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Scott Hargrove Sees Ups & Downs in 2019 IMSA Season

2019 Daytona Iwsc Scott Hargrove Pfaff Auto Lanssen Photo

(Photo: Pfaff Auto/Lanssen Photo)

In the past few years, there have been a number of young guns making a name for themselves in sports car racing.  One of these youngsters is Scott Hargrove, a 24-year old racer out of British Columbia. Hargrove started out in karting before switching to open-wheel racing.  In 2013, he won what is now the …

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Scott Hargrove, Patrick Long Win Sonoma Blancpain GT Race No. 2

2018 Lime Rock Iwsc Christina Nielsen Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

After a somewhat disappointing race on Saturday, Wright Motorsports’ Scott Hargrove and Patrick Long were able to claim victory Sunday (June 9) in Race No. 2 for Blancpain GT World Challenge America at Sonoma Raceway.  It’s the perfect medicine for a team that’s been down in the dumps lately. “I feel like it’s been a …

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K-PAX Racing Wins VIR Blancpain GT Race No. 1

2018 Lime Rock Pwc Andy Soucek Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

K-PAX Racing’s Àlvaro Parente and Andy Soucek dominated much of the first Blancpain GT World Challenge America race of the weekend Saturday (April 27) at VIRginia International Raceway.  Parente led easily from the pole, while Soucek induced Wright Motorsports’ Scott Hargrove into a costly mistake to hold on to claim victory. “We had a great …

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Entry List: Michelin Pilot Challenge Roar Before the 24

2018 Daytona Ctsc Damien Faulkner Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

This weekend’s Roar Before the 24 will be the first official weekend for the newly-renamed Michelin Pilot Challenge (formerly known as the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge).  There are a lot of changes for the 2019 season, the most obvious being the series name and the fact that everyone will race on Michelin tires.  40 teams …

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PFAFF Motorsports to Contest WeatherTech Sprint Cup in 2019

2018 St. Petersburg Pwc Scott Hargrove Car Wc Vision Car

(Photo: WC Vision)

On Friday morning (Oct. 12), PFAFF Motorsports announced at Road Atlanta that they intend to contest the inaugural IMSA WeatherTech Sprint Cup in 2019.  The WeatherTech Sprint Cup is a new championship-within-a-championship that comprises the seven sprint races on the 2019 schedule for GT Daytona teams.  In addition, the team will also contest the 2019 …

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Rodrigo Baptista Completes Stomping, Sweeps Watkins Glen

2017 Lime Rock Pwc Rodrigo Baptista Victory Lane Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

K-PAX Racing’s Rodrigo Baptista capped off a career weekend by leading flag-to-flag Sunday (Sep. 2) to take his second straight GT overall victory at Watkins Glen.  The success on Watkins Glen’s long course even surprised Baptista. “No, I don’t think so,” Baptista said after the race when asked if he’d ever had a car as …

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Parker Chase, Ryan Dalziel Claim GT SprintX Race No. 2 after Post-Race Penalty

2018 Portland Pwc Ryan Dalziel Car Wc Vision

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

TruSpeed AutoSport’s Pro-Am pairing of 17-year old Parker Chase and veteran Ryan Dalziel claimed overall victory in Sunday’s GT SprintX Race No. 2 at Portland International Raceway as part of the 58th Rose City Races.  PFAFF Motorsports’ Wolf Henzler and Scott Hargrove won on the road, but were penalized two positions a couple of hours …

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Pace Laps: Rain Ratchets Up NASCAR Competition At Bristol

2018 Xfinity Bristol Zach Catanzareti John Hunter Nemechek

(Photo: Zach Catanzareti)

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Rain, Rain, Please Stay? The fact NASCAR wrested 204 laps out of Sunday’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway was a minor miracle. The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series event was faced with a 90 percent chance of precipitation during the day; the race itself went green nearly half an hour …

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Scott Hargrove Sweeps PWC GT in Shortened Race No. 2

2018 St. Petersburg Pwc Scott Hargrove Wc Vision

(Photo: WC Vision)

Scott Hargrove may not have had a perfect introduction to Pirelli World Challenge, but he gets to fly home to Canada with everything that matters.  Hargrove led flag-to-flag Sunday afternoon to win Race No. 2 of the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg for the GT and GTA classes.  That gives the rookie driver a weekend …

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Scott Hargrove Wins St. Petersburg GT Race No. 1 in Series Debut

2018 St. Petersburg Pwc Scott Hargrove Car Wc Vision Car

(Photo: WC Vision)

Pfaff Motorsports’ Scott Hargrove had to start Saturday’s Pirelli World Challenge GT/GTA race at St. Petersburg in the rear after hitting the wall in qualifying Friday.  However, he was able to dodge a crash at the very start of the race and put himself in position.  He was able to get past CRP Racing’s Daniel …

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Toni Vilander Claims St. Petersburg GT Pole in Crash-Shortened Session

2018 St. Petersburg Pwc Toni Vilander Car Wc Vision

(Photo: WC Vision)

R. Ferri Motorsport’s Toni Vilander won the overall pole Saturday morning (March 10) for Race No. 1 of Pirelli World Challenge’s Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.  Vilander set a track record with a lap of 70.923 seconds (91.367 mph). Vilander’s lap was more than three-sevenths faster than Alegra Motorsports’ Michael Christensen.  Callaway Competition USA’s Daniel …

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Dean Stoneman Takes Indy Lights Win at Indianapolis

There have been some close finishes in the storied history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but the Indy Lights series has taken “close” to a whole new level. In 2013 the four-wide run to the finish ended with .0024 between first and second. The next year it was .005 difference between the top pair. Saturday, …

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