Jegs Racing

Jeg Coughlin Jr. asking for more from his Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart

Jeg Coughlin Jr. asking for more from
his Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart
CHARLOTTE (April 23) — Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s bid for his first NHRA Four-Wide Nationals trophy will begin from the bottom half of the qualifying ladder after the five-time Pro Stock world champion posted a 12th-best 6.660 at 207.62 mph in his Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart.

The result was a bit of a disappointment for the 58-time national event winner, who was hoping for a loftier starting slot after seeing the progress the team made between races.

“Coming into the event we certainly felt like we were making more in the horsepower department, and Erica’s car was tested and ran well last week in Tulsa (Okla.), but something still appears to be holding us back,” said Coughlin, who won the fall race here in 2013. “We’re not quite scratching our heads but we’re close to that. We know we’re capable of running within a few hundredths of the front teams, which would be a low 6.60 here, but we weren’t able to do that this weekend.

“Typically, when you’re as far off as we are here it’s something pretty obvious, but that’s not the case. The boys are already hard at it trying to find a way. It’ll be a busy 18 hours until we run the first round of eliminations. Hopefully, we get some things figured out.”

As the No. 12 qualifier, Coughlin will be the third of his foursome of drivers to select which lane he will race down. His opponents will be No. 4 qualifier Bo Butner (6.584), No. 5 qualifier Shane Gray (6.602), and No. 13 qualifier Deric Kramer (6.663). Under the rules of the Four-Wide Nationals, the two quickest cars in each foursome advance to the next round.

“I have complete faith in the team,” Coughlin said. “They won the last two championships over here, so it’s just a case of putting our heads together and see if we can’t work some sort of miracle tomorrow at this famous Four-Wide race.

“The car’s driving pretty well, but we’re still in the start-up phase in some regards as far as running with Mopar and the Hemis. We’ll continue to narrow it down and find something we can race with.”

Pro Stock eliminations begin around 1 p.m., Sunday. FOX Sports 1 will air qualifying action from 10 p.m. to midnight, Saturday, and elimination racing from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., Sunday. All times are listed in Eastern time zone.

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Barber Motorsports Park–Qualifying

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY GRAND PRIX OF ALABAMA
BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK (ALABAMA)
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING RECAP
APRIL 23, 2016

Simon Pagenaud Puts Chevy on Pole at Barber
Chevrolet IndyCar Drivers Capture Top-Five Starting Spots and Eight of Top-10

BIRMINGHAM (April 23, 2016) – Simon Pagenaud, the most recent Verizon IndyCar Series race winner-last Sunday on the Streets of Long Beach-won the Verizon P1 Award for the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park. With a lap of 1 minute, 6.7262 seconds/124.089 mph, Pagenaud, piloting the No. 22 PPG Automotive Finishes Team Penske Chevrolet, captured his first pole of the 2016 season, and the third of his career.

Will Power qualified the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet second. Power, along with Pagenaud and Scott Dixon, No. 9 Target Coca Cola Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet, who qualified fourth for Sunday’s 90-lap race, are the only drivers to appear in every Firestone Fast Six session in 2016. Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Barber Motorsports Park–Qualifying →

Honda Racing

Rahal Leads Honda Qualifiers at Barber Motorsports Park

Rahal Leads Honda Qualifiers at Barber Motorsports Park
• Best qualifying effort of 2015 for Rahal
• Hinchcliffe, Filippi also advance through two qualifying rounds
• Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama runs Sunday

In his first Firestone Fast Six appearance of 2016, Graham Rahal led the Honda contingent Saturday at Barber Motorsports Park and will start sixth in Sunday’s Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. In addition to being his best qualifying result of the season, today’s performance is also Rahal’s strongest qualifying effort in seven starts at the scenic road course just outside of Birmingham, Alabama. In his best previous race at Barber, in 2015, Rahal started eighth and went on to finish second.

James Hinchcliffe continued to show good form on the road and street circuits of the Verizon IndyCar Series, qualifying eighth today for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, with Luca Filippi also making it to the second round of “knockout” Indy car qualifying to start 12th for Dale Coyne Racing.

