With four races remaining in the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IWSC), this weekend’s race at Road America (USA) sees a tough fight in the top GTLM class with Chevrolet leading in the points standings. Three other classes will also be fight for the championship.
The high-speed, 14-turn circuit race will be shown live on FS1 beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET, with additional in-car cameras and IMSA Radio audio on IMSA.com. The entire race also can be streamed live internationally on IMSA.com and domestically on FSGO with FS1 authentication. IMSA.com also will stream Race #2 for the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge at 10:40 a.m. ET. and Race #2 for Lamborghini Super Trofeo at 11:55 a.m.
In conjunction, but not affiliated with IMSA, the 2017 Lamborghini Super Trofeo series comes to Road America as a one car spec series – guess what the car is – that has little visibility in U.S. Road Racing circles. The Trofeo races – between April and September in Asia, Europe and the North America – end at the World Final on Nov. 18-19 in Imola, Italy, outside of Bologna.
Imola, of course, was the late home of Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari that formerly hosted the Formula One San Marino Grand Prix – after the republic of San Marino. (Monza hosted the Italian Grand Prix. ) The deaths of Formula One drivers Ayrton Senna (Brazilian) – three time World Champion – and Roland Ratzenberger (Austrian) during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix prompted another round of ongoing safety changes.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
