Date: Aug. 8, 2015
Event: Continental Tire Road Race Showcase (Round 8 of 10)
Series: Prototype division of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship
Location: Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin (4-mile, 14-turn road course)
Pole Winner: Joey Hand of Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (1:56.452 at 125.140 mph)
Wayne Taylor Racing: 4th by Ricky Taylor (1:57.437 at 124.090 mph)

The No. 10 Konica Minolta Corvette DP for Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR) will start Sunday’s Continental Tire Road Race Showcase from the outside of the second row after TUDOR United SportsCar Championship qualifying Saturday at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

Ricky Taylor, who co-drove with his brother Jordan Taylor to their second victory of the season last month at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario after becoming the series’ first multiple pole winner of 2015, clocked a fast lap Saturday of 1 minute, 57.437 seconds at 124.090 mph on the 4-mile, 14-turn road course. It was good for fourth among 33 car-and-driver combinations that will take the green flag for Sunday’s two-hour, 40-minute race.

“We’ve been chasing this tire change a little bit this weekend,” said Taylor, who has a best career finish of third at Road America when he co-drove here with Max Angelelli in 2011. “IMSA changed the spec tire and it seems to have affected our car balance a little bit. We made some big changes before qualifying and got a little bit closer, but we’ve still got some room to improve.”

The top-five qualifiers for Sunday’s Continental Tire Road Race Showcase at Road America are:

1. Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (No. 01 Ford Riley) with Joe Hand and Scott Pruett (1:56.452 at 125.140 mph)

2. Action Express Racing (No. 5 Corvette DP) with Christian Fittipaldi and Joao Barbosa (1:57.020 at 124.533 mph)

3. Spirit of Daytona Racing (No. 90 Corvette DP) with Michael Valiante and Richard Westbrook (1:57.173 at 124.370 mph)

4. Wayne Taylor Racing (No. 10 Corvette DP) with Ricky Taylor and Jordan Taylor (1:57.437 at 124.090 mph)

5. Michael Shank Racing (No. 60 Honda HPD Ligier JS P2) with John Pew and Oswaldo Negri (1:57.502 at 124.022 mph)

Race time is 3:05 p.m. EDT Sunday with FOX Sports 1 providing the live TV broadcast beginning at 3 p.m. Live timing and scoring during all on-track sessions is available at IMSA.com and the IMSA smartphone app.