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How Workshop Manuals Keep Your Car Running Smoothly and Your Wallet Happy

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Many of us rely on skilled mechanics to diagnose and fix issues when it comes to car maintenance. Although complex repairs may require this, car owners can independently perform many routine maintenance procedures and minor modifications. Car owners can save money on maintenance, maintain their vehicle’s functionality, and take control of its maintenance by using the workshop handbook. So, download workshop manuals and see how they keep your car running smoothly and your wallet happy.

What Does a Workshop Repair Manual Cover?

Workshop repair guides provide comprehensive guidance on identifying, maintaining, and repairing automobiles. These manuals help users do various automobile tasks by including detailed instructions, illustrations, and photos. They include several different makes and models. These workshop manuals are available for cars, trucks, motorcycles, and heavy machinery. They are a vital resource for anybody performing vehicle maintenance.

Why Is It Important to Download Workshop Repair Manuals?

Here, we tell you why it is essential to download workshop manuals,

Accurate Information: 

Professionals write Workshop Repair Manuals, which contain information that the manufacturer has verified. This guarantees that your methods, equipment, and specs are appropriate for your car.

Cost Savings: 

Using a workshop repair manual to fix your car can save high labour costs. Whether you’re an amateur fixer-upper or a skilled mechanic, the handbook can help you do repairs quickly. Car owners can save on labour costs by handling minor repairs and routine maintenance instead of hiring a professional technician.

Safety: 

When working on cars, safety should always come first. Essential safety advice is provided by workshop repair manual downloads, which can help you prevent mishaps and injuries when performing repairs.

Longevity: 

Workshop manuals can help you maintain and repair your car correctly, extending its life and guaranteeing smooth operation for years.

The Use of Workshop Repair Guides

A workshop repair manual is the most incredible resource for a wide range of tasks and contains the following:

Regular fluid checks

Maintaining clean and appropriate fluid levels is essential because they are vital to your car. Check and replace your engine’s transmission fluid, brake fluid, power steering fluid, engine oil, and coolant. 

Keep an eye on engine warning indicators.

While certain warning lights, such as the brake light, engine temperature gauge, and oil light, can be neglected when driving short distances, three should always be considered. An overheated engine or low oil pressure may render your car in minutes, and the items you haul around in the back could gain value. The Cadillac Escalade in front of you may be in a bumper car situation if you leave the brake light on for a few minutes.

Parts Identification: 

Workshop manuals contain a detailed list of parts that make it possible to identify and acquire the appropriate replacement parts.

Wiring Diagrams: 

The manuals usually include detailed wiring diagrams to aid in diagnosing and repairing electrical issues.

Torque Specifications: 

Appropriate torque is required for operating and safety, and workshop manuals for every significant fastener contain torque standards.

Download Workshop Manuals to Ensure Maintenance, from oil changes to Brake Repairs.

Regular auto maintenance helps maintain a vehicle’s functionality and avoid costly breakdowns. Workshop manuals provide car owners with complete maintenance schedules and instructions tailored to vehicle models. This helps them remember to carry out routine maintenance such as oil changes, tyre rotations, and filter replacements. When the car owner follows this maintenance guideline, they can extend the life of their vehicles and reduce the chance of any damage in the future. 

Check your brakes

Maintaining the quality of your car’s brakes is a must because they are one of its most significant safety elements. Ensure you periodically have your brakes inspected and the brake pads replaced.

Replace Worn Parts

Over time, parts of your car will wear out and must be replaced. This includes everything from the battery, spark plugs, and timing belt. Keep track of your car’s maintenance schedule and replace worn parts as recommended.

Look for an intuitive mechanic that you can trust!

Consider car maintenance as a collaboration between you and your mechanic. Or, more accurately, between the bank that owns the boat loan from your mechanic and your bank account. Money only travels in one direction, and you receive a dependable car.

When the time comes, you’ll be able to make informed decisions since you and your technician will get along well, and you won’t be distracted by questions about the validity of what you’re being told. Because of this importance, we prepared a whole feature on building a solid rapport with your mechanic. 

Conclusion

This is how workshop manuals keep your car running smoothly and your wallet happy. Maintaining the best possible performance of your vehicle for financial and safety reasons is essential. These suggestions can help you extend the life of your car and save money on future repairs. So, download workshop manuals to keep your vehicle in great shape, utilize quality parts, drive carefully, and do routine maintenance.  

ARCA Menards Series / ARCA Menards Series East at Dover Motor Speedway – General Tire 150 Post-Race Notes

