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/Qualifying: 107th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, The Indianapolis Motor Speedway:
Spain’s Alex Palou for Chip Ganassi Racing snatched pole position, topping out at 234.217 MPH for the 2021 series champion! Completing Row 1 are Rinus Veekay and Felix Rosenqvist. Canada’s Devlin DeFranceco starts 26th in the middle of row 9. Katherine Legge, the lone female in the field, ran the fastest lap ever by a female driver clocking in at 231.596 MPH. She starts the 500 outside of row 10. Fastest for Roger Penske goes to the 18-time winner Will Power who starts 12th. Fastest for Andretti goes to Kyle Kirkwood in 15th. In Tony Kanaan’s final drive after 25 years, he’ll start 9th, outside row 3. Graham Rahal misses the show.
IndyCar Points into The Indianapolis 500: Alex Palou has a 6 point over Pato O’Ward into the 107th Indianapolis 500.
Next Race: Sunday May 28th: The 107th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. Last year’s winner: Marcus Ericsson.
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NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series:
Last Race: Sunday May 21st: All Star Open and All Star races, North Wilkesboro Speedway. Josh Berry and Kyle Larson claim victory.
Cup Points into The Coke 600: Ross Chastian leads Christopher Bell by 27.
Next Race: Sunday May 28th: The Coca Cola 600, Charlotte Motor Speedway, North Carolina.
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Formula One World Driving Championship:
Sunday May 21st: Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Imola Italy: CANCELLED due to flooding. The GP will not be re-scheduled.
Last Grand Prix: Sunday May 7th: The Grand Prix of Miami, Florida:
Another Red Bull show for another 1-2 finish. Max Verstappen came from 9th to 2nd in only 16 laps to catch pole sitter team mate Sergio Perez. Max pitted late on lap 45 putting Checo in front, but with 10 to go Verstappen overhauled Perez to re-take the lead for his 3rd win of the season. Perez 2nd, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso started on the front row and hung tough for 3rd. George Russell 4th for Mercedes, Carlos Sainz 5th for Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton 6th after starting this one well back in 13th. Canadian Lance Stroll started 18th but wound up 12th, out of the points after scoring in 3 of the first 5 GP’s.
F-1 Points into Monaco: Verstappen leads Perez by 14 in Drivers, Red Bull leads Aston Martin by 93 in Constructors.
Next GP: Sunday May 28th: The Grand Prix of Monaco, Monte Carlo. Last year’s winner: Sergio Perez.
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IMSA Sports Cars:
Last Race: May 14th: Laguna Seca, California:
Winners: GTP: Bourdais/Van der Zande Cadillac, LMP-2: Thomas/Jensen Oreca, GTD: Metni/Berlo Porsche, GTD Pro: Juncadella/Gounon Mercedes. Canada’s Pfaff Motorsports Bachler & Pilet 3rd in GTD Pro.
Next Race: June 2-3: Detroit Street Race with IndyCar.
(IMSA at CTMP Toronto: July 7-9)
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Canadian Rally Championship presented by Subaru:
Last Rally: Feb. 3rd-4th: Rallye Perce Neige in Maniwaki, Quebec:
Frigid minus 34 temperatures on snow covered stages with big plow banks on the shoulders!
Winners: First national win for Quebec’s Alex Moreau and Ian Guite in their Subaru WRX STi, by 2 minutes over Jean-Sebastien Besner and Yvan Joyal in their Mitsubishi Lancer. Matt Leblanc and Eric Dube in their Honda Civic holding off Chris Greenhouse and Ryan Scott in their Dodge Neon, taking two-wheel drive by just one-tenth of a second!
Next Rally: June 4th: Rocky Mountain Rally in Radium, British Columbia.
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World Rally Championship:
Last Rally: May 14th: Rally Portugal:
Kalle Rovenpara aboard his Yaris hybrid claims his first win of the WRC season, edging Hyundai’s Danny Sordo by 54 seconds on the tough gravel stages!
Next Rally: June 4th: Rally Sardegna, Italy.
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Raceline Radio Show Guest Schedule The Week of:
May 21st: Our preview of the 107th Indianapolis 500 with 2016 pole sitter, NBC TV’s James Hinchcliffe… plus a few more entries for The Subaru-Raceline E-Mail Bag Trivia Contest!
May 28th: Results of the 107th Indianapolis 500… Defending Canadian Superbike Motorcycle Racing champion Ben Young… Grace Stein on the Georgian College Auto Show… plus 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.
TSN 1260 Edmonton: Wednesday 10 PM and Saturday 7:00 AM Mountain. On-line: TSN1260.ca, The I-Heart Radio App and TSN 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: Monday 11 PM and Saturday 6 PM Eastern, I-Heart Radio and podcasted.
News Talk 1290 CJBK London: Saturday 11 AM and 11 PM Eastern and I-Heart Radio.
9 Affiliates 15 Airings per week year-round.
