Giovanni Scelzi Victorious in Nonwing Turkey Bowl Action at Delta Speedway
Inside Line Promotions – STOCKTON, Calif. (Oct. 26, 2014) – Giovanni Scelzi powered to a standout performance last weekend during the Turkey Bowl at Delta Speedway.
Scelzi scored his fifth feature victory of the season and he earned a pair of podium finishes during micro sprint action at the bullring. Continue reading Gary Scelzi Racing–Giovanni Scelzi Victorious in Nonwing Turkey Bowl Action at Delta Speedway
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Puts Chevrolet in Victory Lane at Martinsville
Victory is First for Earnhardt, Jr. at Famed Short-track and the Eighth Consecutive Martinsville Win for the Bowtie Brand
· Win is the fourth of the season for Earnhardt, Jr. and the No. 88 Chevrolet SS team and the 23rd of his career
· Victory is 17th win of the 2014 season for Team Chevy in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS)
· Chevrolet SS drivers claimed the top-four finishing positions, and five of the top-10: Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet SS – 2nd; Ryan Newman, No. 31 Quicken Loans Chevrolet SS – 3rd ; Tony Stewart, No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet SS – 4th and AJ Allmendinger, No. 47 Clorox Chevrolet SS – 9th
· The three Chevrolet SS drivers in the Eliminator round of the Chase leave Martinsville first (Gordon), second (Newman) and eighth (Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Outback Chevrolet SS) with two races remaining to be one of the four cars racing for the championship at the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Martinsville–Dale Earnhardt Jr.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 Post Race Report
Martinsville Speedway
October 26, 2014
Race Highlights:
Richard Childress Racing teammates Ryan Newman, Austin Dillon and Paul Menard finished third, 12th and 14th, respectively.
Newman is second in the Sprint Cup Series championship point standings, while Dillon ranks 19th and Menard ranks 21st.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. earned his fourth victory of the 2014 season and was followed to the finish line by Jeff Gordon, Newman, Tony Stewart and Joey Logano.
The next Sprint Cup Series race is the AAA 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, November 2, which is scheduled to be televised live on ESPN beginning at 3 p.m. Eastern Time and is scheduled to be broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Satellite Radio, channel 90. Continue reading Richard Childress Racing– Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 Post Race
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
GOODY’S HEADACHE RELIEF SHOT 500
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
OCTOBER 26, 2014
DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER
THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS TO WANT TO WIN TODAY. WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU TODAY?
“Oh, man. We’ve been trying to win here for so many years. And this place is so special to me. I’ve wanted to win here so bad. We brought the good cars. I’m out of breath from celebrating more than driving. It’s a real emotional win. This team on pit road was great and Steve (Letarte, crew chief) and the guys did a real good job all day. They gave me a great shot at it there with the call at the end to take tires. I can’t believe we won here. This means so much to all of us. It’s just real emotional.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Martinsville–Post Race
Ryan Smith Scores a Port Royal Win for the Posse
As Smith claims his first ever World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series win, Donny Schatz clinches the 2014 championship
PORT ROYAL, Pa. – Oct. 25, 2014 – The Pennsylvania Posse claimed victory over the Outlaws Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway as Kunkletown, Pa.-native Ryan Smith scored his first career World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series victory. Continue reading World of Outlaws–Ryan Smith Scores a Port Royal Win for the Posse
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
GOODY’S HEADACHE RELIEF SHOT 500
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
OCTOBER 24, 2014
JAMIE McMURRAY PUTS CHEVROLET SS ON POLE AT MARTINSVILLE
Five Chevy drivers qualify in top-12 positions for Sunday’s race
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (Oct. 24, 2014) – Jamie McMurray drove his No. 1 McDonald’s Chevrolet SS to the pole position Friday at Martinsville Speedway for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500. McMurray posted a lap of 18.954 seconds (99.905 mph) for his second career pole position at the track. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Martinsville–Qualifying
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
GOODY’S HEADACHE RELIEF SHOT 500
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING NOTES AND QUOTES
OCTOBER 24, 2014
JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 MCDONALD’S CHEVROLET SS – POLE WINNER
