Frontstretch Newsletter: Colin Garrett In For Tate Fogelman in Sonoma, Kamui Kobayashi on Le Mans Provisional Pole

Published: Thu, 06/09/22

Frontstretch Newsletter: June 9, 2022
Volume XVI, Edition XCIV

What to Watch: Thursday

- NASCAR Cup and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams are en route to Sonoma Raceway today. Meanwhile, the Eldora Million will be awarded today, weather permitting. Coverage started at 10:30 a.m. on FLORacing.com.

- The USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship will be at Lincoln Park Speedway tonight. Coverage starts at 6 p.m. ET on FLORacing.com.

- This afternoon, the pole positions for each class for this weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans will be decided. Hyperpole coverage starts at 1:45 p.m. ET on MotorTrend+ (subscription required).

TV Schedule: Here

Around the World in Motorsports: June 8

- Niece Motorsports announced Wednesday that Carson Hocevar does plan to race this weekend at Sonoma Raceway after suffering an undisclosed lower extremity injury on the final lap of Saturday's Toyota 200 presented by CK Power at World Wide Technology Raceway. Hocevar was T-boned by Tyler Hill in the final lap crash. That said, Hocevar is still not 100%

The team has announced that Daniel Suarez will be on standby to relieve Hocevar should that be necessary. Hocevar will also be speaking with the assembled media Friday in Sonoma to discuss his injuries.

- Anthony Perrego passed pole sitter Danny Bouc on a restart with 16 laps to go Wednesday night and held on to win the rain-delayed Short Track Super Series Battle at Bloomsburg at Bloomsburg Fair Raceway in Pennsylvania. New Jersey's Ryan Godown was second, then Bouc, Matt Sheppard and Mike Gular.

- Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus' Olivier Pla was fastest overall in 24 Hours of Le Mans Free Practice No. 2 with a lap at 145.913 mph. This was .264 seconds faster than Toyota GAZOO Racing's Kamui Kobayashi. Brendon Hartley was third, then Ryan Briscoe and Matthieu Vaxiviere.

LMP2 was topped by Team WRT's Rene Rast at 143.024 mph, sixth overall. He was two-tenths of a second faster than United Autosports' Filipe Albuquerque. Dries Vanthoor in the second WRT entry was third, then COOL Racing's Ricky Taylor. Prema's Robert Kubica was fifth.

GTE-Pro was led by Nicky Catsburg with a lap at 130.545 mph. This was one-sixth of a second faster than Porsche's Frederic Makowiecki. Tommy Milner was third, then Felipe Fraga and Kevin Estre.

Team Project 1's Mikkel Pedersen was fastest in GTE-AM at 129.361 mph. He was one-tenth of a second faster than Dempsey-Proton Racing's Jan Heylen. Northwest AMR's Nicki Thiim was third, then Rahel Fey and Charlie Fagg.

- The first night of the Eldora Million was rained out Wednesday night. As a result, they are running both nights of the Eldora Million today. Coverage is live right now on FLORacing.com (subscription required).

Today's Top News:

Colin Garrett Replacing Tate Fogleman at Sonoma

OnPoint Motorsports announced Wednesday that Colin Garrett, who is currently third in TC America's TCX class standings with a victory at NOLA Motorsports Park, will replace Tate Fogelman in Saturday's DoorDash 250k at Sonoma Raceway.

Sammy Smith Debuting in Xfinity for JGR

Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Sammy Smith will run a part-time schedule in the NASCAR Xfinity Series later this year, starting with Road America in July.

Kamui Kobayashi On Provisional Pole After Le Mans Qualifying Session No. 1

Toyota GAZOO Racing's Kamui Kobayashi was fastest overall in the opening qualifying session for this weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans Wednesday evening with a lap at 147.077 mph. 23 cars will advance to the Hyperpole session.

Entry List: 2022 Calypso Lemonade 150

There are 23 teams entered for the combination ARCA Menards Series/ARCA Menards Series East 150-mile race this weekend at Iowa Speedway.

Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, Harry Parvin of FocusPackMedia.de and Matthew Putney of ARCA Racing.

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Newsletter Exclusive:

Frontstretch Line of the Week

From Corey Heim Learning, Winning Early in His NASCAR Truck Career

"He’s definitely helped me a lot since I got here. Every time I reach out to him, he gets back to me real quick. If I have any questions, I never feel like a burden reaching out to him. He’s very welcoming and helpful in any kind of situation. There’s been a couple of times where I really sat down and talked to him about racing, and he’s been a completely open book to me. So he’s been super beneficial as a team owner for me." - Corey Heim, on the help he's receiving from Kyle Busch

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Tomorrow at Frontstretch.com:

We'll have 4 Burning Questions ahead of this weekend's action in Sonoma.

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