NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
WINDOWS 10 400
POCONO RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
AUGUST 2, 2015
JEFF GORDON LEADS TEAM CHEVY IN HIS FINAL RACE AT POCONO RACEWAY
Valuable Points Finish By Driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet SS in Race Dictated by Fuel Mileage Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono Post Race
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
WINDOWS 10 400
POCONO RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY RACE NOTES & QUOTES
AUGUST 2, 2015
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 AARP MEMBER ADVANTAGES CHEVROLET SS – Finished 3rd
THIS IS YOUR 32ND TOP 10 AT POCONO AND THIS MIGHT BE THE CRAZIEST EVER. TELL US ABOUT THE END OF THIS RACE
“Well, it would be a long, long list if we talked to a bunch of people in the grandstands and myself, and everybody on pit road and probably people watching at home to find out who was more surprised. That was crazy. I’m so proud of (crew chief) Alan Gustafson and everybody on this AARP Member Advantages Chevrolet. This team fought through a lot. We’ve been fighting hard. We just haven’t been getting the results. Today they stuck with a strategy and it played out. It wasn’t looking good at times, but boy, it sure looked good when we crossed the finish line and got the checkered flag.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono Post Race
Simon Pagenaud Leads Team Chevy Contingent with Podium Finish
Juan Pablo Montoya Holds Points Lead with Two Races Remaining in Verizon IndyCar Series
LEXINGTON, Ohio (August 2, 2015) – Simon Pagenaud, No. 22 PPG Finishes Team Penske Chevrolet, led the Team Chevy contingent with a third-place finish in the Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. It was the second podium finish of the season for the first-year Team Penske driver. Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Simon Pagenaud Leads Team Chevy Contingent with Podium Finish
CHEVROLET IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY 200
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE
LEXINGTON, OHIO
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER POST RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
AUGUST 2, 2015
SIMON PAGENAUD, NO. 22 PPG AUTOMOTIVE REFINISH TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, FINISHED 3RD: “Well, I was out of push to pass and I knew Dixon had some, and Wilson too. I tried to get a run but it didn’t work out. It was excited to see and I was hoping something would work out for me. But today, I got lucky enough you know. It doesn’t hurt to be lucky, because this season hasn’t been the most lucky overall. But great job by Team PPG and Team Chevy. We had a rough start to the weekend and Team Chevy really took care of us just before qualifying so its nice to get an uplifting emotional feeling I should say. It was a disappointing day for Team Penske but we will bounce back in Pocono because its one of our strengths at the superspeedways. Congratulations to Graham Rahal because honestly, that was a pretty good drive.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Mid-Ohio Post Race
CHEVROLET IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY 200
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE
LEXINGTON, OHIO
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER POST QUALIFYING NOTES AND QUOTES
SCOTT DIXON, NO. 9 TARGET CHIP GANASSI RACING CHEVROLET, POLE WINNER: “It’s the Target car! The Target car obviously has had strong runs here with 10 wins for Chip Ganassi and five with myself driving the No. 9. So it is a combination. Even that lap I messed up in (turns) 12 and two. There is definitely a bit of speed and we waved off the last lap as well and Will (Power) came pretty close so good thing we have a little buffer there. Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Mid-Ohio–Post Qualifying
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
WINDOWS 10 400
POCONO RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING NOTES AND QUOTES
JULY 31, 2015
KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 4 JIMMY JOHN’S/BUDWEISER CHEVROLET SS – QUALIFIED – 2ND
DESCRIBE THE LAP THAT ALMOST PUT THE NO. 4 ON THE POLE:
“Just really proud of everybody on our Jimmy John’s/Budweiser team for running our fastest lap in the last session. A lot of that lies on me for putting the lap together something I hadn’t done over the last couple of months. I feel like we all did a good job there and made some good adjustments. I feel like I probably gave up a little bit in Turn 1. I got a little bit tight in the center of that corner, but all-in-all it was a good lap and I’m glad we ran our fastest speed in the last round. That is what you have to do.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono–Qualifying
CHEVROLET IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY 200
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE
LEXINGTON, OHIO
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER POST QUALIFYING NOTES AND QUOTES
