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Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Charlotte Sprint Showdown–Kasey Kahne

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
SPRINT SHOWDOWN
CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
MAY 15, 2015

KASEY KAHNE AND KEITH RODDEN, NO 5 TIME WARNER CABLE CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed strategy for the All-Star Race, the new format, having a good start to the season, the recent test at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the possible 2016 package, and more. Full Transcript:

WITH A MILLION DOLLARS ON THE LINE, AND STRATEGY ALWAYS PLAYING A BIG ROLE IN THE ALL-STAR RACE, DO YOU HAVE A GAME PLAN FOR TOMORROW NIGHT?
KAHNE: “Yeah, I think there definitely is. I think you have to qualify pretty well, first and you want to try to start as close to the front as you can to get as many points throughout those rounds as possible. But I think also where you’re running on the track kind helps you decide your strategy. And that’s what Keith and our engineers will do throughout the race. They’ll figure that out. My job is to just go as hard as you can every lap and pass the car in front of you.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Charlotte Sprint Showdown–Kasey Kahne →

John Force Racing

John Force Racing–MONSTER ENERGY TOP FUEL DRAGSTER UNVEILED AT NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS

MONSTER ENERGY TOP FUEL DRAGSTER UNVEILED AT NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS
NHRA Drag Racing

ATLANTA, GA (May 15, 2015) —- The Monster Energy Top Fuel dragster was unveiled today in the John Force Racing pit area. On a Wednesday national teleconference Monster Energy was announced as the primary sponsor for third year pro Brittany Force. The multi-year agreement will start this weekend at Atlanta Dragway.

“I am so excited to be sponsored my Monster Energy. I have to thank my team and everyone at John Force Racing for getting this bad ass looking Top Fuel dragster decaled and ready to race,” said Brittany Force, just before the tarp was lifted from her 10,000 horsepower Top Fuel Dragster.

World of Outlaws

World of Outlaws–At A Glance: Hodnett, Dietrich Sound Off on the Morgan Cup

At A Glance: Hodnett, Dietrich Sound Off on the Morgan Cup
After Williams Grove Speedway the Outlaws head north to Weedsport Speedway and New Egypt Speedway
CONCORD, N.C. – May 14, 2015 – Historic Williams Grove Speedway welcomes the World of Outlaws Sprint Car series tomorrow and Saturday nights as the Outlaws battle the Pennsylvania Posse for the right to take home the coveted Morgan Cup. Continue reading World of Outlaws–At A Glance: Hodnett, Dietrich Sound Off on the Morgan Cup →

John Force Racing

John Force Racing Is Ready For Atlanta

JOHN FORCE EYES SOUTHERN NATIONALS FOR SECOND WIN OF 2015
ATLANTA, GA (May 14, 2015) — The last time John Force was in the final round of the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals he was racing for his 1,000th round win at his 500th race. It was 2008 and he was on the cusp of setting a record that no one would ever be able to touch. One more round win and he would be able to forever claim that for 500 straight races he averaged a semi-final finish. Unfortunately, history was not on his side as he watched his daughter Ashley Force Hood etch her name into the history books as the first female to ever win an NHRA Funny Car national event. Continue reading John Force Racing Is Ready For Atlanta →

Follow A Dream Racing

PERMATEX/FOLLOW A DREAM TEAM WINS RICHMOND

PERMATEX/FOLLOW A DREAM TEAM WINS RICHMOND

Marstons Mills, MA-May 14, 2015-At the rescheduled East Regional at Virginia Motorsports Park in Richmond, Va., Jay Blake’s Permatex/Follow A Dream team emerged victorious with its best performance in years. Driver Todd Veney set low e.t. and top speed of all three rounds of Top Alcohol Funny Car eliminations and now is tied with Mickey Ferro for first place in the East Region standings. Continue reading PERMATEX/FOLLOW A DREAM TEAM WINS RICHMOND →

World of Outlaws

World of Outlaws–Posse Pounces: Hodnett Scores First Outlaws Win of 2015 at Lincoln Speedway

Posse Pounces: Hodnett Scores First Outlaws Win of 2015 at Lincoln Speedway
Hodnett leads Pennsylvania Posse sweep of the podium
ABBOTTSTOWN, Pa. – May 13, 2015 – A dominant Greg Hodnett led an all Pennsylvania Posse sweep of the podium during the Gettysburg Clash at Lincoln Speedway on Wednesday night, as he claimed his first World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of the season. Continue reading World of Outlaws–Posse Pounces: Hodnett Scores First Outlaws Win of 2015 at Lincoln Speedway →

Summit Racing

Summit Racing– Line Charged Up, Ready to Fight for Summit Racing Southern Nationals Title

Line Charged Up, Ready to Fight for Summit Racing Southern Nationals Title

MOORESVILLE, N.C., May 13, 2015 – This weekend’s 35th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals is a race that Jason Line has been looking forward to. The driver of the blue Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaro is eager to stand out amongst his peers – and get the points lead back in his possession – and there is no better place to accomplish this goal than at one of his sponsor’s main events. Continue reading Summit Racing– Line Charged Up, Ready to Fight for Summit Racing Southern Nationals Title →

