Tommy Johnson Jr. Earns NHRA Arizona Nationals Win in
All-Mopar Dodge//SRT Funny Car Final Round Battle

· Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) Funny Car driver Tommy Johnson Jr. earns National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Arizona Nationals title win aboard MD Anderson Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
· All-Mopar Dodge//SRT Funny Car final round sees Johnson Jr. defeat DSR teammate Jack Beckman at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park near Phoenix
· Defending Arizona Nationals winner Matt Hagan and his Mopar Dodge//SRT Charger Hellcat Funny Car earn second consecutive No.1 qualifier of the 2020 season but fall short of a chance to repeat with a first round loss
· All four DSR Mopar Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat sit top-five in Funny Car championship points
· Top Fuel DSR driver Leah Pruett qualifies her Mopar Dodge//SRT Dragster third for second consecutive race and earns a quarterfinal appearance

February 23, 2020, Phoenix, Arizona – It was an all-Mopar Dodge //SRT Funny Car final round showdown at the Arizona Nationals with Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) driver Tommy Johnson Jr. earning his first victory of the 2020 National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Mello Yello Series season over his teammate, Jack Beckman. Continue reading Tommy Johnson Jr. Earns NHRA Arizona Nationals Win in All-Mopar Dodge//SRT Funny Car Final Round Battle →

Austin Dillon and the Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Off Road/E-Z-Go Chevrolet Team’s Gamble in Las Vegas Pays Off with Solid Top-Five Finish

“Our Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Off Road/E-Z-GO Chevrolet was strong all day, but we needed track position. Thankfully we were able to make some moves at the end of the race to earn a fourth-place finish. It’s just really hard because everybody is really close, and you can tell how close we all are by how many cars are on the lead lap at the end of these races. NASCAR did a great job of getting these cars to where they are now. The race really came down to restarts. You had to get what you could on the start. It is crazy racing out there. On the second-to-last restart we started on the inside and lost a ton of positions, so at the end of the race when the caution came out, we knew it would be to our benefit to be on the outside. The leaders hit pit road and we were strategic. We had been running the same lap times at the beginning of a run with fresh tires as we were at the end of a run, so staying out was our best move if most of the other cars were pitting. Luckily, we were lined up on the outside on that final restart and were able to fight our way to fourth. It’s a great start to the season. This has been fun.”

-Austin Dillon

Tyler Reddick and the No. 8 TAME the BEAST Team Kick Off 1.5-Mile Speedway Program with Strong Showing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

“Overall, we had a solid day with our No. 8 TAME the BEAST Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE. I was loose for the majority of the day when I tried to run the bottom, but the adjustments my team made through the race helped a lot. I was able to get the top to work fairly well, especially on the long runs. I just needed a little more to fire off with, but we’ll work on that. It was great to be able to run inside the top 10 today. That’s momentum we can build on. When that final yellow came out, we decided to gamble in Las Vegas and stay out to go for the win. Unfortunately, we lined up fifth, which meant we were on the bottom for the restart. The bottom hadn’t restarted well all day, so that wasn’t in our favor and we fell backwards but ultimately had a shot at it. We’ll get back after it at Auto Club Speedway next weekend.”

-Tyler Reddick
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DiBenedetto Finishes Second At Las Vegas

February 23, 2020

In his second ride in the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Mustang, Matt DiBenedetto finished second in the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, tying his best career Cup finish and posting his first-ever top-10 on an intermediate track.

“This is all just too surreal,” a beaming DiBenedetto said in a televised post-race interview.

“Tough to be that close, but, hey, this is only the second race of the season.”

“It was the strength of this team. It’s so cool to have the backing of all the people that allow me to drive this thing. It took so many people, Motorcraft, Quick Lane.” Continue reading DiBenedetto Finishes Second At Las Vegas →

CORVETTE RACING AT COTA: More Lessons Learned with Corvette C8.R
Magnussen, Rockenfeller complete trouble-free run at Six Hours of COTA

AUSTIN, Texas (February 23, 2020) – Corvette Racing ran another trouble-free event in the second race for the new Chevrolet Corvette C8.R on Sunday with a sixth-place class finish in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s Six Hours of COTA at Circuit of The Americas.

