The MINI John Cooper Works Team heads to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park this coming weekend for the fifth round of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge. The Team has dried out from the monsoon-like rain at Watkins Glen International two weeks ago and has high hopes of avenging the bad luck that dogged them at the Glen. Hopefully, the famous Canadian track will be a more hospitable venue for the JCW Team. Full article - MINI John Cooper Works Team heads north of the border to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
Our Friend Dan Clarke will be behind the wheel of the MINI JCW #37 at Mosport. He is getting ready now to head out for qualifying. Good Luck Dan! Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge qualifying for GT class starts at 5:20 - 5:35PM ET and will be streaming live on IMSA.com
That's ST. Also, I see only the #37 will compete so no surprise it's the only one on the Practice 1 results list.
Practice 2 results: http://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/2015_CTSC_CTMP_Practice2.pdf
Sorry Steve I typed ST but it came out GT. MINI JCW #37 qualifies 7 out of 24 cars at the IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge races at Mosport Canada with Zack Meyer turning in a 1:33.168 best lap only 0.542 seconds behind the pole setter.
#52 had a bad crash at Watkins Glen and the team was unable to get it put back in racing shape in time. Only #37 will be competing this weekend with Zack Meyer and Dan Clarke driving.
Looks to be an interesting race tomorrow for the ST group. Just of One Second (1.058) covers the top 12 and 0.890 seconds covers the top 10. Both the GS & ST Groups will be running tomorrow at 1:25PM - 3:55PM ET July 11 and you can get Live TV streaming on IMSA.com. Delayed broadcast can been seen July 19 on Fox Sports 1 July 19 at 12:00PM - 2:00PM ET.
Full qualifying result: http://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/2015_CTSC_CTMP_qualifying.pdf
The show has started at IMSA but for me the video quality is fluctuating so far around fair at best. IMSA | TUDOR United SportsCar Championship | IMSA TV
So much yellow! I wonder whether they've had more time under yellow or under green to this point. Here's hoping the last 36min stays green. :fingerscrossed:
Race won by 16 year old Austin Cindric (and, of course, his more experienced co-driver Jade Buford)! In a new car (Mustang GT350R-C) that won for the first time in only its second race start ever! That's impressive. The MINI, on the other hand, didn't finish so well at 17th in class. They were running well early on, up to 4th at one point, but there were incidents. Hopefully there will be a summary avail at some point from the team because I'm not sure what all happened to them.
Results (unofficial): http://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/2015_CTSC_CTMP_UnofficialResults.pdf