Monthly Archives: June 2017

Jegs Racing

Multi-time champ Mike Coughlin ready to light things up at the Burndown at Sundown

Multi-time champ Mike Coughlin ready to
light things up at the Burndown at Sundown
CHICAGO (June 1) — Two-time Division 3 champion Mike Coughlin is ready to score his second Top Dragster win of the year at this weekend’s Burndown at Sundown divisional drag race at Route
66 Raceway.

Coughlin enters the race ranked seventh in the North Central Division with just one D3 race in the books. His victory came outside his home division when he won the season-opening NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, Calif., a national-level event. Continue reading Multi-time champ Mike Coughlin ready to light things up at the Burndown at Sundown →

Cruz Pedregon

NHRA– Epping Preview–Cruz Pedregon

NHRA® Team Report

New England Nationals – Epping, NH

Pre-Race Report

Cruz Pedregon is headed to the New England Nationals encouraged by a career best run in Kansas where a 3.88-second run at 326 and an earlier 3.92 at 324 showed more of what he believes the team and Snap-on Toyota are capable of. “The team is committed to ‘smart’ racing, getting the car down the track consistently and closer to that first win of the season,” Cruz says. “After these really good recent passes, we’re excited to see what the Snap-on Toyota can do for the crowd at Epping and the great NHRA fans watching on FOX.” Continue reading NHRA– Epping Preview–Cruz Pedregon →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NHRA–Epping Advance

CHEVROLET AT EPPING

What:
NHRA New England Nationals
When:
Friday, June 2-Sunday, June 4
Where:
New England Raceway, Epping, New Hampshire
TV:
FS1: Eliminations and finals – 4:30 p.m. ET Sunday
FS1: Qualifications live – 7:30 p.m. ET Friday

Chevrolet Drivers Take Aim at More Speed Records, Wins at New Hampshire
NHRA New England Nationals Kicks off Four Consecutive Weeks of Racing Action

DETROIT (June 1, 2017) – Scoring his initial victory of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season at New England Raceway would be especially satisfying for Jeg Coughlin Jr. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NHRA–Epping Advance →

Kalitta Racing

Kalitta Motorsports–New England Dragway Advance

Pre-Race Report
Event 09: NHRA New England Nationals
New England Dragway
Epping, NH
June 2-4

Kalitta desires first Epping win
Epping Highlights: Track MPH Record Holder (329.26 MPH – 2016); One Final (2014); One no. 1 qualifier (2013)

Last Event Recap (Topeka): Qualified seventh; Quarter-final finish (Defeated Scott Palmer in the first round, lost to Leah Pritchett in the quarter-finals)

2016 New England Nationals Recap: Qualified sixth; Semi-finalist (Defeated Terry McMillen in the first round and Todd Paton in the quarter-finals, lost to Steve Torrence in the semi-finals) Continue reading Kalitta Motorsports–New England Dragway Advance →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevrolet Seeks to Sweep Streets of Belle Isle in Doubleheader

Chevrolet Seeks to Sweep Streets of Belle Isle in Doubleheader

· Team Chevy drivers enter with expectations of continued success
ᴏ Chevrolet has won four of the past five races on 2.34-mile street course
· Chevrolet drivers have won three of the past four Verizon IndyCar Series races
ᴏ Will Power and Josef Newgarden have claimed road course victories
· Indianapolis 500 runner-up Helio Castroneves enters with momentum
ᴏ Team Penske driver, No. 1 in points, is three-time winner at Belle Isle
· Spencer Pigot returns to No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing entry

DETROIT (May 31, 2017) – Racetracks in Detroit and Indianapolis – dissimilar in their Indy car layout – nonetheless have been parallel paths in Helio Castroneves’ racing career.

Castroneves recorded three second-place finishes before breaking through on June 18, 2000, in his 46th race, at Belle Isle for his maiden victory. Nearly 17 years, encompassing 287 races, and 29 victories later, Castroneves, driver of the No. 3 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet, is taking aim on adding to the win total in the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit as part of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear race weekend. Continue reading Chevrolet Seeks to Sweep Streets of Belle Isle in Doubleheader →

Chevrolet Racing

CORVETTE RACING AT LE MANS: All About Preparation Team eager for eight hours of track time ahead attempt at eighth class win

CORVETTE RACING AT LE MANS: All About Preparation
Team eager for eight hours of track time ahead attempt at eighth class win

Corvette Racing to make 18th consecutive appearance at Le Mans
Garcia, Magnussen, Taylor reunite in No. 63 Corvette
Gavin, Milner, Fässler try to add Le Mans to last year’s Daytona, Sebring wins
Team conducted two-day private test at Road America in advance of Le Mans

DETROIT (June 1, 2017) – Corvette Racing has returned to France for the first steps toward what it hopes is a ninth class victory in 18 consecutive appearances at the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The annual Le Mans Test Day on Sunday will give the team – and the rest of the field – eight hours of track time ahead of the twice-round-the-clock event. Continue reading CORVETTE RACING AT LE MANS: All About Preparation Team eager for eight hours of track time ahead attempt at eighth class win →

Wood Brothers

Dover’s Been Good For The Wood Brothers

Dover’s Been Good For The Wood Brothers

June 01, 2017

Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane team are headed to Dover International Speedway where the team has had a history of preparing fast cars, both back in the day and in the not-too-distant past.

The records show that the Wood Brothers have run 75 Cup races at Dover with seven victories, 17 top-five and 30 top-10 finishes along with four poles and 2,854 laps led. Continue reading Dover’s Been Good For The Wood Brothers →