Rolex 24 News and Photos from Daytona
Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scores Fifth Rolex 24 At Daytona Win
Sweet Crowned King of the Road at Banquet of Champions
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Sweet Crowned King of the Road
Therrien, Pilotte Take Top Honors
Barre, VT – Late Model Champion Nick Sweet celebrated his second King of the Road title at the Thunder Road Banquet of Champions on Saturday, January 26 at the Barre Elks Club. Bond Auto Tiger Sportsman Champion Bobby Therrien, and Allen Lumber Street Stock Champion Nick Pilotte were also honored for their respective titles.
Sweet dominated the Late Model division in 2012, becoming just the third Late Model champion in Thunder Road’s history to win the title with four victories. The family-run team posted a nearly unbeatable 13 top tens in their 14 starts, claiming his second championship in his four-year late model career at The Nation’s Site of Excitement. He now has 9 feature Late Model victories at Thunder Road. (more…)
Racing Against Cancer 100 at Checkered Flag Indoor Karting in Haverhill
Racing Against Cancer 100 @ CFIK – Heat 13 1/26/2013
SYLVANIA 300 Renewed Through 2017
NHMS and OSRAM SYLVANIA announced a five-year renewal of the SYLVANIA 300 naming rights, which will run through 2017 and mark 15 years of race sponsorship from SYLVANIA.
For more info on the SYLVANIA 300 at NHMS, please visit – http://www.nhms.com/events/sylvania_300/
TV TIMES for Jan 26 to 28
ROLEX 24 at DAYTONA kicks off the 2013 auto racing season
The 51st Rolex 24 at Daytona takes place this coming weekend, once again pitting top drivers and teams against one of the toughest challenges in endurance motor sport. The 24-hour race at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. EST this Saturday, January 26. When the green flag drops, 59 cars are expected to cross the start line. This event officially starts the Daytona Speedweeks.
Grid positions for the race will be determined on Thursday. Official race practice sessions take place in the morning and early afternoon, before qualifying begins at 3::40 p.m. for the Daytona Prototypes (DP) and at 4:10 for the GT and GX classes. A night practice session then gets underway at 6 p.m. just after sunset. The final practice opportunity is on Friday morning.
During the three days of testing at the Roar Before the Rolex 24 earlier this month, several markers were laid down. Defending champion in the DP class, Michael Shank Racing #60, set the fastest lap time of 1:42.918 (an average speed of 124.526 mph) on the first day of testing with one of the team’s 2012 winning drivers, Anthony ‘AJ’ Allmendinger, at the wheel. Then, on the third day, Michael Valiante, driving the team’s second car #6, set the fastest lap for the entire weekend with a time of 1:42.058 (125.576 mph). (more…)