F4

SEASON TWO OF “F4 U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY” CONFIRMED FOR 2017

SEASON TWO OF “F4 U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY” CONFIRMED FOR 2017

First footage captured during series test in NOLA

INDIANAPOLIS (March 7, 2017) – Just two months after the season one finale of “F4 U.S. Championship Today” premiered, several national and international networks have picked-up season two of the seven-episode show that follows the Formula 4 United States Championship Powered by Honda series.

“Carolina Production Group couldn’t be more pleased to get the second season of the F4 U.S. Championship underway. Filming has already started with the first official series test at NOLA Motorsports Park,” said Carolina Production Group’s award-winning motorsports broadcaster and host of “F4 U.S. Championship Today” Rick Benjamin “We’ll be covering all the action for the season two premiere of “F4 US Championship Today”. We know that with the quality of both returning and new race teams, along with a terrific group of young drivers and veterans, the racing will be even tougher! I’m looking forward to hosting the second season of our show and showcasing this important new racing series.”

The full second season will air on national cable and broadcast networks like MAV TV, Rev’N TV, The Action Channel, Tuff TV Network, Altitude Sports and Untamed Sports TV. It will air regionally in Los Angeles on FOTV USA and in Wisconsin on WIFS TV57.

“F4 U.S. Championship Today” will also makes its international television debut in 2017 airing in the Caribbean Islands and Canada on Caribvision.

The networks are available on DirecTV, Dish Network and AT&T U-verse, making the program accessible to millions of households across the United States.

Additional networks, airdates and times for season two will be added at a later date.

The first season of “F4 U.S Championship” gained an estimated 1.7 million viewers per episode.

Season one reruns can be watched Thursdays at 1 p.m. ET on MAV TV or on F4USChampionship.com.

Hot Rodders of Tomorrow

Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Junior Engine Challenge is a huge hit!

Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Junior Engine Challenge is a huge hit!

The love of racing and performance is something that for many is developed at an early age. In order to help fuel this passion, we want to expose kids to a unique opportunity to showcase workmanship and the awareness of complex mechanisms. This contest will be featured and hosted as a part of the HROT JR Dragster Series & the Midwest Junior Super Series, to be hosted at 9 events all across the central US in 2017.

Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Junior Engine Challenge presented by Racequip was kicked off February 25th-26th at the Race and Performance Expo in Schaumburg, IL and let’s just say it was a huge hit! The contest is very simple, a team is comprised of 2 individuals, one team member must be 5-18 years of age, and he or she must completely disassemble/reassemble a complete single cylinder OHV engine utilizing only basic hand tools. Some of the goals of the premise behind this contest is to help individuals develop communication skills and increase self-esteem. The contest will help youngster’s develop great problem solving skills and an understanding of an internal combustion engine.
image005.jpgOver the course of the 2 day RP Expo, we proceeded to have the engines ran through over 40 times, with kids waiting for over an hour to have a chance to develop and showcase their skills at perfecting the teams rebuilding skills on the small engine. Event organizer Ryan Gortney mentioned, “One 5th grade student who participated in the contest on Saturday persuaded his parents to travel the two hours back to the show the next day to have the opportunity to go through the engine a second time. I was overwhelmed by the response to our first event, and excited for the future events in 2017.”

Chevrolet Racing

Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R Debuts This Weekend in St. Petersburg

Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R Debuts This Weekend in St. Petersburg

DETROIT (March 7, 2017) – The Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R will make its global competition debut this week with the opening of the Pirelli World Challenge season at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Built to global GT4 specifications, the Camaro GT4.R is based on the new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE production car, which broke cover to high praise and acclaim in February.
Continue reading Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R Debuts This Weekend in St. Petersburg →

Gary Scelzi Motorsports

Scelzi Venturing to Las Vegas This Weekend With World of Outlaws

Scelzi Venturing to Las Vegas This Weekend With World of Outlaws

Inside Line Promotions – FRESNO, Calif. (March 7, 2017) – Dominic Scelzi’s season opener was delayed a week because of weather, which has only helped fuel his passion to race.

Scelzi was set to kick off the season last weekend in his home state of California before Mother Nature intervened.

“I’m ready to go,” he said. “Although we didn’t get to race, we were able to test in Hanford last weekend. We made 20 laps and I felt really comfortable. We had great speed in the car.” Continue reading Scelzi Venturing to Las Vegas This Weekend With World of Outlaws →

Follow A Dream Racing

Follow A Dream Kicks off 2017

MARSTONS MILLS, Massachusetts (March 7, 2017) – Expectations are high and all systems are go as Jay Blake and the Follow A Dream/Permatex NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car team kick off their 2017 racing schedule this week.

