{"id":6396,"date":"2014-06-23T17:15:41","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T00:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=6396"},"modified":"2015-11-11T08:35:14","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T16:35:14","slug":"this-week-in-motorsports-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-6\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Motorsports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10264537_10152249008958063_2531138095308029817_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6399\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-6\/10264537_10152249008958063_2531138095308029817_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10264537_10152249008958063_2531138095308029817_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" 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=\"10264537_10152249008958063_2531138095308029817_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10264537_10152249008958063_2531138095308029817_n-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10264537_10152249008958063_2531138095308029817_n.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6399\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10264537_10152249008958063_2531138095308029817_n.jpg\" alt=\"10264537_10152249008958063_2531138095308029817_n\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10264537_10152249008958063_2531138095308029817_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10264537_10152249008958063_2531138095308029817_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10264537_10152249008958063_2531138095308029817_n-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10264537_10152249008958063_2531138095308029817_n-678x509.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10264537_10152249008958063_2531138095308029817_n-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/10264537_10152249008958063_2531138095308029817_n-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"fb-root\">Tulsa Raceway Park had some unexpected and scary excitement this weekend when Jerry Holt&#8217;s car caught fire at the starting gate! No one was hurt, but it&#8217;s a solid reminder of how dangerous the sport can be, and how much fans, staff and other racers can rally to support each other. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tulsaracewaypark.com\/2013-results\">Congrats as well to this weekend&#8217;s winners!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?v=10152246345568063\" data-width=\"466\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?v=10152246345568063\">Post<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TulsaRacewayPark\">Tulsa Raceway Park<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lucas-Oil-Speedway.jpg\" alt=\"Lucas Oil Speedway\" width=\"640\" height=\"185\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lucasoilspeedway.com\/3156-christopher-bell-and-chris-parkinson-score-weekend-sprint-car-wins\">Christopher Bell and Chris Parkinson\u00a0score weekend Sprint Car Wins!<\/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\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Lucas-Oil-MLRA.jpg\" alt=\"Lucas Oil MLRA\" width=\"606\" height=\"302\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ZkeDVyBtAEM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlraracing.com\/241-phillips-leads-entire-distance-at-thunder-hill.html\">Phillips Leads Entire Distance at Thunder Hill<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sum_Mod_Header.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6402\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-6\/sum_mod_header\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sum_Mod_Header.png\" data-orig-size=\"329,150\" 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=\"Sum_Mod_Header\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sum_Mod_Header-300x136.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sum_Mod_Header.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6402\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sum_Mod_Header.png\" alt=\"Sum_Mod_Header\" width=\"329\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sum_Mod_Header.png 329w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sum_Mod_Header-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sum_Mod_Header-326x150.png 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/unnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6400\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-6\/toyotasave-mart-350\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/unnamed.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4697,3131\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Getty Images&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;SONOMA, CA - JUNE 22:  Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Aflac Ford, celebrates i Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota\\\/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on June 22, 2014 in Sonoma, California.  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