Rolex 24

Passion Makes Chip Ganassi Rolex 24 Royalty

... Murray and Kyle Larson - finished 13 th overall. He also brought the new Ford GTs only a few weeks after their delivery and essentially untested. They finished 30 th and 39 th overall in their Daytona debut but the team went on to win the great Le Mans 24-hour event last summer. Ganassi is now the only owner in racing history with victories in the Rolex 24, 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 12 Hours of Sebring, the Daytona 500 , the Brickyard 400,  and the Indianapolis 500. "It's pretty impressive, obviously, to see what Chip's achieved across many different formulas," said Ganassi Indy Car driver (and champion) Scott Dixon, who is co-driving one of Ganassi's Fords this weekend. "I think the most outstanding thing was being a part of Le Mans. not just the winning car but seeing the emotions Chip and Ford achieved. It takes a very special group. "I'm extremely happy for him and how he's adding to his ...

Roof Top Ray' Set For Another Rolex 24 All-nighter

... my fourth year doing the overnight. For this year, they're moving my Camera 1 position, and I will be on scaffolding instead of the platform they used to have. My section was moved to section 386, which doesn't right a bell, so I know something's going to be different. It will be a similar shot where you can see the cars in the trioval and the pit stops, which is key for that camera. Any favorite Daytona stories. Of all my Rolex 24 memories, my favorite was probably the year SPEED did 25 hours of live coverage [in 2001]. We had two full crews, the Lingner Group produced it, and there were many great driver/year/car features to fill any slow time. They also used a lot of email interaction from people watching, even race parties that lasted all night. That feedback made me feel better – there really were fans doing crazier things than us making TV.". What are your favorite races. "I'm a big fan of endurance racing, so the Rolex 24, Le Mans, certainly Sebring, but my favorite race is the Indy 500. I've done the Sahlen's Six ...

Jeff Gordon Embraces Fun Side Of Racing With Rolex 24

... Sports. Gordon drives through a turn during his final race at Sonoma Raceway on June 28, 2015. Ed Szczepanski, USA TODAY Sports. Gordon and his son Leo shared a moment with Indy Car legend Mario Andretti at the 2015 Indianapolis 500. Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports. Jeff Gordon drives through a turn during the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 19, 2015. Andrew Weber, USA TODAY Sports. Gordon navigates the crowd before the Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., on March 22, 2015. Kelvin Kuo, USA TODAY Sports. Jeff Gordon celebrates winning the pole for the 2015 Daytona 500. Peter Casey, USA TODAY Sports. Jeff Gordon drinks champagne in victory lane after winning the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway On Sept. 28, 2014. Matthew O'Haren, USA TODAY Sports. Gordon kisses his wife Ingrid Vandebosch after winning the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor ...

Rolex 24 Field Negotiates Rain-soaked Course

... 3, with the fourth-place car two laps down. The No. 31 and No. 5 Cadillacs of Action Express Racing were running first and third, sandwiching the No. 10 car of Wayne Taylor Racing. Current Cadillac drivers are Eric Curran (No. 31), Max Angelelli (No. 10) and Filipe Albuquerque (No. 5). The No. 81 Oreca, driven by Loic Duval, is running a distant fourth. Prototypes still make up the first eight spots on the scoring pylon. Other class leaders are the No. 66 Ford GT (GT Le Mans), No. 38 Oreca (Prototype Challenge) and No. 93 Acura NSX GT 3 (GT Daytona). 7 P. M. UPDATE. Max Angelelli maintained his lead at 7 pm., as three Cadillacs still paced the way in the Rolex 24. Angelelli, in the No. 10 Caddy, was 1.7 seconds ahead of Eric Curran in the No. 31 Caddy. The third Cadillac team was being carried by Filipe Alburquerque in the No. 5. The three Cadillacs were the only cars on the lead lap. Running ...

Hunter-reay Learning To Adapt To Acura Nsx For Rolex 24

... an extremely complicated process,” Miller said. “We’ve taken a production car and stripped it and gutted it and tried to turn it into a race car.”. The NSX production car debuted in 1990 and quickly found success in sports car racing. But Acura, Honda’s luxury nameplate, discontinued the racing program after the 2009 season. Plans to resurrect the racing program emerged shortly after the new generation of the NSX production car was unveiled last year. The Rolex 24 – featuring 24 hours of continuous racing around the 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway road course – will be its first race. Although they look similar, the street version of the NSX GT 3 and the race car are quite different. The production car features an all-wheel-drive hybrid drivetrain. The race car is rear-wheel drive and powered by a twin-turbocharged V-6. “It’s been a pretty massive undertaking,” said ...

2017 Rolex 24 At Daytona

... than the rest of the field. 8:07 PM, Safety Car 5: The #31 again goes behind the wall to be push started. If that starter problem persists throughout the race, for every stop, it could be a massive delay. If it gets worse, it could be catastrophic. 8:01 PM, Safety Car 5: Light rain begins as the large band of precipitation on the radar finally reaches the track. Teams have both wet and dry tires laid out on the pit lane in anticipation of the next round of stops. DW Burnett / PUPPYKNUCKLES. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. 7:58 PM, Safety Car 5: Major drama as the #4 Corvette slows and stops on the backstretch. The top six runner in GTLM has some sort of issue that wasn't fixed by the classic "Turn it off and turn it back on again" strategy, and after failing to re-fire, will bring out the safety car. 7:53 PM: Ferrari #51, the AF Corse entry run under the Spirit of Race banner that started on pole and led early in GTD, joins the list of retirees, as does the #73 Park Place Porsche involved in the earlier incident with the Starworks #8. Four of the race's five retirees come from GTD, with the #24 GTLM BMW ...

