After more than three hours of deliberation, IMSA officials have reversed the call that penalized the No. 555 Level 5 Motorsports Ferrari F458 which crossed the line first in the GT Daytona class on Sunday at Daytona International Speedway.
The No. 555, piloted by Alessandro Pier Guidi, and the No. 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Audi R8 driven by Markus Winkelhock, went two-wide through the narrow Kink … More
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23 hours and 40 minutes of hard racing emotion-tinged events came down to an eight-minute hammer-and-tongs battle for victory at the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Thanks to what turned out to be an unnecessary full-course caution, 52 of the 67 cars that started the event were bunched together for the sprint to the checkered flag, and when it waved, Action Express Racing’s Joao Barbosa drove to victory at Daytona International Speedway, backing up the team’s win on its debut in 2010.
The Gary Nelson-led team featured throughout the event, with Barbosa, Sebastien Bourdais, Christian Fittipaldi and Burt Frisselle pushing the No. 5 Corvette DP to a 1.461-second win over the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP. The sister No. 9AXR/DELTA Corvette DP rounded out the podium, giving General Motors a clean sweep of the top-3 and … More
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A new era begins in motorsports this weekend. For the first time in its history, North America will have a dedicated Porsche 911 factory team, Porsche North America. The Rolex 24 at Daytona will be the inaugural green flag for the factory team and for the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.
In this video, watch the CEO of Porsche Motorsport North America, a Porsche Factory Driver, and the Director of Operations for Porsche Motorsports North America discuss the beginning of the TUDOR United Sports Car Championship, the development of the new 911 RSR and why we race.
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Chevrolet Corvettes took the green flag on Saturday, January 25 for the 52nd Rolex 24 at Daytona in the newly formed TUDOR United SportsCar Championship. The Corvette C7.R made its track debut in the GT Le Mans class while Corvette DPs took part in the Prototype class.
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