🗣️'We decided just to run it until it blew up. It didn't blow up. We got super lucky.' A malfunctioning gearbox meant victory for MeyerShankRac in the Daytona 24 Hours was never assured, according to team boss Michael Shank ⬇️
The Meyer Shank Racing Acura team was"super lucky" to win the Daytona 24 Hours despite its malfunctioning gearbox for most of the race, according to team boss Michael Shank.MSR repeated its 2022 triumph in the opening round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship , with Tom Blomqvist leading home a one-two for Acura in the #60 car he shared with Colin Braun, Simon Pagenaud and Helio Castroneves.
"[We thought] 'If it goes, it goes'. We kept maintaining the gearbox and fluid levels and trying to fix it literally the whole race." "But I never asked because I didn't want to know the answer and it put something in my head while I was driving.Reigning IMSA champion Blomqvist added:"Luckily it wasn't anything that affected us when we were out on track driving, so that was good.
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