Race Weekend Central

Spencer Pumpelly Fastest in Opening CTSC Roar Session

2016 Daytona Iwsc Spencer Pumpelly Driver Credit Austin Gager

(Photo: Austin Gager)

IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge teams braved 40 degree temperatures for their opening session of the Roar Before the 24 on Friday.  For the vast majority of the session, Multimatic Motorsports was on top with their Ford Mustang GT4s.  However, with four minutes remaining, Rennsport One’s Spencer Pumpelly turned in a lap of 116.066 seconds …

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Trent Hindman Wins Lime Rock Park 120 Pole

2017 Lime Rock Ctsc Trent Hindman Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

Normally, qualifying for IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge races is a relatively quiet time for Trent Hindman.  His teammate Cameron Cassels usually qualifies the car while Hindman cheers on his Canadian teammate.  That was not the case on Friday. Hindman was given the nod to qualify his Trim-Tex No. 12 Porsche and he did not …

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Chris Green Claims Motorsports in Action’s First CTSC Pole

2017 Daytona Ctsc Jesse Lazare Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

On Saturday morning, Motorsports in Action’s Chris Green won the pole for today’s Canadian Tire Motorsports Park 120 for the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge.  Green’s lap of 84.668 seconds (104.554 mph) was the fastest lap of the entire weekend for the series. Green’s lap was nearly a half-second faster than C360R’s Paul Holton in …

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KohR Motorsports Wins Watkins Glen CTSC With Last-Lap Pass

2017 Daytona Ctsc Dean Martin Car Credit Phil Allaway

(Credit: Phil Allaway)

Saturday’s Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Continental Tire 120 at the Glen was very unusual by anyone’s standards.  Due to three full course yellows and a red flag due to lightning, only 43 laps (146.2 miles) were complete. KohR Motorsports’ Dean Martin had contact in the Esses on the final lap with Automatic Racing’s Al Carter.  Carter …

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Bodymotion Racing Wins BMW Endurance Challenge at Daytona

2017 Daytona Ctsc Trent Hindman Car Credit Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

Friday afternoon saw the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge begin their season with the first of two four-hour races on the schedule.  Dean Martin was the surprise pole sitter for KohR Motorsports, but it was one of the strongest teams from 2016 that took home the spoils. Despite qualifying 15th in class and dropping to …

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Multimatic Motorsports Fastest in CTSC Sunday Action

2017 Daytona Ctsc Jade Buford Car Credit Ford Performance

(Photo: Ford Performance)

For the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge teams in attendance, they were greeted with 35 degree temperatures on Sunday morning at Daytona International Speedway.  Despite that, teams hit the track at 9 a.m. for the first of two one hour sessions. Session No. 5 In the early morning session, Multimatic Motorsports continued to develop their …

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Multimatic Takes Overall CTSC Pole, MINI Earns 1-2 in ST

2015 Lime Rock Ctsc Billy Johnson Car Credit Phil Allaway

(Credit: Phil Allaway, Frontstretch)

Changeable conditions descended upon Watkins Glen International on Friday afternoon.  After the first practice session for IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams, a quick moving rain shower blew over the 3.4-mile road course.  It only rained on the property for about 30 minutes, but that was more than enough time for the track to get wet. …

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