Ahead of this week's race, we talked to Michael Whiting from Fishy Motorsports. Michael, focused on gaining valuable points for his 2024 championship campaign, shared his five key points for mastering the track. He offers an insider’s view on what it takes to excel at one of the most thrilling venues in the series.

Car Damage

With the new Supercar damage model being front of mind for most drivers. With the new damage model making the Supercar even more fragile than previously, keeping out of trouble and minimizing car damage is going to be paramount in a good result. Any amount of time spent in pitlane with damage repairs will certainly impact racing and results.

Strategy

Strategy is going to play a huge part around Road America. There is a fair amount of scope here for different strategies to play out. With potential safety cars, incidents and fuel saving, staying out of trouble is key to success. Maximising any potential safety cars, track position will be key for many drivers.

Fuel Saving

Road America is well known for being one of the longest tracks on the Pro Series calander, with several long straights. This paves way for potential fuel saving and drafting during the race. If this is executed correctly there are many advantages and positions to be gained.

Qualifying

Maximizing Qualifying is important at every track, even more so at Road America. With exceptionally long straights and a very competitive field, being on track at the right place and right time is going to be key in getting a draft. Get this wrong and your qualifying can be severely hampered.

Track Position

Road America is quite famous for exceptional racing and plenty of passing opportunities. This being said, maintaining track position without compromising pace is going to be a hard task to complete with every driver wanting that extra position for points.