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Rear Tires Take Winward Racing/HTP Motorsport to Laguna Seca Victory

2018 Road Atlanta Ctsc Damien Faulkner Car Phil Allaway

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Dominik Baumann, driving in place of regular driver Indy Dontje, used a strategy that saw the Winward Racing/HTP Motorsport team put on rear tires on their final pit stop.  That proved to be the winning move in the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 120 Saturday (Sep. 14). The strategy got Baumann out in front of CarBahn …

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Entry List: WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 120

2019 Watkins Glen Impc Indy Dontje Car Phil Allaway

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For Saturday’s penultimate race for the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge, there are currently 35 cars entered at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.  22 are in Grand Sport, while 13 are in the TCR class. In Grand Sport, probably the most notable fact is that eEuroparts.com ROWE Racing is not entered.  As we noted in Pace Laps …

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Oliver Jarvis Unofficially Breaks Track Record in Roar Qualifying

2018 Daytona Iwsc Tristan Nunez Car Phil Allaway

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IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams have a qualifying session during the Roar Before the 24 in order to determine pit and garage selections for the Rolex 24 at Daytona.  It’s also meant to curb sandbagging.  Mazda Team Joest was most definitely not sandbagging on Sunday.  Oliver Jarvis unofficially broke the 25-year old track record in …

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Felipe Nasr Tops WeatherTech Roar Night Session

2017 Watkins Glen Iwsc Dane Cameron Car Phil Allaway

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Roar Before the 24 Session No. 5 at Daytona International Speedway put the 50 teams present under the lights.  Running at night really didn’t change all that much as Action Express Racing’s Felipe Nasr was once again quickest. Nasr’s lap of 97.322 seconds (131.687 mph) was nearly four-tenths of a second slower than in session …

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