{"id":6686,"date":"2014-07-07T15:56:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T22:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=6686"},"modified":"2014-07-07T15:58:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T22:58:03","slug":"this-week-in-motorsports-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-8\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Motorsports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6687\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-8\/tulsa-raceway\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tulsa-raceway.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"591,114\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Chen, 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https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tulsa-raceway-300x57.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.r20.constantcontact.com\/render?ca=cdeab1a4-52b0-41eb-b86b-e11fa6928e90&amp;c=a6122600-7f08-11e3-adf8-d4ae528eb27b&amp;ch=a6604600-7f08-11e3-ae18-d4ae528eb27b\" target=\"_blank\">Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park Suburban Chevrolet Bracket Race #5, #6 Results<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6688\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-8\/524-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/524.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,179\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/524-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/524-600x173.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.r20.constantcontact.com\/render?ca=d546b7f8-5cae-44ed-a754-2864ac434339&amp;c=d3870ea0-7e1a-11e3-ad46-d4ae52a686bc&amp;ch=d3a14d60-7e1a-11e3-ad47-d4ae52a686bc\" target=\"_blank\">8th Annual CMH Diamond Nationals this Saturday July, 12, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6689\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-8\/mlra\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MLRA.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"563,301\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Chen, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tri-state_mn.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tri-state_mn-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modifiednationals.com\/news-sp-1244746908\/175-poel-captures-tri-state\" target=\"_blank\">Poel Claims Fifth Win of 2014 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals at Tri-State Speedway<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6692\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-8\/clark-ta-roadamerica14-303\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Clark-TA-RoadAmerica14-303.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,349\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 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Andrew&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1404747836&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\/07\/MLRA-300x160.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MLRA.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6689\" alt=\"Lucas Oil MLRA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MLRA.jpg\" width=\"563\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MLRA.jpg 563w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MLRA-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.r20.constantcontact.com\/render?ca=3e1228ee-9476-4bfb-b7f5-f3bcfb16e562&amp;c=73617e00-7e1c-11e3-b51f-d4ae52843d28&amp;ch=738384f0-7e1c-11e3-b520-d4ae52843d28\" target=\"_blank\">Payne Scores Second MLRA Win of 2014 Season<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6693\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-8\/roush-yates\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/roush-yates.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"602,341\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Chen, Andrew&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1404748507&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=\"roush yates\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/roush-yates-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/roush-yates.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6693\" alt=\"roush yates\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/roush-yates.jpg\" width=\"602\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/roush-yates.jpg 602w, 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