F4

PEDERSEN CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WITH F4 WIN IN ROAD ATLANTA

PEDERSEN CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WITH F4 WIN IN ROAD ATLANTA

James Raven and Dakota Dickerson join Pedersen for Round 4 podium

BRASELTON, GEORGIA (May 12, 2018)- Benjamin Pedersen of Copenhagen, Denmark, celebrated his 19th birthday on the tallest podium step after claiming his second win of the season during Round 4 of the Formula 4 United States Championship Powered by Honda at Road Atlanta on Friday. James Raven of Portsmouth, England, captured his first podium with a second-place finish and Dakota Dickerson of San Diego rounded out the top-three. Dickerson is the only competitor to visit the podium in every round of the 2018 season. Continue reading PEDERSEN CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WITH F4 WIN IN ROAD ATLANTA →

Wood Brothers

Menard Qualifies 11thAt Kansas

Menard Qualifies 11thAt Kansas

May 12, 2018

After a couple of tough races on the Monster Energy Cup circuit, Paul Menard was looking for a drama-free trip to Kansas Speedway.

Halfway through the race weekend, Menard is getting his wish.

He and the crew of his No. 21 Menards/Atlas Ford were solid in practice, then made it through a tough inspection process and advanced to the third and final round of knock-out qualifying where they earned the 11thstarting spot for Saturday night’s KC Masterpiece 400. Continue reading Menard Qualifies 11thAt Kansas →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Indycar Grand Prix-Post Qualifying

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
INDYCAR GRAND PRIX
ROAD COURSE – INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER POST QUALIFYING QUOTES
MAY 11, 2018

Will Power Puts Chevy on Pole for INDYCAR Grand Prix
51st Career Pole for 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series Champion-Now 3rd All-Time

INDIANAPOLIS (May 11, 2018) – Will Power put the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet on pole for the fifth running of the INDYCAR Grand Prix (IGP) on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS). It is the 51st career pole for the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series (VICS) champion that puts him third all-time behind AJ Foyt (53) and Mario Andretti (67). Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Indycar Grand Prix-Post Qualifying →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Kansas–Qualifying

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
KC MASTERPIECE 400
KANSAS SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING NOTES AND QUOTES
MAY 11, 2018

TOP TEAM CHEVY QUALIFIERS:
POS. DRIVER
10th CHRIS BUESCHER, NO. 37 BREYERS 2 IN 1 CAMARO ZL1
13TH WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY CAMARO ZL1
15TH RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 31 BASS PRO SHOPS/CABELA’S CAMARO ZL1
17TH CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS CAMARO ZL1
18TH AJ ALLMENDINGER, NO. 47 KROGER CLICKLIST CAMARO ZL1

TOP FIVE QUALIFIERS:
POS. DRIVER
1ST Kevin Harvick (Ford)
2nd Ryan Blaney (Ford)
3rd Kyle Busch (Toyota)
4th Aric Almirola (Ford)
5TH Brad Keselowski (Ford) Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Kansas–Qualifying →

Honda Racing

Front Row Start for Wickens, Honda at INDYCAR Grand Prix

Front Row Start for Wickens, Honda at INDYCAR Grand Prix
• Robert Wickens qualifies second for Saturday’s 85-lap Indianapolis Motor Speedway road-course event
• Sebastien Bourdais and James Hinchcliffe will start third and fourth for Honda

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (May 11, 2018) – Robert Wickens again belied his status as a Verizon IndyCar Series rookie, qualifying second for Saturday’s INDYCAR Grand Prix. Wickens piloted his Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda through all three rounds of qualifying on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, and ended the day just eighth-hundredths of a second off pole qualifier Will Power. Continue reading Front Row Start for Wickens, Honda at INDYCAR Grand Prix →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Kansas–William Byron

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
KC MASTERPIECE 400
KANSAS SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
MAY 11, 2018

