2007 Rolex Sports Car Series

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As with the American LeMans Series, the Grand American Road Racing Association(a/k/a the Rolex Sports Car Series) has released its' 2007 schedule and its' pretty darn' impressive. It begins with one of the world's most prestigious endurance races, the 45th annual Rolex 24 at Daytona, set on the infield road course at the "World Center of Racing", Daytona International Speedway. For the first time in its' history, the series will make stops in both Mexico(at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez) and in Canada(at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve). In addition, the series will make 2 stops at Watkins Glen, a Memorial Day Monday trip to scenic Lime Rock Park in Connecticut and trips to the new Iowa Speedway, Barber Motorsports Park(set in the heart of Dixie, of course.... ) and the Sonoma wine country(at Infineon Raceway).

Here is the 2007 schedule.......

~~27-28 January 2007}Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.(DP/GT--24 hours)
~~3 March 2007}Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, Mex.(DP/GT--400 kms.)
~~24 March 2007}Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Fla(DP/GT--400 kms.)#
~~28-29 April 2007}Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Va.(DP/GT in separate 400 km. races)
~~19-20 May 2007}Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Ca.(DP/GT in separate 400 km. races)
~~28 May 2007}Lime Rock Park, Lime Rock, Ct.(GT's only--400 kms)
~~9 June 2007}Watkins Glen International Raceway, Chemung, N.Y.(DP/GT--6 hours)
~~23-24 June 2007}Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio(DP/GT in separate 400 km. races)
~~5 July 2007}Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.(DP/GT--250 miles)
~~14 July 2007}Iowa Speedway, Newton, Ia.(DP/GT in separate 400 km. races)
~~21-22 July 2007}Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Ala.(DP/GT in separate 400 km. races)
~~3 August 2007}Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada(DP/GT--400 kms)*
~~10 August 2007}Watkins Glen International Raceway, Chemung, N.Y.(DP's only--200 miles)
~~25 August 2007}Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Ca.(DP's only--400 kms)+
~~15 Sept. 2007}Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah(DP/GT--9 hours OR 1000 kms)

DP--Daytona Prototypes(14 rounds)
GT--Grand Touring(13 rounds)
*--paired w/NASCAR Busch Series
+--paired w/IRL IndyCar Series

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Prior to the 2007 Rolex Sports Car Series season, there will be a couple of pre-season test sessions.........

~~6-7 November 2006--Daytona Intl. Speedway(9 am-noon and 1-5 pm on 6 Nov.; 9-12 and 1-4:30 pm on 7 Nov.)
~~5-6 December 2006}Homestead-Miami Sppedway(9 am-noon and 1-4:30pm both days)
~~4-6 January 2007--Daytona Intl. Speedway(schedule tba...)

The above tests are relevant for two reasons......1-they are a reasonable guide to how competitive the season will be, and 2-they give an idea as to who will be competing in which entry/series/etc...

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..........as of 2 November 2006:

Listed below are the current Daytona Prototype entries for next week's November Test..........

~~Ganassi Racing, #01 CompUSA Lexus/Riley--Scott Pruett
~~Howard Motorsports, #2 & #20 Crawford Composites Pontiac/Crawford--Andy Wallace, Butch Lietzinger
~~Finlay Motorsports, #5 & #19 sponsor tba--Rob Finlay, Michael Valiante
~~Sigalsport Racing, #05 BMW/Riley--Bill Auberlen, Matt Alhadeff
~~Michael Shank Racing, #6 & #60 sponsors tba--(#6)Ian James, Henri Zogaib, (#60)Mark Patterson and Oswaldo Negri, Jr.
~~SunTrust Racing, #10 SunTurst Pontiac/Riley--Wayne Taylor, Max Angelelli
~~SAMAX Motorsports, #11 CITGO/SAMAX Pontiac/Riley, Milka Duno, Patrick Carpentier
~~RVO Motorsports, #12 Rock Valley Oil Pontiac/Riley, Roger Schramm, Jack Baldwin
~~Alex Job Racing, #23 Ruby Tuesday Porsche/Crawford, Patrick Long
~~Cheever Racing, #39 & #51 sponsors tba(#39 Porsche/Crawford, #50 Porsche/Fabcar), Eddie Cheever, Jr., Christian Fittipaldi
~~TruSpeed Motorsports, #47 Querencia Golf Course/TruSpeed Motorcars Porsche/Riley, Charles Morgan, Rob Morgan
~~Brumos Porsche, #58 & #59 Red Bull/Brumos Porsche/Riley, (#58 David Donohue, Darren Law), (#59 Hurley Haywood, J.C. France)
~~Krohn Racing, #75 & #76 sponsors tba Pontiac/Riley, (#75 Nic Jonsson, Tracy Krohn), (#76 Colin Braun)
~~Doran Racing, #77 Doran Racing Ford/Doran, Harrison Brix, Fabrizio Gollin
~~Robinson Racing, #84 sponsor tba Pontiac/Riley, George Robinson, Paul Dallenbach, Katherine Legge
~~Riley Motorsports, #91 sponsor tba Pontiac/Riley, Jim Matthews, Marc Goosens

