Corvette Racing made history at Lime Rock
as Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner secured
the brand’s 100th race win. All the sweeter,
it came in front of IMSA’s biggest TV
audience of the year on FOX.
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A T DIARY
AUGUST 2016
June 26;Road;America;Will;Power
July 10;Iowa;Josef;Newgarden
July 17;Toronto;Will;Power
July 31;Mid-Ohio;Simon;Pagenaud
Aug. 21;Pocono,;Pa.
Aug. 27;Fort;Worth,;Texas;(ppd)
Sept. 18;Sonoma,;Calif.
IMSA WEATHERTECH
SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP
Jan. 30-31;Daytona;Derani/Brown/
Sharp/van;Overbeek
Sharp/van;Overbeek
April 16;Long;Beach;R.;Taylor/J.;Taylor
May 1;Monterey;Negri/Pew
June 4;Detroit;R.;Taylor/J.;Taylor
July 3;Watkins;Glen;Barbosa/Fittipaldi
July 10;CTMP;Cameron/Curran
July 23;Lime;Rock;Gavin/Milner;(GT)
Aug. 7;Elkhart;Lake,;Wis.
Aug. 28;Danville,;Va.
Sept. 17;COTA,;Austin,;Texas
Oct. 1;Braselton,;Ga.
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
Feb. 21;Daytona;Denny;Hamlin
Feb. 28;Atlanta;Jimmie;Johnson
March 6;Las;Vegas;Brad;Keselowski
March 13;Phoenix;Kevin;Harvick
March 20;Fontana;Jimmie;Johnson
April 3;Martinsville;Kyle;Busch
April 9;Texas;Kyle;Busch
April 17;Bristol;Carl;Edwards
April 24;Richmond;Carl;Edwards
May 1;Talladega;Brad;Keselowski
May 7;Kansas;Kyle;Busch
May 15;Dover;Matt;Kenseth
May 29;Charlotte;Martin;Truex;Jr.
June 6;Pocono;Kurt;Busch
June 12;Michigan;Joey;Logano
June 26;Sonoma;Tony;Stewart
July 2;Daytona;Brad;Keselowski
July 9;Kentucky;Brad;Keselowski
July 17;Loudon;Matt;Kenseth
July 24;Indianapolis;Kyle;Busch
Aug. 1;Pocono;Chris;Buescher
Aug. 7;Watkins;Glen,;N. Y.
Aug. 20;Bristol,;Tenn.
Aug. 28;Brooklyn,;Mich.
Sept. 4;Darlington,;S.C.
Sept. 10;Richmond,;Va.
Sept. 18;Chicagoland
Sept. 25;Loudon,;N.H.
Oct. 2;Dover,;Del.
Oct. 8;Charlotte,;N.C.
Oct. 16;Kansas;City,;Kan.
Oct. 23;Talladega,;Ala.
Oct. 30;Martinsville,;Va.
Nov. 6;Fort;Worth,;Texas
Nov. 13;Phoenix,;Ariz.
Nov. 20;Homestead,;Fla.
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES
Feb. 20;Daytona;Chase;Elliott
Feb. 27;Atlanta;Kyle;Busch
March 5;Las;Vegas;Kyle;Busch
F1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
March 20;Australia;Nico;Rosberg
April 1;Bahrain;Nico;Rosberg
April 17;China;Nico;Rosberg
May 1;Russia;Nico;Rosberg
May 15;Spain;Max;Verstappen
May 29;Monaco;Lewis;Hamilton
June 12;Canada;Lewis;Hamilton
June 19;Europe;Nico;Rosberg
July 3;Austria;Lewis;Hamilton
July 10;Britain;Lewis;Hamilton
July 24;Hungary;Lewis;Hamilton
July 31;Germany;Lewis;Hamilton
Aug. 28;Belgium;(Spa)
Sept. 4;Italy;(Monza)
Sept. 18;Singapore;(Marina;Bay)
Oct. 2;Malaysia;(Sepang)
Oct. 9;Japan;(Suzuka)
Oct. 23;USA;(COTA,;Austin,;Texas)
Oct. 30;Mexico;(Mexico;City)
Nov. 13;Brazil;(Interlagos)
Nov. 27;Abu;Dhabi;( Yas;Marina)
VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
March 13;St.;Petersburg;Juan;Montoya
April 2;Phoenix;Scott;Dixon
April 17;Long;Beach;Simon;Pagenaud
April 24;Barber;Simon;Pagenaud
May 14;Indy;GP;Simon;Pagenaud
May 29;Indy;500;Alexander;Rossi
June 4;Detroit;Sebastien;Bourdais
June 5;Detroit;Will;Power
Will Power has been among the
most vocal critics of the “lottery
effect” of caution flags in IndyCar
races but he was the beneficiary
at Toronto, clearing the path to
his third win in four races.
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TURNABOUT TIME
SOUTHERN 500
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Pre-race hype over Jeff
Gordon’s return and
Tony Stewart’s last Indy
hurrah helped NBCSN
secure its biggest-ever
TV audience for the
Brickyard 400. But race
attendance was a far cry
from Gordon’s Golden
Boy days of the 1990s
– and a marked contrast
with the sellout for
May’s 100th Indy 500.
NASCAR’s new
Golden Boy, Kyle Busch,
swept Indy’s Xfinity and
Sprint Cup races. But
recapturing Hoosier
hearts may take more
than a phenom this time.
BRICKYARD BOOM
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JEFF GORDON on his run to seventh place
at Indy filling in for Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I got my butt kicked on restarts – it was
embarrassing. On one hand I’m relieved
this is over and on the other I would have
liked it to have gone a little bit better