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  • Connor Zilisch won Friday’s General Tire 150 at Dover Motor Speedway. He is now credited with a victory in both the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East. He’s the 359th driver to win at least one ARCA Menards Series race and the 130th driver to win at least one ARCA Menards Series East race.
  • Combined with Jake Finch’s victory at Talladega Superspeedway last week, it’s the first time there have been back-to-back first-time winners in the ARCA Menards Series since Tyler Ankrum and Luke Fenhaus won at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Iowa Speedway in consecutive races in 2023.
  • Finch won the ARCA Menards Series East race at Dover in 2023 at 17 years, 10 months, and 13 days of age. Zilisch won in 2024 at 17 years, 10 months, and 4 days of age.
  • Gio Ruggiero finished second at Dover, his second runner-up finish in two career ARCA Menards Series starts. He also finished second at Phoenix Raceway in March. Ruggiero, who won the series opener at Five Flags Speedway, now unofficially leads the ARCA Menards Series East championship standings by three points over Zilisch.
  • Carson Kvapil finished third in his second career ARCA Menards Series start; he finished second in his series debut at Kansas Speedway last September. He finished second in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Dover.
  • Lavar Scott, from nearby Carney’s Point, New Jersey, finished fourth in front of dozens of friends and family members. It was Scott’s first top-five finish of the season and ties his best career ARCA Menards Series finish.
  • Andres Perez unofficially assumed the ARCA Menards Series championship points lead with his fifth-place finish. Perez’s unofficial lead is just one point over eighth-place finisher Greg Van Alst.
  • Kris Wright persevered for a sixth-place finish despite getting together with Venturini Motorsports teammate Toni Breidinger on lap 136. Breidinger’s day was cut short, relegating her to 15th at the finish.
  • Andy Jankowiak scored his best finish of the season in seventh, his first lead-lap finish of the season.
  • Caleb Costner earned his first career ARCA Menards Series top-ten finish in ninth. His teammate D.L. Wilson finished eleventh.
  • Zachary Tinkle, who was awarded with the 2023 General Tire Spirit Award at the pre-race driver’s meeting, finished tenth; it was his first top-ten finish in the ARCA Menards Series since he finished ninth at Berlin Raceway in 2023.
  • Christian Rose led the ARCA Menards Series championship standings entering the General Tire 150, but he made hard contact with the turn 4 wall completing lap 74 and finished 21st. Rose has finished in the top five in four of his last six ARCA Menards Series starts.
  • William Sawalich set a track record in General Tire Pole Qualifying at 161.812 miles per hour and led 67 of the race’s first 108 laps. He and Zilisch made contact while racing for the lead after the second of the two scheduled race breaks and his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota made significant contact with the turn 4 wall, ending his day in 17th position. It’s the first time in 10 career ARCA Menards Series East starts that Sawalich finished outside the top five.
  • Alex Clubb made his 50th career ARCA Menards Series start. He completed 96 laps before electrical issues sidelined him, leaving him 18th at the finish.
  • The next race for the ARCA Menards Series is the Tide 150 at Kansas Speedway on Saturday, May 4. The race will be televised live on FS1 at 2 pm ET and will be broadcast on select affiliates of the MRN Radio network nationwide.

About ARCA

The Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA), founded in 1953 by John and Mildred Marcum in Toledo, Ohio, and acquired by NASCAR in April 2018, is the leading grassroots stock car sanctioning body in the United States. Bridging the gap between NASCAR’s top three national touring series and weekly and regional tour racing all across the country, the organization sanctions over 100 races per year in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, ARCA Menards Series West, ASA STARS National Tour, ASA CRA Super Series, ASA Midwest Tour, ASA Southern Super Series plus weekly racing at Toledo and Flat Rock Speedways. For more information about ARCA visit www.arcaracing.com, or follow ARCA on Facebook (@ARCARacing) and Twitter (@ARCA_Racing).

About Menards

A family-owned and run company started in 1958, Menards is recognized as the retail home center leader of the Midwest with 236 stores in 15 states. Menards is truly a one-stop shop for all of your home improvement needs featuring a full-service lumberyard and everything you need to plan a renovation or build a home, garage, cabin, shed, deck, fence or post frame building. You’ll find a large selection of lumber, roofing, siding, construction blocks, trusses, doors and windows, plus cabinets, appliances, countertops, flooring, lighting, paint, plumbing supplies and more. To complete the job, Menards has quality hand tools, power tools, fasteners, electrical tools plus storage options and supplies for everyone from the weekend warrior to the pro!

Menards has what you need to complete your outdoor projects and keep your yard in tip-top shape including mowers, trimmers, blowers, pressure washers and more, plus a beautiful garden center stocked with plants, shrubs, trees, landscaping tools, grass seed, fertilizer options, outdoor décor and patio furniture. Menards also has everyday essentials like health & beauty products, housewares, pet and wildlife supplies, automotive items and even groceries. And at Christmas, an Enchanted Forest display area with impressive trees, lighting, decorations, ornaments, inflatables and more.

Menards is known for friendly Customer Service and as the place to “Save Big Money” with low prices every day, and sales too! For more information, please visit Menards.com to learn about our store locations, offerings and services.

McLaughlin saves season with dominant drive in Alabama

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Tucker White
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - APRIL 28: Scott McLaughlin, driver of the #3 Dallara Chevrolet, sprays champagne during the NTT IndyCar Series Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama. Photo: Joe Skibinski/IMS Photo

On Wednesday, Scott McLaughlin learned he lost his second-place finish in the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, for push-to-pass violations by Team Penske. As a result, he fell to last in NTT INDYCAR SERIES points.

“We took the penalty, as we said at the start of the week,” he said. “It was black and white. You move on.”

Fast-forward to Sunday, McLaughlin dominated the field to win in Alabama.

He led a race high of 59 laps to win the Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix for the second year in a row, and the fifth time in his career. He built up a large enough gap to pit on Lap 75 and exit pit road ahead of Alex Palou. A caution with five laps to go gave Palou and the field another chance, but nobody had the goods to overtake McLaughlin on the final restart with two laps to go.

“We did what we thought we could do,” he said. “It was execution. Like, probably one of the most I guess you could say so proud of the execution, the way that the team, particularly on the three cars, stuck together. We just kind of kept executing. That’s our word for the rest of the year. Keep knocking ’em out. Points are points. Points are imaginary things. You just, like, get them. It’s a reward at the end of the race.

“It’s about executing. The higher you finish, the more points you get. Ultimately it’s a bonus at the end of the season. We’re here to just take it race by race and see what happens towards the end.”

Teammate, Will Power, who lost 10 points in Wednesday’s penalty announcement, brought his No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet home to a runner-up finish. INDYCAR rookie, Linus Lundqvist, passed Palou for third on Lap 79. For a moment, he thought he could pass Power in Turn 5. To no avail.

“I think these guys were obviously the pace of the field today,” he said. “I was able to hold off fairly easily from Palou. I think he still had some fuel saving or old tires.”

Felix Rosenqvist and Palou rounded out the top-five.

Christian Lundgaard, Santino Ferrucci, Colton Herta, Marcus Armstrong and Kyle Kirkwood rounded out the top-10.

