Compiled By Erik Tomas, The Raceline Radio Network.
2023 is our 31st Season on the air across Canada!
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NTT IndyCar Series:
Last Race: Sunday July 16th: The Toronto Indy:
Back in 1986, Bobby Rahal won the very first Toronto Indy. 35 years later, his young 21-year old Danish driver, Christian Lundgaard wins Toronto from the pole with great fuel strategy! Lundgaard, the F-2 grad, won by a very wide 10 second gap over 2nd place finisher Alex Palou, who battled with a badly damaged front wing. Colton Herta was 4th, with 4-time winner Scott Dixon behind in 5th. Canada’s Devlin DeFrancesco was in the center of an 8-car wreck on the opening lap, but a brake issue parked him shortly after. Scored 23rd, a DNF.
Next Race: Saturday July 22nd & Sunday July 23rd: Double header at Iowa oval.
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NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series:
Last Race: Monday July 17th: New Hampshire:
Martin Truex battled hard to win tat the Magic Mile, the first of his career at this track! In the third of the Monday races this season, Truex has now claimed two victories! Joey Logano followed him up in 2nd, with Kyle Larson rounding out the podium in 3rd.
Next Race: Sunday July 23rd: Pocono, Pennsylvania.
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Formula One World Driving Championship:
Last Grand Prix: Sunday July 9th, The British Grand Prix at Silverstone:
Make it six-straight wins for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, capping off another easy race to victory lane! England’s Lando Norris got the Silverstone homies going berserk when he overhauled Max at the start, but 5 laps later, Verstappen took over and led the rest of the way to notch his 8th win of the season. Norris hung in for 2nd, McLaren’s best finish this season, with fellow Brit Lewis Hamilton completing the podium for Mercedes in 3rd. Oscar Piastri wound up 4th in the other McLaren, with George Russell rounding out the top 5. Canada’s Lance Stroll with another rough one. Poor qualifying and a 5 second penalty for contact with Pierre Gasly pushed Stroll back to 14th and out of the points.
Points into Hungary: Verstappen has now opened up a 99-point lead over Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez, who recovered to 6th after a disastrous qualifying session. Can Red Bull run the table and take the entire schedule un-defeated? That is a distinct possibility! RB leads Mercedes by 208 in Constructors.
Next Grand Prix: Sunday July 23rd, The Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest. Last Year’s winner: Max Verstappen.
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IMSA Sports Cars:
Last Race: July 7th-9th: Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Toronto:
Overall and GTP winner: the Colin Braun Meyer-Shank Acura. Felipe Fraga in the Ligier hip-checked Canada’s Garet Grist off-track late to win LMP-3. Grist 2nd. The Antonio Garcia Corvette took GTD-Pro, Canada’s Pfaff Motorsports Porsche and Pilet/Bachler finished 2nd. The Bryan Sellers BMW won GTD. Red Deer Alberta’s Parker Thompson’s Hattori Toyota team winning the Michelin Pilot GS Division at CTMP!
Next Race: Saturday July 22nd: Limerock, Connecticut.
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Canadian Rally Championship presented by Subaru:
Last Rally: July 2nd: Rally Baie Des Chaleurs, New Richmond Quebec:
Joel Levac & Laurence-Fanny L’Estage in their Mini Countryman win by less than a minute over Ricardo Cordero & Marco Hernandez in their Citroen!
Next Rally: September 10th: Rallye Defi Petit Nation, Montpellier Quebec.
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World Rally Championship:
Last Rally: June 25th: Rally Kenya/Africa: Sebastien Ogier hung tough to edge Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanpera in a tense finish to the WRC’s most grueling event by 6.7 seconds, the closest finish in the rally’s 70-year history!
Next Rally: July 23rd: The Rally Estonia, Tartu.
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Raceline Radio Show Guest Schedule The Week of:
July 16th: Toronto Indy wrap-up… Jenson Button with final thoughts on the NASCAR Garage 56 runs at The LeMans 24 and the Cup street race in Chicago… we meet Canadian endurance racing brothers Adam and Daniel Ali… plus more entries for The Subaru-Raceline E-Mail Bag Trivia Contest!
July 23rd: Toronto Indy winner Christian Lundgaard and The Subaru-Raceline E-Mail Bag Trivia Contest!
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2023 Raceline Radio Network Affiliate Stations/March 2023:
Stations feature live audio streaming, podcasting and Iphone access.
Sportsnet 590 The FAN Toronto: ( Co-Flagship ) Mondays 10 PM Eastern and Sundays 7am (replay). 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
Sportsnet 590 The FAN Toronto Raceline Podcasts: (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: Tuesdays 6 PM Eastern. On-line: TSN690.ca, The I-Heart Radio App and TSN App.
Sportsnet 650 The FAN Vancouver: Monday 10 PM and Saturday 6 AM Pacific. Also in HD at 96.9 - HD 3, and on the Radioplayer Canada App.
Sportsnet 960 The FAN Calgary: Monday 10 PM Mountain and Saturday 7 AM Mountain. Also on-line at Sportsnet.ca/960 and the Sportsnet App.
CityNews 95.7 Halifax: Monday 8 PM Atlantic
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-Western NY: Monday 11 PM and Saturday 6 PM Eastern, I-Heart Radio and podcasted.