SCOTT DIXON, NO. 9 TARGET CHIP GANASSI RACING CHEVROLET, POLE WINNER: “It’s the Target car! The Target car obviously has had strong runs here with 10 wins for Chip Ganassi and five with myself driving the No. 9. So it is a combination. Even that lap I messed up in (turns) 12 and two. There is definitely a bit of speed and we waved off the last lap as well and Will (Power) came pretty close so good thing we have a little buffer there. Continue reading Chevy Racing– Indycar–Mid-Ohio– Scott Dixon
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
WINDOWS 10 400
POCONO RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING NOTES AND QUOTES
JULY 31, 2015
KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 4 JIMMY JOHN’S/BUDWEISER CHEVROLET SS – QUALIFIED – 2ND
DESCRIBE THE LAP THAT ALMOST PUT THE NO. 4 ON THE POLE:
“Just really proud of everybody on our Jimmy John’s/Budweiser team for running our fastest lap in the last session. A lot of that lies on me for putting the lap together something I hadn’t done over the last couple of months. I feel like we all did a good job there and made some good adjustments. I feel like I probably gave up a little bit in Turn 1. I got a little bit tight in the center of that corner, but all-in-all it was a good lap and I’m glad we ran our fastest speed in the last round. That is what you have to do.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono–Qualifying
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
WINDOWS 10 400
POCONO RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
JULY 31, 2015
DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 MICROSOFT CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Pocono Raceway and discussed his Pocono sweep in 2014, the status of his team heading into the Chase and many other topics. Full Transcript: Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono–Dale Earnhardt Jr.
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
WINDOWS 10 400
POCONO RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
JULY 31, 2015
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 AARP MEMBER ADVANTAGES CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed rules packages, different challenges of racing at Pocono and his memories of this particular track, how he feels about making the Chase at this point in the season, his feelings about going to various tracks for the final time as a competitor, and more. Full Transcript: Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono–Jeff Gordon
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
WINDOWS 10 400
POCONO RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
JULY 31, 2015
MARTIN TRUEX, JR., NO. 78 FURNITURE ROW/VISSER PRECISION CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Pocono Raceway and discussed his win at the ‘Tricky Triangle’ in June, his thoughts on the recent developments at Michael Waltrip Racing and many other topics. Full Transcript:
TALK ABOUT THE WIN IN JUNE AND COMING BACK THIS WEEKEND:
“Yeah, definitely it feels a little different coming back this time for sure. It feels good. It was definitely a huge weekend for us, for all of us; for me, my team, for Barney (Visser, team owner) and just everybody that has put so much effort into Furniture Row Racing and the No. 78 car. Definitely feels good to be back. Hopefully, we can repeat on what we did last time. Obviously, it’s not going to be easy, but I feel like we are up for the challenge. A few differences in the racetrack with the Tunnel Turn being smooth again, I think that certainly makes it a little bit easier on everybody else. I kind of like the challenge of the bumps just because obviously we had them, seemed like, figured out pretty good. So far the car has felt good today. I feel like we will have a good run for qualifying and looking forward to a great weekend.”
IS THERE ANYTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THE TEAM SINCE THAT WIN? IS IT SOMEWHAT MORE CIRCUMSTANCES OR DO YOU FEEL YOUR TEAM IS ANY DIFFERENT OR CAPABLE THAN IT WAS WHEN YOU WERE HERE PREVIOUSLY?
“Yeah, I mean we definitely ran into kind of a string of bad luck there with Sonoma and Daytona getting caught up in crashes. I felt like we had a really good car at New Hampshire, one of the better cars I’ve had in quite a few years, actually. And got caught a lap down by the caution and had to come from the back and finish 12th, I think, in 45 laps or so. Then last week at Indy I thought we had a pretty good car. We never had the speed that we needed to lead, but we did have a good top five. It’s been a little bit up and down here lately, but I feel like we still have speed in our racecars. We really haven’t been to any tracks where we feel like we have really performed well at. No 1.5-miles, place like Dover where we led the most laps, places that I tend to run really well at. I think we have some more good tracks coming up. I feel like we still have that momentum, we just kind of had some bad luck along the way. We are obviously looking for more speed just like everybody is. I think everybody is stepping up their program as the season goes on and we are trying to do the same thing. We brought a new car here. Trying to be better than last time and hopefully it will play out.”
THE LAST THREE WEEKS YOU HAVE RUN THREE DIFFERENT RULES PACKAGES. WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE ADAPTING TO THOSE CHANGES?
