GRAND-AM AT LIME ROCK PARK: Team Chevy – Memorial Day Classic

“This weekend’s Grand-Am Road Racing Memorial Day Classic at Lime Rock Park will present new and interesting challenges for our Chevy Camaro teams in both the Rolex Sports Car Series GT and the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge GS.

“In GT, we have a new weight requirement for our Camaro GT.R race cars. Our three teams are very confident that they will easily adapt to the added weight and they will continue to be extremely competitive. (more…)

Pit Strategy Goes Awry For Fadden Racing’s Jonathan Smith At LRP

Pit Strategy Goes Awry For Fadden Racing’s Jonathan Smith At LRP

Lakeville, Conn. (July 5, 2010): A mid-race pit strategy foiled a top-10 run for Fadden Racing’s Jonathan Smith in the NASCAR K&N 100 at Lime Rock Park Saturday afternoon, and relegated the No. 61 BaBoom! Energy Spray/Riondo Wine/Athlete’s of America Chevrolet to a 13th place finish after a solid performance race long.

“We were hoping to do a fuel mileage race and not pit, but it didn’t turn out like we thought. There were a lot of green flag laps. We came in to pit and right after that there was a six or seven lap caution period.”

Smith proved he was going to be a force to reckon with from the onset of the weekend. He was fast in practice and backed it up with a qualifying effort of 94.947 mph to earn a 12th place position on the starting grid.
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