GRAND-AM Cooldown Lap: BMW Performance 200

GRAND-AM Cooldown Lap: Daytona

BMW Performance 200

Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge

Friday, Jan. 25, 2013

The Recap

Roush Performance scored its second consecutive victory in the BMW Performance 200. Jack Roush Jr. recovered from a punctured tire at the end of his stint, while Billy Johnson prevailed on two late restarts to give the No. 61 Roush Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302R the victory in the 2013 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season opener.

Second-place Rum Bum Racing also had to recover from an early incident. Nick Longhi spun in the No. 13 Porsche Carrera when he was tagged coming to a restart. Co-driver Matt Plumb drove through the field and battled defending GS driver champion David Empringham’s No. 15 Multimatic Motorsports Aston Martin Vantage to take second in the closing laps.

Lara Tallman and Vesko Kozarov scored their first ST victory, prevailing in the No. 33 Team Skullcandy Nissan Altima Coupe. Greg Liefooghe finished second in the No. 81 BimmerWorld Racing BMW 328i started by Tyler Cooke, passing Ryan Eversley’s No. 75 Compass360Racing Honda Civic Si coming to the white flag.

BMW Performance 200: The Stats

GS 1st: Jack Roush Jr. and Billy Johnson, No. 61 Roush Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302R
GS 2nd: Nick Longhi and Matt Plumb, No. 13 Rum Bum Racing Porsche Carrera
GS 3rd: John Farano and David Empringham, No. 15 Multimatic Motorsports Aston Martin Vantage
ST 1st: Lara Tallman and Vesko Kozarov, No. 33 Skullcandy Nissan Altima Coupe
ST 2nd: Tyler Cooke and Greg Liefooghe, No. 81 BimmerWorld Racing BMW 328i

ST 3rd: Kyle Gimple and Ryan Eversley, No. 75 Compass360 Racing Honda Civic Si

Margin of Victory: 1.812 seconds (GS); 1.715 seconds (ST)

Average Speed: 88.862 mph (GS); 86.758 mph (ST)

Cautions: Three for 17 laps

Points (Unofficial)

GS: Jack Roush Jr./Billy Johnson, 35; Nick Longhi/Matt Plumb, 32; David Empringham/John Farano, 30.
ST: Vesko Kozarov/Lara Tallman, 35; Tyler Cooke/ Greg Liefooghe, 32; Ryan Eversley/Kyle Gimple, 30.

Noteworthy

Ø Lara Tallman became the first female to win in CTSCC competition since Sarah Cattaneo’s 2011 ST victory at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

Ø The first caution period included four separate incidents. The yellow waved when Mark Boden tagged the tire barrier in Turn 5 in the No. 46 Fall-Line Motorsports BMW M3. Moments later, David Thilenius impacted the barrier entering Turn 5 in the No. 74 Compass360 Honda Civic Si. Then, Jack Roush Jr. punctured the left-front tire on the No. 61 Roush Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302R and coasted to the pits. Team manager Brad Francis later said he planned to pit anyway on that lap. Finally, race leader Nick Longhi’s No. 13 Rum Bum Racing Porsche Carrera was turned around coming to the restart.

Ø Joey Atterbury qualified third in GS in the No. 51 Roush Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302R, but was sent to the back of the grid after his car failed post-qualifying inspection due to unapproved ballast. Failing tech in ST were the No. 171 ARP Motorsport Volkswagen of Mickey Taylor (who qualified third) and the No. 32 i-Moto Mazda Speed 3 of Glenn Bocchino (fourth), both with boost violations.

Ø The event was the final race for Phoenix Performance under the Subaru Road Racing Team banner. Team owner Joe Aquilante learned that Subaru would no longer be competing in the days leading up to the race, and immediately began working on options. Aquilante hopes to complete in the remainder of the 2013 season with a different GS manufacturer. His son Andrew Aquilante will remain as lead driver, with current co-driver Bret Spaude invited to continue to drive for the team. The team won four races in CTSCC competition, in addition to more than 20 races in other divisions.

Ø Defending GS champion John Farano won Friday morning’s debut of the Ferrari Challenge at Daytona. “Definitely a nice one to win,” said Farano, who also is competing in Saturday’s Rolex 24 At Daytona. His co-driver (and 2012 GS co-champion) David Empringham was Daytona’s first DP winner, in 2003. They finished third in Friday’s BMW Performance 200.

