IMSA – TUDOR UNITED SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP
ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
JANUARY 25, 2015
RYAN BRISCOE, NO. 3 CORVETTE RACING CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R
HAS IT BEEN MORE HECTIC THAN YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?
“Honestly, I’ve been out there trying to keep it on the tarmac and make sure I can give a clean car to Jan and Antonio. There’s a lot of action, and I think everyone can feel the competition in GTLM. You can see it when you’re out there racing. The BMWs, the Porsches… they’re all pushing so hard and it’s hard not to get caught up in it. So far it’s gone well. The car feels fast and I’m looking forward to the finish.”
HAS THE CAR BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT FROM STINT TO STINT?
“Yes it’s been pretty good. The conditions have been changing a bit. I’ve found that whether we’ve been playing with tire pressures or something, the balance comes and goes a little. In that last stint, the car felt the best it’s been all race. It’s super fast and consistent, and we had great longevity with the Michelin tire throughout the stint. That’s exactly what we need right now.”
RICHARD WESTBROOK, NO. 90 VISITFLORIDA.COM CORVETTE DP
TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE RACE.
“For us it has been almost like a test session, trying to get to the bottom of that TC (traction control) issue that we have had. It is working intermittently. Sometimes we’ve got it, and sometimes we don’t. We are putting new maps in the car constantly at each pit stop. It actually seems quite unreal that we are only a lap down considering that we have had quite a few issues. The car generally is good, we are just lacking a little bit down the straight. Not sure why that it. If we can just keep the TC working until the end and get back on the lead lap, who knows.”
OLIVER GAVIN, NO. 4 CORVETTE RACING CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R
FROM YOUR VIEW, WHAT HAPPENED ON THE RESTART?
“It was a bit of a crazy restart this morning. Everyone was everywhere. We were on new tires. The BMW was racing us hard, I was trying to catch up to the 3 car and I went a bit too deep into Turn 6. I got into the back of a PC car and that meant an extended stop to fix it. It was a shame but fortunately through some strategy and clever pit work, we got back on the lead lap. I got to within about 10 seconds of Jan but he’s really tricky. I’ve done that for many years. It’s looking like it’s going to come down to one of our cars and maybe the BMW. Everyone is pushing hard but they don’t want to screw it up because if you really make a mess of it now, you’re really out of the game.”