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Allen Johnson Racing

Allen Johnson’s Tenacious Spirit is Main Motivator to Succeed in Sonoma

Allen Johnson’s Tenacious Spirit is Main Motivator to Succeed in Sonoma

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (July 25, 2017) – Perseverance. This word can be used to describe the 2012 Pro Stock World Champion team that goes to battle week in and week out with Marathon Petroleum/J&J Racing’s Allen Johnson at the helm. This week is no different as they make their way to Sonoma, California for the 30th annual NHRA Sonoma Nationals held at Sonoma Raceway. Continue reading Allen Johnson’s Tenacious Spirit is Main Motivator to Succeed in Sonoma →

Jegs Racing

JEGS’s pro Jeg Coughlin Jr. has great affection for Sonoma Raceway, surrounding area

JEGS’s pro Jeg Coughlin Jr. has great
affection for Sonoma Raceway, surrounding area
SONOMA, Calif. (July 25) — Five-time Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. admits he has a long-standing love for northern California’s famed wine country. The fact he gets to race his JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro during this weekend’s visit to Sonoma is simply
a bonus.

“We’re fortunate to roll into damn-near every place we race and feel a great vibe because we’ve had awesome experiences at most of the racetracks on tour at one time or another in our careers,” Coughlin said. “Sonoma Raceway certainly fits that bill. It’s such a special place where I’ve built so many family memories, both at the racetrack and out in the wine country. Continue reading JEGS’s pro Jeg Coughlin Jr. has great affection for Sonoma Raceway, surrounding area →

Jegs Racing

Team Jegs Sonoma Advance

Team JEGS Prerace:
Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals
Team JEGS Prerace:
Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals (Sonoma, Calif.)
July 28-30

The JEGS Mail Order team will be represented at this weekend’s 30th annual Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals by six-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr., who will lead the effort behind the wheel of the JEGS.com Elite Motorsports Camaro in Pro Stock, and his nephew, Troy Coughlin Jr., will be driving the SealMaster Top Fuel dragster fielded by Kalitta Motorsports. Continue reading Team Jegs Sonoma Advance →

Wood Brothers

Wood Brothers Racing and Paul Menard Team Up Beginning in 2018

Wood Brothers Racing and Paul Menard Team Up Beginning in 2018

STUART, VA (July 26, 2017) – Wood Brothers Racing, the oldest active NASCAR team and one of the winningest teams in series history, and veteran driver Paul Menard, will join forces for the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENSC) season, the two parties announced today. The new partnership will see the team continue to compete full time for the coming seasons with Menard driving the legendary No. 21 Ford Fusion.

Menards, the industry-leading home improvement store company, will sponsor the No. 21 Ford for 22 MENCS races. Additional sponsorship, including plans for long-time partner Motorcraft/Quick Lane, will be announced at a later date. Continue reading Wood Brothers Racing and Paul Menard Team Up Beginning in 2018 →

John Force Racing

Defending race winner John Force, PEAK Chevy team take the fight to Sonoma Raceway

Defending race winner John Force, PEAK Chevy
team take the fight to Sonoma Raceway

SONOMA, Calif. (July 25) – Sixteen-time Funny Car champion John Force rolls into Sonoma Raceway with his PEAK Coolant and Motor Oil Chevrolet Camaro SS team for the NHRA Sonoma Nationals this weekend as the race’s defending champion.
Force has also been in the final round in three of the last four seasons at a track that has been a good one for the legendary driver. He has eight victories at the northern California track, the most among any driver in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.
And Sonoma also holds other special memories for Force, who in 2006 witnessed Eric Medlen win here for John Force Racing. Medlen was critically injured in a crash during testing the next year and later succumbed to those injuries. Continue reading Defending race winner John Force, PEAK Chevy team take the fight to Sonoma Raceway →

