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GRAND-AM: Watkins Glen Preview
John Dagys previews Saturday’s Continental Tire 200 at The Glen (Live! SPEED 6 p.m. ET)...
Starworks Motorsport will be looking for its second consecutive Rolex Series victory, despite a shakeup in its driver lineup. (Photo: John Dagys)
With the Brickyard Grand Prix and inaugural North American Endurance Championship winners crowned, the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series heads into the home stretch, beginning with Saturday’s Continental Tire 200 at Watkins Glen (6 p.m. ET, Live! SPEED).
The two-hour race held on the 2.45-mile, 11-turn short course is shaping up to produce plenty of fireworks, especially on the heels of an incident-filled race at the Brickyard, which has dramatically changed the outlook of the Daytona Prototype championship.
Title contender Enzo Potolicchio made a bold statement this week by withdrawing his No. 8 Starworks Motorsport Riley-Ford, following what the Venezuelan driver has called unfair balance of performance and inconsistent officiating from the series.
READ: Luhr Joins Dalziel In Starworks DP
A late-race incident, allegedly under a local yellow, between Potolicchio’s co-driver Ryan Dalziel and the No. 02 Chip Ganassi Riley-BMW of Juan Pablo Montoya that went without penalty was the final straw for Potolicchio, who sits second in the title race with co-driver Ryan Dalziel and only 11 points behind Ganassi’s Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas.
While Potolicchio is out for the season, Dalziel will still be making a run for the championship, teaming with Lucas Luhr in the No. 8 entry this weekend. Indy winner Alex Popow, meanwhile will be rejoined by Sebastien Bourdais in the Starworks’ No. 2 machine, which should make for two solid lineups in the Peter Baron-led squad, despite Tuesday’s big news.
The pair of Starworks Riley-Fords, along with the No. 01 Ganassi Riley-BMW, which salvaged a runner-up finish at Indy, will be joined by six other Daytona Prototypes, including a revised driver lineup from Action Express Racing, which could ignite a sibling rivalry in the prototype ranks.
GM-contracted driver Jordan Taylor joins David Donohue and Terry Borcheller in the No. 5 Action Express Racing Corvette DP, in what will mark the 21-year-old second-generation driver’s return to the DP ranks for the first time in three years.
“With Autohaus pulling out of the previous Watkins Glen event and having a late call to Indy, there was no real plans for me on racing [this weekend],” Taylor said. “So once I got the call from Action Express to go test with them, and once the test went well and they asked me to come on for just this one race, I didn't really have any other commitments.
“If it weren't for this team, I wouldn't be racing, and I'm definitely looking forward to it. It will be my first race back in a DP in a long time, and so hopefully it will be a good race.”
For the first time this season, Jordan will go up against brother Ricky Taylor, who pilots the SunTrust Racing Corvette DP alongside Max Angelelli. Following a disastrous summer stretch of DNFs, the duo are fresh off a podium at Indy and will be looking for their third win of the year.
The two-hour race held on the 2.45-mile, 11-turn short course is shaping up to produce plenty of fireworks, especially on the heels of an incident-filled race at the Brickyard, which has dramatically changed the outlook of the Daytona Prototype championship.
Title contender Enzo Potolicchio made a bold statement this week by withdrawing his No. 8 Starworks Motorsport Riley-Ford, following what the Venezuelan driver has called unfair balance of performance and inconsistent officiating from the series.
READ: Luhr Joins Dalziel In Starworks DP
A late-race incident, allegedly under a local yellow, between Potolicchio’s co-driver Ryan Dalziel and the No. 02 Chip Ganassi Riley-BMW of Juan Pablo Montoya that went without penalty was the final straw for Potolicchio, who sits second in the title race with co-driver Ryan Dalziel and only 11 points behind Ganassi’s Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas.
While Potolicchio is out for the season, Dalziel will still be making a run for the championship, teaming with Lucas Luhr in the No. 8 entry this weekend. Indy winner Alex Popow, meanwhile will be rejoined by Sebastien Bourdais in the Starworks’ No. 2 machine, which should make for two solid lineups in the Peter Baron-led squad, despite Tuesday’s big news.
The pair of Starworks Riley-Fords, along with the No. 01 Ganassi Riley-BMW, which salvaged a runner-up finish at Indy, will be joined by six other Daytona Prototypes, including a revised driver lineup from Action Express Racing, which could ignite a sibling rivalry in the prototype ranks.
GM-contracted driver Jordan Taylor joins David Donohue and Terry Borcheller in the No. 5 Action Express Racing Corvette DP, in what will mark the 21-year-old second-generation driver’s return to the DP ranks for the first time in three years.
“With Autohaus pulling out of the previous Watkins Glen event and having a late call to Indy, there was no real plans for me on racing [this weekend],” Taylor said. “So once I got the call from Action Express to go test with them, and once the test went well and they asked me to come on for just this one race, I didn't really have any other commitments.
“If it weren't for this team, I wouldn't be racing, and I'm definitely looking forward to it. It will be my first race back in a DP in a long time, and so hopefully it will be a good race.”
For the first time this season, Jordan will go up against brother Ricky Taylor, who pilots the SunTrust Racing Corvette DP alongside Max Angelelli. Following a disastrous summer stretch of DNFs, the duo are fresh off a podium at Indy and will be looking for their third win of the year.
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