Corvette Wins at Homestead-Miami Speedway
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The No. 10 SunTrust Racing Corvette Daytona Prototype DP driving duo of Max Angelelli and Ricky Taylor battled from the ninth starting position in what can only be described as extremely adverse conditions to capture their first win of the season in the Rolex Sports Car Series.
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The win is the second consecutive for the Corvette Daytona DP which made its debut in Rolex competition at the 2012 Rolex 24-Hour race at Daytona in January 2012.
“We are very happy,” said Angelelli. “The team did an amazing job, good strategy at this. I think it was just fantastic. Our Corvette was perfect."
Although both the Daytona Prototype (DP) and Grand Touring (GT) teams are equipped with rain tires designed to race in the rain, torrential downpours and standing water around the 2.3-mile course made it treacherous to navigate with an acceptable degree of safety. GRAND-AM officials were forced to end the race 52 minutes before the scheduled two-hour and 45-minute time for the race.
However, the Victory Lane celebration for the two drivers and team owner Wayne Taylor was a nonetheless enthusiastic. After a quick exit from the Rolex 24-Hour, the team knows the win is a rebound and sets the tone for the remainder of the season.
“I remember when we were driving down from Orlando the other day with Max and Ricky,” said Wayne Taylor. “And we said you know what would be the best thing to happen in Miami would be if it rains; thinking that would never happen. And it rained and we did what we thought we were going to do.”
“Really, Max did all the work,” said Ricky Taylor. “He had to come all the way up from ninth and all I had to do was stay where I was. I inherited two positions from the No. 90 (Spirit of Daytona Corvette DP) and I think it was the No. 8 (Starworks Motorsports Ford) getting together. And then all I had to do was hold onto it, an already great SunTrust Corvette. I think the team knew more weather was coming. They anticipated that and they knew what the Grand-Am officials would do if that happened. So, it was a great team effort.”
Giving the Corvette DP two of the three podium positions was the No. 5 Action Express Racing Corvette DP driven by Darren Law and David Donohue. In GT Chevrolet enjoyed another podium finish with Robin Liddell and Ronnie Bremer bringing the No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GT.R to the checkered flag in third place in class.
“Coming into the Grand Prix of Miami, we were actually more concerned about getting acclimated to the new Continental Race tire in both the DP and GT classes,” added Lutz. “While it was certainly a challenge to learn the properties and characteristics of the tire, we were also faced with rain storms and bad weather the entire weekend. That was something unexpected, for sure. But the Corvettes were fast, which enabled the strategy of being in the right place at the right time to pay off in a huge way.”
Other Chevrolet finishers were: No. 90 Spirit of Daytona Corvette DP – 5th in class; No. 9 Action Express Racing Corvette DP - 8th in class and No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Corvette DP – 9th in class. In GT, the No. 31 Marsh Racing Corvette was 18th in class.
Next on the schedule will be May 11-13, 2012 at New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, NJ.
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