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WEATHERTECH RACING QUALIFIES FIFTH IN GTD AT DAYTONA

WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Alessandro Balzan (Italy), Gunnar Jeannette (Salt Lake City), and Jeff Segal (Miami) will start from the third row in the GTD class for this weekend’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 At Daytona International Speedway.. Balzan was behind the wheel of the No. 63 WeatherTech Racing Ferrari 488 … Continue reading → ...

AFS/PR1 MATHIASEN MOTORSPORTS READY FOR THE ROLEX 24 AND FIRST RACE AS A NEW TEAM

After an insightful three days of testing at Daytona twenty days ago, AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports returns to Florida for the 56th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway and their first race of the year. Gustavo Yacaman, Sebastian Saavedra, Roberto Gonzalez and Nick Boulle have all arrived and are prepared to get in … Continue reading → ...

THREE MERCEDES-AMG GT3 TEAMS READY FOR THE ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

A dozen Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing teams are set to compete in two different IMSA sports car racing series this weekend at Daytona International Speedway (DIS) during the 56th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, January 24 – 28, which features the opening rounds of both the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge.

PAUL MILLER RACING READIES FOR ROLEX 24 QUEST AT DAYTONA

Saturday at Daytona International Speedway, 50 sports cars will roar to the green flag for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opening race, the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Drivers and teams will race twice around the clock, challenging man and machine in the longest endurance racing event of the IMSA season. Last year, the No. 48 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 placed as the top Lamborghini, finishing seventh in class.

WEATHERTECH RACING READY FOR THE 24 HOURS AT DAYTONA

Drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, ILL.), Alessandro Balzan (Italy), Gunnar Jeannette (Salt Lake City, Ut.) and Jeff Segal (Miami, Fla.) came away from the Roar test three weeks ago with a lot of laps under their belts and optimism for the race this weekend. The team, on the strength of the Scuderia Corsa prepared No. 63 WeatherTech Racing Ferrari 488 GT3, had a fault-free run at the test allowing the drivers to focus on getting laps and the team to get a set-up on the white and black Ferrari that satisfied all four drivers.

GREEN LIGHT FOR THE NEW SPEARHEAD: BMW M8 GTE MAKES RACE DEBUT AT THE “ROLEX 24” IN DAYTONA

This is the moment BMW Motorsport has been waiting for: after months of intensive development, the new BMW M8 GTE will make its race debut this weekend. The new top model for international GT racing will take to the track at the legendary 24-hour race in Daytona (USA), the opener of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 56th edition of the endurance classic takes place on 27th/28th January.

LIST OF MOTIVATIONS LONG FOR FORD CHIP GANASSI RACING AT ROLEX 24

The No. 66 Ford GT team won the event’s GTLM class title last year and all three drivers – Joey Hand, Dirk Müller and Sébastien Bourdais – will be back to defend the win. On the other side of the garage, while the No. 67 Ford GT finished 10th, drivers Richard Westbrook (1:43.385) and Ryan Briscoe (1:43.433) recorded the two quickest lap times of the class in 2017 while sharing the car with endurance addition Scott Dixon.

BURGEONING ANGLO-AMERICAN TEAM UNITED AUTOSPORTS SET TO COME OF AGE STATESIDE

United Autosports adds another chapter to its already impressive nine-year racing history when the double European sports-prototype championship winning outfit competes in the Rolex 24 At Daytona as a stand-alone team for the first-time next weekend (27-28 Jan). The Anglo-American outfit enters North America’s premier sportscar race with its two Ligier JS P217 LMP2 sports-prototypes vying for overall honours in the top class and with a seven-driver squad who can boast multiple championship title success globally.

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