The famous Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona will be held this weekend, an event that traditionally kink off the new season and that regroup drivers from various categories.
For that occasion, regular drivers of the Grand-Am series will share the track with several famous drivers from other popular series such as the IRL, NASCAR Sprint Cup and Formula 1 , amongst others.
Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Jamie McMurray and Juan Pablo Montoya will be sharing the wheel of the #02 BMW-Riley of Chip Ganassi. A.J. Allmendinger and Canadian Michael Valiante will be sharing the #6 Ford-Riley of Michael Shank with Brian Frisselle and Mark Patterson.
Ryan Dalziel (#9), Pedro Lamy (#10), Sébastien Bourdais (#55), Raphael Matos (#59), Ricardo Zonta (#75), Antonio Gracia (#90), Ryan Hunter-Reay (#95) and Jimmie Johnson (#99) are other famous names that will be on track this weekend, in Daytona.
The four-time NASCAR Sprint champion Jimmie Johnson will probably be the one to look up front to the most as he will be sharing wheel of the #99 GAISCO Chevrolet-Riley, with Grand-Am champions Jon Fogarty, Alex Gurney and Jimmy Vasser.
Obviously, the #01 BMW-Riley of Chip Ganassi will also run at the front as Max Papis, Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas and Justin Wilson will be going for victory once again.
In the GT class, Hollywood actor Patrick Dempsey will put a little more fame on to that (already impressive) grid of drivers as he will be racing for his own team, Dempsey Racing, in the #41 Mazda RX8 with Charles Espenlaub and Joe Foster.
The Star Mazda series will also be represented as Jonathan Bomarito will drive the #70 Mazda alongside Quebec-born Sylvain Tremblay, Nick Ham and David Haskell.
Canada will be further represented by GT Team #22 of Ross Bentley, Sean McIntosh, Kees Nierop, Darryl O’Young and Steve Paquette from B.C., Paul Dalla Lana (Toronto) in the #94 car, Mark Wilkins (Toronto) in Prototype car #60 and Mike Forest (Edmonton) also driving a Prototype car (#7).
Drivers will hit the Daytona track for some testing next Thursday from 10-11:30am and then from 1:30-2:30pm. The qualifying sessions will take place on Thursday from 3:45-4:30pm and on Friday from 11-11:20am.
The 48th edition of the Rolex 24 at Daytona will see its Green Flag on Saturday at 3:30pm for another 24hours of mythic racing on the Floridian Speedway!
photo: Grand-Am
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For that occasion, regular drivers of the Grand-Am series will share the track with several famous drivers from other popular series such as the IRL, NASCAR Sprint Cup and Formula 1 , amongst others.
Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Jamie McMurray and Juan Pablo Montoya will be sharing the wheel of the #02 BMW-Riley of Chip Ganassi. A.J. Allmendinger and Canadian Michael Valiante will be sharing the #6 Ford-Riley of Michael Shank with Brian Frisselle and Mark Patterson.
Ryan Dalziel (#9), Pedro Lamy (#10), Sébastien Bourdais (#55), Raphael Matos (#59), Ricardo Zonta (#75), Antonio Gracia (#90), Ryan Hunter-Reay (#95) and Jimmie Johnson (#99) are other famous names that will be on track this weekend, in Daytona.
The four-time NASCAR Sprint champion Jimmie Johnson will probably be the one to look up front to the most as he will be sharing wheel of the #99 GAISCO Chevrolet-Riley, with Grand-Am champions Jon Fogarty, Alex Gurney and Jimmy Vasser.
Obviously, the #01 BMW-Riley of Chip Ganassi will also run at the front as Max Papis, Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas and Justin Wilson will be going for victory once again.
In the GT class, Hollywood actor Patrick Dempsey will put a little more fame on to that (already impressive) grid of drivers as he will be racing for his own team, Dempsey Racing, in the #41 Mazda RX8 with Charles Espenlaub and Joe Foster.
The Star Mazda series will also be represented as Jonathan Bomarito will drive the #70 Mazda alongside Quebec-born Sylvain Tremblay, Nick Ham and David Haskell.
Canada will be further represented by GT Team #22 of Ross Bentley, Sean McIntosh, Kees Nierop, Darryl O’Young and Steve Paquette from B.C., Paul Dalla Lana (Toronto) in the #94 car, Mark Wilkins (Toronto) in Prototype car #60 and Mike Forest (Edmonton) also driving a Prototype car (#7).
Drivers will hit the Daytona track for some testing next Thursday from 10-11:30am and then from 1:30-2:30pm. The qualifying sessions will take place on Thursday from 3:45-4:30pm and on Friday from 11-11:20am.
The 48th edition of the Rolex 24 at Daytona will see its Green Flag on Saturday at 3:30pm for another 24hours of mythic racing on the Floridian Speedway!
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photo: Grand-Am