A 24hour sports car endurance race held at daytona international speedway the first major u. Jarvis, tincknell, and the rest of mazda team joest are seeking a similar result when the checkered flag falls on sunday for the 57thrunning of the rolex 24 at daytona. This years 24 hours of daytona is the mostattended one. There is no event like the rolex 24 at daytona, which delivers an allstar driving lineup consisting of imsa regulars plus drivers from other racing disciplines such as nascar, indycar and formula 1. Relive all the action from the rolex 24 at daytona, the first race of the 2017 weathertech sportscar championship season and round 1 of the. Begun in the early 1960s as a threehour race, the contest evolved gradually into a 24hour marathon that makes use of multiple drivers and crews as well as the special features of the daytona international speedway track, which allows spectators to view the race as a whole from grandstand seats. Lamborghini celebrates third victory at the 24 hours of. R driver kamui kobayashi takes the checkered flag to win the rolex 24 hour auto race at daytona international speedway, sunday, jan. Earl bamber making progress before handing over to mathieu jaminet. Get ready to make memories that will last a lifetime. Pontiac captured a remarkable overall victory at the 24 hours of daytona on sunday, the divisions second straight win at the legendary endurance event. The 24 hours of daytonaimsas annual seasonopening festival of utter vehicular masochism and pretty lightsis more alive than ever thanks to some big names and a deep field of cars. Unlike the quenting spurring le mans 24 hour series, which is divided into decades, this book covers more than forty years itself from 1962 to 2008.
The 24 hours of daytona, currently known as the rolex 24 at daytona for sponsorship reasons, is a 24hour sports car endurance race held annually at daytona international speedway in daytona beach, florida. Ricky taylor and filipe albuquerque tangled with about 7 minutes remaining in the 24 hour endurance race in daytona beach, florida. Daytona 24 hours return is about winning by charles bradley. Jarvis broke the 26yearold daytona road course record with a sensational lap on thursday to take mazdas first prototype pole, and this is clearly a great chance to add another 24hour win to. Santagata bolognesedaytona, january 26th, 2020 lamborghini kicked off its 2020 racing season by making yet more history at the traditional curtain raising 24 hours of daytona. Jarvis broke the 26yearold daytona road course record with a sensational lap on thursday to take mazdas first prototype pole, and this is clearly a great chance to add another 24 hour win to. Rolex 24 hours of daytona 2017 photos, results, report.
As with any endurance race, it was packed with close calls, wrecks, fast action, and intensely close. Angelelli, taylor and collard win, set fastest lap. The track is close to the main beach boulevard in daytona, you cant miss it. Since its inception, it has been held on the last weekend of. Last november 2014 teams from 21 countries traveled by land, air and sea to daytona beach.
I know how 24hour races work, and how difficult it is to predict. Classic 24 hour returns this november to the banks of daytona international. Through onequarter of the rolex 24 at daytona, it has been all. Download and use it for your personal or noncommercial projects. Mazda drives to second place in rolex 24 at daytona. The 24 hours of daytona, currently known as the rolex 24 at daytona for sponsorship reasons, is a 24 hour sports car endurance race held annually at daytona international speedway in daytona beach, florida. January 28, 2019 lexus and newly formed race team aim vasser sullivan avs opened the 2019 imsa weathertech sportscar championship season this weekend with topfive finishes for both lexus rc f gt3s, including a secondplace podium result for the. Jordan taylor and max angelelli celebrate their victory for cadillac at daytona international speedway on. Originally known as the 24 hours of daytona, the rolex 24 at daytona is a 24hour sports car endurance race held annually that kicks off the new imsa weather tech sportscar championship season at daytona international speedway.
Alonso showed his class with a stirring stint that saw him climb from fifth to first and pull a 21sec lead in the rolex 24 at daytona before a caution. For that reason, even though it is 450 pages thick, the 6 to 8 pages for each years race are not enough to provide us. Five decades later, ford hoped to commemorate that win with a. Rolex 24 at daytona orlando tickets, hotels, packages. It was the first of twelve 2018 weathertech sportscar. Seeing it for the first time was awesome and its even better at night with all the lights on. Aim vasser sullivan claims secondplace finish in grueling 24hour event daytona beach, fla. Cadillac and ford prove victorious in 2017s first big circuit race. Little over 50 years since the first daytona 24hour race in 1966, a new era in northamerican sports car racing is beaconing and, as ever, it will all.
