Jeg Coughlin Jr. leans on
experience of winning five Pro
Stock titles to keep spirits ups
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. (June 11) — Jeg Coughlin Jr. has been around drag racing his entire life and has won enough Pro Stock races (58) and championships (five) to place himself among the top 10 drivers in the sport, so he knows well that fortunes can swing back and forth at a moment’s notice. Continue reading Jeg Coughlin Jr. leans on experience of winning five Pro Stock titles to keep spirits ups
Marathon Petroleum’s Allen Johnson Steady Through NHRA Summernationals Qualifying
Marathon Petroleum’s Allen Johnson Steady Through NHRA Summernationals Qualifying
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. (June 11, 2016) – Allen Johnson drove his Marathon Petroleum/J&J Racing Dodge Dart to the number five spot after four rounds of qualifying at the 47th annual NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. Continue reading Marathon Petroleum’s Allen Johnson Steady Through NHRA Summernationals Qualifying
Englishtown yields top-half qualifying result for reigning champ Erica Enders
Englishtown yields top-half qualifying result for reigning champ Erica Enders
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. (June 11) — Reigning two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders successfully qualified her Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge Dart in the top half of the eliminations field for the third time this year with a pass of 6.617 seconds at 209.20 mph down Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.
That’s the good news. Continue reading Englishtown yields top-half qualifying result for reigning champ Erica Enders
Richard Childress Racing–Menards 250
Paul Menard Battles for the Win in the Menards 250 Presented by Valvoline at Michigan International Speedway
“We were so close. We had a fast Richmond/Menards Chevrolet today. The handling was just a little bit off which made the car too loose in the opening laps. Danny (Stockman, crew chief) and the guys made good changes on pit road. We adjusted a little too far so had to dial it back after the car got too tight. We were right there all day and overall I was happy with our Chevy. It’s always fun to race with this team and I’m looking forward to my next race with them in Indy.” Continue reading Richard Childress Racing–Menards 250
Donny Schatz claims the points lead from Brad Sweet who has led all season
Donny Schatz claims the points lead from Brad Sweet who has led all season
KNOXVILLE, Iowa – June 10, 2016 – Terry McCarl dominated the Outlaws and Knoxville regulars in Friday night’s Budweiser Night with the World of Outlaws at Knoxville Raceway as he scored his first World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series victory of the season. Continue reading Donny Schatz claims the points lead from Brad Sweet who has led all season
Capps Provisional No. 1 Qualifier in Mopar Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car at NHRA Summernationals
Capps Provisional No. 1 Qualifier in Mopar Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car at NHRA Summernationals
· Ron Capps makes the sixth-quickest pass in Funny Car history to claim the provisional pole at NHRA Summernationals in Englishtown, New Jersey
· If it holds, No. 1 will be 20th for Mopar Dodge Charger R/T pilot Capps and third of season
· Capps’ Mopar Dodge Don Schumacher Racing teammate Matt Hagan ends first day of event at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park as No. 2 seed
· No. 5 Allen Johnson leads Mopar-powered Dodge Dart drivers in NHRA Pro Stock qualifying Continue reading Capps Provisional No. 1 Qualifier in Mopar Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car at NHRA Summernationals
ROBERT HIGHT, AUTO CLUB CAMARO TOPS FOR JFR ON FRIDAY
ROBERT HIGHT, AUTO CLUB CAMARO TOPS FOR JFR ON FRIDAY
ENGLISHTOWN, NJ – The first day of qualifying wrapped up at the 47th annual NHRA SummerNationals with Robert Hight and the Auto Club Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car in the provisional No. 3 spot in Funny Car. Courtney Force and John Force will move into Saturday as the No. 8 and No. 9 provisional qualifiers. In Top Fuel Brittany Force and the Monster Energy dragster held onto the provisional No. 4 spot after a strong run in the second session. Continue reading ROBERT HIGHT, AUTO CLUB CAMARO TOPS FOR JFR ON FRIDAY
Blaney Earns Top-Five Starting Spot At Michigan
Blaney Earns Top-Five Starting Spot At Michigan
June 10, 2016
Ryan Blaney and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane crew equaled their fifth-place qualifying effort of a year ago at Michigan International Speedway on Friday, but this year’s run came with a new aerodynamic package.
