Race Weekend Central

Colin Braun Wins Mobil 1 Sportscar Grand Prix Pole

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The speed chart dominance of CORE autosport’s Colin Braun continued on Saturday afternoon.  Braun turned in a lap at 133.490 mph to win the overall pole for Sunday’s Mobil 1 Sportscar Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park.  It is the second pole in a row for the racer from Ovalo, Tex. “This car is …

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Alexandre Premat Claims Canadian TIre Motorsports Park 120 Pole

2018 Daytona Ctsc Alex Premat Car Phil Allaway

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Ramsey Racing’s Alexandre Premat claimed the pole Saturday morning for the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park 120.  It is the first-ever pole for Ramsey Racing. Premat’s lap of 105.170 mph was a little more than one-tenth of a second faster than Multimatic Motorsports’ Patrick Gallagher in the best of the Ford Mustang GT4s.  Scott Maxwell will …

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CORE autosport’s Colin Braun Tops Friday WeatherTech Practice at CTMP

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(Photo: Phil Allaway)

CORE autosport brings lots of momentum to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park this weekend.  After finishing second at Watkins Glen, Colin Braun was fastest overall in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice Friday with a lap of 132.318 mph. Practice No. 1 In the first session, Braun was once again fastest, this time with a lap at …

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Entry List: Canadian Tire Motorsports Park 120

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For Saturday’s IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge two-hour race at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, 34 teams have posted entries.  Like in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, that number is also likely to be only 33 due to a likely withdrawal in the Grand Sport class. A new team, Shining Star Motorsport by Atlantic Racing Team, …

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Entry List: Mobil 1 Sportscar Grand Prix

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After the fireworks of Watkins Glen, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is right back at it this weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park.  There are currently 34 teams listed as being entered for this weekend.  That number is really 33. Tequila Patron ESM had one of the worst possible weekends you could have at Watkins …

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JDC-Miller MotorSports Claims First Ever WeatherTech Prototype Victory

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With under 36 minutes to go, JDC-Miller MotorSports’ Stephen Simpson took advantage of a battle for the lead between Acura Team Penske’s Juan Pablo Montoya and Wayne Taylor Racing’s Jordan Taylor to sweep into the lead from third with this move. From there, Simpson had to deal with lapped traffic getting in the way.  Montoya …

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Pace Laps: Beating the Heat at Chicagoland Speedway

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Aric Almirola’s Stellar Run Derailed Lost in the excitement of the race finish in which Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson used every inch of the track – and each other – in an epic last-lap battle is Aric Almirola’s stellar run. For the first time since Daytona, the driver of …

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Chad McCumbee, Patrick Gallagher Claim Continental Tire 240 Victory

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Multimatic Motorsports’ Chad McCumbee and Patrick Gallagher dominated the entire second half of Saturday’s Continental Tire 240 at the Glen to claim their first career overall victories in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge.  It is the third win in a row for the Ford Mustang GT4. “This is the most competitive sports car series I’ve …

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Colin Braun Wins Sahlen’s Six Hours at the Glen Pole

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CORE autosport’s Colin Braun won the pole Saturday afternoon (June 30) for Sunday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours at the Glen in a nail-biting qualifying session. Braun’s lap was the quickest of the entire weekend at an average speed of 132.539 mph. “I’m excited to be on the pole,” Braun said after the session. “It’s a testament …

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Dane Cameron Tops WeatherTech Practice No. 3, René Rast Flips

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Acura Team Penske continued to show their pace on Saturday morning with Dane Cameron turning in the fastest lap of the weekend to top Practice No. 3.  However, the session ended early due to a huge crash for Mazda Team Joest’s René Rast. With just a couple of minutes remaining in the session, Rast spun …

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CORE autosport’s Romain Dumas Fastest in Glen Friday Practice

2018 Watkins Glen Iwsc Romain Dumas Car Phil Allaway

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CORE autosport’s Romain Dumas, fresh off of setting the all-time record in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb last weekend, was fastest overall in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice Friday (June 29) at Watkins Glen.  Dumas’ best lap, turned in during the final minutes of Practice No. 2, was at an average speed of 130.936 …

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Brett Sandberg Wins Continental Tire 240 at the Glen Pole

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Andrew Wojteczko Autosport’s Brett Sandberg claimed the pole Friday afternoon (June 29) in his Ford Mustang GT4 for Saturday’s Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Continental Tire 240 at the Glen.  Sandberg’s lap of 105.106 mph gives both Sandberg and the team their first-ever pole in the series. “The car was amazing,” Sandberg told Frontstretch in the …

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