Home Blog Page 2055

Chevrolet Completes Successful First Test of 2.4-liter V6 Engine for NTT INDYCAR Series Competition in 2024

By
Official Release
-

INDIANAPOLIS (March 30, 2022) – Chevrolet completed a successful three-day test at the Indianapolis Road Course with its new 2.4-liter engine for the 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES on Wednesday.

Despite weather too cold to get a full day of testing on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course on Monday, March 28, the Team Penske Chevrolet with driver Josef Newgarden was able to get successful laps in during the afternoon. Then, Tuesday morning, after a late start because of cold ambient and track temperatures, teammate Will Power laid down lap after lap to add to the data collected the previous day.

Because of the weather issues, the test was extended to Wednesday, and Team Chevy engineers were able to work with Power to gain a tremendous amount of data to continue the development of the 2.4-liter engine in preparation for the addition of the required INDYCAR component.

The three-day test, during which Chevrolet logged more than 600 miles, was valuable for Chevrolet despite missing the energy recovery system, delayed due to supply chain issues, because the time allowed testing of components of the 2.4-liter engine that are different from those being successfully run in the current 2.2-liter V6 engine.

While a lot of work lies ahead for all Chevy INDYCAR teams as the development of the 2.4-liter engine continues, the success of the first test is an important step in building the 2024 package to begin a new era.

Since Chevrolet returned to NTT INDYCAR SERIES competition in 2012, the Bowtie brand has won 97 of 167 races, four Indianapolis 500 races, six driver championships and six coveted manufacturer championships.

Chevrolet-powered drivers Scott McLaughlin and Josef Newgarden, both from Team Penske, have won the first two races of the 2022 season.

QUOTES FOLLOWING THREE-DAY TEST
ROB BUCKNER, CHEVROLET ENGINEERING PROGRAM MANAGER FOR INDYCAR: “We’ve had a very successful and productive three days with the new Chevrolet 2.4L IndyCar engine. This was a big milestone as we have progressed from initial concept of the 2.4L design a few years ago and running extensively on the dyno to installing the engine into a car and now the landmark event of turning our first laps at the Indianapolis Road Course.

“We are incredibly appreciative of the all the men and women at Chevrolet Performance and our partners at Ilmor for their commitment to a highly successful on-track debut for the 2.4L engine platform. We could race this engine tomorrow, which is the highest praise possible for a new engine. Special thanks to Team Penske for quickly building a reliable and safe test car along with Josef Newgarden and Will Power for looking after our prototype engine with first-rate feedback.

“We now turn our focus back to the Chevrolet 2.2L and a high workload of team testing ahead of the Long Beach Grand Prix next weekend. It is the most challenging time of the year for everyone involved in INDYCAR and I’m looking forward to watching the Chevrolet Competition group and our race teams execute. All our goals for 2022 are right in front of us and we are ready.”

JOSEF NEWGARDEN, NO. 2 HITACHI TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET: “It was a thrill to get to work with the Team Chevy engineering group and get to drive the new 2024 engine package. It was a great collaborative effort to get the new engine on track to start testing for all the components needed in our Chevy — power, durability and logging miles on the track. I always enjoy getting to work with everyone at Team Chevy and the cohesive unit we develop as partners with the same goals. For us, getting started early really emphasizes the importance of everything we are going to need in the future — durability, power, fuel mileage. These are the things we are always working on and I’m excited to see what the future is going to hold for Chevy in INDYCAR.”

WILL POWER, NO. 12 VERIZON TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET: “Today was a great step in getting the 2.4-liter engine package ready to go for the 2024 season. It was clear immediately that Chevy has put a lot of work into this already. It will obviously continue to get better and better. The Verizon 5G Chevy team did 150 laps, and I was impressed with the power of the engine throughout the day. I’m very excited about this addition to the series and can’t wait to continue to help develop it.”

Weekend schedule for Richmond

By
Angie Campbell
-
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA - APRIL 18: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Express Toyota, leads the field during the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway on April 18, 2021 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images)

This weekend the NASCAR Cup Series and the Xfinity Series head to Richmond Raceway where the Next Gen car will make its debut on the first points-paying short track race of the season.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will begin the racing action Friday with practice and qualifying, culminating with the ‘Virginia Is For Racing Lovers 150’ at 6:30 p.m. ET. The race will be televised on FloRacing.com (with a paid subscription) and radio coverage will be provided on MRN. The Camping World Truck Series is off but will return on Thursday, April 7 at Martinsville Speedway.

All times are Eastern.

Saturday, April 2

8:30 a.m.: Xfinity Series Practice for all entries – FS1

9 a.m.: Xfinity Series Qualifying (impound) Single vehicle, 2 laps, all entries – FS1

10:30 a.m.: Cup Series Practice (Group A & B) – FS1/MRN

11:15 a.m.: Cup Series Qualifying (impound) (Group A & B) Single vehicle, 1 lap, 2 rounds – FS1/MRN

1:30 p.m. ET: Xfinity Series ToyotaCare 250
Distance: 187.5 miles (250 Laps)
Stage 1 ends on Lap 75, Stage 2 ends on Lap 150, Final Stage ends on Lap 250
FS1/MRN/SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
The Purse: $1,453,684
Defending race winner: Noah Gragson

Sunday, April 3
3:30 p.m.: Cup Series Toyota Owners 400
Distance: 300 miles (400 laps)
Stage 1 ends on Lap 70, Stage 2 ends on Lap 230, Final Stage ends on Lap 400
FOX/MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
The Purse: $7,110,735
Defending race winner: Alex Bowman

Parker Retzlaff Brings Confidence to Richmond Raceway Xfinity Debut

By
Official Release
-

RICHMOND, Va.: There is no question when NASCAR Xfinity Series rookie Parker Retzlaff showed up on the scene earlier this month at Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway, he certainly made a statement with his RSS Racing team.

A brilliant effort from Retzlaff during practice, qualifying and in the early stages of the United Rentals 200 continued to surprise teams and drivers alike. His Xfinity Series debut, however, was foiled by a mechanical issue.

And while the finish was tough to swallow following his presence throughout the race, Retzlaff treks to Richmond (Va.) Raceway for Saturday afternoon’s ToyotaCare 250 determined to finish what he started at Phoenix.