Ø The race will be televised on SPEED on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 4 p.m. ET.

The Numbers:

Ø 15 – ST lead changes among nine cars and 11 drivers
Ø 18 – Number of cars finishing on the lead lap
Ø 29 – Laps led by Billy Johnson, including the final 26
Ø 109.641 – Speed in MPH of Matt Plumb’s fastest race lap – coming on lap 59 of 63
Ø 109.997 – Speed in MPH of Jade Buford’s track record GS pole – the first of his career

The Quotes:

Ø “I was trying pretty darn hard the last few laps. Those Astons and Porsches were pretty quick. Early in my stint we were swapping the lead back and forth. I knew if I could get good restarts and get a little cushion I could maintain it. But if I couldn’t, it was going to be a crapshoot.” Billy Johnson, No. 61 Roush Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302R

Ø “It wasn’t easy, for sure. We were marginal on fuel at best, so we had to save a little bit. We used the draft to achieve that. Then the key was the restart. If we were in a pack with the rest of the leaders in ST we were not going to get away. The key for me was to get the pull from the GS cars and using it on the restart, making it work. And that’s how it worked out.” Vesko Kozarov, No. 33 Skullcandy Nissan Altima Coupe, ST winner

Ø “I was trying to be calm and cool, even speed, for the restart. I guess a few other people behind me didn’t think that was a good idea and got excited, then under pressure hit me. Frankly, it is what it is. We finished second, and I’m fine.” Nick Longhi, No. 13 Rum Bum Racing Porsche Carrera

Ø “The last few laps were a drafting game. We’ve been on the podium three times in a row, and it’s about where you are on the last lap. This time we came in second, and it was a battle all the way until the end. It was hard racing (with Ryan Eversley), but it was clean. He’s a great driver, and I really enjoyed racing with him.” Greg Liefooghe, No. 81 BimmerWorld Racing BMW 328i

Coming Up:

Round 2 of the 2013 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge will be held at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, March 2.

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Stevenson Motorsports Takes Seventh on Rolex 24 Grid

Stevenson Motorsports Takes Seventh on Rolex 24 Grid

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Daytona Beach, Fla. (24 January 2013)- Looking to improve on the team’s best-ever finish of fourth in 2010 and 2012, Stevenson Motorsports will open the 2013 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series season from seventh on the Rolex 24 At Daytona grid after driver Robin Liddell posted a fast lap time of 1:48.330-seconds in qualifying on Thursday with the No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GT.R.

Liddell will open the race from behind the wheel before turning the controls over through a rotation of talented Stevenson Motorsports co-drivers-John Edwards, Jan Magnussen, and Tommy Milner.

“Well it’s never easy qualifying here at Daytona in this car,” said Liddell. “We kind of set the car up very heavily towards the race. We are quite a long wheel based car, so we struggle with getting the car rotated and powered down. But then the car is very good in the fast section through the bus stop and through the kink on the infield, so we made some time up there and braking into (turn) one. Overall the car felt pretty good. It was pretty much what we expected.

“It is not the fastest car for a qualifying situation, but over the race distance it’s pretty much what we are looking for,” said Liddell. “I was quite fortunate to get a good tow, a good draft, so I was able to pick up a few spots. I think without the tow, we probably wouldn’t have been where we are. Right now we are happy, but obviously going into the race the car I think we are in good shape for the 24 Hours we have a good reliable car, a good crew, good teammates, nobody is slow to put in the car. I think in the end that will all play to us over the course of the race.”

“It’s right where we expected,” said Team Manager Mike Johnson, who also saw the Stevenson Motorsports Camaro take eighth on the grid for Friday’s Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race. “We knew the Porsches would be fast–they’ve been fast all along. The problem is that they’re fast, AND reliable. But last year we had a great race and we really improved our reliability over the year. We have four good drivers, a great team, and I don’t expect us to not be there at the end.”

Friday will se the team participate in a brief practice session on Friday morning, with the Rolex 24 set to go green on Saturday afternoon.

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Huge Team Effort Puts Stevenson Motorsports Back on Track

Huge Team Effort Puts Stevenson Motorsports Back on Track

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Daytona Beach, Fla. (24 January 2013)- Anyone who was looking to see the expression “racing is a team sport” on display would only need to witness the effort that went into preparing the No. 9 Stevenson Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro at Daytona International Speedway. During the second practice session of the weekend, the car suffered a mechanical issue that caused a fire in the engine bay. Driver John Edwards responded as quickly as possible, braving the smoke and escalating temperatures to get the Camaro as close to a fire station as possible before getting out of the car.