WILLIAM BRYON, NO. 24 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY CAMARO ZL1, met with members of the media at Kansas Speedway and discussed his progress thus far in his rookie season, coming to Kansas, the site of his first Truck Series win, the outlook for the rest of the season and many other topics. Full Transcript: Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Kansas–William Byron →

Megan Meyer

Meyer Dominates at NGK Spark Plugs 4-Wide Nationals – Carries 7 Round Win Streak

Female Top Alcohol Dragster and Funny Car racing stars Megan Meyer and Annie Whiteley shared the winner’s stage to highlight the list of champions at the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. Megan, the daughter of championship tuner Randy Meyer, collected her third national event win in the last three years, earning her first one at zMAX Dragway in 2016. Continue reading Meyer Dominates at NGK Spark Plugs 4-Wide Nationals – Carries 7 Round Win Streak →

Santa Pod Raceway

CARS AND BIKES CAP SANTA POD’S BUSY MONTH OF MAY AT ‘THE MAIN EVENT’

CARS AND BIKES CAP SANTA POD’S BUSY MONTH OF MAY AT ‘THE MAIN EVENT’

The Main Event: FIA/FIM European Drag Racing Championships – Round 1

Santa Pod Raceway

Fri.25 – Mon.28 May 2018

Two contrasting high-velocity events will cap Santa Pod Raceway’s busy month of May. The big-money Doorslammers race (19-20 May), with its £75,000 prize fund, now shares a weekend with the Volkswagen festival known as ‘Big Bang’, postponed from last month in the search for better weather. Continue reading CARS AND BIKES CAP SANTA POD’S BUSY MONTH OF MAY AT ‘THE MAIN EVENT’ →

F4

F4 U.S. AMPS UP FAN EXPERIENCE WITH LIVE RACE WEEKEND STREAMING

F4 U.S. AMPS UP FAN EXPERIENCE WITH LIVE RACE WEEKEND STREAMING

SCCA Pro Racing partners with Worldwide Streaming to deliver first-class pay-per-view event

INDIANAPOLIS (May 10, 2018)- Formula 4 United States Championship Powered by Honda is continuing its efforts to deliver action-packed wheel-to-wheel racing straight to fans’ fingertips. Starting on Friday at Road Atlanta, fans can access live qualifying and race streaming provided by the series newest partner Worldwide Streaming. The first-class pay-per-view event will incorporate LIVE color-commenting by veteran announcer John Fippin, a combination of 8-12 manned and static camera views, aerial track coverage and pre and postrace driver interviews. Continue reading F4 U.S. AMPS UP FAN EXPERIENCE WITH LIVE RACE WEEKEND STREAMING →

Chevrolet Racing

Olympic Gold Medalist King To Drive INDYCAR Grand Prix Pace Car Indiana University Swimmer To Lead Field in Corvette Grand Sport

Olympic Gold Medalist King To Drive INDYCAR Grand Prix Pace Car
Indiana University Swimmer To Lead Field in Corvette Grand Sport

INDIANAPOLIS, Wednesday, May 9, 2018 – Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Lilly King, who competes collegiately for Indiana University, will drive the Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Pace Car to lead the starting field to the green flag for the fifth annual INDYCAR Grand Prix on Saturday, May 12 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

King, from Evansville, Indiana, won two gold medals in the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, in the 100-meter breaststroke and as a member of Team USA’s 4×100 medley relay team. She also is the world-record holder in the 50-meter and 100-meter breaststroke and is an eight-time gold medal winner in the FINA World Championships. Continue reading Olympic Gold Medalist King To Drive INDYCAR Grand Prix Pace Car Indiana University Swimmer To Lead Field in Corvette Grand Sport →

Wood Brothers

Menard Looking For Drama-Free Race At Kansas

Menard Looking For Drama-Free Race At Kansas

May 9, 2018

For Paul Menard and the crew of his No. 21 Ford Fusion, the past two weeks have been ones of great potential and bitter disappointment.

At Talladega Superspeedway, he ran among the leaders early and often, winning Stage Two, leading eight laps and picking up 16 stage points only to be swept up in a multi-car crash not of his own making.

