Compiled By Erik Tomas, The Raceline Radio Network. Week Of: June 19th 2022
2022 is our 30th Anniversary Season!
Formula One World Driving Championship:
Last Race: Sunday June 19th: The Canadian Grand Prix, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Isle Notre Dame Montreal. Dark the last two summers due to Covid-19, the return of the Canadian Grand Prix, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Isle Notre Dame on the the Montreal waterfront for TSN 690! Classic battle between Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz at the end. Max led a lion share of the laps, but had to work like heck to hold back a very determined Sainz in his Ferrari over the closing laps after a late safety car! Montreal was win # 6 on the season for Verstappen, Red Bull’s 6th GP win in a row! Sainz held 2nd, with Lewis Hamilton and the troubled Mercedes 3rd on the podium, the best day for Lewis in months! Maybe things are improving! George Russell 4th in the other Merc, Charles LeClerc 5th for Ferrari after starting tail with an engine change!
Canadians: Montreal’s own Lance Stroll 10th scoring a point for just the 2nd time this season. Nick Latifi, still at the back: 16th.
F-1 points: out of Montreal into The British GP at Silverstone July 3rd: Max Verstappen leads Sergio Perez ( who DNF’d in Montreal ) by 46 in Driver’s, Red Bull leads Ferrari by 76 in Constructors.
Next Race: Sunday July 3: The British Grand Prix, Silverstone.
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NTT IndyCar Series: Idle!
Next Race: Sunday July 3rd: Mid-Ohio SportsCar Course, Lexington OH
Last Race: June 12th: Road America, Elkhart Lake Wisconsin: Penske’s Josef Newgarden dominant, his 3rd win of the season, 23rd of his career. It was a million dollar pay day as Joe has scored wins on all 3 formats in one season: Road Course: Road America. Street Course: Long Beach and on an oval: Texas. Newgarden gives half of the million bucks to charity! Newgarden wins R.A. Last week’s guest, Indy 500 winner Marcus Ericsson 2nd, Alex Rossi 3rd.
Canadians: Rookie Devlin DeFrancesco 18th. Dalton Kellett: 23rd.
Points into Mid-Ohio: Ericsson leads Will Power by 27.
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NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series: Idle!
Next Race: Sunday June 26th: Nashville Super Speedway Nashville TN.
Last Race: Sunday June 12th: Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma CA: Break-through for Monterray Mexico’s Daniel Suarez! His first Cup Series win in 195 starts, the first Mexican driver to win a cup race, and the 3rd of the season for team Trackhouse! The 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion is now a Cup Series winner-securing a spot in the post season. Chris Bueshcer finished 2nd at Sonoma, Michael McDowell 3rd.
Cup Points into Nashville: Chase Elliott leads Ross Chastain by 16.
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IMSA Sports Cars: Idle!
Next IMSA Race: June 26th Watkins Glen NY
Last Race: June 11-12th: 90th 24 Hour of LeMans, LeMans France: Toyota secured its 5th consecutive victory in the classic! The # 8 crew of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa # 1 overall and the Hyper-Car division. LMP-2 to the Gonzales/da Costa/Stevens Oreca. GTE Pro: the Bruni/Leitz/Makowicki Ferrari. Canada’s Paul Dalla Lana: 6th in the division. GTE-AM: Keating/Chavez/Sorenson. Canada’s Zach Robichon’s team 7th.
The IMSA Series heads north to CTMP Toronto, the July 1st Canada Day weekend!
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Canadian Rally Championship presented by Subaru: Idle!
Next Rally: July 1-3: Rallye Baie Des Chaleurs, New Richmond Quebec
Last Rally: May 27th-28th: Rocky Mountain Rally, Cochrane Alberta: Tanveer & Naila Deen in their Mitsubishi Lancer take it by 2 seconds over Nick Wood & Jennifer Daly in their late model Datsun. Top finishing Subaru: Rene and Andre LeBlanc in their STi, winding up 4th.
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World Rally Championship: Idle!
Next Rally: June 26th: Safari Rally, Kenya Nairobi
Last Rally:June 5th: Rally Italia Sardinia: Ott Tanak’s first win since last February in Finland, and Hyundai’s first triumph in the new Rally-1 era. By 2 minutes over Craig Breen in the Ford Puma.
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Raceline Radio Show Guest Schedule The Week of:
June 19th: With a wrap up of the F1 Canadian Grand Prix Montreal, we go dirt trackin’! We reconnect with Canadian Motorsport Hall of Famer Pete Bicknell in his 50th season of driving and building dirt modifieds… Bret Pawlak at Ransomville Speedway talks up some key upcoming shows and the return of Canadian teams and fans…. Plus more entries for our Subaru-Raceline E-Mail Bag Trivia Contest!
June 26th: A preview of The IMSA Canada Day weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park with co-owner & Hall of Famer Ron Fellows… a look ahead at the return of the Toronto Indy with Romain Grosjean… and our 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: Monday 9 PM Eastern or Tuesday 9PM Eastern if game conflict
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.
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