2009 Rolex 24 at Daytona (22-25 January)

Brendan Kaczmarek · PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:43 pm

2009 Rolex 24 at Daytona - 22-25 January
Round 1 of the 2009 Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series

http://www.grand-am.com/rolex/schedule/ ... fm?eid=863

Entry list so far:

DP
01) Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (Lexus-Riley) - Scott Pruett/Memo Rojas/Juan Pablo Montoya
02) Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (Lexus-Riley) - Scott Dixon/Dario Franchitti/Alex Lloyd
2) Childress-Howard Motorsports (Pontiac-Crawford) - Rob Finley/Andy Wallace/Danica Patrick/Casey Mears
6) Michael Shank Racing (Ford-Riley) - AJ Allemendinger/Ian James/John Pew/Michael Valiante
7) Penske Racing (Porsche-Riley) - Timo Bernhard/Ryan Briscoe
09) Spirit of Daytona Racing (Porsche-Coyote) - Guy Cosmo/Jason Pridmore/Scott Russell/Jeff Ward
10) SunTrust Racing (Ford-Dallara) - Max Angelelli/Brian Frisselle/Pedro Lamy/Wayne Taylor
12) RVO Motorsports (Pontiac-Riley) - Paul Dallenbach/Tonis Kasemets/Bill Lester/Roger Schramm
13) Beyer Racing (Pontiac-Riley) - Jared Beyer/Jordan Taylor/Ricky Taylor/David Martinez
16) Penske Racing (Porsche-Riley) - Timo Bernhard/Ryan Briscoe/Romain Dumas
22) Alegra Motorsports (BMW-Riley) - Ryan Dalziel/Chapman Ducote/Jean-Francois Dumoulin/Tomas Enge/Carlos de Quesada
45) Victory Junction - Orbit Racing (BMW-Riley) - Leo Hindery Jr/Darren Manning/Kyle Petty
55) Supercar Life LevelFive Motorsports (BMW-Riley) - Christophe Bouchut/Scott Tucker/Ed Zabinski
58) Brumos Racing (Porsche-Riley) - David Donohue/Antonio Garcia/Darren Law/Buddy Rice
59) Brumos Racing (Porsche-Riley) - Joao Barbosa/Terry Borcheller/JC France/Hurley Haywood
60) Michael Shank Racing (Ford-Riley) - Colin Braun/Ryan Hunter-Reay/Oswaldo Negri/Mark Patterson
61) AIM Autosport (Ford-Riley) - David Empringham/John Farano/Alex Figge/Burt Frisselle/Mark Wilkins
75) Krohn Racing (Ford-Lola) - Oliver Gavin/Tracy Krohn/Eric van de Poele
76) Krohn Racing (Ford-Lola) - Nic Jonsson/Darren Turner/Ricardo Zonta
77) Doran Racing (Ford-Dallara) - Matteo Bobbi/Memo Gidley/Fabrizio Gollin/Brad Jaeger
99) GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing (Pontiac-Riley) - Jon Fogerty/Alex Gurney/Jimmie Johnson/Jimmy Vasser

