2015 Classic 24 Hours at Daytona Car Corral
09-25-2015, 10:04 PM
#16
Racer
Thread Starter
Classic 24 Hour Update
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (September 25, 2015) - A pair of internationally acclaimed Porsche 962s are among the latest high-profile race cars entered in the Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Classic 24 Hour at Daytona, November 12 – 15.
Chassis No. 118 ran as the well-known Leyton House/Kremer Porsche Racing entry and will appear at the Classic 24 Hour for the second-straight year. The car is being entered by the Irish team Celtic Speed and will be driven by Tommy Dreelan and Aaron Scott. Notable drivers that wheeled the 962 in its competitive career included Sarel van der Merwe and the late Jo Gartner.
Chassis No. 141 was one of the famous Tic Tac sponsored 962s from Jochen Dauer Racing and previously competed in the Rolex 24 At Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1990. Also racing in Europe, the car was piloted by such famous drivers as Hans Stuck, Al Unser Jr., Bobby Unser, Derek Bell and Henri Pescarolo. The car has been entered in the Classic 24 Hour by Xtec Engineering of Denmark and is owned by Henrik Lindberg.
Car Corral is growing nicely. Has YOUR PCA Region obtained a discount code? If not, have one of your offices contact me at:nsippel@vintagemotorsport.com
Chassis No. 118 ran as the well-known Leyton House/Kremer Porsche Racing entry and will appear at the Classic 24 Hour for the second-straight year. The car is being entered by the Irish team Celtic Speed and will be driven by Tommy Dreelan and Aaron Scott. Notable drivers that wheeled the 962 in its competitive career included Sarel van der Merwe and the late Jo Gartner.
Chassis No. 141 was one of the famous Tic Tac sponsored 962s from Jochen Dauer Racing and previously competed in the Rolex 24 At Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1990. Also racing in Europe, the car was piloted by such famous drivers as Hans Stuck, Al Unser Jr., Bobby Unser, Derek Bell and Henri Pescarolo. The car has been entered in the Classic 24 Hour by Xtec Engineering of Denmark and is owned by Henrik Lindberg.
Car Corral is growing nicely. Has YOUR PCA Region obtained a discount code? If not, have one of your offices contact me at:nsippel@vintagemotorsport.com
09-25-2015, 10:09 PM
#17
Racer
Thread Starter
Since I ordered my tickets and parking waaaay back...is it going to be a problem for me to get in the Corral? I have infield parking for all 4 days. Does my Region Prez really need to send an email? Let me know. Most of the PCA members traveling with me aren't on Rennlist so they have probably already ordered their tickets and infield parking also...
Please advise.
Please advise.
If you can, please email me a list of cars coming. Thanks.
Norm
nsippel@vintagemotorsport.com
10-09-2015, 08:44 PM
#18
Racer
Thread Starter
List of entries will be published next Thursday.
Meanwhile, check out this video:
Car Corral participants are coming from all over the SE USA. Come join us.
If your Region's officers haven't sent in for a code for discounted Infield Parking, pester them to do so. All they need to do is email a request to me at nsippel@vintagemotorsport.com If they haven't or don't do it, just appoint someone in your PCA region to do so.
Here are the PCA Regions that already have codes, all in Florida:
Crown, Citrus, Gold Coast, Suncoast, and Space Coast.
Meanwhile, check out this video:
Car Corral participants are coming from all over the SE USA. Come join us.
If your Region's officers haven't sent in for a code for discounted Infield Parking, pester them to do so. All they need to do is email a request to me at nsippel@vintagemotorsport.com If they haven't or don't do it, just appoint someone in your PCA region to do so.
Here are the PCA Regions that already have codes, all in Florida:
Crown, Citrus, Gold Coast, Suncoast, and Space Coast.
10-19-2015, 02:00 PM
#19
Racer
Thread Starter
Latest News & Entry List:
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (October 15, 2015) – The entry list for the 2015 Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Classic 24 Hour at Daytona presented by IMSA, November 12 – 15, was officially announced today and features 174 race cars and a current tally of 300 drivers from around the world.
“We have gone on record recently in saying that the entry list for the second edition of the Classic 24 Hour at Daytona presented by IMSA exceeded even our expectations and hopefully the motorsports world will agree,” said HSR President David Hinton. “The caliber of the historic race cars and the massive mix of legendary stars and historic sports car racing drivers is second to none. This is truly an amazing representation of historic sports car racing machines and the men and women who compete in them and we can’t wait to get back to Daytona in just a few short weeks."