The team, which finished No. 2 in the NHRA Northeast Division and No. 14 in the NHRA national TA/FC standings in 2016, is ready to pick up where it left off and have an even better 2017 campaign.

“We’re building on what we had last year and the crew, the core group is returning and we’re in good shape,” team founder and owner Jay Blake said. “We want to build on last year, we want to win the division and we want to be in the top 10 nationally.” Continue reading Follow A Dream Kicks off 2017 →

Honda Racing

Honda Strengthens Effort for 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series

Honda Strengthens Effort for 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series
• Chip Ganassi Racing joins Honda lineup
• Honda, returning teams make improvements
• Season opens Sunday in St. Petersburg, Florida

TORRANCE, Calif. (March 8, 2017) – Improvements throughout – led by the return of the championship-winning Chip Ganassi Racing organization – highlight the Honda effort as the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series opens this weekend at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
Featuring a talented full-season lineup and updated Honda Indy V6 engine, Honda opens the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series seeking its seventh competitive manufacturers’ championship and 12th Indianapolis 500 victory in the last 15 years. Continue reading Honda Strengthens Effort for 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series →

Valerie Thompson Racing

Vision Wheel to Sponsor World Speed Record Attempt by Team “7” Racing and Valerie Thompson

Vision Wheel to Sponsor World Speed Record Attempt by Team “7” Racing and Valerie Thompson

World’s Fastest Female Motorcycle Racer Receives Vision Wheel Support for Land Speed Record Attempt

Scottsdale, AZ (March 6, 2017) – Team “7” Racing welcomes Vision Wheel® as a new associate sponsor for their world motorcycle speed record attempt with award-winning driver Valerie Thompson. Team “7” will attempt making Thompson the fastest motorcycle racer in the world by breaking the current record of 376.363 mph (605.697 km/h) at the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials competition August 27 – September 1, 2017 in Wendover Utah.

Thompson joins off-road racing legend Rob MacCachren, as part of Vision Wheels growing stable of company supported racing ambassadors. A seven-time land speed record holder and member of six different land speed racing 200 MPH Clubs, Thompson re-wrote racing history at the 2016 Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials, with a speed of 304.263 mph (489.6 KMH) piloting the Team “7” Racing Streamliner. She is the first female rider over 300 mph, earning the title of “Worlds Fastest Female Motorcycle Racer.” Continue reading Vision Wheel to Sponsor World Speed Record Attempt by Team “7” Racing and Valerie Thompson →

Chevrolet Racing

Simon Pagenaud Ready to Defend Verizon IndyCar Series Championship starting at St. Petersburg

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
FIRESTONE GRAND PRIX OF ST. PETERSBURG
STREETS OF ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
MARCH 6, 2017

Simon Pagenaud Ready to Defend Verizon IndyCar Series Championship starting at St. Petersburg
Champion will carry No. 1 on the nose and rear wing of his Team Penske Chevrolet

DETROIT (March 6, 2017) – Simon Pagenaud raises his wine glass to toast the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series championship crew, and his brief remarks during a recent gathering at a favorite French restaurant connect cohesion, commonality, and consistency. Continue reading Simon Pagenaud Ready to Defend Verizon IndyCar Series Championship starting at St. Petersburg →

Roush Yates

KESELOWSKI TAKES FIRST IN ATLANTA 2 FOR 2 / Ford Performance & Roush Yates Engines

KESELOWSKI TAKES FIRST IN ATLANTA
2 FOR 2 / Ford Performance & Roush Yates Engines

HAMPTON, Ga., March 6, 2017 – Brad Keselowski of Team Penske won his first Folds of Honor 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The strong horsepower of the Ford Performance and Roush Yates Engines FR9 EFI engine dominated in Atlanta to win Ford’s 30th Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

The Ford Fusions were fast during practice and showed their steam with Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing winning the Aspen Dental Pole Qualifying Friday night followed by No. 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. from Roush Fenway Racing qualifying P4 and Team Penske’s No. 2 Keselowski finishing P5. Continue reading KESELOWSKI TAKES FIRST IN ATLANTA 2 FOR 2 / Ford Performance & Roush Yates Engines →

Wood Brothers

Blaney, Motorcraft/Quick Lane Team Finish 18th At Atlanta Despite Early Setback

Blaney, Motorcraft/Quick Lane Team Finish 18th At Atlanta Despite Early Setback

March 5, 2017

For the Motorcraft/Quick Lane team, a somewhat disappointing day at Atlanta Motor Speedway was much easier to take because their No. 21 Ford Fusion had the speed to finish much higher than the 18th place it wound up.

