For the 2004 Daytona 24hr, they added the talents of Christian Fitipaldi and Andy Pilgrim. This combination led them to victory in the famed endurance race. The car is powered by a low time Katech built Chevrolet LS engine with paddle shift Xtrac gearbox. It has a dual plane rear wing.

A Daytona Prototype was a type of sports prototype racing car developed specifically for the Grand American Road Racing Association's Rolex Sports Car Series as their top class of car, which replaced their main prototype racing class, specifically Le Mans Prototypes (LMPs).

These two styles of cars make up the series’ five classes – Grand Touring Prototype (GTP), Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3), GT Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) and GT Daytona (GTD). To help fans follow the on-track action, the WeatherTech Championship uses a Leader Light System.

Jan 23, 2025 · Generally speaking, the Rolex 24 at Daytona features two types of cars: prototypes and showroom-stock (ish) GTDs. But breaking it down, each of those groups has two classes of its own, which...

They pulled the plug, the five undeveloped Grand Sport prototypes went to private teams, and Chevy sat out the glory era of road racing. The Corvette Daytona Prototype manages to be both an exotic race-only machine built for a single purpose and …

8 hours ago · The Daytona SP3, which debuted in 2021, is the second of these rare cars.As the name may have given away, it was inspired by the company’s Daytona prototype race cars that dominated endurance ...

Feb 5, 2023 · One of my prized possessions is this photo of a school-bus-yellow C4 Corvette race car that I drove in the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1987. That's me behind the wheel, about to turn left...

Aug 4, 2024 · The Corvette Daytona was an officially sanctioned race car created to compete in the now-defunct Rolex Race Car Series during the 2012 season, and later modified for the IMSA Tudor SportsCar Championship Series.

Jan 27, 2025 · Daytona Beach, Florida. At 1:40 p.m. on Saturday, January 25, 61 cars across four competition classes took the green flag at the Daytona International Speedway to begin the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. Under sunny Florida skies, the GTP class prototypes engaged in fierce battles from the start.

Jan 25, 2025 · The number 7 Porsche 963 of Porsche Penske Motorsport leads the 24 Hours of Daytona. The car of the reigning champions and last year’s winners consistently worked its way to the front during the first four hours. The sister car is in second place, with the identical hybrid prototype of customer team Proton Competition running sixth.