“Great start to our weekend for our McDonald’s Chevrolet. We tested here and I thought we had a really good test. Keith (Rodden, crew chief) and Josh (Sell, Engineer) just did a really good job adjusting on the car. It’s amazing you can go quicker your second time out. For years we came here to these places and ran slower. That was a good lap. It’s cool that Carter is here with me. It’s the first time for a father-son weekend together so we’re going to get our picture taken together!” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Martinsville Qualifying
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
GOODY’S HEADACHE RELIEF SHOT 500
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
OCTOBER 24, 2014
DANICA PATRICK, NO. 10 GODADDY BREAST CANCER AWARENESS CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media and discussed her first time racing at Martinsville, her thoughts on the crew chief and team switch in 2015 and many other topics. Full Transcript:
TALK ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE CHANGES TO YOUR TEAM ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK:
“Talladega was just about right. Going into the pits leading, coming out leading and having Jimmie (Johnson) behind me. I knew there wasn’t very much left because I knew that we were not that far off on making it on fuel so I knew it was a pretty short distance. I thought ‘wow this is going to be awesome, me and Jimmie.’ Then I was like ‘and Jimmie has got to win to get in the Chase’, I’m like ‘this could get really messy’. But then the yellow came out, so then it could have gotten a different kind of messy, but we were in a good spot. I think in general things have been going alright. We have been running better here at the end of the season and putting our races together better, I think we had some speed like we have had lately earlier this season, but just weren’t able to fully execute or had either mistakes on my part or failures or mistakes on pit lane that would affect our outcome. In general things have kind of just been coming together a little bit better lately. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Martinsville–Danica Patrick
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
GOODY’S HEADACHE RELIEF SHOT 500
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
OCTOBER 24, 2014
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed his past success at Martinsville, delivering a millionth meal to a local resident, the Hendrick plane tragedy, the traditional grandfather clock trophy, and more. Full Transcript:
YESTERDAY YOU HELPED DELIVER A MILLIONTH MEAL TO SOMEONE ON BEHALF OF DRIVE TO END HUNGER. TALK ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE
“I get to do a lot of really cool things. It’s opened my eyes so much to this cause and how many millions of people are dealing with hunger issues in America. And because of that, we get to do some pretty cool things. Yesterday was definitely one of the highlights. A woman names Freida (Evans, 89), who lives in Rockingham County very near by, to here, in North Carolina, who relies on Meals on Wheels to deliver her meals every day. She’s the classic story of individuals who need those meals desperately because she worked so hard to feed her family throughout her whole life and gave everything for them. And now, she relies on those meals. And it was pretty cool to be able to deliver that one-millionth meal for Meals on Wheels to her in the state of North Carolina. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Martinsville–Jeff Gordon
BRITTANY FORCE TO RACE SPECIAL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR DRAGSTER STARTING IN VEGAS
YORBA LINDA (October 24, 2014) — Brittany Force winner of the 2013 Auto Club Road to the Future Award will race a commemorative Auto Club Road to the Future Rookie Of The Year Castrol Edge Top Fuel dragster the final two races of the season. The Top Fuel dragster was designed by Force and the in-house JFR graphic design team.
Force won the 2013 award on the strength of her season long improvement capped by a semi-final finish at the Auto Club NHRA World Finals as well as winning the fan vote earlier in the season for the 2nd annual Traxxas Shootout. Continue reading John Force Racing–BRITTANY FORCE TO RACE SPECIAL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR DRAGSTER STARTING IN VEGAS
Kasey Kahne Racing – Results Recap
October 1 through October 22
2014 season winding down; personnel changes at KKR
The end of the racing season is here. A quick way to tell, for sprint car fans anyway, is most of the shows are now on Saturday nights as opposed to the often mid summer mid-week shows throughout the country. To close out the season, the KKR teams are in-shop from Monday to Thursday evening, with Friday’s designated as a travel day for the remaining four events of 2014.
KKR has gone through a few personnel changes recently, with No. 49 crew chief David Fero moving over to the NASCAR world in 2015 as a mechanic on Kyle Larson’s No. 42 Sprint Cup car. Former No. 9 mechanic Mike Carber was promoted to the No. 49 crew chief for Brad Sweet, and Austin Wenrch, a seasoned mechanic from Pennsylvania, was added to the No. 49 crew.
