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BEYER RACING LEADS THE MOST LAPS AT WATKINS GLEN
Aug 10, 2009Watkins Glen, New York - August 8th, 2009 - The Beyer Racing team once again became one of the key players at the Crown Royal 200 at Watkins Glen International as Ricky Taylor shared the honour of leading the most laps with defending champion Memo Rojas while driving Beyer Racing's #13 Lennox Chevrolet Riley.
Taylor qualified the #13 car a season's best seventh and started sixth after a disqualification in front of him. The Florida native who celebrated his 20th birthday this week held his position and pitted after a caution on Lap 24 to fill up on fuel. He restarted fifth and as his competitors pitted over the next few laps he found himself on the lead by Lap 45. Taylor managed to hold the hard charging and eventual race winner #76 car and went on to lead an impressive race-high 22 laps until Lap 67 when he made his second pit stop and handed off the controls to teammate Mike Forest. Despite a quick stop by the Beyer crew, a fuelling problem prevented the team from filling up the tank and forced Forest to enter a fierce fight on track and hold position while having to drive with a fuel-saving engine map robbing him of much needed power. Despite the complications Forest quickly got up to speed and even though he had to make an additional pit stop on Lap 85 to get enough fuel to get him to the end he still managed to bring his #13 Daytona Prototype home in the tenth position, the team's fourth top ten finish of the year.
The next round of the Rolex Grand Am Sports Car Series will take place at the historic Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec on August 28-29. For Canadian Mike Forest the race will be a highlight in the season as he will have the chance to drive his #13 Lennox Chevrolet Riley Daytona Prototype for the first time in his home country.
Ricky Taylor
#13 Lennox Chevrolet Riley
Qualified: 7th
Finished: 10th
"It was a great day, a big improvement by the whole team, we've definitely all stepped it up. The team really deserves it they've worked really hard, it's a shame we couldn't make it to the end on fuel because I think we could've had a really strong result.
It's more comfortable to lead now, you can definitely learn more from the fastest guys that have been doing this for many years and I'm just getting more comfortable being up there and enjoying it. Ricardo Zonta was really quick behind me but I managed to stay in front of him for many laps, he was able to get a run on me every once in a while but the Chevrolet engine was really quick down the straight and we managed to stay in front every time."
Mike Forest
#13 Lennox Chevrolet Riley
Qualified: 7th
Finished: 10th
"I think this weekend was a step forward, another top ten for us which is definitely a positive. There are still some lessons we can learn from the weekend but at the same time Ricky held down first place for a long time and I was showing speed during my stint. So it's definitely something that we can be happy with and now we just keep learning.
When I jumped in the car I came out straight into a big fight and I had cold tires so I was pushing real hard and locked up a few times but it was getting towards the end of the race so I knew I had to just keep out there fighting. It worked out pretty well, I mean I think we were looking at a seventh or eighth but ended up in tenth despite having to do an extra pit stop so overall a good result."
For information on Forest & the Grand Am series visit www.mikeforestracing.com
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