Raceline Radio Weekend Wrap-Up, and Show Guest Schedule: Week of August 7, 2022

Compiled By Erik Tomas, The Raceline Radio Network.   Week Of: August 7^th   2022 

2022 is our 30^th Anniversary Season!                         

NTT IndyCar Series: 

Last Race: Sunday August 7^th: Streets of Nashville TN: after a 2 hour delay for thunder and lightning to cease: a caution plagued mess on a very narrow track with Scott Dixon coming through for his 2^nd win of the season to go with Toronto for Chip Ganassi Racing. Pole sitter Scott McLaughlin finished 2^nd, defending champion Alex Palou 3^rd.

The Canadians: Not a good time in music city for The Canadians. Both did not finish involved in contact. Devlin DeFrancesco scored 22^nd, Dalton Kellett 25^th. Just 3 races to do on the IndyCar schedule.

Points into St. Louis:  Will Power by 7 over Scott Dixon.

Next Race: Saturday August 20^th: World Wide Technology Raceway ( Oval ). St. Louis MO. Just 3 races remain on the 2022 schedule.

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NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series: 

Last Race: Sunday August 7^th: The Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn MI. Bad weather delayed the start of this one too! For Stewart-Haas veteran Kevin Harvick it was well worth the wait! His first win this season and his first win in 65 starts going back to September 2 years ago! Harvick’s 59^th career win, now 10^th all-time and a badly needed “W” for Ford on the manufacturer’s side. That’s now 15 different winners in cup this season! Bubba Wallace 2^nd at Michigan, Denny Hamlin 3^rd.

Cup Points into Richmond:  TBD

Next Race: Sunday August 14^th: Richmond VA.

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Formula One World Driving Championship:  Idle!

Next Race: Sunday August 28^th: The Belgian Grand Prix Spa Franchorchamps.

Last Race: Sunday July 31^st: The Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest: Max Verstappen scores the improbable win, his second in a row as Ferrari threw away another W/LeClerc with more dumb strategy! Max’s 8^th win of the season, 28^th career.  Lewis Hamilton 2^nd, Merc-mate and pole sitter George Russell 3^rd, a double podium for Mercedes in rapidly improving race cars!

Canadians in Hungary: Lance Stroll 11^th-no points.  Nick Latifi 18^th.

F-1 Points into the summer break:  Max Verstappen’s lead over Charles LeClerc is now 80. Red Bull’s Constructors lead on Ferrari is 97 with Merc only 30 back of Ferrari!   F-1 now has close to a month off. They don’t re-fire again until August 28^th in Belgium! There are 10 GP’s left in the season!

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IMSA Sports Cars:

Last Race: Sunday August 7^th: Road America, Elkhart Lake Wisconsin: 1^st over all/DPi: Felipe Albuqueque/Acura. LMP-2: Ryan Dalziel/Oreca. LMP-3: Felipe Frega/Ligier. Pro: Ben Barnicoat/Lexus with Jaminet & Campbell for Canada’s Pfaff Motorsports 2^nd. GTD: Phillip Ellis/Mercedes.

Next Race: August 28^th: Virginia Int’l Raceway, Alton VA.

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Canadian Rally Championship presented by Subaru:  Idle!

Next Rally: Sept. 8-10^th: Rallye Defi Petite Nation, Montpellier Quebec.

Last Rally: July 1-3: Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs, New Richmond Quebec: Mexico’s Cordero & Hernandez in their Citroen C3-R by just under 5 minutes over Quebec’s Mailloux & Pourier in their Subaru TR-GRD.

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World Rally Championship:

Last Rally: August 7^th: Rally Finland: A stunner! Hyundai’s Ott Tanak besting Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera by 6.8 seconds!

Next Rally: August 18^th: Rally Belgium, Ypres.

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Raceline Radio Show Guest Schedule The Week of:

August 7^th: Canadian Superbike points leader Ben Young returns… Warwick Patterson is back to update The Canadian Rally Championship presented by Subaru… and more entries with commentary for The Subaru-Raceline E-Mail Bag Contest!

August 14^th: Canadian Pfaff Motorsports IMSA GTD Team Manager Steve Bortolotti…on our “Females are Fabulous” Series, drag racing/mechanic Yvonne Potter… and The Subaru-Raceline E-Mail Bag Trivia Contest!

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2022 Raceline Radio Network Affiliate Stations:

Sportsnet 590 The FAN Toronto: ( Co-Flagship ) Sundays 7am (replay) and Monday nights at 10 PM Eastern or after the post-game show for the primary airing. The FAN / Raceline is also available in HD FM: 92.5 Channel 3, The Radio Player Canada App, Bell Express-Vu Sat. channel 959, and carried live and podcasted on the Web at sportsnet.ca 

Raceline Podcasts on Sportsnet 590 The FAN Toronto: (http://www.sportsnet.ca/590/) “Shows” –  link to the audio page for Raceline Radio (http://www.sportsnet.ca/590/raceline-radio/

Listen LIVE: www.sportsnet.ca     

Tune In Radio: http://tunein.com/radio/Raceline-Radio-p58510/.

TSN 690 Montreal: Tuesday 7 PM Eastern

Sportsnet 650 Vancouver: Monday 11 PM Pacific and Saturday 6 AM Pacific. Also in HD at 96.9 – HD 3, the Radioplayer Canada App and podcasted: www.sportsnet.ca/raceline-radio

Sportsnet 960 The FAN Calgary: Monday 10 PM Mountain

TSN 1260 Edmonton: Saturday 7:00 AM Mountain

CityNews 95.7 Halifax: Monday 8 PM Atlantic

CityNews 101-1 FM Ottawa: Sunday 3 PM Eastern

CityNews 1310 AM Ottawa:  Sunday 3 PM Eastern

Global News Radio 900 CHML Hamilton: ( Co-Flagship ) Sunday 8 PM Eastern, HD FM at 95.3 Channel 3 and podcasted.

NEWS-TALK 610 CKTB St. Catharines-Niagara: Monday 11 PM Eastern, and Saturday 6 PM Eastern, I-Heart Radio and podcasted.

NEWS TALK 1290 CJBK London:  Saturday 5 PM Eastern and Sunday 6 PM Eastern and I-Heart Radio.