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Honda Racing

Honda Racing–Damp Debut for Acura TLX GT Showcases All-Wheel Drive

• RealTime Racing Acura advances through field as showers fall at Mid-Ohio
• Rain-shortened event results in 13th-place finish• Second race of Mid-Ohio doubleheader weekend on Sunday

The Acura TLX GT race car made an encouraging debut in Pirelli World Challenge competition Saturday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, as RealTime Racing driver Peter Cunningham finished 13th in a rain-shortened contest as development work continues on the sophisticated chassis/engine platform.
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Honda Racing

Honda Racing–Front Row Start for Newgarden at Mid-Ohio

• Seven Honda drivers start in the top 10• Munoz leads rookies with fourth-fastest time
• Honda seeking third consecutive Mid-Ohio victory with manufacturer competition

Josef Newgarden conquered constantly changing track conditions Saturday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, leading the Honda-powered field in Verizon IndyCar Series qualifying, and will start on the outside of the front row, second in Sunday’s Honda Indy 200. Continue reading Honda Racing–Front Row Start for Newgarden at Mid-Ohio →

NHRA

NHRA–Northwest Nationals Results

Top Fuel — Doug Kalitta, 3.844 seconds, 318.84 mph def. Antron Brown, 3.887 seconds, 311.70 mph.

Funny Car — John Force, Ford Mustang, 4.173, 302.48 def. Gary Densham, Chevy Impala, 5.808, 120.44.

Pro Stock — Jason Line, Chevy Camaro, 6.611, 210.67 def. Greg Anderson, Camaro, 6.608, 210.54.

Top Alcohol Dragster — Joey Severance, 5.238, 273.11 def. Chris Demke, 5.251, 273.00.

Top Alcohol Funny Car — Doug Gordon, Ford Mustang, 5.609, 256.55 def. Sean Bellemeur, Chevy Camaro, 5.650, 254.38.

Competition Eliminator — Brandon Huhtala, Pontiac GXP, 7.600, 146.89 def. Ryan Warter, Chevy Camaro, foul.

Super Stock — Terry Anderson, Chevy Nova, 10.076, 131.28 def. Alan Falcone, Chevy Cavalier, 9.380, 134.97.

Stock Eliminator — Tim Fletcher, Chevy Camaro, 11.148, 110.09 def. Mick Alley, Camaro, 10.488, 126.27.

Super Comp — Marc Heritage, Dragster, 8.899, 174.17 def. Rodger Comstock, Dragster, 8.884, 176.51.

Super Gas — Mike Shannon, Chevy Corvette, 9.920, 145.66 def. Tanner Hiatt, Corvette, 9.914, 159.51.

Super Street — Kyle Colletti, Chevy, 10.899, 147.52 def. John Ermish, Chevelle

Summit Racing

Summit Racing–Anderson Makes Final Round, Moves into Top 10 at Northwest Nationals

Anderson Makes Final Round, Moves into Top 10 at Northwest Nationals

KENT, Wash., August 3, 2014 – The NHRA Northwest Nationals was a very productive race for Greg Anderson and the Summit Racing team, and the efforts of the group as a whole equated to an all-Summit Racing final round, the first since 2012. For Greg Anderson as a driver, though, the high point was breaking into the top 10 in the NHRA Pro Stock standings for the first time this year with just two races remaining in the regular season.
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Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–Pocono

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
GoBowling.com 400 Post Race Report
Pocono Raceway
August 4, 2014

Race Highlights:
Richard Childress Racing teammates Ryan Newman, Austin Dillon and Paul Menard finished eighth, 15th and 33rd, respectively.
Newman ranks fifth in the Sprint Cup Series championship point standings, trailing current leader Jeff Gordon by 70 points, while Dillon ranks 15th and Menard ranks 16th.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. earned his third victory of the 2014 season and was followed to the finish line by Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano, Clint Bowyer and Greg Biffle.
The next Sprint Cup Series race is the NASCAR 355 at The Glen on Sunday, August 10, which is scheduled to be televised live on ESPN beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern Time and broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Satellite Radio, channel 90.
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Summit Racing