Alas, the damage was significant enough that the entire front end of the Camaro had to be rebuilt. Fortunately, a great team effort from both sides of the Stevenson Motorsports tent saw the car ready to go in time to take some crucial test laps in Friday’s final practice session ahead of qualifying.

1:58.009-seconds was all it took for Matt Bell to clear one lap of the 3.56-mile track on just his second flying lap. Which was fortuitous, as a black flag all curtailed the session and set the grid after just a few minutes of running. Bell scored eighth on the grid with the lap for a fourth row starting spot.

“I’m just so proud of the guys, both GS and GT,” said Team Manager Mike Johnson. “The GS guys and the GT guys teamed up and helped out last night. GRAND-AM was great to let us stay until 8:30 last night to knock two more hours out of it, and it was just a full team effort to get that car out. We think we probably could have done a bit better with more track time in qualifying, but at the same time if that qualifying session had run the whole time, we might have gone backwards. So eighth place at this place is a great place to start. We started dead last last year because we missed the fan walk, and we were running fifth after a handful of laps, so where you start here isn’t nearly as important as where you finish.”

The team effort was one that brought even more motivation to young Bell, who will open the race from behind the wheel before turning the Camaro controls over to his teammate John Edwards in Friday’s two-hour race.

“Yesterday we kind of had a car-be-que, and you know got up to about medium rare on everything ahead of the fire wall,” said Bell, who finished second in the 2012 Championship with Stevenson Motorsports. “Everything had to be replaced above the subframe, so a lot of work had to be done. The whole Stevenson team, not just the GS team, which is astonishing on their own, the GT team even came over and missed half of a big team dinner that’s been planned forever to get the car ready for the new motor that came in early today. By the time I got here, everything was bolted on it, and they just had to kind of tie everything together and that’s pretty good work. An engine change alone take 3-5 hours depending on what they’re doing.

“All the wiring had to be fixed, so from taillights to headlights,” said Bell. “For them to do that much work in that short of a time including fixing all the wires and everything else is pretty amazing. I think we’re in a good position for tomorrow. We’ll look at data and make the changes we have to make before the race. I think we’ll be in a really solid position to—I don’t know if we’ll be fast enough to take the lead from Aston Martins, and Porsches, and probably that 61 Mustang, but I think we’re in a really good position to start the season off right.”

The Stevenson Motorsports crew will get some well-earned sleep on Thursday night before returning to the track for Friday’s BMW Performance 200, which is set to go green at 1:45 PM local time.

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Rolex 24 Riley Technologies Targets Ninth Consecutive Rolex 24 Title

Rolex 24 Riley Technologies Targets Ninth Consecutive Rolex 24 Title

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Daytona Beach, Fla. (24 January 2013) – Riley Technologies will seek an unprecedented ninth consecutive Rolex 24 At Daytona victory this weekend as the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series opens the 2013 season with the traditional twice around the clock classic at Daytona International Speedway.

Designs from Riley Technologies have a strong record of success in the 24 stretching back to 1996, and the firm is only bested by Porsche for total wins. Once again, the race has garnered international attention as drivers from the full spectrum of motorsports categories descend on Daytona Beach from all corners of the globe to open the 2013 racing season.

Riley deployed its first DP design in 2004, and had an immediate effect as the Ganassi squad delivered the new design a pole position, with the car driving into Victory Lane in the 2005 edition behind the efforts of the SunTrust Racing team. That breakthrough win has since gone uninterrupted, with the 2012 edition seeing Michael Shank Racing win the 50th Anniversary Rolex 24 with the all-new Riley DPG3 design and taking third with a sister Riley DPG2 entry.

The race has evolved into a flat out sprint event, and the narrow margins of victory underscore the intensity of the competition. Three of the last four races have seen the winner decided by less than 10 seconds. Nearly 50 entries are set to take the green flag for the 51st running of the 24 on Saturday (SPEED, 3:00 PM ET), with Riley Technologies designs set to factor in the final tally when the checkered flag falls on Sunday afternoon.

