Daytona 24 Grand Am Qualifying Pictures
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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.
![](http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/24-ferrari.jpg)
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.
![](http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/24-rumbum.jpg)
And, as always, at Daytona in January...there were tires. Plenty of them, all mounted, marked, and ready to go.
![](http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/24-tires.jpg)
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.
![](http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/24-tandy.jpg)
![](http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/24-polecar.jpg)
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).
![](http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/24-edwards-lally.jpg)
![](http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/24-44.jpg)
![](http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/24-momo.jpg)
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.
![](http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/24-ferrari.jpg)
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.
![](http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/24-rumbum.jpg)
And, as always, at Daytona in January...there were tires. Plenty of them, all mounted, marked, and ready to go.
![](http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/24-tires.jpg)
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.
![](http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/24-tandy.jpg)
![](http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/24-polecar.jpg)
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).
![](http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/24-edwards-lally.jpg)
![](http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/24-44.jpg)
![](http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/24-momo.jpg)
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.
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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
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Last edited by Streak; 01-24-2013 at 10:17 PM.
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Porsche really needs to field a mid engined car. The rear engine platform clearly is not competitive.
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Thanks,hope in 24 hours they can show something besides the first and second place prototypes...