GT
07) Banner Racing (Pontiac GXP.R) - Kelly Collins/Paul Edwards/Jan Magnussen
14) Autometrics Motorsport (Porsche GT3) - Jack Baldwin/Claudio Burtin/Cory Friedman/Mac McGehee/Martin Ragginger
15) Blackforest Racing (Ford Mustang) - Paul Morris/Tom Nastasi/Boris Said
21) Battery Tender/MCM Racing (Pontiac GTO.R) - Jason Daskalos/Jim Stout
26) Gotham Competition (Porsche GT3) - Gerardo Bonilla/Jerome Jacalone/Joe Jacalone/Randy Pobst
30) Racers Edge Motorsports (Mazda RX-8) - Dane Cameron/Doug Peterson/Bryan Sellers/Dion von Moltke
31) Battery Tender/MCM Racing (Porsche GT3) - Romeo Kapudija/Bob Michaelian/Jim Michaelian/Pepe Montano
32) PR1 Motorsports (Pontiac GXP.R) - Patrick Barrett/Mike Forest/Thomas Merrill/Al Salvo/Jeff Westphal
33) Wright Motorsports (Porsche GT3) - Sascha Maassen/Phillip Martien/Patrick Pilet/BJ Zacharias
34) Orbit Racing (Porsche GT3) - Lawson Aschenbach/Lance Willsey
40) Dempsey Racing (Mazda RX-8) - Patrick Dempsey/Charles Espenlaub/Joe Foster
42) Team Sahlen (Corvette) - Joe Nonnamaker/Wayne Nonnamaker/Will Nonnamaker/Joe Sahlen
43) Team Sahlen (Corvette) - Joe Nonnamaker/Wayne Nonnamaker/Will Nonnamaker/Joe Sahlen
44) Bullet Racing (Porsche GT3) - Ross Bentley/Keith Carter/Steve Paquette
52) Mastercar-Coast 2 Costa Racing (Ferrari 430 Challenge) - Costantino Bertuzzi/Max Papis/Luca Pirri/Nathan Swartzbaugh/Cort Wagner
56) Mastercar-Coast 2 Costa Racing (Ferrari 430 Challenge) - Cesar Campanico/Luca Drudi/Christian Montanari/Roberto Sperati/Jay Wilton
57) Stevenson Motorsports (Pontiac GXP.R) - Jeff Bucknum/Andrew Davis/Robin Liddell
63) TRG (Porsche GT3) - Kurt Kossman/Bruce Ledoux/David Quinlan/Dan Watkins/Steve Zadig
64) JLowe Racing (Porsche GT3) - Jim Lowe/Jim Pace/Tim Sugden/Johannes van Overbeek
65) Riegel/Stanton/TRG (Porsche GT3) - Marco Holzer/Bryce Miller/John Potter/Craig Stanton
66) TRG (Porsche GT3) - Ted Ballou/Emmanuel Collard/Tim George Jr/Richard Lietz/Spencer Pumpelly
67) TRG (Porsche GT3) - Jorg Bergmeister/Andy Lally/Patrick Long/Justin Marks/RJ Valentine
68) TRG (Porsche GT3) - Jose Manuel Gutierrez/Steve Miller/Chris Pallis
69) SpeedSource (Mazda RX-8) - Emil Assentato/Nick Longhi/Matt Plumb/Jeff Segal
70) SpeedSource (Mazda RX-8) - Jonathan Bomarito/Nick Ham/David Haskell/Sylvain Tremblay
85) Farnbacher Loles Racing (Porsche GT3) - Richard Campollo/Michael Gomez/Daniel Graeff/Wolf Henzler/Ron Yarab Jr
86) Farnbacher Loles Racing (Porsche GT3) - Dominik Farnbacher/Eric Lux/Matthew Marsh/Kevin Roush
87) Farnbacher Loles Racing (Porsche GT3) - Wolf Henzler/Leh Keen/Dirk Werner/Richard Westbrook
88) Farnbacher Loles Racing (Porsche GT3) - Steve Johnson/Dave Lacey/Robert Nearn/James Sofronas/Richard Westbrook
89) Farnbacher Loles (Porsche GT3) - Giacomo Petrobelli/Robert Renauer/Giacomo Ricci/Gabrio Rosa/Allan Simonsen
97) Stevenson Motorsports (Corvette) - Golan Bieker/Ryan Eversley/James Gue/Tom Long

http://www.grand-am.com/rolex/schedule/ ... fm?eid=863

Timetable: http://www.grand-am.com/assets/2009Role ... Sched1.pdf

Past Winners

2008 - CGR Lexus-Riley (Montoya/Franchitti/Pruett/Rojas)
2007 - CGR Lexus-Riley (Montoya/Duran/Pruett)
2006 - CGR Lexus-Riley (Dixon/Wheldon/Mears)
2005 - SunTrust Pontiac-Riley (Angelelli/Taylor/Collard)
2004 - Bell Pontiac-Doran (C Fittipaldi/Borcheller/Barber/Pilgrim)
2003 - TRG Porsche GT3 (Buckler/Schrom/Bernhard/Bergmeister)
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2002 - Doran Dallara-Judd (Theys/Lienhard/Papis/Baldi)
2001 - Corvette Racing Corvette (Fellows/Kneifel/Freon/O'Connell)
2000 - Oreca Dodge Viper (Beretta/Dupuy/Wendlinger)
1999 - Dyson Riley-Ford (Forbes-Robinson/Leitzinger/Wallace)

Full list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytona_24 ... ll_winners

Most wins - drivers:

5 - Hurley Haywood
4 - Pedro Rodriguez, Bob Wollek, Peter Gregg, Rolf Stommelen
3 - Andy Wallace, Butch Leitzinger, Derek Bell, Scott Pruett

2008 Race

Winning DP and Overall Winner:
01) Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (Lexus-Riley) - Scott Pruett/Memo Rojas/Juan Pablo Montoya/Dario Franchitti

Winning GT:
70) SpeedSource (Mazda RX-8) - Nick Ham/David Haskell/Raphael Matos/Sylvain Tremblay

Hank Hill · PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:45 pm

To add to the TV coverage. Fox will show the first hour live with Speed covering about 12-13 hours of the rest of it.

Also, in testing yesterday the fastest car was the #6 Michael Shank Racing Ford. Today the fastest car is the LevelFive BMW.

GT seems to be a battle between the #86 Farnbacher-Loles Porsche and the #69 Speedsource Mazda.

Mattzel89 · PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:47 pm

cool tbk radio bought the exclusive Radio rights, didn't know that

Fish88 · PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:57 pm

Ganassi line-up is also pretty much confirmed

01) Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (Lexus-Riley) - Pruett/Rojas/Montoya
02) Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (Lexus-Riley) - Dixon/Franchitti/Loyd

Vertigo · PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:07 pm

Pfff no more Jim Matthews Racing and Goossens still hasn't found a new seat for 2009

He has been testing the LevelFive BMW Riley, but since they already have a complete line-up...