“I am very thankful to the RSS Racing team for bringing me an extremely fast No. 38 Ponsse Ford Mustang to Phoenix. Of course, it was a bummer that we couldn’t capitalize on the debut with a strong finish, but that’s just part of racing sometimes.”

Retzlaff heads to the Commonwealth of Virginia to the famed Richmond (Va.) Raceway, where he hopes to again showcase his talent and contend for a top-10 finish in just his second Xfinity Series start.

And despite no prior real-time track experience at the 0.875-mile oval, Retzlaff is focused on the same approach that led to his on-track success at Phoenix.

“Like Phoenix, I’ve never been to Richmond Raceway in real life,” added Retzlaff. “However, I feel like time after time, I have been able to showcase my ability and adapt to new surroundings rather quickly. Of course, I’ve spent a lot of time on iRacing around Richmond and without a doubt, I feel like that will help with the transition on Saturday.

“For us, we showed that as a team we can practice and qualify inside the top-10 and now I really want to focus and finish inside the top-10. Not only as validation for myself but as redemption for us as a team.

“Practice and qualifying are done so quick – that it’s important for us to be on top of our game and then strategize what to do for the race, so we are positioning ourselves to move forward and hopefully challenging for a top-10 or better when the checkered flag is near.”

Ponsse, which manufactures and markets a range of forestry vehicles and machineries such as forwarders and harvesters will return as the primary partner of Retzlaff’s No. 38 Ford Mustang for the 187-mile race.

In addition to Ponsse, Eco-Tracks, Grille Adz, Iron Horse Loggers, Northern Chill Spring Water and Pewag will serve as associate marketing partners for the seventh Xfinity Series race of the season.

“I feel very fortunate to be able to have the support of Ponsse, Eco-Tracks, Northern Chill Spring Water and our other partners,” explained Retzlaff.

“Without them, I would not be competing in the Xfinity Series this year. My goal is to go out there and just stick to the same goals we had at Phoenix and just hope we’re able to see both the green flag and checkered flag on Saturday afternoon.”

Retzlaff, 18, graduated to the Xfinity Series in 2022 after spending the last two years competing in the ARCA Menards Series East tour where in 12 starts, the Rhinelander, Wisc. native delivered one top-five and nine top-10 finishes, including a career-best fourth-place finish in June at Southern National Motorsports Park (SNMP).

In addition to Richmond, Retzlaff will drive an RSS Racing entry at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway, Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway, Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway, Pocono (Pa.) Raceway, Kansas Speedway, Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway and the season finale at Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway on Sat., Nov. 5, 2022.

“It will be extremely beneficial for me to be in the No. 38 Ponsse Ford Mustang for back-to-back races at Richmond and Martinsville,” sounded Retzlaff. “Even though the tracks are different, I hope to be able to take some of the fundamentals of learning to drive the Xfinity car at Richmond and apply it to Martinsville.

“I am also focused on building respect with my peers and teammates and having the chance to race two weekends in a row will help with that building process. I’m just looking forward to getting to Richmond and getting to work.”

Outside of the cockpit, Retzlaff is an accomplished iRacer with 1,615 poles, 1,653 wins, 3,291 top-five and more than 68,800 laps led.

He is also the rookie driver of the No. 6 KOHLER Generators Ford Mustang for Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series.

For more on Parker Retzlaff, please visit parkerretzlaff.com, like him on Facebook (Parker Retzlaff Racing), Instagram (@parkerRetzlaff) and follow him on Twitter (@Parker79p).

The ToyotaCare 250 (250 laps | 187.5 miles) is the seventh of 33 NASCAR Xfinity Series races on the 2022 schedule. Practice begins on Sat., April 2 from 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Qualifying follows shortly after 9:00 a.m. The 38-car field will take the green flag later in the afternoon shortly after 1:30 p.m. with live coverage on FOX Sports 1, the Motor Racing Network (Radio) and SiriusXM NASCAR Channel 90. All times are local (ET).

Tony Stewart Racing: Las Vegas Advance for the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals

By
Official Release
-

Leah Pruett & Matt Hagan
Top Fuel | Funny Car
NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
April 1-3 | Las Vegas

Event Overview

Friday, April 1 (Nitro Qualifying, streamed live on NHRA.TV)

● Nitro qualifying session (Q1): 1 p.m. PDT/4 p.m. EDT
● Nitro qualifying session (Q2): 3:30 p.m. PDT/6:30 p.m. EDT

Saturday, April 2 (Nitro Qualifying, streamed live on NHRA.TV)

● Nitro qualifying session (Q3): 1 p.m. PDT/4 p.m. EDT
● Nitro qualifying session (Q4): 3:30 p.m. PDT/6:30 p.m. EDT

Sunday, April 3 (Nitro Eliminations, streamed live on NHRA.TV)

● Round 1: 12 p.m. PDT/3 p.m. EDT
● Round 2: 2 p.m. PDT/5 p.m. EDT
● Finals: 4 p.m. PDT/7 p.m. EDT

TV coverage on FS1

● Friday, April 1: Qualifying show (4 p.m. PDT/7 p.m. EDT)
● Sunday, April 3: Qualifying show, recapping all of Saturday’s action (9:30 a.m. PDT/12:30 p.m. EDT)
● Sunday, April 3: Finals show (4 p.m. PDT/7 p.m. EDT)

Notes of Interest

● The NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is the fourth event on the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series’ 22-race calendar in 2022. Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) brings its two fulltime entries – one in Top Fuel for nine-time event winner Leah Pruett and one in Funny Car for three-time Funny Car champion Matt Hagan – to the track that is 2,030 feet above sea level. Hagan delivered TSR’s first victory in the series’ prior event at Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway, driving his Dodge Power Brokers Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car to his 40th career victory in the 53rd NHRA Gatornationals. It was his first Gatornationals win in 14 attempts.

● Dodge Power Brokers and Direct Connection return to Hagan’s Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car this weekend in Las Vegas. The Dodge Power Brokers program serves as the exclusive source for Direct Connection, Dodge’s factory-backed performance parts program, which is equipped with staff trained to deliver a performance-focused customer service experience.

