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 GP: Sunday November 26th: The 2023 season-closer, The Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi: Max Verstappen capped off an astonishing, record-breaking, championship-winning 2023 season in style with another easy victory from the pole. Max’s 19th win from 22 GP’s. 54 for the career, moving him ahead of Sebastian Vettel up to 3rd on the all-time list.
Max also led an absurd 1000 laps this year, the most of any F-1 driver in any season!
Charles Leclerc finished Abu Dhabi in second as George Russell completed the podium to help Mercedes just edge out Ferrari for second place in the Constructors’ Championship by a mere 3 points!
Canada’s Lance Stroll: 10th in Abu Dhabi to grab points again for the 3rd GP in a row. Lance finishes the season 10th in final points. Under Max and Perez, Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes concludes a season of struggle 3rd in final driver points.
Next GP: 2024 Season Opener: March 2nd: Grand Prix of Bahrain, Sakhir.
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NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series: Season Closed
Ryan Blaney is the 2023 Champion.
Next Race: Season 2024 season opener: Sunday Feb. 18th, The 66th Daytona 500.
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NTT IndyCar Series: Season Closed
Alex Palou wins his 2nd series championship. ( 2021 ). 15th IndyCar title for Chip Ganassi Racing.
Final IndyCar Points: Alex Palou 78 better than team mate Scott Dixon. Canada’s Devlin DeFrancesco: ranked 22nd.
Next Race: 2024 season opener: Sunday March 10th:St. Petersburg FLA.
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IMSA Sports Cars: Season Closed
2024 season opener: January 25th- 28th: Rolex 24 at Daytona
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Canadian Rally Championship presented by Subaru:
Last Rally: November 25th: Rally of The Tall Pines, Bancroft Ontario: snow covered and icy stages-challenging conditions! First over-all and winning 4WD Open: Test Racing’s Jerome Mailloux from Rimouski Quebec and co: Philipe Pourier in their Subaru WRX STi. 2 minutes up on Besner & Joyal in their Ford Fiesta. 2WD: to former RLR guest “Crazy” Leo Urlichich from Thornhill and Sam Roxon in their Ford Focus!
Next Rally: Dec. 7-9: The Big White Winter Rally, Kelowna BC.
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World Rally Championship: Season Closed
Last Rally: November 19th: The season-closing Rally Japan, Chubu. Season closer: Elfyn Evans romping to his 8th career win, a dominant 1 minute and 17 seconds ahead of team-mate Sébastien Ogier securing runner-up in the 2023 Championship for a 3rd time.
Next Rally: 2024 season opener: January 25th: The Rally Monte Carlo.
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Raceline Radio Show Guest Schedule The Week of:
November 26th: NBC TV’s James Hinchcliffe on his new sports car gig … and more entries for The Subaru-Raceline E-Mail Bag Trivia Contest!
December 3rd: a complete wrap-up of the 2023 Formula One season with James Neilson from Inside Track Motorsport News plus entries for The Subaru-Raceline E-Mail Bag Trivia Contest!
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2023 Raceline Radio Network Affiliate Stations:
Affiliates 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.
Edmonton Sports Talk: Tuesday 8 PM Mountain and Saturday 9 AM Mountain. edmontonsportstalk.com Show Page: edmontonsportstalk.com/programming/raceline-radio/
CityNews 95.7 Halifax: Monday 9 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.
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