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KB Racing

GREG ANDERSON PUTS TEAM SUMMIT RACING BACK IN THE WINNER’S CIRCLE IN SONOMA

GREG ANDERSON PUTS TEAM SUMMIT RACING BACK
IN THE WINNER’S CIRCLE IN SONOMA

Sonoma, CA (August 1, 2016) – Team Summit is back on top as Greg Anderson raced his way to the winner’s circle in front of a sold out crowd at the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals. With this 85th career victory, Anderson is now tied with Bob Glidden as the second winningest Pro Stock racer in NHRA history.

GREG ANDERSON Summit Racing Equipment Chevrolet Camaro SS
Greg Anderson qualified second with a 6.567 second, 210.14 MPH pass. Anderson automatically won Round One of eliminations as opponent Alan Prusiensky was pushed off the starting line. Anderson defeated Vincent Nobile in Round Two (6.571/210.64 to 6.616/210.57) and Shane Gray in the semi-finals. (6.620/210.01 to 6.651/210.24). Continue reading GREG ANDERSON PUTS TEAM SUMMIT RACING BACK IN THE WINNER’S CIRCLE IN SONOMA →

John Force Racing

JOHN FORCE WINS SONOMA, SECOND RACE OF WESTERN SWING

JOHN FORCE WINS SONOMA, SECOND RACE OF WESTERN SWING

SONOMA, CA — John Force is the only Funny Car driver who has won the historic NHRA Western Swing races of Denver, Sonoma and Seattle consecutively. Today with his 8th Funny Car win at the 29th annual Toyota Sonoma Nationals Force is in position to become the only driver to ever sweep the Western Swing twice. In a final round for the ages Force outran Funny Car point leader Ron Capps 3.948 to 3.960 to capture his 145th career Funny Car win and his 1,251st round win. Continue reading JOHN FORCE WINS SONOMA, SECOND RACE OF WESTERN SWING →

Mopar Racing

Capps Takes Dodge Charger to Sonoma Raceway Final Round

Capps Takes Dodge Charger to Sonoma Raceway Final Round

· Ron Capps drives his Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) Dodge Charger R/T to NHRA Sonoma Nationals final round
· Sonoma final is seventh of season for Capps and 97th of career as NHRA Funny Car driver
· Capps secures berth in NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship playoffs
· Mopar Funny Cars continue to shine in NHRA competition, make 10th final of first 15 Mello Yello Series events of 2016
· DSR Mopar/Pennzoil® Top Fuel driver Leah Pritchett leaves Sonoma holding down 10th place in championship standings
· Mopar Dodge Dart Pro Stock cars continue to battle for position in NHRA Countdown to the Championship

Sonoma, Calif. (July 31, 2016) – The 15th race of the 2016 season of NHRA’s Mello Yello Drag Racing Series also marked the second race of three in a row for the Mopar competitors, and while last weekend they brought home a trophy, this weekend they came up just one win light short. In the final round of the 29th annual NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway, Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) Mopar Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car driver Ron Capps narrowly missed his fifth win of the season in a very close race with John Force as the two winningest drivers in the history of the class raced for the trophy. Continue reading Capps Takes Dodge Charger to Sonoma Raceway Final Round →

John Force Racing

Chevy Racing–NHRA–Sonoma

CHEVROLET RACING IN NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION
TOYOTA NHRA SONOMA NATIONALS
SONOMA RACEWAY AT SONOMA, CALIFORNIA
POST RACE DRIVER QUOTES
SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2016

FUNNY CAR WINNER JOHN FORCE, JOHN FORCE RACING, PEAK ANTIFREEZE CHEVROLET CAMARO SS:

YOU BEAT ROBERT HIGHT IN THE SECOND ROUND, COURTNEY FORCE IN THE SEMIS AND RON CAPPS IN THE FINAL. THAT’S THREE TOUGH DRIVERS TO BEAT

