{"id":253,"date":"2017-05-05T15:23:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T15:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manifestclients.com\/sundaygroup\/?p=253"},"modified":"2022-08-09T17:48:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T17:48:20","slug":"strong-debut-for-stevenson-motorsports-chevrolet-camaro-gt4-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/05\/strong-debut-for-stevenson-motorsports-chevrolet-camaro-gt4-r\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong Debut for Stevenson Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>No. 57 Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R leads seven Laps in first Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge outing on the way to top-five finish<\/li>\n<li>The No. 57 <span class=\"il\">Stevenson<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Motorsports<\/span> Audi R8 LMS qualifies sixth for the start of Round 4 at Circuit of the Americas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Austin, Texas (5 May 2017) &#8211; It was a big day in Texas\u00a0on Friday\u00a0for <span class=\"il\">Stevenson<\/span><span class=\"il\">Motorsports<\/span> as the team qualified for\u00a0Saturday\u2019s\u00a0IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race (FS1,\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1782381718\"><span class=\"aQJ\">7:00 PM ET<\/span><\/span>) with the No. 57 Audi R8 LMS, shortly before making a big impression in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge race debut for the all-new Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge<\/strong><br \/>\n<span class=\"il\">Stevenson<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Motorsports<\/span> co-drivers, Matt Bell and Robin Liddell returned to Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge (CTSC) competition with the sixth generation Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R. The team proved that although they had a brand-new machine on their hands, they came prepared to compete for a victory.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/EJP1XPtagPscIaCtfXNYgBVaqwM3B1zGpVyYkJoSWfaMwGJ9O2Kc4J0cvsGhsj-3m6ZwoYhNhTsgVYQoRP0ZOf5zMy01WqWLwEwcACUrghgyVj-gVmmUBjSYP1sGT4YC4oqucu8rqmpC_Uyp7bMi18K6YhPZ5DkKc4q_GYw=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/a33ba08d163385b4a77fabf6c\/images\/6f5a261d-cbe2-444b-bdc8-69419fef5b18.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Practice \u2013 or lack thereof \u2013 was the most frustrating part of the short two-day race weekend for the team. The Camaro only clocked 10 timed laps between three\u00a0practice sessions after struggling with an overheating gearbox. After installing a replacement, Bell set out for qualifying\u00a0on Friday\u00a0with a lack of track time, but still managed a fifth-place starting position.<\/p>\n<p>Bell, who took the green flag, wasted no time at the <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/80uWu_c3PYUSZT8exZWn21ZIUFShf-4eDUvVvj5R64Lsa8j4JPSNlZOzUJHpBR8Hcij4XXMXEoggxgdH4KSRnvZw-I5zB3YhBCs2XKRkMNbr1JPwBYn5rpa_VRyfqMUe8akY0oEf3LaxdexRvDjSib3c7wSENSBdRRYkzzU=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/a33ba08d163385b4a77fabf6c\/images\/ea1866c6-636b-44ce-8f79-ed1d00fa70c8.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" align=\"left\" \/>start of the race, quickly sliding into third where he found a rhythm in his 45-minute stint before turning the car over to Liddell.<\/p>\n<p>Liddell, who like Bell was without an interior cooling system, didn\u2019t let the heat and lack of grip faze him as he moved his V8 powered machine into clean air, leading seven laps of the race.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately a lack of grip combined with a lot of straight line speed from the competition saw the\u00a0No. 57\u00a0cede the lead before coming home fifth at the end of the\u00a0two hour race.<\/p>\n<p>Round 3 of the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge takes place <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1782381719\"><span class=\"aQJ\">June 29th\u00a0\u2013 July 2nd<\/span><\/span>\u00a0at Watkins Glen International.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Driver Quotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Bell:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cI think that was just the debut we wanted to see. We are learning about the car, we have some really valuable data, we know what we need to work on and I think we are going to be stronger for the rest of the season.\u00a0For such a new program and having so few laps with the car, it was a pleasant surprise to have the car run up front. Robin (Liddell) did a great job especially for having no driver cooling. You could see Robin putting his hand out of the window trying to cool himself down. I don\u2019t envy him for the little bit longer stint! I am very excited to see what the rest of the season brings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robin Liddell:<\/strong> \u201cTo begin with, it felt quite great, but quickly I realized we were losing grip in the slow corners. Overall, I\u2019m pretty happy with the performance of the car. It was a lot hotter in the car than I expected and ultimately having been out front early on was frustrating because you could see it was going backwards. It was a really great effort by the team and everyone else and I am happy with that finish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship<\/strong><br \/>\nThe No. 57 <span class=\"il\">Stevenson<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Motorsports<\/span> Audi R8 LMS\u00a0took to the track early\u00a0Thursday\u00a0for a day consisting of two practice sessions. With warm and windy conditions, the team utilized each session to dial in the car\u2019s grip level as the track temperatures heated up throughout the afternoon session.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ci5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/SI4xyE-kSjdx4-qvyyRErrsxNxzzKF_x0CULemttakSzLrr-yuZqBir8eg3SWFTCQ0vIBAi4O-jJIHvDlr1FWQYyf_4E8agVSK2rxFX8wNNekgStU0W2ROTh0vOICrq2PDUINqj1ccuaUHQDQ9mY8AXYGbiD3XgF3YP3xio=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/a33ba08d163385b4a77fabf6c\/images\/98f90b96-3865-4f8e-8886-1a551a2f4c6e.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur car was actually quite good in practice,\u201d said Lawson Aschenbach. \u00a0\u201cOver the long run, we have been struggling for rear grip which seems to be the theme for the weekend for a lot of different cars. We have just been focusing on getting the car going for a long run as well as focusing on tire longevity. Our Audi R8 LMS has been spot on, we just flat out don\u2019t have the straight line speed and it\u2019s pretty simple that it\u2019s a balance of performance issue. I\u2019m really happy with the Audi so far and I think everyone is doing a really great job this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Davis and Aschenbach maintained modest results throughout practice\u00a0on Friday\u00a0morning, hovering around the P5 mark. Ahead of qualifying, the team hoped to break into the low 2:07s and land within the top-five. Unfortunately, Davis \u2013 who qualified the car \u2013 came up just short, closing out the qualifying session P6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing into qualifying the track temperatures had already gone up, so I knew the grip levels wouldn\u2019t be as good as they were this morning,\u201d said Davis. \u201cThe Audi still performed well and I have to thank the <span class=\"il\">Stevenson<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Motorsports<\/span> crew. We are driving it as hard as we can and the unfortunate thing for us right now is that you can\u2019t drive it any faster down the straightaway and it\u2019s obvious on the speed traps. Right now, we will start sixth and we will go from there and focus on race pace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The green flag will wave\u00a0tomorrow\u00a0at\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1782381720\"><span class=\"aQJ\">1:35 PM CT<\/span><\/span> (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1782381721\"><span class=\"aQJ\">2:35 PM ET<\/span><\/span>)\u00a0for the 2 hour and 40-minute Advance Auto Parts Sports Car Showdown. Tune into\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/scoring.imsa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/scoring.imsa.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1497021246258000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHK_CCpMOJeoMg1bdMvSt5kZWtUgw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scoring.imsa.com<\/a>\u00a0for live timing or watch a same-day delayed broadcast of the race at\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1782381722\"><span class=\"aQJ\">7:00 PM ET<\/span><\/span> on FS1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No. 57 Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R leads seven Laps in first Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge outing on the way to top-five finish The No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorized","tag-stevenson-motorsports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4905,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/4905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}