Sunday’s 90-lap Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama starts at 3 p.m. EDT, with live network television coverage on the NBC Sports Network.

Graham Rahal (#15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda): “It will make life a little easier, being this far forward [for the race start]. It’s always an interesting race around this place but we’ll just have to see how it plays out tomorrow. For us to get into the Fast Six, I did was about as good of a lap as I think I have ever put together here. From comments I’ve heard, others are struggling with the rear tires going off a lot in the long run and I don’t really have that problem. We’re going to keep our heads down, keep focused and just out race them a little bit. And if we can keep the rear tires under us, and save some fuel hopefully to make the end of the race easier so we can attack hard, I think it will put us in a good spot.”

World of Outlaws

Saldana Outduels Pittman for Texas Outlaw Nationals Victory

Saldana Outduels Pittman for Texas Outlaw Nationals Victory
Captures lead with two laps to go to win opening night at Devil’s Bowl Speedway

MESQUITE, Texas – April 22, 2016 – Joey Saldana charged from his fifth starting position to rocket around a red-hot Daryn Pittman with just two laps remaining to claim the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series Texas Outlaw Nationals at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Friday night.

Saldana returned to victory lane for the first time since the opening night at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 3.

“We’ve had a really good car this year, but the driver’s made a lot of mistakes,” Saldana said. “Tonight everything hit on all cylinders and it was just an awesome night…I can’t thank Dennis and Teresa Roth enough for this opportunity. Continue reading Saldana Outduels Pittman for Texas Outlaw Nationals Victory →

Mopar Racing

Hagan Takes Mopar to Track Record Provisional Pole in Qualifying for the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals

Hagan Takes Mopar to Track Record Provisional Pole in Qualifying for the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals

· Matt Hagan drove Mopar Express Lane Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car to provisional No.1 Qualifier position in rain shortened Friday qualifying at 7th annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
· Hagan earned the top spot in Funny Car Friday qualifying with a track record 3.941-second run at track record speed 323.50 mph
· Capps rebounds from Las Vegas disappointment to put DSR Dodge Charger R/T fourth in rain shorten provisional qualifying

Concord, North Carolina (April 22, 2016) – For a seventh season, the National Hot Rod Association Four-Wide Nationals returns to the specially built zMAX Dragway near Charlotte, N.C. for a unique event that doubles up on the challenge for competitors and the excitement for fans with a four lane drag racing format rather than the customary two.

It was a promising start to the weekend for at least one HEMI-powered entry as the Mopar Express Lane Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car of Don Schumacher Racing’s Matt Hagan took the top spot in a qualifying on Friday with a both the elapsed time and speed track records before a persistent drizzle limited activity to just the one session. Two sessions remain on Saturday to qualify for Sunday’s elimination rounds. Continue reading Hagan Takes Mopar to Track Record Provisional Pole in Qualifying for the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals →

John Force Racing

J. FORCE, B. FORCE NO. 2 FRIDAY AT ZMAX DRAGWAY FOUR-WIDE

J. FORCE, B. FORCE NO. 2 FRIDAY AT ZMAX DRAGWAY FOUR-WIDE

CONCORD, NC – The first day of qualifying at the 7th annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods was cut short by persistent rain showers but not before John Force and Brittany Force could race to the provisional No. 2 positions in Funny Car and Top Fuel respectively. The father and daughter tandem will lead the team into the second day of four-wide qualifying at zMAX Dragway starting at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow.

John Force was just a tick slower than the quickest Funny Car missing the No. 1 spot by .005 seconds in his PEAK Antifreeze Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car. The winner of the inaugural Four-Wide Nationals was fired up at the top end after the run. Continue reading J. FORCE, B. FORCE NO. 2 FRIDAY AT ZMAX DRAGWAY FOUR-WIDE →

Richard Childress Racing

Richard Childress Racing–Richmond 250

Late Race Caution Puts Austin Dillon and the Ruud Team in Contention at Richmond International Raceway

“In the heat race we struggled with a really tight-handling Ruud Chevrolet but we were able to make it better on the long run before the main event started. We definitely had a decent car on the long run. We just couldn’t take off to start a run. At the end of the long run we were probably one of the fastest cars. On that last restart if we had a car that could have turned a bit better we probably could have moved somebody or tried to, at least. I just could not get to them in the first corner. It was a good day for RCR in general and I’m very proud of my brother, Ty, for his Dash4Cash win. That’s what he needed right there.”

