THE LINE - SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 12:58PM
(Photo by Harold Hinson/HHP for GM/Chevrolet Racing)
Jeff Gordon (No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet SS) finished second to a dominant Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Team Penske Miller Lite Ford Fusion) in the Federated Auto Parts 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia, last Saturday night. Clint Boyer (No. 15 Michael Waltrip Racing 5-Hour Energy Toyota Camry) finished third. Keselowski's win was his fourth of the season and the 400th victory for Roger Penske in all forms of motorsport. With his win, Keselowski clinched the top overall seed in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Other contenders for the Chase (besides Keselowski and Gordon) include: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports National Guard Chevrolet SS), Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Lowe's Chevrolet SS), Joey Logano (No. 22 Team Penske Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion), Kevin Harvick (No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Jimmy John's Chevrolet SS), Carl Edwards (No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Fastenal Ford Fusion), Kyle Busch (No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing M&Ms Toyota Camry), Denny Hamlin (No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing FedEx Office Toyota Camry) , Kurt Busch (No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Haas Automation Chevrolet SS), Kasey Kahne (No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Farmer's Insurance Chevrolet SS), Aric Almirola (No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Eckrich Ford Fusion), A.J. Allmendinger (No. 47 Kingsford Charcoal Chevrolet SS), Matt Kenseth (No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Dollar General Toyota Camry), Greg Biffle (No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Scotch Blue Ford Fusion) and Ryan Newman (No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Caterpillar Chevrolet SS). The Chase begins next Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway.
(Bentley Motors Inc.)
Dyson Racing Team Bentley will be contesting Rounds 15 and 16 of the Pirelli World Challenge with drivers Guy Smith (No. 88 Bentley Continental GT3) and Butch Leitzinger (No. 08 Bentley Continental GT3). The season finale double-header races take place at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, on Friday, September 12 and Saturday, September 13.
(Porsche)
The Porsche North America works team will field a third Porsche 911 RSR for the first time this season at the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship round at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas, on September 20. Nick Tandy, Richard Lietz and Jörg Bergmeister are scheduled to be in the No. 911 Porsche 911 RSR for the two-hour, 45-minute race, although whether Lietz contests the Austin round will depend on how well he has recovered from injuries sustained in an accident during a practice session at VIR at the end of August. Michael Christensen and Patrick Long will be in the No. 912 Porsche 911 RSR and the No. 910 Porsche 911 RSR will be driven by Frédéric Makowiecki and Patrick Pilet. The additional Porsche 911 RSR is numbered in honor of the Porsche 910 race car, shown above at the 1967 Targa Florio, driven by Paul Hawkins and Rolf Stammelen. A fourth 911 RSR - the Team Falken Tire customer entry - will have Wolf Henzler and Bryan Sellers at the wheel. With just two rounds left Porsche narrowly leads the manufacturer’s classification in the hard-fought GTLM class ahead of Chevrolet, SRT, BMW and Ferrari.
