It was no fluke when Patrick Dempsey led laps overnight in the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
The actor best known as McDreamy from his role as Dr. Derek Shepherd on “Grey’s Anatomy” has worked hard at his racing career.
The validation came last weekend when Dempsey led his first laps in the Grand-Am Series and helped his race team earn its first podium with a third-place finish Sunday in the prestigious sports car race  … More
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DAYTONA BEACH — The four greatest trophies in American motorsports now belong to one man — Chip Ganassi.
When his sports car team of Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Graham Rahal and Joey Hand won the Rolex 24 at Daytona in a wild final-lap sprint, it made the car owner the current winner of the four biggest races in the country: the 24-hour race, the Daytona 500 (with Jamie McMurray), the Brickyard 400 (McMurray) and the Indianapolis 500 (Dario Franchitti).
Even before Pruett got out of  … More
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — How aggressive was Juan Montoya during his final stint Sunday in the No. 02 Ganassi Racing BMW Riley, which Montoya kept in the overall lead in the Rolex 24 Grand-Am season opener at Daytona International Speedway?
So much so that his team went through three noses on Montoya’s Daytona Prototype. The third nose on the car was plain white, sans the logo of sponsor Target, because the team didn’t really expect to use it  … More
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Chip Ganassi Racing secured its fourth Daytona 24 Hours victory in six years with a one-two finish in the 2011 edition of the race.
Ganassi’s #01 Riley-Ford MKXI/XX driven by Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Joey Hand and Graham Rahal crossed the line just two seconds ahead of its sister car. Scott Dixon, who shared the second Ganassi entry with Juan Pablo, Dario Franchitti and Jamie McMurray, was unable to exploit a late-race safety-car period, which turned the race into a one-lap sprint to the flag  … More
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