– Austin Dillon

Ty Dillon wins #Dash4Cash, Finishes Runner-Up at Richmond International Raceway

“Today was an all around excellent day for our No. 3 WESCO team. With Nick Harrison out this weekend, our race engineer, Danny Efland, really stepped up and delivered today. This team has a whole lot of fight and was there with me at the end to give me a great race car. I really wanted to win this race today, and thought we had a chance at the end. It’s cool to win this Dash4Cash and I can’t thank XFINITY enough for allowing us to race this format. It was exciting to win the heat race and be one step closer to locking ourselves in the Chase. We’re looking forward to getting Nick back next week and hopefully scoring a win. Today was fun; we need more days like today.”

– Ty Dillon

Brandon Jones and the No. 33 Chevrolet Military Discount Camaro Team Continue Strong Season with a Top-15 Finish at Richmond International Raceway

“This weekend was tricky from the beginning with practice and qualifying cancelled because of rain on Friday. We didn’t get a chance to dial in the No. 33 Chevy to where we needed it and that showed during today’s race. We fought an overall lack of grip that had me slipping and sliding around the track. Mike (Hillman, crew chief) made great calls and we were able to finish the day with a decent finish.”

– Brandon Jones

Brendan Gaughan and the South Point Team Power to Seventh Place Finish at Richmond International Raceway

“Richmond was a fun surface to race on today. We could move around a lot with multiple grooves. The tires finally wore out, which was nice. Those late cautions really worked in our favor. In the end, Shane Wilson and my team got me a top-10 finish at Richmond, which has always been my worst race track statistically. They deserve a medal for that! My guys did an awesome job.”

– Brendan Gaughan

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Barber Motorsports Park–Post Qualifying

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY OF ALABAMA
BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK (ALABAMA)
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER POST QUALIFYING QUOTES
APRIL 23, 2016

TEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUOTES:

SIMON PAGENAUD, NO. 22 PPG AUTOMOTIVE REFINISH TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, VERIZON P1 POLE WINNER: WHAT DOES IT DO CONFIDENCE-WISE TO KNOCK SOMEONE LIKE WILL POWER OFF THE POLE WITH ONE LAP TO DO IT? “It was awesome. The car is just incredible – the PPG car – especially on the red Firestone tires. I really had a good time and was having fun driving it. We put the least amount to fuel in it and tried to save the tires by doing one lap each segment. The car was so good that we went through every segment. On the last lap, I just dug deep. It was one of the best feelings I’ve ever had driving. That lap was really good.”

ARE YOU IN THE ZONE MORE THAN YOU HAVE BEEN IN YOUR CAREER? “It’s just flowing so well my head. I’m very clear-minded. Everyone is working so well together. We are just having fun. It’s amazing to see how much difference a year makes.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Barber Motorsports Park–Post Qualifying →

Honda Racing

Sato Shines for Honda at Long Beach

Sato Shines for Honda at Long Beach
• Late-race charge nets fifth for Sato, Honda and A.J. Foyt Racing
• Hinchcliffe rebounds from early-season disappointment to run eighth
• Caution-free race leads to record event

A late-race charge from Takuma Sato netted Honda and the A.J. Foyt Racing veteran fifth place Sunday at the Grand Prix of Long Beach, as a caution-free race around the Southern California street circuit resulted in a record race pace and negatively affected the race strategies of several Honda teams.

