{"id":4595,"date":"2022-06-30T16:37:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T20:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=4595"},"modified":"2024-06-15T12:37:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T16:37:00","slug":"jr-iii-racing-double-duty-debut-at-canadian-tire-motorsport-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/30\/jr-iii-racing-double-duty-debut-at-canadian-tire-motorsport-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Jr III Racing Double Duty Debut at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bowmanville, Ontario (30\u00a0June 2022) –\u00a0<\/strong>Jr III (\u201cJunior Three\u201d) Racing will make\u00a0its Canadian Tire Motorsport Park debut on July 3 for the Chevrolet Grand Prix\u00a0as the team heads to the circuit with both its IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (July 3rd, 3:00pm ET, NBC) and IMSA Prototype Challenge (IPC) LMP3 (July 3rd, 11:35am ET, Peacock) entries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To jumpstart the second half of the season, IMSA returns to Canada for the first time since 2019\u00a0with the race having been put on hold due to the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Fourth of July race weekend will see the No. 30 Airbnb Ligier JS P320 return to IMSA WeatherTech competition with Garett Grist and Ari Balogh. The driver duo will drive the No. 30 IPC LMP3 in WeatherTech competition due to the damage that occurred during the pit incident at Watkins Glen on Sunday.\u00a0 The tight turn-around time between events led to the team to make the decision to not initiate repairs to the Ligier until returning to the newly-expanded team shop in Mooresville following the CTMP weekend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After an intense run at last weekend\u2019s\u00a0Watkins Glen Six Hour that saw\u00a0Balogh and\u00a0Grist\u2019s race come to a premature end, the pair will now be looking to reclaim the IMSA WeatherTech LMP3 championship lead, trailing the leaders by 50-points.<\/span><\/p>\n

The No. 30 Airbnb machine has collected two podiums this season at the Twelve Hours of Sebring and the Lexus Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio. Although Jr III Racing has yet to race professionally at the 2.459-mile road course, the team had a great showing at its test\u00a0at the track in May.<\/span><\/p>\n

Coming into the weekend with a hometown advantage, Grist is looking forward to making his CTMP return having grown up competing at the circuit. Grist last competed at CTMP in 2019 in IPC. Qualifying on the front row, Grist closed out the race seventh in the order.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis track is even a step up from the Glen,\u201d said Grist. \u201cThe track is\u00a0high speed, high commitment and\u00a0it’s a track that you always have to be switched on.\u00a0It\u2019s one of those tracks that’s very exciting, very on edge. It\u2019s probably one of my favorite tracks. In my first year of racing cars, I did Formula 4 in the Ontario Championship racing there for a year, so it\u2019s my home track but I don\u2019t really get to race it much. We tested really well there in May, and it definitely felt on the good side of things. We could tell by the way the car\u00a0felt\u00a0even when no one else was there as a benchmark, but we made some great changes.\u00a0Ari\u00a0did an amazing job and is getting more comfortable with the high speeds of the P3 car. We\u2019re really positive going into the weekend for sure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Kicking off the CTMP weekend, Jr III Racing\u2019s IPC program will be back at it after a six-week hiatus\u00a0with Crone and Balogh pairing up in the No. 3 Jr III Racing Ligier\u00a0for the third round of the 2022 season.<\/span><\/p>\n

The No. 3 Jr III Racing Ligier JS P320\u00a0had an impressive showing\u00a0at Mid-Ohio\u00a0which saw\u00a0Crone and Terry Olson\u00a0race\u00a0their way to the top five in\u00a0the\u00a0IPC championship standings.\u00a0Olson and Crone raced through the 16 car field to finish 10th.<\/span><\/p>\n

Balogh, competing in the IPC Bronze Cup,\u00a0will\u00a0substitute for Olson, who cannot compete due conflicting commitments.<\/span><\/p>\n

Crone is looking forward to\u00a0making her CTMP debut as she and the Jr III Racing team continue to make championship gains.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGoing into CTMP fifth in the points championship has an added motivation for me to stay consistent,\u201d said Crone. “We are hoping to come out of CTMP in either the same or better position in the points standings. Given I have never been to CTMP, I am really looking forward to this experience that everyone has told me about, and finally visit one of the most coveted tracks in North America.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The third\u00a0round of the IPC will go green on Sunday, July 3rd at 11:35am ET with live coverage on Peacock. The IMSA WeatherTech Chevrolet Grand Prix is set for 3:00pm start time with the race broadcast on NBC.<\/span>
\nMedia Contact:\u00a0<\/strong>
\nMaddie Komar
\nmaddie<\/a>@sundaymanagement.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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