Acura Team Penske’s Dane Cameron was fastest overall in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice Friday (June 28) at Watkins Glen International. Cameron’s lap at 135.978 mph in Practice No. 2 is more than two seconds faster than last year’s pole speed. Practice No. 1 Mazda Team Joest’s Harry Tincknell was …
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Indy Dontje Leads Winward Racing Front Row Sweep For Tioga Downs 240
Winward Racing/HTP Motorsport’s Indy Dontje won the pole Friday afternoon (June 28) for Saturday’s Tioga Downs 240 at the Glen with a lap at 106.705 mph, the fourth round of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season. It is Dontje’s first career pole in the series. “The Mercedes-AMG GT4 is running …
Read More »Devin Jones, Owen Trinkler Top Tioga Downs 240 Practice Sessions
IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge teams have been treated to warm weather at Watkins Glen International so far this weekend. BimmerWorld Racing’s Devin Jones is fastest overall in practice this weekend with a lap at 106.514 mph. He also did all the practice for the No. 82 BMW M4 GT4 on …
Read More »Entry List: Tioga Downs Casino Resort 240 at the Glen
Michelin Pilot Challenge teams will return to action this weekend at Watkins Glen after being off since Mid-Ohio at the beginning of May. 37 teams have lodged entries for Saturday’s four-hour race. The Grand Sport class has 24 entries, which is up one from Mid-Ohio. Given the additional length, some …
Read More »Entry List: Sahlen’s Six Hours at the Glen
This weekend, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship returns to action with six hours of racing at Watkins Glen International. 37 teams will take on Watkins Glen’s hilly 3.4-mile long course. In the Prototype class, there are the 11 full-time entries for the season. Since this race is the shortest of …
Read More »Couch Potato Tuesday: FOX Sports Bids Farewell to Darrell Waltrip
For FOX Sports, last weekend was the swan song for Darrell Waltrip on television. Beyond Sunday (June 23), Waltrip’s future is unclear. All we know is that he’s going to back to Franklin, Tenn. with his wife Stevie (“the Redhead”) and relaxing for now. Naturally, the focus for Sunday’s broadcast …
Read More »2 Ford GTs Disqualified from Le Mans Due To Fuel Capacity Issues
The Automobile Club d’Ouest announced early Tuesday morning (June 18) that Keating Motorsports has been stripped of their GTE-Am class victory from last weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans and disqualified from the race altogether. The action is based on two post-race penalties having to do with the fuel system. …
Read More »Couch Potato Tuesday: FOX Sports 1 Has an Adventurous Sunday in Iowa
For the most part, drivers in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series had a pretty easy weekend. Some of them hung out at their homes or vacationed with their kids. Kurt Busch went to France to check out the 24 Hours of Le Mans. I’m pretty sure that Chip Ganassi …
Read More »Punctures Allow Toyota GAZOO Racing’s No. 8 To Claim Le Mans Honors
Toyota GAZOO Racing’s No. 7 completely dominated the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans, leading for 23 of 24 hours. But with a little more than an hour to go, the No. 7 Toyota with Jose Maria Lopez at the wheel got punctures on two consecutive laps, handing the victory …
Read More »Toyota Dominates 1st Quarter of 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans; Corvette No. 64 Out
Through six hours at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Toyota GAZOO Racing has dominated the competition at the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans. Mike Conway led the field away from the drop of the French Tricolore and effectively has not been usurped. In an in-race interview, Fernando Alonso noted …
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