● Code 3 Associates, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization specializing in animal rescue and recovery in disaster areas, adorns Pruett’s Top Fuel dragster at Las Vegas. Code 3 Associates has gained notoriety among the NASCAR community for its association with Stewart and his NASCAR team, Stewart-Haas Racing. The successful partnership has led the Colorado-based organization to deepen its motorsports involvement by partnering with TSR in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series. Formed in 1985, Code 3 Associates has evolved from one unpaid volunteer to at least 75 professional responders around the country, which includes animal welfare, law enforcement, fire, EMS and veterinary specialists from the United States and Canada. While its focus is animals and their owners, Code 3 Associates trains its responders to the standards of human rescue, and Code 3 Associates also provides training to conduct thorough investigations into animal welfare, all of which is accredited by Colorado State University (CSU) and the CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

● The Four-Wide Nationals will mark Pruett’s 175th career Top Fuel start. It’ll be her 14th overall start at Las Vegas and her fourth in the Four-Wide Nationals. For Hagan, the Four-Wide Nationals will be his 297th career Funny Car start. It’ll be his 26th overall start at Las Vegas and his fourth in the Four-Wide Nationals.

● Pruett is looking for her first victory at the Four-Wide Nationals. She was the runner-up to Steve Torrence in the 2018 fall event. Pruett earned one No. 1 qualifier at Las Vegas on Nov. 2, 2019 with an ET of 3.654 seconds at 330.47 mph, which set a new track record.

● Hagan has one career Four-Wide win – at zMAX Dragway in Concord, North Carolina, in 2013 when he defeated Blake Alexander, Tim Wilkerson and Chad Head.

● Coming off his victory at Gainesville, Hagan is seeking back-to-back wins as he rolls into the Four-Wide Nationals. He has three wins at Last Vegas prior to the track’s four-wide expansion, and they all came in the fall – 2017 when he defeated Courtney Force, 2019 when he defeated Jonnie Lindberg, and 2020 when he defeated Ron Capps. Hagan finished runner-up to Bob Tasca III in the 2021 Four-Wide Nationals.

● Hagan will look to earn his fourth No. 1 start at Las Vegas, but his first since the track was reconfigured to four lanes. He scored his first No. 1 qualifier in October 2009 (4.030 ET at 313.88 mph), his second in November 2014 (3.983 ET at 322.42 mph) and his third in April 2015 (4.007 ET at 318.02 mph).

● DYK? The Strip at Last Vegas Motor Speedway opened in 2000 and is home to two NHRA national events, in addition to more than 50 other events annually. The four-wide expansion was completed in 2018, where the entire racing surface was removed and only the walls remained. The track brought in 10,000 tons of gravel, 8,000 tons of asphalt and 4,400 cubic yards of concrete to complete the project and make the track just one of two drag strips in the nation to feature four-wide racing, with zMAX Dragway being the other.

Leah Pruett, Driver of the Code 3 Associates Top Fuel Dragster

The Four-Wide Nationals have been around for a while now, both at Las Vegas and Charlotte. But for the novice fan, how are the Four-Wide Nationals different from a regular, straight-up, car-to-car battle down the strip?

“The Four-Wide Nationals is an amplifier of the nitro sensory experience. It requires paying additional attention to each quad on track in order to process all of the action that is happening. If you’re just staring at lane one and watching that car, you will not even realize what happened in lane four. You need the ultimate earmuffs, so this is a close-your-ears-and-open-your-eyes kind of a race.”

How much do you pay attention to the other three drivers, or do you just focus on you, your car and your light?

“While in my race, I am zoned in on my lane and my tree. Traditionally in a two-wide, the second lane would be ‘right’ and you would look at your stage bulbs on the right side of the tree. Not the case here. In lane two you feel you are in the right, but you have to be ultra-conscious that your stage bulb is on the left side of the tree. It seems simple, but many mess-ups happen from drivers thinking about their staging, but looking at the wrong bulb. I pay a considerable amount of attention by watching as many quads as possible throughout the weekend and getting the visual cadence down.”

Does the level of gamesmanship at the line ratchet up at the Four-Wide Nationals, or is it just double what a regular race would be?

“I would say doubled is the right amount. It could seem like more, but it is difficult to tell if someone is staging early or late to be strategic, or just hyper focused on getting their own car properly staged in time. As a driver, you have to expect it all at once.”

TSR is still in the early stages of its inaugural season – does it help that Las Vegas is akin to the conditions you already experienced when you tested at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park near Phoenix and then again when you raced there for the second event of the season?

“Vegas might bring some of the most challenging conditions thus far because of its altitude. Neal (Strausbaugh, crew chief) and Mike (Domagala, co-crew chief) have done a great job honing in on what our power band and window looks like, especially since testing last week in Indianapolis. I believe the progress we made last week has accelerated our preparation for Vegas.”

What do you want to get out of this race weekend?

“We want to get some glowed-up win lights! A Wally is not impossible and out of reach because we have the people and parts do it, but some solid confidence-building momentum through good, quality, clean runs and quick reactions would be a winning hand for us.”

Matt Hagan, Driver of the Dodge Power Brokers Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car

The Four-Wide Nationals have been around for a while now, both at Las Vegas and Charlotte. But for the novice fan, how are the Four-Wide Nationals different from a regular, straight-up, car-to-car battle down the strip?

“You just never know what will happen at Las Vegas with it being the four-wides and having to pay extra attention to what’s going on. It’s more of a dangerous track for us drivers because we have to go to the end no matter what on race day.”

How much do you pay attention to the other three drivers, or do you just focus on you, your car and your light?

“You can never see over to the two additional cars on track. No matter what on Sunday, it is going to the end. As a driver, you have to have the mindset of take it down the track, no matter what, even if it’s on fire. It’s a little different mentality of rolling into Vegas or Charlotte with a four-wide race.”

Does the level of gamesmanship at the line ratchet up at the Four-Wide Nationals, or is it just double what a regular race would be?

“I’ve done a little bit of everything at Vegas from red lights to win the race, and it’s a bit of a chaotic event. There’s a lot going on with staging and trying to remember which lane you’re in. Sometimes, it’s tough with two cars, much less four.”

TSR is still in the early stages of its inaugural season – does it help that Las Vegas is akin to the conditions you already experienced when you tested at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park near Phoenix and then again when you raced there for the second event of the season?