Race summary

McLaughlin led the field to green at 1:40 p.m. ET. A three-car incident in Turn 1 set the tone for the day. For which Rinus VeeKay served a pass-through penalty, for avoidable contact. I counted at least six times one car touched another, over the course of 90 laps.

McLaughlin pitted from the lead on Lap 28. Palou followed suite, two laps later. Followed by Rosenqvist on Lap 31 and Ferrucci on Lap 36. McLaughlin cycled back to the lead on Lap 37.

Alexander Rossi lost a wheel exiting pit road on Lap 44. Which brought out a caution. Running on a three-stop strategy, Palou stayed out during the caution to retake the lead. When Sting Ray Robb plowed into the Turn 1 tire barrier on Lap 55, Ferrucci stayed out to inherit the lead. It was a lucky break for McLaughlin, who was “probably on the backfoot” when the caution flew.

“That was a way of us getting back to the point where these other guys had to take the fuel and hope they made the fuel,” he said.

After Ferrucci pitted on Lap 66 and Lundqvist on Lap 70, McLaughlin built a roughly 30-second gap to Palou. When he pitted on Lap 75, he exited ahead of Palou.

Aside from Christian Rasmussen’s stall in Turn 14 with five laps to go, it was McLaughlin’s race to lose.

What else happened

File under “Well that happened.”

On Lap 53, a mannequin named Georgina fell off the bridge before the entry to Turn 7 and partially onto the track. Which Luca Ghiotto clipped. In a sports league where fans tape up beer cans to make a beer tower on Carb Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, nothing compares to this. Hell, I once saw a bat fly around the media center at Bristol Motor Speedway, and that was less bizarre than any of this.

Nuts and bolts

The race lasted one hour, 56 minutes and 45 seconds, at an average speed of 106.369 mph. There were 10 lead changes among six different drivers and four cautions for 15 laps.

Herta leaves Barber Motorsports Park as the points leader.

Black’s Tire Celebrates 95th Anniversary with Kaulig Racing at Darlington Raceway

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Daniel Hemric to Drive No. 31 Black’s Tire Camaro ZL1 for Goodyear 400

LEXINGTON, N.C. (April 29, 2024) – Black’s Tire (BTS) will celebrate its 95th anniversary with the help of Kaulig Racing at Darlington Raceway.

BTS, a longtime partner in NASCAR’s top series, will be the primary partner onboard Daniel Hemric’s No. 31 Camaro ZL1 for the Goodyear 400.

As one of Goodyear’s leading tire partners in the Darlington area, BTS is excited to showcase its throwback colors and logo in the Goodyear 400 for the second year-in-a-row with Kaulig Racing, previously acting as the primary partner of the team’s No. 16 Camaro ZL1 with AJ Allmendinger in the 2023 Goodyear 400.

“We’re excited to team up with our friends at Kaulig Racing for the second time at Darlington!” said Ricky Benton, president at Black’s Tire. “With this year being our 95th anniversary, we thought what better way to celebrate than to use our ‘throwback’ colors for NASCAR’s annual throwback weekend?“

With many of its 70 locations in The Lady in Black’s backyard, BTS will once again give back to its customers and team members by offering them a chance to bring their moms to the track for an afternoon of action-packed racing as part of its Mother’s Day promotion. Coining the phrase “Let’s Go Together”, BTS ensures all who walk through its doors feel like family.

“Not only are we excited to team up with Black’s Tire for its 95th anniversary, but we have the chance to help thank moms of BTS employees and customers on Mother’s Day,” said Chris Rice, president of Kaulig Racing. We’re proud to partner with an organization that values family as much as we do at Kaulig Racing. We can’t wait to take on ‘Too Tough To Tame’ together.”

The Goodyear 400 will kick off on Sunday, May 12 at 3 PM ET with coverage on FS1.
 
About Kaulig Racing:

Kaulig Racing™ is a full-time, multi-car NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) and NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) team, owned by award winning entrepreneur, Matt Kaulig. Established in 2016, Kaulig Racing™ has earned 23 NXS wins, made the NXS Playoffs consecutively each season since the playoff system started, and won two regular-season championships. In 2021, the team competed in select NCS events, before expanding to a two-car, full-time NCS team in 2022 and adding a third, part-time entry during the 2023 season. Since its first NCS start in 2021, the team has earned two wins. Kaulig Racing is currently fielding two full-time entries in the NCS and continues to field three full-time NXS entries, with a part-time fourth entry at select events. To learn more about the team, visit kauligracing.com.

Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Racing: Noah Gragson Kansas Advance

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NOAH GRAGSON
Kansas Advance
No. 10 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Ford Mustang Dark Horse

Event Overview

● Event: AdventHealth 400 (Round 12 of 36)
● Time/Date: 3 p.m. EDT on Sunday, May 5
● Location: Kansas Speedway in Kansas City
● Layout: 1.5-mile oval
● Laps/Miles: 267 laps/400.5 miles
● Stage Lengths: Stage 1: 80 laps / Stage 2: 85 laps / Final Stage: 102 laps
● TV/Radio: FS1 / MRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Notes of Interest

● Two months ago, in just the third race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series campaign at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Noah Gragson finished an impressive sixth. It was his third career top-10 and it came in his 42nd career Cup Series start, but only his third points-paying start with Stewart-Haas Racing. Since then, the driver of the No. 10 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Ford Mustang Dark Horse has scored four finishes of 12th or better, including a career-best third-place drive two weeks at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway and another sixth-place run last Sunday at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway. Las Vegas’ 1.5-mile oval is similarly structured to the 1.5-mile oval Gragson will visit this weekend – Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, host to Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 – and he’s eyeing the intermediate-style track for a Las Vegas-esque performance.

● After the second race of the season at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Gragson was mired a dismal 42nd in the championship standings. In the nine races that have followed, Gragson has clawed his way to 21st in points, a gain of 21 positions.

