- Conquest Racing announced Wednesday
that the team has signed Ben Tuck to drive the No. 34 Ferrari 296 GT3 in the upcoming IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races at Watkins Glen and Indianapolis. He will replace Cedric Sbirrazzuoli for those events.
Tuck will be making his IMSA debut in Watkins Glen. He is currently full-time in the FIA World Endurance
Championship's LMGT3 class in a Ford Mustang GT3 for Proton Competition alongside Ben Barker and Bernando Sousa. The team is currently 13th in points with a best finish of fourth last month at Spa.
Tuck is also full-time in the European Le Mans Series, driving a Ferrari in the LMGT3 class for Kessel Racing with Takeshi Kimura (the third seat has been shared by James Calado and
Daniel Serra). Kimura and Tuck are currently fourth in LMGT3 points on the strength of a second-place finish at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in April.0
- World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series teams were in Jackson, Minn. Wednesday night for the Fendt Showdown at Jackson Motorplex. Here, Kerry Madsen started from pole and led early, but Carson Macedo was giving
chase.
On lap 12, Macedo was able to take advantage of lapped traffic to take over the lead. From there, he was able to dodge slower traffic to take the victory. It is his fifth consecutive win on the Minnesota short track.
Macedo won by .695 seconds over Madsen.
David Gravel was third, then Buddy Kofoid and Chris Windom.
Through 28 races, Gravel continues to lead the points by 190 over Kofoid. Macedo is third, then Logan Schuchart and Sheldon Haudenschild.
- The Kubota High Limit Sprint Car Series was back in action Wednesday
at Wisconsin's Red Cedar Speedway for a midweek classic. Here, Justin Peck started on pole, but broke immediately.
Peck's issues gave the lead over to Kyle Larson. Larson controlled the first half of the race before Rico Abreu rose up to battle Larson. The two dueled for a couple of laps before Abreu snatched the lead with a slide job on lap 16.
From there, Abreu opened up a small advantage that Larson erased with the help of lapped traffic. Abreu was able to just barely hold on to take the win, his third straight High Limit midweek win.
Abreu won by .133 seconds over Larson. Tanner Thorson was third, then Aaron Reutzel
and Brad Sweet.
In the points, Sweet has regained the points lead after his disqualification Saturday night in Michigan. He has a two-point lead over Tyler Courtney. Abreu is only 10 points back in third, then Reutzel and Brent Marks.
- The Super DIRTcar Series made
the one-hour drive from Big Diamond Speedway to Selinsgrove Speedway for the Snyder County Showdown Wednesday night. Like at Big Diamond, a non-regular showed up and took the spoils.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series regular Stewart Friesen started fifth and immediately drove up to second on the first lap.. Meanwhile, things got rough.
After an early caution, heck broke loose when Matt Sheppard and Tuesday's winner Ryan Godown had contact on the frontstretch. Sheppard got into the wall, while Godown rolled over and was hit by Logan Watt and Jack Lehner. A number of others piled in to bring out the red flag. 13 cars were involved, but everyone walked away.
On the restart, Friesen put the pressure on Loudon Reimert. After failing on the inside, he swept
around the outside in turn 2 to take the lead on lap 18. From there, Friesen was able to hold on through a series of restarts to win $10,000.
Friesen won by 1.528 seconds over Alex Yankowski. Mat Williamson was third, followed by Alex Payne and Jimmy Phelps. Only 10 of the 26 starters finished the 75-lap feature.
Through six races, Yankowski has a 24-point lead over Williamson. Erick Rudolph is third, then Payne and Mike Mahaney.
