It was not the preferred start to the Rolex 24 at Daytona for the #30 MOMO NGT Motorsport Porsche GT3 car, as their third-placed qualifying time was disallowed due to a rules-infraction. The resulting punishment was to start from last place.
Update after seven hours of racing in the 2013 Rolex 24 at Daytona
A quarter of the race, the sixth hourly update for the Rolex 24 at Daytona
Update after five hours of the Rolex 24 at Daytona
Update after four hours of racing at the 2013 Rolex 24 at Daytona
Third hourly update from the Rolex 24 at Daytona
Second hourly update from the 2013 Rolex 24 at Daytona
Update after the first hour of the 2013 Rolex 24 at Daytona
Jack Roush Jr. and Billy Johnson repeated as winners of the BMW Performance 200 at Daytona International Speedway, winning the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season opener for the second consecutive year.
Scotsman Robin Liddell set a best lap time of 1:48.330 in qualifying for the Rolex 24 at Daytona on the 3.54 mile road course at Daytona International Speedway.
Both Action Express Racing Chevrolet Corvette Daytona Prototypes will start the Rolex 24 at Daytona from outside of the top ten after struggling to find the ultimate pace during the 15 minute qualifying session.
Spirit of Daytona Racing’s blue #90 will lead the Chevrolet Corvette Daytona Prototype contingent to the green flag for the Rolex 24 at Daytona courtesy of Richard Westbrook qualifying fifth fastest.
The four Audi R8 entries for the Rolex 24 at Daytona will start from the front, middle and rear of the 34-car GT class.
Defending Rolex 24 at Daytona champions Michael Shank Racing will start this tomorrow’s race at Daytona from fourth and sixth on the grid – with the Daytona Prototype class headed by three BMW-Riley machines including a pair of Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates machines.
In a reverse of how they qualified yesterday afternoon Scott Dixon was fastest in final practice for the Rolex 24 at Daytona ahead of Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates teammate Scott Pruett, who returned the #01 to the upper echelons of the times after the team missed the full two night practice session last night.
Max Angelelli was disappointed to qualify down in twelfth for this weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, although he admitted it was the result he’d feared
Patrick Long paid tribute to the Park Place Motorsports crew after securing fourth place on the grid in the GT class at the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Long will race alongside Spencer Pumpelly, Patrick Lindsey, Jason Hart and Daniel Graeff in the Racing4Research Porsche and came in just half a second shy of pole position in class.