“You are right, I took on the toughest out there. Taking out Robert … his car just stumbled a bit and I got him. He is a great driver. Then Courtney. Got her last week and she wasn’t going to give it up this week but she dropped a cylinder on the hit. Sometimes luck is a big part of it. But if you work hard and you feed off the energy of the fans like I did every time, you start getting tired and then I get out at that hospitality with PEAK and Monster Energy and that brings me to life. I thought it was going to wear me out, but its bringing me new life. So I am excited about it. Then we get Ron Capps in the final and the rest is history.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NHRA–Sonoma →

Allen Johnson Racing

Tire Shake Ends Allen Johnson’s Day Early at Sonoma Nationals in Marathon Dodge Dart

Tire Shake Ends Allen Johnson’s Day Early at Sonoma Nationals in Marathon Dodge Dart

SONOMA, Calif. (July 31, 2016) – Marathon Petroleum/J&J Racing Dodge Dart Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson went to the second round of eliminations before lane conditions sealed his fate and ended his day at the 29th annual Toyota Sonoma NHRA Nationals at Sonoma Raceway.

Johnson began raceday in the top half of the field from the No. 6 spot. Johnson clocked in with a stout 6.587-second pass at 209.72 mph to take the win over Aaron Strong’s 6.633, 208.71.

Losing lane choice to Shane Gray by only .005-seconds second round, Johnson was put in the left lane – a decent but less preferred lane. Johnson launched and immediately went into severe tire shake and aborted the run. Johnson clocked in with a 13.925, 88.88 and Gray advanced to the semifinals with a 6.609, 210.44.

“It’s a bummer that it was a loss for us because of what lane we were in,” Johnson said. “Every year when the sun comes out, the left lane goes away; there was nothing there. McGaha shook right before me and Nobile shook right after me and barely got the track but it’s our fault. We lost lane choice by five-thousandths and we had more left in it in first round. But you know what? We’ll leave here in good point standings and head to Seattle and get better.”

The next event on the NHRA Mello Yello is at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Washington next weekend for the Protect the Harvest Northwest Nationals. Qualifying will begin on Friday, August 5th at 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. (PT)

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Mid-Ohio–Post Race

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY 200
MID OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE
RACE RECAP
SUNDAY JULY 31, 2016

Simon Pagenaud Puts Chevy in Victory Lane at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Will Power finishes second to keep championship battle tight between teammates
· Victory is Pagenaud’s 4th of the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Season and 8th of his career
· Pagenaud continues as points leader; holds 58-point lead over second-place and Team Penske Chevrolet teammate Will Power
· Will Power makes it Chevrolet 1-2 on podium for Sunday’s 90-lap/203.22-mile race on the 13-turn, 2.258-mile permanent road course in Lexington, Ohio
· Five Chevrolet Aero Kit IndyCar with 2.2 liter V6 engine finished in top-10 with just four races remaining in season and double points looming at Sonoma season-finale
· Chevrolet drivers continue to hold top-six positions and seven of top-10 in point standings Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Mid-Ohio–Post Race →

Jegs Racing

A third Sonoma victory will have to wait for Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr.

A third Sonoma victory will have to wait for Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr.
SONOMA, Calif. (July 31) — Drag races at the professional level are routinely decided by fractions of a second, and depending which side of the equation you’re on, that can be a good or bad thing. For five-time Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr., it seems like ages since the racing gods have smiled on him and his Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart.

Such was the case early Sunday afternoon when Coughlin’s opening-round pass of 6.603 seconds at 209.39 mph left him just a fraction behind Chris McGaha’s 6.593 at 209.88 mph — a pesky difference of one-hundredth of a second in elapsed times. Continue reading A third Sonoma victory will have to wait for Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. →

Honda Racing

Podium Finish for Munoz, Honda at Mid-Ohio

Podium Finish for Munoz, Honda at Mid-Ohio
• Climbs from 15th to third to lead Honda effort
• Honda drivers lead 55 of 90 laps
• Aleshin stars, leads 33 laps until delayed by pit lane incident, penalty
• Daly leads 22 laps before fuel gamble comes up short

Taking advantage of strong car and a well-timed caution flag, Carlos Munoz vaulted from 15th on the starting grid to finish third in Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.