“Las Vegas is always a great race to go to. It has a bit of altitude and is actually half the altitude of Denver. The tune-up is a little different there, but we seem to do really well at Vegas.”

What do you want to get out of this race weekend?

“I’m excited about it because our car has been running great. I’m really happy with my lights so far. The car has been reacting really well to what Dickie (Venables, crew chief) has been doing with the tune-up. I think we’re going to have a great weekend in Vegas. We have a lot of momentum coming out of Gainesville and we’re going to carry that momentum into this weekend.”

RFK Weekly Advance | Richmond I

By
Official Release
-

Roush Fenway Keselowski Weekly Advance | Richmond

The NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) heads to Richmond for the first of two visits to the Virginia short track this season. Sunday afternoon’s race marks the seventh in the 2022 season, with Richmond being the first of three-straight short track events on the circuit. Jack Roush has 15 wins all-time at Richmond, including five in the NCS.

NASCAR Cup Series Race at Richmond
Sunday, April 3 | 3:30 p.m. ET
FOX, MRN, SiriusXM Channel 90

· Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Violet Defense Ford Mustang
· Chris Buescher, No. 17 Violet Defense Ford Mustang

History in the Commonwealth of Virginia

Overall, RFK has 358 starts at Richmond Raceway, earning a total of 15 wins, 89 top-five and 150 top-10 finishes. RFK Fords have sat on the pole 14 times and led 4,960 laps across NASCAR’s three major touring series.

To Xfinity and Beyond

RFK has earned nine victories, 43 top-five finishes, 66 top-10 finishes and an average finish of 11.8 at Richmond in the Xfinity Series. All in all, three different drivers are responsible for the nine victories at the Virginia short track (Edwards, Mark Martin and Jeff Burton).

Nine and Counting

RFK’s nine victories at Richmond rank fourth among all tracks the organization has competed on in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, trailing Darlington Raceway (15), Charlotte Motor Speedway (12) and North Carolina Speedway – formerly known as Rockingham – (11).

Tale of the Tape

RFK has started 217 NCS races at Richmond with 73 top-10 and 37 top-five finishes along with seven poles. Former drivers Mark Martin (1990), Jeff Burton (1998), Matt Kenseth (2002), Kurt Busch (2005), and Carl Edwards (2013) are responsible for RFK’s five Cup wins, and a Jack Roush Cup Series Ford has led 2,442 laps at the .75-mile track.

RFK Richmond Wins

1990-1 Martin Cup

1993-1 Martin NXS

1993-2 Martin NXS

1997-1 Martin NXS

1998-1 Burton NXS

1998-2 Burton Cup

1999-1 Martin NXS

1999 Biffle Truck

2000-2 Burton NXS

2002-2 Kenseth Cup

2005-1 Edwards NXS

2005-2 Busch Cup

2008-2 Edwards NXS

2009-2 Edwards NXS

2013-2 Edwards Cup

HaasTooling.com Racing: Cole Custer Richmond Advance

By
Official Release
-

COLE CUSTER
Richmond Advance
No. 41 HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing

Event Overview

● Event: Richmond 400 (Round 7 of 36)
● Time/Date: 3:30 p.m. EDT on Sunday, April 3
● Location: Richmond (Va.) Raceway
● Layout: .75-mile oval
● Laps/Miles: 400 laps/300 miles
● Stage Lengths: Stage 1: 70 laps / Stage 2: 160 laps / Final Stage: 170 laps
● TV/Radio: FOX / MRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Notes of Interest

● Cole Custer and the No. 41 HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang team for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) kick off back-to-back-to-back weekends of classic short-track racing when the NASCAR Cup Series heads to the .75-mile Richmond (Va.) Raceway oval for Sunday’s Richmond 400. The series ventures south but remains in the Capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia the following weekend for a Saturday-night race under the lights on the half-mile Martinsville Speedway paperclip-shaped oval. And the short-track stretch winds up on the high-banked, half-mile Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway oval for the second annual Food City Dirt Race.

● In February, Custer and the No. 41 team finished seventh – best among the four SHR teams – in the season-opening, non-points-paying Busch Light Clash on the quarter-mile paved oval inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

● Sunday’s 400-lap race marks Custer’s 82nd career NASCAR Cup Series start and his fifth at Richmond. His 14th-place finish in the September 2020 race there is the best of his previous four outings, helping him earn 2020 Cup Series Rookie of the Year honors. He started 21st and finished 22nd in his most recent outing there last fall.

● In NASCAR Xfinity Series competition, Custer’s seven career starts at Richmond is more than he’s had at any other track. Best among those starts was the April 2019 race, when he qualified fourth in the No. 00 SHR Ford, led a race-high 122 of 250 laps and took the checkered flag 2.639 seconds ahead of runner-up and fellow Ford driver Austin Cindric. He followed that up with a third-place finish in that year’s September race for his fourth Xfinity Series top-six in seven Richmond starts. Custer also started on the pole and led 43 laps en route to a sixth-place finish in the April 2018 race in his SHR Ford, and scored a sixth-place finish in his Richmond debut in the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 5 JR Motorsports entry in the April 2016 race.

● Custer’s first two Richmond outings came in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 2013 and 2014. The first year, he started and finished third after leading 24 of 100 laps, then came back the following year to qualify second and lead a race-high 52 of 100 laps en route to his fourth of four career victories in K&N Pro Series competition.

● Last Sunday, in the season’s first of six road-course races at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, Custer was vying for a top-five finish during a late restart, only to get spun in the multicar chaos and having to settle for a 23rd-place finish. He arrives at Richmond 28th in the driver standings.

● Riding along with Custer and his SHR Mustang is team co-owner Gene Haas’ newest holding, Haas Tooling, which was launched as a way for CNC machinists to purchase high-quality cutting tools at great prices. Haas cutting tools are sold exclusively online at HaasTooling.com and shipped directly to end users. HaasTooling.com products became available nationally in July 2020. Haas Automation, founded by Haas in 1983, is America’s leading builder of CNC machine tools. The company manufactures a complete line of vertical and horizontal machining centers, turning centers and rotary tables and indexers. All Haas products are constructed in the company’s 1.1-million-square-foot manufacturing facility in Oxnard, California, and distributed through a worldwide network of Haas Factory Outlets.