“It hasn’t been that big of a deal driver wise as far as adapting to the packages. I think it is all relative. It’s more about where you’re racecars are. When they take downforce off everyone the good cars still seem like they are the good cars. Certainly I think some guys have definitely put more effort into the other rules packages than we did. I heard stories of people going to the wind tunnel 10-15 times before racing either one of those packages. I think we went once or twice. So, that is one area where maybe we are at a little bit of a disadvantage just funding wise – the amount of money coming into our team. But, I think we have done a good job. We had a really good car at Kentucky in the low downforce and hit some debris on the racetrack and pretty much ruined our race. I felt like we were pretty good in the high downforce last week at Indy too. The guys have done a good job of adapting. As far as the driving goes it’s a little bit different, but it’s still all about getting the most you can out of your racecar and out of your team and all the things you do together. It really hasn’t been a huge change I don’t think for us.”
IS THIS THE SAME CAR AS A FEW WEEKS AGO? ARE YOU IN THE PROCESS YET OF SAVING OR PROTECTING YOUR BETTER CARS FOR THE CHASE?
“It’s not the same car and no, I think honestly at this point we are constantly working at getting better and constantly working on trying to find more speed. I don’t think we have anything set aside car wise that we feel like is better than what we can build going forward. That is the plan. The team is pushing hard, they are working hard and trying to do everything they can to keep getting better. Again, you’ve got to stay with the competition. Things change so fast around here that you’ve got to work hard. Cole (Pearn, crew chief) and the guys are doing a good job with that. Hopefully, we will able to get back to leading laps and putting ourselves in position to win some more races.”
SINCE YOU WON HERE IN JUNE HOW MUCH MORE PRESSURE DO YOU PUT ON YOURSELF AND YOUR RACE TEAM THIS WEEK?
“Not any different than any other weekend I don’t think. Obviously, we have that bit of a safety net so to speak. I think we can tend to take chances a little bit more and this and that. But you know we are still here to win and get the best finish we can for everyone. You definitely feel a little more pressure just because we were so good here last time that you don’t want to screw it up. But at the same time, again, the track is a little bit different and everybody is getting better. I think the (Joe) Gibbs (Racing) cars have proven that in a couple of weeks’ time you can make some really big gains. I think those guys are really the cars to beat right now. We’ve got to continue to work hard and try to get our stuff better and try to again get up front and start leading laps again and put ourselves in position to win again.”
HOW TRICKY IS IT WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGES OR THE NOT PROPOSED CHANGES THAT NASCAR HAS GOING INTO THE CHASE?
“I don’t know that it’s so much notes and set-up’s and things. I think it’s more of we really geared up this season and put a lot of emphasis on building our cars and focusing on the rules package we thought we were going to have. A small team like ours can’t make those big changes and go after a new rules package quite as fast as say the bigger teams. I mentioned earlier about the wind tunnel time. I heard of people using, just for the high downforce and the low downforce package. We really put all our eggs in that basket of ‘hey these are the ’15 rules.’ We developed our whole car around it over the winter and going into the start of the season. We really hope that it continues down that path. At this point we are not really sure what is going to happen. It’s definitely a difficult time for the teams for sure. A lot of money being spent on wind tunnel time and aero stuff and just trying to figure those things out, but at the end of the day we don’t even know what we are going to have yet. So, it’s definitely difficult, especially for the smaller teams to be able to do that.”
WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSIONS THIS MORNING OF THE TRACKSIDE SUPERSTORE?
“I thought it was awesome. Just from my perspective I thought it seems a lot simpler. It seems more modern and just a nicer area to be in. There is shade, there is a little bit of air flow. It is not standing out in the sun sweating walking around to try to find your driver’s hauler or things like that. The biggest thing that stuck out for me, we have a souvenir hauler that we share with other drivers. I’m constantly getting messages on Twitter and on Facebook and my fans asking me at the racetrack ‘where do we get your hats? Where do we get your t-shirts?’ It’s like; well I don’t know where that trailer is at this weekend. It’s just a lot more simplified especially for us. I thought it was a really cool atmosphere out there. It should be fun for the fans. I think they are going to enjoy it.”
CAN YOU TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM POCONO TO HELP YOU PREPARE FOR WATKINS GLEN?