In total, the 2015 Classic 24 Hour at Daytona presented by IMSA features entered teams from 15 different countries on four continents.
The diverse background of the international drivers turning out for the Classic 24 Hour should be equally impressive. While minimal additional entries will be accepted – HSR currently has dozens of hopefuls on a wait list – all teams will be able to add drivers to their officially entered race cars in the weeks leading up to the race. A lineup of drivers that is already packed with past and current sports car racing stars will no doubt grow over the next month.
The list of current and legendary drivers confirmed for the Classic 24 includes Jochen Mass, Bobby Rahal, Danny Sullivan, Gijs Van Lennep, Jurgen Barth, Andy Wallace, Elliott Forbes-Robinson, Eric Curran, Leh Keen, Scott Sharp, Jim Pace, Gunnar Jeanette, Dieter Quester, Didier André, Jean Marc Gounon, Jules Gounon, Zak Brown, Richard Dean, Jeff Zwart, Cooper MacNeil, Shane Lewis, Jack Baldwin, Mike Skeen and many more.
The equally impressive racing machines these drivers and other Classic 24 competitors will race in the Daytona event is a rolling collection of top sports cars and prototypes from the past 50 years.
The Classic 24 features six period-correct run groups rotating through a full 24 hours of racing on the 3.56-mile Daytona road course. The run groups, which include various classes of similar-era race cars, each take to the track four times throughout the 24 hours. The competitors in each group covering the most total distance in the shortest amount of time in their group's four sessions will be "crowned" Classic 24 at Daytona champions.
Group A - 1960 – 1972: The oldest and perhaps most memory-stirring division, Group A features such legendary race cars as the Ford GT40, Lola T70, Chevron B8, Ferrari 365 GTB, Lotus Elan, Alfa Romeo GT Jr., several 1960s-era Corvettes and Mustangs, including a Shelby GT350, and a strong field of early Porsche 911s. A debuting entry not frequently seen in the United States is the French-built Matra MS630.
Group B - 1973 – 1982: Evoking the same emotion and memories of Group A with a little more turbocharged power and wide-body aerodynamics, Group B has attracted four Porsche 935s, six BMW CSLs, two Greenwood Corvettes, a Dekon Monza, several Porsche 911 RSRs and Carreras and big-bore Mustangs, Camaros and Corvettes. This group also features several of the ultra-quick and classic Chevron, Lola and March open-cockpit sports prototype race cars.
Group C - 1983 – 1993: The prime of the GTP and Group C era is at the heart of this run group. A strong lineup of six Porsche 962s will share the class spotlight with two Jaguar XJR-5s, a Jaguar XJR-7 and a Porsche Fabcar. Several production-based race cars are also in Group C as is the debuting Aston Martin AMR-1 prototype that raced at Le Mans.
Group D - 1994 – 2002: Historic but familiar, the highlight machines in Group D include several Riley & Scott Mk IIIs and Daytona Prototypes, a Lola B2K, Crawford DP03 and GT Porsches, Corvettes, Vipers and even a TVR T400R. A debuting entry of note in this class is the Saleen S7R GT1.
Group E - 2003 – 2012: This group lets ALMS and Le Mans prototypes that couldn’t race at Daytona in their day a chance to take to the high banks. Two Audi R8s, a pair of Pescarolo 01 LMPs and a Porsche RS Spyder highlight the group that also includes three Oreca FLM09s and several different Daytona Prototypes. GT cars are plentiful too and include several Porsche 996, 997 and 991 models, two LMS Audi R8s and a Camaro, Ferrari F430 and Nissan GTR. Another entry not frequently seen in the U.S. is the debuting BMW Alpina B6 GT3.
Group F - HSR Cars: This group produced some of the closest and most competitive racing in last year’s inaugural Classic 24 at Daytona. Home to HSR classes that are not represented in the other five other groups, Group F also lets competitors with race cars that were never eligible to compete at Daytona a chance to build a little history of their own on the legendary track in the Classic 24. Offering a mix of machinery from six different decades, this group is also home to the oldest car in the Classic 24, a 1962 Lotus Super 7.
