Compiled By Erik Tomas, The Raceline Radio Network.
2023 is our 31st Season on the air across Canada!
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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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NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series:
Last Race: Sunday July 9th: Atlanta Night Race:
Crashes galore slowed this race down with everyone keeping an eye on the weather radar. The skies opened up with 75 laps to go, and with the race more than half complete and hours of more rain scheduled, NASCAR called it a day with Williams Byron leading, securing his 4th win of the season. Daniel Suarez finished 2nd with A.J. Allmendinger close behind in 3rd.
Next Race: Sunday July 16th: New Hampshire. Last year’s winner: Christopher Bell.
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NTT IndyCar Series:
Last Race: Sunday July 2nd: Mid-Ohio Road Course, Lexington Ohio:
Fried chicken guy Alex Palou provided a romp of his own, a commanding drive for his 3rd win in a row! He becomes the first to win 3 IndyCar races in a row since Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon in 2020. Dix was 2nd, Will Power 3rd. Canada’s Devlin DeFrancesco wound up back in 14th.
IndyCar Points into Toronto: Palou with a huge 110 point gap on Scott Dixon.
Next Race: Sunday July 16th: The Toronto Indy. Last wear’s winner: Scott Dixon.
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IMSA Sports Cars:
Last Race: June 25th at Watkins Glen, New York:
Matt Jaminet claims victory in the GTP category in him Porsche 963 machine. LMP-2 goes to Ben Hanley’s Oreca, with Canada’s Devlin DeFrancesco back in 9th. LMP-3 belongs to Felipe Fraga with Canada’s Garett Grist, another former guest, close behind in 2nd. Canada’s Parker Thompson’s squad took to victory lane in the GTD category, with fellow Canuck Zach Robichon in 3rd and Roman DeAngelis back in 6th. GTD Pro goes to Jack Hawksworth, with the Canadian #6 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 5th in class with Patrick Pilet finishing!
Next Race: July 7th-9th at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Toronto.
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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 9th: IMS Radio’s Mark Jaynes with more Toronto Indy Preview… EHR’s Jason Hathaway previews The NASCAR Canada run at The Toronto Indy… plus The Subaru-Raceline E-Mail Bag Contest!
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!
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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.
