MOTORSPORT AMERICA’S COVERAGE OF NASCAR’S RETURN TO ROCKINGHAM SPEEDWAY
MOTORSPORT AMERICA SPOTLIGHTS PHOTOS BY JOHN KNITTEL IN NASCAR’S RETURN TO THE LEGENDARY NORTH CAROLINA MOTOR SPEEDWAY AT ROCKINGHAM
PRE-RACE CELEBRATION AT ROCKINGHAM! – Photo by John KnittelBRENT CREWS LED ALMOST EVERY LAP ON HIS WAY TO WINNING THE ARCA MENARDS EAST SERIES RACE AT ROCKINGHAM SPEEDWAY. THE 17 Y/O LOOKED LIKE A VETERAN IN HIS JOE GIBBS RACING No. 81 TOYOTA CAMRY – Photo by John KnittelWILLIAM SAWALICHED FINISHED P2 IN THE ARCA 125 AT ROCKINGHAM FOR JOE GIBBS RACING – Photo by John KnittelTIMMY HILL HITS THE WALL HARD AT ROCKINGHAM! – Photo by John KnittelTIMMY HILL SHAKEN AFTER THE HARD HIT! – Photo by John KnittelNAGOYA, JAPAN’S TAKUMA KOGA IS A TEN YEAR VETERAN OF THE ARCA MENARDS WEST SERIES. KOGA DRIVES THE No. 12 TOYOTA CAMRY FOR TEAM OWNER MICHELLE HILLENBERG – Photo by John KnittelLANIE BUICE SCORED A P8 AT ROCKINGHAM SPEEDWAY! – Photo by John KnittelWILLIAM SAWALICH HAS WON TWO ARCA MENARDS EAST SERIES CHAMPIONSHIPS IS SEEN HERE PASSING ZACHARY TINKLE ON HIS WAY TO COLLECTING P2 FINISH FOR JOE GIBBS RACING – Photo by John KnittelBRENT CREWS TAKES THE CHECKERED FLAG AT ROCKINGHAM SPEEDWAY FOR JOE GIBBS RACING! – Photo by John KnittelBRENT CREWS DOES A BURNOUT AT THE ROCK! – Photo by John KnittelBRENT AND CREW ARE ALL SMILES AS THEY COLLECT THEIR COOL CUSTOM-MADE TROPHY IN THE FIRST RACE OF THE TRIPLE HEADER WEEKEND AT THE ROCK! – Photo by John KnittelJAKE GARCIA OF MONROE, GEORGIA WON THE POLE AWARD FOR THE BLACK TIRE’S 200 AT ROCKINGHAM SPEEDWAY! – Photo by John KnittelGEORGIAN’S ON THE FRONT ROW! JAKE GARCIA OF MONROE AND CHANDLER SMITH OF TALKING ROCK TAKE THE GREEN FLAG IN THE BLACK TIRE’S 200 IN NASCAR’S RETURN TO ROCKINGHAM! – John Knittel PhotoFIRST TURN, FIRST LAP AT THE ROCK! – John Knittel PhotoJAKE GARCIA PASSES CODY DENNISON ON THE FRONT STRETCH AT THE ROCK! – Photo by John KnittelDAWSON SUTTON’S PIT CREW IN ACTION AT ROCKINGHAM! – Photo by John KnittelTALKING ROCK, GEORGIA’S CHANDLER SMITH STARTED THE RACE P2 BUT RAN OUT OF FUEL WITH TWO LAPS TO GO IN THE RACE! – Photo by John KnittelNASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES POINTS LEADER COREY HEIM OF MARIETTA, GEORGIA BATTLED FUEL ISSUES LATE IN THE RACE BUT CLAWED HIS WAY BACK UP TO A P8 FINISH! – Photo by John KnittelMAREITTA, GEORGIA’S COREY HEIM’S SAFELIGHT TOYOTA IN THE TURNS AT ROCKINGHAM! – Photo by John KnittelNo. 44 MATTHEW GOULD WITH REAR END DAMAGE DURING THE BLACK’S TIRE 200 AT THE ROCK! – Photo by John KnittelNo. 