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Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Bristol–Dale Earnhardt Jr

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TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
AUGUST 17, 2017

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 AXALTA/DUCKS UNLIMITED CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media today at Bristol Motor Speedway and discussed being a voice in the sport, being back in the Xfinity Series, what Bristol Motor Speedway has meant to him over the years and many other topics. Full Transcript:

Before fielding questions from the media, Bristol Motor Speedway announced to Dale Earnhardt, Jr. that the track is starting an annual scholarship in his name to be awarded to a Sullivan County Tennessee student interested in pursuing a career in the automotive industry. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Bristol–Dale Earnhardt Jr →

Chevrolet Racing

CHEVROLET AT BRAINERD

CHEVROLET AT BRAINERD

What:
Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals
When:
Friday, Aug. 18-Sunday, Aug. 20
Where:
Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minnesota
TV:
FS1: Eliminations and finals live – 2 p.m. ET Sunday
FS1: Qualifications (taped) –10 p.m. ET Friday and 10 p.m. ET Saturday

Chevrolet Aiming to Continue Strong Performances in Minnesota Race
Team Chevy drivers carry high expectations into penultimate event of NHRA regular season Continue reading CHEVROLET AT BRAINERD →

Erica Enders

Multi-time Brainerd champ Erica Enders an eyelash away from her next victory

Multi-time Brainerd champ Erica Enders
an eyelash away from her next victory
BRAINERD, Minn. (Aug. 16) — Just a few days removed from competing in the closest drag race of the entire NHRA season, two-time Brainerd champion and crowd favorite Erica Enders knows she only needs to gain an eyelash of performance to score her next victory, which she hopes will come at this weekend’s 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway. Continue reading Multi-time Brainerd champ Erica Enders an eyelash away from her next victory →

Wood Brothers

Wood Brothers Team Preparing To Race For A Second Car Owner Championship

Wood Brothers Team Preparing To Race For A Second Car Owner Championship

August 16, 2017

Ryan Blaney and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team head to Bristol Motor Speedway looking for a strong run to build momentum as Blaney prepares himself to battle for his first championship in NASCAR’s elite division while his Wood Brothers team is seeking its second car owner title.

Many fans know the Woods, NASCAR’s longest continuously operating team, have won 99 Cup races and 117 poles, but few realize the Woods also have an owner’s championship from the 1963 season. Continue reading Wood Brothers Team Preparing To Race For A Second Car Owner Championship →

Kasey Kahne Racing

Kasey Kahne Racing – Results Recap

Kasey Kahne Racing – Results Recap

KKR Captures Top-Ten Finishes at Knoxville Nationals
Brad Sweet started third and finished fifth in Saturday’s feature.
Daryn Pittman started seventh and finished ninth.
Both cars showed great speed all week, locking into the A-Feature in their qualifying races.
Over 80 guests from NAPA AUTO PARTS attended a private hospitality event with a meet and greet with Brad, Q&A session, lunch and giveaways.
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet returns to the No. 49 for the remaining 31 races on the schedule.
Knoxville was not a points-paying event, the regular Outlaw schedule resumes Friday in Grand Forks, N.D.

Chevrolet Racing

Chevrolet drivers seek to tame the ‘Tricky Triangle’

Chevrolet drivers seek to tame the ‘Tricky Triangle’

· Team Chevy carries momentum to 2.5-mile Pocono Raceway
ᴏ Chevrolet coming off three consecutive Verizon IndyCar Series wins
· Chevrolet has won the past three races at Pennsylvania track
ᴏ Will Power was victorious in ‘16 in No. 12 Verizon Team Penske entry
· Four Chevrolet drivers among the top five in championship standings
ᴏ Josef Newgarden leads the points chase with four races left
· Gabby Chaves returns to competition in No. 88 Harding Group Chevrolet Continue reading Chevrolet drivers seek to tame the ‘Tricky Triangle’ →

John Force Racing

Advance Auto Parts driver Courtney Force seeks first career victory at Brainerd

Advance Auto Parts driver Courtney Force
seeks first career victory at Brainerd

BRAINERD, Minn. (Aug. 15) – Courtney Force and the Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet Camaro team head into this weekend’s NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway with a single goal – winning their first Funny Car race of the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. Continue reading Advance Auto Parts driver Courtney Force seeks first career victory at Brainerd →