On Sunday, in the Folds of Honor Quik Trip 500, Ryan Blaney was on the march from the drop of the green flag, moving from his 14th starting position to seventh in the first 30 laps.

But just a few laps after his first pit stop he returned to pit road under the green flag due to a vibration. The Motorcraft/Quick Lane crew changed tires and returned him to the track one lap behind the leader, which ordinarily wouldn’t be cause for great concern. Continue reading Blaney, Motorcraft/Quick Lane Team Finish 18th At Atlanta Despite Early Setback →

Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–Atlanta Wrapup

Late-Race Mechanical Issue Foils Top-Five Finish for Austin Dillon and the Dow QUIKRETE Chevrolet Team at Atlanta Motor Speedway

“We had a really strong car today and were poised to finish in the top-five but everything just shut off. We lost all power with less than 25 laps remaining in the race when I was running in the top-five. The same thing happened to my teammate Ryan Newman earlier in the day, so I assume it’s the same issue. We’re working on it and we will make sure it doesn’t happen again. I’m proud of my guys for the speed they put in this race car. We worked hard, really hard. This one just hurts. There is nothing better to say about it. It just hurts.” Continue reading Richard Childress Racing–Atlanta Wrapup →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Atlanta–Kyle Larson

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
FOLDS OF HONOR QUIKTRIP 500
ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
MARCH 5, 2017

KYLE LARSON GIVES CHEVROLET SS RUNNER-UP SPOT AT ATLANTA
Team Chevy Takes Three of Top-5 Finishing Positions

HAMPTON, Ga (March 5, 2017) – Piloting the No. 42 Target Chevy SS, Kyle Larson finished second in today’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS). Larson credited his team for making the right adjustments during the 500-mile race; and for giving him a powerful Chevrolet SS to battle for position throughout the 325-lap event. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Atlanta–Kyle Larson →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Atlanta Post Race

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
FOLDS OF HONOR QUIKTRIP 500
ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
MARCH 5, 2017

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 2ND
YOU LED THE RACE IN THE LATE STAGES. YOU CHOSE TO GO HIGH IN TURNS 1 AND 2 AND IT SEEMED LIKE YOU MADE UP A LITTLE GROUND. WHAT WAS BEHIND THE DECISION THERE?
“I raced around Brad (Keselowski, race winner) a lot throughout the day. Any time I was in front of him on short runs, he’s drive around me up top. And so, I knew I was going to have to take his line away on that start there for a couple of laps and try it. I just didn’t have enough grip or not as much as I’d hoped. He did a good job being a lane lower than me and getting to my inside. So, it was disappointing not to get the win, but I’m happy about our second place run at a 1.5-mile where I struggle at. I can’t thank everybody at the shop enough for building great race cars, and Hendrick engines for supplying us with some great engines, I had a blast today. The Target Chevy was good. I ran the bottom a lot, which is not typically something I do. So, it was a lot of fun to learn how to kind of use both feet to get around the bottom and to do a good job with that.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Atlanta Post Race →

Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–Atlanta Post Race

Austin Dillon and the Rheem Team Finish Eighth at Atlanta Motor Speedway to Earn Second Consecutive NASCAR XFINITY Series Top-10 Finish

“I really wanted to put the Rheem Chevrolet into Victory Lane but today was just not our day. We were tight and loose depending on how I tackled the corners but Justin Alexander and the team did a great job with adjustments during each of the segment breaks. We did have a issue with fuel pickup or something on initial green flag runs but I know we will work on that in the shop this week and have it sorted out before we head to the next race. Overall, we are making strides as a team and I’m excited for the rest of the season.” Continue reading Richard Childress Racing–Atlanta Post Race →

Red Horse Racing

Red Horse Racing–Active Pest Control 200

RACE REPORT
Active Pest Control 200
Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 4, 2017

Red Horse Racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway

After 130 laps in the final race on Atlanta Motor Speedway’s current pavement, Timothy Peters and the No. 17 Red Horse Racing team notched the organization’s first top-10 finish of the 2017 season. Brett Moffitt and the No. 7 team orchestrated an astonishing comeback by finishing 11th after being involved in an accident on the opening lap of the event. Peters and Moffitt both improved their positions in the championship standings, are shown in sixth and 13th, respectively, after two of 23 events. Continue reading Red Horse Racing–Active Pest Control 200 →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Atlanta Advance

CHEVY FAST FACTS
FOLDS OF HONOR QUIKTRIP 500
ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
March 5, 2017

A total of 18 Team Chevy drivers will start the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The 325-lap/500.5-mile contest around the 1.5-mile venue is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m., EST. Live coverage will be available on FOX, PRN Radio, Sirius NASCAR Radio Channel 90 and NASCAR.com.