Jeff Gordon In Lead In Rolex 24 At Daytona

... is underway, with pole-sitter Joao Barbosa leading the 55-car field to the green flag. The twice-around-the-clock endurance race began under cool temperatures and cloudy skies, with a threat of steady rain predicted for later Saturday. Four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon started the race in the pits, with Wayne Taylor Racing teammate Ricky Taylor opening behind the wheel of the No. 10 Cadillac. "Dancing with the Stars" runner-up and Indy Car driver James Hinchcliffe, four-time Indy Car champion Scott Dixon and 2014 Indianapolis 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay also are in the field. Chip Ganassi Racing, which has dominated the Rolex in recent years, has two entries. One of them includes Joey Hand, Dirk Mueller and Sebastien Bourdais, who won their class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans last year. More AP auto racing: __link__. Copyright 2017 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or ...

Ctsc Race Highlights Friday Updates Ahead Of Rolex 24

... in a group. It felt like I got just a little nudge from behind. “It could have been just the air taken off the rear wing cause we were in a pack or something, but it snapped pretty hard, pretty quick down in turn one and unfortunately it got into the fence on the left hand side, so I don’t know if we’ll get going again. You just feel disappointed for all the guys, all the team, everybody that’s put this thing together and this is not how you want to start, so hopefully we’ll get back out there and get a little more running in and see what we can do. “Just disappointment. There’s so many people here that are a part of this program that have put so much energy and effort into getting here and then to have something like this happen it’s just frustrating. It’s not how you want to get things going.”. Pruett’s No. 14 Lexus started 13 th in the GT Daytona class. He was meant to ...

Gordon Gives Up Lead, Gets Comfy In Rolex 24

... of building a big lead that would take some pressure off Gordon. Instead, Gordon took over under caution and was in the car for a restart. "Everyone was telling me, 'Build a gap, build a gap,'" Taylor said. "I didn't want to be the one to crash the car and then Jeff Gordon doesn't get to get in the car. That would be the worst. The plan was to give Jeff the car with a little bit of a gap. That wasn't how it ended up working out.". Gordon expects to get back in the car later Saturday, after Max Angelelli and Jordan Taylor take turns. But with rain expected overnight and the fact that Gordon has so little experience racing in wet conditions he doesn't expect to be in the car very long in bad weather. "I'm not petrified of the rain if I have to get out there in it," said Gordon, who drove during a monsoon in the 2007 Rolex event. "They're probably going to try to minimize my time in the rain if it is going to race, which I think is a great call on their part.". 5:45 p.m. Scott Pruett's shot at an 11 th victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona ended when he crashed in his new Lexus. Pruett is tied with Hurley Haywood for five overall ...

Wayne Taylor Racing Back In Front In Rolex 24

... leading the GT Le Mans class in the No. 66 Chip Ganassi Racing entry, just ahead of Ganassi teammate Tony Kanaan. Patricio O'Ward, driving for Performance Tech Motorsports, is tops in the Prototype Challenge class. And Indy Car driver Graham Rahal is out front in the GT Daytona class. Rahal is part of a solid lineup in Michael Shank Racing's No. 93 Acura, joining Andy Lally, Katherine Legge and Mark Wilkins. 8:30 p.m. Max Angelelli is gunning for a victory in what he claims is the final race of his career. Angelelli has promised that the Rolex 24 at Daytona is his last event and then he will move full-time into an off-track career. He's part of the management team for Cadillac Racing and co-owner of Wayne Taylor Racing. He's running in this year's endurance event with brothers Ricky and Jordan Taylor, and the team added four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon to the lineup this time. Angelelli took over the car Saturday after Gordon had slipped to third, and he quickly ...

Pruett, Lexus Sustain Heavy Crash In Hour 2 At Rolex 24

... RC F GT 3 program, Scott Pruett, has seen his 55 th Rolex 24 at Daytona likely come to an end following a heavy accident exiting Turns 1 and 2. It appeared as though Pruett overcorrected while trying to come back to power on corner exit, and went across the road directly in front of the No. 4 Corvette C 7. R driven by Tommy Milner. Pruett crashed his Lexus head-on into the barriers at pit exit, which caused heavy front-end damage to the car. The five-time Rolex 24 at Daytona winner and recently minted 2017 Motorsports Hall of Fame of America driver, who owing to the odd quirks of the FIA Driver Rating system is actually a Silver-rated driver (he’s 56 years old, which automatically qualified him for a downgrade from Gold to Silver last year), emerged from the wreckage under his own power ...

Wayne Taylor Racing Back In Front In Rolex 24

... up it allows the rain to get away from the tires. The tires are good and the downforce of the Cadillac is amazing.". Sebastien Bourdais is leading the GT Le Mans class in the No. 66 Chip Ganassi Racing entry, just ahead of Ganassi teammate Tony Kanaan. Patricio O'Ward, driving for Performance Tech Motorsports, is tops in the Prototype Challenge class. And Indy Car driver Graham Rahal is out front in the GT Daytona class. Rahal is part of a solid lineup in Michael Shank Racing's No. 93 Acura, joining Andy Lally, Katherine Legge and Mark Wilkins. 8:30 p.m. Max Angelelli is gunning for a victory in what he claims is the final race of his career. Angelelli has promised that the Rolex 24 at Daytona is his last event and then he will move full-time into an off-track career. He's part of the management team for Cadillac Racing and co-owner of Wayne Taylor Racing. He's running ...