Allen Johnson Racing

Marathon Petroleum/J&J Racing Quick Facts, Race Stats, and Notes: NHRA Nationals in Brainerd

Marathon Petroleum/J&J Racing Quick Facts, Race Stats, and Notes: NHRA Nationals in Brainerd

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (August 15, 2017) – 818 by any standards is a monumental number. For Allen Johnson, that is the amount of times he has staged his car on raceday during eliminations in his 21-year Pro Stock career. As the Marathon Petroleum/J&J Racing Dodge Dart team heads to 36th annual NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minn. this weekend, he finds himself in the No. 10 spot with a target on his back with two races left before the drivers in the Countdown to the Championship are decided. With some recent momentum on his side, Johnson is ready to go rounds at Brainerd International Raceway. Continue reading Marathon Petroleum/J&J Racing Quick Facts, Race Stats, and Notes: NHRA Nationals in Brainerd →

John Force Racing

Auto Club of Southern California driver Robert Hight ready to roll into Brainerd

Auto Club of Southern California driver
Robert Hight ready to roll into Brainerd

BRAINERD, Minn. (Aug. 15) – To say Auto Club of Southern California driver Robert Hight has been hot this summer is an understatement.

Heading into the NHRA Nationals this weekend at Brainerd International Raceway, Hight has won two of the last three NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events. Plus, he won the special Night Under Fire match race at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio last weekend.

“When you’re on roll like we’ve been on and the car’s running so well, this is what you want,” Hight said. “Even though last week was a match race, we still got the win, and we ran great. You don’t want this to ever end. It’s going to at some point, but we want to roll into Brainerd and get right back in there.” Continue reading Auto Club of Southern California driver Robert Hight ready to roll into Brainerd →

John Force Racing

Brittany Force hopes Monster Energy team stays on Brainerd hot streak

Brittany Force hopes Monster Energy
team stays on Brainerd hot streak

BRAINERD, Minn. (Aug. 15) – Brittany Force will be gunning for her third consecutive final round – and second straight victory – at Brainerd International Raceway with her Monster Energy Top Fuel Dragster team.

Force won the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series race at Brainerd in 2016 and raced to the final round in 2015.

“Brainerd’s definitely been good to the Monster team,” Force said. “We seem to like that track, we seem to have been able to figure it out and run pretty well there. We did it last year and got to the winner’s circle and our plan is to do it again.” Continue reading Brittany Force hopes Monster Energy team stays on Brainerd hot streak →

John Force Racing

Home away from home: PEAK’s John Force seeks 12th Funny Car victory at Brainerd

Home away from home: PEAK’s John Force
seeks 12th Funny Car victory at Brainerd

BRAINERD, Minn. (Aug. 15) – John Force’s home track of Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, Calif., sits less than 30 miles from his Yorba Linda home and the John Force Racing headquarters.

But, in a sense, Brainerd International Raceway – more than 1,800 miles away – is a home track, because Force and many of his drivers have dominated there over the years. Force himself has 11 victories, the second-most of any track on the circuit, in 31 races, and his 74 elimination-round wins is also the second-highest at any track. Only at Pomona does he have more (16 victories and 127 elimination-round wins). Continue reading Home away from home: PEAK’s John Force seeks 12th Funny Car victory at Brainerd →

Jegs Racing

After ‘100-percent makeover’ of JEGS Chevy, Jeg Coughlin Jr. motivated for Minnesota

After ‘100-percent makeover’ of JEGS Chevy,
Jeg Coughlin Jr. motivated for Minnesota
BRAINERD, Minn. (Aug. 15) — Unhappy with the recent performance of Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro, team owner Richard Freeman ordered a massive overhaul of the sleek Rick Jones-built racecar the team thinks will yield immediate results, beginning with this weekend’s 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway. Continue reading After ‘100-percent makeover’ of JEGS Chevy, Jeg Coughlin Jr. motivated for Minnesota →

Jegs Racing

Team JEGS Brainerd Advance

Team JEGS Prerace
36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals
Team JEGS Prerace
36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals (Brainerd, Minn.)
August 18-20

