After the quick fire 15 minute qualifying sessions the teams of the Rolex Series’ Rolex 24 at Daytona had a rather slower-paced end to Thursday running at Daytona International Speedway with two hours of night practice.
Jade Buford will lead the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge field to the green flag for the start of BMW Performance 200 at Daytona International Speedway to begin the 2013 season.
Michael Shank Racing made a solid start to their defense of the Rolex 24 at Daytona title after finishing qualifying fourth and sixth on the grid.
Between them Scott Pruett and Scott Dixon put in a performance for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates that dominated qualifying for the Rolex 24 at Daytona putting their BMW-Riley on the front row for this weekend’s race.
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Michael Valiante returned the Michael Shank Racing #6 Ford-Riley to the top of the Rolex Series timesheets in the second practice session for the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
Bill Auberlen led the way for Turner Motorsports in the final half-hour practice session for the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge before qualifying later today (Thursday).
Just as at the series’ pre-season test earlier this month the first practice session for the Rolex 24 at Daytona was led by Riley and Porsche and Porsche again in the Daytona Prototype, GT and GX classes respectively.
Multimatic Motorsports picked up where the left off at the end of pre-season testing as the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season got under way with the first practices for the BMW Performance 200 at Daytona International Speedway.
2012 Rolex 24-winning team Michael Shank Racing is looking to defend its crown this weekend. The team, which will be entering the #6 and #60 Ford-Riley Prototypes are looking to repeat their double-podium success of last year, where the winning margin was just five seconds.
The #73 Park Place Motorsports/Racing4Research Porsche GT3 Cup entry have spoken of their hopes for the 2013 Rolex 24, after setting the pace at the GT test session earlier in the month.
Changes abound for Wayne Taylor Racing at the start of the Rolex Series season. Jordan Taylor replaces his elder brother Ricky as a full season driver for the Daytona Prototype squad while Velocity Worldwide give the squad a new sponsor and new – black and orange – livery to match.
Scott Sharp’s Extreme Speed Motorsports is just looking to stay out of trouble and finish this weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona.
Brumos Racing will face the 2013 Rolex 24 at Daytona without Hurley Haywood – the most successful man in the Daytona 24 Hours – driving as part of the team.
For a career that was halted so drastically in February 2011, in a severe rally accident that almost changed his quality of…
John Edwards will begin his 2013 this weekend with double duty at Daytona International Speedway as he competes in both the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge for Stevenson Motorsports.
The MOMO/NGT Motorsport team will be hoping they can start 2013 in the same fashion they closed 2012, with a GT class win in the Rolex 24 at Daytona to follow their GTC class victory at Petit Le Mans last October.
