Miller and Taylor earn third straight win of the season
Chris Miller and Mikey Taylor kept their perfect 2024 season intact in the TCR class of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge by taking a third straight win at Laguna Seca in their #17 JDC-Miller MotorSports Audi RS 3 LMS.
As he did in the first two races this year, Miller put the car in contention, then Taylor powered it into the lead and on to victory lane.
Miller started second in TCR behind the Montreal Motorsport Honda Civic Type R FL5 of Bryan Ortiz that had won the pole position, but a miscue behind a GS car during his stint dropped him to fifth when he turned the car over to Tailor on a pit stop. Taylor trailed leader Mason Filippi in the #98 Bryan Herta Autosport Hyundai Elantra N by eight seconds with 45 minutes remaining but chipped away the deficit quickly.
Taylor shoved his way past Robert Wickens in the #33 BHA Hyundai through the Andretti Hairpin with 21 minutes to go. Two laps later, he got past Filippi in the same spot to grab the lead and went on to win by 1.254 seconds.
Miller and Taylor now lead the standings with a comfortable margin of 190 points over Filippi and Mark Wilkins.
The fourth round of the series will be at Mid-Ohio on 9 June.
Laguna Seca – Race
- C. Miller/M. Taylor (JDC-Miller MotorSports, Audi RS 3 LMS II), 74 laps
- M. Filippi/M. Wilkins (Bryan Herta Autosport, Hyundai Elantra N), 1.254
- H. Gottsacker/R. Wickens (Bryan Herta Autosport, Hyundai Elantra N), 1.786
Championship points
- C. Miller/M. Taylor, 1050 pts; 2. M. Filippi/M. Wilkins, 870; 3. D. Dupont/P. Brown, 830
Picture: IMSA/LAT Images