Continue reading Blaney Earns Top-Five Starting Spot At Michigan
Munoz, Honda Take Pole in Texas Qualifying
Munoz, Honda Take Pole in Texas Qualifying
• Career-first pole for Munoz
• Second consecutive super speedway pole for Honda
• Sato, Indy-winner Rossi, Hinchcliffe all complete top-10 qualifying runs
After finishing a close second two weeks ago at the Indianapolis 500, Carlos Munoz posted a two-lap average speed of 217.137 mph to score his first Verizon IndyCar Series pole Friday at Texas Motor Speedway. It is Honda’s second consecutive Indy car superspeedway pole of 2016, as James Hinchcliffe took the pole last month for the Indianapolis 500, a race won by fellow Honda driver Alexander Rossi. Continue reading Munoz, Honda Take Pole in Texas Qualifying
Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Texas Qualifying
CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
FIRESTONE 600
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY (FT. WORTH, TEXAS)
QUALIFYING RECAP
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2016
Scott Dixon Puts Chevy on Front Row at Texas
FT. WORTH (June 10, 2016) – Scott Dixon led the charge of Chevrolet drivers in Verizon IndyCar Series (VICS) qualifying for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS). The four-time and defending Series’ champion qualified the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet second with an average speed of 217.137 mph/48.2460 seconds total time. Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Texas Qualifying
Sharman Racing at Baja
On June 4th the ARP sponsored class one race team of Ryan and Paul Sharman captured a seventh place finish in the Baja 500 starting in Ensenada Mexico. Sharman racing, a father and son team out of Arizona, survived record temperatures, an overheating engine and multiple flats in the Baja desert to hold off 11 out of 18 other cars. During pre-running the course the week before the temperatures increased every day until peaking on race day at 120° in the inner deserts of the peninsula. The Sharmans adapted their race strategy to deal with the intense heat which included slowing the pace across the lake beds and extra pitstops with lots of ice water in the cockpit. Early on they moved from 13th to 7th place and held on to finish back in Ensenada and just under 13 hours.
Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Texas Qualifying
CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
FIRESTONE 600
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY (FT. WORTH, TEXAS)
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUALIFYING QUOTES
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2016
SCOTT DIXON, NO. 9 TARGET CHIP GANASSI RACING CHEVROLET, QUALIFIED 2ND: “Huge credit to the Target team. The car is fast and I’m excited. The amount of lanes you can use and the different configurations you can run here in Texas is really cool. I’m fairly happy with the qualifying run but we just missed by a little bit.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Texas Qualifying
Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Michigan qualifying
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
FIREKEEPERS CASINO 400
MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING NOTES AND QUOTES
JUNE 10, 2016
TONY STEWART TOPS THE CHART FOR TEAM CHEVY IN QUALIFYING AT MICHIGAN
Five Chevrolet SS Drivers in Top 10
BROOKLYN, Mich. (June 10, 2016) – Tony Stewart powered the No. 14 Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 Chevrolet SS to the top qualifying position among the Team Chevy drivers for Sunday’s FireKeepers Casino 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race with a time of 198.950 mph/36.190 seconds. It marks Stewart’s 10th top-10 start at the super-fast 2.0-mile Michigan international Speedway, his second in seven races this season. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Michigan qualifying
World of Outlaws Look Forward to Dirt Racing Takeover at Rockford Speedway
World of Outlaws Look Forward to Dirt Racing Takeover at Rockford Speedway
Badger Midget Racing Association and Wisconsin Legends added to the slate of events
CONCORD, N.C. – June 10, 2016 – History will be made in less than three weeks as the dirt racing takeover happens at legendary Rockford Speedway for the Outlaw Clay Classic – two days of World of Outlaws racing action, Wednesday, June 29 and Thursday, June 30. Continue reading World of Outlaws Look Forward to Dirt Racing Takeover at Rockford Speedway
Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Michigan–Kurt Busch
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
FIREKEEPERS CASINO 400
MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
JUNE10, 2016
KURT BUSCH, NO. 41 HAAS AUTOMATION/MONSTER ENERGY CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed his win at Pocono last week, the strength of the teams at Stewart-Haas Racing, his expectations for the new aero package at Michigan, and more. Full Transcript: Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Michigan–Kurt Busch
Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Michigan–AJ Allmendinger
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
FIREKEEPERS CASINO 400
MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
JUNE 10, 2016
AJ ALLMENDINGER, NO. 47 KROGER/HUNGRY JACK/CRISCO CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media and discussed the off weekend, his outlook for the first road course race of the season at Sonoma, the 2016 season thus far and many other topics. Full Transcript: Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Michigan–AJ Allmendinger
Chevy Racing–NASCAR–6 Questions
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
FIREKEEPERS CASINO 400
MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
SIX QUESTIONS
JUNE 8, 2016
SIX QUESTIONS WITH KEVIN BAYLESS, CHEVROLET RACING NASCAR CHASSIS AND AERODYNAMICS PROGRAM MANAGER
Aerodynamicist Works with Team Chevy to Continue Winning Legacy
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU GOT INTO THE FIELD OF AERODYNAMICS?