● Last Sunday at Dover, Gragson made his milestone 50th career NASCAR Cup Series start. Three of those starts have come at Kansas, making the D-shaped oval in America’s Heartland one of the rare venues where Gragson has run multiple Cup Series races. In his first two Kansas races in 2022, Gragson earned a pair of 18th-place finishes. In his return to Kansas last May for the AdventHealth 400, Gragson finished 29th.

● Gragson has five NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at Kansas and, collectively, they are emblematic of his growth as a racecar driver. The Las Vegas native finished 13th in his first Xfinity Series start at Kansas in October 2019 and then scored a 15th-place finish in his return to the track in July 2020. Two strong runs at Kansas followed in October 2020 and October 2021 when Gragson led a total of 22 laps, but crashes left him with finishes of 36th and 35th, respectively. But in Gragson’s fifth and final Xfinity Series start at Kansas, he put a whole race together and punctuated it with an exclamation point. In September 2022, Gragson qualified fifth and then led three times for 20 laps, including the final 18, to take the victory. It was the 10th of his 13 career Xfinity Series wins.

● Before that NASCAR Xfinity Series triumph at Kansas, Gragson had already put his name on the track’s list of winners. In May 2018, in his second and final NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start at Kansas, Gragson dominated. He won the pole with a lap of 30.564 seconds at 176.678 mph and proceeded to lead five times for a race-high 128 laps, pacing the field for all but 39 of race’s 167 laps.

● Gragson’s Kansas debut came in the ARCA Menards Series. On Oct. 14, 2016, an 18-year-old Gragson started eighth and finished fifth in the Kansas 150.

Noah Gragson, Driver of the No. 10 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Ford Mustang Dark Horse

You finished sixth earlier this year at Las Vegas – a 1.5-mile oval that has similar characteristics to Kansas. While that race was back in March, can what you learned in Las Vegas translate to Kansas?

“I think the mile-and-a-halves are the bread and butter for our program. Specifically, it seems like we’ve had good speed at the two we’ve been at, we’ve had good pace. So with that being said, it definitely is one that interests me, going back to a mile-and-a-half. I’m looking forward to Kansas, Darlington, Charlotte and the rest of the mile-and-a-halves this year just because I feel like that’s probably where I excel at, now, as a driver. I used to love the short tracks and felt like I was really good and only got wins on short tracks. Now, I feel like I’m terrible at the short tracks and better at the intermediate-style tracks.”

How much of a factor is the wind at Kansas?

“I haven’t really noticed the wind too much at any racetrack. I know it gets pretty bad at Vegas and some other tracks, but I don’t really feel it too much in the car. A lot of guys are pretty sensitive to it but, I don’t know why, I haven’t been able to notice it in huge amounts.”

Kansas is a track where you have a decent amount of NASCAR Cup Series experience with three starts at the 1.5-mile oval. You’ve got two 18th-place finishes and one run of 29th. What has that place been like for you in a Cup car?

“I’ve always run pretty strong at Kansas. I don’t know if it’s necessarily my favorite track, but it’s definitely been a good track and I’ve figured it out, gotten an Xfinity win there, a Truck win, and have run well during the Cup races. Haven’t finished great, but ran great.”

You have five starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Kansas. Those first four starts were a bit of a struggle, but that fifth start was impressive. You qualified fifth and led three times for 20 laps, including the final 18, to take the win. How’d you do it, and how satisfying was it to take the checkered flag?

“It was either hit or miss there. We always ran well there but never finished well. But once I finally figured out how to put a whole race together, we ended up getting a win. The same thing happened in Trucks, too. The first year I went there, had decent speed but just didn’t capitalize on the entirety of the day. That’s kind of how the Cup races have been, too. Nonetheless, it’s a fun track and, to be able to put it all together, it’s good.”

That Xfinity Series win at Kansas was not your first win there. You won a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Kansas in 2018, and pretty handily, too. You won the pole and led five times for a race-high 128 laps, and the race only went 167 laps. It was only your second-ever start at the track and you beat your boss at the time, Kyle Busch. How’d you do it?

“It was probably bigger just to win the race, in general. It was definitely a little sweeter because Kyle was in it, but we had a lot of speed that year and, once again, didn’t capitalize on the races where we had that speed and had shots to win. I got the pole, we won the first stage, the second stage, and ultimately won the race, so it was kind of a perfect day, a perfect weekend. That was a pretty cool moment.”

You ran an ARCA race at Kansas in 2016 and finished fifth. At that time, it was one of the bigger tracks you had raced on. What were you experiencing as an 18-year-old competing at Kansas?

“It was crazy. I never dealt with aero too much and having to move myself around, so learning on the fly and trying to figure that out and how to position your car just so you could have the best aero positioning was big, and that place was fast, learning how to drive around that place. I wish I could go back to that day knowing what I know now, I probably would’ve won that race. But with that being said, I was doing all I could to try and figure it out on the fly, and as I’ve gained experience, I’ve definitely learned a lot since that day.”

No. 10 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Team Roster

Primary Team Members

Driver: Noah Gragson

Hometown: Las Vegas

Crew Chief: Drew Blickensderfer

Hometown: Decatur, Illinois

Car Chief: Jerry Cook

Hometown: Toledo, Ohio

Engineer: James Kimbrough

Hometown: Pensacola, Florida

Spotter: Andy Houston

Hometown: Hickory, North Carolina

Over-The-Wall Members

Front Tire Changer: Ryan Mulder

Hometown: Sioux Center, Iowa

Rear Tire Changer: Trevor White

Hometown: Arlington, Texas

Tire Carrier: Tyler Bullard

Hometown: King, North Carolina

Jack Man: Sean Cotten

Hometown: Mooresville, North Carolina

Fuel Man: James “Ace” Keener

Hometown: Fortuna, California

Road Crew Members

Mechanic: Chris Trickett

Hometown: Grafton, West Virginia

Mechanic: Beau Whitley

Hometown: Carmel, Indiana

Tire Specialist: Jacob Cooksey

Hometown: Westbrookville, New York

Engine Tuner: Matt Moeller

Hometown: Monroe, New York

Transporter Co-Driver: Steve Casper

Hometown: Salisbury, North Carolina

Transporter Co-Driver: Matt Murphy

Hometown: Augusta, Georgia

Honda Plans to Establish Comprehensive Electric Vehicle Value Chain in Ontario, Canada

