NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
CHEEZ-IT 355 AT THE GLEN
WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
AUGUST 5, 2016

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 AXALTA CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Watkins Glen International to discuss his health, a potential timeline of his return to racing and many other topics. Full Transcript:

ON BEING BACK AT THE TRACK:
“It is great to be back and seeing everybody. I’m super nervous coming back. Hadn’t been to the track. I miss my team and my teammates. Amy (Reimann, fiancé) is gone on a trip for the weekend, so I was at the house by myself and was just looking for some things to do. Figured coming to the track wasn’t a bad idea. Get to hang out with my guys a little bit. It just felt so weird not being there, so here we are.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Watkins Glen–Dale Earnhardt Jr. →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
CHEEZ-IT 355 AT THE GLEN
WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
AUGUST 5, 2016

CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 SUNENERGY 1 CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed the recent tire test at Watkins Glen, what he is expecting during his first Sprint Cup race here, how his father has helped him, being a ‘temporary’ teammate with Jeff Gordon, and more. Full Transcript:

YOU RECENTLY HAD A TEST HERE. TALK ABOUT THAT:
‘We had a test here and we learned some good ideas and things to come into this weekend with. I’m excited about it, and am looking forward to getting the weekend started.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Watkins Glen–Chase Elliott →

CHEVROLET AT SEATTLE

What:
29th Protect The Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals
When:
Friday, Aug. 5-Sunday, Aug. 7
Where:
Pacific Raceways, Kent, Washington
TV:
FOX Sports 1: Qualifying – 10 p.m. ET Friday (taped highlights)
FOX Sports 1: Qualifying – Noon ET Sunday (taped highlights)
FOX: Eliminations and finals – 4 p.m. ET Sunday (live) Continue reading Chevy Racing–NHRA–Seattle →

CORVETTE DPs AT ROAD AMERICA: Wide-Open Race for Prototype Championship Leaders
Corvette Daytona Prototype teams, Chevrolet in good points positions heading to Elkhart Lake

· Action Express Racing with back-to-back, 1-2 finishes at Watkins Glen, Canada

· Curran, Cameron most recent IMSA winners, defending Road America winners

· Chevrolet holds nine-point lead in Prototype Engine Manufacturer Championship

DETROIT (Aug. 3, 2016) – With three races left in the 2016 season, Corvette Daytona Prototype teams are positioning themselves for the final push toward Prototype titles in IMSA’s WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The Continental Tire Road Race Showcase from Wisconsin’s Road America can go a long way toward settling three tight Prototype championships. Continue reading CORVETTE DPs AT ROAD AMERICA: Wide-Open Race for Prototype Championship Leaders →

TWISTS AND TURNS: CHEVROLETS LOOKS TO GLEAN RESULTS AT ‘THE GLEN’
Bowtie Brigade Seeking Road Course Sweep

DETROIT – (August 2, 2016) – Next up on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule is the newly repaved, high speed, 2.45-mile, 7-turn, Watkins Glen International Raceway located in upstate New York. Part of the Finger Lakes region, this historic road course has played host to NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars since the late 1950’s and continues to be one of the most challenging venues on the circuit. Continue reading TWISTS AND TURNS: CHEVROLETS LOOKS TO GLEAN RESULTS AT ‘THE GLEN’ →

CORVETTE RACING AT ROAD AMERICA: Race to 200 Starts Now
Historic venue again welcomes GT Le Mans championship contenders

Corvette Racing captured win No. 100 two weeks ago
Gavin, Milner with three class wins in 2016
Garcia, Magnussen now up to third in GTLM Driver’s Championship
Chevrolet out front in GT Le Mans Manufacturer points

DETROIT (Aug. 3, 2016) – Less than two weeks after adding another chapter to its already impressive record book, Corvette Racing rolls into familiar territory in pursuit of strengthening its GT Le Mans (GTLM) championship lead and resume as sports car racing’s premier GT team. Continue reading CORVETTE RACING AT ROAD AMERICA: Race to 200 Starts Now →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
PENNSYLVANIA 400
POCONO RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE DRIVER PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
AUGUST 1, 2016

REGAN SMITH LEADS TEAM CHEVY AT POCONO
Four Chevrolet SS Race Cars Finish in Top Six

LONG POND, PA – (August 1, 2016) – Regan Smith led the way for Team Chevy with a third place finish in his No. 7 APC Chevrolet SS at the conclusion of the weather-shortened Pennsylvania 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway. Smith and his Tommy Baldwin Racing team played the perfect pit strategy stretching fuel mileage and remaining on the race track while others came to pit road. The finish was the second top 10 in 11 races at Pocono for Smith. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono–Post Race Quotes →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
PENNSYLVANIA 400
POCONO RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
AUGUST 1, 2016

