Grand-Am Races - 24 Hours of Daytona, Grand Prix of Sonoma, Northeast Grand Prix, Road America 500, 2010 24 Hours of Daytona (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 123. Not illustrated. Chapters: 24 Hours of Daytona, Grand Prix of Sonoma, Northeast Grand Prix, Road America 500, 2010 24 Hours of Daytona, 2009 24 Hours of Daytona, 6 Hours of Watkins Glen, 2003 Grand Prix of Sonoma, 2009 Road Race Showcase, 2009 Northeast Grand Prix, 2008 Road America 500, 2008 Northeast Grand Prix, 2004 Grand Prix of Sonoma, 2007 Road America 500, 2004 New England Grand Prix, 2007 Northeast Grand Prix, 2006 New England Grand Prix, 2005 Grand Prix of Sonoma, 2005 Road America 500, 2006 Road America 500, 2004 Road America 500, 2005 New England Grand Prix, 1998 Lime Rock Grand Prix, Brumos Porsche 250, 2007 Rolex 24 at Daytona. Excerpt: The Rolex 24 at Daytona, formerly known as the 24 Hours of Daytona, is a 24-hour sports car endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is run on a 3.56-mile (5.73 km) combined road course, utilizing portions of the NASCAR tri-oval and an infield road course. Since its inception, it has been held the last weekend of January or first weekend of February, part of Speedweeks, and it is the first major automobile race of the year in the United States. The race has had several names over the years. Since 1991, the Rolex Watch Co. is the title sponsor of the race under a naming rights arrangement, replacing Sunbank (now SunTrust) which in turn replaced Pepsi in 1984. Winning drivers of all classes receive a steel Rolex Daytona watch. In 2006, the race moved one week earlier into January to prevent a clash with the Super Bowl, which had in turn moved one week later into February a few years earlier. In effect, these two major events switched dates. In 1962, a few years after the track was built, a 3-hour sports car race was introduced. Known as the Daytona Continental, it counted towards the FIA's new International Championship for GT Man...