The JEGS Mail Order team will be represented at this week’s 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals by six-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. in his JEGS.com/Elite Performance Pro Stock Chevrolet Camaro and his nephew, Troy Coughlin Jr., in the SealMaster Top Fuel dragster fielded by
Kalitta Motorsports.
Continue reading Team JEGS Brainerd Advance →

Gary Scelzi Motorsports

Giovanni Scelzi Teaming Up With BDS Motorsports for Midwest Doubleheader This Weekend

Giovanni Scelzi Teaming Up With BDS Motorsports for Midwest Doubleheader This Weekend

Inside Line Promotions – WATSONVILLE, Calif. (Aug. 15, 2017) – Giovanni Scelzi is returning to the Midwest this weekend to drive for Bryan Sundby.

Scelzi and the BDS Motorsports team will compete on Saturday at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa, with the Sprint Invaders and on Sunday at Missouri State Fair Speedway in Sedalia, Mo., with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour. It will be Scelzi’s debut at both tracks. Continue reading Giovanni Scelzi Teaming Up With BDS Motorsports for Midwest Doubleheader This Weekend →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Bristol Advance

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BRISTOL, TENNESSEE
AUGUST 19, 2017

BOWTIE BULLETS
LOCKED IN:
With only three races remaining until the 16 playoff drivers are decided, Chevrolet already has five drivers locking into the playoffs by virtue of their victories in 2017. Chevrolet SS drivers Kyle Larson, Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne and Austin Dillon make up Chevrolet’s series leading nine wins this season. Chevrolet is on track to place two more drivers into the playoffs, Chase Elliott and Jamie McMurray, are currently the highest drivers in the point standings that do not have wins yet this year. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Bristol Advance →

Gary Scelzi Motorsports

Scelzi Earns Knoxville Nationals Rookie of the Year Award

Scelzi Earns Knoxville Nationals Rookie of the Year Award

Inside Line Promotions – KNOXVILLE, Iowa (Aug. 15, 2017) – Dominic Scelzi is all smiles following his first-ever appearance at the 57th annual 5-Hour Energy Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Store.

Scelzi captured the coveted Rookie of the Year Award and he posted his first career top-five result last weekend at Knoxville Raceway during the Speed Sport Challenge event, which featured some of the top drivers from the United States, Canada and Australia. Continue reading Scelzi Earns Knoxville Nationals Rookie of the Year Award →

Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–Bristol Advance

Richard Childress Racing’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series history at Bristol Motor Speedway … In 164 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Bristol Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing boasts nine wins – seven with Dale Earnhardt, one with Kevin Harvick and one with Jeff Burton – three pole awards, 34 top-five and 67 top-10 finishes. The Welcome, N.C.-based organization has led 3,678 laps at the “World’s Fastest Half-Mile.” Continue reading Richard Childress Racing–Bristol Advance →

Roush Yates

SAM HORNISH JR. WINS AT MID-OHIO

SAM HORNISH JR. WINS AT MID-OHIO

LEXINGTON, Ohio, August 14, 2017 – Sam Hornish Jr., at his hometown track, won his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race this season and fourth Xfinity race for Team Penske at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

“We had an excellent Ford Mustang,” commented Hornish. “The guys worked hard and gave me a great car, from the time we unloaded this thing was a rocket ship. We really knew we had a car that could win this race, it was just up to me.” Continue reading SAM HORNISH JR. WINS AT MID-OHIO →

Sprints on Dirt presented by ARP

Thomas Schinderle tops SOD Driven Racing Oil Battlegrounds Bash

ERIE, MI (August 13, 2017) – Thomas Schinderle was dialed in as Engine Pro Sprints On Dirt presented by ARP invaded Butler Motor Speedway for the Driven Racing Oil Battlegrounds Bash finale/4th Annual Butler Bash Saturday night. The spectacular show, the last 2017 SOD race at Butler, put an exclamation point on the three-race series. The Driven Racing Oil, Butler Motor Speedway, Engine Pro Sprints On Dirt presented by ARP partnership was a huge success. Continue reading Thomas Schinderle tops SOD Driven Racing Oil Battlegrounds Bash →