The entry list for the 2015 Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Classic 24 Hour at Daytona presented by IMSA is available by clicking here: http://classic24hour.com/OfficialEntryList.pdf
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (October 15, 2015) – The entry list for the 2015 Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Classic 24 Hour at Daytona presented by IMSA, November 12 – 15, was officially announced today and features 174 race cars and a current tally of 300 drivers from around the world.
“We have gone on record recently in saying that the entry list for the second edition of the Classic 24 Hour at Daytona presented by IMSA exceeded even our expectations and hopefully the motorsports world will agree,” said HSR President David Hinton. “The caliber of the historic race cars and the massive mix of legendary stars and historic sports car racing drivers is second to none. This is truly an amazing representation of historic sports car racing machines and the men and women who compete in them and we can’t wait to get back to Daytona in just a few short weeks."
In total, the 2015 Classic 24 Hour at Daytona presented by IMSA features entered teams from 15 different countries on four continents.
The diverse background of the international drivers turning out for the Classic 24 Hour should be equally impressive. While minimal additional entries will be accepted – HSR currently has dozens of hopefuls on a wait list – all teams will be able to add drivers to their officially entered race cars in the weeks leading up to the race. A lineup of drivers that is already packed with past and current sports car racing stars will no doubt grow over the next month.
The list of current and legendary drivers confirmed for the Classic 24 includes Jochen Mass, Bobby Rahal, Danny Sullivan, Gijs Van Lennep, Jurgen Barth, Andy Wallace, Elliott Forbes-Robinson, Eric Curran, Leh Keen, Scott Sharp, Jim Pace, Gunnar Jeanette, Dieter Quester, Didier André, Jean Marc Gounon, Jules Gounon, Zak Brown, Richard Dean, Jeff Zwart, Cooper MacNeil, Shane Lewis, Jack Baldwin, Mike Skeen and many more.
The equally impressive racing machines these drivers and other Classic 24 competitors will race in the Daytona event is a rolling collection of top sports cars and prototypes from the past 50 years.
The Classic 24 features six period-correct run groups rotating through a full 24 hours of racing on the 3.56-mile Daytona road course. The run groups, which include various classes of similar-era race cars, each take to the track four times throughout the 24 hours. The competitors in each group covering the most total distance in the shortest amount of time in their group's four sessions will be "crowned" Classic 24 at Daytona champions.
Group A - 1960 – 1972: The oldest and perhaps most memory-stirring division, Group A features such legendary race cars as the Ford GT40, Lola T70, Chevron B8, Ferrari 365 GTB, Lotus Elan, Alfa Romeo GT Jr., several 1960s-era Corvettes and Mustangs, including a Shelby GT350, and a strong field of early Porsche 911s. A debuting entry not frequently seen in the United States is the French-built Matra MS630.
Group B - 1973 – 1982: Evoking the same emotion and memories of Group A with a little more turbocharged power and wide-body aerodynamics, Group B has attracted four Porsche 935s, six BMW CSLs, two Greenwood Corvettes, a Dekon Monza, several Porsche 911 RSRs and Carreras and big-bore Mustangs, Camaros and Corvettes. This group also features several of the ultra-quick and classic Chevron, Lola and March open-cockpit sports prototype race cars.
Group C - 1983 – 1993: The prime of the GTP and Group C era is at the heart of this run group. A strong lineup of six Porsche 962s will share the class spotlight with two Jaguar XJR-5s, a Jaguar XJR-7 and a Porsche Fabcar. Several production-based race cars are also in Group C as is the debuting Aston Martin AMR-1 prototype that raced at Le Mans.
Group D - 1994 – 2002: Historic but familiar, the highlight machines in Group D include several Riley & Scott Mk IIIs and Daytona Prototypes, a Lola B2K, Crawford DP03 and GT Porsches, Corvettes, Vipers and even a TVR T400R. A debuting entry of note in this class is the Saleen S7R GT1.
Group E - 2003 – 2012: This group lets ALMS and Le Mans prototypes that couldn’t race at Daytona in their day a chance to take to the high banks. Two Audi R8s, a pair of Pescarolo 01 LMPs and a Porsche RS Spyder highlight the group that also includes three Oreca FLM09s and several different Daytona Prototypes. GT cars are plentiful too and include several Porsche 996, 997 and 991 models, two LMS Audi R8s and a Camaro, Ferrari F430 and Nissan GTR. Another entry not frequently seen in the U.S. is the debuting BMW Alpina B6 GT3.
