Daytona Prototypes Grand Am Rolex Series
Setting aside the problem we had with the speed limiter in the pits that led us to be penalized on two occasions that we lost at least three places – Enzo Potolicchio said – the balance of the weekend is good, because we track completely unknown to both Alex and myself, the new Porsche-estrenábamos Riley had a very good performance, although we had to get used and adjust all the details at every turn we took. The strategy worked well, too bad the two penalties we got because I said that limiter in second gear was not working and should remain first in the pits. The problem came not to be set to the electronic system and the limiter was not activated at the entrance to pit road. I think that without these setbacks would have reached at least up to sixth and would have fought for fifth place. “
Popow Alex was asked to exit and complete the first round of management in the unusual format of 2 hours of racing. The anzoatiguense set the fastest lap of the car number 2 has the support of Duncan Accumulators, Avior Airlines, Candal Taxand, Ministry of Popular Power for Sport, the National Anti-Drug Office (ONA) and the Venezuelan Foundation for the Prevention and Treatment Drug Abuse (Fundapret), stopping the clocks in 2’05 “639, while the best lap was retained by Rojas and Pruett-branded 2’02″ 338.
The race was marked by a long period of neutralization at the beginning of it due to the impressive accident between two cars in the GT class, one of which hit the barrier outside of turn one and flew above them to fall out of track, but fortunately the pilot was able to leave on their own the destroyed machine, while the other had to be removed after a delicate work of the security team that lasted for 50 minutes.
In the absence of 40 minutes to complete the test during the last of the scheduled stops for all the teams, the two cars Motorsport Starworks training were the last to stop and led the squad and for a few turns, with Potolicchio placed second behind Dalziel, but fell on the scoreboard Caracas having to meet the aforementioned sanctions that brought him to ninth place, while in the last five minutes, he recovered a box when overtaking Burt Frisell in a Ford Dallara.
The next presentation will be made Potolicchio Popow and in two weeks, 8 and 9 July at the Laguna Seca circuit in California, site of the eighth day of the calendar Daytona Prototypes Grand Am Rolex Series