John Force Racing

Sixth in Funny Car points, PEAK Coolant & Motor Oil driver John Force looks to move up at Dallas

Sixth in Funny Car points, PEAK Coolant & Motor Oil
driver John Force looks to move up at Dallas

ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 11) – It took a pair of runs during a test in late September at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa., to get John Force and his PEAK Coolant & Motor Oil Chevrolet Camaro SS team back on track.

Force had lost three consecutive first-round elimination races before the team opted to test a day after the NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove. He posted two strong test runs before the team packed up and headed to the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park, the halfway point of the Countdown to the Championship, which decides champions in NHRA’s professional categories. Continue reading Sixth in Funny Car points, PEAK Coolant & Motor Oil driver John Force looks to move up at Dallas →

John Force Racing

Courtney Force heads to Dallas with determination, pink Advance Auto Parts Chevy

Courtney Force heads to Dallas with determination,
pink Advance Auto Parts Chevy

ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 11) – The outside of Courtney Force’s Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet Camaro SS may look different over the next two races, but underneath the bodywork and inside the cockpit, the fiery determination of winning remains, as Force seeks to run down the frontrunners in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car points standings in seeking her first career title.

Force’s Camaro is wrapped in hot pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month, celebrated each October. Force had a hand in picking out the special shade of pink, which will adorn the car at this weekend’s AAA Texas FallNationals at Texas Motorplex and the subsequent, penultimate race of the season in Las Vegas. Continue reading Courtney Force heads to Dallas with determination, pink Advance Auto Parts Chevy →

John Force Racing

AAA Texas driver Robert Hight ready to continue battle for 2017 title at AAA Texas FallNationals

AAA Texas driver Robert Hight ready to continue battle
for 2017 title at AAA Texas FallNationals

DALLAS (Oct. 11) – AAA Texas driver Robert Hight takes the battle for the 2017 NHRA Funny Car championship to the AAA Texas FallNationals this weekend at Texas Motorplex.

Hight has won three races this season, including the opener to the Countdown to the Championship opener in Charlotte. He sits second in the Funny Car standings, just 46 points out of the lead, with three races remaining in the season.

“It’s race No. 4 on the Countdown,” Hight said. “We’re still within striking distance of the points lead, and we need to get in there and win this race and get this points lead back.” Continue reading AAA Texas driver Robert Hight ready to continue battle for 2017 title at AAA Texas FallNationals →

Wood Brothers

Talladega Stage Points Are Key To Blaney’s Playoff Hopes

Talladega Stage Points Are Key To Blaney’s Playoff Hopes

October 11, 2017

Stage racing, instituted by NASCAR officials at the beginning of the season to inject drama into the early portions of races, has had a major impact on how race teams plan strategy.

For drivers and teams in the Round of 12 in the playoffs, this weekend’s race at Talladega Superspeedway could see stage racing take on even greater importance.

In years past, some teams often chose to ride around in the rear of the pack at Talladega, hoping to avoid being collected in one of the points-killing, multi-car crashes that seem to occur on a frequent basis at the giant Alabama track. Continue reading Talladega Stage Points Are Key To Blaney’s Playoff Hopes →

Jegs Racing

Team JEGS Pre-race–Texas

Team JEGS Pre-race Notes
AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals
Team JEGS
Pre-race Notes
AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals
(Dallas) Oct. 13-15,

The JEGS Mail Order team will be represented at this week’s 32nd annual AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals by six-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. behind the wheel of the JEGS.com Elite Motorsports Pro Stock Camaro.

Jeg Jr.’s Camaro will once be adorned in pink for the month of October as part of breast cancer awareness month.

Jeg Jr. will continue his pursuit of a sixth NHRA Mello Yello Pro Stock title (and seventh overall) at this weekend’s event. Jeg Jr. will be driving a Rick Jones Race Cars-built Chevy Camaro as a member of the Elite Motorsports team. Continue reading Team JEGS Pre-race–Texas →

Gary Scelzi Motorsports

Scelzi Produces Runner-Up Result at Ocean Speedway With KWS-NARC Series

Scelzi Produces Runner-Up Result at Ocean Speedway With KWS-NARC Series

Inside Line Promotions – WATSONVILLE, Calif. (Oct. 10, 2017) – Dominic Scelzi earned his seventh podium of the season and his fourth top-five result in the last five races on Friday at Ocean Speedway.

Scelzi and his family owned, Roth Motorsports supported team kicked off the King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Series event by qualifying ninth quickest around the bullring. Continue reading Scelzi Produces Runner-Up Result at Ocean Speedway With KWS-NARC Series →

Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–Talladega Advance

Richard Childress Racing’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series history at Talladega Superspeedway … Richard Childress began his driving career at Talladega Superspeedway in 1969 and is in a tie for the most all-time car owner victories at the storied Alabama-based race track with 12 wins. Dale Earnhardt visited Victory Lane nine times, while Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer swept the 2010 events at the 2.66-mile superspeedway. Bowyer added to the Welcome, N.C.-based organization’s total by claiming RCR’s 100th Cup Series win when NASCAR’s senior series visited the facility in October 2011. In 169 starts, RCR also has four pole awards, 41 top-five, 68 top-10 finishes and has led 1,837 laps of competition Continue reading Richard Childress Racing–Talladega Advance →