Munoz was one of several Honda drivers to feature in the “home” race for Honda, which has more than 15,000 associates in facilities throughout central Ohio, with many in attendance throughout the Verizon IndyCar Series weekend. Continue reading Podium Finish for Munoz, Honda at Mid-Ohio →

Honda Racing

Acura’s Ryan Eversley Finishes Second, Fifth in Weekend Events at Mid-Ohio

Acura’s Ryan Eversley Finishes Second, Fifth in Weekend Events at Mid-Ohio
• RealTime Racing earns three top 10s and podium finish
• Ryan Eversley makes up six spots on Sunday to earn Best Start Award
• Teammate Spencer Pumpelly earns Move of the Race and fastest race lap on Sunday
• Results propel Eversley into top five in the championship

LEXINGTON, Ohio – (July 31, 2016) – The RealTime Racing Acura TLX GT squad knew it had a chance to inspire thousands of Honda associates this weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and they did so in fine fashion, capping a pair of top-five finishes with a second-place run in Sunday’s Pirelli World Challenge GT race. Continue reading Acura’s Ryan Eversley Finishes Second, Fifth in Weekend Events at Mid-Ohio →

Erica Enders

Reigning Pro Stock champ Erica Enders catches wrong kind of break in Sonoma

Reigning Pro Stock champ Erica Enders catches wrong kind of break in Sonoma
SONOMA, Calif. (July 31) — Two-time and reigning Pro Stock champion Erica Enders has been hoping the breaks start turning her way in this transitional drag racing season, but when her engine broke in the water box just seconds before her opening-round pass, even she couldn’t believe her misfortune.

“It’s almost like ‘what else could go wrong,’ ” said Enders, the most prolific female Pro Stock racer of all time. “It’s just a tough, tough way to end the day … before it even started. Continue reading Reigning Pro Stock champ Erica Enders catches wrong kind of break in Sonoma →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Mid-Ohio Post Race

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY 200 MID-OHIO
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE, LEXINGTON, OHIO
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER POST RACE QUOTES
SUNDAY JULY 31, 2016

SIMON PAGENAUD, NO. 22 PPG AUTOMOTIVE REFINISH TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, RACE WINNER: ELATED AND SORE, BUT IT DOESN’T HURT NEARLY AS MUCH WHEN YOU GET TO CELEBRATE IN VICTORY LANE. HOW YOU ARE FEELING? “I can’t feel anything right now, so it’s all good. My back was fine all race. Unbelievable. Thanks to IndyCar medical. That was a race! Wasn’t that fun? It was awesome. I had a great battle with Will (Power) there at the end. I knew that was my chance. So, on that restart, it was time to go. It was a pretty interesting lap and it was fun driving like that. It reminded me of my sports car days around Mid-Ohio. That’s racing. It was fair and clean and it was hard racing and I’m just glad I won, really. Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Mid-Ohio Post Race →

Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–U.S. Cellular 250

Sam Hornish Jr. Captures Sixth-Place Result at Iowa Speedway in Richard Childress Racing Debut

“If this was only a 225-lap race, we would have had ourselves a top-three finish tonight. The right-front tire started to come apart on us in the last 15 laps of the race and dropped us from third back to sixth-place. We didn’t have quite the speed that we needed. I feel like the way it rained yesterday, we didn’t get enough runs during practice to figure out what we needed to. I’m really impressed with this Rheem team, and I’m honored to be given this opportunity with Richard Childress Racing. I have a couple more races this year with these guys, and we’ll keep our heads up and keep digging. We just weren’t where we needed to be tonight.”

