Sun, 18 May 2008 17:13:00 -0400

Both Ricky and Jordan Taylor competed in the IMSA Lites Series at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah this past weekend with mixed results. They were racing in Rounds Three and Four of the 12-race IMSA Lites presented by Hankook Series.

Ricky Taylor, driver of the Lites One class No. 11 Brach’s Racing Team Elan DP02 took his first victory in the IMSA Lites Round Three on Saturday, May 17^th.

After starting from the outside front row, Ricky passed the polesitting Jonathan Goring on the fourth of 17 laps and kept the lead through the checkered flag.

“The start was definitely good. I got a good run going down into turn one, but unfortunately I was on the outside,” said 18-year-old Ricky Taylor, who has also competed in two Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car races this season. “On lap four he made a bobble going into the attitudes and I was able to catch a draft and put the car on the inside for the lead. From that point, I just had to play the traffic and keep a two or three second gap as much as I could. I used what I had learned from Daytona Prototype racing to use traffic to help me for the rest of the race.”

Jordan Taylor, who just turned 17 years old a week ago, did not fare as well as his older brother in Saturday’s race. After the Brach’s Racing Team stayed up the entire night on Friday to do an engine change, Jordan managed to complete only three laps before the throttle cable stuck, sidelining him for the balance of the race.

“It was a long night for the team and discouraging after all that hard work to be out of the race in just three laps,” said Jordan, who competes in the No. 27 Brach’s Racing Team Elan DP02 in the Lites Two class.

Sunday’s 17-lap race was another tough one for both of the Taylor boys. Ricky’s race was off to an exciting start as he and polesitter Goring had brief contact going into Turn One of the first lap. Taylor was able to make his move on Goring and pass for the lead in Turn Four on the same lap. He held the lead for six laps until a brake failure forced the elder Taylor out of the race.

“A couple of laps before the brakes failed on me. I felt them go soft, but they came back after I gave them a few pumps,” said the elder Taylor, who graduates from high school in Orlando soon. “Then going into the hairpin at Turn Five, it just went to the floor. There were no brakes. I went off track and into the gravel to slow myself down and try not to hit anything. Then I was able to just bring the car back slowly to the pits, but we were out for the race.”

Jordan’s bad luck continued on Sunday, as his car suffered another throttle cable failure in Round Four, allowing him only 6 laps of the 17-lap race.

“It just wasn’t our weekend,” said Jordan. “We aren’t running for the L2 championship, but it is still tough to have such a bad weekend when everyone worked so hard to get the car together. We’ll just have to keep at it and come back the next time with more hard work and, hopefully, better luck.”

Jordan is coming off a very successful race, having just competed in the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Formula 2000 class at Road Atlanta last weekend. There he capturing two poles, one victory, two fastest race laps and one track record in the Primus Racing-prepared No. 20 Brach’s Formula 2000 car.

The next round of the IMSA Lites Series will be held July 11-12 at Lime Rock Park in Lime Rock, Connecticut. There are six venues and 12 races on the IMSA Lites schedule this season.

Ricky and Jordan’s sponsors include Brach’s Candy, StarPort USA, SunTrust Bank, Arai Helmets, and OMP.

Fri, 09 May 2008 08:34:00 -0400

Young Jordan Taylor led the first practice, qualified on pole and ran away with the win in the third round of the F2000 Championship in his ZSports Midwest Quicksilver Van Diemen.

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:23:00 -0400

Cape Motorsport driver Ricky Taylor started in 5th place in the Beyer Racing Crawford and ran in fourth spot in the early stages of the race, finishing up in eleventh.

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:06:00 -0400

Jordan Taylor driving the ZSports Quicksilver Van Diemen, went quickest in one of the official sessions and qualified a brilliant 3rd at VIR, he then went on to finish 8th in round 1, and in race two started fourth and finished sixth. Jon Baytos did all the engineering on the car, the young pilot had never driven a F2000 before the weekend and was bang on the pace with the help of the ZSports crew and Jon.

Jordan was originally slated to race the Van Diemen F1000 this year, but a lack of parts from the supplier delayed the program to much so he had to switch at the last minute to do F2000.

