The Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti (WTRAndretti) GTD team is set to start from seventh for Battle on the Bricks after an impressive qualifying performance from Danny Formal. Formal took on the crowded GTD field around the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway, working through traffic to extract the most from the No. 45 DEX Imaging Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2. The team’s seventh position will see the black-and-red crew starting from the front half of the 22-car GTD field.

The No. 45 DEX Imaging Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 team will take on the penultimate round of the 2024 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on Sunday, September 22 as Danny Formal, Kyle Marcelli and Graham Doyle will look for a positive result in the six-hour event. The Battle on the Bricks set to take place at 11:40 a.m. ET with full six-hour coverage on Peacock and NBC broadcast beginning at 3 p.m. ET.

TOP FIVE GTD STARTING GRID
1. No. 32 Korthoff/Preston Motorsports (Mercedes-AMG GT3 M. Skeen, K. Koch, M. Grenier (105.107 mph)
2. No. 55 Proton Competition (Ford Mustang GT3) B. Barker, C. Lewis, G. Levorato (104.779 mph)
3. No. 12 Vasser Sullivan (Lexus RC F GT3) A. Telitz, P. Thompson, F. Montecalvo (104.604 mph)
4. No. 96 Turner Motorsport (BMW M4 GT3) J. Walker, P. Gallagher, R. Foley (104.593mph)
5. No. 57 WINWARD RACING (Mercedes-AMG GT3) I. Dontje, P. Ellis, R. Ward (104.386 mph)
7. No. 45 DEX Imaging Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 (Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2) G. Doyle, D. Formal, K. Marcelli (104.088 mph)

Danny Formal, No. 45 DEX Imaging Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2: “GTD qualifying is over and we got seventh. It was a scrappy session on my end. There were large amounts of traffic, and we had difficulty avoiding contact causing us to lose some time. I don’t think that would’ve changed our position as there was a larger gap up front, but the rest of the field was really close. I’m really grateful for the team for letting me qualify. It was my third qualifying of the season. Again, not where we wanted to be after this morning, but we’re competitive. The WTRAndretti team has done a great job and the No. 45 DEX Imaging Lamborghini Huracán will be ready for battle tomorrow for the six-hour race. Graham and Kyle did great in practice, so we’re hoping for an aggressive start to get us some positions in the start then push all we have in the last few hours. We’re hopeful for some rain, as our car has been quite good in the rain, and hopefully that will help us with some track position.”

ABOUT WTRANDRETTI
Andretti Global and Wayne Taylor Racing announced a new, long-term partnership in 2023 that combines the resources of the two championship-caliber teams to compete in IMSA’s top classes. In 2024, Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti (WTRAndretti) has expanded to a two-car GTP program as well as competes in the GTD class. Coming off its 2023 championship winning effort, WTRAndretti continues its Driver Development Program competing in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America series with a full stable.

WTRAndretti’s global motorsports enterprise boasts two IMSA driver championships (2013 and 2017), and back-to-back IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup Championships (2020, 2021) which contributed to nine IMSA manufacturer championships for Acura, Pontiac, Corvette and Cadillac. In its brief 17-year history, WTRAndretti has accumulated multiple victories in sportscar racing’s most iconic events: Rolex 24 At Daytona, Twelve Hours of Sebring, Petit Le Mans, Mid-Ohio, Road America and the Six Hours of The Glen. With its back-to-back PRO Class Championship wins (2022, 2023), WTR also has ten North America Lamborghini Super Trofeo Championship titles and a Lamborghini World Finals title.

Andretti Global, a Championship-winning motorsports organization, competes in additional racing categories worldwide, including the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, Extreme E, Australian Supercars and the Mexico SuperCopa Championship. Additionally, the racing enterprise commits to driver development through competition in INDY NXT by Firestone and through support of Sebastian and Oliver Wheldon’s racing careers.