57th Rolex 24 at Daytona

[FLRacingFan]

Entry list

Spotter guide
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TV schedule-

Thursday, 1/24:
2-3 PM Eastern - Rolex 24 Preview Show, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
3-5 PM - Rolex 24 Qualifying, NBCSN/NBC Sports App

Saturday, 1/26-Sunday, 1/27:
1-2 PM - Rolex 24 Preview Show, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
2-5 PM - Rolex 24, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
5-9 PM - NBC Sports App
9 PM-3 AM - NBCSN/NBC Sports App
3-6 AM - NBC Sports App
6 AM-3 PM - NBCSN/NBC Sports App

 

[FLRacingFan]

Friday, 1/25:
12:15-4:15 PM - BMW Endurance Challenge, IMSA.tv

Entry list

 

[StandOnIt]

Good job FL

 

[Hotrod]

Yes, thanks for starting us off Fl. Looking forward to this race.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Spotters' Guide! Thank you, sir!

From the link:

The guide features 47 entries for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and 49 entries IMSA Michelin Pilot SportsCar Challenge. This one took a long time to complete!

From a fan's standpoint, this is a good problem to have.

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Always see this as the start of racing season. Time for the boys to get Roger another 24 hours win, would be cool considering his only win was 50 years ago.

 

[FLRacingFan]

 

[TexasRaceLady]

I'm rooting for Zenardi ! !

https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2...nardi-makes-beautiful-music-behind-the-wheel/

 

[Charlie Spencer]

I'm rooting for Zenardi ! !

https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2...nardi-makes-beautiful-music-behind-the-wheel/

C'mon, who isn't? Have you seen the footage of him making a driver change?
https://racing-forums.com/threads/imsa-2019.66202/page-2#post-1514539

Hey, am I missing something or is this the first Rolex in years with no active Cup drivers in the field?

 

[Pat]

No Cup drivers?!

 

[DanicaFreak]

I do like seeing a 24 hr race

 

[Pat]

 

[Charlie Spencer]

No Cup drivers?! View attachment 38554

If I'm correct, it's not a big deal. This race doesn't need them, it attracts plenty of great drivers from multiple series around the world. If anything, some fans of other series may think having no Cup-level drivers in this race reflects poorly on NASCAR. Or not...

 

[Turtle84]

Excited to actually watch qualifying for this tomorrow. Thanks for putting it back on my radar FLRacingFan!

 

[Pat]

If I'm correct, it's not a big deal. This race doesn't need them, it attracts plenty of great drivers from multiple series around the world. If anything, some fans of other series may think having no Cup-level drivers in this race reflects poorly on NASCAR. Or not...

The race doesn't need them, but I find it nice to see Cup drivers crossing over to do that race. I always look for them.

 

[StandOnIt]

The race doesn't need them, but I find it nice to see Cup drivers crossing over to do that race. I always look for them.

there are Nascar drivers, not cup though. Custer, Majeski, Cendric, Briscoe and A.J. said he will take a turn or so at the wheel and announce. I know I will be trying to follow that bunch.

Another couple of beauts. Will be Custer/Majeski/Scott Maxwell in the #15 on Friday with Cindric/Briscoe/Billy Johnson in the #22.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Yep. That's why I was careful to specify Cup and 24-Hour, although I should have mentioned the others. Thanks for catching me.

 

[StandOnIt]

Yep. That's why I was careful to specify Cup and 24-Hour, although I should have mentioned the others. Thanks for catching me.

wasn't trying, I'm excited personally I want that bunch of younger guys to get saltier. Billy Johnson isn't Nascar but he is pretty good, I don't know Maxwell, FL probably does, he's the expert IMSA guy.

 

[Pat]

there are Nascar drivers, not cup though. Custer, Majeski, Cendric, Briscoe and A.J. said he will take a turn or so at the wheel and announce. I know I will be trying to follow that bunch.

Ok, I didn't look for them. I like to see how the Nascar drivers handle the cars, especially if it rains.

 

[StandOnIt]

Eh it's about the Rolex pretty good I thought

 

[FLRacingFan]

I would put money on Jimmie Johnson doing the 24 again eventually - maybe as soon as next year. The series has come a long way and gotten a lot more specialized from the Grand-Am days, as well as more NASCAR drivers (outside of a small handful) also staying strictly in NASCAR - not necessarily because of their own choice in some cases. Ultimately on both ends it's a lot harder to make things work well enough to complete a deal.

