- Ross Chastain has given himself something to do during the Olympic Break. Skip Barber Racing announced Wednesday that Chastain will make his IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge debut in the Road America 120 on Aug. 3. He'll share the No. 16 Aston Martin
pictured above with Ken Fukuda.
"I am really looking forward to racing with Skip Barber at Road America," Chastain said in a press release. "I have been a customer of Skip Barber Racing School and to now race with their IMSA team makes total sense. Dan and Anthony DeMonte run the premier racing school in the country, so hopefully I can have a good showing for them during one of our
NASCAR off-weekends. I always appreciate the additional track time."
The driving school has a previous relationship with Chastain. They have worked with Chastain's Protect Your Melon campaign in the past. In addition, they sponsored Chastain with DGM Racing in two NASCAR Xfinity Series races last year. He finished 18th at Sonoma and dropped out with suspension failure at Indianapolis.
- Wednesday night saw the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series race at BAPS Motor Speedway near Harrisburg, Penn. Here, Giovanni Scelzi led the field to green and led the first 15 laps.
James McFadden moved him up to second on the first lap and battled hard with
Scelzi for the advantage. On lap 16, he took the lead and pulled away to win the Bricker's Bash.
McFadden won by 2.039 seconds over David Gravel. Sheldon Haudenschild was third, then Brock Zearfoss and Cory Eliason. Scelzi ultimately faded to 16th.
In the
points, Gravel's second-place finish allowed him to expand his lead to 78 points over Donny Schatz. Carson Macedo is third, then Scelzi and Buddy Kofoid.
- The Super DIRTcar Series was supposed to wrap up their Canadian swing with a trip to Brockville Ontario Speedway Wednesday night. However, rain has postponed the race to Sept. 5.
Aston Martin picture is courtesy of our own Phil Allaway.