REGAN SMITH, NO. 7 APC CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 3RD
ON THE RACE:
“It’s been a strange weekend really weather wise. There were times yesterday I thought we were going to get to race and the track had like a pond underneath it apparently. I’m just proud of Tommy (Baldwin) and then the guys on the box for kind of realizing there was opportunity for a strategy play there. We have had a decent run today. We were a lot better than we were last time here. We have made a lot of gains with our race car and with our team. When you are a small team you’ve got to take those opportunities when you can. Fortunately, we were getting good enough fuel mileage to just keep trying to stretch it and have enough left for when the caution did come out. I don’t know that we could have predicted it would have been from fog. I think we were just trying to do what we could do to make sure we maintained as far up as we could and maybe lead a lap or something like that. That is what you’ve got to do sometimes.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono–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 →

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 →

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 →

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY 200
MID OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE
QUALIFYING RECAP
SATURDAY JULY 30, 2016

Simon Pagenaud Wins Verizon P1 Pole Award at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

· Pagenaud’s lap of one minute, 03.8700 seconds/127.271 mph eclipsed the track record set last year by Team Chevy driver Scott Dixon of 1:04.5814/125.869 mph.
· Sixth pole of the season for the current Verizon IndyCar Series points leader
· Will Power makes it all-Chevrolet front row for Sunday’s 90-lap/203.22-mile race on the 13-turn, 2.258-mile permanent road course in Lexington, Ohio
· Four Chevrolet Aero Kit IndyCar with 2.2 liter V6 engine made a run at number one qualifying spot in Firestone Fast Six
· Top-three and six of top-eight starters are Team Chevy drivers
· Pole is the 11th for Chevrolet in the Verizon IndyCar Series in 2016 Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Mid-Ohio Qualifying →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
PENNSYLVANIA 400
POCONO RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING NOTES AND QUOTES
JULY 29, 2016

PAUL MENARD LEADS TEAM CHEVY IN QUALIFYING AT POCONO
Six Chevrolet SS Drivers in Top 12

LONG POND, PA (July 29, 2016) – Paul Menard put his No. 27 Moen/Menards Chevrolet SS in third place during qualifying for Sunday’s Pennsylvania 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway. This was his sixth top-10 start at Pocono; fourth in 21 races this season and the first time at-track with his new crew chief, Danny Stockman. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono Qualifying →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
PENNSYLVANIA 400
POCONO RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
JULY 29, 2016

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed his finish at Indy last week and his expectations for Pocono on Sunday, his plans for the Knoxville Nationals, what race weekend is like when a crew chief is absent, and more. Full Transcript:

YOU TOO PART IN SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL THIS WEEK AT GREENBRIER. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOU DID THERE?
“Yeah, earlier this week; well actually before that, Denny Hamlin and me. Denny had approached me about if there was any possible way we could help out through Target with the floods that had happened there in West Virginia. So we got in touch with Target and they were going to allow us to go shopping for a bunch of toys. Denny and I, earlier this week, we went and bought close to $3,000 worth of toys. And yesterday we went to Greenbrier (County) there and got to deliver toys to a lot of kids. That was really cool. A lot of their families and stuff have lost everything; homes family members. I know there were quite a few people that died from the floods and stuff. So, to be able to contribute just a little bit with toys and see the smiles on some of the kid’s faces was pretty special. I know that Greenbrier and that whole community means a lot to Denny, so it was pretty neat to help out and pretty awesome that Target stepped up to let us do that.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono–Kyle Larson →

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY 200
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE
LEXINGTON, OHIO
CHIP GANASSI, SCOTT DIXON MEDIA AVAILABILITY TRANSCRIPT
FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2016

AN INTERVIEW WITH CHIP GANASSI RACING TEAMS OWNER CHIP GANASSI AND DRIVER SCOTT DIXON AT MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE:

Q: YOU’VE KNOWN THIS (TARGET DEPARTING AFTER END OF 2016 VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES SEASON-IT’S 27TH AS SPONSOR OF CGR) FOR A WHILE, SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

CHIP GANASSI: When you say we’ve known it for a while, the answer for us is we wanted to make sure we knew exactly what was what. There is no aggravation and I have nothing bad to say. They are the greatest sponsor ever in the sport and the greatest partner anybody could ever have. They’ve been around for 27 years and 11 Indy car championships and four Indy 500 wins. I can understand that maybe they want to do something else. I understand that. Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Mid-Ohio–Scott Dixon →