Summit Racing–Line Powers to Victory in all-Summit Racing Seattle Final

Line Powers to Victory in all-Summit Racing Seattle Final

KENT, Wash., August 3, 2014 – The Summit Racing Pro Stock team had an extraordinary outing this weekend at the 27th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals, and it came to a dramatic and exciting final round for the charging group as teammates Jason Line and Greg Anderson raced for the trophy. Line was victorious, and his teammate made huge strides of his own as he broke into the top 10 in NHRA’s Mello Yello Drag Racing Series standings for the first time this season.
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John Force Racing

John Force Racing–JOHN FORCE WINS SEATTLE; COMPLETES JFR SWEEP OF SWING

JOHN FORCE WINS SEATTLE; COMPLETES JFR SWEEP OF SWING
SEATTLE, WA — John Force and his Castrol GTX High Mileage Mustang ended the annual NHRA Western Swing in the winner’s circle as 16-time NHRA Mello Yello champion claimed his 141st career win and eighth at Pacific Raceway today at the 27th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Northwest Nationals. It was also John Force’s third win of the season and fourth consecutive final round appearance. Not only that, the Castrol backed John Force Racing Funny Cars can also claim a Western Swing sweep, as Robert Hight’s win at Denver, Courtney Force’s victory in Sonoma and now John’s success at Seattle have rewritten the NHRA record books.
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John Force Racing

John Force Racing–JOHN, COURTNEY FORCE TOP FUNNY CARS IN SEATTLE

JOHN, COURTNEY FORCE TOP FUNNY CARS IN SEATTLE

SEATTLE, WA – In another classic family battle for performance, age and experience toppled youth and enthusiasm as John Force lost, then retook his No. 1 qualifying position at the 27th annual O’Reilly Northwest Nationals to his youngest daughter Courtney Force in the final qualifying session on Saturday. Force, the 16-time Funny Car champion, had the quickest Funny Car on Friday night and Saturday morning posting 4.085 second runs in the evening and the heat of the day. In the final session Courtney Force and her Traxxas Funny Car blazed a path to the No. 1 spot running 4.082 seconds right in front of the elder Force. In his last shot at regaining the No. 1 spot John Force and the Castrol GTX High Mileage Funny Car lowered the ET mark to 4.057 seconds to grab his 150th career No. 1 qualifier.
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Mopar Racing

Mopar Racing–Pair of Semifinal Appearances for Mopar at NHRA Northwest Nationals

Pair of Semifinal Appearances for Mopar at NHRA Northwest Nationals

· No.1 qualifier Allen Johnson takes Dodge Dart to semifinal appearance at 27th National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Northwest Nationals
· No. 3 Funny Car qualifier Matt Hagan races his HEMI 50th anniversary tribute Mopar to a semifinal finish at Pacific Raceways

Kent, Washington (Aug 3, 2014) – No. 1 Pro Stock qualifier Allen Johnson and last year’s Funny Car national event winner Matt Hagan took their respective HEMI-powered Mopars to semifinal finishes at the scenic tree-lined Pacific Raceways track near Seattle, Washington, for the 27th annual National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Northwest Nationals.
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Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–IndyCar–Mid-Ohio–Scott Dixon Gives Chevrolet IndyCar V6 First Victory at Mid-Ohio

Scott Dixon Gives Chevrolet IndyCar V6 First Victory at Mid-Ohio
Sebastien Bourdais Finishes Second for Chevy One-Two

LEXINGTON, OHIO (August 3, 2014) – Scott Dixon scored an impressive win today at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course to give the Chevrolet IndyCar V6 engine its first win at the storied track. Piloting his familiar red No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevy-powered car, the three-time Verizon IndyCar Series champion led twice for a total of 45 laps to take the victory by 5.3864 seconds over fellow Team Chevy driver Sebastien Bourdais, No. 11 Team Mistic KVSH Racing Chevrolet.
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Dyson Racing