CHEVROLET DRIVERS STARTING IN THE TOP-10:
Ryan Newman, No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet SS, will start 2nd
Jamie McMurray, No. 1 McDonald’s Chevrolet SS, will roll off 7th
Kyle Larson, No. 42 Target Chevrolet SS, will start 8th

TEAM CHEVY IN NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES (NSCS) COMPETITION:
Chevrolet has won 39 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Manufacturer Championships
Team Chevy drivers have scored 765 wins and 689 poles in NSCS competition

CHEVROLET ON THE TRACK—ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY:
Chevrolet drivers have won 40 of 109 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS). Wins by current Team Chevy drivers:
Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS, has won five times at AMS (’04, ’07 – TWICE, ’15 & ’16)
Kasey Kahne, No. 5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet SS, has three victories at AMS (’06, ’09 & ’14)
Dale Earnhardt, Jr., No. 88 Nationwide Chevrolet SS, has one win at AMS (’04)
A Chevrolet driver has won three out of the last four races at AMS
A Chevrolet driver has earned the pole award at AMS 25 times
Team Chevy drivers have scored 186 top-five and 370 top-10 finishes in 109 races held at AMS
A Chevrolet driver has led 12,462 laps (35.9% of possible 34,721) at AMS

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Atlanta–Ryan Newman

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
FOLDS OF HONOR QUIKTRIP 500
ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
MARCH 3, 2017

Ryan Newman Sets Quick Time for Team Chevy at Atlanta
Five Chevy SS Driver’s Make it to Final Round of Knock-Out Qualifying

HAMPTON, Ga. (MARCH 3, 2017) – Ryan Newman led the charge for Team Chevy in qualifying at Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS) laying down a lap of 29.199 seconds/189.870 mph in the final round of knock-out qualifying for Sunday’s Folds of Honor Quiktrip 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race, the second event of the 2017 campaign. Newman leads all active drivers with seven career poles at the 1.5-mile, Hampton, Georgia track. The driver of the No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet SS led a contingent of five Bowtie branded drivers in the final qualifying order. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Atlanta–Ryan Newman →

Wood Brothers

Ryan Blaney to Start 14th on Sunday

Ryan Blaney to Start 14th on Sunday

March 3, 2017

In his second Atlanta Motor Speedway appearance in a Monster Energy Cup car, Ryan Blaney picked up considerably from a year ago by posting the 14th best lap in Friday’s qualifying session for Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500.

Blaney advanced out of the first of three qualifying rounds with a lap at 187.875 miles per hour. In the second round, he was again 14th, with a speed of 186.623. Last year he started 23rd.

Atlanta is a track where the Blaney family has shown great speed. Blaney’s father Dave, now retired from the Cup series, had one of his best career runs at Atlanta in the spring race of 2001, when Ryan was just seven years old. Continue reading Ryan Blaney to Start 14th on Sunday →

Chevrolet Racing, Uncategorized

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Atlanta Qualifying Notes

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
FOLDS OF HONOR QUIKTRIP 500
ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING NOTES AND QUOTES
MARCH 3, 2017

RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 31 CATERPILLAR CHEVROLET SS – Qualified 2nd
WHEN WE’VE GOT DAYTONA BEHIND US AND YOU’VE GOT SPEED AT ATLANTA, HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL ABOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS?
“’Well, it’s big. I’m just proud of everybody at RCR and ECR with this Caterpillar Chevrolet. We were so close. I really wanted to beat my old buddy, Buddy Baker’s record there. Been tied with him for a while so that was kind of rough. But I’m just proud of the guys and proud of the effort. It is the litmus test for us for a lot of the rest of the season. It was a good start for sure.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Atlanta Qualifying Notes →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Atlanta Team Chevy

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
FOLDS OF HONOR QUIKTRIP 500
ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
MARCH 3, 2017

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Atlanta Motor Speedway and discussed his past success at Atlanta, the new rules package, pack racing at Daytona and many other topics. Full Transcript:

ON ATLANTA:
“This track is so fun and so interesting and so challenging, I hate that it’s our last run on this asphalt. But, the practice session didn’t disappoint. It still threw plenty of challenges at the teams and certainly ours. We are learning as we go here with this new package, start of a new season. I’m ready to go collect some points and get some wins.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Atlanta Team Chevy →

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