Cole Custer, Driver of the No. 41 HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing

You’ve logged more laps at Richmond than perhaps any other track where NASCAR races. Sunday’s race marks your 14th career start there between the Cup Series, Xfinity Series and K&N East Series. What’s been your favorite Richmond memory?

“Definitely winning there in the Xfinity Series a few years ago. It was my first short-track win in the Xfinity Series and it meant a lot because we worked pretty hard to try and get our short-track stuff better, and it’s not an easy track to get around. So, it meant a lot to win that one.”

You’ve run at Richmond so much during your career, are you immersed in footage and data from your previous runs there to figure out how you’re going to get around there Sunday in the new NextGen car?

“Yeah, that’s every weekend for me. I look at old races and try and talk to (SHR teammate) Kevin (Harvick) every weekend to find out what he’s looking for. He’s been a huge help the last few years. All of my teammates have been. It was tough going straight to racing with no practice or qualifying the last two years. You can look at as much film and data as you want, but you’re still missing the experience of actually being out there. You know what you need to work on, but you really don’t learn as much until you’re actually out there on the track. This year, it’s huge to have the chance to practice and qualify and hopefully that’ll help put us over the top during this stretch of short-track races.”

You’re six races into your third season in the Cup Series. What kinds of things have you learned by being an SHR driver, and what kinds of things are you trying to build on?

“It’s been huge and awesome to be a part of an organization like Stewart-Haas just because you have such great teammates. You look at a guy like Kevin Harvick, who has a championship and so much success under his belt, I probably called him every single weekend of my rookie season. Being able to lean on a guy like that has been huge. Now that I’m in my third year in the Cup program, you kind of get an idea of what to look at when you’re going to these racetracks and how everybody’s going to race and how it’s all going to work – you understand the flow a lot better. So I think, this third year, it’s a year where you’re looking to really have it all together by the time all is said and done.”

No. 41 HaasTooling.com Team Roster

Primary Team Members

Driver: Cole Custer
Hometown: Ladera Ranch, California

Crew Chief: Mike Shiplett
Hometown: Amherst, Ohio

Car Chief: Tony Cardamone
Hometown: Bristol, Virginia

Engineer: Lee Deese
Hometown: Rockingham, North Carolina

Engineer: Scott Bingham
Hometown: Lawrenceville, Georgia

Spotter: Andy Houston
Hometown: Hickory, North Carolina

Over-The-Wall Members

Front Tire Changer: Josh Leslie
Hometown: Mount Clemens, Michigan

Rear Tire Changer: Coleman Dollarhide
Hometown: Hickory, North Carolina

Tire Carrier: Chad Emmons
Hometown: Tyler, Texas

Jack Man: Matthew Schlytter
Hometown: Ponte Vedra, Florida

Fuel Man: Dewayne Moore
Hometown: Griffin, Georgia

Road Crew Members

Mechanic: Joe Zanolini
Hometown: Sybertsville, Pennsylvania

Shock Specialist: Aaron Kuehn
Hometown: Kensington, Connecticut

Tire Specialist: Austin Greco
Hometown: Harrisburg, North Carolina

Transporter Co-Driver: David Rodrigues
Hometown: Santa Clarita, California

Transporter Co-Driver: Charlie Schleyer
Hometown: Youngsville, Pennsylvania

Huk Enhances Partnership with Richard Childress Racing in 2022

By
Official Release
-

Huk Enhances Partnership with Richard Childress Racing in 2022

WELCOME, NC (March 30, 2022) – Marolina Outdoor Inc, the parent company of Huk, will enhance their relationship with Richard Childress Racing in 2022, the two companies announced today. 2018 DAYTONA 500 Champion Austin Dillon will race the No. 3 Huk Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway on Sunday, May 8.

The Darlington race, which airs on FOX Sports 1 at 3:30 p.m. ET, kicks off Huk’s 2022 activation plans with Richard Childress Racing. The fastest-growing fishing brand with an authentic passion for its products and lifestyle will complement its marketing plans with multiple paint schemes to highlight key campaigns throughout the season.

“We’re thrilled to not only continue our partnership with Richard Childress Racing but expand our relationship,” said Pete Angle, President of Marolina Outdoor Inc. “Austin Dillon has served as a passionate ambassador for the outdoors and the Huk brand. He embodies the lifestyle we design our clothes for, enjoying the outdoors. family time, or a day on the water but knowing you can look good without having to change clothes going from one activity to another. We’re looking forward to tapping into our relationship to promote what Huk stands for as we head into the busiest time of year for fishing and outdoor enthusiasts.”

Based in Charleston, S.C., at the confluence of three major rivers and home to one of America’s favorite destinations, the designers at Huk take their inspiration from the water itself. They shape and mold a line of performance clothing designed to keep you looking good and feeling cool and comfortable on or off the water.

“I’ve enjoyed representing Huk and look forward to continuing the relationship,” said Dillon, a champion in NASCAR’s Truck and Xfinity Series. “Everyone at Huk is just as passionate about the outdoors as I am, and I know NASCAR fans will really embrace some of the fun styles and designs that Huk plans to weave into the 2022 season.”

For more information, please visit rcrracing.com and www.hukgear.com.

About Richard Childress Racing:
Richard Childress Racing (rcrracing.com) is a renowned, performance-driven racing, marketing and manufacturing organization. Incorporated in 1969, RCR has celebrated over 50 years of racing and earned more than 200 victories and 16 championships, including six in the NASCAR Cup Series with the legendary Dale Earnhardt. RCR was the first organization to win championships in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Truck Series and is a three-time winner of the Daytona 500 (1998, 2007, 2018). Its 2022 NASCAR Cup Series lineup includes two-time NASCAR champion, 2017 Coca-Cola 600 winner and 2018 Daytona 500 champion Austin Dillon (No. 3 Chevrolet), along with two-time NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Tyler Reddick (No. 8 Chevrolet). RCR fields a full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series program with Sheldon Creed (No. 2 Chevrolet) and Austin Hill (No. 21 Chevrolet).