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:14:00 -0400

After a two day test at Road Atlanta Ricky Taylor bettered the L1 track record by a whopping 2.1 seconds.The existing record was set last year with Kerry Jacobson at a 1:22:0, Ricky produced a 1:19:9 a startling display.The big shocker was Jordan when he stepped in the West L2 and demolished the current record with a 1:21:1 in a handful of laps.Jordan proclaimed himself quite pleased and will now compete in the L2 Championship with Brach's livery like his brothers.Jordan will also contest some rounds in the F2000 Championship with Z Speed.

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:58:00 -0400

Ricky Taylor bounced back from a difficult start to his IMSA Lites campagn.
After starting 36th in the second race due to a componant faliure in race one while starting second, the young gun sliced through the field to take a fine fourth place finish. A very good job indeed by the young lion.Its heads down now to make up as many points as possible at the next round at Miller Motorsports Park.

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:06:00 -0400

A bittersweet day in October saw the sale of the Palmetto property.Although a sad day to see it go, all four members were proud of their achievement in building a first class racing facility.

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:50:00 -0500

Dominic and Nicholas Cape have joined John and Dan Andersens Indy Pro Series program, which will be run from the Florida facility."We are delighted to have this opportunity with John and Dan, there is a lot to do in a very short period of time, but its a very exciting challenge and we very happy to move up into a top flight series like IPS" reported the two brothers.

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:25:29 -0500

Winning all fourteen rounds of the Zetec Championship, and collecting two wins at Daytona in DSR with George Levien. The race that came back to haunt the Cape's was round two at Road Atlanta in IMSA-Lites, while leading the field by 25 seconds and things going according to plan, then it all went wrong when the left rear pushrod collapsed and ended Adam Pecorari's race on lap nine. Adam went on to lead 174 out of a possible 183 laps in the year.The Zetec team went on to lead 243 laps out of a possible 254 laps, the only other leaders in the series were Jason Byers by virtue of bypassing the chicane at Portland and Pat Barret who did a great job at Road America. George Levien led all but 5 laps at Daytona so 455 laps completed Cape Motorsports led 430 in total, with 26 out of 26 poles, a remarkable achievment by anyones standards. Of coarse it all came down to having great drivers and excellent crew members. Cape Motorsports would like to send out a special thanks to: Don Conner, Cory Center, Dean Meeks, Eugene Schappell, Tommy Two Tone, Big Jay from Elan, The Chad & Turtle from DFR. And also JR Hildebrand, Adam Pecorari, Dane Cameron, Chris Meredith & George Levien.

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:27:33 -0500

Cory Centers first visit to the race track was in Sept 2005 at Daytona for a test with the Teams DP Multimatic. Cory had been part time while finishing college in Saint Petersburg eventually graduating in May of 06. For 2006 Cory graduated to crew chief for the 19 car of Dane Cameron and was immediatly impressive with his commitment and ability to communicate with the driver.His car ran flawlessly all season long which resulted in a runner up spot in the Championship, and Rookie of the Year Award while capturing 4 poles and 2 wins." Cory is a unique individual he has a great raport with the drivers and works very hard, he has had a remarkable first season in motorsports, we are very pleased with his growth throughout the past couple of years." said Nicholas Cape

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:04:32 -0500

Don Conner not just got his first Zetec win this year but went on to a record twelve as JR Hildebrands crew chief.This was Dons third season with the Capes and he did a brilliant job, the only session JR didn't complete all year was when he crashed at Cleveland in the first practice session,a testiment to the level of preparation from the ace crew chief. " Don did a mega job all year, he immediatley struck up a bond with JR, which is important, and he is the all round team player always. He is very talented and very deserving of his award." said Nicholas Cape.

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:30:00 -0500

2003 Cape Motorsports driver and current Speed GT Champion will get his first taste of a Champcar at MSR this week.More to follow.

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:25:36 -0500

The Dallara chassis will not be used until the 2008 season in the Cooper Series. The 2007 season will use the current Van Diemen chassis while the Dallara will go through its development stages for 08.

