Frontstretch Newsletter: June 7, 2022
Volume XVI, Edition XCII
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- Teams are continuing their preparations for this weekend's action in Sonoma. The trucks will depart for the Bay Area either tonight or tomorrow morning.
- At Le Mans, today is Media Day for the 62 assembled teams, working media and fans. Tomorrow is when the real work starts. If anything of note breaks, we'll have it for you at Frontstretch.
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Around the World in Motorsports: June 6
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- BMW officially unveiled their new LMDh entry that will compete in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's GTP class in 2023 and be eligible for the FIA World Endurance Championship's Hypercar
class. It will now be known as the BMW M Hybrid V8.
The car will have a V8 engine, likely derived from the powerplant used in the BMW M4 silhouette racer that competed in DTM, along with the spec hybrid system. The BMW M V8 Hybrid will be based on the new Dallara chassis.
As of right now, the BMW M Hybrid V8 is being tested extensively by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, which will run two cars full-time in 2023. The manufacturer does not currently have a concurrent program announced for the WEC.
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| | Entry List: 2022 Toyota/Save Mart
350
For Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350k, there are 36 teams entered. Joey Hand returns to Rick Ware Racing, while Scott Heckert rejoins Live Fast
Motorsports.
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| | Entry List: 2022 DoorDash
250
Saturday's 250-kilometer NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Sonoma Raceway has 38 teams entered. Five Cup drivers are in the field (Kyle Busch, Austin Dillon, Alex Bowman, Harrison Burton and Ross Chastain), while Mason
Filippi will attempt to make his Truck debut.
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| | Kyle Kirkwood’s Detroit Weekend Comes to a Painful
End
After a class victory Saturday, Kyle Kirkwood was on pace for another good run in Sunday's Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear until he lost control and hit the
wall.
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| | Max Kennon Takes Win in Controversial Eldora
Finish
Max Kennon inherited the victory in the Monday Night Racing event at the virtual Eldora Speedway after original race winner James Bickford was disqualified for a dirty move on
Landon Huffman on the final lap. Huffman ended up second, then Adam Cabot, Ryan Vargas and Gary Sexton.
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