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY 200
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE
LEXINGTON, OHIO
TEAM PENSKE DRIVER AVAILABILITY TRANSCRIPT
FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2016

WILL POWER, NO. 12 VERIZON TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET: ON HIS STRATEGY FOR FINAL RACES OF SEASON IN HUNT FOR CHAMPIONSHIP: “Yes, win them all. Honestly, it is all about executing every qualifying session, every race is really the key. Just getting everything right. No mistakes. And having fun – I think that is key. We still want to have fun.”
ON TRACKS REMAINING ON THE SCHEDULE: “Actually I looked at all the tracks remaining on the schedule, and they are all good for me I feel. It is a very good finish to the season the tracks that are ahead of us.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Mid-Ohio →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
PENNSYLVANIA 400
POCONO RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
JULY 29, 2016

JEFF GORDON, INTERIM DRIVER, NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Pocono Raceway and discussed his thoughts on last weekend’s race at Indy, staying hydrated, the challenges his faces this weekend at Pocono, his thoughts on if he will continue his fill-in role and many other topics. Full Transcript:

TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU’VE HAD GOING ON RECENTLY:
“Mexico was on business for Axalta. I’ve been busy. A lot of these things that were already scheduled and then to throw in these two races has definitely made it a very hectic schedule. I’ve not even been home to get a new set of clothes. So, I was doing some laundry this week myself as well. As far as Pocono, it was nice to get that race under my belt at Indy. I feel a little more confident in understanding the car and the limits and the competition and working with Greg (Ives) and the No. 88 team. I felt like they did a really nice job in Indianapolis. I didn’t do them any favors on the restarts, but luckily got a few back on that last corner to get a decent finish. This week a little bit different preparation than last week. Get fitted in the car, debrief with the team from Indianapolis and then preparation for Pocono. Didn’t have test video from some of our teammates for here like we did last week at Indianapolis and I didn’t have time to get in the driving simulator either. The first few laps today were definitely again a steep learning curve. This is a very challenging race track so it’s going to be a tough, challenging weekend, but I do like this track and a little bit to learn with this new package.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono–Jeff Gordon →

CHEVROLET AT SONOMA

What:
29th Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals
When:
Friday, July 29-Sunday, July 31
Where:
Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California
TV:
FOX Sports 1: Qualifying – 7:30 p.m. ET Friday (taped highlights)
FOX Sports 1: Qualifying – 10 p.m. ET Saturday (taped highlights)
FOX: Eliminations and finals – 4 p.m. ET Sunday (live)

Chevrolet Funny Car Drivers Seek More Success in New Camaro SS at Sonoma
John Force Racing carries momentum into the middle leg of western swing Continue reading CHEVROLET AT SONOMA →

Chevrolet IndyCar Drivers in Tight Championship Race

· Chevrolet drivers occupy the top six in standings
ᴏ Only 46 points separate second through sixth place
· Simon Pagenaud continues to hold the top spot
ᴏ Team Penske teammate Will Power closes to 47 points
· Chevrolet drivers prepare for ninth road/street course race
ᴏ 2.258-mile, 13-turn road Mid-Ohio road course is challenge
· Scott Dixon is active leader with five victories at Mid-Ohio

DETROIT (July 27, 2016) – Experience has taught Will Power to remain pragmatic with five races remaining in the Verizon IndyCar Series (VICS) championship hunt.

Still, the summer charge to second place in the standings has further energized Power entering the 90-lap Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio this weekend on the 2.258-mile, 13-turn road course. Continue reading Chevrolet IndyCar Drivers in Tight Championship Race →

39-TIME MANUFACTURERS’ CHAMPION – NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES

TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE
PENNSYLVANIA 400
POCONO, PENNSYLVANIA
JULY 31, 2016

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TRICKY TRIANGLE TAKE-TWO
Bowtie Brigade Back at Pocono

DETROIT – (July 26, 2016) – Seven short weeks ago the stars of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series raced around the unique three-turn, 2.5-mile Pocono Raceway. This weekend they are back in action at the track nicknamed the ‘Tricky Triangle’. During the series last visit to the picturesque Pennsylvania venue, Chevrolet’s Kurt Busch earned the brand their 32nd Pocono victory. As the circuit makes the journey back to the Pocono Mountains, the Bowtie Brigade is in search of more hardware. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Pocono Advance →