Dyson Racing–DYSON RACING TEAM BENTLEY FINISH STRONG AT MID-OHIO

DYSON RACING TEAM BENTLEY FINISH STRONG AT MID-OHIO
LEXINGTON, OH – Today Butch Leitzinger and Dyson Racing Team Bentley showed the pace of their Bentley Continental GT3 in Round 12 of the Pirelli World Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Leitzinger worked his way from 14th to eighth place at the finish of the 50-minute race.
A stumble a the standing-start of the race dropped the Bentley from its eighth-place starting position, but Leitzinger raced his way into the top ten by the sixth lap. An outside pass around the tight Keyhole on a lap 28 green flag restart moved him into eighth place and gave Leitzinger his third top-ten finish since joining the series at Road America three race weekends ago.
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Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–IndyCar–Mid-Ohio–Scott Dixon

CHEVROLET RACING
VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY 200 AT MID-OHIO
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER POST RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
AUGUST 3, 2014

POST RACE TEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUOTES:

SCOTT DIXON, NO. 9 TARGET CHIP GANASSI RACING CHEVROLET, RACE WINNER: WE KNEW THE CAR WAS FAST, BUT STARTING LAST, WAS THERE ANY CHANCE YOU WOULD END UP HERE IN VICTORY LANE? “You can’t underestimate anything and our race was going so poor from the start that we tried to switch strategies a couple times but the guys kept going. Yes, we got a little lucky with that caution but I kept asking the team, Mike and Eric and all the guys that had to call those shots. The fuel number was extremely close, but we still had the speed. I am very happy for the Target team but bummed out because of TK on that first lap incident there. But a huge weekend here in Mid-Ohio and a big thanks to all the fans for coming out even in a bit of bad weather. But man it feels good to be back here in victory lane for sure.”
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Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono–Dale Earnhardt Jr.

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
GOBOWLING.COM 400
POCONO RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
AUGUST 3, 2014

DALE EARNHARDT, JR. SWEEPS POCONO
Fifth Consecutive Win for Chevrolet at the ‘Tricky Triangle’

LONG POND, Pa. – (August 3, 2014) On the final restart with only three laps remaining, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. took the lead in his No. 88 National Guard Chevrolet SS to win the GoBowling.com 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race, and complete a season sweep at Pocono Raceway.
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Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono–Post Race

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
GOBOWLING.COM 400
POCONO RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
AUGUST 3, 2014

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER
TALK ABOUT THE PIT STRATEGY THAT STEVE LETARTE CALLED TO BRING YOU IN ON LAP 121 SO YOU COULD HAVE SUCH A QUICK STOP:
“Yeah, he’s the guy you need to talk to. I’m in the car I can’t even figure out what is going on. I just trust what he does, decisions he makes. It started to make sense. A lot of these race tracks with the tires the way they are you’ve got to minimize the time you are on pit road during the race. That is what he was trying to do. We come down pit road just needed a splash of fuel. A lot of guys needed to fill up their tanks. We were just able to leap frog them. Just proud of the whole team. As good as Steve is and as great of a crew chief as he is the whole team is that deep. Everybody has got a great personality, everybody is an expert at what they are doing and everybody does a great job at it. I’m real lucky to be a part of it. I can’t thank these guys enough. They have really brought my career around and it is fun to be a part of this.”
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Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–US Cellular 250

NASCAR Nationwide Series
U.S. Cellular 250 presented by New Holland
Iowa Speedway
Saturday, August 2, 2014

Race Highlights:
Brian Scott qualified fourth for the U.S. Cellular 250 presented by New Holland and was the highest qualifying Richard Childress Racing entry at Iowa Speedway. Teammates Brendan Gaughan and Ty Dillon qualified 13th and 15th respectively.
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World of Outlaws

World of Outlaws–Kerry Madsen Holds off Donny Schatz to Win the Federated Auto Parts Ironman 55 presented by Walker

