{"id":44251,"date":"2017-10-02T17:35:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T00:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=44251"},"modified":"2017-10-02T17:35:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T00:35:47","slug":"this-week-in-motorsports-129","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-129\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Motorsports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44252\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-129\/gravelnattyopen\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GRAVELNATTYOPEN.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=\"GRAVELNATTYOPEN\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GRAVELNATTYOPEN-300x185.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GRAVELNATTYOPEN.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GRAVELNATTYOPEN.jpg\" alt=\"TWIM, World Of Outlaws, News\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GRAVELNATTYOPEN.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/GRAVELNATTYOPEN-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\/4763-david-gravel-cjb-pocket-50-000-in-williams-grove-national-open-victory\">David Gravel, CJB Pocket $50,000 in Williams Grove National Open Victory<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44253\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-129\/mcfaddenfinal\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mcfaddenfinal.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=\"mcfaddenfinal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mcfaddenfinal-300x185.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mcfaddenfinal.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mcfaddenfinal.jpg\" alt=\"TWIM, News, World of Outlaws\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mcfaddenfinal.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mcfaddenfinal-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\/4760-australian-james-mcfadden-scores-first-career-world-of-outlaws-victory-at-williams-grove\">Australian James McFadden Scores First Career World of Outlaws Victory at Williams Grove<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44254\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-129\/13-15\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/13.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"540,425\" 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=\"13\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/13-300x236.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/13.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/13.jpg\" alt=\"TWIM, News, \" width=\"540\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/13.jpg 540w, 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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=\"box-buddy-ferrell\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/box-buddy-ferrell-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/box-buddy-ferrell.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/box-buddy-ferrell.jpg\" alt=\"box-buddy-ferrell\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" 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