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Sunday\u2019s start saw Braun make up a position on the opening lap. Getting better fuel mileage than its competition, the team led three times for 10 laps, with the two drivers leading five laps apiece.<\/p>\nWatkins Glen, NY (25 June 2023) \u2013 Fast but unlucky, Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) with Curb-Agajanian just missed out on a podium finish after leading laps\u00a0in Sunday\u2019s Sahlen\u2019s Six Hours of The Glen, taking fourth in\u00a0the fifth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.<\/p>\n
The No. 60 MSR ARX-06 of Colin Braun and Tom Blomqvist was in the hunt throughout the race, but ran out of time in the event that ended under caution.<\/p>\n
MSR led both practice sessions ahead of the race, but a bid for its second pole of the season went\u00a0for naught when a sudden deluge soaked the Finger Lakes circuit and cancelled Saturday\u2019s qualifying. The GTP grid was set by championship points,\u00a0putting MSR eighth on the grid.<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s start saw Braun make up a position on the opening lap. Getting better fuel mileage than its competition, the team led three times for 10 laps, with the two drivers leading five laps apiece.<\/p>\n
Braun handed the car off to\u00a0Blomqvist after a two-hour stint, with Blomqvist keeping the MSR Acura in podium contention for the majority of his stint. One hour and 40 minutes into his stint, Blomqvist returned to pit lane for a second driver change under the fourth full course caution.<\/p>\n
Braun restarted the race second, putting the pressure on the leader for the entirety of his stint before turning the Acura back over Blomqvist to close out the final hour and 15-mins of the race.<\/p>\n
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Returning to the field fourth, Blomqvist did everything he could to cut into the margin of the leaders. Unfortunately a final full-course caution was released with just 4-minutes remaining, ending the race under yellow.<\/p>\n
MSR next crosses the border for the Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on Sunday, July 9.<\/p>\n
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Driver Quotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n Colin Braun:<\/strong> Tom Blomqvist:<\/strong> Watkins Glen, NY (25 June 2023) \u2013 Fast but unlucky, Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) with Curb-Agajanian just missed out on a podium finish after leading laps\u00a0in [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-meyer-shank-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6125","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=6125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6127,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6125\/revisions\/6127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n“We had a calibration issue on the pit speed limiter, so that was unfortunate, but I think we recovered pretty well. We got back in the hunt and then Tom had a puncture. There\u2019s not a lot you can do about those things, that\u2019s just part of it. We were up to P2 and then strategy started to play into it. Honestly, I\u2019m not sure how the Porsche and the BMW jumped us and the 31 Cadillac. Considering where we started, I think everyone did a great job, we had good pit stops and a nice clean race. Everyone is working hard and I\u2019m proud of everyone\u2019s efforts over the entire week. It\u2019s not an easy race. It\u2019s definitely tough on the crew and the drivers and strategy-wise, man, there\u2019s so many ways you can build out this race. I feel we were in contention and in position to battle at the front. If we keep it up things will swing our way.”<\/p>\n
\n“We weren\u2019t quick enough when it mattered. Early on it seemed like we were okay, but the others really cranked it up at the end. They were mighty on out laps. We had a couple things not go our way, but we recovered, so it wasn\u2019t the end of the world. It could have been a smoother race, but ultimately, we didn\u2019t have the pace at the right times. We\u2019ll look at it and improve for the next one.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"