22 Daytona Prototype entries total
Grand Touring entries to be posted later in the evening.....

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Listed below are the current(as of 2 November 2006) Grand Touring entries for next week's November Test in the runup to January's 45th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona

#14 Mac Papers Porsche 911 GT3(Autometrics Motorsports) w/Cory Friedman and Hal Prewitt
#15 BL Patch Porsche 911 GT3(Autometrics Motorsports) w/Cory Friedman, Mac McGehee, Jim Hamblin
#21 MCM Racing BMW M3(Matt Connolly Motorsports) w/ Matt Connolly
#22 Todaymd.com/Gatorade Porsche 911 GT3(Fioriano Racing) w/Carlos de Quesada, Scooter Gabel and Jean-Francois Dumolin
#34 OMP/Continental Pontiac Grand-Am(Canadian Racers) w/ Zave Aberman
#41, #42, #48 & #49 Sahlen's(Team Sahlen) w/Joe Sahlen, Will Nonnamaker, Wayne Nonnamaker, Joe Nonnamaker(#41 Porsche 911 GT3, #42 Chevrolet Corvette C-6R, #48 Pontiac GTO-R & #49 Pontiac GTO-R)
#44, #65, #66, #67 & #68 The Racer's Group(#44 w/Mike Solley, R.J. Valentine, Pierre Bourque; #65 w/Scott Schroeder, Duncan Ende, Grant Maiman, John Bibbo; #66 w/Jim Lowe, Jim Pace, Murray Marden; #67 w/Brent Milner, John Peterson & #68 w/Bruce Dandrew)--all TRG entries Porsche 911 GT3
#70 MazdaSpeed Mazda RX-8(SpeedSource) w/David Haskell, Sylvain Tremblay, Randy Pobst
#72 Rembrandt/NEC Porsche 997(Tafel Racing) w/Wolf Henzler, Eric Lux, Jim Tafel
#85, #86, #87 Farnbacher Racing(sponsors & drivers tba)

19 Grand Touring entries listed......

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With one successful day of testing at the "World Center of Racing", here are some of the highlights of Monday's Rolex 24 November Test Day......

1}The fastest of them...........In Daytona Prototypes, the honors went to SunTrust Racing's Max "the Axe" Angelelli(1:43.728 sec) and Alex Job Racing's Patrick Long(1:44.203 sec), while over in Grand Touring the honors went to Tafel Racing's Wolf Henzler(1:52.982 sec).

2}Some new faces at the wheel..............Two new drivers to the Rolex Series turned their first laps in the 500+ hp Daytona Prototypes, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series veteran Bill Lester and ChampCar World Series rookie Katherine Legge; Lester turned laps with Michael Shank Racing, while Legge made her DP debut with Robinson Racing yesterday. Here's what the two of them had to say about their day.........

Bill Lester, Michael Shank Racing:

Grand-Am has such a good formula; I like the fact that teams don't neccessarily have to outspend everyone to win, and Michael Shank Racing has shown that. My roots are in road racing and this race has been on my mind for quite some time now and I hope that they'll be pleased enough with my performance today to ask me back for the race.