Jan Magnussen and Mike Rockenfeller, each making their first starts in the mid-engine No. 63 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Corvette C8.R, completed 170 laps for 570 miles in the highly competitive GTE Pro category. Despite lacking the same outright performance as the other manufacturer teams in the class, the Corvette Racing program still went away from the weekend with a significant amount of data and notes that will be applied to the C8.R ahead of its next event at Sebring International Raceway in March. Continue reading CORVETTE RACING AT COTA: More Lessons Learned with Corvette C8.R →

CHEVROLET RACING IN NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION
NHRA ARIZONA NATIONALS
WILD HORSE PASS MOTORSPORTS PARK IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA
RACE RECAP AND DRIVER QUOTES
FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Chevrolet remains strong in second race of season

Reigning Pro Stock champion Erica Enders picks up 26th career win
Brittany Force claims No. 1 Top Fuel qualifier, sets track records
John Force continues hot streak with No. 2 qualifier, semifinal appearance

CHANDLER, Ariz. (Feb. 23, 2020) – Though Erica Enders didn’t win her first Pro Stock race of the 2019 National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) until the second of six events in the Countdown to the Championship on Sept. 29, she went on to claim her third championship. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NHRA–Arizona Recap →

NASCAR CUP SERIES
LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
PENNZOIL 400 PRESENTED BY JIFFY LUBE
TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
FEBRUARY 23, 2020

TOP TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL FINISHING RESULTS:
POS. DRIVER
3rd Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., No. 47 Kroger Camaro ZL1 1LE
4th Austin Dillon, No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Off Road Camaro ZL1 1LE
5th Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Ally Camaro ZL1 1LE
6th Bubba Wallace, No. 43 Coke Energy Camaro ZL1 1LE
9th Kyle Larson, No. 42 Credit One Bank Camaro ZL1 1LE

TOP FIVE UNOFFICIAL FINISHING RESULTS:
POS. DRIVER
1st Joey Logano (Ford)
2nd Matt Dibenedetto (Ford)
3rd Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (Chevrolet)
4th Austin Dillon (Chevrolet)
5th Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet)

The NASCAR Cup Series season continues next weekend at Auto Club Speedway with the Auto Club 400 on Sunday, March 1 at 3:30 P.M. ET. Live coverage can be found on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Las Vegas–Post Race →

Slight engine issue slows Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s incredible start to 2020 season
CHANDLER, Ariz. (Feb. 23) — Prior to Sunday, absolutely nothing had gone wrong for six-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. this season. He swept through the NHRA opener in Pomona, Calif., two weeks ago with the quickest racecar of every qualifying and elimination round on the way to his 64th career Pro Stock victory.

It looked like this weekend’s NHRA Arizona Nationals would be a repeat performance, with Coughlin once again leading the three qualifying sessions that were held, locking up his 34th career low qualifier honor in his JEGS.com Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro. But alas, a minor malfunction in his powerplant during Sunday’s quarterfinal round of eliminations ended his perfect start.

“We’ve had a helluva run to kick off the season but we had a quirky little thing bite us today so we’ll just reset and start over,” Coughlin said. “There’s absolutely no reason to think we can’t get right back where we were right away. We checked everything out and it was just a small miss, which can easily be fixed.”

After crushing rookie teammate Marty Robinson in the opening round with a 6.535 at 210.11 mph to Robinson’s 6.634 at 206.67 mph, Coughlin was lined up against another Elite Motorsports driver, Alex Laughlin, in the second session. But after a huge .033-second head-start, Coughlin felt something going wrong.

“I could sense a small miss right when we launched and it got bigger and bigger and the car started getting heavier and harder, but for a moment I didn’t see him so I kept my foot in it,” Coughlin said. “About that time, he went flying by me and I decided to give up the chase and not hurt the engine. As it turns out, I could have legged it out without damaging anything but I wouldn’t have caught Alex.

