{"id":9381,"date":"2014-11-17T16:37:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T00:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=9381"},"modified":"2014-11-17T16:37:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T00:37:02","slug":"this-week-in-motorsports-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-24\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Motorsports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/14Pomona2ALLChampionsPHOTO-featured.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9315\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/champions-crowned-at-auto-club-nhra-finals\/14pomona2allchampionsphoto-featured\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/14Pomona2ALLChampionsPHOTO-featured.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1416191384&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;38&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"14Pomona2ALLChampionsPHOTO featured\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/14Pomona2ALLChampionsPHOTO-featured-300x164.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/14Pomona2ALLChampionsPHOTO-featured.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9315\" alt=\"14Pomona2ALLChampionsPHOTO featured\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/14Pomona2ALLChampionsPHOTO-featured.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/14Pomona2ALLChampionsPHOTO-featured.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/14Pomona2ALLChampionsPHOTO-featured-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/14Pomona2ALLChampionsPHOTO-featured-376x206.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/2014\/11\/17\/champions-crowned-at-auto-club-nhra-finals\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nChampions Crowned at 50th NHRA Auto Club Finals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_4369.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9311\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/lucas-oil-joins-john-force-racing-as-official-oil-sponsor\/dsc_4369\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_4369.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,751\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1416052725&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lucas Oil and JFR\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_4369-300x187.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_4369-1024x640.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9311\" alt=\"Lucas Oil and JFR\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_4369-1024x640.jpg\" width=\"638\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_4369-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_4369-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_4369.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/2014\/11\/15\/lucas-oil-joins-john-force-racing-as-official-oil-sponsor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lucas Oil Joins John Force Racing as Official Oil Sponsor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/TransAm-at-Daytona-671-feat.jpg\"><img 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href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/2014\/11\/14\/peterson-leads-trans-am-in-first-session-2014-finale-weekend-at-daytona\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peterson Leads Trans Am in First Session 2014 Finale Weekend at Daytona<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/kevin-harvick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9382\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-24\/kevin-harvick\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/kevin-harvick.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"627,352\" 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;1416241999&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=\"kevin harvick\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/kevin-harvick-300x168.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/kevin-harvick.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9382\" alt=\"kevin harvick\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/kevin-harvick.jpg\" width=\"627\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/kevin-harvick.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/kevin-harvick-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/kevin-harvick-308x173.jpg 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nascar.com\/en_us\/news-media\/articles\/2014\/11\/16\/kevin-harvick-wins-ford-ecoboost-400-race-results-champion.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Harvick wins 2014 NASCAR season finale\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1416115304708.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9384\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/this-week-in-motorsports-24\/attachment\/1416115304708\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1416115304708.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"601,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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601w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1416115304708-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/email.roushyatesparts.com\/public\/?q=preview_message&amp;fn=Link&amp;t=1&amp;ssid=28507&amp;id=ioziwjp1yp6aa7xlnkm7liheqtkuf&amp;id2=ar7zwpicnxsavyf1uwx4ep6sqkxjq&amp;subscriber_id=asrxdunikshcwdicdnjqcathswxgbmp&amp;delivery_id=ajptnotdkqvyojxscyiemsbfdevnbmk&amp;messageversion_id=abqueesogpoatnpozijbgivtomvyblb&amp;tid=3.b1s.ByPrBA.EijB.AbOdsQ..AsvFtw.b..l.BSv8.b.VGrDWw.VGrDWw.8Ie95g\" target=\"_blank\">Penske Wins Second Consecutive Nationwide Owner&#8217;s Championship<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Your weekly source for all things 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