CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
ANGIE’S LIST GRAND PRIX OF INDIANAPOLIS
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
RACE-WINNER QUICK QUOTE
MAY 14, 2016

Simon Pagenaud in the No. 22 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet won his third straight race in the Verizon IndyCar Series by winning the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis for the second time in three years. Pagenaud, who won from pole position and leads the Verizon Indy Car Driver’s Championship, led a Team Chevy 1-2 finish with Helio Castroneves second in the No. 3 Hum by Verizon Chevrolet. Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–ANGIE’S LIST GRAND PRIX OF INDIANAPOLIS–Simon Pagenaud Winner →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
AAA 400 DRIVE FOR AUTISM
DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
SATURDAY SIX QUESTIONS
MAY 14, 2016

SIX QUESTIONS WITH DR. ERIC WARREN, DIRECTOR OF COMPETITION AT RICHARD CHILDRESS RACING
Aerodynamicist Helps Chevrolet Organization Progress in Modern Day NASCAR

TALK ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND PRIOR TO JOINING RICHARD CHILDRESS RACING:
“Going way back I grew up in Mt. Airy, North Carolina which was Mayberry, home of Andy Griffith so those kind of people. I went to North Carolina State University studied aerospace engineering. I really focused on computational fluid dynamics (CFD). I worked with NASA they funded my way through grad school and really I had not really seen much racing until I got out of grad school. I came to visit a friend that worked at a NASCAR team in 1996 and walking out the door to go to lunch I ran into the owner of that team, which was Michael Kranefuss at the time. Long story short he basically said I need somebody like you, when you get ready to get out of school give me a call. Six month, seven months later when I finished up defending my PHD I called him out of the blue thinking it was somewhat of a courtesy call and here I am. It started with Kranefuss/Haas which six months later became Penske/Kranefuss. After six month being in the sport I got to be the lead engineer of Rusty Wallace and Penske/Kranefuss and so I was doing aerodynamics and was the lead engineer there for a couple of years. I kept doing the aero work. I left there and became technical director with Evernham Motorsports. I was there about six years. I did a little F1 for a little while and then came back to RPM (Richard Petty Motorsports) which was the old Evernham team. Then Richard (Childress) talked me into coming over to RCR in 2012. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Dover–Six Questions–Eric Warren →

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
ANGIE’S LIST GRAND PRIX OF INDY
THE ROAD COURSE AT INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING RECAP
MAY 13, 2016

Simon Pagenaud Wins Verizon P1 Award for GP of Indy to Give Chevy Fifth Pole of Season
Chevrolet IndyCar Drivers Capture Three of Top-Five and Seven of Top-10 Qualifiers

INDIANAPOLIS (May 13, 2016) – Simon Pagenaud-the most recent Verizon IndyCar Series race winner with victories on the Streets of Long Beach and Barber Motorsports Park-won the Verizon P1 Award for the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis. With a lap of 1 minute, 08.6868 seconds/127.832 mph, Pagenaud, piloting the No. 22 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet, captured his second pole of the 2016 season, and the fourth of his career.
Continue reading CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES ANGIE’S LIST GRAND PRIX OF INDY →

SIMON PAGENAUD, NO. 22 MENARDS TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, won the Verizon P1 Award for the second consecutive week and earned the right to lead the Verizon IndyCar Series field to the green flag for Saturday’s Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is his fourth career pole, and the fifth pole of the season for Chevrolet.
“It’s fantastic. It’s not that simple, it’s a lot of work in the background. I just want to take my hat off to my engineer, Ben Bretzman, for giving me a monster car every time. As soon as I put those Firestone red (alternate) tires on the car, she became magical, as we imagined. It’s a lot of fun for me right now, the whole team is functioning so well. The decision process from (strategist) Kyle Moyer to do one lap each segment was all him. It’s really a team sport.
“It’s the most fun I’ve ever had in racing. I’m driving the best I’ve driven ever. Little by little, you get confidence with success. Team Penske, they give me the best car. If I drive it well, you should expect to be up there. To be up there so often is certainly the best feeling in the world.”

