Spirit of Daytona Racing is set to return to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship next month at the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix at Belle Isle.
Drivers Tristan Vautier and Matt McMurry will share the team’s #90 Cadillac DPi-V.R, which is back in the Prototype division after the team was forced to step back from the series after its car was damaged beyond repair in the second round of the season at Sebring.
The team recently completed a test at Watkins Glen ahead of the meeting at Detroit, and is looking forward to rejoining the series.
“It was tough to step back and miss our first IMSA races in a long time, and as racers we hated to do it,” said team owner Troy Flis.
“But after looking at the situation, it was absolutely the best decision we could have made. We’ve been kind of on the back foot ever since moving to the new Prototype configuration (in 2017) working with different platforms and manufacturers and sometimes things coming together just at the last minute. So we were often just reacting to what was coming at us instead of being able to plan and look further down the road.
“But now with this Cadillac, we are in a much better position,” Flis added. “Our test at the Glen was pretty incredible. It wasn’t that we went out and set a track record or anything like that, but it was one of the most productive tests that we’ve ever had. We unloaded, had a very solid car right from the start and then were able to work through every single thing our our list. That never happens!
“It was pretty encouraging for all my guys and now we’ve got all that data to work with so hopefully we can have the pace to get ourselves back in the winner circle there. We have a great record in that race and it’s an awesome track with great history and I think it’s great that IMSA continues that tradition of the six hour at the Glen. Tristan (Vautier) and Matt (McMurry) both have raced that track, and we have had some success there in the past so hopefully we can use that weekend to build on what we learned at the test to be ready for the Glen.
“We’ve all turned the page from Sebring and I’m really pumped about what we’ve been able to accomplish in the last couple of months as a group, and now it is time to get back out there and race.”
The full entry list for the IMSA round at Detroit, which features 14 Prototype entries, and 11 GTDs, can be found HERE >>>