Riley-based GT Class machines took victory in 2008 and 2010, and will look to add to that count in this year’s race. Will Turner’s squad utilizes a Riley Technologies GT Class design as the platform for the attractive BMW M3 machines.

“Every year, you wonder how the race could get any closer, but every year, the Rolex 24 gets more and more competitive,” said Bill Riley. “The teams are better prepared than ever, and this is an incredible field of drivers. We were happy to win in our debut with the new design last year and there would be nothing better to come back and successfully defend that win this year and we are ready to support all our teams get the best possible result this weekend.”

The 24 Hour will be the second race of the weekend, as the BMW Performance 200 will open the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Challenge season on Friday. The Riley-built Chevrolet Camaro broke through to become a race winner in the category in 2011, and will look to do so again on racing’s biggest stage this weekend.

The 2013 Continental Tire Sports Care Challenge Daytona event will feature four Riley-built Chevrolet Camaros as the No. 00 & 01 CKS Autosport Camaros, the No. 6 Mitchum Motorsports Camaro, and the No. 9 Stevenson Motorsports Camaro will all target a strong finish to start the 2013 GRAND-AM season.

The weekend’s race festivities opened on Wednesday, January 23 with Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge practice. Thursday will feature both CTSCC and Rolex Series practice as well as qualifying sessions for both series. 

The green flag will wave for the GRAND-AM 200 on Friday at 1:45 PM (ET) with the Rolex 24 At Daytona set to begin Saturday at 3:30 PM (ET). SPEED will carry live coverage of the Rolex 24 At Daytona beginning Saturday at 3:30 PM (ET). The BMW Performance 200 will broadcast February 2 at 4:00 PM (ET) on SPEED.

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Riley Technologies 2013 Rolex 24 At Daytona Entry List

No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
BMW/Riley; Telmex, Target
Scott Pruett, Auburn, Calif.
Memo Rojas, Mexico City, Mexico
Juan Pablo Montoya, Miami, Fla.
Charlie Kimball, Indianapolis, IN
Scott Dixon, New Zealand

No. 02 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
BMW/Riley; Telmex Target
Scott Dixon
Dario Franchitti
Joey Hand
Jamie MacMurray
Scott Pruett

No. 2 Starworks Ford/Riley
Ryan Dalziel, Orlando, FL
Alex Popow, Venezuela
Sebastien Bourdais, France
Allan McNish, Scotland

No. 6 Michael Shank Racing
Ford/Riley
Chris Cumming, Vancouver, BC Canada
Michael Valiante, Burnaby, BC Canada
Gustavo Yacaman, Key Biscayne, FL
Jorge Gancalvez, Venezuela

No. 27 BTE Sport
Ford/Riley; DAC Aviation – Pentagon 2000
Emmanuel Anassis, Lasalle, QC Canada
Anthony Massari, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Tonis Kasemets, Mundelein, IL
Doug Peterson, Bonita Springs, FL

No. 42 Team Sahlen
BMW/Riley; Sahlen’s
Simon Pagenaud, France
Dane Cameron, Suwanee, GA
Wayne Nonnamaker, Massillon, OH
Bruno Junqueria, Miami, FL

No. 43 Team Sahlen
BMW/Riley; Sahlen’s
Joe Sahlen, Elma, NY
Tomy Drissi, Los Angeles, CA
Joe Nonnamaker, Massillon, OH
Bruno Junqueria, Miami, FL
Will Nonnamaker, North Canton, OH

No. 50 Highway to Help
BMW/Riley
Carlos de Quesada, Cuba.
Jim Pace, Ridgeland, MS
Byron Defoor, Ooltewah, TN
Frank Beck, Scottsdale, AZ
Ian James, Sunset, SC

No. 60 Michael Shank Racing
Ford/Riley
John Pew, North Palm Beach, FL
Oswaldo Negri Jr, Brazil
AJ Allmendinger, Denver, CO
Justin Wilson, United Kingdom
Marcos Ambrose, Australia

No. 77 Doran Racing
Riley/Dallara
Jim Lowe, Villanova, PA
Jon Bennet, Rock Hill, SC
Colin Braun, Harrisburg, NC
Paul Tracy, Scarborough, ON Canada
David Donohue, Malvem, PA

No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing
Riley/Corvette; GAINSCO Auto Insurance
Jon Fogarty, Bend, OR
Alex Gurney, Irvine, CA
Memo Gidley, Mexico
Darren Law, Phoenix, AZ