7 COREY DAY AND No. 18 TYLER ANKRUM RUNNING SIDE-BY-SIDE AT THE ROCK! ANKRUM WOULD GO ON LATER TO CAPTURE THE P1 FINISH! – Photo by John KnittelJAKE GARCIA FROM MONROE, GEORGIA WON THE POLE AWARD AND A P2 FINISH IN THE BLACK TIRE’S 200 AT ROCKINGHAM SPEEDWAY! – Photo by John KnittelDANIEL HEMRIC IN THE NAPA AUTO CARE McANLLY-HILGEMANN CHEVROLET FINISHED P3 AT THE ROCK! – Photo by John KnittelANDRES PEREZ de LARA ON THE BANKS AT THE ROCK! – Photo by John KnittelTONI BREIDINGER’S No. 5 ONE LOVE TOYOTA! – Photo by John KnittelBEN RHODES LEADING THE PACK THROUGH THE TURNS AT ROCKINGHAM! – Photo by John KnittelTYLER ANKRUM DOING HIS BURNOUT AFTER WINNING THE BLACK’S TIRE 200 IN NASCAR’S RETURN TO THE ROCKINGHAM SPEEDWAY! – Photo by John KnittelTYLER ANKRUM SALUTES THE CROWD IN ROCKINGHAM! – Photo by John KnittelCONNOR ZILISCH WON THE POLE AWARD FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION LOTTERY 250 PRESENTED BY BLACK’S TIRE AT ROCKINGHAM SPEEDWAY! – Photo by John KnittelNICK SANCHEZ LEADS PARKER RETZLAFF INTO TURN ONE. RETZLAFF QUALIFIED 2ND AND FINISHED THE RACE P2 AS WELL. – Photo by John KnittelSAMMY SMITH LEAD’S ATLANTA, GEORGIA’S BRANDON JONES THROUGH THE FRONT STRETCH AT ROCKINGHAM! – Photo by John KnittelRACE LEADERS NICK SANCHEZ AND VETERAN DRIVER KASEY KAHNE MOMENT’S BEFORE KATHERINE LEGGE CRASHED INTO THE VETERAN DRIVER ON HIS MUCH-HERALDED RETURN TO THE SPORT AS SHE WAS BEING LAPPED – Photo by John KnittelKATHERINE LEGGE’S DAMAGED CAR AFTER SHE SLOWED DRAMATICALLY IN THE TURN AS SHE WAS BEING LAPPED WHICH TRIGGERED A WRECK THAT COLLECTED KASEY KAHNE IN HIS FIRST NASCAR RACE SINCE 2018. – Photo by John KnittelWILLIAM SAWALISCH SEEN HERE HOLDING OFF JESSE LOVE, WHO WAS ON HIS WAY TO A P1 FINISH IN THE RACE! – Photo by John KnittelJEREMY CLEMENTS LEADS THE XFINITY FIELD THROUGH THE TURNS AT THE ROCK! – Photo by John KnittelSAMMY SMITH FILLS UP WITH SUNOCO RACING FUEL ON PIT ROAD IN ROCKINGHAM! – Photo by John KnittelSAMMY SMITH INITIALLY FINISHED P2 BEHIND JESSE LOVE, BUT LATER WAS AWARDED THE WIN AFTER LOVE WAS DISQUALIFIED WHEN HE FAILED POST RACE INSPECTION RULE 14.14.2i5.h WHICH DECLARED THAT HIS REAR TRAILING ARMS AND U-BOLT SADDLE WERE NOT IN COMPLETE CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER. LOVE HAS APPEALED THE RULING. – Photo by John KnittelJESSE LOVE’S CHEVROLET WAS THE FASTEST CAR ON THE TRACK ALL DAY AS HE CARVED HIS WAY THROUGH THE FIELD WITH EASE. HE IS SEEN HERE CAPTURING THE CHECKERED FLAG IN XFINITY’S RETURN TO THE ROCK BEFORE LATER BEING DISQUALIFIED AFTER FAILING THE POST-RACE INSPECTION. – Photo by John KnittelJESSE LOVE DOES HIS BURNOUT ALONG THE START-FINISH LINE AT ROCKING HAM! – Photo by John KnittelJESSE LOVE SALUTING THE HOMETOWN ROCKINGHAM CROWD! – Photo by John KnittelJESSE LOVE IN THE ROCKINGHAM WINNERS CIRCLE AT ROCKINGHAM! – Photo by John Knittel
Special thanks from Motorsport America to contributing photographer John Knittel for coverage from Rockingham Speedway.
