Pirelli is celebrating the performance of its P Zero tires as racer Scott Pruett has set the track record at the 3.4-mile Watkins Glen International road course.
After driving the No. 01 TELMEX/Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus Riley to victory during the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen endurance event earlier this month, Pruett was effusive over the record-setting role played by the car’s tires.
“Pirelli did a great job,” says Pruett, who has now won the Sahlen’s Six Hours three times. “This is probably – from my view point – one of Pirelli’s best performances that I have experienced. We just kept going faster and faster through out the run. The car stayed consistent and it stayed fast.”
Chasing Pruett and co-driver Memo Rojas in the late stages of the race was the No. 10 SunTrust Ford Dallara of Max Angelelli and Brian Frisselle, who were equally enthused with the rubber they were riding on.
“The Pirellis were fantastic,” Angelelli says. “When you consider our fastest lap time of the race was on tires that we put through two stints, that says a lot. The durability of the Pirellis was very good.”
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