Katherine Legge, Robinson Racing:

Obviously its' one of those races that no matter where you are in the world you've heard of. It's definitely something I've wanted to get involved in. It was a lot of fun. I don't want to do anything stupid; I'm getting used to the car and which way the track turns. It's very different from what I'm used to. The team's doing a great job, and obviously Paul's (Dallenbach) being very helpful with all of his experience.

3}6 days and counting...........Counting the five earlier days of testing they've already done, Alex Job Racing has been on a near-literal testing tear, and they made more news Monday, announcing their intent to run a 2-car Daytona Prototype team beginning at Homestead in late March; their complete driver lineup will be announced at a later date(it's expected that Mike Rockenfeller and Patrick Long will field the team's #23 Ruby Tuesday entry; their second driver lineup is unknown at present.

4}Is one better than the other? Cheever Racing turned heads Monday fielding two entries with different chassis; one a Fabcar, the other a Crawford. Assisting them in determining which chassis to use, ironically, is the team that formerly possessed the Fabcar chassis they're using....Red Bull/Brumos Racing, which ran that particular chassis through most of the 2006 Rolex season.

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With the sun setting on the second day of testing at the "World Center of Racing", here's a quick brief on the day's major news(the mid-term elections here in the U.S. not withstanding......)......

1}The King is the Grand Marshal.......in most forms of racing(open-wheel, stock-car, sportscar racing, etc.) there's a legend that transcends that particular area of the sport(think Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Mario Andretti, James Weaver, etc...) American stock-car racing has one in the guise of "the King", Randleman, NC-born Richard Petty(who won 200 stockcar races in his career..... ). Grand-Am officials named Petty as Grand Marshal of the 45th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

2}More new faces...............Michael Shank Racing added two familiar open-wheel faces to the Rolex 24, as they named 2-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves and 2006 Indy 500 winner/3-time IRL series champion Sam Hornish, Jr. to their roster of drivers for January's race.

3}Fastest time........in the Daytona Prototype class, the honors went to Krohn Racing's Colin Braun(1:43.947 sec); times from Grand Touring were slower than on Monday, so Monday's top GT times stood.

Pictures from the test..............
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One down, and two to go...........

While most of North America(including the Carolinas....... ) continues through the off-season, teams and drivers are headed down to sunny South Florida(......... .......) for the second of two Rolex Sports Car Series tests, on the infield road course at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Nearly 40 teams from both the Daytona Prototype and Grand Touring classes will be on-hand. The upcoming test, scheduled for 5-6 December, are designed to do two things........
1--continue acclimating drivers/teams for the upcoming season
2--help tire supplier Hoosier decide the appropriate tire compounds for the season

Here is the entry list as of 3 December 2006........

While many of the Rolex Series regulars, such as Wayne Taylor, Max Angelelli, Andy Wallace and others, will be there, some new faces are expected...........such as 4-time Nextel Cup champion Jeff Gordon, 3-time IRL and 2006 Indy 500 champion Sam Hornish, Jr. and ChampCar driver Alex Tagliani.

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Here are some of the news and notes from day 1 of the December Test at Homestead-Miami Speedway..............

~~Fastest of the day overall class was the #19 Finaly Mtrspts. Ford/Crawford piloted by Michael Valiante, who edged out fellow Canadian Patrick Carpentier in the #11 CITGO/SAMAX Pontiac/Riley(Valiante's time was 1:14.151 sec, Carpentier's was a 1:14.162 sec)
*-note, both times above came from the Daytona Prototype class; no official times were recorded

~~First times..........for Indy 500 winners Juan Pablo Montoya and Sam Hornish, Jr., it was a first time, as the pair spent time acclimating to the closed-roof Daytona Prototypes(by all accounts, Hornish was faster than JPM....). While Hornish has already been confirmed as a driver for the Rolex 24, JPM's status for the race is still uncertain....

~~Double-dipping........For veteran sportscar racer Andy Wallace, it was a double-dip sort of day; first, he tested the Howard Mtrspts. Pontiac/Crawford, then, headed over to HLM Mtrspts. and tested the new Infiniti G35 GT car later in the day. When asked about the difference, Wallace remarked.....