About Marolina Outdoor:
Marolina Outdoor Inc. was founded to bring deep-seated product expertise across all outdoor categories. Our innovative designs and technologically focused products create the foundation of our authentic outdoor apparel. Huk clothing represents a fresh take and a unique understanding of outdoor needs, offering functional styles that appeal to anglers and anyone who loves a waterside lifestyle. NOMAD is motivated to provide quality apparel so that hunters can maximize their experiences to hunt and provide sustenance regardless of the size of the game or where their pursuits take them. Visit us at Hukgear.com or Nomadoutdoor.com.

Mobil 1 Racing: Kevin Harvick Richmond Advance

By
Official Release
-

KEVIN HARVICK
Richmond Advance
No. 4 Mobil 1 Triple Action Formula Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing

Event Overview

● Event: Richmond 400 (Round 7 of 36)
● Time/Date: 3:30 p.m. EDT on Sunday, April 3
● Location: Richmond (Va.) Raceway
● Layout: .75-mile oval
● Laps/Miles: 400 laps/300 miles
● Stage Lengths: Stage 1: 70 laps / Stage 2: 160 laps / Final Stage: 170 laps
● TV/Radio: FOX / MRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Notes of Interest

● Mobil 1 is the world’s leading synthetic motor oil brand, and the NASCAR Cup Series event this weekend at Richmond (Va.) Raceway marks the debut of its latest product enhancements to the motor oil family: Triple Action Formula and Triple Action Formula+. The “Triple Action” is Performance, Protection, Cleanliness, and Triple Action Formula+ has the additional benefit of maximizing engine efficiency. Both are featured on the No. 4 Ford Mustang of driver Kevin Harvick at Richmond. Mobil 1 Triple Action Formula allows drivers to go 10,000 miles (or one year) between oil changes, and Mobil 1 Triple Action Formula+ gives drivers even more mileage between oil changes – 20,000 miles (or one year). Both help extend engine life – even in severe conditions while increasing engine efficiency – but Mobil 1 Triple Action Formula+ delivers 20 times higher engine protection. These innovations that are now available for consumers have origins in racing, specifically from the rumbling V8 inside Harvick’s No. 4 Mobil 1 Ford Mustang.

● Harvick has made 760 career NASCAR Cup Series starts, with 123 of those starts coming on short tracks. And of his 58 Cup Series wins, seven have been at short tracks, with Richmond accounting for three of those victories. Harvick scored his first Richmond win in September 2006, his second in September 2011 and his third in April 2013.

● Harvick joined Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) in 2014 and has since recorded 35 of his 58 career NASCAR Cup Series wins. However, none of them have been at Richmond. But Harvick has remained stout at the .75-mile oval. In his last 15 starts at Richmond as a member of SHR, Harvick has two runner-up finishes, eight top-fives and 11 top-10s. He has only one finish outside of the top-15.

● Harvick leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in top-10s at Richmond. The driver of the No. 4 Mobil 1 Triple Action Formula Ford Mustang has 27 top-10s in 41 career starts (65.8 percent). Next best is Kyle Busch with 25 top-10s.

● Harvick has led 15,794 total laps in his NASCAR Cup Series career, with 1,180 of those laps coming at Richmond.

● The Richmond 400 will mark Harvick’s 42nd NASCAR Cup Series start at the Virginia short track. His first start at Richmond came on May 5, 2001. That race was won by SHR co-owner Tony Stewart, who beat then three-time champion Jeff Gordon by .372 of a second. Harvick finished 17th in what was his 10th career Cup Series start. Ten of the 43 drivers in that race have since been inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame – Stewart, Gordon, Rusty Wallace, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Bobby Labonte, Mark Martin, Dale Jarrett, Ron Hornaday Jr., Bill Elliott and Terry Labonte.

● Harvick is the winningest NASCAR Xfinity Series driver at Richmond with seven victories. Kyle Busch is next best with six wins. Harvick finished among the top-10 in all but six of his 21 career Xfinity Series starts at Richmond.

Kevin Harvick, Driver of the No. 4 Mobil 1 Triple Action Formula Ford Mustang

You’ve now sampled the NextGen car on every style of racetrack. Is there a certain genre of track where it performs best, or has it proven to be a pretty steady commodity no matter what kind of track you’re racing on?

“I think it’s been pretty steady. The road courses are still going to be the best track because it’s the thing that suits this car the most. For us, it’s just learning the nuances of the car and how much to adjust it, how much you need in the car. We’re still working on that. The cars have run fine at every race, we’ve just had so many things go on. Everybody’s doing a good job. I think the cars have done a pretty good job at every track we’ve taken them to.”

You had a good, solid weekend three races ago at Phoenix with a sixth-place finish. With that track being relatively flat and only a mile in length, can what you learned there be applied to Richmond?

“Richmond is quite a bit different just because of the grip level and the tire wear and everything that comes with that. But I think the evolution of the process – the trims, the things that have been consistent through all the races that the guys are starting to grab and starting to navigate toward – it’s meant that we’re not talking about last year’s car at all. It’s all about the trends of this year and the things that have happened this year. You look at the tendencies of Richmond in the past and you try to adapt to what has worked with this new car.”

Coming into this season, it seemed that every weekend would be an R&D session where there’s constant learning and evolution of the NextGen car. Have you found that to be the case?

“Really, the car has evolved very little. But I think the teams and the drivers, especially those of us who have done this for so long and have had pretty similar tendencies for 20-something years where we’ve adapted to different driving styles and different adjustments and different tendencies, there’s still a lot that goes into changing your thought processes and being able to do what you want to do with this car. But I think our team has been pretty open minded to stuff and I really think the whole garage, and especially us, we’re learning as we go every week as to what the car is like.”

Have you had to break old habits as you learn the NextGen car?

“For sure. I haven’t completely broken them yet, because all the, ‘Don’t overdrive the entry into the corner,’ all that stuff, is pretty much gone, especially when it comes to qualifying. You can be pretty aggressive with the car getting into the corner, and that’s just not the way that I’ve approached it for a long time. We knew just coming into this year that there were going to be a lot of things to adapt to in order to get to where we needed to be. Even now, it’s still not second nature, even when you shift and the way that it feels, and just having that confidence level of going on the racetrack and laying it all out there. Every lap, there’s a confidence level that comes with the security of the car and the things it does. And that’s the same when we go to make adjustments. Are you confident in that, ‘I need to make a big adjustment?’ Well, what is a big adjustment? How much is a big adjustment? Is it a percent on the aero side? Is it a half of a percent on the wedge? What is a big adjustment?”