“The good news is our other teammate Erica Enders went on to win the race outright so we are two-for-two with Elite and that’s really exciting. All of the Elite cars are looking very fast. Congrats to the reigning champ on her big win.”

Always anxious to race, Coughlin will compete at the Drag Illustrated World Doorslammer Nationals presented by Elite Motorsports, March 6-8, in Orlando, Fla., before returning to NHRA action with the Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals, March 13-15, in Gainesville, Fla.

“From what I understand, most of top Pro Stock and Pro Mod cars from the NHRA are headed to Orlando so that’ll be a fun weekend,” Coughlin said. “Our team owner, Richard Freeman, and his group are involved as sponsors and the race is offering up a $50,000 top prize in each class so everyone will be geared up for that event.”

JOHN FORCE AND BLUEDEF CHEVY HAVE SEMIFINAL FINISH SUNDAY AT THE NHRA ARIZONA NATIONALS
CHANDLER, Ariz. (Feb. 23, 2020) – Sixteen-time Funny Car world champion John Force and the BlueDEF Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car team launched their way to the semifinals Sunday in front of a sold-out crowd at the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. Brittany Force exited in the quarterfinal with her Flav-R-Pac Top Fuel team, while Robert Hight and the Automobile Club of Southern California Chevrolet Camaro SS team and Austin Prock with Montana Brand / Rocky Mountain Twist both ended race day in round one. Continue reading JOHN FORCE AND BLUEDEF CHEVY HAVE SEMIFINAL FINISH SUNDAY AT THE NHRA ARIZONA NATIONALS →

Jeg Coughlin Jr. still the quickest
in Pro Stock, qualifies No. 1 again
CHANDLER, Ariz. (Feb. 22) — Jeg Coughlin Jr. seems to be operating on another level this year, extending a run of having the quickest Pro Stock car in the NHRA to 11 consecutive rounds. The streak places his JEGS.com Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro on top of the field of the NHRA Arizona Nationals heading into race day.

Coughlin opened the season two weeks ago with a convincing win in Pomona, Calif., where he had the quickest car of every qualifying and elimination. That continued here in Phoenix with three more powerful passes that gobbled up every bonus point available. If not for rain showers canceling one of two schedule rounds Saturday, the tally of class-leading runs would likely be 12.

“It’s been quite a run this year and we are certainly going to try to keep this going for as long as humanly possible,” Coughlin said. “Everyone is making quite a big deal out of this and they should because everyone on this team has been working extremely hard to get us to this point. Continue reading Jeg Coughlin Jr. still the quickest in Pro Stock, qualifies No. 1 again →

BRITTANY FORCE TAKES FLAV-R-PAC TO THE TOP SPOT SATURDAY AT THE NHRA ARIZONA NATIONALS
CHANDLER, Ariz. (Feb. 22, 2020) – Due to persistent rain, racing on Saturday at the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park was reduced to just one qualifying session. That was all Brittany Force and the Flav-R-Pac Top Fuel team needed as they laid down an aggressive 3.670-second pass at 327.11 mph, earning Force the 20th No. 1 qualifier of her career and second consecutive of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season.

John Force and the BlueDEF Chevrolet Camaro SS team stayed in the No. 2 spot, Robert Hight kept his No. 3 positioning with the Automobile Club of Southern California team and Austin Prock and Montana Brand / Rocky Mountain Twist will start race day from 11th. Continue reading BRITTANY FORCE TAKES FLAV-R-PAC TO THE TOP SPOT SATURDAY AT THE NHRA ARIZONA NATIONALS →

CORVETTE RACING AT COTA: Positive Steps Forward for Corvette C8.R
Magnussen, Rockenfeller relish first laps in new mid-engine Corvette racecar

AUSTIN, Texas (February 22, 2020) – Corvette Racing and the No. 63 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R will roll off seventh in the GTE Pro category for Sunday’s Six Hours of COTA for the World Endurance Championship. Jan Magnussen and Mike Rockenfeller posted an average lap of 2:02.967 (100.725 mph) in the unique two-driver qualifying format Saturday at Circuit of The Americas.