No. 93 Turner Motorsport
BMW M3; Turner Motorsport
Michael Marsal, New York, NY
Gunter Schaldach, Aspen, CO
Maxime Martin, Belgium
Andy Priaulx, United Kingdom
Bill Auberlen, Redondo Beach, CA

No. 94 Turner Motorsport
BMW M3; Turner Motorsport
Bill Auberlen, Redondo Beach, CA
Paul Dalla Lana, Toronto, ON Canada
Billy Johnson, Mooresville, NC
Boris Said, Escondido, CA
Maxime Martin, Belgium

CONTINENTAL TIRE SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE
BMW Performance 200

No. 00 CKS Autosport
Camaro GS.R; CareGo/Golden Gate Margarine
Ashley McLamont, Ancaster, ON Canada
Bob Michaelian, Seal Beach, CA

No. 01 CKS Autosport
Camaro GS.R
Eric Curran, Holyoke, MA
Lawson Aschenbach, Gaithersberg, MD

No. 6 Mitchum Motorsports
Camaro GS.R; Sunoco Challenge / Track Pro Advisors
Lawrence Davey, United Kingdom
Mike Skeen, Charlotte, NC

No. 9 Stevenson Motorsports
Camaro GS.R; Stevenson Auto Group
John Edwards, Cincinnati, OH
Matt Bell, Los Altos, CA

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Buford, Ellis Take Pole Positions for BMW Performance 200

Buford, Ellis Take Pole Positions for BMW Performance 200

First Career GS pole For Buford; Ellis Takes Top Spot In ST On Last-Lap Flier

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 24, 2013) – Jade Buford and Ryan Ellis will open their respective 2013 GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge seasons in style, by starting from their class pole positions in Friday’s BMW Performance 200 at Daytona International Speedway.

In qualifying on Thursday, Buford, drove the No. 55 Multimatic Motorsports Aston Martin Vantage to a best lap of 1:56.512 (109.997 mph) for his first career pole position in the Grand Sport (GS) class. Officials ended the GS session after determining the track could not be cleared following an incident involving Dr. Jim Norman five minutes into the GS session, but the 24-year-old wasn’t complaining.

“This shows a lot of the hard work from the team from over the offseason,” said Buford, who co-drives with Scott Maxwell. “That showed when we were fast right after unloading off the truck. This is GRAND-AM, so you never know how tomorrow’s race is going to go. It could be crazy – so it’s not bad to be up front.”

Jack Roush Jr., part of last year’s winning team in GS, qualified second at 1:56.831 (109.697 mph) in the No. 61 Roush Performance Mustang Boss 302R. Roush’s teammate, Joey Atterbury, qualified the No. 51 Mustang third in class at 1:57.037 (109.504 mph).

Ellis may want to think of relocating to Daytona Beach after Thursday. The Ashburn, Va., driver earned his second career Street Tuner (ST) pole position at Daytona in three years. His time of 2:06.109 (101.626 mph) in i-Moto Racing’s Mazdaspeed 3 came on his final lap.

“I got a huge draft on my last lap,” Ellis said. “The only time I won a pole in GRAND-AM I also won the race (Daytona in 2011). I’m really happy to be back up front, and really happy to do it at Daytona. Obviously, this is one of my favorite tracks.”

Tyler Cooke was second in ST qualifying with a lap of 2:06.159 (101.586 mph), driving the No. 81 BMW 328i for BimmerWorld Racing. Rookie Mikey Taylor just missed the pole in his Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge debut after leading the majority of the session. He finished third in qualifying at 2:06.391 (101.400 mph) in the No. 171 APR Motorsports Volkswagen Jetta.

The BMW Performance 200 is set to take the green flag at 1:45 p.m. on Friday.

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CHEVY GRAND-AM AT ROLEX 24: Chevrolet Roars into Daytona for Kickoff to 2013 GRAND-AM Road Racing Season

Chevrolet Roars into Daytona for Kickoff to 2013 GRAND-AM Road Racing Season; New Team Chevy Racing Display to Highlight Fan Activities for the Weekend

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January 23, 2013

DETROIT – Chevrolet is ready to get back to racing and kick off the 2013 GRAND-AM Road Racing season. The year will begin with the 51st running of the Rolex 24-Hour at Daytona, a legendary endurance race that tests both man and machine.