I don't have much experience with GT cars; most of my experience is in (prototypes) over the years, but my impressions of the car are very good. The car is very comfortable to drive and its' very quick, particulary through the oval portion of the track. The biggest difference is that you can't turn and brake with a GT car as you can the Daytona Prototype; you have to brake and then turn the GT car. That caused a few anxious moments in the morning, and it's an adjustment, but it is a lot of fun.

~~We're just looking for drivers, 'at's all......For the SAMAX Mtrspts. team, that's exactly what they were doing Tuesday; in addition to Carpentier and veteran sportscar race Milka Duno, the team also tested Ryan Hunter-Reay, Darren Manning, Ryan Dalziel, Jeff Bucknum and Tom Kimber-Smith............when asked about who would the team's 2 Daytona Prototypes, team owner Peter Baron replied that "while the #11 crew(Duno, Carpentier) was set for the Rolex 24, the lineup of the #7 was still unclear; Baron was impressed, according to reports, with Kimber-Smith, who ran P8 of better for the entire day's testing, remarkable in that Kimber-Smith, a former Formula Ford winner in the UK, had never driven a DP-class racecar until yesterday.

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With the December Test at Homested-Miami Speedway now in the books, here's the day's news and notes........

~~Here's the transcript of the media teleconference involving Nextel Cup champions Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson, 3-time IRL champion and 2006 Indy 500 winner Sam Hornish, Jr. and Michael Shank, owner of Michael Shank Racing.

~~Fastest of the day........that honor, once again, went to Finlay Mtrspts.'s Michael Valiante with a time(unofficially) of 1:13.884; second-fastest was Max "the Axe" Angelelli with a time of 1:13.910 sec.

~~Their eyes on the watch.......Granted, NASCAR's Jeff Gordon(4-time Nextel Cup winner) and Jimmie Johnson(2006 Nextel Cup champion) and 3-time IRL and 2006 Indy 500 winner Sam Hornish, Jr. have earned their fair share of hardware over the years, but all three have their eyes set on one of the biggest prizes in motorsports....the unique Rolex Cosmograph watch that goes to the overall winners of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, and all three put in plenty of test laps at Homestead-Miami Speedway today

~~Looking for the big mo' in 2007.......While they've been successful in single-seaters, AIM Autosport has begun looking at the Rolex Sports Car Series as another place to build a successful endeavour, and they did their bit today, testing an updated 2004-spec Lexus/Riley the team purchased from Ganassi Racing(which won the 2004 DP class title) with drivers Mark Wilkins, Brian Frisselle and Burt Fisselle. By all accounts, the team had a successful test and are looking forward to challenging for the win in Daytona come late January.

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The Rolex 24 at Daytona, first run in 1962, has become one of the biggest sportscar races in the world(comparable to the 24 Hrs. of LeMans, the Bathurst 1000, the 12 Hrs. of Sebring and the Petit Le Mans), and the winners' list is very impressive, to say the least..............