The race would run caution-free for the first time since 1989 and only the fourth time in Long Beach history, resulting in a record race pace of just over 100 mph. It also was the first caution-free Indy car race anywhere since Mid-Ohio in 2013. Continue reading Sato Shines for Honda at Long Beach →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Barber Motorsports Park–Post Practice

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY OF ALABAMA
BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK (ALABAMA)
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER POST PRACTICE QUOTES
APRIL 22, 2016

BIRMINGHAM – A total of 10 Team Chevy drivers worked through two rounds of practice in preparation for Saturday’s Firestone Fast Six qualifying to set the field for the Grand Prix of Alabama on Sunday,
There will be an additional practice session Saturday morning at 11:00 CDT a.m. prior to the Firestone Fast Six qualifying set to start at 3:00 p.m. CDT and will be telecast live by NBC Sports Network.
The Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama is set to start on Sunday, April 24, at 2 p.m. CDT (3 p.m. EDT) with live television coverage on NBCSN. Live radio coverage will be on XM Radio Channel 209, the INDYCAR Radio Network, and Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 212. In addition, Verizon IndyCar Series live timing and scoring with the radio broadcast can be found at indycar.com, indycarradio.com and INDYCAR App on your mobile device. Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Barber Motorsports Park–Post Practice →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Barber Motorsports Park–Simon Pagenaud

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY OF ALABAMA
BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK (ALABAMA)
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
APRIL 22, 2016

SIMON PAGENAUD, NO. 22 PPG AUTOMOTIVE FINISHES TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, met with media at Barber Motorsports Park and discussed:

THE MODERATOR: Simon, first of all, how did the first practice go? Obviously it looks like some weather is moving in, so it might be a marker for you guys in terms of progress heading into tomorrow.

SIMON PAGENAUD: Yeah, this morning was interesting. We worked mostly on race setup. We had a few things we wanted to try from the open test here. The car was behaving pretty well on the tires, actually. It was a very interesting session. The track changed a lot, as well, which it always does at that time of the day between 11:00 and 12:00. It was certainly interesting. Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Barber Motorsports Park–Simon Pagenaud →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Barber Motorsports Park

CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
HONDA INDY OF ALABAMA
BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK (ALABAMA)
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
APRIL 22, 2016

JOSEF NEWGARDEN, NO. 21 FUZZY’S ULTRA PREMIUM VODKA ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVROLET, met with media at Barber Motorsports Park and discussed:

THE MODERATOR: We’ll go ahead and get started with today’s Verizon IndyCar Series media availability. Pleased to be joined by our reigning race winner Josef Newgarden.

Josef, you’re one of only four drivers to ever win here at the track. What does that mean to you, especially considering that last year was your first career win. Continue reading Chevy Racing–INDYCAR–Barber Motorsports Park →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Richmond–Kevin Harvick

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
TOYOTA OWNER’S 400
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
APRIL 22, 2016

KEVIN HARVICK TO START FROM POLE POSITION AT RICHMOND
Qualifying for Toyota Owner’s 400 Cancelled Due to Rain

RICHMOND, Va. – April 22, 2016 – Qualifying for Sunday’s Toyota Owner’s 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway has been cancelled due to inclement weather.

The starting grid has been set per the provisions in the NASCAR rulebook. Starting positions are based on the times from the first practice session held on Friday. Twenty-one Chevrolet SS drivers will take the green flag on Sunday for 400-laps/300-miles of racing at the .75-mile track.

2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and three-time Richmond winner, Kevin Harvick, piloting the No. 4 Busch Light Chevrolet SS, will start from the top spot as he posted a quick lap of 20.919 seconds/129.069 mph in the first practice session. This will be the second time in his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career that Harvick will lead the field to the green flag at Richmond. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Richmond–Kevin Harvick →

Ven Racing

Ven Racing–Festival of Power, Santa Pod 25th-27th March.

Festival of Power, Santa Pod 25th-27th March.

Our first ACU race meeting of the year saw us at Santa Pod on a sunny Friday with not a cloud in the sky and a slight cross wind.
Over the winter period we changed over from the ice coolant system to the co2 spray bar charge cooler which reduced the bikes
weight by 27lbs, also we added a DME rear facing exhaust system to the bike instead of the side exit system which we believe was
turning the bike left at the top end Continue reading Ven Racing–Festival of Power, Santa Pod 25th-27th March. →

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Richmond–Michael Annett

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
TOYOTA OWNER’S 400
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY PRACTICE QUOTES
APRIL 22, 2016

MICHAEL ANNETT, NO. 46 PILOT FLYING J CHEVROLET SS – Involved in a practice crash in the first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice at Richmond International Raceway

WHAT HAPPENED?
“I just came off pit road trying to go out there in qualifying trim. Not knowing what the weather is going to do later on, we wanted to lay down a lap and get us the best starting position we could if it does rain out qualifying. It’s unfortunate. I just feel like a rookie, it’s my third year in the Cup Series, and to do something like that you feel pretty stupid.”

