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Acura Faces Setback Due To Late-Race Penalty At Indianapolis IMSA Event
Louis Deletraz and Jordan Taylor were in contention for victory at the TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks. However, a late-race penalty for contact resulted in them finishing fifth. Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque drove their #10 Acura to sixth place in the IMSA endurance event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
A late penalty for contact with a GTD PRO entry ended Acura's chance for victory in the IMSA TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks. The penalty, a drive-through for incident responsibility, dropped Louis Deletraz and Jordan Taylor to an unrepresentative fifth-place finish. Before this, they had their #40 Acura ARX-06 near the front during the final hours of the six-hour race.
The #10 Acura ARX-06 driven by Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor also showed speed, with Albuquerque setting the fastest lap. However, they lost pace towards the end, finishing sixth. In the GTD category, the #66 Gradient Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 faced early mechanical issues but managed to finish 16th after repairs.
Jordan Taylor expressed disappointment: "Not a good day. There were moments when a win was definitely in the cards. We didn't have a very good car in the wet, but once conditions dried out we had a really good car, especially in clean air. We were able to make some passes when we needed to, but a tough way to end the day."
Louis Deletraz shared his thoughts: "The positive today is that we had strong pace, we came from the back to the front a few times. As for the penalty, I think that is discussable with IMSA because I feel like I did nothing wrong and the GTD car ran into me. But overall, positive pace but a sad result. Let's go to Petit Le Mans and try to win."
Other Team Performances
Filipe Albuquerque commented on their performance: "It's just the way this year has gone for us. We looked good at one point, I took off and had the race's fastest lap, so the car was good. Definitely the pace was there. But then at the end Ricky [Taylor] had an issue with the car that kept us from pushing for P4. And that's how it was for us. It was a long day."
Stevan McAleer from Gradient Racing reflected on their race: "Tough day. We broke early on [an ignition wire] and that takes a lot of fun out of it. After we repaired the car, we were just driving to the finish, the goal was to make up a few positions as the race went on, and we did that. We certainly had a fast car over a handful of laps, but I was out there running 15 laps down, so was just trying to be careful and not end the race for someone else."
Looking Ahead
The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will now move south for its season-ending 10-hour Motul Petit Le Mans endurance contest from October 10-12 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia.
David Salters of Honda Racing Corporation USA remarked on today's race: "Thanks to the efforts of the men and women at HRC, we seemed to have some decently fast race cars. However, the racing gods were not with us today."
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