1962(*1).....Dan Gurney, Lotus 19-Ford
1963(*1).....Pedro Rodriguez, Ferrari 250 GTO
1964(*2).....Pedro Rodriguez/Phil Hill, Ferrari 250 GTO
1965(*2).....Ken Miles/Lloyd Ruby, Ford GT40
1966...........Ken Miles/Lloyd Ruby, Ford GT40 Mk.II
1967...........Lorenzo Bandini/Chris Amon, Ferrari 330P4
1968...........Vic Elford/Jochen Neerpasch/Rolf Stommelen/Jo Siffert/Hans Herrmann, Porsche 907
1969...........Mark Donohue/Chuck Parsons, Lola T70-Chevrolet
1970...........Pedro Rodriguez/Leo Kinnuenen, Porsche 917
1971...........Pedro Rodriguez/Jackie Oliver, Porsche 917K
1972...........Mario Andretti/Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312P
1973...........Peter H. Gregg/Hurley Haywood, Porsche 911 Carrera
1974...........race cancelled due to energy crisis
1975...........Peter H. Gregg/Hurley Haywood, Prosche 911 Carrera RSR
1976...........Peter Gregg/Brian Redman/John Fitzpatrick, BMW CSL
1977...........Hurley Haywood/John Graves/Dave Helmick, Porsche Carrera RSR
1978...........Peter Gregg/Rolf Stommelen/Toine Hezemans, Porsche 935 Turbo
1979...........Hurley Haywood/Ted Field/Danny Ongais, Porsche 935 Turbo
1980...........Rolf Stommelen/Volkert Merl/Reinhold Hoest, Porsche 935 Turbo
1981...........Bobby Rahal/Brian Redman/Bob Garretson, Porsche 935 Turbo
1982...........John Paul, Sr./John Paul, Jr./Rolf Stommelen, Porsche 935 Turbo
1983...........A.J. Foyt/Preston Henn/Bob Wollek/Claude Ballot-Lena, Porsche 935 Turbo
1984...........Sarel van der Merwe/Tony Martin/Graham Duxbury, March-Porsche 84C
1985...........A.J. Foyt/Bob Wollek/Al Unser, Sr./Thierry Boutson, Porsche 962
1986...........Al Holbert/Derek Bell/Al Unser, Jr., Porsche 962
1987...........Al Holbert/Derek Bell/Chip Robinson/Al Unser, Jr., Porsche 962
1988...........Raul Boesel/Martin Brundle/John Nielsen, Jaguar XJR-9
1989...........John Andretti/Derek Bell/Bob Wollek, Porsche 962
1990...........Davy Jones/Jan Lammers/Andy Wallace, Jague XJR-12
1991...........Hurley Haywood/John Winter/Frank Jelinski/Henri Pescarolo/Bob Wollek, Porsche 962C
1992...........Masahiro Hasemi/Kazuyoshi Hoshino/Toshio Suzuki/Anders Olofsson, Nissan R91
1993...........P.J. Jones/Mark Dismore/Rocky Moran, Sr., Eagle-Toyota Mk. III
1994...........Paul Gentilozzi/Scott Pruett/Butch Leitzinger/Steve Millen, Nissen 300ZXT
1995...........Jurgen Lassig/Christope Bouchot/Giovanni Lavaggi/Marco Werner, Porsche K8 Spyder
1996...........Wayne Taylor/Scott Sharp/Jim Pace, Riley & Scott-Oldsmobile
1997...........Rob Dyson/Butch Leitzinger/James Weaver/Elliot Forbes-Robinson/Andy Wallace/John Paul, Jr/John Schneider, Riley & Scott-Ford Mk. III
1998...........Mauro Baldi/Arie Luyendyk/Gianpiero Morelli, Ferrari 333SP
1999...........Butch Leitzinger/Andy Wallace/Elliot Forbes-Robinson, Riley & Scott-Ford
2000...........Olivier Beretta/Dominique Dupuy/Karl Wendlinger, Dodge Viper GTS-R
2001...........Ron Fellows/Chris Kneifel/Johnny O'Connell/Franck Freon, Chevrolet Corvette C-5R
2002...........Didier Theys/Max Papis/Mauro Baldi/Fredy Lienhart, Dallara-Judd
2003...........Kevin Buckler/Timo Bernhard/Jorg Bergmeister, Porsche 996 GT3-RSR
2004...........Forest Barber/Terry Borcheller/Christian Fittipaldi/Andy Pilgrim, Doran-Pontiac
2005...........Wayne Taylor/Max Angelelli/Emmanuel Collard, Riley-Pontiac
2006...........Scott Dixon/Dan Wheldon/Casey Mears, Riley-Lexus

(*1)--timed race 3 hours duration
(*2)--distance race of 2000 kms duration

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Grand-Am officials announced Friday that the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona will be shown on both Speed Channel and Fox Sports the weekend of 28-29 Jan. 2007. Here are the individuals who will help with the broadcast..........

Lead Announcer/Broadcast Host: Bob Varsha
Play-by-play Announcer: Leigh Diffey
Lead Commentators: David Hobbs, Dorsey Schroeder
Pit Announcers: Brian Till, Calvin Fish, Chris Neville and Mike Johnson

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Two teams participating in the 2007 Rolex 24 at Daytona recently announced their driver lineups this week............

