Scott Pruett is The Man in Grand-Am Rolex DP racing. He’s won five championships including the last three in a row. He has three wins and two seconds in the last five Rolex 24s. So it’s not a real surprise that he won the pole in the current race and led through the first three…
Two-time Grand-Am Rolex Daytona Prototype champion (2007 & 2009) Alex Gurney got to start the Rolex 24 at Daytona Saturday afternoon and had to battle back from a pit road penalty for speeding. He fought back though, and after a restart his GAINSCO Racing Red Dragon team was fourth about two hours into the Classic.…
2013 Rolex 24 Grand Marshall Hurley Haywood won this American classic race five times overall and a sixth time in class. He even helped create the Daytona Prototype class that tops the racing in Grand-Am today. But wait’ll you hear who HE looked up to and drove with at one time in his career. It’s…
A.J. Foyt is the only driver to win the Indianapolis 500 (which he won four times), the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona (which he won twice), and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. That’s why The Freaks find a few minutes for him every chance we get. One of those chances came Saturday…
Major League pitcher C.J. Wilson has always had a passion for racing. When he made a success in the Major Leagues he was able to satisfy that passion by racing and becoming an owner of his own team. He’s building great relationships with Mazda including a dealership in Illinois. But at the Rolex 24 Wilson…
2012 IndyCar Champion Ryan Hunter-Reay is enjoying a working holiday at the Rolex 24 this weekend at Daytona International Speedway. He’s with the Wayne Taylor Racing team that qualified 12th for the race that starts Saturday afternoon. It’s not where a champion like Hunter-Reay would like to start but he has some family things on…
Three-time Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti is set up to have some success at this weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona. Franchitti and his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Jamie McMurray are in the second fastest qualifying car with Scott Dixon. But when The Freaks caught up with the two of them their minds were on other…
Only The Freaks could get this kind of emotion from the entire Michael Shank Racing team, defending champions of the Rolex 24. Wait’ll you hear from Ozz Negri, Marcos Ambrose, A.J. Allmenginder, John Pew and Justin Wilson unplugged. They know how to win almost as much as they know how to win. And Allmendinger is…
Ryan Eversley will be in the new Grand-Am Rolex GX category during the Rolex 24 starting Saturday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway. Eversley is with a squad of drivers in a Porsche Cayman, looking like it’s one of the fastest cars in the new class. Eversley’s BGB Motorsports team has been among the fastest during…
Dion Von Moltke is back in an Audi R8 for the 2013 Grand-Am season opener at the Rolex 24. He has experience in the car from last year when he ran for APR Motorsports. This year he’s with Alex Job Racing at the Rolex 24 and he’s with a program that has extensive support from…
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