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  • Honda to strengthen electric vehicle supply system and capability with an eye toward a future increase in EV demand in North America
  • Honda to support global initiative to make BEVs and FCEVs represent 100% of vehicle sales by 2040 by investing approximately CAD$15 billion, including investment by joint venture partners, to build a comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) value chain in Canada
  • Plan follows Honda EV Hub project in Ohio in the United States and will represent a significant aspect of the company’s overall value chain in North America
  • Initiative represents recognition of the long-term attractiveness of Canadian EV manufacturing ecosystem

Alliston, ON, Apr 29, 2024 – (JCN Newswire) – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that it plans to build a comprehensive EV value chain in Canada with an approximate investment of CAD$15 billion, including investment by joint venture partners, to strengthen its EV supply system and capability to prepare for a future increase in EV demand in North America. Honda has begun evaluating the requirements to build an innovative and environmentally responsible Honda EV plant and a stand-alone Honda EV battery plant in Alliston, Ontario. The proposed Honda EV value chain will also include a cathode active material and precursor (CAM/pCAM) processing plant through a joint venture partnership with POSCO Future M Co., Ltd. and a separator plant through a joint venture partnership with Asahi Kasei Corporation, with announcements to follow in their respective Ontario communities.

Honda expects that electric vehicle production will begin in 2028. Once fully operational, the EV plant will have a production capacity of 240,000 EVs per year and the EV battery plant will have a capacity of 36 GWh per year. In addition to securing the current employment level of 4,200 associates at its two existing manufacturing facilities in Ontario, Honda estimates it will add a minimum of 1,000 new associates for the EV and EV battery manufacturing facilities. The investment in the new facilities will also create significant spinoff jobs across all sites, including in the construction sector.

Honda has begun the process of evaluating the scope of its investment and completing negotiations with its joint venture partners. This work is expected to be finalized during the next six months and more details will be shared at that time.

To support this project, Honda is collaborating with the governments of Canada and Ontario to drive innovation in low-emissions manufacturing by accessing performance-based initiatives available through the federal government’s new Investment Tax Credits and provincial direct and indirect incentives.

North American EV strategy

Striving to realize carbon neutrality for all its products and corporate activities by 2050, Honda has set a goal to make BEVs and FCEVs represent 100% of vehicle sales by 2040. To achieve this goal, Honda will continue offering attractive products in this electrified era globally, including its largest market of North America.

As the first step in achieving this electrification goal in North America, Honda positioned its existing auto production plants in the state of Ohio in the U.S. as its EV Hub for production, including the retooling of existing plants, an investment of USD$700 million, and the construction of a joint venture EV battery plant with LG Energy Solution, with an expected investment of USD$4.4 billion.

The Ohio EV hub will serve as the foundation for future EV and EV battery production, sharing knowledge and expertise with other Honda plants in North America, including the new EV assembly and battery plants in Ontario, Canada. Honda expects EV production to begin at the Marysville Auto Plant in late 2025.

As a second step in this initiative, Honda will strive to establish a comprehensive EV value chain that includes all aspects of EV production in Canada, from the procurement of raw materials mainly for batteries, to the production of finished EVs. Honda will leverage EV production knowledge learned at the Ohio EV Hub, combined with the abundant resources and clean energy available in Canada, to establish a stable supply system for batteries, the key component of EVs, and increase cost competitiveness of its EVs as a whole.

Furthermore, with an eye toward secondary use and the recycling of batteries, Honda will realize low-carbon value creation throughout the entire battery life cycle, through which Honda will establish a highly profitable business foundation and contribute to the realization of a carbon-neutral society.

For more information and future updates, please visit www.hondanews.ca.

Comments by Toshihiro Mibe, Global CEO of Honda:

“Honda is making progress in our global initiatives toward the realization of our 2050 carbon neutrality goal. In North America, following the initiative to establish our EV production system capability in the U.S., we will now begin formal discussions toward the establishment of a comprehensive EV value chain here in Canada, with the support of the governments of Canada and Ontario. We will strengthen our EV supply system and capability with an eye toward a future increase in EV demand in North America.”

Comments by Jean Marc Leclerc, President and CEO of Honda Canada Inc.:

“Honda of Canada Manufacturing is one of the premier automotive manufacturing facilities in the world and for nearly forty years, our work has been guided by determination, innovation, and a relentless drive to evolve. Today’s announcement is a historic investment by a manufacturer in the Canadian auto industry. It proudly honours the highly skilled associates who have earned a global reputation for manufacturing excellence and represents Honda’s recognition of the long-term attractiveness of the Canadian electric vehicle manufacturing ecosystem.”

About Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is responsible for the development, production and sales of automobiles, motorcycles, power products and aviation products worldwide. Honda now delivers over 28 million products annually through its three product lines. Honda and its partners build products in more than 60 manufacturing plants in 27 countries, employing about 197,000 associates globally. On a global basis by 2050, Honda is striving to achieve carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities, as well as zero traffic collision fatalities involving Honda automobiles and motorcycles.

About Honda Canada Inc.

Honda Canada Inc. was founded in 1969 and is the parent company for both Honda and Acura vehicle brands in Canada. Since 1986, the company has produced Honda engines and more than 10 million cars and light trucks at its Alliston, Ontario manufacturing facilities, where Honda Civic and Honda CR-V are currently built. Honda has invested over $6.5 billion in Canadian operations, and each year sources over $3 billion in goods and services from Canadian suppliers. Since its inception, Honda Canada has sold over five million Honda and Acura passenger cars and light trucks in Canada through a dealer network of more than 280 dealerships across the country. For more information, please visit www.hondacanada.ca.

