Homestead, Florida - October 11th, 2009 - The Capes completed there maiden season in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series this weekend with Beyer Racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Beyer squad of Jared Beyer and Mike Forest (#5 Lennox Chevrolet Crawford), and brothers Ricky and Jordan Taylor (#13 Brach's Chevrolet Riley) took to the South Florida track in hot and humid conditions. Jordan Taylor took the green flag in the 11th position and had a difficult first stint, but after receiving new rubber on Lap 22 Taylor managed to pick up his pace considerably but was stuck behind slower traffic for the rest of his stint. On Lap 41 Ricky Taylor took over and after a strategy gamble found himself running in the third position by Lap 58. During a restart Taylor went neck to neck with defending champion Scott Pruett until the veteran ran wide and forced Taylor off the road causing him to loose considerable track position and eventually forcing him to pit to clean debris from his radiator. Despite the setback the 20 year old continued and put in a strong performance recovering positions and took the checkered flag in the ninth position hot on the heels of Aim Motorsport and WTR.
Jordan Taylor
#13 Brach´s Chevrolet Riley
Qualified: 11th
Finished: 9th
The start was alright, I lost a couple of spots but then I got one right back. After that we had a lot of tire issues, we had to start on the qualifying tires and that made the Brach's car very difficult to drive, especially when putting the power down. Once we changed tires we managed to go almost two seconds faster and the car felt great. I was stuck behind some slower cars but although we were faster around most of the track they had better traction so it made it really difficult to come out of the corner and get alongside for the pass. When Ricky got in the car we had a really good shot with our strategy but then he got pushed off the track and lost some time there, also we were hoping for no cautions to make our strategy work but the yellow came out and that kept us from gaining more positions.
Ricky Taylor
#13 Brach´s Chevrolet Riley
Qualified: 11th
Finished: 9th
"The Brach's car was up and down today, the race was very dependant on the tire conditions during the stint. I made a mistake during the middle stint when I went off while fighting with the Ganassi car which forced us to pit so we could clear all the grass and dirt from the radiator to stop the car from overheating. We managed to fight back and towards the end of the race we had one of the fastest cars on the track. I want to thank Brach's, Dex Imaging and Lennox for their support this weekend and throughout the entire year. Hopefully we can use what we have learned this year to have a solid season in 2010."
