CARTER, MOTT, HAYES, ABBATE Win 14 Hours of Daytona with AE Victory Racing

January 1, 1990

• ALANA CARTER qualified the No. 120 Toyota Supra GT4 on the front row and led teammates SALLY MOTT, LAURA HAYES, and MICHELE ABBATE to commanding overall class victory at Daytona, dominating wire-to-wire with half-second-per-lap pace advantage.
• Development driver BRENNA SCHUBERT qualified and started the No. 119, advancing to class lead within an hour before contact with lapped traffic caused suspension damage, ending a race-winning performance prematurely despite showing front-running pace.
• LAURA HAYES brought the No. 120 home after fourteen flawless hours, marking redemption from last year’s late-race heartbreak when the team spent 13 hours in podium contention before an incident ended their breakthrough attempt.
• Team executed perfect strategy with longer fuel stints than second-place Singler Racing BMW, quick driver changes, and expert timing under cautions, building insurmountable gap from early hours through engineer Kevin Tong’s race management.

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