About Honda of Canada Manufacturing

Honda of Canada Manufacturing (HCM) began production in Alliston, Ontario in November 1986 and is Honda’s only manufacturing facility in Canada. HCM’s two plants sit on 890 acres, encompass approximately 4 million square feet, and employ 4,200 associates. The plants have the capacity to produce more than 400,000 vehicles each year combined. HCM manufactures two of Honda’s best-selling models, the Honda Civic and the CR-V, and produced its 10 millionth vehicle in 2023. For more information, please visit www.hondacanadamfg.ca.

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TPC Racing’s Chloe Chambers Scores Porsche Sprint Challenge Cayman Class Weekend Win Sweep

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  • Chambers Capitalizes on Guest Driver Role in the No. 77 Monoflo International Porsche Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport to Win the Saturday and Sunday Sprint Challenge Cayman Races
  • Shaun McKaigue Scores Masters Class Podium Sweep on the Weekend With Twin Second-Place Finishes in the No. 34 TPC Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (April 29, 2024) – TPC Racing scored a pair of weekend podium sweeps in Porsche Sprint Challenge North America Cayman-class competition at Barber Motorsports Park Saturday and Sunday highlighted by dual overall and Pro-Am victories by Chloe Chambers in the No. 77 Monoflo International Porsche Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport.

Chambers led every lap from the pole in both 35 minute races and was never rattled by her closest challengers that filled her mirrors in both sprints. On Saturday, the gap to the second-place driver was never more than a second, and even that edge was erased entirely after a mid-race, full-course caution bunched up the field.

Perfectly timing the restart, Chambers defended the lead in the race’s final minutes, including a last lap, side-by-side challenge, to score the victory by 0.411-second. Sunday’s race was even tighter, but Chambers skillfully completed the wire-to-wire weekend with a scant 0.229-second margin of victory.

The wins were the eighth and ninth Porsche Sprint Challenge North America victories in a year’s time for Chambers with TPC Racing, who was guest driving for regular Monoflo International pilots Tillman Schmid and Evan Hinkle at Barber. Chambers scored seven wins last season, beginning with a pair of victories last April at Barber Motorsports Park, but just missed out on the driver’s championship after not having the opportunity to compete in 2023’s season-opening doubleheader at Sebring International Raceway.

In Masters Class competition, Shaun McKaigue joined Chambers in matching last year’s podium result at Barber and doing it one better in his No. 34 TPC Racing Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport. In his Sprint Challenge Cayman debut last year at Barber, McKaigue earned runner-up honors in Sunday’s second and final race. That success ultimately led to his full-year campaign this season in the Cayman class, and McKaigue pulled off the double podium in just his second race weekend with the new GT4 RS Clubsport package.

McKaigue’s Masters Class teammate Tom Kerr ran in the top 10 in Saturday’s race before getting caught up in a contact incident in his No. 74 TPC Racing Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport. Kerr got hit from behind, which pushed him into the competitor ahead of him. The contact didn’t prevent Kerr from improving a combined seven positions in both weekend races as he continues to get familiar with the GT4 RS Clubsport.

Replays of both Saturday’s and Sunday’s races can be seen on the Porsche Motorsports North America YouTube page at www.youtube.com/@PorscheMotorsportNorthAmerica.

Harris Levitas, TPC Racing Director of Race Operations: “The TPC Racing team really worked hard. We had three amazing Porsche GT4 Clubsport RS cars and Chloe drove a pair of phenomenal races flag to flag. It definitely wasn’t easy for her, she had to put some work in for this one, but proved she was the class of the field. It was great to see her race craft, skill and ability really come through in the Monoflo International/TPC Racing car. Shaun McKaigue drove amazing, too. He finished second in the Masters category in both races and even hit the overall top five on Saturday. He was starting to fight for contention during the first half of the Saturday race, but track conditions change. Shaun built a huge gap to P3, so it was really just him and the leader out there. This builds on the momentum from when Shaun started in the Cayman platform last year here at Barber. Tom’s doing tremendously well, too. He’s improving every time in the car and regular top-10 finishes are close. It was a great weekend, and we dedicate it to our teammate David Williams who won with us as well at Barber last year. He was watching from home and we look forward to having him back at the track with us soon.”

Chloe Chambers, Driver, No. 77 Monoflo International Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport: “Winning on my return felt great. It was nice to see everyone at PMNA again. Both races were pretty tight, but having such tight races shows how good the competition is this year. It also makes the victories even better knowing how hard I had to work for it. The GT4 RS feels like it has quite a bit more power than the old Clubsport, and it’s quite a bit faster lap time wise as well. Still, the racing in it is very good and competitive. The top few drivers are pretty tight, so it’s good to see that kind of competition within the field.”

Shaun McKaigue, Driver, No. 34 TPC Racing Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport: “Our weekend was a testament to the TPC Racing team. They have a great program going and the team gave us a great car out of the box. We tested here, but then we had a new spring and the team did a really great job adapting to that, making a few adjustments. Chloe finished spectacularly, Tom finished really well, and our cars were all great. It’s really a whole team effort, and it was fun to watch the team energize from the success of myself, Chole and Tom. We had some great results for the weekend.”

About TPC Racing: TPC Racing is the Mid-Atlantic’s premier maintenance, service, tuning and modification center dedicated solely to Porsche sportscars. TPC Racing specializes in R&D and sales of high-performance modifications for Porsche sports cars and race cars, offering a wide range of vehicle upgrades. Best known for a line of forced induction solutions for the Porsche 911, Cayman and Boxster, a long-time focus on only one make, Porsche, has enabled TPC Racing to become experts in Porsche service, tuning, and racing. In 2000, TPC Racing began entering races under its own banner, scoring an SGS-class Championship in 2004 in the Grand-American Rolex Series and was a class winner in the 2006 Rolex 24 At Daytona, and captured the 2013 and 2016 IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA Gold Cup Championships. More information can be found at www.TPCRacing.com.