John Force Racing

Courtney Force hopes Advance Auto Parts team will be a race-day force in Sonoma

Courtney Force hopes Advance Auto Parts
team will be a race-day force in Sonoma

SONOMA, Calif. (July 25) – Advance Auto Parts driver Courtney Force watched her John Force Racing teammate win last weekend, and she’d love to follow Robert Hight into the winner’s circle in the NHRA Sonoma Nationals this weekend at Sonoma Raceway.
Hight had raced to two final rounds this season before breaking through with his first victory of 2017 at Bandimere Speedway on Sunday. Force herself has two final-round appearances this season, yet is still looking for victory No. 1 of 2017. Continue reading Courtney Force hopes Advance Auto Parts team will be a race-day force in Sonoma →

John Force Racing

Brittany Force looks for first Sonoma victory with her Monster Energy Top Fuel dragster

Brittany Force looks for first Sonoma victory
with her Monster Energy Top Fuel dragster

SONOMA, Calif. (July 25) – Brittany Force and her Monster Energy Top Fuel dragster head into the second leg of the annual Western Swing, the NHRA Nationals at Sonoma Raceway, confident in challenging not just for round wins but overall victory.
Force, of Yorba Linda, Calif., has won first-round matchups in seven NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series races – she’s qualified No. 1 or No. 2 in three of those and no worse than No. 6, by the way – and has advanced to the semifinals in four of the last six races, winning at Epping, N.H.
In two of the other three semifinals appearances, including last weekend’s Mile-High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colo., she fell to the eventual race winner. Continue reading Brittany Force looks for first Sonoma victory with her Monster Energy Top Fuel dragster →

John Force Racing

Denver winner Robert Hight looks to stay hot in Sonoma with Auto Club Chevrolet

Denver winner Robert Hight looks to stay
hot in Sonoma with Auto Club Chevrolet

SONOMA, Calif. (July 25) – Robert Hight, driver of the Auto Club of Southern California Chevrolet Camaro, heads into this weekend’s NHRA Nationals at Sonoma Raceway as the only driver in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car class that can sweep the Western Swing.
“You can’t sweep it unless you win Denver,” Hight said. Continue reading Denver winner Robert Hight looks to stay hot in Sonoma with Auto Club Chevrolet →

Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–Pocono Advance

Richard Childress Racing at Pocono Raceway … In 154 starts at Pocono Raceway, RCR team owner Richard Childress has two wins, both with Dale Earnhardt, who won on July 19, 1987 and July 18, 1993. Additionally, RCR has earned one pole award, 16 top-five and 54 top-10 finishes with 608 laps led at the uniquely-shaped three-turn track. Childress, a former Continue reading Richard Childress Racing–Pocono Advance →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono Advance

TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE
OVERTON’S 400
POCONO RACEWAY
POCONO, PENNSYLVANIA
JULY 30, 2017

BOWTIE BULLETS
PROSPEROUS IN POCONO:
Chevrolet established a winning tradition at Pocono Raceway in 1977 when Benny Parsons took the brand to Winner’s Circle for the first time at the ‘Tricky Triangle’. Since then, Chevrolet has gone on to record 31 more victories for a total of 32, making the Bowtie Brand the most successful manufacturer at the 2.5-mile venue. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono Advance →

Honda Racing

RealTime Racing Acuras Look To Continue Surge at Mid-Ohio

RealTime Racing Acuras Look To Continue Surge at Mid-Ohio

• Acura NSX returns to venue where it made its on-track debut in 2016
• RealTime Racing Acuras own Manufacturers’ Championship points in five of last six starts
• Ryan Eversley into top-10 in points with recent string of strong results

LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 26, 2017) – The Acura NSX GT3 Pirelli World Challenge cars are starting to hit their stride after some early-season wobbles, and head to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course this weekend looking to stretch their legs in front of Acura’s hometown fans.
Continue reading RealTime Racing Acuras Look To Continue Surge at Mid-Ohio →

Follow A Dream Racing

Permatex/Follow A Dream TA/FC team earns first win of 2017 at New Hampshire

Permatex/Follow A Dream TA/FC team earns first win of 2017 at New Hampshire

MARSTONS MILLS, Massachusetts (July 25, 2017) – For the last several races, the Permatex/Follow A Dream Top Alcohol Funny Car has been knocking on the door of success.