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:49:59 -0500

Reggie Cape the 11yr old son of Dominic Cape got his hands on a new Top Kart chassis last week. Reggie will make his race debut in the Florida Winter Series early next year, he has been testing this past year under the watchfull eye of his dad while driving a Corsair chassis.The test went well and young Reggie posted some very quick laps.

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:57:26 -0500

Englishman Jonny Baker completed two days of running at Group Four Park this week, Jonny's first run in a wing shod car went very well. In almost perfect conditions Jonny adapted very quickly to the Cooper Zetec FF2000 car and was bang on the pace, eventually lowering the record by .6 tenths of a second."Everyone in the team was impressed by Jonny and how quickly he adapted to the car and to the circuit." relayed Dominic Cape

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:16:45 -0500

Dane captured the Autumn Trophy in a dominating performance winning all three races at Brands Hatch today.That made it four victories and two second place finishes out of six races, a fantastic achievement and everyone here at Cape Motorsports are proud of him.Good job Dane.

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 09:37:05 -0500

Dane Cameron took a big step towards the Autumn Trophy by dominating round 2 at Brands Hatch. Getting a cracking start using the boost Dane past pole man Aaron Steele and romped off into the distance.Dane now has a 16 point lead in the Champioship, so 12th or better in the last round will take the Trophy.

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 09:26:25 -0500

Dane Cameron stormed from fifth position to win early sunday morning, and took the lead in the Championship.

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:30:03 -0500

JR Hildebrand continued his meteoric rise to the top by winning his first F1 race at Infinion Raceway a couple of weeks ago. Driving a Penske P3, JR dominated the event with the pole and the win, his flambouyant style of driving was well suited to that era of F1 were you really need to drive the car sideways to get the most out of it.There is a very good report from the race which can be found on JR's website.

Sun, 05 Nov 2006 09:57:26 -0500

Dane started his quest for the Autumn Cup in the right way, quickest in practice, pole for race two. 2nd place finish in race one coming from the 3rd row and a win from race two starting from the pole and finishing the weekend off with another runner up spot after starting from the front row. He is now second in the points two out of first place.Its now off to the legendary Brands Hatch for the Championship clincher next weekend. More news to follow.

Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:35:00 -0400

Dane Cameron is on his way to the U.K to represent the USA in the Autumn Cup driving the Formula Palmer Audi.The prize is a massive boost to any drivers career, but was well deserved for Dane as his first season in professional motorsports was such a success, and it will keep the momentum building for him through the winter. You can follow his path to the Autumn Cup Championship at www.formula-Palmer-Audi.com

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:59:00 -0400

JR Hildedrand outpaces Star Mazda Champ/BMW Champ & IPS winner Alex Lloyd in his first test at Homestead.In another great display Jr was quite a bit quicker than the two other Champions but more impressively he was a couple of tenths quicker than Indy GP winner Lloyd. JR's future plans will be announced soon

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:19:00 -0400

Adams success this year didn't go unseen, landing him a seat in the new Radical ALMS car at Laguna Seca this past weekend. Adam was on the pace right away,doing a solid job for the team. While he only got a few laps he impressed onlookers with his speed.

Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:41:00 -0400

The Cooper FF2000 Series has switched to Dallara for 07 and beyond. In an exciting unvailing at Road America and Road Atlanta the Dallara FF07USA was welcomed with jaw dropping gasps, as onlookers could not believe the sight of such a beautifully crafted machine.The attention to detail and build quality is amazing. The car will be powered by an evolution of the current Zetec motor, uprated to 180hp, with a six speed sequential box. More details coming soon!

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:18:00 -0400

Two more victories at Road Atlanta took his win tally to 9 and taking all 10 poles. A fine end to the season for Adam, after setting a new track record on the last lap of the last race. Only a DNF in race two at the start of the season, after a rear push rod failed, while he led by 30 seconds stopped him from having a perfect championship season. But none the less, 9 wins captured the attention of a number of team managers in the ALMS paddock.

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:01:00 -0400

JR Hildebrand made it number twelve as Cape Motorsports made it 14 out of 14 to end a unbelievable season. Starting 13th after a penalty from race on, JR quickly got to the front. On lap 3 he took the lead from Dane, who wrestled the lead back from Barret at the start, who later dropped a wheel and fell to the back. This result gave Cape Motorsports a clean sweep of all the poles and the wins of the season.

