Push for a Canadian Dozen Starts from Fourth
BOWMANVILLE, Ontario, Canada (July 8, 2023) – Corvette Racing will try to make it a dozen victories at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Sunday from fourth place on the GT Daytona (GTD) PRO grid for Sunday’s Chevrolet Grand Prix.
Jordan Taylor qualified on the third of 10 GTD category rows for the sixth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with a lap of 1:15.494 (117.260 mph). He and teammate Antonio Garcia hope to win for the first time this season in the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R and give Corvette Racing its first victory at the 2.459-mile, 10-turn circuit east of Toronto since 2014.
The duo is coming off a third-place GTD PRO finish at Watkins Glen two weeks ago and came in second last year at CTMP in the C8.R’s first race at the historic Canadian circuit.
In addition to winning the race, Garcia and Taylor aim to close the gap in the GTD PRO championship standings. The drivers, the No. 3 team and manufacturer Chevrolet enter CTMP third in their respective GTD PRO points standings. Only 73 points separate second through fourth with a maximum of 385 points available this weekend. Lexus and its No. 14 drivers and teams lead the class by 172 points after five races and with six events left in the season.
The Chevrolet Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is scheduled for 12:05 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 9. The race will air live on NBC and stream live on Peacock inside the United States and IMSA.com outside the U.S. IMSA Radio will air the call of the race on IMSA.com, XM 207 and SiriusXM Online 992.
P4 in GTD PRO qualifying for Jordan and the 3 #Corvette. Still looking for pace, especially through the middle sector that makes up a lot of the lap time. @CTMPOfficial is about having speed and track position – areas where we are struggling right now #Corvette #C8R pic.twitter.com/DfFAzfIJjT
— Corvette Racing (@CorvetteRacing) July 8, 2023
JORDAN TAYLOR, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – QUALIFIED FOURTH IN GTD PRO:
“I don’t know. Something was off in that session. I don’t know if we missed something on the setup or if there was something else. We are still struggling in the last two sectors where you make your speed compared to the leaders. This track is about speed and track position. Unfortunately we don’t have very much of either right now.”
2023 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship – GTD PRO
(After five of 11 events)
Driver Standings
1. Ben Barnicoat/Jack Hawksworth – 1,795
2. Daniel Juncadella/Jules Gounon – 1,682
3. Antonio Garcia/Jordan Taylor – 1,623
4. Klaus Bachler/Patrick Pilet – 1,609
5. Alex Riberas/Ross Gunn – 1,408
Team Standings
1. No. 14 Vasser Sullivan – 1,795
2. No. 79 WeatherTech Racing – 1,682
3. No. 3 Corvette Racing – 1,623
4. No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports – 1,609
5. No. 23 Heart of Racing Team – 1,408
Manufacturer Standings
1. Lexus – 1,795
2. Mercedes-AMG – 1,682
3. Chevrolet – 1,623
4. Porsche – 1,609
5. Aston Martin – 1,419
Source:
Corvette Racing at Chevrolet
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Corvette Racing at CTMP: Almost Like Home
Corvette Racing at Watkins Glen: Third… Against All Odds
Corvette Racing at Laguna Seca: What Might Have Been
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