– Sam Hornish Jr. Continue reading Richard Childress Racing–U.S. Cellular 250 →

World of Outlaws

Wilmot Warrior: David Gravel wins O’Reilly Auto Parts Badger 40 at Wilmot Raceway

Wilmot Warrior: David Gravel wins O’Reilly Auto Parts Badger 40 at Wilmot Raceway
Scores his sixth World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory of the season

By Tony Veneziano

WILMOT, Wisc. – July 30, 2016 – David Gravel has been under the weather over the course of the last week, but he didn’t let that slow him down on Saturday night in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Badger 40 at Wilmot Raceway in Wisconsin. The native of Watertown, Connecticut, led all 40 laps to claim his sixth World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series win of the season. Continue reading Wilmot Warrior: David Gravel wins O’Reilly Auto Parts Badger 40 at Wilmot Raceway →

Erica Enders

Pro Stock champ Erica Enders ready to keep Denver momentum rolling

Pro Stock champ Erica Enders ready to keep Denver momentum rolling
SONOMA, Calif. (July 30) — With four race days left before the Countdown to the Championship begins, two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders knows time is short to be able to defend her 2015 title.

But Enders also knows she and the Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge team are more than capable of making a late-season surge, perhaps beginning with the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals this weekend at Sonoma Raceway. Continue reading Pro Stock champ Erica Enders ready to keep Denver momentum rolling →

Red Horse Racing

Red Horse Racing–Pocono Mountains 150

RACE REPORT
Pocono Mountains 150
Pocono Raceway
July 30, 2016
Newsletter – Dance Drop Shadow Image
Red Horse Racing at Pocono Raceway

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams traveled to the Tricky Triangle this weekend for the Pocono Mountains 150. During two practices on the 2.5-mile superspeedway on Friday afternoon, Timothy Peters was second and 16th fastest in the No. 17 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra, while Brett Moffitt posted the 14th and 13th fastest times in the No. 11 Toyota Tundra. On Saturday morning, qualifying was cancelled due to inclement weather and the field was set per the NASCAR Rule Book. Peters would roll off in the seventh position, while Moffitt would start 15th. After 60 action-filled laps at Pocono Raceway, Moffitt secured a third-place finish, his best in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, while Peters also finished in the top-five in fourth.
Continue reading Red Horse Racing–Pocono Mountains 150 →

Mopar Racing

Hagan leads Mopar Dodge Charger Funny Cars, sets track record in Sonoma Qualifying

Hagan leads Mopar Dodge Charger Funny Cars, sets track record in Sonoma Qualifying

· Matt Hagan takes Mopar Express Lane Dodge Charger R/T to No. 4 position in final Sonoma NHRA Nationals qualifying
· Hagan resets Sonoma Raceway track record for speed
· Hagan and Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) Funny Car teammates each qualify with sub 4-second passes
· DSR Top Fuel driver Leah Pritchett climbing, just misses top-half qualifying position in Mopar/Pennzoil® dragster
· Mopar Performance Dodge Dart Pro Stock driver Erica Enders to start No. 10 in quest for first Sonoma title
· Two-time Sonoma winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. eager to power Magneti Marelli Offered by Mopar Dodge Dart Pro Stocker to another title
· Recent Mopar history at Sonoma Raceway

Sonoma, Calif. (July 30, 2016) – Sea level conditions, a receptive racing surface, and a quad of very speedy Dodge Charger R/T Funny Cars had the Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) Mopar drivers flying during qualifying for the 29th annual NHRA Sonoma Nationals. Each of the four nitro Funny Car pilots recorded runs in the 3-second zone, and Mopar Express Lane Dodge Charger R/T driver Matt Hagan was the quickest of the lot. Hagan wheeled his strong HEMI®-powered racecar to the No. 4 position with a best time of 3.875-seconds at a big speed of 330.15 mph that reset the track record he set there one year ago. Continue reading Hagan leads Mopar Dodge Charger Funny Cars, sets track record in Sonoma Qualifying →

