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Final Race in the NEAC Curses Corvette DPs from the Podium

Corvette DP Earns Fifth Place in North American Endurance Championship
Posted July 30 2012 07:58 AM by Chris Phillip 
Filed under: Corvette News, Ls Engine Corvettes

  In the three-hour Brickyard Grand Prix for the Rolex Sports Car Series on July 27, 2012, Ricky Taylor and Max Angelelli finished third to take the final podium position in the Series debut at the famed Speedway. Starting second, the No. 10 SunTrust Racing Corvette DP duo overcame weather challenges, again taking the track from dry, to wet and back to dry.


“It was very crazy,” said Angelelli. “It was very exciting for me as a driver inside, driving the car; it was beautiful because of so many changes.  I really enjoyed today here in Indy.  The rain, the sun and then back to rain I really enjoyed.  It was a positive race for our Chevy Corvette for our Corvette so I’m happy.”
 
“It was really good our SunTrust car was really good,” said Taylor. “To be the first Corvette on the debut at Indy is fantastic, but I just wanted a little bit more.  We are not in the championship right now and just in my mind I was thinking this is Indy, in a Corvette, on the 60th anniversary (of the Corvette) I’ve got to do something.  I tried and I just got on the water a little bit and just went off a bit.  We were going for it and I’m really happy to be on the podium at Indy.”
 
The No. 9 Action Express Racing Corvette DP with Darren Law and Joao Barbosa handling the driving duties were in contention to with the North American Endurance Championship (NAEC) DP crown, but late race on-track contact relegated the team to a fifth-in-class finish.
 
"Our Corvette Daytona Prototype and Camaro GT.R teams in the Rolex Series also endured the ups and downs of weather,” Lutz concluded. “The race saw a lot of action on track.  Congratulations to the No. 10 SunTrust Racing Corvette team and drivers Ricky Taylor and Max Angelelli on a podium finish.
 
"The first time at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for GRAND-AM gave fans some great racing.  Now the Chevrolet teams in Rolex will re-group and head back to Watkins Glen."
 
In the GT class, the No. 31 Marsh Racing Corvette posted a seventh in-class finish. The No. 57 Stevenson Camaro GT.R was also in contention for the NAEC GT title, but contact with the wall during the heavy rainfall ended the team’s day early.
 
Team Chevy returns to action in the Rolex Sports Car Series on August 10-11 in the Watkins Glen International at Watkins Glen International Short Course, Watkins Glen, New York.  The next CTSCC event will be September 7-8 at Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, California.
 



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