Events and Debutants at the Glen

Written by MK
aug/11/2011

At the southern tip of Seneca Lake, the Watkins Glen awaits. This August 11-14, the Glen as is usually named, will be hosting the Heluva Good Sour Cream Dips event, a race of 220.5 miles of pure action in 90 laps.

On the next weeks, fans that attend to the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips will have the opportunity to meet and get a closer look at the drivers and series teams and ready to race. The stars of the Grand-AM RolexSports Car Series will be at their respective transporters in the main paddock area from 4:00p.m - 5:00pm on Friday 12.

The fans will have access to the Rolex Sports Car Series paddock on Saturday 13, they can enjoy the Fan Walk on the Pit and the autograph session around 5:00p.m to 5:30p.m. There the fans could share some time with their favorite teams and drivers, and also take a good look on the cars. Every Rolex Series Driver will be there, including defending Watkins Glen Champions Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas, also 2011 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen champions Max Angelelli and Ricky Taylor, and 2009 Rolex Series champions Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty. Any fan with weekend tickets will have the chance to access the Pit road minutes before the start of the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series. The Green flag will be falling at 6:15 p.m.

Besides all those events, on this occasion and something to notice, two regulars will debut at the Glen on this opportunity, David Ragan and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. The Roush Fenway drivers will be driving on Saturday 13, both will be co-driving in the #11 TPN Racing/Blackforest Ford Mustang GT while looking for their respective Championships.

Ragan made his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Daytona International Speedway at the early days of July. He stands currently at the 13th place on the NASCAR Sprint Cup and its on his way to position himself in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with the #6 UPS Ford, supported by Roush Fenway Racing. Stenhouse stands a second in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, following Reed Sorenson closely by a difference of five points.

The Watkins Glen will be the first sports car race for Ragan, while Stenhouse already have some school, he has competed in 3 SCCA club races before. Both drivers have struggle to race at Watkins Glen. Stenhouse has a good chance to win the championship and both may be able to do the chase. The Roush Fenway Performance team manager Brad Francis believes that both drivers will perform great at the Rolex Series in combination of the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nation Wide Series. Francis considers this is the perfect opportunity to test the waters.

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