{"id":26046,"date":"2016-04-11T17:45:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T00:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=26046"},"modified":"2016-04-11T17:45:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T00:45:15","slug":"this-week-in-motorsports-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-72\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Motorsports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/unnamed-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26047\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-72\/unnamed-5-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/unnamed-5.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,437\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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 (5)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/unnamed-5-300x164.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/unnamed-5.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-26047 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/unnamed-5.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed (5)\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/unnamed-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/unnamed-5-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/unnamed-5-376x206.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.r20.constantcontact.com\/render?m=1101945589870&amp;ca=23971b5c-0b56-458f-9657-e7ac24ca0f60\">Moyer nails down first win of the year in MLRA lid lifter<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/R_Davis-Feature.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26044\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/ronnie-davis-injured-in-pdra-spring-nationals-passes-away\/r_davis-feature\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/R_Davis-Feature.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1176,648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/R_Davis-Feature-1024x564.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/R_Davis-Feature-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/R_Davis-Feature-376x206.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/R_Davis-Feature.jpg 1176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/2016\/04\/11\/ronnie-davis-injured-in-pdra-spring-nationals-passes-away\/\">Ronnie Davis, Injured in PDRA Spring Nationals, Passes Away<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/unnamed-4-e1460416997377.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26040\" 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Finale<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/featuredimage4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26034\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/vandergriff-racing-ceases-operations\/featuredimage-99\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/featuredimage4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;JERRY FOSS - NATIONAL DRAGSTER&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1455382402&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;2016 JERRY FOSS NATIONAL DRAGSTER&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;300&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" 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href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/2016\/04\/11\/vandergriff-racing-ceases-operations\/\">Vandergriff Racing Ceases Operations<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/040816LMSMcDowellDuckRiver.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26048\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-72\/040816lmsmcdowellduckriver\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/040816LMSMcDowellDuckRiver.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"650,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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