With Stewart-Haas Racing being a multicar team, how important has sharing information among all four teams been in getting up to speed with the NextGen car?

“It’s actually pretty standard in today’s world. There’s a database and a live feed between the engineers, so it’s all out there. As the changes go on in the garage, the other teams can see it. We have people back at the shop making sure that everybody stays on track and is aware of what the other teams are doing. There’s a lot of information out there, but sometimes when you’re at the racetrack, you need all the people around you to hone in on all the things that are important and making the car tick on that particular weekend. A lot of times, it’ll be something that somebody else is doing on a different team, or someone who’s driving on the racetrack with your own cars, and that’s comparing apples to apples. So if somebody hits on a shock or a spring or a camber setting on your own team, those are easy things to apply to your car so you can move forward in practice a little bit quicker. The more that everybody can hit on and try, the better, because if you’re all trying the same thing, you might as well have just one car. Everybody goes down a different path and tries to pick and choose those pieces that help everybody, and that’s what’s important.”

Over the years, do you feel your interest in what you’re driving and learning about the car has been a key to your success?

“I think that’s part of the reason why I’ve been somewhat successful because of the fact that I know what I want in the car, and I think that I’m relatively good at explaining what I want in the car. The team believes in the direction that I tell them to go, and they’re good at finding things that help solve problems. For years, that’s something we’ve just been able to figure out – the communication with what you’re feeling in the car and how we fix it, what fixes it, what pushes the hot buttons to help fix the problems in certain areas of the corner. Being able to analyze those things is ultra-important just in order to help the direction of where the car is going, where the development is going, and being able to also stand up and say, ‘Hey, I probably led us down a bad road,’ before you get 10 roads down the street. If you get one or two roads down the street and back up, it’s important to be able to do that, and that’s been important as we develop this car.”

No. 4 Mobil 1 Triple Action Formula Team Roster

Primary Team Members

Driver: Kevin Harvick
Hometown: Bakersfield, California

Crew Chief: Rodney Childers
Hometown: Mooresville, North Carolina

Car Chief: Robert “Cheddar” Smith
Hometown: Whitewater, Wisconsin

Engineer: Dax Gerringer
Hometown: Gibsonville, North Carolina

Engineer: Stephen Doran
Hometown: Butler, Pennsylvania

Spotter: Tim Fedewa
Hometown: Holt, Michigan

Over-The-Wall Members

Front Tire Changer: Shayne Pipala
Hometown: Frankfort Square, Illinois

Rear Tire Changer: Daniel Smith
Hometown: Concord, North Carolina

Tire Carrier: Jeremy Howard
Hometown: Delhart, Texas

Jack Man: Stan Doolittle
Hometown: Ninety Six, South Carolina

Fuel Man: Evan Marchal
Hometown: Westfield, Indiana

Road Crew Members

Mechanic: Richie Bean
Hometown: Bradford, Vermont

Mechanic: Nick DeFazio
Hometown: Orange, California

Tire Specialist: Jamie Turski
Hometown: Trumbull, Connecticut

Engine Tuner: Robert Brandt
Hometown: Mobile, Alabama

Transporter Co-Driver: Rick Hodges
Hometown: Raleigh, North Carolina

Transporter Co-Driver: Stephen Mitchell
Hometown: Woodville, Ohio

JR Motorsports — NXS Richmond Preview

By
Official Release
-

TRACK: Richmond Raceway
RACE: ToyotaCare 250 (250 laps / 188 miles)
DATE: Saturday, April 2, 2021
TV: 1:30 p.m. ET on FS1
RADIO: 1:00 p.m. ET on MRN Radio Network and SiriusXM Ch. 90

Quotes:

Sam Mayer: “We had a really good run last week in COTA that qualified us for the Dash 4 Cash this weekend. I can’t wait to get to Richmond, it’s a great track for me and I know Taylor (Moyer, crew chief) and this entire Accelerate Professional Talent Solutions team will have this car ready to go. Hopefully we can come out of this weekend with a win, the $100k and another chance to race for the Dash 4 Cash.”

Justin Allgaier: “I can’t wait to get back to Richmond with our BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet. Richmond has always been a really strong track for us over the past few years and I see no reason why that won’t be the case again this weekend. Hopefully we can have a smooth day and be there in the end to fight for the win. It’s going to be a fun day for sure.”

Josh Berry: “I’ve only raced at Richmond a couple of times but I really enjoy racing there. The way the tires wear out during the long runs reminds me a lot of the late model so I am excited to get back to that style of racing. After how last weekend went in COTA, this Tire Pros team is due for a good run and hopefully we can do just that this weekend.”

Noah Gragson: “Last year we had a really strong Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/Black Rifle Coffee Camaro at Richmond, so that gives this team a lot of confidence as we head into this weekend and having another chance to win a Dash 4 Cash race. I can’t thank Xfinity enough for allowing us drivers to run for $100k and hopefully we are walking out of Richmond with another large check but also with a trophy.”

Notes:

