{"id":40689,"date":"2017-06-13T14:41:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T21:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=40689"},"modified":"2017-06-13T14:41:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T21:41:56","slug":"this-week-in-motorsports-114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-114\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Motorsports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40690\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-114\/2017-british-gt-round-4-silverstone\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/7812-2017-BritishGT-Rd4-Silverstone-2830.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4702,3135\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brecht Decancq\\\/ Beadyeye&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;2017 British GT Round 4 - Silverstone\\rWorld Copyright: Patrick Gosling \\\/ Beadyeye\\rRef:  2017-BritishGT-Rd4-Silverstone-2830.CR2&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1497193826&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Beadyeye&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;2017 British GT Round 4 - Silverstone&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2017 British GT Round 4 &amp;#8211; Silverstone\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/7812-2017-BritishGT-Rd4-Silverstone-2830-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/7812-2017-BritishGT-Rd4-Silverstone-2830-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40690\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/7812-2017-BritishGT-Rd4-Silverstone-2830-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"2017 British GT Round 4 - 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JUNE 11:  Ryan Blaney, driver of the #21 Motorcraft\\\/Quick Lane Tire &amp; Auto Center Ford, poses with the trophy in Victory Lane after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Axalta presents the Pocono 400 at Pocono Raceway on June 11, 2017 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.  (Photo by Jerry Markland\\\/Getty Images)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1497205920&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;2017 Getty Images&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;135&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Axalta presents the Pocono 400&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NASCAR at Pocono\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Cup-Series-Winner-300x196.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Cup-Series-Winner-1024x670.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40662\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Cup-Series-Winner-1024x670.jpg\" alt=\"NASCAR at Pocono\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Cup-Series-Winner-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Cup-Series-Winner-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Cup-Series-Winner-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Cup-Series-Winner.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/2017\/06\/12\/nascar-at-pocono\/\">NASCAR at Pocono<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40634\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/heat-shakes-things-up-at-the-2017-nhra-summernationals\/lead-97\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lead-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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