Defending Rolex 24 winner Ozz Negri took over a Michael Shank Racing Daytona Prototype way back in the field because of problems with the car’s setup. But after a long pitstop Negri got in the car and brought it back past more than 25 competitors while making up more than two laps on the field.…
IndyCar veteran Tony Kanaan put together a special Brazilian team to run the Rolex 24 this weekend. The Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Brazil team has veteran drivers including Kanaan and former F1 star Rubens Barrichello, but it also has some new crew people who are just learning the rigors of international sports car racing. But…
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…
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…
Mustang drivers Billy Johnson and Jack Roush Jr. started off their Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season on the top of the Daytona International Speedway pylon for the second straight year. The team won the BMW Performance 200 Friday afternoon, a 2.5 hour sprint through the historic road course at DIS. It was a tough…
Colin Braun has raced in NASCAR, ALMS, Grand-Am and more, but this weekend his sole purpose in life is getting the Doran Racing Ford Dallara into Victory Lane in the Rolex 24. He’s teamed with Paul Tracy and David Donohue among others in the squad. In fact the team has done well in practice so…
Grammy Award wining music producer Jim Jonsin has worked with Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, Pit Bull and the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. Jonsin was in the CTSCC season opening road race at Daytona International Speedway Friday driving a Porsche as part of his Rebel Rock Racing team. He spent a few minutes with The Freak…
Michael Shank Racing driver Oz Negri is one of the Rolex 24 defending champions. He was on the team that won the race a year ago. But Negri’s involvement in the race this year may be threatened. He broke his leg on a mountain bike ride last month. He wasn’t able to participate in the…
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