Following a successful campaign in 2012 which saw the Chevrolet Corvette Daytona Prototype make its competition debut, Team Chevy looks to build on the strength of last season’s eight Daytona Prototype victories that netted the 2012 GRAND-AM Rolex Series Engine Manufacturers’ Championship.

This season Team Chevy’s Rolex Sports Car Series roster is comprised of six Corvette DP teams, including the newly established 8Star Motorsports, which will field the No. 3 Corvette DP. 8Star will join Action Express Racing, which fields two entries: the No. 5 and No. 9 Corvette DPs. Long-time Team Chevy partner Wayne Taylor Racing will field the No. 10 Velocity Worldwide Corvette DP. Filling out the Team Chevy Rolex DP roster are the No. 90 Spirit of Daytona Corvette DP and the No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Corvette DP.

Also competing in the Rolex 24-Hour under the Team Chevy banner will be No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GT.R and the No. 31 Marsh Racing Corvette GT.R.

“The Chevrolet teams in GRAND-AM are well-prepared and excited to kick-off the 2013 race season at Daytona International Speedway,” said Jim Lutz, GRAND-AM Road Racing Program Manager, Chevrolet Racing. “We will have a strong team and driver line-up in both the Rolex 24 Hour Daytona Prototype and Grand Touring, as well as in the Grand Sport class in Friday’s Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge.

“We were very pleased with the results of testing in the ‘Roar Before the 24’ early in January. Our teams have been working ’round the clock to be prepared for the season-opener and biggest race of the year.

“Success in the Rolex 24 Hour takes a dedicated engineering effort from all of our teams, technical partners and the Chevrolet Racing engineering group to produce cars that are reliable and fast, and to achieve the goal of a trip to Victory Lane.”

Race fans at Daytona International Speedway for the Rolex 24 will also have the opportunity to experience the Team Chevy Racing Display, which was filled with show cars, production vehicles, Chevrolet Performance Parts crate engines, and parts and accessories. They are invited to participate in question-and-answer sessions with Team Chevy drivers.

“We’re excited to offer fans of the Rolex 24 a Chevy destination in the DIS infield,” said Maria Stenbom, Chevy Racing Motorsports Marketing Digital & Social/Manager, GRAND-AM. “The Team Chevy Racing Display will have something for everyone. Fans will have the opportunity to ask questions of drivers Lawson Ashenbach, Eric Curran, Ricky Taylor, Jordan Taylor and Richard Westbrook, Darren Law and Jon Fogarty, and spend time with one of our friendly product specialists and learn more about Chevy’s great vehicle lineup.

“I’m especially proud to be able to show the new 2014 Silverado and ZL1 Convertible to our fans! Also on display are Chevrolet Performance Parts crate engines and an assortment of accessories and performance parts for fans to purchase from their local Chevy dealer. We hope to see you there.”

Ashenbach and Curran will be at the display at 11:45 a.m. on Friday, and Ricky and Jordan Taylor and Westbrook, Law and Fogarty will visit the display at 11 a.m. on Saturday.

Fans who sign up with Team Chevy will receive a special commemorative t-shirt.

The display opens at 9 a.m. on Friday, January 25.

The 51st running of the Rolex 24-Hour will start at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, January 26 and conclude 24 hours later Sunday afternoon.

The opening race of the weekend, the GRAND-AM 200 for the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, will also feature Team Chevy entries. Mitchum Motorsports will field the No. 6 Camaro GS.R joined by the No. 9 Stevenson Motorsports GS.R as well as the No. 00 and No. 01 of CKS Autosport. The two and one-half hour race will start Friday, January 25 at 1:45 p.m. ET.

CHEVY RACING CAR AND DRIVER LINEUP FOR THE 51st RUNNING OF THE ROLEX 24 HOUR AT DAYTONA

ROLEX SPORTS CAR SERIES DAYTONA PROTOTYPE (DP):

No. 3 8 Star Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette DP
· Drivers
o Stephane Sarrazin
o Nicolas Minassian
o Pedro Lamy
o Enzo Potolicchio
o Anthony Davidson

No. 5 Action Express Racing Chevrolet Corvette DP
· Drivers
o Christian Fittipaldi
o Felipe Nasr
o Nelson Piquet Jr.