“It doesn’t help at all. When you throw right turns in there it mixes everything up. It’s definitely a lot different than here. But, I do love going to Watkins Glen, definitely looking forward to that race for sure. It’s a fun place to go, a fun area. I can’t say enough about the weather up here this weekend, so hopefully we will get some more of that next weekend at Watkins Glen.”
WOULD YOU MIND SEEING A ROAD COURSE IN THE CHASE? WHY HAS THE RACING BEEN SO EXCITING AT WATKINS GLEN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS? WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THAT TRACK THAN SONOMA?
“I really enjoy the road courses. I probably wouldn’t mind seeing one in the Chase. If I had to pick I would lean more towards Watkins Glen just because it seems like Sonoma is such a wild card race. It’s almost like a Talladega or Daytona of road courses just because of the layout and the double file restarts and how it all works out there. It’s really tight racing and you can pretty much plan on getting knocked off the track at least once throughout the race. It’s difficult, but I think it would be cool to have a road course in the Chase for sure. I really do enjoy Watkins Glen a lot.”
ARE YOU SURPRISED AT THE DEVELOPMENTS AT MICHAEL WALTRIP RACING?
“Yeah, a little bit. I don’t really know a whole lot about what’s going on, but hearing that Rob (Kauffman) is buying into another team is interesting for sure. I’m not sure what they’ve got going on, but it was definitely surprising. I’ve got a lot of friends over there. They have a lot of great people there and hopefully they will all land on their feet and figure out some way to keep going.”
IT’S KIND OF BIZARRE BECAUSE YOU CAME FROM GANASSI TO MWR AND IT’S KIND OF LIKE HE’S DOING THE OPPOSITE:
“You never know in this sport. Things change quickly, especially these days.”
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT DYNAMIC IS GOING TO WORK HAVING WORKED AT BOTH PLACES?
“It has been so long since I’ve been… I was at Ganassi for a year and it was so different then than it is now. Just based on who is there and what they are doing and stuff. It’s really hard to say.”
Team Chevy Drivers Look to Continue Success at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Chevrolet in Pursuit of Fourth Consecutive Verizon IndyCar Series Manufacturers Crown
· Chevrolet V6 2.2-liter, twin-turbocharged, directed injected, fueled by E85 powered driver Scott Dixon is the defending winner at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
· Chevrolet drivers have won nine of the first 13 races this season Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Team Chevy Drivers Look to Continue Success at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
NHRA
MILE-HIGH NATIONALS
BANDIMERE SPEEDWAY
MORRISON COLORADO
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER POST RACE
JULY 26, 2015
Larry Morgan Takes Chevrolet Camaro SS to NHRA Pro Stock Winner’s Circle at Bandimere Speedway
MORRISON, Colo (July 26, 2015) – Larry Morgan, FireAde Chevrolet Camaro SS, scored a stunning victory in NHRA Pro Stock at Bandimere Speedway defeating Allen Johnson. Morgan’s run of 6.944 seconds/199.02 mph bested the four-time Mile-High Nationals winner by seven one-thousandths of a second to collect his 12th career NHRA Pro Stock National win and second at the track dubbed Thunder Mountain. Continue reading Chevy Racing-NHRA–Bandimere Post Race
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
CROWN ROYAL PRESENTS THE JEFF KYLE 400 AT THE BRICKYARD
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
JULY 26, 2015
KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 4 JIMMY JOHN’S/BUDWEISER CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 3RD
WALK US THROUGH HOW WILD THE LAST TWO OR THREE RESTARTS WERE:
“Yeah, we lost the lead there. The No. 18 (Kyle Busch) and No. 22 (Joey Logano) got hooked up on the restart there and got by us in Turn 1. The No. 78 (Martin Truex, Jr.) and I didn’t really get together and weren’t able to keep the lead. Then I lost the lead and Kyle had a faster pace than I wanted to go and spun the tires and then he was able to keep the lead. We lost a couple more spots because we got all jacked up once we started spinning the tires. All-in-all just really proud of everybody on the Jimmy John’s team, I just didn’t put it together there at the end.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Indy–Post Race
NHRA
MILE-HIGH NATIONALS
BANDIMERE SPEEDWAY
MORRISON COLORADO
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUOTES FINAL ROUND QUALIFYING
JULY 25, 2015