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
GOODY’S HEADACHE RELIEF SHOT 500
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
OCTOBER 24, 2014
GREG ZIPADELLI, DIRECTOR OF COMPETITION FOR STEWART-HASS RACING, met with members of the media at Martinsville Speedway and discussed the crew chief (Daniel Knost and Tony Gibson) and team swap of the No. 41 Chevrolet SS and No. 10 Chevrolet SS teams. Full Transcript:
TAKE US THROUGH THE CHANGES THIS WEEK:
“This week obviously we have made some changes for Texas between the No. 10 and the No. 41. We are just basically looking to try to get both teams to be a little more consistent. They have had speed throughout the year, but haven’t necessarily put the whole season together all the races at the level that we expect from them. Tony Gibson has got a lot of experience. That group has been with a lot of veteran drivers. We just felt like it was worth moving him over to Kurt (Busch). We feel like his experience and things will help put that group together and get the finishes that we need out of that team. As far as Daniel (Knost) he is a young aggressive, very smart engineer. Danica (Patrick) is used to more of that dealing with the engineers from her background. She actually, a while ago, talked about having the opportunity to work with a younger engineer and build the relationship over time. I just kind of feel like it was the time to do it. We have three races with us not sure what the testing policy is for next year. This is a good opportunity for us to switch things up for Texas. The last three races and just see how things go.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Martinsville–Greg Zipadelli
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
GOODY’S HEADACHE RELIEF SHOT 500
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
OCTOBER 24, 2014
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media today at Martinsville Speedway. He discussed his outlook on the rest of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Martinsville’s history in NASCAR, short-track mentalities, readying for 2015 and other topics. FULL TRANSCRIPT:
WE’RE INTERESTED TO KNOW YOUR MINDSET OVER THESE FOUR RACES. YOU CAN’T DEFEND YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY WIN RACES.
The mindset is simple. We want to close out the year well and finish as high as we can in points. We want to win races. That’s what we’re here for. We did not have a good last three races for a variety of reasons. The results weren’t there. Frankly, two of those results would have eliminated us from championship hope (in past years). I felt like at Talladega, we were given a pretty big gift and we came close to taking advantage of that opportunity. We want to do well. We want to win races. At the same time, this does open up an opportunity for us to work on ’15 from a personnel standpoint and even from a 2015 test plan. Obviously testing is gone next year, so anything we can do to work on the 2015 package will suit us well. We’re not slowing down any. These last four weeks are going to be about as busy as any as we’re getting geared up for 2015.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Martinsville–Jimmie Johnson
Scelzi Wins Trio of Heat Races, Advances into Tough Trophy Cup Main Event
Inside Line Promotions – TULARE, Calif. (Oct. 21, 2014) – Dominic Scelzi put together another standout performance at the Trophy Cup last weekend despite facing adversity during the 21st edition of the premier event at Thunderbowl Raceway. Continue reading Gary Scelzi Racing–Scelzi Wins Trio of Heat Races, Advances into Tough Trophy Cup Main Event
2014 BIGFOOT Open House and Spooktacular Event Wrap-up!
October 17, 2014 (St. Louis, MO) – The weather tried its best to put a damper on our 8th Annual Open House and BIGFOOT Spooktacular. With the help of the Kevin and Tammy Gundaker and their excellent staff at Tri-City Speedway and the WHOLE BIGFOOT crew, not only did we get past everything the weather threw at us, but we were able to put on a fantastic show!
The Open House went off without a flaw. We had 6 trucks including BIGFOOT #1 on display along with the “Land of the Giants” truck club, Bommarito of Hazelwood, Firestone Tires, the Southern Crush Mini Monster Truck, and Tim Dyson and his freestyle motorcycles.
There was a band playing throughout the day and we even had an appearance by Tess Boyer who appeared on “The Voice.” She even sang a few songs!
We had Trick or Treating, face painting, and a balloon clown…even some of the BIGFOOT drivers dressed up!
Not being able to use the track infield due to the days and days of rain, we built a track in the pit area by the parking lot and were able to have an ALL BIGFOOT Wheelie, Race, and Freestyle competition. Tim Dyson performed his crazy stunts and Pleasant Cook and her Southern Crush Mini Monster Truck did an exhibition.
Our Wheelie contest winner was BIGFOOT Rookie Driver Josh Gibson – that says a lot, considering he was competing with almost all of his teammates!
