UPDATE: Wayne Taylor Racing Resigns from 2018 Rolex 24 Following Some Ban Failures
Ditulis pada: Januari 28, 2018
various groups in the Prototype field at the current year's Rolex 24 have endured secretive tire disappointments for the duration of the night and into the morning. Wayne Taylor Racing, champ of the 2016 running at Daytona and shaft sitter during the current end of the week's day-long race, succumbed to exorbitant punctures five times, in the long run constraining them to resign from the race with six and a half hours remaining.
As indicated by group chief Travis Houge, the choice was made once WTR felt the conditions had turned out to be excessively hazardous, making it impossible to contend. The group clarified amid a meeting with IMSA TV that driver Renger Van Der Zande endured "six or seven" issues preceding the race in testing and hone, and as the 24-hour occasion pushed through nightfall and into sunrise, the No. 10 Cadillac DPi passage confronted business as usual.
The Drive connected with the group for a reaction on the circumstance to which Houge answered, "In light of the issues we had all through the race and numerous endeavors to settle it without an acceptable outcome has constrained us to withdrawal the auto from the race for the security of our drivers."
Mainland, the official tire provider to the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar arrangement's Prototype class, asserts that these disappointments are a consequence of groups not working inside maker parameters. An agent from the organization revealed to The Associated Press that autos are "pushing the breaking points" of forceful camber and low tire weight, potentially causing the reliable issues. Nonetheless, Taylor guaranteed that his group is running an indistinguishable specs from it did at Daytona a year ago, a race which they won without these misfortunes.
TROUBLE AGAIN L563 16hr40m as right-rear tire goes down for the fifth time this race. Spotters are talking @Rengervdz back to pits along infield campsite roads. #Rolex24— Wayne Taylor Racing (@WayneTaylorRcng) January 28, 2018
Wayne Taylor Racing is seen as the most beloved to win the 24-year-old Rolex as the group rips in the main half of last season, winning five straight races and in the long run by citing the title of the general Prototype classification. The release of the pivot position by Van Der Zande in the qualifying round reinforced the idea, but as early as seventeen hours of frenzy took place, the tire problem was too much for the group to solve the challenge.
UPDATED 1/28/2018 11:14 A.M.
Continental Tire said in an interview with Fox Sports that it is working in collaboration with Wayne Taylor Racing to find the cause of these unidentified issues.
"They are within our specifications and have had a number of issues," said Travis Roffler, director of marketing at Continental. "We've identified two of the issues as punctures." He continued to mention that the remaining unsolved problems are being investigated to provide better service and insight in the future.
UPDATED 1/28/2018 11:14 A.M.
Continental Tire said in an interview with Fox Sports that it is working in collaboration with Wayne Taylor Racing to find the cause of these unidentified issues.
"They are within our specifications and have had a number of issues," said Travis Roffler, director of marketing at Continental. "We've identified two of the issues as punctures." He continued to mention that the remaining unsolved problems are being investigated to provide better service and insight in the future.
