{"id":6272,"date":"2014-06-16T14:56:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T21:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=6272"},"modified":"2014-06-16T14:56:44","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T21:56:44","slug":"this-week-in-motorsports-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-5\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Motorsports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.r20.constantcontact.com\/render?ca=629066a7-16f2-43a4-ae57-da3afde65737&amp;c=d3870ea0-7e1a-11e3-ad46-d4ae52a686bc&amp;ch=d3a14d60-7e1a-11e3-ad47-d4ae52a686bc\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6273\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-5\/lucas-oil-speedway-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lucas-Oil-Speedway.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,185\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lucas-Oil-Speedway.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lucas-Oil-Speedway-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lucas-Oil-Speedway-600x173.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lucas-Oil-Speedway-638x185.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.r20.constantcontact.com\/render?ca=629066a7-16f2-43a4-ae57-da3afde65737&amp;c=d3870ea0-7e1a-11e3-ad46-d4ae52a686bc&amp;ch=d3a14d60-7e1a-11e3-ad47-d4ae52a686bc\" target=\"_blank\">Lumbert goes 255 mph to cap off a wild weekend\u00a0of Drag Boat and Oval Track action!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.r20.constantcontact.com\/render?ca=ace652e2-5e4e-4d33-8573-212a1d0141ef&amp;c=73617e00-7e1c-11e3-b51f-d4ae52843d28&amp;ch=738384f0-7e1c-11e3-b520-d4ae52843d28\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6274\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-5\/lucas-oil-mlra-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lucas-Oil-MLRA.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"606,302\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andrew&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1402929836&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=\"Lucas Oil MLRA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lucas-Oil-MLRA-300x149.jpg\" 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