Team Penske NASCAR Cup Series Race Report – Dover

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Würth 400 – Dover Motor Speedway
Dover, DE – April 28, 2024

NASCAR TRACKS – DOVER MOTOR SPEEDWAY – NASCAR 101

AUSTIN CINDRIC No. 2 MENARDS/QUAKER STATE FORD MUSTANG

START: 11TH STAGE ONE: 19TH STAGE TWO: 20TH FINISH: 15TH POINTS: 19TH

RACE RUNDOWN: Austin Cindric, driver of the No. 2 Menards/Quaker State Ford Mustang, rallied back to net a 15th-place finish in Sunday’s Würth 400 at Dover Motor Speedway. Cindric, an admirer of the high-speed, one-mile concrete oval, fired off from the 11th position after barely missing out on advancing to the final round in Saturday’s time trials. Just under 35 laps into the race, Cindric informed the team that the car was free on entry and tight on exit and shortly after made his first trip to pit road under caution on lap 39 for four tires, fuel and adjustments. When the flags flew signifying the conclusion of Stage 1 following the opening 120 laps, Cindric crossed the line 19th and returned to pit road for additional adjustments to help provide stability and overall grip. The 25-year-old driver restarted 17th and reported that the car was getting loose 30 laps into the run. After completing a green-flag stop on lap 182, Cindric cycled to the 20th position and remained there as Stage 2 ended. The 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion restarted 19th and avoided a multi-car incident with 72 laps to go. When the field returned green, the No. 2 was scored 15th and powered through to the finish 15th, marking his best finish since Atlanta.

CINDRIC’S THOUGHTS: “I’m proud to have a result that is representative of the hard work our team has put in. I feel like we’ve struggled to finish these deals out the last month or so, the speed that we’ve shown, so I’m proud of that. Fifteenth is solid, but we still have more progress to make. The guys called a great race. We made good adjustments and it feels nice to execute one. We just need to keep moving forward.”

RYAN BLANEY No. 12 WÜRTH FORD MUSTANG

START: 2ND STAGE ONE: 4TH STAGE TWO: 8TH FINISH: 7TH POINTS: 7TH

RACE RUNDOWN: Ryan Blaney wheeled the No. 12 Würth Ford Mustang to his fifth top-10 finish of the season Sunday at Dover, coming away with a seventh-place result. After starting on the front row for the 400-mile event, Blaney settled into second before making the pass for the lead on lap 34 before the first caution of the day came out five laps later. The 12 team ripped off a fast, four-tire stop under yellow to win the race off pit road, allowing Blaney to restart from the inside of row one with 73 laps remaining in Stage 1. Blaney paced the field for a majority of the ensuing run before the Würth Ford began to build tight as he fell to fourth in the running order with 20 laps left in the segment. The caution flag flew with three to go in the stage as Blaney was credited with a fourth-place finish in Stage 1. Following a four tire stop and a round of adjustments during the stage break, Blaney settled into fourth for the initial run of Stage 2 before the green flag pit cycle began. The tight-handling condition persisted after the trip to pit road, but Blaney battled to an eighth-place finish in Stage 2. The opening run of the final stage saw Blaney settle into sixth on the leaderboard as the tight condition at the start began to work its way to the free side before the leaders hit pit road with 80 laps to go for scheduled green flag stops. Shortly after Blaney made his way off pit road, the caution flag flew for a single-car incident that trapped him a lap down but the free pass brought him back on the lead lap and scored ninth in the order. Blaney continued to battle inside the top-10 over the course of the final run before ultimately taking the checkered flag seventh. Blaney’s 47 laps led marked a career-high at Dover in his 14th-career Cup Series start at the one-mile oval.

BLANEY’S THOUGHTS: “I still thought we had, like, fourth to seventh-place potential all day, so I’m proud of the effort by everybody on this team for sticking with it. I really wanted to win one for Würth. It’s a big race for those guys and they’re a great partner for us, but we just missed out. Hopefully, we can get a redemption shot next year if they do this again, but I appreciate the effort. It was a long day. To run 400 laps around this place is tough and working on it all day, the 12 boys stuck with it so I appreciate their effort and we’ll go to Kansas next week.”

JOEY LOGANO No. 22 SHELL-PENNZOIL FORD MUSTANG

START: 13TH STAGE ONE: 20TH STAGE TWO: 18TH FINISH: 16TH POINTS: 13TH

RACE RUNDOWN: Joey Logano drove the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford Mustang to a 16th-place finish in Sunday afternoon’s Würth 400 at Dover. Logano battled a tight-handling condition after starting the 400-mile event from 13th, resulting in a 20th-place finish in the opening stage. Following a four-tire stop and a round of adjustments at the stage break, Logano settled into 20th during the first green flag run of Stage 2 before he was called to pit road on lap 184 around the halfway point of the segment. The Shell-Pennzoil Ford fired off tight for the final run of the stage as Logano battled to an 18th-place finish in Stage 2. After restarting the final stage from 18th, Logano continued to battle in traffic around the one-mile concrete oval before the green flag pit cycle began around 80 laps to go. Following a four-tire stop under green, Logano was making his way off pit road when the caution flag flew for a single-car incident on the backstretch, trapping the No. 22 team a lap down. After taking the wave-around to rejoin the lead lap, Logano avoided a multi-car incident coming off the exit of turn two on the ensuing restart as he was able to get checked up in time and allowing the 22 team to make another round of adjustments under caution. The ensuing restart proved to be the final one of the afternoon as Logano took the checkered flag 16th.

LOGANO’S THOUGHTS: “We dealt with some handling issues early on and continued working on it throughout the day but we couldn’t regain the track position that we lost during that first run. Proud of the effort from this Shell-Pennzoil team for keeping at it all day long and we’ll see what we have for Kansas.”

