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By Phil Allaway

Phil Allaway has three primary roles at Frontstretch. He's the manager of the site's FREE e-mail newsletter that publishes Monday-Friday and occasionally on weekends. He keeps TV broadcasters honest with weekly editions of Couch Potato Tuesday and serves as the site's Sports Car racing editor. Outside of Frontstretch, Phil is the press officer for Lebanon Valley Speedway in West Lebanon, N.Y. He covers all the action on the high-banked dirt track from regular DIRTcar Modified racing to occasional visits from touring series such as the Super DIRTcar Series.

Tom Blomqvist Wins Sahlen’s Six Hours at the Glen Pole

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2022 Watkins Glen Tom Blomqvist

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WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian’s Tom Blomqvist continued his stranglehold on the speed charts Saturday (June 25) by setting a new track record at 136.638 mph to win the pole for Sunday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours at the Glen. Blomqvist took the pole with what was really his second-best lap.  He had …

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Tom Blomqvist Tops Both Watkins Glen WeatherTech Practices

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Tom Blomqvist entering turn 10 during Practice No. 2 at Watkins Glen, 6/25/2022 (Photo: Phil Allaway)

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Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian’s Tom Blomqvist was fastest overall in both Watkins Glen WeatherTech practices.

K-PAX Racing Secures 3rd Straight Weekend Sweep At VIR

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Michele Beretta takes the checkered flag to win Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS Race No. 2 at VIR, 6/19/2022 (Photo: Regis Lefebvre/SRO Motorsports Group)

(Photo: Regis Lefebvre/SRO Motorsports Group)

K-PAX Racing’s Michele Beretta and Andrea Caldarelli snatched the lead with a half-hour to run and held on for the weekend sweep at VIR.

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