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2011 Rolex 24 at Daytona (a.k.a. 24 Hours of Daytona 2011)


Daytona International Speedway - Road Course configuration.



12 Turns - 2.95 miles
Lap Record: Yannick Dalmas - Ferrari 333SP - 1:39.195

Event Schedule: (all times EASTERN GMT-5)



Entry List (17 DP & 31 GT entered so far):
http://www.grand-am.com/schedule/entrylist.cfm?series=r&eid=2350

TV:

SPEED:

Sat. 29 - 2 PM ET - Preview
Sat. 29 - 3 - 10 PM ET - Rolex 24 part 1
Sun. 30 - 9 AM - 4 PM ET - Rolex 24 part 2.

Looking forward to this one, that's quite an entry.

Don't forget the new surface.

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Even though this is two weeks off, the Accuweather.com forecast is calling for showers on saturday.

So? A forecast for two weeks in the future probably won't be accurate. At all.

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Was any of the infield section resurfaced? Aside from the chicane on the backstretch of course.

The transition from the tri-oval to turn one has been. The new pavement ends just before the start of the concrete pitwall. I also believe the transition from turn 6 to NASCAR 1 has been repaved (as that was rather bumpy indeed) but don't quote me on that.

That track map seems to indicate they are running the longer version of the bus stop, which would be a change from past years. Is that indeed the case?

I believe it's not. I just grab that image from Wikipedia.

Nope, the image is incorrect, they're running the short version they've used since 2004 or so.

#63 Team Spencer Motorsports Mazda added today bringing us to 32 GT's and 17 DP's. Epic!

And man that Lizards car is sexy:

Onboard from testing last week showing the new track:



Look at that shiny new track!!



2011 spec cars look alot better.. looking forward to the first proper race of the 2011 motorposrt season.

nice onboard, what sort of speeds are they reaching on the banking?

I may be hosting a TS3 server so we can do TBK Radio. Not entirely positive.

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I might be game for that. Maybe. I might be a little hungover as well.

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TV EUROSPORT:

Saturday 29.

22:30 - 00:00 CET LIVE ES2

Sunday 30.

00:15 - 02:00 CET LIVE ES2
20:45 - 21:45 CET LIVE ES2

Here are the DP & GT fields for the 2011 Rolex 24 at Daytona:



The entry list only shows 17 entries but there are clearly 18 cars in the photo. The car in back right corner of the photo is the only one I can’t identify. From other photos you can tell that it’s a Ford Riley but can’t see a number or sponsors to help figure out what team is it. Maybe AIM Autosport? (edit: AIM website says they aren't able to enter this year. Hope they are able to run the rest of the schedule like last year.)

edit: The late entry turned out to be a third Starworks Ford Riley carrying the #2.

The DP field is made up of:

Engines
BMW: 4
Porsche: 3
Ford: 8
Chevrolet: 3

Chassis
Riley: 13
Dallara: 3
Lola: 1
Coyote: 1



Only 30 of the 32 entries are in the photo. As crazy of a fan as I am I still can't figure out who's missing. LOL

The GT field is made up of:

Ferrari 430 Challenge: 3
Porsche GT3: 14
Camaro GT.R: 3
Ford Mustang: 1
Mazda RX-8: 9
BMW M3: 1
BMW M6: 1

It appears there should be a total of 50 entries. That is pretty outstanding and actually up from last season(45). I'm more excited about this race that I ever have been before and cannot wait for the start on Saturday!

Jörg Bergmeister & Andy Lally shattered the old track records in their respective classes during qualifying for the Rolex 24 today.

