “We thought it’d go away and it never did. I tried to make something happen on the top and it just wasn’t there. In the first 10 laps I tried three or four times up there, but every time I tried a lane up I lost ground or fell back.”

Scelzi closed the night with an eighth-place result.

“I feel like I’m racing better every night,” he said. “Hopefully the results will start reflecting that soon.”

Scelzi will pilot his family car this Friday at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif., with the Taco Bravo Sprints and Saturday at Stockton Dirt Track in Stockton, Calif., for the 3rd annual Jimmy Sills Classic with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour.

Richard Childress Racing

RCR Bristol Preview

Richard Childress Racing’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series history at Bristol Motor Speedway … In 167 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Bristol Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing boasts nine wins – seven with Dale Earnhardt, one with Kevin Harvick and one with Jeff Burton – three pole awards, 34 top-five and 68 top-10 finishes. The Welcome, North Carolina-based organization has led 3,679 laps at the “World’s Fastest Half-Mile.”

RCR in the MENCS … In 2,859 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts dating back to 1969, RCR has amassed 48 pole awards,108 wins, 487 top-five finishes and 1,053 top-10 finishes, with an average starting position of 17.8 and an average finishing position of 16.1. RCR has earned 15 total championships (six Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championships with Earnhardt in 1986, ’87, ’90, ’91, ’93 and ’94, six NASCAR Xfinity Series titles, two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series titles and one ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards title) and was the first organization to win titles in NASCAR’s three national series. Continue reading RCR Bristol Preview →

Chevrolet Racing

CORVETTE RACING AT LONG BEACH: Another Go on California Streets

CORVETTE RACING AT LONG BEACH: Another Go on California Streets
Perennial GT powerhouse program to make 12th appearance at famed street event

Corvette Racing a six-time winner at Long Beach
All four team drivers with victories in southern California
Gavin, Magnussen among leaders in poles, fastest race laps

DETROIT (April 10, 2018) – After opening its 20th season of competition with two long-distance races in Florida, Corvette Racing makes its annual trip to the West Coast this week for the shortest event on its calendar in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

The defending IMSA GT Le Mans (GTLM) championship-winning program will race for the 12th time at the Grand Prix of Long Beach, the longest-running street race in America. No team in the IMSA paddock has more appearances and victories at Long Beach than Corvette Racing – numbers that it will look to pad at Saturday’s Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, which will air live on FOX. Continue reading CORVETTE RACING AT LONG BEACH: Another Go on California Streets →

Hot Rodders of Tomorrow

7 Teams Qualify at UTI/NASCAR Technical Institute

7 Teams Qualify at UTI/NASCAR Technical Institute

Joliet, IL. -The Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge’s fifth event of the season was held at the NASCAR Technical Institute in Mooresville, NC. March 31st.

A total of four schools from Georgia and Virginia fielding 11 teams competed, with seven new teams of the eleven advancing to the 2018 Dual National Championship Playoffs where they’ll have a chance to win thousands of dollars in College scholarships at the SEMA Show and PRI shows. Continue reading 7 Teams Qualify at UTI/NASCAR Technical Institute →

Kirsty "Kerbs" Widdrington

Kirsty Widdrington – BDC Round 1 2018 Rockingham Motor Speedway

Kirsty Widdrington – BDC Round 1 2018 Rockingham Motor Speedway

Firstly I would like to welcome you all to the 2018 Competition Drifting Season!
Before I get stuck into my event write up I would like to take this opportunity to once again Thank each and every Sponsor/Partner that we are working with for this season as without your help & support we would not be able to continue on our mission to compete in this fantastically crazy (quickly growing) Motorsport that is Drifting!

Myself, #syrilthesilvia & the team headed to Rockingham Motor Speedway to get all set up & ready to rock it after a small amount of pre-season testing! To say it was “rather wet” would be a slight understatement as the rain was fiercely falling from the sky along with strong winds which made setting up our pit area a soaking wet tough affair.
Set up complete we bedded down in the van for the night still with the rain hammering the roof of the van & sadly some other competitors gazebo’s not making it through the night unscathed, thankfully ours was strapped down to the van & Syril. Continue reading Kirsty Widdrington – BDC Round 1 2018 Rockingham Motor Speedway →

Roush Yates

BLANEY WINS AT TEXAS! THIRD CONSECUTIVE XFINITY WIN FOR TEAM PENSKE

BLANEY WINS AT TEXAS!
THIRD CONSECUTIVE XFINITY WIN FOR TEAM PENSKE

FORTH WORTH, TX, April 9, 2018 – Ryan Blaney took the No. 22 Team Penske Ford Mustang to Victory Lane on Saturday, winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series My Bariatric Solutions 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. Blaney won for the first time at Texas, making it three in a row for “The Captain” (Roger Penske) and Team Penske, following teammates Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano’s victories at ISM Raceway (Phoenix) and Auto Club Speedway (Fontana). Continue reading BLANEY WINS AT TEXAS! THIRD CONSECUTIVE XFINITY WIN FOR TEAM PENSKE →

Chevrolet Racing

CORVETTE RACING AT LONG BEACH: By the Numbers

CORVETTE RACING AT LONG BEACH: By the Numbers

DETROIT (April 9, 2018) – Corvette Racing and the Long Beach Grand Prix have something in common: each is a constant in their respective fields. Long Beach is America’s longest-running motorsports street race, and Corvette Racing is sports car racing’s longest-running program.