Kerry Madsen Holds off Donny Schatz to Win the Federated Auto Parts Ironman 55 presented by Walker
Madsen scored his fifth World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series victory of the season

PEVELY, Mo. – Aug. 2, 2014 – Kerry Madsen proved to be the strongest man Saturday night at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, leading 35 laps and holding back his fiercest competition to win the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series’ Federated Auto Parts Ironman 55 presented by Walker.
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Summit Racing

Summit Racing–Line Educated and Optimistic Heading into Seattle Raceday

Line Educated and Optimistic Heading into Seattle Raceday

KENT, Wash., August 2, 2014 – Jason Line and the blue Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaro were a powerful pair during qualifying at the 27th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals, and their combined performance at Pacific Raceways has so far been impressive. Line earned bonus qualifying points en route to a start from the No. 3 position. On Sunday, the driver who has already scored two wins in the 2014 season will begin his pursuit of another, starting with a first-round meeting with Pacific Northwest local racer Mark Wolfe.
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Mopar Racing

Mopar Racing– Johnson Earns 35th Career No. 1 Pro Stock Qualifier Position in Preparation for NHRA Northwest Nationals

Johnson Earns 35th Career No. 1 Pro Stock Qualifier Position in Preparation for NHRA Northwest Nationals

· Allen Johnson secures his 35th career No.1 qualifier position at 27th annual National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Northwest Nationals
· Johnson posted the quickest elapsed time runs in all four qualifying sessions at Pacific Raceways
· Defending Funny Car title holder Hagan is No. 3 qualifier and top Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) Mopar on the elimination ladder

Kent, Washington (Aug 2, 2014) – Mopar driver Allen Johnson earned his 35th career No. 1 qualifier position at the 27th annual National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways near Seattle, Washington, and was quickest in all four qualifying session in preparation Sunday’s elimination rounds.
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Summit Racing

Summit Racing–Anderson Picking Up Steam at Northwest Nationals

Anderson Picking Up Steam at Northwest Nationals

KENT, Wash., August 2, 2014 – Qualifying has concluded at the 27th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals, and Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaro pilot Greg Anderson is heading into raceday like a freight train picking up steam. Qualified in the No. 5 position and scheduled for a first-round match with Deric Kramer at Pacific Raceways, Anderson is confident and steady with four win lights on Sunday on his mind.
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Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–Pocono Mountains 150

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Pocono Mountains 150
Pocono Raceway
August 2, 2014

Austin Dillon Drives No. 3 Yuengling Light Lager Chevrolet to Victory Lane at Pocono Raceway

Austin Dillon drove Richard Childress Racing’s Yuengling Light Lager Chevrolet to his sixth-career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win on Saturday afternoon at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. The Welcome, N.C., driver started the 60-lap race from the second position and noted a tight-handling condition to crew chief Nick Harrison from the start of the event. He pitted under green-flag conditions on lap 30, taking four Goodyear tires and Sunoco Green E15 Fuel. As pit stops cycled through, Dillon raced his way into the second position and took the lead during the restart on lap 53. Several late-race cautions ensued but Dillon endured, surviving a Green-White-Checker finish that extended the race past its advertized distance to secure a win for America’s Oldest Brewery in their home state of Pennsylvania.

Start – 2nd Finish – 1st Laps Led – 23 Points – N/A

AUSTIN DILLON QUOTE:
“Anytime you can get a NASCAR win it’s huge, so I am so thankful to everyone at RCR, ECR and Yuengling for this opportunity. I watched my brother at Indianapolis Motor Speedway get a win last week and that really rejuvenated me I feel like. These seasons are so long. I loved watching him do that. It puts the fire back in you because you want to get to that place again. Seeing him in Victory Lane and being with him in Victory Lane. It’s a special place and from time to time you have to be reminded of how special it is. I attribute some of what Ty did last week to running well this week. I’m jacked up and wanting to get a Cup win now.”