Ricky Taylor has relived the disastrous pitstop that cost him valuable time in IMSA's GPLongBeach, ahead of his late-race crash while bidding for a comeback victory. Here's what the WayneTaylorRcng driver said after the race ⬇️
The Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-06 was the class of the field and leading Saturday's race whenBut after an issue with his ear plugs before the start, Albuquerque’s radio lead was protruding from his race suit as he needed to plug it in to speak to the team and unplug it to hear via the speaker system inside the cockpit.
As he tore himself free, the errant lead snagged the belt adjuster and pulled it to full-tight. When Taylor got in, he first had to remove Albuquerque’s seat insert, and then found the belt was way too short, requiring his helper to reach in and loosen it before re-fixing. “Normally we sit there, and we’re waiting on fuel, like a countdown of 15s, 10s, 5s and you’re ready to go,” Taylor told Autosport. “And I was hearing ‘waiting on driver, waiting on driver’ which was not what you want to hear!
#10: Konica Minolta Acura ARX-06, Acura ARX-06, GTP: Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque, #7: Porsche Penske Motorsports, Porsche 963, GTP: Matt Campbell, Felipe NasrTaylor then produced a storming drive back through the field, and caught the leaders quickly but suffered further delays when he twice hit the speed limiter in the middle of the hairpin during his chase: “After that second time, I just used my left hand to turn, to avoid it happening again.
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