Daytona 24 Grand Am Qualifying Pictures
01-24-2013, 08:28 PM
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Daytona 24 Grand Am Qualifying Pictures
Daytona weather in January is notoriously fickle. This year, it couldn't have been more perfect. Azure skies, a light breeze, temps in the mid-70s. Rolex GT/GX qualifying was 15 minutes long and went green at 4:10 p.m.
But first, there were two new liveries that had the paddock buzzing. The #64 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 had nearly every color EXCEPT Ferrari red.
And the new #13 Rum Bum Racing Audi R8 had the "traditional" Rum Bum livery that was so bright it could be seen with your eyes closed.
And, as always, at Daytona in January...there were tires. Plenty of them, all mounted, marked, and ready to go.
Nick Tandy led a Porsche sweep of the top three spots in GT qualifying with a lap of 1:47.631 (119.074 mph) in the No. 32 Konrad Motorsport/Orbit Porsche GT3.
The reigning Porsche Cup winner was 0.197 seconds clear of Andy Lally – last year’s GT race-winner – in Magnus Racing’s No. 44 Porsche GT3. Sean Edwards qualified third for MOMO/NGT Motorsport in the No. 32 Porsche GT3 at 1:48.007 (118.659 mph).
Shane Lewis is in the record books as the first pole winner in GX. He set a time of 1:54.606 (111.827 mph) in Napleton Racing’s No. 16 Porsche Cayman. Ryan Eversley qualified second at 1:58.221 (108.407 mph) in the No. 38 BGB Motorsports Porsche Cayman. Andrew Carbonell was third for Freedom Autosport/SpeedSource in its No. 25 Mazda 6 at 2:00.740 (106.145 mph).
The 51st Rolex 24 at Daytona is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday. SPEED’s live coverage begins at 3 p.m.
But first, there were two new liveries that had the paddock buzzing. The #64 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 had nearly every color EXCEPT Ferrari red.
And the new #13 Rum Bum Racing Audi R8 had the "traditional" Rum Bum livery that was so bright it could be seen with your eyes closed.
And, as always, at Daytona in January...there were tires. Plenty of them, all mounted, marked, and ready to go.
Nick Tandy led a Porsche sweep of the top three spots in GT qualifying with a lap of 1:47.631 (119.074 mph) in the No. 32 Konrad Motorsport/Orbit Porsche GT3.
The reigning Porsche Cup winner was 0.197 seconds clear of Andy Lally – last year’s GT race-winner – in Magnus Racing’s No. 44 Porsche GT3. Sean Edwards qualified third for MOMO/NGT Motorsport in the No. 32 Porsche GT3 at 1:48.007 (118.659 mph).
Shane Lewis is in the record books as the first pole winner in GX. He set a time of 1:54.606 (111.827 mph) in Napleton Racing’s No. 16 Porsche Cayman. Ryan Eversley qualified second at 1:58.221 (108.407 mph) in the No. 38 BGB Motorsports Porsche Cayman. Andrew Carbonell was third for Freedom Autosport/SpeedSource in its No. 25 Mazda 6 at 2:00.740 (106.145 mph).
The 51st Rolex 24 at Daytona is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday. SPEED’s live coverage begins at 3 p.m.
01-24-2013, 10:02 PM
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Great pics!
So where can I get full results? I've looked on spped.com (not a peep or even a schedule there because it's not Nascar) and GA.co doesn't have them, only up thru practice 8.
Edit: Found them. Not easy though. Shane Lewis is 4 seconds faster than P2?!?!?! GX has a pretty big spread.
TRG cars are a ways down there as well.
S load of Pcars though
So where can I get full results? I've looked on spped.com (not a peep or even a schedule there because it's not Nascar) and GA.co doesn't have them, only up thru practice 8.
Edit: Found them. Not easy though. Shane Lewis is 4 seconds faster than P2?!?!?! GX has a pretty big spread.
TRG cars are a ways down there as well.
S load of Pcars though
Last edited by Streak; 01-24-2013 at 10:17 PM.
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01-25-2013, 12:22 AM
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Porsche really needs to field a mid engined car. The rear engine platform clearly is not competitive.
01-25-2013, 09:24 AM
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01-26-2013, 03:05 PM
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Thanks,hope in 24 hours they can show something besides the first and second place prototypes...