GRAND SLAM.(Special Report)(Brief Article)

Byline: Bill McGuire Call it a banner year for Grand-Am with new venues, record-sized grids and seven winners in 14 races. It was a good year for Wayne Taylor and Max "The Ax'' Angelelli too, as they won both the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the season championship. Angelelli and Taylor scored five wins over the season in their Riley-Pontiac, and here's the real eyebrow-raiser: This well-oiled operation completed all 2050 laps and 6047 miles of competition this year, humming along like an atomic clock.

In endurance sports car racing, that's what it's all about. Last year's ...

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