Last year, Wayne Taylor Racing gave up 30 points to Whelen Engineering Racing at Petit Le Mans and lost the title by 11 points.
Entering this year’s race at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Taylor once again finds himself in position to capture a DPi title in the WeatherTech Championship.
This will not be the first time Wayne Taylor Racing has been the points leader late in the season—with some outcomes better than others.They may not hear footsteps, but other drivers know Ricky Taylor is coming if he needs to overtake in the late stages of this year’s“Sometimes you cannot wait for it to fall in your lap,” said Taylor, who was in the grass after making late-race pass attempts at the last two Petits in pursuit of a championship. “I think that’s the attitude of the entire team.
Entering this year’s race at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Taylor once again finds himself in position to capture a DPi title in the WeatherTech Championship, thanks to the late-race heroics of his co-driver Felipe Albuquerque at Watkins Glen and Road America. Those two come-from-behind victories helped elevate the Acura team and drivers of Wayne Taylor Racing to the points lead over the Acura squad of Meyer Shank Racing coming into the season finale.
This will not be the first time Wayne Taylor Racing has been the points leader late in the season—with some outcomes better than others. Last year, WTR gave up 30 points to Whelen Engineering Racing at the Petit and lost the title by 11 points after Taylor’s spectacular dive bomb on board his ARX-05 of Felipe Nasr’s Cadillac DPi three corners from the finish failed.
“Even in 2017, we won five straight to start the season but got into a coast mode and hung in there,” said Taylor. “But we almost lost the championship. The team has lost a lot of championships from the lead. This year, everybody agreed there is no defending and just looking forward and going for the race win. That’s what’s put us in this position and I think we need to keep on that.”
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