Raceline Radio Weekly Update and Show Guest Schedule: Week of September 24, 2023

Compiled By Erik Tomas, The Raceline Radio Network.

2023 is our 31^st Season on the air across Canada!     

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Formula One World Driving Championship:   

Last GP: Sunday Sept. 24^th: Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka: Max Verstappen & Red Bull back in dominating form after aero-struggles in Singapore. From the pole, Max Verstappen cruised to another easy one to clinch the Constructors' championship. Max once again heads-hands-and-feet faster than the rest on a faster track, finishing almost 20 seconds ahead of 2^nd place man Lando Norris. Oscar Piastri 3^rd in the other McLaren to complete the podium. Charles LeClerc 4^th for Ferrari, Merc’s Lewis Hamilton 5^th.

Canada’s Lance Stroll: withdrawn in Singapore after his crash, a DNF in Japan with rear wing issues. No points again. 

F-1 Points into Qatar October 8^th, 6 GP’s remaining:  Max Verstappen with 13 wins on the season leads team mate Sergio Perez by 177 in drivers. Checo picking up 4 penalty points at Suzuka with a sloppy outing. Max can clinch drivers as early as the sprint race in Qatar. Red Bull winning Constructors for the second season in a row!

Next GP: Sunday October 8^th: Grand Prix of Qatar, Losail. Preempted last year for World Cup soccer.

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NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series: 

Last Race:  Sunday September 24^th:  Race # 1 in the Round of 12: The Texas Motor Speedway: William Byron came on strong in the second half of the race to record his first win in the Playoff, 6^th of the season to automatically advance to the round of 8. Ross Chastain finished 2^nd, Darrell “Bubba” Wallace 3^rd. Byron got the jump on Wallace on the final re-start to nail it!  Next race in the Cup Round of 12: October 1^st at Talladega Alabama.

Next Race: Sunday October 1^st: Race # 2 in the Round of 12 at Talladega Alabama. Last year’s winner:  Chase Elliott.

Active in the Round of 12: Truex, Reddick, Wallace, Hamlin, Byron, Larson, Buescher, Busch, Bell, Chastain, Keselowski and Blaney.  

NASCAR Canada: Treyton Lapcevich sealed his first career championship winning the season finale at Delaware Speedway London Ontario.

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NTT IndyCar Series: Season Closed!

Alex Palou wins his 2^nd 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 22^nd.

Next Race: Sunday March 10, 2024: St. Petersburg FLA.

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IMSA Sports Cars:

Next Race: October 14^th: Road Atlanta.

Last Race: September 15-17^th: RC at The Indianapolis Motor Speedway: The winners: GTP: The Nick Tandy Porsche. LMP-2: The Mikkel Jenson Oreca. LMP-3: The Wayne Boyd Duqueine. GTD Pro: The Dan Junca-della Mercedes. Canada’s Pfaff Motorsports Porsche, and Patrick Pilet. Philip Ellis won GTD with his Porsche. 

Michelin Pilot: Canada’s Daniel Morad and Bryce Ward take Grand Sport in the Winward Racing Mercedes. Canuck Kyle Marcelli and Danny Formal 2^nd in both Ferrari Super Trofeo races to nail their second consecutive Pro class championship!

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Canadian Rally Championship presented by Subaru:

Next Rally: Sept. 28-30^th: Pacific Forest Rally, Merritt BC.

Last Rally: September 10^th: Rallye Defi Petit Nation, Montpellier Quebec: Jean-Sebastien Besner & Yvan Joyal 1^st over-all and 4 wheel drive open using their Ford Fiesta: 1:57-27. Marc-Andre Brisbois & Marie-France Desmarais runner up: 2:02-13 in their Subaru Impreza.

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World Rally Championship:

Next Rally: October 1^st: The Rally Chile.

Last Rally: September 10^th: Rally of The Acropolis, Greece: Kalle Rovanperä scores his 3^rd win of the season. Topped team-mate Elfyn Evans by 1min 31.7sec, extending his points lead over the Evans to 33 with 3 rounds to go.  

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Raceline Radio Show Guest Schedule The Week of:

September 24^th: Final IndyCar season wrap-up with IMS Radio anchor Mark Jaynes… and The Subaru-Raceline E-Mail Bag Trivia Contest.

October 1^st: Super DIRT Week 51 preview with 2-time champion, Canada’s Mat Williamson… plus more entries with comments 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.

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 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.

8 Affiliates, 13 airings a week year-round!