Group F - HSR Cars: This group produced some of the closest and most competitive racing in last year’s inaugural Classic 24 at Daytona. Home to HSR classes that are not represented in the other five other groups, Group F also lets competitors with race cars that were never eligible to compete at Daytona a chance to build a little history of their own on the legendary track in the Classic 24. Offering a mix of machinery from six different decades, this group is also home to the oldest car in the Classic 24, a 1962 Lotus Super 7.
The entry list for the 2015 Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Classic 24 Hour at Daytona presented by IMSA is available by clicking here: http://classic24hour.com/OfficialEntryList.pdf
10-26-2015, 10:17 PM
#20
Racer
Thread Starter
Still Room in the Car Corral
Due to lack of interest the Sunday Car Show has been canceled.
However, the Corral continues to grow.
The Classic 24 Hour at Daytona is shaping up as one of the best vintage/historic race events on the Eastcoast. It "Green-flags" in only 18-1/2 days. Will you and your fellow Porsche Club members be there? If you can't join us for this amazing weekend, tell your friends who can.
Word has gotten out about what a great event it was last year. Consequently, ticket sales have far more than doubled from then, and the roster of racing drivers and race cars is better than ever. For the latest news on that, see: http://classic24hour.com/news.html
Join us in the Car Corrals on the 14th & 15th. All sports car marques are welcome. We already have Porsches, Corvettes, Ferraris, Mustangs and more signed up. Early arrivals on Saturday get a Goodie Bag. The value of the Goodie Bags grows each day. Arrive early Saturday for the limited number of Goodie Bags and to sign up for the Behind-the-Scenes Tour.
When you enter the track from the West Gate/Turn 1 Tunnel Entrance, follow the main road around the track to the turn for the Fan Zone. The Corrals will be on your left along the fence. Look for the blue-topped Canopy with the Vintage Motorsport banner. Krispy Kreme coffee will be hot and waiting for you!
For more information on the event, see the attached flyer.
See you soon. Meanwhile, tell your fellow car club friends about this fantastic event. You and they can still get a club discount code good for $15 off Infield Parking. (Ask me about that. Five PCA Regions already have codes.) I just checked Travelocity and rooms for the weekend are still available within 2 miles of the track for from $50 to $249.
Norm
However, the Corral continues to grow.
The Classic 24 Hour at Daytona is shaping up as one of the best vintage/historic race events on the Eastcoast. It "Green-flags" in only 18-1/2 days. Will you and your fellow Porsche Club members be there? If you can't join us for this amazing weekend, tell your friends who can.
Word has gotten out about what a great event it was last year. Consequently, ticket sales have far more than doubled from then, and the roster of racing drivers and race cars is better than ever. For the latest news on that, see: http://classic24hour.com/news.html
Join us in the Car Corrals on the 14th & 15th. All sports car marques are welcome. We already have Porsches, Corvettes, Ferraris, Mustangs and more signed up. Early arrivals on Saturday get a Goodie Bag. The value of the Goodie Bags grows each day. Arrive early Saturday for the limited number of Goodie Bags and to sign up for the Behind-the-Scenes Tour.
When you enter the track from the West Gate/Turn 1 Tunnel Entrance, follow the main road around the track to the turn for the Fan Zone. The Corrals will be on your left along the fence. Look for the blue-topped Canopy with the Vintage Motorsport banner. Krispy Kreme coffee will be hot and waiting for you!
For more information on the event, see the attached flyer.
See you soon. Meanwhile, tell your fellow car club friends about this fantastic event. You and they can still get a club discount code good for $15 off Infield Parking. (Ask me about that. Five PCA Regions already have codes.) I just checked Travelocity and rooms for the weekend are still available within 2 miles of the track for from $50 to $249.
Norm
11-04-2015, 11:22 AM
#21
Racer
Thread Starter
On-line Ticket Sales End This Friday
I know that many of you who are coming to the Classic 24 Hour at Daytona already have your tickets. For those who don't, on-line ticket sales at www.hsrtickets.com end on Friday, November 6.
There are six PCA Regions that have Corral parking discount codes. We will be joined in the Corral by: Ferraris, Corvettes, Mustangs, BMWs, Challengers, and ???
See you soon.
Norm
There are six PCA Regions that have Corral parking discount codes. We will be joined in the Corral by: Ferraris, Corvettes, Mustangs, BMWs, Challengers, and ???
See you soon.
Norm