The finish of the 50th anniversary Rolex 24 at Daytona.
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Daytona 24H: Hour 19 report
After 18 hours of racing in the 50th Anniversary Rolex 24 At Daytona, the stage was set for a final, six-hour battle between the No. 60 LiveOn.com Ford/Riley from Michael Shank Racing and the No. 01 TELMEX/Target BMW/Riley from Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates for overall honors. Driving the No. 60, Justin Wilson held [...]
Stewart To Give Rolex 24 Starting Command
Former Formula One champion and racing legend Sir Jackie Stewart will give the starting command for the 50th Anniversary of the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Stewart assumed the role after previously announced Grand Marshal A.J. Foyt was forced to cancel his visit due to complications from his recent knee surgery. Foyt is expected to make [...]
50 Years Of Rolex 24: 1997
January 24th, 2012 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in Grand-Am Road Racing - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive Dyson Racing’s No. 20 Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford started the 1997 Rolex 24 At Daytona as an afterthought, but finished the star turn when it ended the team’s near-two decade quest for a first win in the Florida endurance classic. The fact that it took just about anybody and everybody in the Dyson pit [...]
Jeff Nowicki Teams With Michael Baughman Racing for Daytona 24H
Driver Jeff Nowicki announced today he’ll be joining Michael Baughman Racing to race this year’s GRAND AM Rolex Series‘ 50th Anniversary Rolex 24 At Daytona. The team will field the #46 Katech powered Corvette C6 in the highly competitive GT division. Action gets underway with a 10:00 AM ET practices session Thursday, January 26 with [...]
50 Years Of Rolex 24: 1988
January 23rd, 2012 Stephen Rhodes Posted in Grand-Am Road Racing - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive The story begins with the nose section of an IMSA GTP sports prototype racecar being rushed across Central Park on a horse-drawn carriage and ends with half a race team asleep at a restaurant table… The tale of the TWR Jaguar squad’s debut victory in 1988′s Rolex 24 at Daytona is one of success in [...]
50 Years Of Rolex 24: 1993
January 18th, 2012 Stephen Rhodes Posted in Grand-Am Road Racing - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive Dan Gurney went down in the record books as the winner of the first major sports car race at Daytona International Speedway when he won the 1962 Daytona Continental – the event that grew into the Rolex 24 At Daytona. The American motorsports icon is also proud of the fact that, as a team owner, [...]
50 Years Of Rolex 24: 1991
January 16th, 2012 Stephen Rhodes Posted in Grand-Am Road Racing - News/Rumors, This Week in Racing History, Your Track Pass Exclusive It was age over beauty at the 1991 Rolex 24 At Daytona. Jaguar, Nissan and Toyota had taken over as the cars to beat in the IMSA Camel GTP ranks, leaving the venerable Porsche 962 in the background. Much of the attention in the Porsche camp went to the two-car Dauer Racing entry, which featured [...]
