IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams had to deal with changeable conditions Friday afternoon during the first practice session at Road America. The session started off in full wet conditions, but times dropped by more than 20 seconds. In the closing minutes, Visit Florida Racing’s Marc Goossens turned in a lap of 119.977 seconds (121.463 mph) that …
On Sunday afternoon, there were two dominant teams at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. Tire strategy and a crash prevented them from winning. Instead, it was Action Express Racing’s No. 31 Cadillac DPi-V.R. of Dane Cameron and Eric Curran who took the Mobil 1 Sportscar Grand Prix overall victory. To Curran, the overall victory came as …
On Saturday afternoon, Ricky Taylor reaffirmed the pace of the Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R. Taylor lapped the 2.459-mile Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in 68.459 seconds (129.310 mph), good enough to claim the pole for Sunday’s Mobil 1 Sportscar Grand Prix. The lap is an IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship track record for Canadian Tire Motorsports …
On Sunday afternoon, the Sahlen’s Six Hours at the Glen broke Wayne Taylor Racing’s stranglehold on Victory Lane. Action Express Racing’s Joao Barbosa took the lead away from JDC/Miller MotorSports’ Stephen Simpson in lapped traffic with 10 minutes remaining. The South African racer continued to haunt Barbosa in the closing laps, but simply could not get …
For most of this season, the Cadillac DPi-V.R.’s have been the class of the field. So far this weekend at Watkins Glen International, that has not been the case. Tequila Patron ESM’s Pipo Derani claimed the overall pole for Sunday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours at the Glen with a lap of 94.405 seconds (129.654 mph). The …
It seems like Wayne Taylor Racing cannot be stopped at this point. On Saturday, the team started at the back of the Prototype class due to a qualifying crash. Despite that fact, Ricky and Jordan Taylor were able to claw through the field and take advantage of a pit strategy blunder to take their fifth …
In the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the field is broken down by class for qualifying. Each class gets 15 minutes for the competitors to turn in their best lap. However, for the session to count, there is a “Guaranteed Minimum Green Flag Time” of 10 minutes. When that isn’t reached, rules can come into play …
Normally, qualifying sessions are relatively close in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Ricky Taylor made sure that wasn’t the case on Friday as he won the pole for Saturday’s Advance Auto Parts Sportscar Showdown with a lap of 114.809 seconds (106.812 mph). Taylor was the first driver to set a time in the session and …
In the second practice session Thursday at Circuit of the Americas, Wayne Taylor Racing continued to assert their dominance over the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Jordan Taylor, driving the No. 10 Cadillac DPi-V.R. was fastest with a lap of 116.595 seconds (104.979 mph). This lap was more than 1.1 seconds quicker than Action Express Racing’s …
The Taylor family really loves Florida. Wayne Taylor Racing owner Wayne Taylor and his sons Jordan and Ricky have lived in Seminole County north of Orlando for years. On Saturday, the family returned to Victory Lane once again with the Taylor brothers sweeping Daytona and Sebring, along with newcomer Alex Lynn. With the win, Wayne …
In recent years, 24 hour endurance races have turned into sprint races. Much of the 55th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona was not a sprint, but a test of endurance and traction. Over half of the race was run in the rain. However, once the track finally dried out, the action came to …
On Thursday afternoon, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship held qualifying for this weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona. With teams not necessarily showing their full hand during the Roar Before the 24, it was unclear what everyone truly had. However, when it was time for brass tacks, Action Express Racing came to play. Joao Barbosa won …
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