Chevrolet Racing

Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Richmond–Kurt Busch

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
TOYOTA OWNER’S 400
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
APRIL 22, 2016

KURT BUSCH, NO. 41 MONSTER ENERGY/HAAS AUTOMATION CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Richmond International Raceway and discussed Tony Stewart’s return to competition, racing in the day at Richmond versus racing under the lights, his thoughts on the lugnut rule and many other topics. Full Transcript:

WHY DO YOU LIKE RICHMOND SO MUCH AND WHY DO YOU THINK YOUR DRIVING STYLE IS A GOOD FIT HERE?
“The short track part of our schedule is a lot of fun. You have Martinsville, Bristol, Richmond, all are uniquely different, but they all share the same quality and that is a short track. There are things you have to do on a short track to work on conserving the tires also, making sure you are good on the short run, making sure you are good on the long run, because restarts have become so much more important over the last couple of years. You don’t know if you are going to have a long run to finish the race or if you are going to have short run. You’ve just got to be ready for everything and it seems like at the short tracks the preferred lane on restarts is becoming more and more important. You hope you are on the inside lane when it comes down to one of the final few restarts and that way you are able to gain positions instead of having to be on the defense. Richmond is a fun track. They used to call it the action track, that was when the groove would widen out and get to two, three lanes wide. We always hope to get back to that and it’s a matter of finding the right tire and the right downforce combination to allow the cars to race competitively side-by-side in safe situations. That is what we want to do is put on a good show. We are looking to back-up what we did here last spring with the Monster Energy/Haas Automation Chevrolet.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Richmond–Kurt Busch →

Gary Scelzi Motorsports

Scelzi Earns 11th-Place Finishes in Bakersfield, Perris and Tucson

Scelzi Earns 11th-Place Finishes in Bakersfield, Perris and Tucson

Inside Line Promotions – TUCSON, Ariz. (April 21, 2016) – Dominic Scelzi produced a trio of 11th-place finishes last weekend as the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series wrapped up its spring swing through the West.

“My goal was three top 10s and we were more than capable of that,” he said. “It’s a great performance for our team to compete for a top 10 three nights with the World of Outlaws at tracks I’d never been to. I learned a ton going to three new places. We’re getting better every night and I’m a better driver every night.”

The weekend began on Friday at Bakersfield Speedway in Bakersfield, Calif., for the Budweiser Bash. Scelzi qualified 21st quickest before maneuvering his Roth Motorsports backed entry from seventh to fourth place in a heat race, which lined him up on the outside of the sixth row for the main event. Continue reading Scelzi Earns 11th-Place Finishes in Bakersfield, Perris and Tucson →

World of Outlaws

The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series heads to historic Devil’s Bowl Speedway

The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series heads to historic Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas for the Texas Outlaw Nationals double-header on Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23

CONCORD, N.C. – April 21, 2016 – The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series will cross out of the Pacific time zone for the first time since early March, as the series treks east to historical Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas for the Texas Outlaw Nationals this weekend. Continue reading The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series heads to historic Devil’s Bowl Speedway →

Fensport Performance

Perfect start for Team Fensport!

Perfect start for Team Fensport!
Toyota Sprint Series, Round 1, Blyton Park
On the 1st round of the RRG Toyota Sprint Series saw team Fensport claim 1st & 2nd Overall.
The day started wet and cold and it was Stan who took the initiative fitting wet weather tyres and grabbing the lead from the 1st run. By lunch time Stan had an impressive early lead of nearly 2 seconds.
Adrian in the Fensport GT86R opted to stay on dry tyres and await the better afternoon weather, tip toeing and slithering around the track he was down to 6th place at lunch time. It would all hinge on the weather!
1st runs after lunch saw the times tumble, Adrian taking a full 10s of his previous best and grabbing the lead, Stan more cautious and slipping to 3rd. The track was drying quickly and everyone was going faster with each run.
Stan regained the lead on run 6, but it was short lived as Adrian settled in and went faster with each run to claim 1st overall. His time was incredible, a massive 3.66 seconds faster than last year’s record!
Stan also an incredible result and a similar 4.07s faster than his previous best.
Check out the “bumper cam” video of Adrian’s fastest lap https://youtu.be/hoKKGiFEuOA

