Category: Press Releases

Daytona Beach,  Fla. (24 January 2014) –  Since the very first day the team debuted at the track with a victory, Rum Bum Racing has been setting records at Daytona International Speedway. Friday was no different as the team once again made history when the No. 03 Rum Bum Racing BMW M3 of Hugh Plumb and Kaz Grala finished fourth in the BMW Performance 200 as young Grala set a record as the youngest-ever racer in IMSA history at just over 15 years old. The race, which marked the opening round…

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Daytona Beach, Fla. (23 January 2013) – Action Express Racing kicked off the 2014 IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship in strong fashion on Thursday as the North Carolina-based team qualified on the second row for the 52nd running of the historic Rolex 24 At Daytona. Christian Fittipaldi set the third quickest time of the 15-minute session in the No. 5 Action Express Racing Corvette with a time of 1:38.658-seconds while Burt Frisselle wheeled the No. 9 Action Express Racing/Millennium Corvette DP to a quick lap of 1:38.838-seconds for fourth place on the…

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 24 — An early red flag spoiled the Grand Sport class’s qualifying session Thursday afternoon in IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge action at Daytona International Speedway. After a lengthy delay to tow in the errant Porsche Boxster most of the cars only completed one flying lap after the restart before time ran out, and most teams’ qualifying results were seriously hampered due to the lack of time and heavy traffic. Brad Jaeger was still able to get off a lap in 1:58.261 in the Doran Racing Nissan 370Z…

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Daytona Beach, Fla. (23 January 2014)– Score one for the home team. After thousands of hours of work and countless late nights, the effort that the Spirit of Daytona Racing squad has put in to be ready for the 2014 IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship season was on display on Thursday as VISITFLORIDA.com pilot Richard Westbrook put the No. 90 Corvette DP on the front row for the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Westbrook’s fast lap time of 1:38.487 seconds will see him start alongside fellow Corvette DP driver Alex Gurney on the…

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Daytona Beach, Fla. (23 January 2014) – Talk about making an adjustment. After building his racing career with a regular shot at qualifying sessions that were nearly an hour long, Anthony Mantella faced the prospect of the shortest qualifying session of his career on Thursday as he prepared for his first IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge session. At just 15 minutes, Mantella knew that it was going to be go time when the green flag dropped. But as fate would have it, instead of getting 15 minutes, he only…

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Daytona (US), 23rd January 2014. The countdown for the season opener of the new United SportsCar Championship (USCC) is on. In GTLM qualifying for the 24-hour race of Daytona (US) the two BMW Z4 GTLM cars of BMW Team RLL finished seventh and eighth. John Edwards (US) recorded a lap time of 1:45.667 minutes at the wheel of the number 56 car, finishing seventh. Andy Priaulx (GB) followed directly behind his team-mate in eighth, being just five thousands of a second slower in the number 55 BMW Z4 GTLM. Marc…

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., – Jan. 23, 2014 – Extreme Speed Motorsports took to Daytona International Speedway in qualifying today for the 52nd Annual Rolex 24 At Daytona, the opening race of the 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship and the first round of the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup (NAEC). For the start of a new season, in a new series, the Florida-based team expects a challenging and competitive year. Thursday’s opening day included one morning and one afternoon practice session totaling 90 minutes of on-track time.  As the sunset, the two-car team took to…

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Daytona Beach, Fla. (23 January 2014) – Stevenson Motorsports took its first official IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge qualifying laps with the new Camaro Z/28.R on Thursdayas Matt Bell piloted the No. 9 Camaro and Stevenson teammate Andrew Davis campaigned the No. 6 Camaro. Despite only having one flying lap due to a lengthy red-flag that came early in the 15-minute session, both Stevenson Motorsports Camaro Z/28.R machines netted a top-10 starting spot for Friday’s Daytona Rising 200 (Fox Sports 2,6:00 PM ET broadcast/Friday). Bell, who will share the No. 9 Camaro…

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Daytona Beach,  Fla. (23 January 2014) – They say that being lucky can be better than being good, but as Rum Bum Racing showed on Thursday at Daytona International Speedway, being well-prepared can sometimes trump both. Having the car prepared well in advance of the session, the championship team was first in the qualifying line and ready to go as the 2014 IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar (CTSC) Championship launched with the first grid-setting session of the season. That preparation paid dividends as Rum Bum Racing drivers Nick Longhi and Kaz Grala made…

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DAYTONA BEACH, FL (January 23, 2014) –  The DeltaWing Racing Cars team set its quickest lap to date on the high banks of Daytona during today’s qualifying session, earning the eighth starting position for this weekend’s Rolex 24 Hours – race one of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship. Katherine Legge put the revolutionary sports car prototype on the starting grid just behind the Daytona Prototypes, but ahead of the DeltaWing’s former American Le Mans Series P2 competitors with a quick time of 1:39.270. For Legge, as well as fellow DeltaWing drivers Andy…

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