“Straight out of college I started work for GM on production car stuff. I actually designed bumpers. They sent all of us new hires up to Detroit for like three days of seminars telling us about different parts of the company. Dick Amacher was there and talked for a few minutes about Chevy Race Shop. I had always been involved in racing growing up. My uncle’s owned sprint cars for years, drag cars, all that sort of stuff. I went up to Dick after he spoke and said ‘hey can I get a business card, because that is what I would like to do one of these days.’ He gave me his card. My wife was still in school at Purdue so I was still working close to Purdue. When she got ready to graduate was about the same time GM consolidated all of the racing divisions into one. I read about it in National Speed Sport News. I thought, okay they are putting all this stuff together, so I dug out Dick Amacher’s business card and called him up and asked if they were going to have openings. He said yes and I wound up with an offer to move to Michigan. My wife also ended up with a job offer in Michigan. So we moved up there in January of 1992 was when I started at GM Motorsports Technology Group is what it was then. I worked there from 1992-1996. Then wound up an illness in the family moved back to Indy where my family was all from. I worked for an IndyCar team for a couple of years, worked for the Trans-Am Series and then I got called back because they were looking for somebody to do chassis and aero work on the IndyCar program based in Indy. I started back with GM in 2001 and have been there ever since. I was a mechanical engineer in school, always wanted to do racecar design that was why I took mechanical engineering. I did a little bit of aero stuff in school, but basically wound up at the right place at the right time.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–6 Questions
SUMMIT RACING TEAM CONFIDENT OF VICTORY HEADING TO ENGLISHTOWN
SUMMIT RACING TEAM CONFIDENT OF VICTORY HEADING TO ENGLISHTOWN
Mooresville, NC (June 9, 2016) – Fresh from victory in New Hampshire, the Summit Racing Team heads to Englishtown, NJ for the 47TH annual NHRA Summerationals. This is the second of four back-to-back races this month, and Team Summit Racing is driving towards their 10th consecutive win. Continue reading SUMMIT RACING TEAM CONFIDENT OF VICTORY HEADING TO ENGLISHTOWN
CHEVROLET Racing–NHRA–AT NEW JERSEY
CHEVROLET AT NEW JERSEY
What:
47th NHRA Summernationals
When:
Friday, June 10-Sunday, June 12
Where:
Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Englishtown, New Jersey
TV:
FS1: Qualifying – 1 a.m. ET Saturday (taped highlights)
FS1: Eliminations and finals – 4:30 p.m. ET Sunday (taped)
Chevrolet Aims to Continue Success in All Three Pro Classes
NHRA Summernationals is the second event in four consecutive weekends of racing Continue reading CHEVROLET Racing–NHRA–AT NEW JERSEY
With Momentum of Double Win in Detroit, Chevrolet IndyCar Drivers Head to Texas Looking to Continue Success Firestone 600 Next on Schedule at Texas Motor Speedway
With Momentum of Double Win in Detroit, Chevrolet IndyCar Drivers Head to Texas Looking to Continue Success
Firestone 600 Next on Schedule at Texas Motor Speedway
· Chevrolet Verizon IndyCar Series drivers have won 7 of 8 races this season
o Victories by Sebastien Bourdais and Will Power at Chevrolet Dual in Detroit on Belle Isle marked 50 wins for the Chevrolet IndyCar 2.2 liter twin turbocharged direct injected V6 engine since its 2012 debut in the Verizon IndyCar Series
· Scott Dixon put his No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet in Texas Victory Lane in 2015; the four-time champion also won from the pole in 2008 on the 1.455-mile oval
· Will Power was the pole winner in 2015, upping his total at Texas Motor Speedway to three — more than any other active driver in the Verizon IndyCar Series; Power also won the race in 2011
· Helio Castroneves has four Verizon IndyCar Series wins at Texas Motor Speedway, more than any active driver; he won from the pole in 2004
o Other Chevrolet Aero Kit IndyCar with 2.2 liter V6 engine drivers with TMS wins are: Tony Kanaan – 2004; Ed Carpenter – 2014
o Bourdais won an IROC race at TMS in 2005 Continue reading With Momentum of Double Win in Detroit, Chevrolet IndyCar Drivers Head to Texas Looking to Continue Success Firestone 600 Next on Schedule at Texas Motor Speedway