Anderson Positioned Well for Successful Sunday in Phoenix

CHANDLER, Ariz., February 21, 2015 – Greg Anderson and the white Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaro made important moves during qualifying for the 31st annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in preparation for a healthy raceday for Team Summit, and the 2003 Phoenix winner is eager to get the show on the road and challenge for the 75th national event win of his career. Continue reading Summit Racing–Anderson Positioned Well for Successful Sunday in Phoenix →

Hagan Drives New 2015 Mopar Dodge Charger to First No. 1 Qualifier with Three Second Run at Phoenix

· DSR pilot Hagan drives the 2015 Mopar Dodge Charger to its first No.1 Qualifier position and its first official sub-four second pass at NHRA Nationals near Phoenix
· Hagan sets track record and fifth quickest run in Funny Car history with 3.978 second / 320.28 mile per hour run in new 2015 Mopar Express Lane Dodge Charger R/T on final qualifying lap
· Tommy Johnson Jr. rounds out top five in qualifying to battle DSR Mopar teammate Jeff Beckman in first round of eliminations
· Capps looking for another trip to a final elimination showdown in his new Dodge Charger R/T
· Allen Johnson to defend Phoenix Pro Stock title win from fourth place spot on ladder with the “Magneti Marelli Quality Auto Parts Offered by Mopar” Dodge Dart Continue reading Mopar Racing–Hagan Drives New 2015 Mopar Dodge Charger to First No. 1 Qualifier with Three Second Run at Phoenix →

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TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
FEBRUARY 21, 2015

REGAN SMITH, INTERN DRIVER OF THE NO. 41 HAAS-AUTOMATION CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed the preparation involved to drive in both the Xfinity and Cup races this weekend, making the most of the opportunity, learning the draft in the Cup car, team expectations, and more. Full Transcript: Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Regan Smith →

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BUDWEISER DUEL AT DAYTONA QUALIFYING RACES
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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – DUEL #2 RACE WINNER
CHAD KNAUS, CREW CHIEF, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS

THE MODERATOR: We’ve been joined by Chad Knaus.
Chad, another strong performance by the team tonight to earn the victory. Strong night for Hendrick Motorsports. I believe on Sunday they will wind up first, second and third. Talk a little bit about the race tonight and really your outlook for Sunday. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Budweiser Duel Post Race →

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 7 TOY STATE/NIKKO RC CHEVROLET SS – Involved in a multi-car accident on lap 36
ANY IDEA WHERE THIS PUTS YOU FOR TRYING TO MAKE THE (DAYTONA) 500?
“I have no idea. I’m just really thankful for Nikko RC and Toy State and everybody at TBR (Tommy Baldwin Racing) for having faith in me and being part of Team Chevy. We had the fastest car I’ve ever had here. It’s my own fault. We caught the No. 11 (Denny Hamlin) there and I tried to go to the outside of him and the No. 19 (Carl Edwards) was behind me so obviously the No. 19 went with his teammate. I was hung out, got shuffled to the back and shouldn’t have been there to begin with. I take responsibility on that one. That is my fault. I shouldn’t have been there, but hopefully we are still in the show. If not we will get them at Atlanta.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Budweiser Duel–Post Race Comments →

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – Budweiser Duel #2 Winner

WHAT A PERFECT NIGHT IT WAS FOR THE 48/88 SHOP YOU BOTH GET A WIN TONIGHT WHAT DOES THIS DO FOR YOUR MORALE, THE TEAM GOING INTO THE BIG RACE ON SUNDAY?
“It’s huge. To have the week we have had with the front row being secured, the wins tonight, it has been a great start to Speedweeks. I just have to say thank you to everybody at Hendrick Motorsports for their hard work. Thank you to my great sponsor Lowe’s. This is our 14th season together. I just wish my family was here, wish my girls were here. They will be here tomorrow. Just a fun day, what a race car, this thing is bad fast. Looking forward to Sunday’s race.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Budweiser Duels–Jimmie Johnson →

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

CASEY MEARS, NO. 13 GEICO CHEVROLET SS – SIDELINED WITH ENGINE FAILURE
CAN YOU SUM UP YOUR FEELINGS RIGHT NOW?
“No. There are so many things that are so cool about this race track yet there are so many things that are out of your control. When we have something like this happen, it’s difficult. I don’t know. It doesn’t look good obviously. I’m guessing we’re going home unless something major happens in the second race or in this one. I don’t even know what to say. It rips your heart out. We’re so good at these places yet these are the places where anything can happen, and ‘anything’ happened tonight. All we can do is hope and pray that things fall badly for other people. You don’t want that to happen either. This is a great group of guys and unfortunately I’ve been through this in the same scenario but this doesn’t make us better at it. There’s a lot of year left. Hopefully something crazy happens and we get in.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Budweiser Duel–Post Race →

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVROLET SS – Budweiser Duel #1 Winner

YOU WIN THIS WITH YOUR NEW CREW CHIEF GREG IVES THAT HAS TO FEEL GREAT FOR YOU AND THIS TEAM:
“Yeah it does. We have had a great car all week. I’m so glad to be able to get through the Duel in one piece because I know how good this race car is. We have a couple more practices to go through and try to stay out of trouble during those and put this thing on the grid. We are going to have a fun day on Sunday. We had to do a lot of blocking there at the end, but those guys were mounting some pretty hard charges. We made a lot of good moves tonight because the car is so good. TJ Majors (spotter) deserves a ton of credit for helping us win that race tonight. He called a great spotting job up on top of the hill there. He gave me all the information I needed to make the moves I needed to kind of keep them guys behind me. It was hard to keep them all back there they were stacking up.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Budweiser Duel– Dale Earnhardt Jr. →

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed the adjusted qualifying format for the Truck Series and NXS Series, the 14th anniversary of the loss of his father, Dale Earnhardt, on being the defending Daytona 500 winner, his new crew chief, Greg Ives, and more. Full Transcript: Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Dale Earnhardt Jr. →

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed winning the pole, what it would mean to win the Daytona 500, past finishes at Daytona, the new grandstands at DIS, what the Brickyard 400 means to him, and more. Full Transcript:

HAS IT SUNK IN YET THAT YOU WILL BE LEADING THE FIELD IN SUNDAY’S DAYTONA 500?
“Well, it will once we survive the Duels tonight. It certainly was cool to go home. The kids weren’t down there with us over the weekend. And so when we got home, they had big billboards plastered on the door when I came in; and a cake, and all this stuff. So, it was very cool. They were very excited to make all those things and congratulate me and jump all over me. So, that was certainly very exciting. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Jeff Gordon →