2008 Grand-Am Rolex Series........
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:53 am
Since the beginning of the decade, the Grand American Road Racing Association(Grand-Am) has been one of the two major sports car series in North America(the other being the American LeMans Series/ALMS) and has had some of the closest, go-for-broke racing in North America with venues as varied as the infield circuit at the "World Center of Racing", Daytona to Gilles Villeneuve to Laguna Seca and its' legendary Corkscrew.............with two distinct classes, the Daytona Prototypes and the Grand Touring cars, there's plenty of action to follow from race to race.......here is the 2008 schedule for the Grand-Am Rolex Series
--Rd. 1} 26-27 January, 2008, 46th annual Rolex 24 at Daytona--Daytona International Speedway/Daytona Beach, Fla.(DP/GT--24 hours)
--Rd. 2} 29 March 2008, Linder Industrial/Komatsu Grand Prix of Miami--Homestead/Miami Speedway, Homestead, Fla(DP/GT--250 miles)
--Rd. 3} 19 April 2008, Mexico City 250--Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City(DP/GT--250 miles)
--Rd. 4} 27 April 2008, Virginia 250--Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Va.(DP/GT--250 miles)
--Rd. 5} 17 May 2008, U.S. Sports Car Invitational--Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Ca.(DP/GT--250 miles)
--Rd. 6} 26 May 2008, New England GT Classic--Lime Rock Park, Lime Rock, Ct.(GT only--250 miles)
--Rd. 7} 7 June 2008, Sahlen's 6 Hours of the Glen--Watkins Glen International Raceway, Chemung, NY(DP/GT--6 hours)
--Rd. 8} 21 June 2008, EMCO Gears Grand Prix--Mid Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio(DP/GT--250 miles)
--Rd. 9} 3 July 2008, Brumos Porsche 250--Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.(DP/GT--250 miles)
--Rd. 10} 20 July 2008, Porsche 250 presented by Bradley Arant--Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Ala.(DP/GT--250 miles)
--Rd. 11} 1 August 2008, Grand Prix of Montreal--Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal(DP/GT--250 miles)
--Rd. 12} 8 August 2008, Crown Royal 200--Watkins Glen International Raceway, Chemung, NY(DP only--200 miles)
--Rd. 13} 23 August 2008, Grand-Am Armed Forces 200--Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Ca.(DP only--200 miles)
--Rd. 14} 20 Sept. 2008, Sunchaser 1000--Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah(DP/GT--1000 km)
--Rd. 1} 26-27 January, 2008, 46th annual Rolex 24 at Daytona--Daytona International Speedway/Daytona Beach, Fla.(DP/GT--24 hours)
--Rd. 2} 29 March 2008, Linder Industrial/Komatsu Grand Prix of Miami--Homestead/Miami Speedway, Homestead, Fla(DP/GT--250 miles)
--Rd. 3} 19 April 2008, Mexico City 250--Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City(DP/GT--250 miles)
--Rd. 4} 27 April 2008, Virginia 250--Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Va.(DP/GT--250 miles)
--Rd. 5} 17 May 2008, U.S. Sports Car Invitational--Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Ca.(DP/GT--250 miles)
--Rd. 6} 26 May 2008, New England GT Classic--Lime Rock Park, Lime Rock, Ct.(GT only--250 miles)
--Rd. 7} 7 June 2008, Sahlen's 6 Hours of the Glen--Watkins Glen International Raceway, Chemung, NY(DP/GT--6 hours)
--Rd. 8} 21 June 2008, EMCO Gears Grand Prix--Mid Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio(DP/GT--250 miles)
--Rd. 9} 3 July 2008, Brumos Porsche 250--Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.(DP/GT--250 miles)
--Rd. 10} 20 July 2008, Porsche 250 presented by Bradley Arant--Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Ala.(DP/GT--250 miles)
--Rd. 11} 1 August 2008, Grand Prix of Montreal--Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal(DP/GT--250 miles)
--Rd. 12} 8 August 2008, Crown Royal 200--Watkins Glen International Raceway, Chemung, NY(DP only--200 miles)
--Rd. 13} 23 August 2008, Grand-Am Armed Forces 200--Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Ca.(DP only--200 miles)
--Rd. 14} 20 Sept. 2008, Sunchaser 1000--Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah(DP/GT--1000 km)