Visit Florida Racing Heads to Chevy’s Hometown of Detroit

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2016 CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS – VISIT FLORIDA RACING: 3rd with 117 points after 4 of 10 rounds now complete.

STRENGTH IN DETROIT: Visit Florida Racing has shown strength at the Detroit street course event ever since IMSA first visited the venue in 2012. The team has brought home three top-five finishes including the pole position and a runner-up finish in 2014.

15-17 April, 2016, Long Beach, California USA (Driver Name and Info) ©2016, Brian Cleary LAT Photo USA

15-17 April, 2016, Long Beach, California USA
(Driver Name and Info)
©2016, Brian Cleary
LAT Photo USA

2016 AT A GLANCE: Visit Florida Racing kicked off the year with a podium finish at Daytona International Speedway and after two tough races at Sebring and Long Beach, the team returned to the podium with a runner-up finish in the previous race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The Florida squad looks to carry that momentum into the race in Chevy’s backyard this weekend.

VISIT FLORIDA DRIVERS AT DETROIT: Ryan Dalziel has made three previous starts at Belle Isle in prototype machinery. He finished sixth in the 2012 debut driving a Ford/Riley for Starworks Motorsports and then went on to finish third the following year in the same package. He most recently contested the Detroit event in 2014 for ESM and finished fifth.

The 2016 Belle Isle event will be Marc Goossens’ first visit to the Detroit circuit.

Long Beach Grand Prix, Long Beach CA, April 2016. (Photo by Brian Cleary/ www.bcpix.com )

Long Beach Grand Prix, Long Beach CA, April 2016. (Photo by Brian Cleary/ www.bcpix.com )

TESTING: Visit Florida Racing visited Watkins Glen International along with several other IMSA teams to test out the road course’s new pavement. The track was re-surfaced over the off season for the first time in nearly 20 years. Both Marc Goossens and Ryan Dalziel tested the No. 90 Visit Florida Racing Corvette Daytona Prototype and gave the new pavement high marks as the entire team looks forward to its return to the Sahlen’s 6 Hours of the Glen where Visit Florida has taken the victory in the previous two 6 Hour events.

RYAN HUNTER-REAY TAKES PART IN 100th INDY 500: Visit Florida Racing endurance driver Ryan Hunter-Reay competed in the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 last weekend for Andretti Autosport. He showed strength early on in the race, but contact on pit lane ultimately took him out of contention for the win.