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to the Sunflower State next weekend for the AdventHealth 400 on Sunday, May 5 at Kansas Speedway. Coverage begins at 3:00 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

Buescher 17th, Keselowski 30th in Hard-Fought Day at The Monster Mile

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Early Spin and Tire Issues Dampen Day for No. 6 Team

DOVER, D.E. (April 28, 2024) – Dover Motor Speedway served as the 11th points paying race for the NASCAR Cup Series this season, with both RFK Racing drivers looking to build off a strong start to the season

6 Recap
Coming off two straight runner-up finishes (Texas, Talladega), Brad Keselowski and the No. 6 team looked to ride their momentum into a victory at Dover Motor Speedway.

Starting from the 24th position, the BuildSubmarines.com Ford was quick from the start. Keselowski passed 11 cars during the first stage, putting him in the 13th position with just a handful of laps left in stage one. Unfortunately, the No. 6 car would go for a spin while trying to make the pass for 12th with just four laps to go in the stage, putting Keselowski back to 33rd to start stage two, one lap down.

The No. 6 team spent the beginning of stage two fighting to get into the free pass position, hopeful that a caution would come out to get back on the lead lap. The BuildSubmarines.com Ford looked to be making good lap time just before Keselowski made contact with the outside wall after cutting down a right front tire with under 30 laps to go in the stage. The No. 6 team went to work on the suspension of Keselowski’s ride, but his Ford could not be repaired to reach the same strong lap times it had earlier.

Now multiple laps down with a damaged race car, Keselowski would carry the BuildSubmarines.com Ford home to a 30th place finish in Dover.

17 Recap
Buescher had a more uneventful afternoon in the Fastenal Ford, beginning his day from the 18th position.

The Texas native showed speed in the first stage, making his way up to the 14th position when the green-checkered flag flew. Buescher made note that the car was a little tight, so crew chief Scott Graves went to work to make adjustments.

Stage two served uneventful for Buescher, as he would once again finish 14th in the Fastenal Ford.

After struggling during the start of stage three, the No. 17 team made their final pit stop inside of the final 75 laps, chasing down a top-10 finish. After a multi-car incident on lap 329, the race would restart with just over 60 laps remaining. Buescher was able to drive his way to the 17th position to cap off his day at the Monster Mile.

Up Next
Kansas Speedway hosts race No. 12 for the Cup Series next weekend. Race coverage Sunday is set for 3 p.m. ET on FS1, with radio coverage on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90).

About RFK Racing
RFK Racing, in its 37th season in 2024, features an ownership lineup pairing one of the sport’s most iconic names, Jack Roush, along with NASCAR Champion, Brad Keselowski, and Fenway Sports Group owner John Henry. Roush initially founded the team in 1988 and it has since become one of the most successful racing operations in the world, propelling him to be the first NASCAR owner to amass three hundred wins and capturing eight championships, including back-to-back NASCAR Cup titles in 2003 and 2004. Keselowski, a former owner in the NASCAR Truck Series, is the 2012 NASCAR Cup Series Champion. In 2007, Roush partnered with Henry, who also owns Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox, English Premier League’s Liverpool F.C., and the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins, to form Roush Fenway Racing. Off the track, RFK is a leader and proven winner in NASCAR marketing solutions, having produced multiple award-winning social media, digital content and experiential marketing campaigns. Visit rfkracing.com, and follow the team on all social platforms @rfkracing.

Rick Ware Racing: Dover 400 from Dover

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RICK WARE RACING
Dover 400

Date: April 28, 2024
Event: Dover 400 (Round 11 of 36)
Series: NASCAR Cup Series
Location: Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway (1-mile, concrete oval)
Format: 400 laps, broken into three stages (120 laps/130 laps/150 laps)
Race Winner: Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)
Stage 1 Winner: Martin Truex Jr., of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)
Stage 2 Winner: Kyle Larson of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)

RWR Race Finish:

● Justin Haley (Started 36th, Finished 23rd/ Running, completed 397 of 400 laps)
● Kaz Grala (Started 35th, Finished 29th/ Running, completed 394 of 400 laps)

RWR Points:

● Justin Haley (33rd with 115 points)
● Kaz Grala (34th with 100 points)

RWR Notes:

● This was Haley’s third career start at Dover. His best finish remains 11th, earned in May 2022.
● Haley’s 23rd-place finish was a team-best for RWR at Dover. The previous best-result was Ryan Preece’s 25th-place finish in May 2022.
● This was Grala’s first Cup Series start at Dover.

Race Notes:

● Denny Hamlin won the Dover 400 to score his 54th career NASCAR Cup Series victory, his third of the season and his second at Dover. His margin of victory over second-place Kyle Larson was .256 of a second.
● There were five caution periods for a total of 42 laps.
● Only 17 of the 37 drivers in the race finished on the lead lap.
● Larson remains the championship leader after Dover with a 15-point advantage over second-place Martin Truex Jr.

Sound Bites:

“I thought it was a pretty good day for us. Dover is a tough track. It was changing all day and you saw a lot of guys that started off strong and really fell off toward the end. I think we made the best of it and came out with a decent finish. The team did a great job with adjustments, and I think by the end of the race we found something we can work with. It feels like things are starting to come together and I’m looking forward to the next few weeks and what we’ll be able to accomplish.”– Justin Haley, driver of the No. 51 Walmart Health & Wellness Ford Mustang Dark Horse

“Not the best day we’ve had, but I feel like we made the most of the situation. It’s never ideal to go to a backup car, but we executed the day well and got what we could, which ultimately wasn’t a terrible points day. I’m really proud of everyone at RWR and how hard they worked to get us on track Sunday. Our primary car had excellent speed on Saturday, so we can leave here knowing that we probably had the potential for a great day. We’ll regroup and go make the most of the next one!” – Kaz Grala, driver of the No. 15 N29 Capital Partners Ford Mustang Dark Horse

Next Up:

The next event on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the AdventHealth 400 on Sunday, May 5 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City. The race begins at 3 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by FS1 and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

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