{"id":5961,"date":"2023-05-14T10:46:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T14:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=5961"},"modified":"2023-05-15T10:47:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T14:47:34","slug":"meyer-shank-racing-battles-to-sixth-at-weathertech-raceway-laguna-seca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/14\/meyer-shank-racing-battles-to-sixth-at-weathertech-raceway-laguna-seca\/","title":{"rendered":"Meyer Shank Racing Battles to Sixth at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONTEREY, Calif.\u00a0(14 May 2023)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Despite a strong qualifying effort and great early race pace that saw the team once again out front, tire degradation at the WeatherTech\u00a0Raceway Laguna\u00a0Seca\u00a0surface took its toll on Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) with Curb-Agajanian\u00a0which saw the team finish sixth on Sunday in the\u00a0Motul\u00a0Course de Monterey.<\/p>\n

Colin Braun took No. 60 MSR\u00a0ARX-06 co-driven by Tom\u00a0Blomqvist\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0third starting position to the lead with an electrifying move at the start of the two-hour, 40-minute race, diving to the inside heading into Turn 1 to pass both front-row cars.<\/p>\n

Braun quickly built up a\u00a0four-second lead, but then pitted during an early caution 18-minutes into the event. The team\u00a0opted to\u00a0put on four new tires,\u00a0but the pit stop was not\u00a0seamless,\u00a0dropping\u00a0the Texan to fifth in the running order.<\/p>\n

Braun was running fourth when he pitted under caution with one-hour, 50-minutes remaining. This time, the team elected for a quick gas-and-go, returning the Acura to the race lead. Braun was running in podium contention for several laps, before tire wear took its toll on the notoriously abrasive surface. MSR was down to eighth in the GTP running order when Braun pitted, turning the car over to\u00a0Blomqvist\u00a0with an hour left in the event.<\/p>\n

The race went to yellow shortly after\u00a0Blomqvist\u00a0took over, with the Acura still running eighth when action resumed with 40-minutes on the clock.\u00a0Blomqvist\u00a0fought in heavy multi-class traffic all the way to the finish, taking sixth at the checkered.<\/p>\n

IMSA competitors get a six-week break until the next race on the schedule, the\u00a0Sahlen\u2019s\u00a0Six Hours of Watkins Glen on Sunday, June 26.<\/p>\n

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MSR Driver Quotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Colin\u00a0Braun:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a great start. I timed it well, got into second and hoped everyone else would lock up their tires, which they\u00a0did\u00a0and it worked out. I was really happy with that.\u00a0There\u2019s\u00a0so many\u00a0complex strategies\u00a0going on that it\u2019s hard to know\u00a0exactly what\u2019s going\u00a0on from the driver\u2019s seat. Our game plan was to have the strongest tires we could at the end, so I think we took a hit in the middle. It didn\u2019t pan out for us with how the yellows fell. We had good speed and the guys did great on pit lane. It just didn\u2019t play out how we needed it to,\u00a0and we got what we got.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tom\u00a0Blomqvist:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe race started off well. Colin had a fantastic start and it was looking pretty good. The way the yellows\u00a0fell\u00a0and our first stop wasn\u2019t the best, so we were at the back. Track position around here is key and it\u2019s so hard to make your way forward. We tried something on another stop that\u00a0I think ultimately ended up hurting us more than not. We basically fell off the cliff on the tire deg. We didn\u2019t capitalize perfectly today. We\u2019ll have to look and see what the root cause was. It’s a shame because it looked like we were going to have a great race.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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