MORRISON, Colo. (July 25, 2015) – John Force, Blue Def/Peak/ John Force Racing Camaro SS, set the NHRA Funny Car track record for low E.T. (elapsed time) to claim the No. 1 qualifier position for Sunday’s Mile-High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway. The 16-time champions’ pass of 4.015-seconds/318.09 mph came in Friday night’s round two of qualifying after a more than two-hour delay in the action due to rain. The cool track temperature made conditions perfect for Force to beat his record set here in Morrison, Colorado in 2014. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NHRA–Mile-High Nationals–Qualifying
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
CROWN ROYAL PRESENTS THE JEFF KYLE 400 AT THE BRICKYARD
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING NOTES & QUOTES
JULY 25, 2015
TONY STEWART LEADS TEAM CHEVY IN QUALIFYING AT INDY
Seven Chevy SS Drivers in top 12
SPEEDWAY, Ind. – (July 25, 2015) – Two-time Brickyard 400 winner and Indiana native, Tony Stewart, turned a lap of 49.228 seconds/182.82 mph in his No. 14 Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet SS to earn a fourth-place starting spot in Sunday’s Crown Royal presents the Jeff Kyle 400 at the Brickyard NASCAR Sprint Cup race. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Indy–Qualifying Notes
CAMARO Z/28.R AT LIME ROCK: Fourth Place Enough to Keep Manufacturer Points Lead
Chevrolet Camaro Z28.Rs finish fourth, fifth and sixth in hard-luck GS race
LAKEVILLE, Conn. (July 25, 2015) – The two Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.Rs from Stevenson Motorsports finished fourth and fifth in Saturday’s sixth round of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge as Chevy remained first in the series’ Grand Sport (GS) Manufacturer championship. With a fourth-place finish, Andrew Davis and Robin Liddell in Stevenson Motorsports’ No. 6 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.R increased their points lead in the GS Driver’s standings with four rounds left in the season. Continue reading Chevy Racing–CAMARO Z/28.R AT LIME ROCK: Fourth Place Enough to Keep Manufacturer Points Lead
CAMARO Z/28.R AT LIME ROCK: Fourth Place Enough to Keep Manufacturer Points Lead
Chevrolet Camaro Z28.Rs finish fourth, fifth and sixth in hard-luck GS race
LAKEVILLE, Conn. (July 25, 2015) – The two Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.Rs from Stevenson Motorsports finished fourth and fifth in Saturday’s sixth round of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge as Chevy remained first in the series’ Grand Sport (GS) Manufacturer championship. With a fourth-place finish, Andrew Davis and Robin Liddell in Stevenson Motorsports’ No. 6 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.R increased their points lead in the GS Driver’s standings with four rounds left in the season. Continue reading Chevy Racing–CAMARO Z/28.R AT LIME ROCK: Fourth Place Enough to Keep Manufacturer Points Lead
CAMARO Z/28.R AT LIME ROCK: Third Pole Position of 2015 for Matt Bell
Stevenson Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro Z28.Rs qualify first, third
LAKEVILLE, Conn. (July 24, 2015) – Matt Bell drove his Stevenson Motorsports No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.R to a third pole position of the season and 12th of his career in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge on Friday at Lime Rock Park. The team’s two Camaro Z/28.Rs will line up behind each other for Saturday’s 10 a.m. ET start for the sixth round of the 2015 Grand Sport (GS) championship. Continue reading Chevy Racing–CAMARO Z/28.R AT LIME ROCK: Third Pole Position of 2015 for Matt Bell
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
CROWN ROYAL PRESENTS THE JEFF KYLE 400 AT THE BRICKYARD
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
JULY 24, 2015
JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 MCDONALD’S/CESSNA CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed his former win at the Brickyard and what it meant to him, his season to date, the rules package change for this weekend, keeping his cool on-track, and more. Full Transcript
REFLECT BACK TO THAT WIN AND THEN RETURNING NOW. HOW BIG OF A DEAL WAS IT TO WIN HERE AT THE BRICKYARD?
“For me, when I look back at the picture of getting to kiss the bricks, it’s special for a lot of different reasons. But one of those was because Christy was pregnant with Carter, 7 months I think with a big belly, and I remember on that day as we kissed the bricks, looking at her and telling her what a special memory we were going to have with him and the fact that we’ve won the race and we’re kissing the bricks and he’s in your belly. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Indianapolis–Jamie McMurray