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Owen Trinkler Wins CTMP 120 Pole; Ben Rhodes to Start 3rd

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TeamTGM’s Owen Trinkler won the pole for Saturday’s Canadian Tire Motorsports Park 120 with the fastest Michelin Pilot Challenge lap of the weekend Saturday morning.  The lap of 106.271 mph was two-tenths of a second faster than the best practice lap on Friday. Trinkler’s lap was seven-hundredths of a second faster than CarBahn Motorsports’ Tyler …

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Eric Foss Fastest In CTMP Michelin Pilot Challenge Practice, Ben Rhodes Shows Promise

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Murillo Racing’s Eric Foss turned in a lap during the first practice of the day at 106.009 mph in his Mercedes-AMG GT4. That time held up to be the fastest Michelin Pilot Challenge lap of the day at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. Practice No. 1 Foss’ lap was a quarter of a second faster than …

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Entry List: Canadian Tire Motorsports Park 120

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Saturday’s IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Canadian Tire Motorsports Park 120 will have 38 entries, up from 37 in Watkins Glen last week. Canadian Tire Motorsports Park is the home track for Multimatic Motorsports (and by extension, the whole Multimatic operation), so they’ve brought their two Ford Mustang GT4s out to play for the first time …

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Riley Motorsports Wins Wild, Weather-Plagued Tioga Downs 240

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Riley Motorsports’ Mercedes-AMG GT4 of Jeroen Bleekemolen, James Cox and Dylan Murry took the lead on their final pit stop Saturday (June 29) with 40 minutes to go.  Then, it started raining.  Murry dropped back down the order on slicks in the wet, but was able to re-take the lead with five minutes to go …

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Indy Dontje Leads Winward Racing Front Row Sweep For Tioga Downs 240

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Winward Racing/HTP Motorsport’s Indy Dontje won the pole Friday afternoon (June 28) for Saturday’s Tioga Downs 240 at the Glen with a lap at 106.705 mph, the fourth round of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season.  It is Dontje’s first career pole in the series. “The Mercedes-AMG GT4 is running very well here [this weekend],” …

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Devin Jones, Owen Trinkler Top Tioga Downs 240 Practice Sessions

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IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge teams have been treated to warm weather at Watkins Glen International so far this weekend.  BimmerWorld Racing’s Devin Jones is fastest overall in practice this weekend with a lap at 106.514 mph.  He also did all the practice for the No. 82 BMW M4 GT4 on Thursday due to the fact …

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Entry List: Tioga Downs Casino Resort 240 at the Glen

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Michelin Pilot Challenge teams will return to action this weekend at Watkins Glen after being off since Mid-Ohio at the beginning of May.  37 teams have lodged entries for Saturday’s four-hour race. The Grand Sport class has 24 entries, which is up one from Mid-Ohio.  Given the additional length, some teams are running three-driver lineups, …

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VOLT Racing Uses Pit Strategy to Win Mid-Ohio 120

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Saturday saw IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge teams deal with mixed conditions at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.  Despite Audi and McLaren dominating early, it was the Porsche of VOLT Racing’s Trent Hindman and Alan Brynjolfsson who outlasted the field to pick up their first win of the season. After an equally topsy-turvy qualifying session, eEuroparts.com ROWE …

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Kenton Koch Claims Mid-Ohio 120 Pole; Chad Gilsinger Fastest Overall

2019 Daytona IMPC Kenton Koch Car Phil Allaway

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Saturday morning (May 4) brought a very unusual qualifying session for IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge teams at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.  Officials declared mixed conditions, meaning that teams could qualify on either wet or dry tires.  However, the conditions differed between the two sessions. It forced IMSA to use Section 40.2.11 of the IMSA Sporting …

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Kenny Wilden Fastest Overall in Mid-Ohio 120 Practice

2019 Daytona IMPC Rod Randall Car Phil Allaway

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IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge teams had to deal with a wet track Friday (May 3) at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge.  With a later second session, the circuit had dried out quite a bit more, allowing for quicker times in the afternoon.  KohR Motorsports’ Kenny Wilden was fastest on the day with a lap at 87.002 …

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Entry List: Mid-Ohio 120

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For Saturday’s IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Mid-Ohio 120, there are 37 cars entered, down from 43 at Sebring.  Most of the changes are in the headlining Grand Sport class. In Grand Sport, there are a number of teams that raced at Sebring that are not entered this weekend.  Likely the most notable is Multimatic Motorsports.  …

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CarBahn Motorsports Earns Maiden Michelin Pilot Challenge Victory at Sebring

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CarBahn Motorsports’ Tyler McQuarrie and Jeff Westphal dominated the proceedings Friday (March 15) at Sebring International Raceway to claim victory in the Alan Jay Automotive Network 120.  While both drivers have previous victories in the Michelin Pilot Challenge, it is the first-ever victory in the series for both CarBahn Motorsports and the Audi R8 LMS …

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