{"id":38248,"date":"2017-04-10T15:41:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T22:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=38248"},"modified":"2017-04-10T15:41:52","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T22:41:52","slug":"this-week-in-motorsports-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-105\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Motorsports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38249\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-105\/04082017_abreuarizona\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/04082017_abreuArizona.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"650,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON 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https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/04082017_abreuArizona-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woosprint.com\/news\/race-reports\/458-2017-race-reports\/4341-abreu-closes-western-swing-in-victory-lane\">Abreu Closes Western Swing in Victory Lane<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38250\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-105\/la-1491785054-ljaedig074-snap-image\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/la-1491785054-ljaedig074-snap-image.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,422\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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