John Force Racing

JFR CAMAROS QUICKEST ON SATURDAY AT SONOMA

JFR CAMAROS QUICKEST ON SATURDAY AT SONOMA

SONOMA, CA – On Saturday the trio of John Force Racing Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Cars made the quickest runs on the final day of qualifying and Brittany Force was third quickest of the final session for Top Fuel. The conditions today should mirror race day conditions for the 29th annual Toyota Sonoma NHRA Nationals. The current quartet of JFR drivers will be looking for their 10th win at Sonoma Raceway tomorrow. Continue reading JFR CAMAROS QUICKEST ON SATURDAY AT SONOMA →

Jegs Racing

Magneti Marelli/JEGS Dodge Dart pro Jeg Coughlin hoping for more Sonoma hardware

Magneti Marelli/JEGS Dodge
Dart pro Jeg Coughlin hoping for more Sonoma hardware
SONOMA, Calif. (July 30) — Jeg Coughlin Jr. has two trophies from Sonoma Raceway, claimed in 2003 and 2010, and he would love to earn a third Sunday when eliminations for the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals begin live and nationwide on FOX TV.

“It’s great that FOX has given us these live positions on the main network,” Coughlin said. “It’s big for the sport and for all the racers. Certainly we’d love to have a big day tomorrow with all those extra eyeballs on our Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart. Continue reading Magneti Marelli/JEGS Dodge Dart pro Jeg Coughlin hoping for more Sonoma hardware →

Allen Johnson Racing

Allen Johnson–Sonoma Qualifying

ALLEN JOHNSON
MARATHON PETROLEUM/J&J RACING DODGE DART
QUALIFYING REPORT: 29TH ANNUAL TOYOTA SONOMA NHRA NATIONALS
SONOMA RACEWAY
JULY 29-31

Consistency Will Win Sonoma Nationals for Hopeful Allen Johnson

SONOMA, Calif. (July 30, 2016) – After two days of qualifying, Marathon Petroleum/J&J Racing Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson landed in the No. 6 spot on the ladder at the 29th annual Sonoma NHRA Nationals at Sonoma Raceway.

In the weekend’s first session on Friday, Johnson started his qualifying efforts with a conservative 6.644-second pass at 208.62 mph. It was a stellar 6.588, 209.95 that closed out Johnson’s Friday and put him in the No. 4 spot heading into Saturday.

For Saturday’s first session, Johnson ran a clean 6.603, 208.33. Returning for his final qualifier, Johnson clocked in with a 6.646, 209.01.

“I feel good. We made two good runs on Friday and today we did a little bit of testing and learned a few things,” Johnson said. “We’ll go back to Friday’s setup tomorrow and try to be very consistent for raceday. That’s always our deal on our Marathon Petroleum team.”

Starting raceday in the No. 6 spot, Johnson will have lance choice over No. 11 Aaron Strong in the first round of eliminations.

“Even though we did some testing today, we got some good data for tomorrow,” he added. “Our tune-up for tomorrow will be a combination of all four runs. Consistency and retaining lane choice will be the way we win the race tomorrow.”

Eliminations at Sonoma Raceway begin tomorrow at 11:00 am starting with Top Fuel.

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NHRA–Sonoma–Qualifying

Post Qualifying Quotes – Sonoma Raceway, July 30, 2016

CHEVROLET FROM THE COCKPIT – TOYOTA NHRA SONOMA NATIONALS

TOP FUEL:
BRITTANY FORCE, JOHN FORCE RACING, MONSTER ENERGY CHEVROLET TOP FUEL DRAGSTER: “It is always good to end qualifying on a good note. Tomorrow’s conditions will be very similar to this afternoon. That was an important run for us. It went right down the race track. We have TJ Zizzo in the first round and we have never raced him before. Our goal will be to get that first round win and then go more rounds after that. Brian Husen and Alan Johnson have given me a great race car and I am excited to get to the race tomorrow with this Monster Energy Top Fuel dragster.”
Continue reading Chevy Racing–NHRA–Sonoma–Qualifying →