Frontstretch Newsletter: Sept. 29, 2022
Volume XVI, Edition CLXIX |
- Today is a full day of activity at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta with all five classes on-track for practice sessions, qualifying sessions and a couple
of support races. IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams have three practices, including a 90-minute night session. IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge teams have their second practice session and a late afternoon qualifying session.
- NASCAR Teams are finishing up their preparations at their shops before making the 350-mile haul out to Talladega for this weekend's races. We will have practice recaps and a Pilot Challenge qualifying recap for you at Frontstretch later today,
in addition to any other news that breaks. |
Around the World in Motorsports: Sept. 28 |
- FCP Euro with Ricca Autosport's Mike Skeen was fastest overall in IMSA MIchelin Pilot Challenge Practice No. 1 Wednesday afternoon with a lap at 106.086 mph. He was .013 seconds faster than Robin
Liddell. Bill Auberlen was third, then Alec Udell and Robby Foley. Belgard &
Techniseal Racing's Denis Dupont was fastest in TCR with a lap at 103.341 mph, .108 seconds faster than Bryan Herta Autosport's Mason Filippi. Ryan Norman was third, followed by Jon Morley and Robert Wickens. |
| | Conor Daly Joins The Money Team for Cup Debut at the Charlotte
ROVALConor Daly announced Thursday morning that he will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut on Charlotte Motor Speedway's ROVAL for The Money Team with BitNile
sponsorship. |
| | Benjamin Pedersen Moving to IndyCar, Driving for Foyt in
2023AJ Foyt Racing announced Wednesday that Benjamin Pedersen, who finished fifth in Indy Lights points this year, has signed a multi-year deal that will see him drive
in the NTT IndyCar Series for the team. |
Photos are courtesy of Travis Hinkle of INDYCAR Media. Have news for Frontstretch? Don't hesitate to let us know; email us at frontstretcheditors@googlegroups.com with a promising lead or tip. |
Frontstretch Line of the Week From Carson Hocevar Discusses Injury Rebound & Quest for 1st Career Win "Jordan [Anderson] was leasing space in Al Niece’s shop and they saw me, I got to meet some of the Niece guys — I was signing a deal with Jordan that day. […] I got a call by [Niece crew chief] Cody Efaw to go run Al Niece’s trucks part-time, and so I took advantage of that. I mean, it was literally going to be that week [that] I was gonna
do a part-time deal with Jordan. Niece, probably for lack of better words, stole me. I didn’t have a lot of funding. […] If I had the funding to go do all this, I would have just jumped in a KBM truck or a GMS truck or whatever the case may be." - An
action of apparent thievery resulted in Carson Hocevar ending up in Niece Motorsports' No. 42 Chevrolet |
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