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
AAA 400 DRIVE FOR AUTISM
DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING TRANSCRIPT
MAY 13, 2016

TEAM CHEVY DRIVERS ON FRONT ROW AT ‘MONSTER MILE’
Qualifying for AAA 400 Cancelled Due to Rain; Harvick, Earnhardt, Jr. to start 1-2

DOVER, Del. – May 13, 2016 – Qualifying for Sunday’s AAA 400 Drive for Autism NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway has been cancelled due to inclement weather. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Dover–Qualifying →

Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
Friday, May 13, 2016
Press Conference with Roger Penske and Mark Reuss
2016 Indianapolis 500 Pace Car – Camaro SS 50th Anniversary Edition
DOUG BOLES: Thank you for coming this morning as we get ready for the Grand Prix of Indianapolis. I’m Doug Boles with the Speedway. We’re going to twist this press conference up a little bit. On the front end, I’m going to throw up some fun rules. We’re not going to do some Q&As today, because we’re going to let some important people in the room ask some questions. The questions will come from the dignitaries in the front row. Helio is already trying to figure out what he’s going to ask. Our questions will come from the drivers instead of the rest of us who are normally asking. Continue reading Chevy Racing–Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis–Press Conference →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
AAA 400 DRIVE FOR AUTISM
DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
MAY 13, 2016

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Dover International Speedway and discussed his immense success at Dover, the addition of safer barriers at Dover, how the changes to the All-Star race format will affect that event and many other topics. Full Transcript: Continue reading Chevy Racing–DOVER–Jimmie Johnson →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
AAA 400 DRIVE FOR AUTISM
DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY PRACTICE NOTES AND QUOTES
MAY 13, 2016

DANICA PATRICK, NO. 10 NATURE’S BAKERY CHEVROLET SS – Involved in a practice crash will have to go to a back-up car.

WHAT HAPPENED?
“I got back to the throttle and it was like a really muffled, like it blew an engine and then it just got sideways and hit the wall. As you can see there were lots of flames too, obviously, some kind of oil or something like that in there that created that. I really feel bad because Jamie’s (McMurray) elbow hurt pretty bad and I don’t know if Tony (Stewart) is feeling perfect, but definitely unfortunate. Not something we commonly see. Not a lot of things like that happen, I feel like, these days. Usually it’s more driver error or something like that. We will figure it out. I don’t know if it was human error or just bad luck. Definitely, unfortunate for the first couple of laps of practice and the fact that rain is coming. Hopefully, everybody feels okay.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–DOVER–Danica Patrick →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
AAA 400 DRIVE FOR AUTISM
DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY PRACTICE NOTES AND QUOTES
MAY 13, 2016

DANICA PATRICK, NO. 10 NATURE’S BAKERY CHEVROLET SS – Involved in a practice crash will have to go to a back-up car.

WHAT HAPPENED?
“I got back to the throttle and it was like a really muffled, like it blew an engine and then it just got sideways and hit the wall. As you can see there were lots of flames too, obviously, some kind of oil or something like that in there that created that. I really feel bad because Jamie’s (McMurray) elbow hurt pretty bad and I don’t know if Tony (Stewart) is feeling perfect, but definitely unfortunate. Not something we commonly see. Not a lot of things like that happen, I feel like, these days. Usually it’s more driver error or something like that. We will figure it out. I don’t know if it was human error or just bad luck. Definitely, unfortunate for the first couple of laps of practice and the fact that rain is coming. Hopefully, everybody feels okay.”

DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH TONY STEWART?
“I think at any point in time you worry for Tony just making sure he is okay after everything he has gone through physically. Hopefully, he is alright, but that is I guess something he really knows how he feels right now.”

Chevrolet IndyCar Teams Aim to Carry Momentum into May

· Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis up next on road course
ᴏ Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud and Will Power are previous winners
· Bowtie Brand has dominated first four races of Verizon IndyCar Series season
ᴏ Pagenaud, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Scott Dixon earn victories
· Chevrolet drivers hold top five positions in the championship standings
ᴏ Pagenaud, with two wins and two runner-up finishes, is leader
· Chevrolet driver roster for GPI expands with JR Hildebrand and Matthew Brabham Continue reading Chevrolet IndyCar Teams Aim to Carry Momentum into May →