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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.
The 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 34th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 18 and 19 June 1966. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was also the seventh round of the 1966 World Sportscar Championship season . This was the first overall win at Le Mans for the Ford GT40 as well as the first win for an American constructor in a major European race since ...
The next year he won the 24 Hours of Daytona, sharing the Ford GT Mk II with Lloyd Ruby, and then won the 12 Hours of Sebring. Several months later, sharing the drive with Denny Hulme , Miles was leading the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans in the #1 car, but Ford Motor Company executive Leo Beebe, desiring a publicity photo of three of Ford's cars ...
Sebring International Raceway in 1952-1966. The 1966 12 Hours of Sebring was an endurance race held at the 5.2 mile (8.3 km) Sebring International Raceway, in Sebring, Florida, United States on March 26, 1966. It was the sixteenth running of the endurance classic and the second round of the 1966 World Sportscar Championship season. The race ...
The 1967 24 Hours of Daytona was an endurance sports car race that took place on 4 and 5 February 1967 at the 3.8-mile (6.1 km) Daytona International Speedway road course in Daytona Beach, Florida. It was the sixth running of the Daytona Continental endurance race, and the second time the event was held as a 24-hour race.
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 ...
5th 24 Hours of Daytona [1] 27 February 8th Daytona 500 [2] 8 May 50th Targa Florio [3] 22 May 24th Monaco Grand Prix [4] 30 May 50th Indianapolis 500 [5] 18–19 June 34th 24 Hours of Le Mans [6] 23–24 July 18th 24 Hours of Spa [7] 28 August-2 September 48th Isle of Man TT [8] 2 October 7th Gallaher 500 [9] 20 November 13th Macau Grand Prix [10]
In 1966, he led the Indy 500 for 68 laps. Ruby also had two endurance racing victories in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1965–1966), both times partnering with Ken Miles. Ruby and Miles teamed up to win the 1966 12 Hours of Sebring and the 1966 World Sportscar Championship.