How did they do it?
Adrian says
“It still looks like the same car but the Fensport GT86R has undergone quite a transformation over the winter!
We now have a prototype Avo stage 5 ball bearing turbocharger, with larger intercooler and pipe work. We were experiencing boost and power drop off last year and this setup has completely cured the problem. Boost is now 1.5 bar in the higher gears and will hold right to redline.
The fuel system has also been upgraded to include an Avo in tank pump holder and Fensport dash 8 custom fuel system.
Also loving the new Toyo R888R tyres, they have a stiffer carcase and offer better directional change along with more overall grip, definitely needed with the power increase!
The engine bay has been refreshed with new intercooler pipework and Samco blue hoses.
New 2016 engine calibration using EcuTek tuning software allows super smooth in gear and throttle dependant boost control! The new higher performance will certainly test the Cosworth engine internals and we will be pushing even harder on the next round.I would like to add a huge thank you to all the team and our sponsors & supporters”
Stan says
” After finishing 2nd overall in the 2015 championship I want to go one further this year so I left my car at Fensport over winter for a complete transformation to include –
New 2.1 litre HKS forged engine rebuild with Avo stage 3 turbocharger conversion and water injection system.
The fuel system has also been upgraded with a high flow fuel pump and 540cc injectors.
A 3″ Avo exhaust from turbo back
Avo oil cooler and a baffled alloy sump and breather system has been fitted to cope with the high G forces.
Similar 2016 engine calibration using Ecutek software to include electronic boost control and in gear / throttle dependant boost control.
Also the new Toyo 888R tire, we managed to get the 255/40/17 on all round, the handling and balance is fantastic.
I only picked the car up the day before round 1 and it is amazing to drive, the power is immense and comes in very smooth, I’m looking forward to round 2 and want to thank all the team at Fensport for their dedication and also big thanks to all my sponsors 🙂 ”
The GT86R will be on display at Japfest Silverstone on the 24th April, The car will be displayed on the Toyo Tires stand.
Both cars will be competing in the RRG Toyota Sprint Series on the following dates.
Round 2, Blyton Park – 7th May
Round 3, Woodbridge – Sunday, 12th June
Round 4, Anglesey – 21st August
Round 5, Croft – Sunday, 18th September
Round 6, Snetterton – 15th October

Chevrolet Racing

Chevrolet IndyCar Teams Seek to Continue Momentum

Chevrolet IndyCar Teams Seek to Continue Momentum

· Josef Newgarden seeks to repeat at site of his first Verizon IndyCar Series victory
ᴏ Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet driver is confident heading into 90-lap race
· Rolling Barber Motorsports Park course is among most challenging on schedule
· Bowtie Brand has won first three races of the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season
ᴏ Juan Pablo Montoya (St. Petersburg), Scott Dixon (Phoenix), and Simon Pagenaud (Long Beach)
· Chevrolet drivers hold top five positions in the championship standings
ᴏ Team Penske’s Pagenaud, with win and two runner-up finishes, is first

DETROIT (April 21, 2016) – If there is any pressure on Josef Newgarden to repeat his 2015 Victory Circle appearance at Barber Motorsports Park this weekend, the 25-year-old from Hendersonville, Tennessee, isn’t letting on.

To the contrary, the driver of the No. 21 Fuzzy’s Ultra Premium Vodka Chevrolet for Ed Carpenter Racing is brimming with confidence entering the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama.

“We’ve had a couple of good top-10 finishes these last two races (sixth and 10th). Now it would be nice if we could go there and get a little bit better than that,” Newgarden said. “Finally getting back on the podium or getting a win would be nice leading into the Month of May. That’s our priority.” Continue reading Chevrolet IndyCar Teams Seek to Continue Momentum →

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