Chevrolet Power Wins Top Spots at 52nd Rolex 24 at Daytona
“Action Express first and third; Corvette, one-two-three. These Action Express guys are the best. And my teammates… What a phenomenal job. We had a little hiccup during the night but we still had plenty of time to come back and that’s what we did. We kept fighting to the end,” said Joao Barbosa, driver of the wining number 5 Action Express Racing Corvette DP.
“It wasn’t what we wanted; we wanted to win the first one for Corvette. Hats off to those guys. They won the race fair and square,” Wayne Taylor, Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP and second place finisher.
“For the team, and especially for the Delta Racing guys – this is their first event. You can’t be happier than to be on the podium with the Corvette to make the whole podium Corvettes here in Daytona for the Rolex 24. That is pretty, pretty special,” said Burt Frisselle, driver of the number 9 Action Express Racing Corvette DP that finished third.
Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, Daytona Prototype Top 4 finishers
1. Action Express Racing Corvette Number 5 – Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi, Sebastian Bourdais
2. Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette Number 10 – Wayne Taylor, Jordan Taylor, Ricky Taylor, Max Angelelli
3. Action Express Racing Corvette Number 9 – Burt Frisselle, Brian Frisselle, John Martin, Fabien Giroix
4.Spirit of Daytona Racing Corvette Number 90 – Richard Westbrook, Michael Valiante, Mike Rockenfeller