January 27, 2020 lexus and aim vasser sullivan avs opened the 2020 imsa weathertech sportscar championship season with a top10 finish in the rolex 24 at daytona with the no. Begun in the early 1960s as a three hour race, the contest evolved gradually into a 24 hour marathon that makes use of multiple drivers and crews as well as the special features of the daytona international speedway track, which allows spectators to view the race as a whole from grandstand seats. The fight at the front of gtlm picked up again with 10 hours remaining when the no. Rolex 24 hours at daytona daytona international speedway. Rolex welcomes the triumphant driver with the rolex cosmograph daytona. When one of the worst crashes at the 2018 rolex 24 at daytona sports car endurance event involved a golf cart in the turn 4 tunnel, you know youve see a relatively calm race. The car will finish first and third with the porsche clamming the victory. In 1966, a ford gt40 won the daytona 24 hours, a prelude to the cars legendary victory over ferrari at the 24 hours of le mans. Rc f gt3 finishes on the podium at rolex 24 at daytona.
Mazda rt24ps led the way at the roar before the 24 at daytona international speedway two weeks ago when drivers oliver jarvis and harry tincknell set the quickest lap times in the weekends qualifying session. So, as was expected, the 24hours of daytona was only a shadow of the battle between ferrari, ford and chaparral that took place during the 1967 race. January 26, 2020 two mazda rt24ps battled over 24 hours of racing at daytona international speedway to record the companys best overall finish at the rolex 24 at daytona. The 24 hours of daytona is a real classic and is our first major highlight of the motorsport season each year. Classic 24 hour returns this november to the banks of daytona international speedway 2020 featured marque. In 1984 porsche provided the late al holbert this 962 to compete in the imsa road racing series where it would go on to earn 15 overall wins from 1984 to 1986, this included a back to back daytona 24 hour overall win in 1986 and 1987.
From the cars to the history, heres everything you need to know about this epic endurance race. The 2020 imsa season kicked off last weekend at daytona with the 58th running of the rolex 24. Classic 24 hour at daytona group c 1980 1990 driver codriver s country team yrmakemodeldisp num class ames, robert usa boulder classics, llc 93 porsche 964 rs america 3600cc 991 c5 boller, robert usa lotus lane racing 83 jaguar xjr5 5300cc 04 c1. Push notifications to keep you updated on all the event happenings. One goal for mazda at 24 hours of daytona inside mazda. Daytona international speedway mobile app daytona international. Grts first race of imsa competition came one year ago at the 2017 rolex 24 at daytona, and while bortolotti and ineichen were a part of the teams driver lineup then, this was the first. The rolex daytona can trigger to thoughts in the imagination.
Commentary from john midweek motorsport series 15 episode 16 john hindhaugh is joined by nick daman and declan brennan. Leo kinnunen and brian redman leads the ferrari 512s 28 of mario andretti. With the demise of the giants the porsche team were prepared for an outright win to start the season. The 2016 24 hours of daytona formally the 54th rolex 24 at daytona was an international motor sports association imsasanctioned 24hour automobile endurance race for daytona prototype and grand touring sports cars held at the daytona international speedway combined road course in daytona beach, florida, on january 3031, 2016, before approximately 35,000 people. Wayne taylor racing cadillac wins daytona 24hour race. Download the autosport app available on ios and android. Lexus rc f gt3 earns top10 result in rolex 24 at daytona. Pontiac takes daytona 24 hour for second straight year. It was a move ricky taylor describes as a badass move. On the grid 2020 episode 10 what effect does virgin australia going into administration have on. There are traditionally around 60 cars in the field competing for the overall victory as well as four different classes. The rolex 24 hours of daytona 2017 was held january 2829 at the daytona international speedway in daytona beach, florida.
Rolex 24 at daytona daytona international speedway. The 2018 24 hours of daytona formally the 56th rolex 24 at daytona was an international motor sports association imsasanctioned 24hour automobile endurance race for daytona prototype and grand touring sports cars held at the daytona international speedway combined road course in daytona beach, florida, on january 2728, 2018. Classic 24 hour at daytona group b 1973 1982 driver codriver s country team yrmakemodeldisp num class blaha, kathyst. Rolex 24 at daytona 2017 results overall imsa 24 hour. Phil allaway january 28, 2017 imsa, news, phil allaway, sports cars, wsc comments off on 2017 rolex 24 at daytona 6 hour update.
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