That said, yeah, Cindric and Allmendinger are both doing the 24 and the Ford young guns and Kaz Grala are all racing on Friday.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

I would put money on Jimmie Johnson doing the 24 again eventually - maybe as soon as next year. The series has come a long way and gotten a lot more specialized from the Grand-Am days, as well as more NASCAR drivers (outside of a small handful) also staying strictly in NASCAR - not necessarily because of their own choice in some cases. Ultimately on both ends it's a lot harder to make things work well enough to complete a deal.

That said, yeah, Cindric and Allmendinger are both doing the 24 and the Ford young guns and Kaz Grala are all racing on Friday.

I expect Kurt Busch will take a run, now that he's with Ganassi, along with an I500 shot eventually.

 

[DanicaFreak]

https://www.sunburynews.com/sports/24590/all-female-race-car-team-formed


suppose they have a chance?

 

[Zerkfitting]

Eh it's about the Rolex pretty good I thought

I recall Earnhardt Sr commented during the race that he and Pilgrim were preserving the car because the young guys on the team were using it up. I also recall that Sr was one of the fastest in the wet. The following story talks about Earnhart and running sports car racing.

https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/sh...e-magic-racing-moment-at-2001-rolex-24-012314

 

[Zerkfitting]

suppose they have a chance?

They have Simona de Silvestro on the team and I'm a fan.

 

[DanicaFreak]

They have Simona de Silvestro on the team and I'm a fan.

shes a freaking tiger..I have followed her on twitter and she will drive anything...seems she LOVES driving.

 

[FLRacingFan]

https://www.sunburynews.com/sports/24590/all-female-race-car-team-formed


suppose they have a chance?

I actually think they're one of the favorites in GTD. Ana (Bia) was quickest in the Am 'qualifying' session for pit/garage selection earlier this month. They don't really have any weak links.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

https://www.sunburynews.com/sports/24590/all-female-race-car-team-formed


suppose they have a chance?

Kat Legge is a solid driver who came within a few points of GTD champion last year, with a car Mike Shank didn't initially play to run all season and a variety of teammates. This looks like a competitive line-up for this race and now that's it's planned as a full-time effort with a stable pair, expect it to run up front all season.

 

[DanicaFreak]

my fav is Legge.she was so bummed she didnt win the ship' over there

 

[DanicaFreak]

PROTOTYPE QUALIFYING

1. Mazda Team Joest Mazda DPi (Jarvis/Nunez/Bernhard/Rast) 1m33.685s
2. Acura Team Penske Acura DPi (Taylor/Castroneves/Rossi) + 0.188s
3. Acura Team Penske Acura DPi (Montoya/Cameron/Pagenaud) + 0.410s
4. Mazda Team Joest Mazda DPi (Bomarito/Tincknell/Pla) + 0.527s
5. Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi (Nasr/Curran/Derani) + 0.748s
6. Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi (van der Zande/Taylor/Alonso/Kobayashi) + 0.794s
7. Juncos Racing Cadillac DPi (Owen/Binder/Cannapino/Kaiser) + 0.994s
8. JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi (Goikhberg/Vautier/DeFrancesco/Barrichello) + 1.684s
9. JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi (Trummer/Simpson/Miller/Piedrahita) + 1.757s
10. DragonSpeed Oreca 07 Gibson (Hedman/Hanley/Lapierre/Allen) + 2.219s
11. PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca 07 Gibson (McMurry/Aubry/Kvamme/Guibbert) + 2.742s
12. CORE Autosport Nissan DPi (Bennett/Braun/Dumas/Duval) + 3.001s
13. DragonSpeed Oreca 07 Gibson (Gonzalez/Maldonado/Saavedra/Cullen) + 3.692s
14. Performance Tech Motorsports Oreca 07 Gibson (K Masson/R Masson/Cassels/Wright) + 4.436s
15. Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac DPi (Barbosa/Conway/Albuquerque/Fittipaldi) + 8.572s