~~Synergy Racing(GT): #81, Patrick Huisman/Steve Johnson/Richard Westbrook/Richard Lietz
~~Brumos Racing(DP): #59, Hurley Haywood/J.C. France/Roberto Moreno/Joao Barbosa; #58, David Donohue/Darren Law/Scott Sharp/Buddy Rice

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Over the weekend, one of the more successful teams in the Grand-Am Rolex Series, The Racer's Group, announced plans for a 5-car assault on the upcoming Rolex 24 at Daytona......

note....all 5 entries are Porsche 997 GT3 Grand Touring racecars; sponsors tba

#64--Jim Lowe, Jim Pace, Ralf Kelleners, Johannes van Overbeek
#65--Michael Gomez, Murray Marden, Brent Milner, John Peterson
#66--Andy Lally, Spencer Pumpelly, R.J. Valentine(plus a fourth driver tba)
#67--Pierre Bourque, Tom Cloet, Auston Harris*, Michael Solley(*--Harris will be making his Rolex debut at Daytona a month after turning 16 yo.... )
#68--Ted Ballou, Rocco DeSimone, Jr., Brad Jaeger, Chris Gleason

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Wednesday, Krohn Racing, which won the 2006 Rolex Sports Car Series driver's championship courtesy of driver Jorg Bergmeister, announced its' lineup for the upcoming Rolex 24 at Daytona.......

note.....both entries are Pontiac/Riley Daytona Prototypes'

#75--Tracy Krohn, Boris Said, Nic Jonsson
#76--Colin Braun, Max Papis, J.J. Lehto

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With the third of the three scheduled pre-season tests leading up to the 45th running of the prestigious Rolex 24 at Daytona, here is a sampling of who'll be present at the "World Center of Racing"......

~~representing AOWR: Ed Carpenter(Vision Racing), Scott Dixon & Dan Wheldon(Target/Ganassi Racing), Paul Tracy(Forsythe Championship Racing), Alex Tagliani(Team Australia), Eddie Cheever, Jr.(Cheever Racing), Buddy Rice(fmrly. w/Rahal-Letterman Racing), Scott Sharp(Rahal-Letterman Racing), Helio Castroneves & Sam Hornish, Jr.(Team Penske), Katherine Legge(PKV Racing), Ryan Hunter-Reay(fmr. ChampCar driver), Jimmy Vasser(co-owner PKV Racing)

~~representing NASCAR: A.J. Allmendinger(Team Red Bull), Jeff Gordon(Hendrick Mtrspts.), Bill Lester(Bill Davis Racing/NCTS), Bobby Labonte & Tony Stewart(Joe Gibbs Racing), Wally Dallenbach(TV announcer, NBC/TNT Sports)

Some fast facts about the Rolex 24.......
~~a sampling of overall winners of the Rolex 24........
Scott Dixon & Dan Wheldon(1 win--2006)
Wayne Taylor(2 wins--1996, 2005)
Max Angelelli(1 win--2005)
Terry Borcheller(1 win--2004)
Andy Pilgrim(1 win--2004)
Butch Leitzinger(3 wins--1995, 1997, 1999)
Hurley Haywood(5 wins--1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1991)
Scott Sharp(1 win--1996)
Andy Wallace(2 wins--1990, 1997)

~~while teams for the Rolex 24 winn field btwn. 3-5 drivers, the overall winning team in 1997 fielded seven drivers......Butch Leitzinger, Andy Wallace, Elliot Forbes-Robinson, James Weaver, Rob Dyson, John Paul, Jr. and John Schneider).....ironically, Leitzinger, Wallace and Weaver would win the overall race win 2 yrs. later in 1999

~~lots of different marques have graced the 3.5+ mile Daytona road course, from Chevrolet to Ferrari to the most successful, Porsche.....
Porsche--20 overall wins
Ford & Ferrari--5 overall wins each
Nissan, Pontiac and Jaguar--2 wins each
w/1 win each, Dallara, Oldsmobile, BMW, Toyota, Lola, Dodge, Chevrolet and Lexus