Monthly Archives: March 2017

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 →

F4

F4 U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST TEST BRINGS NEW DRIVERS TO THE LINE-UP

F4 U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST TEST BRINGS NEW DRIVERS TO THE LINE-UP

Lucas Oil School of Racing Formula Race Series champion to compete in F4 U.S.

AVONDALE, Louisiana (Mar. 3, 2017) – The second season of the Formula 4 United States Championship Powered by Honda kicked-off in The Big Easy during Mardi Gras weekend at NOLA Motorsports Park in Avondale, Louisiana, Feb. 25-26 for the first of two official series tests. Eighteen drivers on six teams, eleven of whom were series rookies, participated in the SCCA Pro Racing sanctioned event.

“It was really encouraging to see the turn-out for the NOLA test,” said SCCA Pro Racing Vice President Steve Oseth. “There were a lot of new drivers who got valuable seat-time before the season starts at Homestead-Miami Speedway April 8-9. With returning veterans and talented rookies, this season will be extremely competitive.” Continue reading F4 U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST TEST BRINGS NEW DRIVERS TO THE LINE-UP →

Jegs Racing

Pro Mods to race four-wide for first time ever with support from JEGS.com, Plugfones

Pro Mods to race four-wide for first time
ever with support from JEGS.com, Plugfones
DELAWARE, Ohio (March 3) — JEGS.com, a worldwide leader in high performance parts and longtime NHRA drag racing supporter, has signed on as the title sponsor of the J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series event scheduled to take place as part of the eighth annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. Plugfones, a hearing-protection company whose high-quality products are available on JEGS.com, will be the presenting sponsor.

“We are very happy to bring the first-ever four-wide Pro Mod race to the fans along with our great friends at Plugfones,” said Troy Coughlin, one of four brothers that owns and operates JEGS High Performance. “As a Pro Mod racer myself, I can tell you we are super excited about racing four-wide. We’ve been watching the other pro classes have fun for seven years and it’ll be a blast to finally
join them. Continue reading Pro Mods to race four-wide for first time ever with support from JEGS.com, Plugfones →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Atlanta–Chase Elliott

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

CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 NAPA CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Atlanta Motor Speedway and discussed the launch of his foundation, the final laps of last weekend’s Daytona 500, his outlook for this weekend at Atlanta and many other topics. Full Transcript: Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Atlanta–Chase Elliott →

Honda Racing

Acura Reveals Exciting NSX GT3 Pirelli World Challenge Liveries

Acura Reveals Exciting NSX GT3 Pirelli World Challenge Liveries

• RealTime Racing and Acura Motorsports NSX GT3 will make Pirelli World Challenge debut at season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
• Peter Kox teams with returning Ryan Eversley in full-time driving lineup
• Endurance racers Tom Dyer and Mark Wilkins join for Sprint-X rounds

TORRANCE, CA (March 1, 2017) – Unveiled today, the RealTime Racing liveries in the 2017 Pirelli World Challenge will feature an exciting combination of the team’s traditional blue, white and orange colors for the team’s pair of cars – including RTR’s signature “squircles” – in a mirror-image pattern common to both Acura Motorsports NSX GT3 racing efforts this year. Continue reading Acura Reveals Exciting NSX GT3 Pirelli World Challenge Liveries →

Wood Brothers

Wood Brothers Looking To Build On Their Rich History at Atlanta

Wood Brothers Looking To Build On Their Rich History at Atlanta

March 1, 2017

The Wood Brothers and Atlanta Motor Speedway have a lot in common, besides their history with each other.

The Woods are one of NASCAR’s cornerstone teams, having run their first NASCAR race back in 1953 and continuing today, where they’re the sport’s longest-participating team. Continue reading Wood Brothers Looking To Build On Their Rich History at Atlanta →

Red Horse Racing

Red Horse Racing–Atlanta Preview

Red Horse Racing: Notes & Quotes
Event: Active Pest Control 200
Venue: Atlanta Motor Speedway
Date: March 4, 2017

Red Horse Racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway… In 21 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Red Horse Racing has recorded three top-five and seven top-10 finishes with an average starting position of 14.0 and an average finish of 13.0. Continue reading Red Horse Racing–Atlanta Preview →