The two will share the stage again this year at next weekend’s Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach – Corvette Racing’s 12th consecutive visit to the 1.968-mile, 11-turn street circuit. No sports car program can claim a streak of appearances of that length at Long Beach – one that stretches back to the team’s first start in 2007 as part of the American Le Mans Series and has continued uninterrupted into the present-day WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Continue reading CORVETTE RACING AT LONG BEACH: By the Numbers →

Mopar Racing

Mopar-powered Drivers Beckman and Schumacher Earn Runner-up Finishes in Funny Car and Top Fuel at Vegas

Mopar-powered Drivers Beckman and Schumacher Earn Runner-up
Finishes in Funny Car and Top Fuel at Vegas

· Mopar-powered Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car drivers Jack Beckman and Tommy Johnson Jr. advance to final four in Funny Car, with Beckman earning runner-up honors
· Beckman departs Vegas at top of Funny Car points championship standings
· Tony Schumacher qualified No. 1, takes runner-up position in Mopar-powered U.S. Army Top Fuel Dragster
· Papa John’s/Mopar Dodge Top Fuel Dragster driver Leah Pritchett had the quickest pass of her quad and finished as runner-up in round one
· Mopar-powered Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car drivers Ron Capps and Matt Hagan qualified well but out in round one
· Four Mopar drivers in Top Five in Funny Car point standings
· Larry Gilley and Mike Cotton earn Dodge Top Finisher awards
· More info on Mopar in NHRA available at http://blog.mopar.com
· New Dodge Garage (http://www.dodgegarage.com/), a digital content hub for muscle car and race enthusiasts launches; will include highlights from NHRA season

April 8, 2018, Las Vegas, Nevada – Mopar and Dodge//SRT drivers Jack Beckman (Funny Car) and Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel) posted runner-up finishes Sunday at the 19th annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Continue reading Mopar-powered Drivers Beckman and Schumacher Earn Runner-up Finishes in Funny Car and Top Fuel at Vegas →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NHRA–Las Vegas–Vincent Nobile

CHEVROLET RACING IN NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION
DENSO SPARK PLUGS NHRA FOUR-WIDE NATIONALS
THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
POST-RACE DRIVER QUOTES
SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2018

An interview with Pro Stock winner VINCENT NOBILE, ELITE MOTORSPORTS, MOUNTAINVIEW TIRE CHEVROLET CAMARO SS (No. 8 qualifier; earned first victory since Maple Grove Raceway in October 2016; 11th career win in 168 races):

WHAT DOES THIS WIN MEAN TO YOU AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR TRYING?
“It’s a big boost to our confidence. We have a great team, great car, and I can’t thank the Mitzos family enough for giving me this opportunity. I think this is my fifth or sixth final here in Vegas. Finally got it done.”

WHAT POINT DURING THE DAY DID YOU THINK, ‘OK, MAYBE’?
“After our third motor change I thought maybe this is our day. Obviously, it was. We struggled during qualifying. We had some hurt motors, but that one we put in in the semifinals was healthy.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NHRA–Las Vegas–Vincent Nobile →

Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–Texas Post Race

Long Day for Austin Dillon and the No. 3 SYMBICORT® (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate) Chevrolet Team ends in 27th-Place Finish at Texas Motor Speedway

“What a day! We ended up with damage after we were involved in a wreck at the very beginning of the race, but that didn’t slow down the No. 3 team. We worked hard to stay competitive, and I really thought we would end up okay. With about 100 laps to go the cockpit filled with smoke. We ended up in the garage to change a hub. Still, there is so much heart in this team. We made it back out to finish the race. I want to thank our new partner, AstraZeneca, and their SYMBICORT® (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate) brand, for hanging with us today. It’ a long season and we’ll be back at it next week.”
-Austin Dillon

Ryan Newman and No. 31 Grainger Camaro ZL1 Team
Finish 27th at Texas Motor Speedway

“This Grainger Camaro ZL1 had good speed this weekend. We stayed consistently in or around the top-12 for most of the race, but tried to stretch our last run there and ended up blowing a tire and hitting the wall. I thought I probably could have left Texas with a top-10 finish if not for the blown tire, but things like that happen. It’s a gamble that didn’t pay off. I think the racing at Texas is exciting, and definitely fast, but we’re still getting adjusted to the new surface. We’ll be ready for when we come back in the fall, hopefully in the playoffs.”
-Ryan Newman

Chevrolet Racing

JAMIE MCMURRAY PILOTS CAMARO ZL1 TO THIRD-PLACE FINISH IN TEXAS

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
O’REILLY AUTO PARTS 500
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
APRIL 6, 2018

