Corvette Racing at Lime Rock: Tough Job in the Race

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Photograph Credit: Richard Prince for Corvette Racing&#13

Taylor stymied in qualifying, No. 3 Corvette to begin fifth on grid for GT-only dash race&#13
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LAKEVILLE, Conn. (July 15, 2022) – Corvette Racing will start Saturday’s Northeast Grand Prix from the within of the third row just after qualifying Friday at Lime Rock Park.&#13
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Jordan Taylor set a finest lap of 51.302 (103.715 mph) in the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R. He’ll start out fifth Saturday in the mid-engine Corvette that he shares with Antonio Garcia in a race where monitor position is key.&#13
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Taylor looked established to contend for the front row until a slower GTD car or truck exited the pitlane and interfered with the Corvette heading into the initial corner. The Corvette’s Michelin tires had been coming to their peak just before Taylor had to abort the lap and regroup. By that time, however, the tires were past their optimum running window and Taylor concluded .223 seconds guiding the pole-sitting down No. 9 Porsche.&#13
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Corvette Racing applied the first two tactics to acclimate the GTD-spec Corvette to Lime Rock via a series of chassis and tire pressure changes. &#13
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The do the job compensated dividends in the 2nd observe at Taylor led the session late prior to ending 2nd – just a 50 percent-tenth of a next at the rear of the No. 9.&#13
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Corvette Racing’s record at Lime Rock dates again to 2004 with the fifth-era racing Corvette, and the C8.R is the fourth different model of Corvette Racing entry to compete at the location. The staff has six earlier victories to its credit rating to lead all IMSA entrants, and Chevrolet ranks 2nd between suppliers with 13 race victories.&#13
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The FCP Euro Grand Prix from Lime Rock Park is scheduled for 3:10 p.m. ET on Saturday, July 16. The race will stream stay on Peacock and air exact-day at 5 p.m. ET on United states. IMSA Radio will broadcast all on-track periods starting with Friday afternoon’s observe at IMSA.com. The IMSA Radio call of the race Saturday also will be available on XM 207 and SiriusXM On the internet 992.&#13
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JORDAN TAYLOR, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – Skilled FIFTH IN GTD Professional:

“Really frustrating session. We designed great development from the initially apply. It took some time for us to stability the auto and the tire this early morning, but this afternoon we created a fantastic stage ahead. I imagine a front-row commence was a probability right until I bought blocked. Immediately after that, I could not get the tire pressure and temps again up and that was it. General I think our Corvette is superior for tomorrow and we must have very good race speed. We’re just heading to have to function that a lot harder to make up positions possibly on the monitor or in the pitlane. We can do it but it’ll get persistence and some luck at this monitor.”

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