This past weekend, the team finally kicked that door down, winning the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series regional event at New England Dragway in Epping, N.H. Continue reading Permatex/Follow A Dream TA/FC team earns first win of 2017 at New Hampshire →

Wood Brothers

Late Wrecks Ends Impressive Brickyard Performance For Blaney, Quick Lane Team

Late Wrecks Ends Impressive Brickyard Performance For Blaney, Quick Lane Team

July 24, 2017

For Ryan Blaney and the No. 21 Quick Lane team, the 16 championship points earned via third-place finishes in the first two Stages of Sunday’s Brickyard 400 lessened the pain of a disappointing 23rd-place finish.

When the points were tallied after the race, Blaney had earned 30, the equivalent of a seventh-place finish, despite having his race end prematurely due to his involvement in the mayhem that marked the second half of the race. There were a record 14 caution periods that consumed 55 laps and saw 17 drivers, including Blaney, eliminated with crashed race cars. Continue reading Late Wrecks Ends Impressive Brickyard Performance For Blaney, Quick Lane Team →

Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–Brickyard 400

Strong Run Spoiled By Unavoidable Late-Race Crash for Austin Dillon and the Dow Molykote Smart Lubrication Chevrolet Team

“It just seemed like our race strategy never played out in our favor today. Near the end of the race, everybody got bunched up there. The No. 6 car got hooked to us and I was forced to get out of the car. I thought I’d still able to at least roll and we could have finished the race. There was a lot of blocking going on out there with drivers trying to win one of our biggest races in the Brickyard 400. Everybody wants it. Hopefully it’s good for the fans to see the aggression out of all of the drivers. We all want it really bad. I wanted it really bad for everyone at Dow and for Molykote.”

– Austin Dillon Continue reading Richard Childress Racing–Brickyard 400 →

NHRA

NHRA–Bandimere Speedway Results

Top Fuel — Antron Brown, 3.792 seconds, 319.82 mph def. Leah Pritchett, 3.816 seconds, 324.90 mph.

Funny Car — Robert Hight, Chevy Camaro, 3.995, 317.57 def. Tommy Johnson Jr., Dodge Charger, 4.099, 297.16.

Pro Stock — Drew Skillman, Chevy Camaro, 6.916, 198.15 def. Bo Butner, Camaro, 6.953, 198.88.

Pro Stock Motorcycle — Eddie Krawiec, Harley-Davidson, 7.145, 188.28 def. Matt Smith, Victory, Foul – Red Light.

Competition Eliminator — David Rampy, Roadster, 7.720, 166.46 def. Jessie Oman, Dragster, 7.328, 183.42.

Super Stock — Dan Fletcher, Chevy Camaro, 11.122, 116.46 def. Justin Jenkins, Chevy Cobalt, 10.298, 131.88.

Stock Eliminator — Kevin Helms, Dodge Challenger, 11.296, 106.82 def. Scott Wells, Chevy Camaro, 12.624, 105.54.

Super Comp — Kris Whitfield, Roadster, 9.544, 149.70 def. Gary Wamboldt, Dragster, 9.515, 154.03.

Super Gas — Bradley Johnson, Chevy Camaro, 10.464, 152.18 def. Morgan Minor, Roadster, 10.432, 145.97.

Super Street — Troy Grant, Chevy II, 11.553, 124.60 def. John Bianco, Chevy, 11.499, 140.07.

Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com — Brad Basgall, Dragster, 6.901, 191.08 def. Jason Covington, Dragster, 6.679, 206.13.

Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com — Randy Cruickshank, Chevy Corvette, 8.209, 134.63 def. Bud Preuss, Camaro, Foul – Red Light.

