A
NGELELLI AND
D
ALLARA WRAPPED UP THEIR VICTORY IN THE PRESTIGIOUS
A
MERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
AT
L
IME
R
OCK
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UNDERLINING ONCE AGAIN THE FANTASTIC POTENTIAL OF
I
TALIAN MOROTSPORTS
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G
ood Italy breaks the bank at the
Grand-Am. Apart from being the last
year before the merger into the
United Sports Car Championship, 2013 will
remembered as the year of the tricolore in
both the drivers’ and the constructors’
championships. And the crowning
moment came at Lime Rock, in
Connecticut. Max Angelelli, in the Dallara
Corvette, achieved his third consecutive
victory, and fifth overall, to take the Rolex
Series title for the second time, following
his success back in 2005. Max might have
been forgiven for thinking that he was
destined never complete his double, in
fact, had it not been for an impressive
series of unfortunate incidents in recent
years, ranging from detached aerials to his
car catching fire, the driver from Bologna
might well have won several more titles by
now, but that’s just the way things go, and
in the end the nature of the victory made
the wait worthwhile. Apart from the
personal satisfaction, there was also the
gratification of seeing his friend and
partner Wayne Taylor, who has shared all
Max’s ups and downs since their last title 8
years ago, back in his rightful place. The
owner’s youngest son, Jordan Taylor, also
had an important part to play, quick on
the track and not prone to the type of
errors that were so decisive last year when
his brother Ricky was behind the wheel.
But "Max the Axe’s" was not the only
victory made in Italy, his Corvette-powered
Dallara Grand-Am also finally achieved the
success it deserved. A winning team that
has made its mark in the USA, the second
home of the manufacturer from Varano
de' Melegari, demonstrating that Dallara’s
talents are not limited to simply designing
cars, but that they are capable of
providing support, and achieving success,
as though there were no ocean dividing
Indianapolis and Varano.
