Frontstretch Newsletter: Feb. 28, 2024
Volume
XVIII, Edition XXI |
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- Teams are currently en route to Las Vegas for this weekend's action. It's a long haul from North Carolina and many of the teams will not have their transporters back at the shop until after Phoenix. - In the Middle East, on-track action in Bahrain will begin deep in DVR Theater tonight
before the Thursday newsletter will be sent out with the first support practice session for Formula 3 starting at 2:55 a.m. ET. For Formula 1, the first Free Practice session of the season will start at 6:25 a.m. ET Thursday morning and will air live on ESPN2 - In Qatar, Free Practice No. 1 for the FIA World Endurance Championship is scheduled to start at 4:20 a.m. ET Thursday
morning.
We'll have anything that breaks in the world of NASCAR and more for you at Frontstretch. We'll have an update on the practices from Bahrain and Qatar here in tomorrow's edition of the Frontstretch Newsletter. |
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| SHR Teams, Joey Logano Penalized After
Atlanta NASCAR released the weekly penalty report Tuesday. In it, Noah Gragson and Ryan Preece's teams were assessed L1-penalties for improper roof deflectors. Both teams were hit with 35-point penalties. Joey Logano was fined for his illegal racing glove as
well. |
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| Hendrick Cup Drivers, Boris Said Running in Select Xfinity
Races Hendrick Motorsports announced Tuesday that they will enter 10 NASCAR Xfinity Series races in 2024 with their No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet. Five different drivers will share the car. |
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| Keegan Leahy Hits Jackpot with Last Lap Pass for eNCCiS
Las Vegas Win 23XI Racing's Keegan Leahy avoided contact between Cody Byus and Nick Ottinger on the final lap to sweep into the lead and win the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series event at the virtual Las Vegas Motor Speedway Tuesday night. Ottinger was second, then
Kollin Keister, Matt Bussa and Parker White. |
Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography and iRacing via Justin Melillo. Have news for Frontstretch? Don't hesitate to let
us know; email us at frontstretcheditors@googlegroups.com with a promising lead or tip. |
Around the World in Motorsports: Feb. 27 |
- The penalties issued Tuesday to Noah Gragson and Ryan Preece will negatively affect both drivers' points positions. Ryan Preece was 24th in the standings after Atlanta. The 35-point penalty removes all of his points and he will start from scratch in 39th this weekend in Las Vegas. Gragson was 27th in points and the penalty put him in the hole in 40th with -6 points. - Aston Martin officially unveiled the new Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Tuesday. The new car will be offered only as a complete chassis, as opposed to an Evo kit that allows teams to upgrade previous generation cars. The car will be powered by a four-liter V8 engine like the current car. Improvements over the old car are in the areas of cooling, downforce (via a new front splitter and
rear wing) and braking. Like the GT3 version of the car, the Aston Martin Vantage GT4 officially raced in a major championship before the manufacturer could unveil the car. Rebel Rock Racing debuted the new Vantage GT4 in the BMW M Endurance Challenge, the season opener for IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge. The car, shared by Andrew Davis (pictured above), Frank DePew and Robin
Liddell, finished ninth overall. Unlike the three new Aston Martin Vantage GT3s that debuted in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, Aston Martin and the team chose to mask the new car using the funky livery above. Picture is courtesy of our own Phil Allaway. |
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