GTLM QUALIFYING


#911 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR (Pilet/Tandy/Makowiecki) 1m42.257s
#3 Corvette Racing Corvette C7.R (Magnussen/Garcia/Rockenfeller) + 0.326s
#67 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT (Briscoe/Westbrook/Dixon) + 0.377s
#62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE (Rigon/Molina/Pier Guidi/Calado) + 0.455s
#912 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR (Bamber/Vanthoor/Jaminet) + 0.539s
#66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT (Hand/Muller/Bourdais) + 0.663s
#24 BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE (Krohn/Edwards/Mostert/Zanardi) + 0.696s
#25 BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE (Farfus/De Phillippi/Eng/Herta) + 0.729s
#4 Corvette Racing Corvette C7.R (Gavin/Milner/Fassler) + 0.982s

GTD QUALIFYING

1. Via Italia Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 (Longo/Franzoni/Gomes/Bertolini) 1m45.257s
2. Team Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 (Keating/Bleekemolen/Stolz/Fraga) + 0.067s
3. Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 (Farnbacher/Hindman/Marks/Allmendinger) + 0.139s
4. EBIMOTORS Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (Busnelli/Babini/Altoe) + 0.218s
5. Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (Ineichen/Bortolotti/Engelhart/Breukers) + 0.559s
6. Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 (Dalla Lana/Lamy/Lauda/Serra) + 0.595s
7. Magnus Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (Potter/Lally/Pumpelly/Mapelli) + 0.598s
8. PFAFF Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (Hargrove/Robichon/Kern/Olsen) + 0.688s
9. Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (Sellers/Hardwick/Lewis/Caldarelli) + 0.783s
10. Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 (Lindsey/Long/Campbell/Boulle) + 0.846s
11. Heinricher Racing Acura NSX GT3 (Legge/Beatriz/De Silvestro/Nielsen) + 0.859s
12. AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 (Heistand/Hawksworth/Cindric/Cassidy) + 0.957s
13. Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (Pappas/Seefried/Cairoli/Werner) + 0.974s
14. AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 (Montecalvo/Bell/Telitz/Segal) + 1.013s
15. Montaplast by Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3 (Morad/Miles/Vanthoor) + 1.052s
16. Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 (MacNeil/Vilandner/Farnbacher/Westphal) + 1.064s
17. NGT Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (Haering/Bacler/Muller/Goerig/Renauer) + 1.412s
18. Starworks Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3 (Chase/Dalziel/Perez Companc/Haase) + 1.453s
19. Moorespeed Audi R8 LMS GT3 (Davis/Riberas/Hardeman/Winkelhock) + 1.524s
20. WRT Speedstar Audi Sport Audi R8 LMS GT3 (Vervisch/van der Linde/James/DeAngelis) + 2.111s
21. P1 Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 (Buhk/Schiller/Baumann/Perez) + 2.190s
22. Precision Performance Motorsports Lamborghini GT3 (Dunn/Lundqvist/Pavlovic/Yount) + 2.552s
23. Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 (Auberlen/Foley/Machavem/Klingmann) no time*

 

[StandOnIt]

The spread at the top. oh yeah, isn't any accident the Rolex after 24 hours of hammering comes down to the wire almost every time.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

The spread at the top. oh yeah, isn't any accident the Rolex after 24 hours of hammering comes down to the wire almost every time.

The spread in GT is even tighter. Less than a second across all nine LM cars, and between the front 13 GTDs.

 

[StandOnIt]

Some Nascar people call that pack racing.. I didn't say that.

 

[StandOnIt]

one wild looking Ferrari




sweet sounds

 

[DanicaFreak]

Gonna be tight.

I have not watched a lot of sports car races....It seems that they dont wreck alot.....

 

[Turtle84]

Some Nascar people call that pack racing.. I didn't say that.

Must be one of them IMSA plate tracks

 

[StandOnIt]

Gonna be tight.

I have not watched a lot of sports car races....It seems that they dont wreck alot.....

Daytona has some corners that aren't too forgiving the squeeze into turn one will claim a few and the chicane will usually do the same

 

[StandOnIt]

Must be one of them IMSA plate tracks

why them imsa thangs with that thar BOP gismo why that's spec racin.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

why them imsa thangs with that thar BOP gismo why that's spec racin.

For whatever reason, I just don't have a problem with BOP in this type of series. I don't know why I feel that way, but it doesn't bother me.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Gonna be tight.

I have not watched a lot of sports car races....It seems that they dont wreck alot.....

One reason is that bumpin' and bangin' is discouraged and will get you penalized. Very few of these teams have more than one car, budgets are smaller, and turnarounds for repairs can be lengthy and expensive.