Phil Allaway has three primary roles at Frontstretch. He's the manager of the Frontstretch email 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 Frontstretch 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.
On Sunday afternoon, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams filed out onto Daytona International Speedway’s 3.56-mile road course for one more 60-minute session. Like the previous … Continue Reading
In an attempt to ward off sandbagging, IMSA instituted a qualifying session during the Roar Before the 24 that will set garage and pit stalls … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
For the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, the Roar Before the 24 has showed that the “raw” Ford Mustang GT4 may be the car to … Continue Reading
On Saturday afternoon, the Cadillac brigade re-asserted themselves. Despite running a new 5.5-liter V8 as opposed to the 6.2-liter V8 used in 2017, the DPi-V.R.s … Continue Reading
On Saturday afternoon, the Cadillac DPi-V.R. continued it’s run as the fastest car in town at Daytona. This time, it was Wayne Taylor Racing’s Jordan … Continue Reading
Saturday morning dawned very chilly by the standards of Daytona Beach. However, that didn’t keep IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge teams from taking on the … Continue Reading
On Friday afternoon, Action Express Racing’s Filipe Albuquerque successfully swept the two WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Roar sessions at Daytona International Speedway. In the two-hour afternoon … Continue Reading
For the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Session No. 2 was ultimately very similar. Ford Mustang GT4s dominated the chart for the vast majority of … Continue Reading
On Friday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway, Scott Pruett held a press conference to celebrate his 50 years in motorsports. During that press conference, he … Continue Reading