It wrapped up a day that saw the mid-engine Corvette C8.R turns laps at COTA and in the FIA WEC for the first time following its competition debut at last month’s Rolex 24 At Daytona. Magnussen, Rockenfeller and the Corvette Racing operation made steady gains from Saturday morning’s first session and were within a second of the top runners in class by the end of the final practice. Continue reading CORVETTE RACING AT COTA: Positive Steps Forward for Corvette C8.R →

NASCAR CUP SERIES
LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
PENNZOIL 400 PRESENTED BY JIFFY LUBE
TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
FEBRUARY 21, 2020

TYLER REDDICK, NO. 8 TAME THE BEAST CAMARO ZL1 1LE Media Breakout Session Highlights:

WHAT ARE YOUR EARLY IMPRESSIONS ABOUT THE NEW CHEVROLET?
“With where we’re at, I probably wouldn’t have anything good to go off of yet. But the car handles good, we’ve got to adjust on it some more to find where we want to be for the race on Sunday. It’s kind of a guessing game. You’ll probably be able to make something work here on Friday that won’t work on Sunday, and you just have to try to think ahead to find things that you like out of your car to apply to that. So, that’s kind of where we’re at. It’s kind of a guessing game, but so far so good. The car drives really good in dirty air. But I think that’s where we are at too with our setup.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Las Vegas–Tyler Reddick →

GenRight Off Road’s Finishes in the Unlimited 4400 Class of World’s Toughest Single Day Race in their street legal 4 door Jeep Wrangler JKU at the King of the Hammers!

As you know, eight weeks ago I decided to enter my LS V8 powered Jeep Wrangler JKU (we call the Terremoto) in the Unlimited 4400 Class at the 2020 King of the Hammers race. We did this to prove a Jeep is built from all GenRight Off Road off-the-shelf parts (or its industry partners) can finish King of the Hammers with products that any Jeep Wrangler owner can buy.

YOUR: ARP fasteners on our beadlock wheels and LS3 engine stud kit. Continue reading GenRight Off Road’s Finishes in the Unlimited 4400 Class of World’s Toughest Single Day Race in their street legal 4 door Jeep Wrangler JKU at the King of the Hammers! →

Our 2020 season got started Thursday February 6th at Pomona with two qualifying attempts.
The first one was off to a good start before the tires shook about 100 feet out. The second run was just as ugly with almost instant tire smoke. Our next attempt wasn’t until Friday evening. Again tire shake caused an early shut off.
Going into eliminations we were qualified in the back half of the field meaning we would be paired with a fairly quick car. That would be Chris Demke who qualified with a 5.23. He just happened to be who beat us in the semifinal at the 2019 World Finals.
After a lot of thought we put together a tune up we thought may solve our problems. Low and behold as if by magic a 5.29 popped up on the score board along with the win light. That was low ET of first round beating Chris’s 5.30. Casey cut a perfect .000 reaction time to Chris’ .037. There was also a perfect reaction time in Alcohol Funny Car making this the first time for that ever to happen.
Second round we had James Stevens. I failed to adjust to the rapid cool down of the air and race track Saturday evening and the dreaded tire shake returned ending our weekend.
The next outing will be the 4 wide in Vegas followed by the Regional the next weekend. April 3-4-5 for the national event and April 10-11-12 for the regional.

Rossi Leads Honda Runners at INDYCAR “Spring Training”
Alexander Rossi posts second-fastest time in weather-interrupted test
Aeroscreen makes successful public debut
2020 NTT INDYCAR SERIES opens March 15 in St. Petersburg, Florida

AUSTIN, Texas (Feb. 12, 2020) – Alexander Rossi led the way for Honda during a weather-interrupted NTT INDYCAR SERIES “Spring Training” test this week at the Circuit of the Americas, posting the second-fastest overall lap time on Wednesday afternoon to head the 13-driver Honda field. Continue reading Rossi Leads Honda Runners at INDYCAR “Spring Training” →

CHEVROLET AT PHOENIX

What: NHRA Arizona Nationals
When: Friday, Feb. 21-Sunday, Feb. 23
Where: Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Chandler, Arizona
TV: FS1 will telecast eliminations and finals at 9 p.m. EST Feb. 23

Chevrolet takes momentum to Wild Horse Pass
Success builds as teams and drivers enter second race of season

DETROIT (Feb. 19, 2020) – With eight National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Pro Stock world championships combined, Chevrolet drivers Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Jason Line were the marque final-round matchup at the season opener in Pomona, California.

