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WEATHERTECH RACING FASTEST IN GTD AT ROAR BEFORE 24
Cooper MacNeil, David MacNeil, Leh Keen, Shane van Gisbergen and Gunnar Jeannette all turned maximum laps behind the wheel of the No. 22 WeatherTech Racing Porsche at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Roar Before the 24 test at Daytona International Speedway this weekend. The series held their annual Roar test under changing conditions with mist, … Continue reading
THE HEART OF RACING PUTS NEW PORSCHE THROUGH PACES AT THE ROAR
The Heart of Racing Porsche drivers Mario Farnbacher Germany), Ian James (Phoenix), Alex Riberas (Spain) and Wolf Henzler (Germany) put in three days behind the wheel of The Heart of Racing 911 GT3R at the Roar Before the 24 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship test in preparation for the 50th running of the Rolex 24 Hour … Continue reading
PROGRESS FOR DELTAWING AT THE ROAR BEFORE THE 24
Panoz DeltaWing Racing have had three successful days of testing at Daytona International Speedway with Katherine Legge, Sean Rayhall, Andy Meyrick and Andreas Wirth. Day 1: Completing 47 laps between them, Legge’s and Rayhall’s focus was on testing and perfecting the new steering geometry designed to improve how the car handles the banking and also … Continue reading
SUCCESSFUL DAYTONA TESTS FOR THE PORSCHE 911 RSR AND 911 GT3 R
The countdown to the 24 Hours of Daytona is on. At the official “The Roar before the Rolex 24” tests, Porsche teams used the weekend to setup the new 911 RSR and the new 911 GT3 R for the long distance classic in Florida. The race on the Daytona International Speedway on 30-31 January is … Continue reading
MICHAEL SHANK RACING COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL TEST AT DAYTONA’S ‘ROAR BEFORE THE 24’
Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian kicked off the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship campaign over the weekend at the annual ‘Roar Before the 24’ test days held at Daytona International Speedway. The Ohio-based team completed seven on track sessions with drivers John Pew, Ozz Negri, AJ Allmendinger and Olivier Pla all posting competitive lap times … Continue reading
STROLL CLOCKS UP IMPORTANT MILEAGE AT THE “ROAR”
Lance Stroll drove the Claritin/Target Ford EcoBoost Prototype for the very first time on Friday and went on to accumulate important mileage in the three-day “Roar Before The 24” that concluded today (8-10 Jan). The 17-year-old Canadian personally clocked up over 220-miles around the 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway – the world-famous track in Florida he … Continue reading
GOOD WEEKEND OF TESTING IN DAYTONA FOR VISIT FLORIDA RACING
Visit Florida Racing spent a productive three days testing at its home track just down the road from the team headquarters, at Daytona International Speedway over the weekend as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship staged its annual ‘Roar Before the 24’. For the Daytona Beach based-team, it was the first opportunity for its new driver … Continue reading
JONNY ADAM AT THE ROAR
2016 Sunoco Whelen Challenge Champion Jonny Adam took the wheel of the Action Express run No. 31 Whelen Engineering Corvette DP for the first time yesterday – the talented Scot met team-mates for the first time just this week, but was quickly up to speed with the track and car – yet another worthy Sunoco … Continue reading
PORSCHE TEAMS CONTINUE TESTING AT DAYTONA WITH THE 911 RSR AND 911 GT3 R
For the Porsche teams, setting up the new Porsche 911 RSR and the new Porsche 911 GT3 R on the Daytona International Speedway had priority at day two of testing at the “The Roar Before the Rolex 24”. The Porsche North America factory squad and Porsche’s customer teams focused on preparing the new race car … Continue reading
ACTION EXPRESS RACING WRAPS UP A SUCCESSFUL FIRST DAY IN THE ROAR BEFORE THE 24
With new drivers joining the two-time and defending IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship winning Action Express Racing, the focus on the first day of the 2016 Roar Before the 24 was turning quality laps in the team’s two-Chevrolet Corvette Daytona Prototypes. IndyCar ace Simon Pagenaud spent time behind the wheel of the No. 31 Whelen Corvette … Continue reading