Racing winner was none other than veteran Driver Dan Runte, who took the win over that same Rookie, Josh Gibson.
Freestyle winner was Larry Swim, who just beat out Darron Schnell. I’m not sure anyone knew it, but Larry served double duty, as he drove both his Firestone BIGFOOT #19 AND Dan’s 25th Anniversary Summit Racing BIGFOOT #18 in the Freestyle competition!
GREAT show and GREAT job by everyone, but the overall winners where the fans! They saw an awesome show that even featured BIGFOOT #5, the 10′ Tire Truck, crushing cars – NOT something you see every day! AND the whole thing was FREE.
Larry Swim in Firestone BIGFOOT
We would like to give a special “Thank you” to the following:
– Kevin and Tammy Gundaker and the entire staff at Tri-City Speedway
– Bommarito of Hazelwood, with particular thanks to Kevin Hall, Jerry Eickel, and Julie Chandler
– Doc’s Harley Davidson, with particular thanks to Rich Blosser
– Vinyl Images, with particular thanks to John and Joe Duever and Destiney Conley
– Land of the Giants
– Southern Crush Mini Monster
– Announcer Dewain Hulett
– Doug Welker with Big Squid RC and Trigger King RC
– Tess Boyer
– Marty’s Used Cars
– Scott Air Force Base Color Guard, Vocalist, & Alan Rohlfing
– Firestone Experience, with particular thanks to Charlie, Dave, Kristin, and Anastasia
– Our Entire BIGFOOT Family
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Geico 500 Post Race Report
Talladega Superspeedway
October 19, 2014
Race Highlights:
Richard Childress Racing teammates Ryan Newman, Austin Dillon and Paul Menard finished fifth, 13th and 36th, respectively.
Newman is tied for second in the Sprint Cup Series championship point standings, while Dillon ranks 19th and Menard ranks 22nd.
In this upcoming Eliminator Round of competition, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship point standings will now be reset and the top-eight competitors will be even heading into Martinsville. Continue reading Richard Childress Racing–Geico 500
Late Spin Ends Bayne’s Bid at Talladega
October 19, 2014
With 10 of the scheduled 188 laps remaining to be run in Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, Trevor Bayne and the Motorcraft/Quick crew had their No. 21 Ford Fusion in 2nd place with plenty of fuel in the tank for the finish.
Although the remaining laps didn’t play out like Bayne and his Wood Brothers team planned, co-owners Len and Eddie Wood left the track pleased with their team’s performance. Continue reading Wood Brothers Racing–Late Spin Ends Bayne’s Bid at Talladega
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
GEICO 500
TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER RACE NOTES & QUOTES
OCTOBER 19, 2014
LANDON CASSILL, NO. 40 CARSFORSALE.COM CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 4TH
TALK ABOUT YOUR RACE: “We wanted to win this race. We came here to win it. My team deserves it. Carsforsale.com deserves it. We don’t have a lot to work with. But what we do work with, we set out to run good at these four superspeedway races, and we proved that this year. Fourth place is just amazing. ”
THERE IS A LOT THAT GOES ON IN THE CLOSING LAPS OF THESE RACES: “Yes, there was. I’ll be honest with you, the only scenario that I was aware of was the No. 2 (Brad Keselowski) and the No. 48 (Jimmie Johnson). I know the No. 20 (Matt Kenseth) had a lot of pressure but these guys build these cars for Hillman-Circle Racing, and we are out here to win. Today we came one step closer to that.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Talladega Post Race
A Fremont Comeback for Donny Schatz
Wins the Last Chance Showdown and then battles through the field to score his 26th World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series victory of the season
FREMONT, Ohio – Oct. 18 2014 – Donny Schatz proved Saturday night at Fremont Speedway that nothing can keep him down on the way to his sixth career World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series championship.
After qualifying second, Schatz looked well positioned at Fremont – and then disaster struck. Continue reading World of Outlaws–A Fremont Comeback for Donny Schatz
Bayne Earns 16th Starting Spot in Intense Qualifying Session at Talladega
October 18, 2014
The new format for knock-out qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway made for some anxious moments, but in the end, Trevor Bayne and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team wound up with a solid 16th-place starting spot for Sunday’s GEICO 500. Continue reading Wood Brothers Racing–Bayne Earns 16th Starting Spot in Intense Qualifying Session at Talladega