Daytona 24 Hours
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Porsche returns to the top spot at Daytona's endurance race since 2003.
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2024 Chevy Corvette Z06 GT3.R debuts at 24 Hours of Daytona
Chevy will offer a GT3-spec customer race car based on the Corvette Z06 in time for the 2024 motorsport season.
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Acura kicks off new GTP era with 2023 Daytona 24 Hours win
It was a one-two finish for Acura's new ARX-06 LMDh at the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona.
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Ford CEO Jim Farley to pilot Mustang GT4 in Daytona 24 Hours kickoff race
Ford's CEO is about to make his IMSA race debut.
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BMW to offer 2020 Rolex 24-winning M8 GTE to private collector
The number 24 BMW M8 GTE that won the 2020 Rolex 24 at Daytona is available to anyone with the means and the desire to race.
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Meyer Shank Racing's Acura DPi driven to victory at 2022 24 Hours of Daytona
It was a one-two finish for Acura in the 2022 24 Hours of Daytona, while Porsche took top honors among GT cars.
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The 2021 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship kicked off with a nail-biting finish and a victory for Acura.
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2022 Cadillac CT4-V and CT5-V Blackwings show up at Daytona 24 Hours, full reveal coming later today
The high-performance versions of Cadillac's compact and mid-size sedans are coming soon. We expect power and performance to beat their predecessors.
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Wayne Taylor Racing's No. 10 Cadillac DPi driven to victory in 2020 Rolex 24 at Daytona
The past weekend saw the 58th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, a race that serves as the opening round of the 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the defending team Wayne Taylor Racing running the No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R in the premier DPi class was successful yet again...
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2019 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Drivers Series special edition hiding in plain sight
Chevrolet is set to announce a special-edition Corvette on Friday at its preview event for the weekend's 2019 Rolex 24 at Daytona, where the Corvette Racing team will be competing, but details on the car have already surfaced via a Daytona International Speedway mobile phone app. The new special...
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Rumored 2019 Corvette special edition could be last with engine up front
Chevrolet is set to introduce its highly anticipated mid-engine Corvette later this year. The new car represents the eighth generation of the Corvette line and its arrival will likely mark the end of the nameplate's front-engine era. This means a special-edition Corvette that Chevy is rumored to be...
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Acura WeatherTech SportsCar Championship racers to sport heritage livery in 2019
As IMSA celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, Acura plans to race its Acura Team Penske ARX-05 prototype race cars with a heritage-inspired livery. The Japanese luxury brand showed the new livery off on Thursday, revealing a design that traces its roots back to the1991-1993 Comptech Racing...
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Fans will be treated to historic liveries on a pair of Ford GTs set to do battle in the Rolex 24 at Daytona later this month. Ford Performance and Ford Chip Ganassi Racing unveiled two throwback liveries for the numbers 66 and 67 GT race cars on Thursday. It's the first time the GT will sport special liveries outside of its traditional red, white, and blue colors. The no. 66 car features the colors from the Roush Racing Motorcraft Ford Mustang, which won the GTO category at the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 1985. John Jones, Wally Dallenbach, Jr., and Doc Bundy drove the Motorcraft Mustang to...
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Alex Zanardi tests BMW M8 GTE in preparation for 2019 24 Hours of Daytona
Alex Zanardi, a current BMW factory driver, has completed his first test of the BMW M8 GTE racer. The handicapped driver spent three days at Miramas in southern France in preparation for the 2019 24 Hours of Daytona race scheduled for next January. Zanardi not only spent the three days to learn and...
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You can buy this Daytona-winning 1989 Porsche 962
Someone out there with heaps of cash will be able to add one amazing Porsche to their collection. Famed racing driver Derek Bell calls it his favorite race car, and soon it's coming up for auction. It's the 1989 Porsche 962 that won at Daytona, and it will be auctioned off at the upcoming Mecum...
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No. 5 Cadillac DPi-V.R drives to overall victory in 2018 24 Hours of Daytona
The 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship kicked off this past weekend with a cracker of a 24 Hours of Daytona. It was a record-setting race that saw Cadillac and Ford continue their strong performances from last year. It was the No. 5 Konica Minolta Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi-V.R driven by...
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BMW M8 race car revealed
BMW previewed the racing version of its yet-to-be-revealed 8-Series coupe during last September’s 2017 Frankfurt auto show, and now after a torturous development program the completed car has been revealed. The version shown is the M8 GTE, BMW’s entry for the World Endurance...
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Fernando Alonso to race in 2018 24 Hours of Daytona
McLaren’s Fernando Alonso will take time out from his pre-season schedule for the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship to race in the 2018 24 Hours of Daytona. Alonso will join Lando Norris and Phil Hanson at United Autosports to pilot the team’s LMP2-spec car, a Ligier JS P217. The...
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Cadillac’s new DPi-V.R scored a one-two finish on Sunday at the 24 Hours of Daytona after dominating the whole weekend. Crossing the line in first place was the No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R , fielded in the premier Prototype class by Wayne Taylor Racing and driven by Max Angelelli, Jeff Gordon, Ricky Taylor and Jordan Taylor. In second place was the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi-V.R, the pole-sitter fielded by Action Express Racing and driven by Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi and Filipe Albuquerque. Third was the No. 90 Visit Florida Racing Multimatic-Riley driven by...
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Cadillac DPi-V.R secures pole for 2017 24 Hours of Daytona
This weekend is the opening round of the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship but the action started on Thursday with qualifying. All the cars in the premier Prototype class are new this year and now they've finally shown off what they're capable of. The fastest proved to be the new Cadillac...
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BMW’s latest Art Car is the John Baldessari M6 GT3
It was in 1975 that French racer and art lover Hervé Poulain in collaboration with BMW’s motorsport boss at the time, Jochen Neerpasch, asked artist Alexander Calder to design the livery for a race car. The result was a colorful BMW 3.0 CSL, which in 1975 raced at the 24 Hours of Le...
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Ready to shell out serious $ for Derek Bell's Daytona-winning Porsche 962?
Ever wanted to own a race car? How about a race car that won the 24 Hours of Daytona? Now is your chance to do both of these things, provided you're ready to haul a fat sack of cash with you to the upcoming Mecum Auctions event taking place during this year's Monterey Car Week. That's because a...
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The Beginner's Guide To The Rolex 24 At Daytona: Mega Gallery
I've always respected the purity of sports car racing, but I just never really got into it. And then the invitation came from Audi to attend the 2016 Rolex 24 at Daytona and I couldn't pass up the opportunity. With little exposure to the sport, I had to educate myself on the various classes and the...
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Honda-Powered ESM Prototype Powers To 2016 Daytona 24 Hours Victory, Corvette Takes GT Class
The number 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Ligier-Honda JSP2, driven in the premier Prototype class by Pipo Derani, Johannes van Overbeek, Scott Sharp and Tequila Patrón CEO Ed Brown, was the winning car at this past weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, the opening race of the 2016 IMSA...
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