Poor Florida! With a vicious cold front extending from Mexico to Maine just a few days away, bringing snow and ice and miserable sub-zero temperatures to parts of the country that seldom see it, most everyone at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s Rolex 24 At Daytona were grousing about nighttime temperatures that plummeted into the mid-30s.
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Most everyone, that is, except the drivers. “Actually, it’s really comfortable in the car,” said defending champion Ricky Taylor, part of the Wayne Taylor Racing Konica-Minolta Acura Daytona Prototype International team. Of course, Taylor’s DPi had a twin-turbo V6 heater sitting right behind him.
Well, almost. The chilly weather was tough on tire traction, as it took a lap or two to bring tires up to temperature. That partly accounts for the 17 full-course cautions, surpassing last year’s total a little over halfway through…
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