Honda Racing

RealTime Racing Acuras Prepped For Laguna Seca Endurance Event

RealTime Racing Acuras Prepped For Laguna Seca Endurance Event
• Acura squad expands to six drivers for its first endurance event
• Eight-hour event features RTR’s Pirelli World Challenge Acura NSX GT3s
• Dane Cameron and Jules Gounon join RTR driver lineup

TORRANCE, Calif, (October 11, 2017) – The Acura NSX GT3s of RealTime Racing and Honda Performance Development spent the recently-completed Pirelli World Challenge season trying to show how fast they could go. Now, with the PWC season complete, the team will go out this weekend attempting to show how far its Acuras can go.

RealTime will cap its 2017 debut campaign in the NSX GT3s by running its first endurance race Sunday, competing in the Intercontinental GT Challenge California 8 Hours at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The eight-hour event will be a stark contrast to the team’s standard events, that take little more than an hour from pre-race to checkered flag. Continue reading RealTime Racing Acuras Prepped For Laguna Seca Endurance Event →

Kasey Kahne Racing

Kasey Kahne Racing – Results Recap 10.10.17

Kasey Kahne Racing – Results Recap

Pittman’s Night Cut Short While Leading at Fulton
Daryn Pittman had a commanding lead on Saturday night at Fulton Speedway when a lapped car stopped on the track right in front of the No. 9 Great Clips Car. Pittman made hard contact, ending his night.
Brad Sweet started seventh and would hover around the top-10 the entire race, before coming home in eighth after a series of late race restarts.
The World of Outlaws next event is scheduled for Saturday, October 14 at Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal, Pa.

Jegs Racing

Past Dallas winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. would love to shine again in the Lone Star State

Past Dallas winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. would love to shine again in the Lone Star State
DALLAS (Oct. 10) — The annual AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals has become a special event for six-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. through the years. He made his Super Stock debut there in 1993, his Pro Stock debut there in 1997, recorded runner-up finishes there in in 2000, 2003 and 2008, and won the event outright in 2002.

Now he’s hoping to add yet another Lone Star memory this weekend when he returns to action in his re-vamped JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro. Continue reading Past Dallas winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. would love to shine again in the Lone Star State →

Gary Scelzi Motorsports

Giovanni Scelzi Reclaims KWS-NARC Points Lead After Top 10 at Ocean

Giovanni Scelzi Reclaims KWS-NARC Points Lead After Top 10 at Ocean

Inside Line Promotions – WATSONVILLE, Calif. (Oct. 9, 2017) – Giovanni Scelzi has reclaimed the King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Series points lead with only two races remaining.

Scelzi guided the Roth Motorsports team to a ninth-place finish last Friday at Ocean Speedway, which marked his 25th top 10 of the season. The result was good enough to give Scelzi a one-point lead in the championship standings. Continue reading Giovanni Scelzi Reclaims KWS-NARC Points Lead After Top 10 at Ocean →

Cruz Pedregon

Cruz Pedregon Dallas Advance

NHRA® Team Report

NHRA Fall Nationals – Dallas, TX

Pre-Race Report

Some of Cruz Pedregon’s best racing memories have been made in Dallas, and he and the team are looking forward to making good things happen there again this weekend. “When some of the defining moments of your career are made at a track, it’s always a special place to come back to it…and that’s the way I feel about the Texas Motorplex,” Cruz says. “We wanted to be ready, so we took the nose off the body that was damaged last week after hitting the sand and got it ready for the weekend ahead. We’ll be running the breast cancer awareness paint scheme through October to share the work we’re doing with our sponsor Snap-on to support The Pink Fund. It’s a great organization that works to make it a little easier when someone is undergoing treatment for breast cancer, and we want the fans in the stands and watching on FOX to see that name and know the resources available through this caring organization.” Continue reading Cruz Pedregon Dallas Advance →

Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–Bank of America 500

Austin Dillon Finishes 16th at Charlotte Motor Speedway Following Unscheduled Late-Race Pit Stop

“We came to Charlotte Motor Speedway with high expectations after winning the May race and the team did a great job preparing a competitive Dow Chevrolet. We came with a slightly different setup than May and I told the guys that this setup seemed even more competitive than the car I had in the spring. We were running solid in the top-10 throughout the race. We were on track for a great finish but we ended up making an unscheduled pit stop under green with less than 15 laps to go for a vibration. Still, we were able to get back on the lead lap and finish 16th. I’m proud of everyone for their hard work.”

– Austin Dillon Continue reading Richard Childress Racing–Bank of America 500 →

Wood Brothers

Blaney Rebounds From Slow Start To Finish Eighth At Charlotte

Blaney Rebounds From Slow Start To Finish Eighth At Charlotte

October 8, 2017

Ryan Blaney and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team took a car that wasn’t handling very well early on in the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and tuned it to the point that it finished eighth. The team now heads to Talladega Superspeedway just five points back of a spot among the top eight that will advance to the third round of the Monster Energy Cup playoffs.

