{"id":17877,"date":"2015-08-31T18:14:45","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T01:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=17877"},"modified":"2015-09-02T09:31:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T16:31:49","slug":"this-week-in-motorsports-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-54\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Motorsports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/unnamed-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17878\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-54\/unnamed-1-19\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/unnamed-13.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,250\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"unnamed\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/unnamed9-300x125.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/unnamed9.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17879\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/unnamed9.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed\" width=\"600\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/unnamed9.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/unnamed9-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/email.roushyatesparts.com\/public\/?q=preview_message&amp;fn=Link&amp;t=1&amp;ssid=28507&amp;id=aj2yex560u20u1aft5jpb1dl2qk5w&amp;id2=fvlgblx3rvcw67wy3obibnxpt0832&amp;subscriber_id=asrxdunikshcwdicdnjqcathswxgbmp&amp;delivery_id=bomowddytdxzmkgduleuxclhebjrbob&amp;messageversion_id=aukkkxfjdroxcavvwjfdueiibkdvbaa&amp;tid=3.b1s.ByPrBA.Ew2Y.Ae9Qxw..AwwgFg.b..l.BSv8.b.VeRxjA.VeRx0w.b6JF2Q\">RY45 Series Wins Again: Durham Racing Engines Powers Scott Bloomquist Two Wins in Two Weeks<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/082315_LM_Richards_650x400_21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17880\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/082315_LM_Richards_650x400_21.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17880\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/082315_LM_Richards_650x400_21.jpg\" alt=\"082315_LM_Richards_650x400_2\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/082315_LM_Richards_650x400_21.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/082315_LM_Richards_650x400_21-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woolms.com\/news\/race-reports\/252-2015-race-reports\/1708-richards-completes-trifecta-with-eriez-win\">Richards Outduels Clanton At Eriez Speedway<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/082915_Castrol_VL.jpg\"><img 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wp-image-17913\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/unnamed10.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/unnamed10.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/unnamed10-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.r20.constantcontact.com\/render?ca=5862c5d8-edc3-4a7d-a531-ef921965ca59&amp;c=d3870ea0-7e1a-11e3-ad46-d4ae52a686bc&amp;ch=d3a14d60-7e1a-11e3-ad47-d4ae52a686bc\">Justin Russell Celebrates in Victory Lane<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/unnamed-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17915\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-54\/unnamed-1-20\/\" 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