Summit Racing

Summit Racing–Anderson Plans Stellar Weekend at Summit Racing’s Southern Nationals

Anderson Plans Stellar Weekend at Summit Racing’s Southern Nationals

MOORESVILLE, N.C., May 13, 2015 – The 2015 season of NHRA’s Mello Yello Drag Racing Series is in full swing, and Greg Anderson and the Summit Racing NHRA Pro Stock team are bound and determined to continue their battle for top honors at this weekend’s event at Atlanta Dragway. The 35th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals will provide Anderson and his KB Racing crew the opportunity to display the strides that they made during the previous two weeks during a break in the strenuous schedule. Continue reading Summit Racing–Anderson Plans Stellar Weekend at Summit Racing’s Southern Nationals →

John Force Racing

John Force Racing–MONSTER ENERGY TO BACK BRITTANY FORCE TOP FUEL DRAGSTER

MONSTER ENERGY TO BACK BRITTANY FORCE TOP FUEL DRAGSTER
ATLANTA, GA (May 13, 2015) — John Force Racing and Monster Energy today announced a multi-year primary sponsorship agreement that will begin this weekend at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals. Brittany Force’s Top Fuel dragster will be adorned with the Monster Energy logo and branding for the duration of the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season and beyond. Continue reading John Force Racing–MONSTER ENERGY TO BACK BRITTANY FORCE TOP FUEL DRAGSTER →

Casey Currie

Casey Currie to bring his 4 Wheel Drive King of the Hammers Jeep to the Baja 500 Trophy Truck Class

Casey Currie to bring his 4 Wheel Drive King of the Hammers Jeep to the Baja 500 Trophy Truck Class
CORONA, California (May 11, 2015) – Casey Currie’s King of the Hammers straight axle Jeep performed so well this year, that he has decided to run it at the premier 2015 SCORE Baja 500 race in June. This marks the first time Casey will be racing in the Trophy Truck class. Continue reading Casey Currie to bring his 4 Wheel Drive King of the Hammers Jeep to the Baja 500 Trophy Truck Class →

Dyson Racing

Dyson Racing–BENTLEY TEAM DYSON RACING AIMS FOR VICTORY IN CANADA

BENTLEY TEAM DYSON RACING AIMS FOR VICTORY IN CANADA
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park is historically good venue for Dyson Team.
Team returns to full strength with return of 2nd Continental GT3.

Canadian Tire Motorsports Park is historically good venue for Dyson Team.
Team returns to full strength with return of 2nd Continental GT3.

(Poughkeepsie, NY, 13 May 2015) Following a hard push, Bentley Team Dyson Racing returns this weekend in full strength to the Pirelli World Challenge at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, a venue that has brought the team great success in the past. Continue reading Dyson Racing–BENTLEY TEAM DYSON RACING AIMS FOR VICTORY IN CANADA →

Stotz Racing

Stotz Racing–Rain Dampens Track but not Spirits

The Man Cup Motec Spring Nationals started out fantastic. Frankie and I went down a week early to visit my daughter Jacqui and her new fiance Jeff. Their new home was very comfortable and Jeff offered me space in his garage to finish the over the winter updates to our tried and true Red, White, and Blue CBR1000rr. The changes proved worthy of all of the time. In testing we recorded the quickest consistent times of 1.16 in the 60′ and 3.04 to the 330′. This was going to be a great weekend! Mother nature had other plans as we dodged rain drops until mid day Sunday when it was decided that it would not be possible to get the race done.

We are going to Dyno Dynamics next week with the new bike and the new for 2015 methanol motor. These changes proved to be much more than just changing the fuel in the tank and upgrading the Fuel Lab system. We decided on new higher compression JE Pistons, Star modified the head for the larger volume of fuel and air, Falicon made the 3mm stroker crank, Millenium prepared the new dry block cases, and Robinson ProCut a new trans for the all new motor. We could not have done all this without the tremendous effort of our two new sponsors. TIAL Sport made a complete new turbo system with integrated wastegate, cast header, cool scoop and more! My friend Kurt Sikora from days gone by has been back into racing and has been invaluable with Sikora Precision’s fabrication of so many of the parts on the new bike and many on the old bike. Microblue Racing coated everything that rotates and Honda is back again with Pro Honda Oils and Chemicals keeping the metal parts coated with the HP4 20-50 racing oil. Mark Harrel of mobiledynomometer.com will provide his dyno and time as Steve Nichols of Dyno Dynamics works his magic on the tuning. Stay tuned for the next race report after the upcoming NHDRO Spring opener at Indy on May 15-17th.

Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–SpongeBob SquarePants 400

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
SpongeBob SquarePants 400
Kansas Speedway
Saturday, May 9, 2015

Ty Dillon Drives SpongeBob SquarePants-themed Chevrolet to a 26th-place finish

Ty Dillon drove Circle Sport Racing’s No. 33 Plankton Chevrolet SS to a 26th-place finish Saturday evening at Kansas Speedway. Sporting the character Plankton from the hit Nickelodeon television show SpongeBob SquarePants, Dillon qualified 32nd. In only his fourth-career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start, the 23-year-old driver managed to race in and around the top 25 for a majority of the 267-lap race. A two hour and 16-minute rain delay came at lap 99. When the race went back to green-flag conditions, Dillon and the No. 33 team fought a tight handling race car. For the remainder of the race, Dillon made adjustments to the track bar from inside the car and crew chief Slugger Labbe made appropriate adjustments on pit road. In the end, Dillon raced to a 26th-place finish. Dillon is scheduled to make two additional starts in the No. 33 Chevrolet SS next month at Pocono Raceway and Michigan International Speedway.

Start – 32 Finish – 26 Laps Led – 0 Points – N/A
Ty Dillon Quote:
“Each start I make in the Cup Series is a learning experience for me, and I learned a lot at Kansas. Just want to thank Slugger (Labbe, crew chief) and the team for all their hard work in getting the car ready and for their work on pit road during the race. We gained more than we lost during the race, which is a good thing. I’m looking forward to my next two starts in the No. 33 Chevrolet.”

World of Outlaws

World of Outlaws–Schatz Wins Two in Eldora Speedway ‘Mother’ Sweep

Schatz Wins Two in Eldora Speedway ‘Mother’ Sweep
Second place finisher Gary Taylor scored his best ever Outlaws finish
ROSSBURG, Ohio – May 9, 2015 – Donny Schatz went six years between wins at Eldora Speedway but proved Saturday night that past is not always prologue as he swept the two-day ‘Mother of All Sprint Car Weekends’ and took home his eighth World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of the season. Continue reading World of Outlaws–Schatz Wins Two in Eldora Speedway ‘Mother’ Sweep →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Kansas–Press Conference

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS 400
KANSAS SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
MAY 9, 2015

JIMMIE JOHNSON WINS AT KANSAS
Team Chevy is Strong with 1-2-3-4 Finish

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – (May 9, 2015) – Smart pit calls, strategy changes, and multiple race car adjustments were the keys to victory for Jimmie Johnson and his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS in the SpongeBob SquarePants 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway.

The win was Johnson’s 73rd career victory, third at the 1.5-mile track, and third win of the season for the six-time champion in a race that was red-flagged for more than two hours due to rain. Johnson took the lead on lap 256 of the 267-lap event when crew chief, Chad Knaus, opted to skip a pit stop in exchange for track position. Johnson was able to hold off a hard charge by current Sprint Cup champion, Kevin Harvick in his No. 4 Jimmy John’s/Budweiser Chevy SS, who finished second. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Kansas–Press Conference →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Kansas–Post Race Notes

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS 400
KANSAS SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
MAY 9, 2015

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER
AFTER QUALIFYING YESTERDAY YOU WERE SO FRUSTRATED, YET YOU KEPT YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME. YOU HAD THE BEST SAVE OF THE NIGHT HOW DO YOU STAY SO FOCUSED?
“I think experience helps. You just shrug it off. We are trying so hard to get our qualifying under control. We put a huge effort into it again. To be 19th was just … really stunk it wasn’t any fun. These guys just work so hard. I’m so proud of everybody at Lowe’s, KOBALT, Chevrolet, Valvoline, Gatorade, the fans, Sprint for this great series. Just a long hard night of racing and fighting for track position, once we got up front we were able to hang on the final eight or nine laps.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Kansas–Post Race Notes →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Kansas–Post Race

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS 400
KANSAS SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
MAY 9, 2015

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER
AFTER QUALIFYING YESTERDAY YOU WERE SO FRUSTRATED, YET YOU KEPT YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME. YOU HAD THE BEST SAVE OF THE NIGHT HOW DO YOU STAY SO FOCUSED?
“I think experience helps. You just shrug it off. We are trying so hard to get our qualifying under control. We put a huge effort into it again. To be 19th was just … really stunk it wasn’t any fun. These guys just work so hard. I’m so proud of everybody at Lowe’s, KOBALT, Chevrolet, Valvoline, Gatorade, the fans, Sprint for this great series. Just a long hard night of racing and fighting for track position, once we got up front we were able to hang on the final eight or nine laps.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Kansas–Post Race →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–WILL POWER OPENS MONTH OF MAY AT INDY WITH WIN IN ANGIE’S LIST GRAND PRIX OF INDIANAPOLIS

WILL POWER OPENS MONTH OF MAY AT INDY WITH WIN IN ANGIE’S LIST GRAND PRIX OF INDIANAPOLIS
Strong showing for Team Chevy with four V6-powered road course aero kit entries finishing in top-five

· Power’s victory is the fourth for a Chevrolet IndyCar driver in the first five races of the season; the first of the season for the defending Verizon IndyCar Series champion and the 25th of his career
· Power and third place finisher Team Penske teammate Juan Pablo Montoya rank one-two in the Series’ standings heading into 99th running of the Indianapolis 500 Continue reading Chevy Racing–WILL POWER OPENS MONTH OF MAY AT INDY WITH WIN IN ANGIE’S LIST GRAND PRIX OF INDIANAPOLIS →