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The 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a long-distance motor race for sports cars conforming to the regulations of the Grand-Am Road Racing series. The race was held over a duration of 24 hours, starting at 3:30pm on Saturday, January 28, finishing at 3:30pm the following day. [ 1 ]
The 24 Hours of Daytona, also 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. It is run on the Sports Car Course layout, a 3.56-mile (5.73 km) combined road course that uses most of the tri-oval plus an infield road course.
Plenty of Ass Left to Kick. Two years after the 467-hp V-8-powered RC F debuted, team Vasser Sullivan Racing brought their Lexus sports cars to the 2019 Rolex 24. The team's No. 14 car won last ...
The 2012 season marks the start of a three-race "endurance championship" featuring the 24 Hours of Daytona, the Six Hours of Watkins Glen, and the new race at Indianapolis. [16] In Daytona, there are points in 6, 12, 18 and 24 hours.
Louis Deletraz crashed the No. 40 Cadillac into the wall with cold tires on a restart and bounced back into the racing line, collecting seven cars in the 63rd running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
Pruett, combined with Memo Rojas, won 9 of 12 races to win another Grand-Am Rolex Championship. The nine victories was a series record. In 2011, Pruett won the 24 Hours of Daytona, his fourth overall victory in the event. [8] In 2012, Pruett was one of the commentators for Speed Channel's coverage of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The street car's final model year was 2023, but this year's IMSA season will be the NSX GT3 Evo22's last big run with support from Honda Racing Corporation.
A 2007 Riley MkXI Daytona Prototype seen as the 2007 Rolex 24 At Daytona. This formula led to the Rolex Sports Car Series having a large number of competitors at most events, mostly due to the ease of use and low cost of the cars in either class while the Grand American Road Racing Association was able to keep the competition equalized.