JAMIE MCMURRAY PILOTS CAMARO ZL1 TO THIRD-PLACE FINISH IN TEXAS

Jamie McMurray was Chevrolet’s highest-finishing Camaro ZL1 in Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) ending the day with a third-place finish.
The third-place effort was the best finish thus far for the No. 1 Camaro ZL1 team in 2018
The run marked McMurray’s 11th top 10 finish in 29 races at TMS
Darrell “Bubba” Wallace was the highest finishing rookie with an eighth-place effort in his No. 43 Camaro ZL1
Team Chevy ended the 334-lap O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at TMS with three drivers in the top-10. Following McMurray were, Darrell “Bubba” Wallace, No. 43 Click N’ Close Camaro ZL1, eighth and William Byron, No. 24 Liberty University Camaro ZL1, 10th Continue reading JAMIE MCMURRAY PILOTS CAMARO ZL1 TO THIRD-PLACE FINISH IN TEXAS →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Texas–Post Race

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
O’REILLY AUTO PARTS 500
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY RACE NOTES & QUOTES
APRIL 8, 2018

TOP TEAM CHEVY FINISHERS:
POS. DRIVER
3rd JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 CESSNA CAMARO ZL1
8th DARRELL WALLACE JR., NO. 43 CLICK N’ CLOSE CAMARO ZL1
10th WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY CAMARO ZL1
11th CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS CAMARO ZL1
13th TY DILLON, NO. 13 GEICO CAMARO ZL1

TOP FIVE FINISHERS:
POS. DRIVER
1ST Kyle Busch (Toyota)
2nd Kevin Harvick (Ford)
3rd Jamie McMurray (Chevrolet)
4th Eric Jones (Toyota)
5TH Ryan Blaney (Ford)

The next race for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) will be at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN for the Food City 500 on Sunday, April 15 at 2:00 pm ET. Live coverage can be found on FOX, PRN, and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Texas–Post Race →

Chevrolet Racing

Wickens Leads Impressive Honda Effort in Phoenix

Wickens Leads Impressive Honda Effort in Phoenix
• Robert Wickens rebounds for second-place finish at ISM Raceway
• Alexander Rossi charges to third place after early penalty
• Honda drivers claim five of top six finishing positions

AVONDALE, Ariz. (April 7, 2018) – Six Honda drivers led a total of 137 laps in Saturday night’s Desert Diamond Phoenix Grand Prix at ISM Raceway, with Robert Wickens claiming a second-place finish in his first career Verizon IndyCar Series oval event.

A late-race caution, and the resulting decision by some teams to pit for fresh tires while others elected to stay out and maintain their track position, helped determine the final outcome. Wickens, one of the drivers to stay on track, led the field when the green flag flew for the final time on Lap 243, with seven laps remaining. But Joseph Newgarden, on fresh rubber, needed only three laps to pull off an outside pass of Wickens and claim the victory. Continue reading Wickens Leads Impressive Honda Effort in Phoenix →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Phoenix Grand Prix–Josef Newgarden

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
DESERT DIAMOND WEST VALLEY CASINO PHOENIX GRAND PRIX
ISM RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE REPORT
APRIL 7, 2018

AVONDALE, Ariz. (April 7, 2018) – Josef Newgarden trusted that when his race strategist, Tim Cindric, called him down pit lane – from the lead – under caution with 17 laps remaining in the 250-lap race, that four new tires were going to be the ticket to victory lane.

The defending Verizon IndyCar Series (VICS) champion blended back into the field for the restart in the fourth position. When the green flag flew, he was second by the end of the first green lap and set his sights on the leader. With three laps to go, his four new tires were no match for Robert Wickens as he swept around the outside to take the lead and capture his first win of the 2018 season behind the wheel of the No. 1 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet.

“We had everything,” said Newgarden from Winner’s Circle. “We had the whole package, we had the Team Chevy power and we had the fuel mileage from Team Chevy that we needed. It’s great to be able to have Verizon on the car finally and getting victories for them feels so good. This was a Team Penske victory. It wasn’t just me. It was all these guys.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Phoenix Grand Prix–Josef Newgarden →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Phoenix Grand Prix

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
DESERT DIAMOND WEST VALLEY CASINO PHOENIX GRAND PRIX
ISM RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER POST RACE QUOTES
APRIL 7, 2018

POST RACE DRIVER QUOTES

JOSEF NEWGARDEN, NO. 1 VERIZON TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, RACE WINNER
HOW CONFIDENT WERE YOU WITH SEVEN LAPS TO GO THAT THOSE NEW TIRES WOULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE?
“Well, I was confident in the team. I don’t think I did anything tonight. This was a team victory. They gave me the pit stops, they had the strategy, I was working with rocket scientist on the pit stand – those guys are awesome, but it was a team effort. I wasn’t sure, you know you never know if you make the right call, but they did, they made the right call. It was good we were on the offense. That Firestone rubber is really good when it’s new. It’s good when it’s old too, but I like it better when it’s new. It’s really cool to have Verizon on the car for Victory Lane here. Just everyone, all of our supporters, Tim (Cindric) he was making calls it’s a good night for all of us at Team Penske.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Phoenix Grand Prix →

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