Blaney started the 500 from 15th place but was running outside the top 20 when the planned competition caution flag flew at Lap 35.

From that point on, the Motorcraft/Quick Lane team worked on the No. 21 Fusion on each pit stop, and by the end of Stage Two, Blaney was running in the ninth position, which earned him two valuable stage points. Continue reading Blaney Rebounds From Slow Start To Finish Eighth At Charlotte →

Erica Enders

Two-time Pro Stock champ Erica Enders dreams of a ‘white hat’ day in her home state

Two-time Pro Stock champ Erica Enders
dreams of a ‘white hat’ day in her home state
DALLAS (Oct. 8) — Two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders scratched a huge entry off her personal bucket list during her 2015 visit to Texas Motorplex when she won the annual AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals, thereby completing a sweep of the races in her beloved home state of Texas.

As is tradition at the event, Enders was outfitted with a cowboy hat in the winner’s circle and she picked a black one for a very specific reason. Continue reading Two-time Pro Stock champ Erica Enders dreams of a ‘white hat’ day in her home state →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–CHARLOTTE YIELDS RUNNER-UP FINISH FOR CHEVY’S CHASE ELLIOTT

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
BANK OF AMERICA 500
CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE DRIVER PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
OCTOBER 8, 2017

CHARLOTTE YIELDS RUNNER-UP FINISH FOR CHEVY’S CHASE ELLIOTT
All Four Chevy SS Playoff Driver’s Earn Top 10 Finishes

CONCORD, N.C. (October 8, 2017) – In the opening race of the second segment of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) Playoffs at Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS), Chase Elliott captured a second-place finish in his No. 24 SunEnergy1 Chevy SS at the Bank of America 500.

The effort marks the sixth time in his early Cup Serie career that the 21-year-old Georgia native has been one spot shy of capturing his first career MENCS victory. Elliott now has two top-10 finishes in five races at CMS and nine top-five finishes thus far in 2017. Despite not hoisting the hardware, Elliott puts himself and his team in a good position heading into the second race of the Round of 12, the treacherous Talladega Superspeedway, with a 15-point cushion ahead of the cutoff line. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–CHARLOTTE YIELDS RUNNER-UP FINISH FOR CHEVY’S CHASE ELLIOTT →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Charlotte–Race Notes

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
BANK OF AMERICA 500
CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
OCTOBER 8, 2017

CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 SUNENERGY1 CHEVROLET SS- Finished 2nd
THIS IS YOUR SIXTH RUNNER-UP FINISH OF THE YEAR. WHAT WERE YOU MISSING TO BE ABLE TO CONTEND FOR THE WIN?
“We needed to be a little better I think in the middle stage and not lose so much track position. That was where Martin (Truex, Jr.) came on and got his track position and we lost ours and it was just hard to get all of it back there toward the end. It was a hard-fought day and really, from where we were in those middle stages, I was proud of the way we fought back and were able to get back to the front. It’s frustrating to run like this. We’re definitely tired of running second. But, if we keep running like we are, hopefully the opportunities will be there.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Charlotte–Race Notes →

Honda Racing

Michael Shank Racing, Acura Find Speed, Disappointment at Road Atlanta

Michael Shank Racing, Acura Find Speed, Disappointment at Road Atlanta
• Andy Lally, Katherine Legge and Mark Wilkins dominate early, leading 145 of 210 laps during first five hours of the 10-hour contest before being eliminated by contact
• Jeff Segal, Ozz Negri and Tom Dyer run laps comparable to the leaders, but retire due to mechanical issues, damage
• Acura NSX GT3 finishes inaugural IMSA season with two victories, four podiums, three front-row starts and one pole

BRASELTON, Ga. (October 7, 2017) – A day that promised much, in the end, delivered little as both Michael Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3s were forced out of Saturday’s season-ending Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, a 10-hour contest that concluded the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Continue reading Michael Shank Racing, Acura Find Speed, Disappointment at Road Atlanta →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Charlotte Fast Facts

CHEVY FAST FACTS
BANK OF AMERICA 500
CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY
October 8, 2017

A total of 18 Team Chevy drivers will start the Charlotte Motor Speedway 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The 334-lap/501-mile contest around the 1.5-mile venue is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m., ET. Live coverage will be available on NBC, PRN Radio, Sirius NASCAR Radio Channel 90 and NASCAR.com. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Charlotte Fast Facts →

Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–Drive for the Cure 300

Austin Dillon Races a Fast Rheem Chevrolet to Top-Five Finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway

“That was a fun race tonight in the Rheem Chevrolet. We were a little bit too loose, but we had a good restart at the end of the race. I had clean air and my brother was in the car in front of me and went high. If he would have went low I think I would have cleared Alex Bowman for the lead. We were probably just a little bit too loose at the end of the race, but clean air would have definitely helped. We were posting lap times faster than the leader tonight. I just wasn’t able to get it done. I’m proud of the Rheem team. Racing on the top groove was fun. I was the first one to get up there and find it. I just katy barred the door there for a while.”

– Austin Dillon Continue reading Richard Childress Racing–Drive for the Cure 300 →

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