Frontstretch Newsletter: July 3, 2024
Volume
XVIII, Edition CIX |
- Wood Brothers Racing has a press conference scheduled for 11 a.m. ET this morning at the Ford Performance Technical Center in Concord, N.C. Here, they will announce their driver for the 2025 season. - Teams are making preparations for this weekend's action in Chicago. We will have the Wood Brothers news
and anything else that breaks for you at Frontstretch. |
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| Carson Hocevar Penalized 25 Points, Fined $50,000 After
Nashville NASCAR announced Tuesday that Carson Hocevar has been docked 25 points and fined $50,000 for intentionally wrecking Harrison Burton under caution during Sunday's Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway. The penalty drops him to 24th in
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| Christian Lundgaard Signs to Replace Alexander Rossi at
Arrow McLaren in 2025 Arrow McLaren SP announced Tuesday that Christian Lundgaard will move to the team to drive the No. 7 in place of Alexander Rossi in 2025. |
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| Stuart Wiltshire Joins Era Motorsport In 2-Race
Deal Era Motorsport announced Tuesday that Stuart Wiltshire will make his IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in place of Dwight Merriman. |
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| Bobby Zalenski Repeats as Coke Series Chicago Street
Course Winner Bobby Zalenski once again proved that he is one of the best in the world on iRacing in a stock car on a road course Tuesday night as he led flag-to-flag to win the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Logitech 45. Parker White was second, then Steven
Wilson, Vicente Salas and Casey Kirwan. |
Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, Joe Skibinski of Penske Entertainment, Chris Green Photo via Era Motorsport 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: July 2 |
- Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR), which is wholly owned by IMSA, announced Tuesday that they are creating a new series for historic NASCAR stock cars. The HSR NASCAR Classic presented by Petty's Garage will be a new series that will debut at VIRginia International Raceway in August as part of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Michelin GT Challenge at VIR weekend. Previously, historic NASCAR Cup, NASCAR Xfinity and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series vehicles have raced as part of Trans-Am and SVRA vintage weekends. Last year, a fleet of historic vehicles raced on the undercard of the Cup Series at Watkins Glen as the quaternary series on the card. Joe Nemechek won in a truck that both he and his son John Hunter had campaigned in the Truck Series. |
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