Coughlin, the No. 1 qualifier in the JEGS.com/Elite Motorsports Camaro SS, prevailed to recorded Chevrolet’s 320th victory since Pro Stock was established as a professional category in 1970. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NHRA–Phoenix Advance →

DiBenedetto Expects To Have Fast Mustang At Las Vegas

February 19, 2020

When the Cup Series arrived at Las Vegas Motor Speedway a year ago, Matt DiBenedetto, like every other driver and race team, was trying to sort out a new set of rules including a radically different low horsepower/high downforce handling package.

This time around he’ll be driving the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Mustang that was one of the faster cars in last year’s Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas.

“It was interesting last year trying to figure out the new rules, the new package,” DiBenedetto said. “The encouraging part was that our team and the Team Penske cars showed a lot of speed.

“I think our car will be good this time.” Continue reading DiBenedetto Expects To Have Fast Mustang At Las Vegas →

ROBERT HIGHT AND AUTO CLUB OPTIMISTIC FOR
NHRA ARIZONA NATIONALS
CHANDLER, Ariz. (Feb. 19, 2020) – Making his way to Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park this weekend for the NHRA Arizona Nationals, Robert Hight and the Automobile Club of Southern California Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car team are eager to regain their championship performance.

Two weeks ago, at the season-opening Winternationals, the reigning and three-time Funny Car world champion laid down three consistent qualifying passes in the .80s to land the Auto Club Chevy in the No. 3 spot. The slew of runs would back up their showstopping performance from pre-season testing where the Jimmy Prock and Chris Cunningham led crew were the quickest of the Funny Car class in two of the three test days. Although a rare second-round exit on race day at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona would have Hight packing up early, the 16-year racing veteran left confident that the team won’t be making a habit of the day. Continue reading ROBERT HIGHT AND AUTO CLUB OPTIMISTIC FOR NHRA ARIZONA NATIONALS →

THE STAGE IS SET FOR AN ACTION-PACKED WEEKEND AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOR THE THIRD ANNUAL PENNZOIL 400 PRESENTED BY JIFFY LUBE
The Pennzoil 400 is set to heat up the desert, kicking off the West Coast swing of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series

Houston, TX – February 19, 2020- Pennzoil returns to Las Vegas Motor Speedway to host the third annual Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube as part of the NASCAR Cup Series. Building on the heart-pounding action of the past two years, the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube will once again headline an action-packed, triple-header motorsports weekend driven by fan activities and on-track exhilaration. The green flag will wave to commence the Pennzoil 400 on Sunday, February 23rd at 12:30 p.m. PST and will be broadcast live on FOX. Continue reading THE STAGE IS SET FOR AN ACTION-PACKED WEEKEND AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOR THE THIRD ANNUAL PENNZOIL 400 PRESENTED BY JIFFY LUBE →

CHEVROLET AT PHOENIX

What: NHRA Arizona Nationals
When: Friday, Feb. 21-Sunday, Feb. 23
Where: Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Chandler, Arizona
TV: FS1 will telecast eliminations and finals at 9 p.m. EST Feb. 23

Chevrolet takes momentum to Wild Horse Pass
Success builds as teams and drivers enter second race of season

DETROIT (Feb. 19, 2020) – With eight National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Pro Stock world championships combined, Chevrolet drivers Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Jason Line were the marque final-round matchup at the season opener in Pomona, California. Continue reading Chevrolet takes momentum to Wild Horse Pass →