Watkins Glen, New York - August 8^th, 2009 - The Team once again became one of the key players at the Crown Royal 200 at Watkins Glen International as Ricky Taylor shared the honor of leading the most laps with defending champion Memo Rojas while driving #13 Lennox Chevrolet Impala SS Riley.

Taylor qualified the #13 car a season's best seventh and started sixth after a disqualification in front of him.  The Florida native who celebrated his 20^th birthday this week held his position and pitted after a caution on Lap 24 to fill up on fuel.  He restarted fifth and as his competitors pitted over the next few laps he found himself on the lead by Lap 45.  Taylor managed to hold the hard charging and eventual race winner #76 car and went on to lead an impressive race-high 22 laps until Lap 67 when he made his second pit stop and handed off the controls to teammate Mike Forest.  Despite a quick stop by the Beyer crew, fueling problems prevented the team from filling up the tank and forced Forest to enter a fierce fight on track and hold position while having to drive with a fuel-saving engine map robbing him of much needed power.  Despite the complications Forest quickly got up to speed and even though he had to make an additional pit stop on Lap 85 to get enough fuel to get him to the end he still managed to bring his #13 Daytona Prototype home on the tenth position, the team's fourth top ten finish of the year

Jared Beyer started the race in his #5 Lennox Chevrolet Crawford car in the 17^th position and quickly settled into a fast rhythm.  For most of his stint the Texan found himself catching the cars in front of him and slicing through the GT traffic, but having to settle with staying in line and following the slower DP traffic without being able to pass at this fast and narrow road course.   Beyer was running tenth when he pitted under caution on Lap 29 and Jordan Taylor got behind the wheel of the #5 car.  Taylor, who is the youngest driver in the team at 18 years and who only a few weeks ago was among the quickest drivers on the track at Barber Motorsports Park, made an uncharacteristic mistake and spun which unluckily left his Crawford chassis stuck over a curve and forced him to wait for the safety crew to help him get back on track as he watched the field drive past him.  For the remainder of the race he focused on turning quick laps which he did successfully and brought the car home in the 15^th position. 

The next round of the Rolex Grand Am Sports Car Series will take place at the historic Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec on August 28-29.  For Canadian Mike Forest the race will be a highlight in the season as he will have the chance to drive his #13 Lennox Chevrolet Riley Daytona Prototype for the first time in front of his home crowd.