There are still some possibilities tho, at least I hope so

Metzo · PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:58 pm

Eurosport 2
saturday
22:30 - 00:00:00 Uhr start live
sunday
19:30 - 20:00 Uhr live
21:00 - 22:00 Uhr finish live

no highlights on Eurosport int. :cry:

Hank Hill · PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:01 pm

Hopefully someone will stream it on justin.tv.

I cant get over how much different the Childress car looks.

It also appears as if Penske has pulled his 2nd car.

daallo · PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:37 pm

For 7t time (and 3rd consecutive) the mariachi will sound!!!

StefMeister · PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:42 pm

Andy Wallace apparently got some air during the test today after a rear tyre went down exiting the Tri-Oval.
http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp? ... S=GRANDAM*

Quote:

A right-rear tire "went from pressurized to zero faster than I just said it," car-constructor Max Crawford said while the car was undergoing relatively light repairs, especially considering the incident's negative potential.

"Andy was doing 194 mph (at the fastest point in the Daytona International Speedway's tri-oval) when the telemetry showed the tire went down," Crawford said. "Andy at first thought something broke."

It was right about that time, just when Wallace was a millisecond from a full-court brake press for his transition to the infield, when the car went airborne.

Other than accomplishing a broad, one-point landing on its aft section, that was about as spectacular as it got. Thank goodness.

All was well with Wallace and, other than superficially, the Childress-Howard car.

Schedule for tomorrow's final test day:
Monday, January 5
7:30 AM Garages open
9:00 AM 10:00 AM Practice â€“ KONI Challenge Series
10:15 PM 12:00 PM Practice â€“ Rolex Series
1:30 PM 2:15 PM Practice â€“ KONI Challenge Series
2:30 PM 3:30 PM Practice â€“ Rolex Series
5:00 PM Garages closed - All rigs must vacate the Speedway

Live Timing which may be avaliable during tomorrow's test, however bookmark it because it will be up for qualifying & the race in a few weeks:
http://laptrax02.racersites-cluster.com ... IES=R&TEST

Gabriel · PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:41 am

Hopefully we'll get a different winning car this year.

Fish88 · PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:06 am

PAXTON wrote:

Hopefully we'll get a different winning car this year.

Hopefully not

, just hoping for a exciting race, but that is pretty much guaranteed during this race.

cookie · PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:32 pm

Metzo wrote:

Eurosport 2
saturday
22:30 - 00:00:00 Uhr start live
sunday
19:30 - 20:00 Uhr live
21:00 - 22:00 Uhr finish live

no highlights on Eurosport int. :cry:

How is this possible? Start live but broadcast starts at 22:30, so I assume the race starts at 23:00 cet then. But the finish live is an hour earlier? So what are eurosport going to miss, the start or the finish?

Mattzel89 · PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:55 pm

Both I'd say..oh well 3 hours coverage of a 24 Hour Race, meh.

StanV · PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:38 pm

Vertigo wrote:

Pfff no more Jim Matthews Racing and Goossens still hasn't found a new seat for 2009

He has been testing the LevelFive BMW Riley, but since they already have a complete line-up...

There are still some possibilities tho, at least I hope so

The Goose is on the 45 of Orbit

Quote:

Orbit Racing

Marc Goossens, Geel, Belgium
Leo Hindery Jr, New York, N.Y.
Darren Manning, Indianapolis, Ind.
Kyle Petty, Randelman, N.C.

BMW / Riley

Sure is in good company on that car

Vertigo · PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:56 pm

Yeah I just noticed his name on the list of the testing days too

So my theory about him driving a Riley car was good after all :thumbsup:

Metzo · PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:57 pm

cookie wrote:

Metzo wrote:

Eurosport 2
saturday
22:30 - 00:00:00 Uhr start live
sunday
19:30 - 20:00 Uhr live
21:00 - 22:00 Uhr finish live

no highlights on Eurosport int. :cry:

How is this possible? Start live but broadcast starts at 22:30, so I assume the race starts at 23:00 cet then. But the finish live is an hour earlier? So what are eurosport going to miss, the start or the finish?

iono, i got that from tvinfo.de

Hank Hill · PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:37 am

Here is the Blackforest Motorsports Dodge Challenger that will be racing in the KONI Sports Car Challenge:

Shane · PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:55 am

Sweet. Hopefully GM loans someone A Camaro soon.

Hank Hill · PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:16 am

Shane wrote:

Sweet. Hopefully GM loans someone A Camaro soon.

There is plans for a Camaro. Not for Daytona though.

smokyburnout · PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:48 am

Shane wrote:

Sweet. Hopefully GM loans someone A Camaro soon.

someone like these guys?
http://www.rileytech.com/

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