At Dover International Speedway, he had another fast Ford, topping the speed chart in the opening practice, then saw his march forward undone by a lengthy trip to the garage to have a damaged hub replaced. Continue reading Menard Looking For Drama-Free Race At Kansas →

Follow A Dream Racing

Follow A Dream/Permatex TA/FC team suffers mechanical malfunction that leads to disappointing early exit at NHRA Southern Nationals

Follow A Dream/Permatex TA/FC team suffers mechanical malfunction that leads to disappointing early exit at NHRA Southern Nationals
Follow A Dream – Atlanta Southern Nationals race wrap-up – Wednesday, May 9, 2018

MARSTONS MILLS, Massachusetts (May 9, 2018) – As the old saying goes, if it wasn’t for bad luck, the Follow A Dream/Permatex Top Alcohol Funny Car team would have no luck at all.

The Jay Blake-owned team came into this past weekend’s NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia, with high hopes after a season start that has been nothing short of a constant sense of frustration. Continue reading Follow A Dream/Permatex TA/FC team suffers mechanical malfunction that leads to disappointing early exit at NHRA Southern Nationals →

Gary Scelzi Motorsports

Giovanni Scelzi Enjoys First-Career Race in Central Pennsylvania

Giovanni Scelzi Enjoys First-Career Race in Central Pennsylvania

Inside Line Promotions – MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (May 8, 2018) – Although Mother Nature didn’t cooperate, Giovanni Scelzi was pleased with how his debut in Central Pennsylvania went last weekend.

Two of his three races rained out, leaving Friday’s Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com and United Racing Club event at Williams Grove Speedway as the lone opportunity to compete. Continue reading Giovanni Scelzi Enjoys First-Career Race in Central Pennsylvania →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Kansas Advance

TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE
KC MASTERPIECE 400
KANSAS SPEEDWAY
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
MAY 12, 2018

BOWTIE BULLETS
CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE:
Chevrolet leads all other manufacturers with 11 victories at Kansas Speedway. Five different drivers piloting four different nameplates have taken their Chevrolet race cars to Winner’s Circle at the 1.5-mile track.

CHEVY CHART TOPPER:
Chevrolet holds the Kansas Speedway track qualifying record of 197.733 mph set on October 3, 2014. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Kansas Advance →

Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–KC Masterpiece 400

Richard Childress Racing at Kansas Speedway … In 76 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Kansas Speedway, Richard Childress Racing has one win, visiting victory lane in 2013 with Kevin Harvick, among five top-five and 22 top-10 finishes.

RCR in the MENCS … In 2,868 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts dating back to 1969, RCR has amassed 48 pole awards,108 wins, 487 top-five finishes and 1,055 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 Richard Childress Racing–KC Masterpiece 400 →

F4

F4 U.S. RETURNS TO ROAD ATLANTA WITH STRONG LINEUP

F4 U.S. RETURNS TO ROAD ATLANTA WITH STRONG LINEUP

Sam Paley joins the championship fight

INDIANAPOLIS (May 9, 2018)- The Formula 4 United States Championship Powered by Honda returns to the challenging Road Atlanta for the first time since its inaugural season for the Drift Atlanta presented by Papa John’s weekend May 10-12. After a record-breaking debut just 10 days ago, 32 drivers are slated to compete in Rounds 4-6.

“We are very pleased to sustain such strong and competitive field for Road Atlanta,” said SCCA Pro Racing Vice President Steve Oseth. “This type of participation emphasizes the value F4 presents to all of our teams and competitors. We continue to remain the most cost-effective professional open-wheel championship in the United States.”