POS NO. CLASS PIC DRIVERS TEAM/CAR TIME SPEED SPONSORS
1 45 DP 1 Bergmeister / Long / Neiman / van Overbeek Flying Lizard Motorsports / Porsche Riley 1:40.099 128.033
2 10 DP 2 Angelelli / Briscoe / Taylor / Taylor SunTrust Racing / Chevrolet Dallara 1:40.133 127.989
3 01 DP 3 Hand / Pruett / Rahal / Rojas Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / BMW Riley 1:40.245 127.846
4 8 DP 4 Braun / Dalziel / Enge / Forest / Lowe Starworks Motorsport / Ford Riley 1:40.250 127.840
5 02 DP 5 Dixon / Franchitti / McMurray / Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / BMW Riley 1:40.302 127.774
6 90 DP 6 Edwards / Garcia / Maassen Spirit of Daytona Racing / Chevrolet Coyote 1:40.396 127.654
7 77 DP 7 Bell / Frisselle / Kaiser / Richard Doran Racing / Ford Dallara 1:40.468 127.563
8 6 DP 8 Allmendinger / McDowell / Wilson Michael Shank Racing with Curb/ Agajanian / Ford Dallara 1:40.469 127.561
9 23 DP 9 Blundell / Brown / Brundle / Patterson United Autosports with Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 1:40.784 127.163
10 99 DP 10 Fogarty / Gurney / Johnson GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing / Chevrolet Riley 1:40.828 127.107
11 60 DP 11 Goossens / Negri / Pew / Valiante Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 1:40.847 127.083
12 9 DP 12 Barbosa / Borcheller / Fittipaldi / France / Papis Action Express Racing / Porsche Riley 1:41.128 126.730
13 5 DP 13 Donohue / Frisselle / Law / Rice Action Express Racing / Porsche Riley 1:41.240 126.590
14 7 DP 14 Beyer / Heylen / Mayer / Peterson / Valentine Starworks Motorsport / Ford Riley 1:41.288 126.530
15 76 DP 15 Jonsson / Krohn / Minassian / Zonta Krohn Racing / Ford Lola 1:41.695 126.023
16 2 DP 16 Iannetta / Popow / Potolicchio Starworks Motorsport / Ford Riley 1:44.111 123.099
17 67 GT 1 Bertheau / Gaughan / Henzler / Lally / Pumpelly TRG / Porsche GT3 1:48.487 118.133
18 66 GT 2 Farnbacher / George Jr / Keating / Luhr TRG / Porsche GT3 1:48.781 117.814
19 88 GT 3 Lester / Marsh / O'Connell / Taylor Autohaus Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 1:48.821 117.771
20 44 GT 4 Holzer / Lietz / Potter / Stanton Magnus Racing / Porsche GT3 1:49.011 117.566
21 17 GT 5 Armindo / Baldwin / Burtin / Ragginger / Tandy Burtin Racing / Porsche GT3 1:49.134 117.433
22 65 GT 6 Lewis / Pagerey / Sheehan / Sweedler Chris Smith Racing / Porsche GT3 1:49.297 117.258
23 4 GT 7 Eversley / Graeff / Wallace / Yarab Jr. / Zahn TRG / Porsche GT3 1:49.451 117.093
24 57 GT 8 Bremer / Liddell / Magnussen Stevenson Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 1:49.472 117.071
25 94 GT 9 Auberlen / Dalla Lana / Plumb / Said Turner Motorsport / BMW M3 1:49.503 117.037
26 59 GT 10 Davis / Haywood / Keen / Lieb Brumos Racing / Porsche GT3 1:49.540 116.998
27 54 GT 11 Bleekemolen / Curtis / Pappas / Pilet / Sofronas TRG/Black Swan Racing/GMG Racing / Porsche GT3 1:49.554 116.983
28 22 GT 12 Lux / O'Young / Walker / Wong Bullet Racing / Porsche GT3 1:49.707 116.820
29 48 GT 13 Bell / Miller / Sellers / Sugden Paul Miller Racing / Porsche GT3 1:49.916 116.598
30 42 GT 14 Gidley / Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 1:49.961 116.550
31 40 GT 15 Dempsey / Espenlaub / Foster / Long Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 1:49.974 116.536
32 70 GT 16 Bomarito / Christodoulou / Edwards / Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 1:50.020 116.487
33 69 GT 17 Assentato / Ham / Lazzaro / Longhi / Segal SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 1:50.064 116.441
34 32 GT 18 Cheng / Hyatt / Lewis / Papadopoulos PR1 Motorsports / BMW M6 1:50.135 116.366
35 41 GT 19 Cameron / Gue / James / Kitch Jr / Lacey Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 1:50.178 116.320
36 07 GT 20 Curran / Gavin / Ledoux / Schaldach Banner Racing / Camaro GT.R 1:50.300 116.192
37 86 GT 21 Atterbury / MacNeil / Pobst / Whitis Mitchum Motorsports / Porsche GT3 1:51.139 115.315
38 18 GT 22 Friedman / Ludwig / Thomas / von Moltke Muehlner Motorsport / Porsche GT3 1:51.305 115.143
39 11 GT 23 Empringham / Maxwell / Nastasi / Russell TPN Racing/Blackforest / Ford Mustang 1:51.528 114.912
40 36 GT 24 Cumming / Hacquard / Marks / Miller Yellow Dragon Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 1:51.847 114.585
41 53 GT 25 Doyle / Michaelian / Mulligan TRG/Nadeau Motorsports / Porsche GT3 1:51.983 114.445
42 56 GT 26 Allen / Davidson / Dumoulin / Geddie / Skeen Bennett Racing / Ferrari 430 Challenge 1:51.996 114.432
43 81 GT 27 Baron / Poordad / Wagner DragonSpeed / Ferrari 430 Challenge 1:53.639 112.778
44 63 GT 28 Downing / Grupp / Murry / Spencer / Trinkler Team Spencer Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 1:54.184 112.239
45 43 GT 29 Gidley / Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 1:55.203 111.247
46 47 GT 30 Earnhardt / Harrington / Hull / Monroe / Sandberg Rick Ware Racing / Porsche GT3 1:57.478 109.092
47 55 DP 0 Bouchut / Diaz / Tucker / Wilkins Level 5 Motorsports / BMW Riley No Time
48 95 DP 0 Hunter-Reay / Matos / Tucker / Westbrook Level 5 Motorsports / BMW Riley No Time
49 30 GT 0 Buford / Jensen / Jensen / Marsal / Rettich Racers Edge Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 No Time
50 00 GT 0 Abergel / Collard / Jones / Lisa / Pompidou Aten Motorsports / Ferrari 430 Challenge No Time *ENTRY WITHDRAWN

According to Andy Lally the #67 GT Pole Sitters time was thrown out for a rear wing problem.

Wow. And isn't this the first race for Flying Lizard's DP program?