Chevy Finishes 6 of Top 10 At Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Chevy Finishes 6 of Top 10 At Las Vegas Motor Speedway
JIMMIE JOHNSON LEADS TEAM CHEVY WITH THIRD PLACE FINISH IN LAS VEGAS
JIMMIE JOHNSON LEADS TEAM CHEVY WITH THIRD PLACE FINISH IN LAS VEGAS
Six Chevy SS Drivers in Top 10
LAS VEGAS – (Mar. 6, 2016) – Six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, Jimmie Johnson, led a group of six Team Chevy drivers to the finish in his No. 48 Kobalt Chevrolet SS at the Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the third round of the 2016 season. The start of the 400-mile race was delayed 26 minutes by a passing rain shower; and weather continued to be a challenge with gusty winds and sandstorms.
“It was gusty and problematic, but I expected it to be a lot worse,” said Johnson, who led 76 of the 267-lap event. “I guess when you are going 200 mph a 30 or 40 mph wind doesn’t bother it too much. It was exciting. The trash was probably the biggest problem, trying to keep the trash off the grille.”
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Brad Keselowski Kobalt Tools 400 Race Report
Recap: Brad Keselowski and the No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion team put together a race that exemplified their “never give up” attitude during Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Overcoming a pit road penalty following a lap 180 pit stop, Keselowski drove a determined race to score his first victory of 2016. This was the first victory of the season for Ford Performance and the 18th win in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion’s career. After starting the race from the fourth position, Keselowski settled into the top five before taking the lead on lap 87 after a fast, green-flag pit stop by the Miller Lite crew. (more…)
Chase Elliot on Winning Daytona 500 Pole
CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 NAPA AUTO PARTS CHEVROLET SS – DAYTONA 500 POLE WINNER
“This is a very, very cool day. I don’t know that this opportunity has sunk in yet, much less sitting on the pole for the Daytona 500. So this is very cool. I think the big thing is just the team and the Daytona 500 qualifying is about the team guys and the effort they put into these cars and it’s nothing special I did, it’s really what kind of work they did this off-season to make it happen. Jeff (Gordon) knows all about that and I just wanted to give a big thanks to NAPA Auto Parts and all of our partners at HMS on this No. 24 car. This is very special and a great way to start the season.”
HEY CHASE, THIS IS JEFF GORDON. WELCOME TO THE 2016 SPRINT CUP SERIES AND THE DAYTONA 500. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE WAY TO GET IT ALL STARTED. I KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO THE TEAM FOR TODAY. FOR FROM HERE ON OUT, THE DRIVER IS GOING TO PLAY A HUGE ROLE. HOW DO YOU GET PREPARED TO TAKE THIS MOMENTUM INTO THE DUELS ON THURSDAY AND INTO THE DAYTONA 500? HOW DO YOU BECOME THE YOUNGEST DAYTONA 500 WINNER IN HISTORY?
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An interview with KEVIN HARVICK
An interview with KEVIN HARVICK
Q. How many times have you watched the replay of that last lap in 2007 when you won this race? What’s it like to relive that?
KEVIN HARVICK: Yeah, it still gives me goosebumps every time that I see it happen because it’s one of those moments where you didn’t really expect to be in that position with everything that had happened 12, 15 laps before that.
I think as you see everything unfold, you see it coming to the line, then win the race. When you go back to remembering what it was like inside of the car, how excited you were, all the things you got to do the next week, it was pretty neat.
It’s hard to put any race together, let alone this one. There’s just so many things that have to go your way. I think that year was probably a year that you didn’t think you probably had the car to win. I can think of a few years where it felt like you had the car to win and you didn’t win because of something going wrong.
You never know when it’s all going to line up. You have to keep trying to plug away and keep yourself in contention.
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Young’s Motorsports To Field NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Effort In 2016
Young’s Motorsports To Field NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Effort In 2016
MOORESVILLE, North Carolina (February 4, 2016) – Officials from Mooresville, North Carolina-based Young’s Motorsports announced today the expansion of their operations to now include a NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (NKPSE) team set to debut in the season-opening event at New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway on February 14.
19-year-old Reid Wilson will pilot the No. 66 Young’s Motorsports Chevrolet SS for a minimum of five events this season adorning a partnership with the Muscular Dystrophy Association for his inaugural NKNPSE debut in the Jet Tools 150 at New Smyrna.
Young’s Motorsports has selected Andrew Abbott to oversee the K&N division and serve as crew chief for Wilson’s No. 66 Chevrolet this season.
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