Sat, 23 Sep 2006 20:17:00 -0400

On his first visit to Road America Dane Cameron won his second race of the year. In appalling conditions Dane drove a flawless race to wrap up the coveted Greg Moore Rookie of the Year Championship. Capping of a fantastic first year which yielded 4 poles, two wins with 6 second places, a third and 10 times starting on the front row, while finishing second in the overall championship.

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:24:25 -0400

JR captured two more wins this past weekend at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course to carry on his spectacular season. Using the chicane this time round, JR took pole with a new qualifying lap record with his teamates Dane & Chris filling out the top three. JR went on to win with Dane second and Chris a hard charging fourth. Dane started on the pole for the second race after setting a new race record in race one.The second race started with JR taking the lead and Dane dropping in behind, unfortunatly for Dane he got wide in turn eleven and damaged the car so he could not carry on. The best battle was now for second through fourth, with a fast starting Slade Miller up to second, Chris third and Vassmer fourth. Covered by no more than 2 seconds for most of the distance all three had a intense battle for twenty odd laps, try as he might Chris could not find a way by.So JR went on to win his eleventh race of the year and third went to Chris, which had to be his best weekend to date.On to Road America this weekend where Dane hopes to wrap up the Greg Moore Rookie of the Year award, and Chris to improve to third or fourth place in the championship.

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:49:00 -0400

After another dominant performance young adam took all the glory at the weekend. Adam took the pole by staggering four seconds and went on to win both races flag to flag.On his way to the championship adam has taken 8 out of 8 poles and 7 out of 8 wins while leading 134 laps out of 143 laps.While taking the drivers title, Cape Motorsports also clinched the Team Championship.All focas now is on the last two rounds at Road Atlanta for the Petit Le Mans week.

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:34:00 -0400

In a awesome display of speed and control on the streets of Toronto, JR continued his winning ways taking his tally to 9 wins in a season to tie Jay Howard record. He also started from pole in both rounds alongside his rapid team mate Dane, the 6th 1-2 qualifying of the year for these two and the 6th 1-2 finish of the year actually the statistics are impressive 10 wins ,10 poles, six 1-2‘s in qualifying, six 1-2 finishes ,two 1-3 finishes, two 1-2-3 finishes, 3 track records,3 qualifying records,7 fastest laps,186 out of 193 laps led, quickest in every official session. JR leads the overall Championship, Dane leads the Rookie of the Year Championship while he sits in second overall , and Chris sits in sixth. With a well deserved break over the summer the cars will have a good going over after being on the road for four weeks straight.

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 16:41:00 -0400

Adam Pecorari takes two more poles and two more wins in the hunt for the L1 IMSA-Lites Championship.

Driving the DP02 Adam cleaned up in every session taking the pole his customary starting spot. Adam went on to lead every lap of the races moving closer to the Championship.

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 16:39:00 -0400

JR Hildebrand took two poles and two victories to tie the most wins in a row. Two very different race this time race one was like most others as JR leads from the flag and builds up a cushion reels of the remaining laps ,Dane got hit in turn one and bent the left front wishbones able to continue but without the pace he needs ,still managed to finish in 8th place. Chris got hit by someone and finished 21st

Race two took on a different look immediately, as Byers and Vassmer never went through the Festival curves, Byers took the lead. After a first lap caution it went back to green and JR pressed Byers hard for 6 laps until he made a mistake and JR went by, meanwhile further back a Chris ran 6th and Dane ran 9th due to cars blowing the festival curves. In the end after two more restarts the race ended under red flag as Chris Hundley flipped on the back straight.

In the end two more wins, but a disappointing weekend for Dane And Chris as the tumbled down the point standings.

Fri, 19 May 2006 16:38:00 -0400

JR Hildebrand continued his winning streak this weekend at Mid-Ohio, in what looked liked it was shaping up to be quite a battle between the Cape Motorsport team mates as they lined up 1-2-3, it never happened as a first corner shunt took Dane out of the running, JR went on to a 15 second win with Chris earning a well over due 3rd place after running 2nd for the majority of the race.

