{"id":40327,"date":"2017-06-05T17:36:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T00:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=40327"},"modified":"2017-06-05T17:36:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T00:36:35","slug":"this-week-in-motorsports-113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-113\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Motorsports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40328\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-113\/chrissimpson_060217\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/chrissimpson_060217-e1496707601168.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,426\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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href=\"http:\/\/campaign.r20.constantcontact.com\/render?m=1101945589870&amp;ca=d2d08eb2-0660-41bd-9595-57eaf90d8316\">Simpson Sweeps Donnellson<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40329\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-113\/unnamed-104\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/unnamed.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,427\" 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\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/unnamed-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/unnamed.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40329\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/unnamed.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/unnamed-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.r20.constantcontact.com\/render?m=1101945589870&amp;ca=a36bddea-6635-4de8-a2f8-327d982e642e\">Phillips tops field at Randolph County Raceway\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40330\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-113\/060317-sweet-wins-jackson-nationals\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/060317-Sweet-Wins-Jackson-Nationals.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"650,400\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"060317 &amp;#8211; Sweet Wins Jackson Nationals\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/060317-Sweet-Wins-Jackson-Nationals-300x185.jpg\" 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on June 4, 2017 in Dover, Delaware.  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