The Michelin Pilot Challenge also makes its place again within the IMSA schedule this weekend for another two-hour race at Watkins Glen for their forty-four GS and TCR based entry and its four full season Aston Martin Racing powered runners.
Last time out at Mid-Ohio back in early June unfortunately proved itself to be something of a disaster for these four AMR crews as both the #4 Medusa Motorsport and #14 Circle H Racing Vantage GT4’s were lost to a first lap incident whilst the #26 Heart of Racing and #66 Van Der Steur AMR entries were knocked back during an intensive four-hour race with the #26 car losing further ground to a late on technical issue.
Hopefully, all has now been rectified with all four Aston Martin Racing platforms as the entry list suggests no changes to the driver line ups. Hunter Yeany and Athan Sterling again appear within their #4 car whilst David Hampton/Thomas Merrill, Hannah Grisham/Hannah Greenemeir and Allan Patten/Trenton Estep all figure within their #14, #26 and #66 cars respectively.
Track action begins for this series on Thursday with Practice One from the upstate New York circuit with Practice Two and Qualifying on Saturday ahead of a 13:03Hrs (local) start to this two-hour – fifth round of the season.
Within the GS Drivers Championship standings, it is the #26 Heart of Racing crew that leads the way for the AMR powered crews in eighth with the #66 VDS crew just behind in tenth just prior to this midway point to the season.
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