Race 2 JR shot off into the distance once again while Chris ran 3rd pressuring 2nd Dane was the man on the move starting 27th he sliced his way through the field, with 8 laps to go a full coarse yellow bunched up the field. At the restart JR resumed in his customary position while Chris got caught out trying to keep 3rd while Dane was up to 4th.At the checker it was JR ‘s fourth win and Dane was up to 3rd the star of the show undoubtedly.

Again another good weekend four wins four poles for the team and we led every official session so far this year.

Fri, 19 May 2006 16:37:00 -0400

The third and fourth rounds were contested in tricky conditions at Mid-Ohio sports car coarse, Both poles went to Adam in his customary fashion , He went on to dominate the races in the dry and the second one in the wet. A brilliant display since the DP02 had never seen the rain so far this year. So three out of four wins, and four poles. So far so good for the IMSA-Lites Championship.

Fri, 12 May 2006 19:59:00 -0400

Adam Pecorari qualified on the pole and ran away to a win with a minute and fifteen second margin to kick of his campaign for the L1 Championship. On the pole for the second race he had a thirty second lead until a left rear pushrod collapsed, unfortunately Elan had no spares for the cars as they are so new so he could not continue in the race. But all in all a good weekend and a dominant performance we expected from Adam.

Fri, 12 May 2006 19:57:00 -0400

JR Hildebrand won both rounds of the Cooper Series Championship At Road Atlanta, while teammate Dane Cameron finishes second to him. In the first race staring third JR quickly asserted himself on the first lap to take second and on the start of the second lap JR took the top spot from his teammate Dane in turn one. A mistake in the middle of the race allowed Dane to close in to within a second on JR with only a few laps to go but unfortunately a full coarse yellow ended any hope of a battle, as the race ended und yellow. A really good day for the Cape Motorsport Team as Chris finished a fine fifth place. The second race started on a damp track in very difficult conditions, JR lead the field away using his experience motored away while Dane dropped back to fourth place not used to these conditions but it didn’t take long as he battled the whole race with the more experienced Dominic Jackson and Ricardo Vassmer. Jackson was breathing down his neck the whole race while Dane was sizing up Vassmer , in the end it was round the outside of him in turn 12 then back underneath him in turn 1, and on to another 2nd place. Chris on the other hand had a very difficult race finishing 17th. Another great day for the team with JR showing his dominance in very difficult conditions. First and second in the Championship kicking of the year right, and moving our win record to 35 and poles to 44.

Thu, 11 May 2006 16:36:00 -0400

Dane Cameron took the pole today in a very impressive qualifying session, his first in professional racing. Taking to the track after everyone had left , Dane elected to sit in the pits for a minute collect his thoughts wait for a clear lap and the threw down a lap in the first five minutes that would never be headed. Ricardo Vassmer would start second while the surprise was JR Hildebrand starting third, having been the quickest in the practice session, just not having the speed to topple his team mate.

Fri, 05 May 2006 12:58:00 -0400

The Lads fly in this weekend to briefly run their cars at our own facilities before they load up for the first event at Road Atlanta.Final touches and decals being done.

Wed, 03 May 2006 13:19:00 -0400

Cape's are over the moon they have Adam for their assault on the IMSA Lites L1 catagory" The kids just fast " said Dominic Cape. " he was the quickest driver in the last half of the season in 04 in the Cooper Series Championship taking pole after pole, we just couldn't be happier.

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:33:00 -0400

For the first time in a few years Cape Motorsports will not use the usual red color scheme on the cars. For 2006 the three cars will be painted white.

Thu, 05 May 2005 13:15:00 -0400

2005 driver Joey Foster Leads the German F3 Championship.2004 Cape Motorsports driver and 04 Champion Bobby Wilson lands coveted seat in IPS.Wilsons Teammate in 04 and current IPS Champion recovers from having his appendix removed and tops the charts at the Indy test followed closely by there former team mate for a one off in which he won, Jay Howard.Ian Baas wins the 24 Hours of Daytona.Bryan Sellers Lands Touring Car Seat, Andy Lally continues to win in Grand am.