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Fogarty Wins Grand-Am Pole For Debut COTA Race
Saturday, 2 Mar, 2013 – 8:14 | Comments Off on Fogarty Wins Grand-Am Pole For Debut COTA Race
Fogarty  Wins Grand-Am Pole For Debut COTA Race

Jon Fogarty showed why he is the top qualifier in Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series history on Friday, waiting until his final lap to capture the TOTAL Pole Award for Saturday’s Grand-Am of The Americas …

Montoya Was Something To Watch At The Rolex
Sunday, 3 Feb, 2013 – 9:41 | Comments Off on Montoya Was Something To Watch At The Rolex
Montoya Was Something To Watch At The Rolex

Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
RacinToday.com
Since forever, Juan Pablo Montoya has been an enigma wrapped in a smirk.
Absurdly talented, he is also seemingly bored to the point of being disinterested in whatever car or race or …

SRT Sending Pair Of Vipers Back To Le Mans In 2013
Friday, 1 Feb, 2013 – 14:54 | Comments Off on SRT Sending Pair Of Vipers Back To Le Mans In 2013
SRT Sending Pair Of Vipers Back To Le Mans In 2013

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
RacinToday.com
Dodge Vipers will make a return to the most prestigious endurance road race in the world this year as they have received an invitation to compete at the 24-hour race …

Flat Spot On: The Amazing Mr. Pruett
Monday, 28 Jan, 2013 – 15:08 | Comments Off on Flat Spot On: The Amazing Mr. Pruett
Flat Spot On: The Amazing Mr. Pruett

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Has there ever been an American race car driver with a career as distinctive as that of Scott Pruett? At Daytona on Sunday, he clinched a fifth over-all victory and tied …

Pruett Runs Away With Rolex And Into Record Book
Sunday, 27 Jan, 2013 – 15:43 | Comments Off on Pruett Runs Away With Rolex And Into Record Book
Pruett Runs Away With Rolex And Into Record Book

Last Thursday, driver Scott Pruett quickly and emphatically waived off a couple of questions about tying the legendary Hurley Haywood as the all-time prototype winner at this year’s Rolex 24. If the racing gods meant …

Pruett: The 24 Is Still Cool At 52
Saturday, 26 Jan, 2013 – 9:10 | Comments Off on Pruett: The 24 Is Still Cool At 52
Pruett: The 24 Is Still Cool At 52

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – In 1984 Scott Pruett was a rookie in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Now, at age 52, the pole winner for this year’s around-the-clock event still “absolutely loves” competing in the race …

Flat Spot On: Daytona Needs Faster Prototypes
Saturday, 26 Jan, 2013 – 9:01 | Comments Off on Flat Spot On: Daytona Needs Faster Prototypes
Flat Spot On: Daytona Needs Faster Prototypes

By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – On the eve of this year’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, count me among those lamenting the passing of the American Le Mans Series at the end of …

Ganassi DPs Appear To Be The 24 Hour Power
Friday, 25 Jan, 2013 – 10:55 | Comments Off on Ganassi DPs Appear To Be The 24 Hour Power
Ganassi DPs Appear To Be The 24 Hour Power

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
RacinToday.com
Racing team owner Chip Ganassi can do sarcasm. He may be one of his biz’s top practitioners of the art, in fact. He let go with a classic after last …

Ganassi DPs Tear Up Rolex 24 Qualifying
Thursday, 24 Jan, 2013 – 20:25 | Comments Off on Ganassi DPs Tear Up Rolex 24 Qualifying
Ganassi DPs Tear Up Rolex 24 Qualifying

The Rolex 24 At Daytona weekend began Thursday with qualifying for the 51st anniversary Rolex 24 At Daytona, which is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. EDT on Saturday at Daytona International Speedway.
The GRAND-AM Continental …

Bowyer Is Proud Owner Of New Ferrari Ride
Friday, 18 Jan, 2013 – 8:26 | Comments Off on Bowyer Is Proud Owner Of New Ferrari Ride
Bowyer Is Proud Owner Of New Ferrari Ride

Some news and notes from sports car racing:
A year ago at about this time, Sprint Cup driver Clint Bowyer turned up his nose – almost literally – when asked if he had any interest in …