{"id":652484,"date":"2026-05-06T03:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T03:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/652484\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T03:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T03:48:13","slug":"watkins-glen-track-changes-a-worry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/652484\/","title":{"rendered":"Watkins Glen track changes a “worry”"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHEN the NASCAR roadshow rolls into Watkins Glen International this weekend, drivers will face new tyre stacks placed around the circuit in key areas to police track limits, a move which is raising eyebrows throughout the paddock.<\/p>\n

The new obstacles, placed at turns 1 and at the Carousel, are likely to be major talking points throughout the event.<\/p>\n

After his first look at the changes, Shane van Gisbergen was less than convinced of the moves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just did the racing school preview, and I think turn 1 is a really good solution, I think what they\u2019ve done with the tyre packs there and the gaps in the walls \u2013 I think that is going to work ok,\u201d said van Gisbergen.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe exit to the Carousel is a bit of worry, the angle that it comes back on \u2013 my experience with those tyre walls is that they grab cars and spit them out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like the look of that, but smarter people (than me) have come up with those things.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For SVG, the event will mark the first time in his stock car racing career that he has completed triple duty in one weekend \u2013 racing in the Cup, O\u2019Reilly, and Truck Series on three consecutive days.<\/p>\n

With the weather forecast for the event looking changeable, a major curveball may be thrown into the mix.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cJust being able to carry momentum, there\u2019s a big compromise with set-up, you want a car that looks after its tyres, but you need a car that turns,\u201d said van Gisbergen on the keys to the track.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally, just knowing what you want from a car, and then this weekend is probably going to be the weather.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looks pretty iffy and changeable all the time, so staying on top of that and what tyre you want to be on, if it is going to be like that, it\u2019s going to be really difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n

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