 | There was no shortage of activity on the grid prior to the start of the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona.... | | The 51st Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona included a record 77 lead changes in the Daytona Prototype class, six GT cars finishing on the lead lap, 2,524 miles completed by the winning team and a blistering lap of 126.669 mph turned in by Scott Dixon. Here's what some of the drivers had to say following an historic day (and long night) at Daytona International Speedway: “This was an... |
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 | | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates claimed a fifth victory in its 10 years of competing at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona after Juan Pablo Montoya came through to seal the honors in a thrilling final hour on Sunday at Daytona International Speedway. Ganassi's winning Riley-BMW MkXXVI,...
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 | | Final unofficial race results, as provided by the Rolex Grand-Am Series, of the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, which concluded on Sunday (Overall position, Car number, Class, Place in class, Laps, Difference behind leader, Car, Team): Pos No....
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 | | Ozz Negri was only slow getting in and out of his race car. Negri returned to his car Saturday for the Rolex 24 at Daytona with a noticeable limp from his still-healing broken right leg. He was injured last month during offseason training when he fell of a mountain bike, and the cast was removed...
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 | | Peter Baron, founder and team owner of Starworks Motorsport, is the recipient of the 2012 Rolex Bob Snodgrass Award of Excellence. The announcement was made during the traditional prelude to the Rolex 24 at Daytona -- the Grand Marshal Dinner -- which was held at the Daytona 500 Club and attended...
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 | | Hendrick Motorsports will field an entry for Chase Elliott in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for nine events. In addition to the nine events, the first of which comes April 6 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, Elliott will enter five ARCA Racing Series events. Aaron's will be Elliott's...
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 | | Ever wonder what the road course at Daytona International Speedway looks like to a driver from inside the car? Well, Audi of America produced and posted a video on Jan. 26 of Audi quattro GmbH driver Frank Stippler taking a hot lap of DIS in his R8 V10. Stippler narrates the lap, and it's easy...
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 | | Any time a racing series is able to last 50 years, it's remarkable, but in the case of Volkswagen's Formula Vee series, it's extraordinary. On Jan. 26, in the shadow of Daytona International Speedway, Volkswagen celebrated the 50th birthday of the Formula Vee series. What makes the celebration...
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 | | The media attention surrounding the need-for-speed couple that is Danica Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is going to get tiring in a hurry, but NASCAR is going to get a huge boost because of it. In fact, the news of these two competitors dating -- which
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 | | Porsche Motorsport released a video on Saturday featuring the sights and sounds of the beginning of the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona. The images of the cars, the Porsche drivers, and yes, even the girls, offer an exciting glimpse of the action in Florida this weekend. Where's my travel agent?...
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 | | John Doonan is relaxing for a minute in a motor coach in the Daytona International Speedway infield. It is probably one of the last times he'll be able to rest in the next 24 hours. An hour into Grand-Am's season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona today, Doonan -- Mazda North America racing boss -- is...
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 | | Ken Block is set for a busy 2013 with a return to the World Rally Championship a part of the plan. Not only will the American legend take on the Rally America National Championship, beginning with this weekend's Sno*Drift Rally in Atlanta, Mich.,...
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 | | Peter Brock, a true motorsports Renaissance man -- a designer, author, team owner and photojournalist -- was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club with the 2013 Phil Hill Award. RRDC president Bobby Rahal presented Brock with the award at a dinner prior to the running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona,...
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 | | Danica Patrick's now-public personal life was a popular topic at Daytona International Speedway on Friday. And there were varying opinions on how much attention, if any, Patrick's admission should get. Patrick told The Associated Press that she and fellow NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr....
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 | | Felix Sabates fled Cuba in 1959, when he was just 17. He became rich and somewhat famous in America, primarily as a NASCAR team owner. Now 70, Sabates hates Fidel Castro and his regime, and fears nothing will change when the ailing dictator dies. “He's pretty much been out of the...
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 | | The London High Court has revealed that the lawsuit brought against Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone and others by a former part-owner of the Formula One group of companies will be heard in October. Ecclestone seems to be looking ...
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 | | It wasn't exactly breaking news Thursday when team owner Joe Gibbs announced that Kyle Busch had signed an extension to drive the No. 18 Toyota in Sprint Cup for several more years. Word recently surfaced that Busch had...
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 | | Team principal Ross Brawn made it clear on Thursday that he is still the man in charge at Mercedes GP, despite recent uncertainty in the camp. Brawn says he has no intention of leaving any time soon, but at the same time admitted that he has yet to make a long-term commitment to the company....
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 | | With 68 cars on the starting grid, action was all but guaranteed for the first race in the 2013 season of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge at Daytona International Speedway, and the BMW Performance 200 didn't disappoint. As the official kickoff for Daytona Speedweeks, the two-hour, 45-...
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 | | The Le Mans 24 Hours continues to defy the global economic downturn, and event promoter, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, has received 71 applications for the 90th anniversary race set for June 22-23. This is the same number as 2011, and a small increase over 2012. Entries closed on Jan....
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 | | The mayor of Sochi in Russia has reportedly claimed that the first Russian GP in 2014 will take place in November, nine months after the Winter Olympics at the same site. The choice of date is unexpected since the month is already packed with races, including the race at Circuit of the Americas...
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 | | On Wednesday IndyCar released its 2013 rulebook. The changes were highlighted in a release from the series. That release is below: The sporting and technical regulations that comprise the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series rulebook were released to teams today by INDYCAR. "In 2012, the IZOD...
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