Chevrolet Racing

Kasey Kahne Wins at the Famed Brickyard

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
BRICKYARD 400
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPTS
JULY 23, 2017

Kasey Kahne Wins at the Famed Brickyard
Chevrolet Captures 17th Win in 24 NASCAR Races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

SPEEDWAY, Ind. (July 23, 2017) – Kasey Kahne, driver of the No. 5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet SS, made a late pass on the final re-start en route to winning the 24th annual Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for his first victory of th Continue reading Kasey Kahne Wins at the Famed Brickyard →

Allen Johnson Racing

Allen Johnson Leaves the Mountain with Head Held High After Close First Round Race

Allen Johnson Leaves the Mountain with Head Held High After Close First Round Race

DENVER, Co. (July 23rd, 2017) – Fans came from far and wide to see the spectacle that is racing on the mountain at Bandimere Speedway and Marathon Petroleum’s Allen Johnson was just happy to be a small part of it all.

Johnson came into raceday in the No. 6 spot, his second highest qualifying position of the 2017 season. In his 494th raceday start in his illustrious 20-year career, Johnson had a first round matchup and lane choice over current points leader Bo Butner. Continue reading Allen Johnson Leaves the Mountain with Head Held High After Close First Round Race →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Brickyard 400–Post Race Quotes

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
BRICKYARD 400
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
JULY 23, 2017

KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 FARMERS INSURANCE CHEVROLET SS – Race Winner
WHAT IS BIGGER, A VICTORY FOR YOUR CAREER OR TO WIN THE BRICKYARD 400?
“The career is big, for sure; but the win and the history here. To win at this track is unreal. We used to always be really close. We lost to Jeff (Gordon) and we lost to Tony (Stewart); just some fast cars back then. Today’s strategy got us here. This Farmers Insurance Chevrolet was great once I got out front. I just had to get there. I’m exhausted. But, an unbelievable win. The team just kept working. We had great pit stops. Farmers Insurance, Great Clips, and Chevrolet have been huge to us. To win at Indy is unbelievable. I wish my son, Tanner, was here.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Brickyard 400–Post Race Quotes →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Brickyard 400–Post Race

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
BRICKYARD 400
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY RACE NOTES & QUOTES
JULY 23, 2017

KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 FARMERS INSURANCE CHEVROLET SS – Race Winner
WHAT IS BIGGER, A VICTORY FOR YOUR CAREER OR TO WIN THE BRICKYARD 400?
“The career is big, for sure; but the win and the history here. To win at this track is unreal. We used to always be really close. We lost to Jeff (Gordon) and we lost to Tony (Stewart); just some fast cars back then. Today’s strategy got us here. This Farmers Insurance Chevrolet was great once I got out front. I just had to get there. I’m exhausted. But, an unbelievable win. The team just kept working. We had great pit stops. Farmers Insurance, Great Clips, and Chevrolet have been huge to us. To win at Indy is unbelievable. I wish my son, Tanner, was here.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Brickyard 400–Post Race →

Mopar Racing

Mopar-powered Drivers Pritchett, Johnson Runners-Up at Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals, Helms Wins Stock Eliminator

Mopar-powered Drivers Pritchett, Johnson Runners-Up at Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals, Helms Wins Stock Eliminator

Leah Pritchett is runner-up in Top Fuel, Tommy Johnson Jr. goes to Funny Car final round during 38th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals at Bandimere Speedway
Both HEMI®-powered Top Fuel dragsters reach semifinals
Two Mopar Dodge Funny Cars advance to semis
Mopar maintains four of top five points positions in Funny Car, claims third and fourth spots in Top Fuel
Kevin Helms wins Stock Eliminator in 2013 Dodge Challenger
Helms named Dodge Top Finisher in Stock, Kayla Mozeris wins award in Super Stock ­­
July 23, 2017, Morrison, Colo. – Mopar-powered drivers Leah Pritchett and Tommy Johnson Jr. each went to the final round of their respective categories during the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals at Bandimere Speedway this weekend. However, both Pritchett in Top Fuel and Johnson in Funny Car came up just shy of providing birthday presents for Mopar as the brand celebrated its 80th anniversary at the picturesque mountainside track outside of Denver. Continue reading Mopar-powered Drivers Pritchett, Johnson Runners-Up at Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals, Helms Wins Stock Eliminator →