Jan 23, 2025 · A new-look Meyer Shank Racing team is back at the Rolex 24 after a one-year hiatus and it is just one of dozens of changes as IMSA heads into the most prestigious endurance race in North America.

Sep 28, 2016 · IMSA’s Grand Touring Prototype formula spanned 1981-’93, its replacement, the World Sports Car concept, took over in 1994, and with Saturday’s season finale at Petit Le Mans, the WSC-inspired Daytona Prototype formula will bid farewell after its lengthy reign.

Jan 23, 2025 · A new-look Meyer Shank Racing team is back at the Rolex 24 after a one-year hiatus and it is just one of dozens of changes as IMSA heads into the most prestigious endurance race in North America.

Jan 12, 2025 · Shank’s last trip to Daytona, with his Meyer Shank Racing prototype team in January 2023, produced the team’s third overall victory in the Rolex 24. But just over a month later, the team’s ...

Jan 23, 2025 · DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Meyer Shank Racing opened the 2022 season with a win at the Rolex 24 of Daytona and closed it by winning the IMSA Series championship.

Feb 3, 2025 · Although Castroneves was a lifelong open-wheel racer, in 2006, he won a sports car endurance race in Brazil. In 2007, he made his U.S. sports car racing debut in the Michael Shank Racing Riley-Ford Daytona Prototype car at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.

The Meyer Shank Racing Riley-Ford Daytona Prototype seen at Watkins Glen International in 2011. Shank was the first team owner to step up to the second generation DP in 2008, upgrading both of his cars to Ford-powered Rileys—with Negri validating his move by winning the pole for that year's Rolex 24 at Daytona.

In December of 2013, Michael Shank Racing set a new speed record when Colin Braun turned the fastest lap ever recorded on the Daytona International Speedway oval in the team’s Ford Ecoboost-powered Daytona Prototype. The 222.971mph, 40.364 second lap was enough to secure a spot in the record books.

Scalextric C3841 Ford Daytona Prototype (Riley Mk XXVI) - No.60 Ford EcoBoost. Michael Shank Racing: 5th place, IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship, Austin 2014. Oswaldo Negri / John Pew

Jan 25, 2025 · It was a bitter disappoint­ment to team co-owner Michael Shank, who has clawed his way back into IMSA this year with a two-car effort — reunited with Acura — in the top prototype class.