  • Sam Mayer will compete for a $100,000 prize in his first Dash 4 Cash race this weekend at Richmond Raceway.
  • In one NASCAR Xfinity Series start at the .75-mile facility, Mayer led seven laps en route to a 12th-place finish. Mayer also made two Truck Series starts at Richmond with a best finish of ninth in 2021.
  • According to NASCAR’s loop data statistics, Mayer had the fifth-best driver rating (110.2) at Circuit of the Americas last weekend. Mayer led the charge for JR Motorsports in the category.
  • Mayer currently sits ninth in the Championship standings, 27 points above the cutline and 96 points from the leader.
  • Justin Allgaier enters this weekend at Richmond on a string of five consecutive top-five finishes at the Virginia short track.
  • Overall, Allgaier has earned two victories, eight top fives and 11 top 10s in 21 career NXS starts at Richmond.
  • The Illinois native’s victories both came in the 2020 season, where Allgaier led 213 out of a possible 500 laps en route to the wins.
  • According to NASCAR’s loop data statistics, Allgaier currently ranks first in laps led (494), laps run inside the top 15 (4,164), fastest laps run (314) and quality passes (421).
  • Josh Berry returns to the site where he earned his first career NXS top-10 finish. Berry started fifth and finished seventh in his first start at Richmond in 2015.
  • On tracks measuring less than 1 mile in length in the NXS, Berry has seven starts with one win, one top five and three top 10s.
  • Berry remains fifth in the championship standings only 77 markers behind teammate Noah Gragson who is currently leading the field.
  • In two starts at the .75-mile oval, Berry holds an average finish of 15.5 with his most recent start coming during the 2021 season.
  • Noah Gragson is one of four drivers to compete for Xfinity’s Dash 4 Cash $100k prize this weekend. The Las Vegas native has four D4C checks and looks to add a record fifth.
  • Gragson heads into this weekend as the most recent winner at Richmond, taking last fall’s race after leading the final 14 laps.
  • The 23-year-old driver has had a hot hand so far in 2022, winning at Phoenix and earning top-five finishes in five of the six races.
  • Richmond has been a very good track for Gragson, as he has the one victory, three top-five and five top-10 efforts in six starts. His average finish there is 7.5.

JRM Team Updates:

• JR Motorsports at Richmond: JR Motorsports has competed at Richmond Raceway a combined 85 times in the NXS. Over the course of these 85 starts at the .75-mile facility, JRM has tallied six wins, 28 top fives – the most it has at any facility – and 52 top 10s. JRM’s most recent win came with Noah Gragson during the 2021 season. The organization has won three straight races at Richmond as Justin Allgaier swept the doubleheader in 2020 and Gragson won the only event in 2021.
• Tire Pros Store Appearance: JRM driver Josh Berry will be making an appearance at 301 Auto Repair Tire Pros located at 8270 Jupiter Drive, Mechanicsville, VA 23116 on Friday, April 1 from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. ET.
• Dash 4 Cash Panache: Should Noah Gragson win the opening Xfinity Dash 4 Cash bonus this week at Richmond, he will become the alltime winningest driver in program history. The 23-year-old Nevada driver has won four Dash 4 Cash bonuses over the past two seasons, including three of the four in 2021. Currently, Gragson is tied with teammate Justin Allgaier and former JRM drivers Regan Smith and Elliott Sadler for the top spot. Since the beginning of the program in 2009, JR Motorsports has collected 17 Dash 4 Cash wins. Sam Mayer will vie for his first $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus by virtue of his fifth-place finish last week at Circuit of the Americas. Gragson qualified after finishing fourth at COTA.

Toyota Racing Weekly Preview – 03.30.22

By
Official Release
-

This Week in Motorsports: March 28-April 3, 2022

· NCS/NXS: Richmond Raceway – April 2-3
· NHRA: The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway – April 3

PLANO, Texas (March 30, 2022) – It’s the annual Toyota Owners race weekend at Richmond Raceway, while NHRA goes four-wide in Las Vegas.

NASCAR National Series – NCS | NXS

Toyota Owners weekend continues to excite… Toyota is proud to partner with Richmond Raceway for the 10th consecutive season for the Toyota Owners 400. Fans will get to participate in several fan experience elements and driver appearances. The races will be paced by the Toyota Camry TRD and Toyota GR Supra and fans can get an up-close look at those vehicles and more at the Toyota Racing Experience midway display.

Truex continues to be strong at Richmond… Ever since Martin Truex Jr. scored his first Toyota Owners 400 win in 2019, he’s been one to watch at the Virginia-short track. Truex has scored six consecutive top-five finishes at Richmond Raceway, including three wins – a sweep of the 2019 races and last fall’s triumph.

Busch wants to add to Richmond success… Kyle Busch has been winning at Richmond Raceway for over a decade. He delivered the first Toyota win at the track in 2009 and has since added five additional Cup Series victories.

Hamlin ready for another home triumph… Chesterfield, Virginia native Denny Hamlin is back at his home track looking for another Richmond Raceway victory. Hamlin has three wins a piece in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Nemechek makes Gibbs season debut… John Hunter Nemechek is back in the Xfinity Series, but after multiple starts with Sam Hunt Racing (SHR), he will make his Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) season debut in Richmond. Nemechek is scheduled to compete in the No. 18 Toyota GR Supra in three events this season beginning at Richmond. Nemechek drove to a third-place finish at Richmond last season with SHR.

SHR is back home… Sam Hunt Racing is back at their home track this week in Richmond. Team Owner Sam Hunt is a Virginia-native and a VCU-graduate. For the second consecutive weekend, the team will feature a driver making his Xfinity Series debut as New Hampshire-native Derek Griffith will make his first of two consecutive starts for the team that continues to reside inside the top-10 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series owner point standings.

NHRA – Top Fuel | Funny Car

Vegas special for Todd… Las Vegas Motor Speedway continues to be a special place for J.R. Todd. At this race in 2014, Todd got the call from Kalitta Motorsports to fly cross country and hop aboard a Top Fuel dragster. Todd won a round of racing for the team during that weekend and has driven for the team ever since. The 2018 Funny Car champion has multiple wins in Las Vegas, including this race in 2019.

Torrence looking for his third straight Vegas victory… In Top Fuel, to win in Las Vegas, you must go through Steve Torrence. The reigning Top Fuel champion won both races in Las Vegas one season ago.

Stay Connected

https://www.toyota.com/racing @ToyotaRacing.com @ToyotaRacing

facebook.com/ToyotaRacing Camera With Flash on Apple iOS 11.3 ToyotaRacingMedia.com

#

About Toyota

Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in North America for more than 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands, plus our more than 1,800 dealerships.

Toyota directly employs more than 48,000 people in North America who have contributed to the design, engineering, and assembly of nearly 43 million cars and trucks at our 13 manufacturing plants. By 2025, Toyota’s 14th plant in North Carolina will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles. With the more electrified vehicles on the road than any other automaker, more than a quarter of the company’s 2021 North American sales were electrified.

Through the Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights the way it partners with community, civic, academic and governmental organizations to address our society’s most pressing mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move, anything is possible. For more information about Toyota, visit www.ToyotaNewsroom.com.

1...2,0542,0552,056...6,666Page 2,055 of 6,666