Group-A Racing expanded its team for the second championship event, entering its largest lineup since joining F4 U.S. in 2016. Sam Paley of Cincinnati completes Group-A Racing’s three-car squad. Paley competed in three of the seven F4 U.S. events last season, capturing three top-10 finishes. Continue reading F4 U.S. RETURNS TO ROAD ATLANTA WITH STRONG LINEUP →

Hot Rodders of Tomorrow

SEVEN NEW TEAMS QUALIFY FOR DUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT ATLANTA MOTORAMA

SEVEN NEW TEAMS QUALIFY FOR DUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT ATLANTA MOTORAMA

image004.jpgJoliet, IL. -The Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge started their second half of the schedule at the Summit Atlanta Motorama in Atlanta April 28th and 29th. At the Motorama a total of eleven schools from Alabama and Georgia participated, fielding 19 teams. Of the 19, seven new teams qualified.

To qualify for the Dual National Championship, a team must finish disassembling and reassembling a small-block Chevrolet engine in less than 33 minutes, including penalties.

Atlanta Motorama Qualifiers:
Team Considine Sales & Marketing – Jacksonville North Pulaski High School #1, Jacksonville AR. Time – 26:41
Team Pertronix – Monticello Occupational Education Center #1, Monticello, AR. Time – 27:50
Team Summit Racing – Peach County High School #1, Fort Valley GA. Time – 28:41
Team Derale Performance – Maxwell High School of Technology #1, Lawrenceville, GA. Time – 32:03
Team Fel-Pro – Sylvan Hills High School #1, Sherwood, AR. Time 32:22
Team R&R Marketing – Etowah High School #1, Woodstock, GA. Time – 32:26
Team Champion Spark Plugs – Maxwell High School of Technology #2, Lawrenceville, GA. Time – 32:31 Continue reading SEVEN NEW TEAMS QUALIFY FOR DUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT ATLANTA MOTORAMA →

Gary Scelzi Motorsports

Dominic Scelzi Garners Podium Finish for Sixth Time This Season

Dominic Scelzi Garners Podium Finish for Sixth Time This Season

Inside Line Promotions – CHICO, Calif. (May 8, 2018) – Dominic Scelzi captured a podium finish last Friday to give him at least one top-three result during four of the last five weekends.

Additionally, Scelzi and his family owned, Roth Motorsports supported team have earned at least one top-five finish in five straight weeks and during six of the last eight race weekends. Continue reading Dominic Scelzi Garners Podium Finish for Sixth Time This Season →

F4

LATE ONROAK AUTOMOTIVE CHIEF DESIGNER ANDY SCRIVEN REMEMBERED DURING OPENING F4 U.S. EVENT

LATE ONROAK AUTOMOTIVE CHIEF DESIGNER ANDY SCRIVEN REMEMBERED DURING OPENING F4 U.S. EVENT

INDIANAPOLIS (May 7, 2018)- Dozens of people from around the United States gathered to honor the late Onroak Automotive North America chief designer Andrew “Andy” Scriven at a luncheon held during the inaugural Andy Scriven Memorial Race weekend at Virginia International Raceway April 27-29.

Scriven was instrumental in the establishment of the Formula 4 United States Championship Powered by Honda JS F4 16 chassis design and the creative innovator of the Ligier JS F3 Americas chassis. More than 35 F4 U.S. cars were adorned with a cowboy hat decal, inspired by Scriven’s signature style. Continue reading LATE ONROAK AUTOMOTIVE CHIEF DESIGNER ANDY SCRIVEN REMEMBERED DURING OPENING F4 U.S. EVENT →

Wood Brothers

Glen And Leonard Wood To Receive Distinguished Patrick Countian Award

Glen And Leonard Wood To Receive Distinguished Patrick Countian Award
May 7, 2018
Brothers Glen and Leonard Wood built their first race car back in 1950, working underneath a beech tree on the family homestead in Buffalo Ridge, Va.

They ran their first race in 1950, with Glen driving and Leonard the mechanic, at Morris Speedway near Martinsville.

Glen was involved in a wreck in that first race, and the car burned up on the way home, but the brothers were undeterred. Today, the Wood Brothers brand is a household name among race fans, as is the case in their hometown of Stuart. Continue reading Glen And Leonard Wood To Receive Distinguished Patrick Countian Award →

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