No. 9 Action Express Racing Chevrolet Corvette DP
· Drivers
O Joao Barbosa
o Brian Frisselle
o Burt Frisselle

No. 10 Velocity Worldwide Chevrolet Corvette DP
· Drivers
O Max Angelelli
o Jordan Taylor
o Ryan Hunter-Reay

No. 90 Spirit of Daytona Chevrolet Corvette DP
· Drivers
O Richard Westbrook
o Ricky Taylor
o Antonio Garcia
o Oliver Gavin

No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Chevrolet Corvette DP
· Drivers
O Alex Gurney
o Jon Fogarty
o Memo Gidley
· Darren Law

TEAM CHEVY IN ROLEX SPORTS CAR SERIES GRAND TOURING (GT):

No. 31 Whelen Chevrolet Corvette GT.R
· Drivers
o Eric Curran
o Boris Said
o Lawson Aschenbach
o Brandon Davis

No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro GT.R
· Drivers
O Robin Liddell
o John Edwards
o Jan Magnussen
o Tom Milner

CHEVY RACING CAR AND DRIVER LINEUP FOR GRAND-AM 200 FOR THE CONTINENTAL TIRE SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE

TEAM CHEVY IN CONTINENTAL TIRE SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE GRAND SPORT (GS):

No. 00 CKS Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro GS.R
· Drivers
O Ashley McCalmont
o Bob Michaelian

No. 01 CKS Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro GS.R
· Drivers
O Lawson Aschenbach
o Eric Curran

No. 6 Mitchum Motorsports Track Pro Advisor Chevrolet Camaro GS.R
· Drivers
O Lawrence Davey
o Mike Skeen

No. 9 Stevenson Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro GS.R
· Drivers
O Matt Bell
o John Edwards

About Chevrolet

Founded in 1911 in Detroit, Chevrolet is now one of the world’s largest car brands, doing business in more than 140 countries and selling more than 4.5 million cars and trucks a year. Chevrolet provides customers with fuel-efficient vehicles that feature spirited performance, expressive design, and high quality. More information on Chevrolet models can be found at www.chevrolet.com.

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GRAND-AM News and Notes: Rolex 24 At Daytona

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BUEMI TO CONTINUE AS RED BULL RACING TEST AND RESERVE DRIVER FOR 2013

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Tuesday 22 January 2013 BUEMI TO CONTINUE AS TEAM’S TEST AND RESERVE DRIVER FOR 2013 Red Bull Racing has confirmed that Sébastien Buemi will continue his relationship with Red Bull and Red Bull Racing and remain as the team’s test and reserve driver for 2013. The 24-year-old will continue to work alongside previously confirmed race drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. Sébastien Buemi said: “I know everyone at Red Bull Racing well and it’s good to remain with the team for another year. Of course my aim is to be driving at the races again, but I am still learning all the time from my work with the team. I help with the development of the car and provide feedback throughout the season, both at the factory and at races.” Christian Horner commented: “We’re pleased that Sébastien has continued as test and reserve driver for the coming season. He joined the Red Bull Junior Team in 2004, has worked with Red Bull Racing in 2008 and 2012 and has significant race experience. He is an integral member of the team and will complete important simulation work for us throughout the year.” – ends – Images of Sébastien are available at www.redbullracing.com/media BUEMI release 13.pdf Acrobat PDF 0.06 MB For further information, please contact us at media For images or rights-free footage, please go towww.redbullracing.com/media

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Michael Shank Racing Set to Defend Rolex 24 Title

The following is news from Michael Shank Racing Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Michael Shank Racing Set to Defend Rolex 24 Title Ready to Defend Rolex 24 Victory after Double-Podium Result in 2012 You can follow the team on Twitter via @michaelshankrac and @sundaygroupwww.michaelshankracing.com Pataskala, Ohio (21 January 2013) – Michael Shank Racing will look to defend its 2012 Rolex 24 At Daytona victory with a repeat win in the prestigious 24-hour endurance event held at Daytona International Speedway this weekend. The 2013 race will mark Michael Shank Racing’s 10th Rolex 24 event – the team having made its GRAND-AM debut in 2004 with a fourth place class finish in MSR’s first start in DP competition. Michael Shank Racing will once again campaign two Daytona Prototypes in this year’s twice around the clock race with each car featuring a stellar driver line up. The team welcomes back defending champions AJ Allmendinger and Justin Wilson in the No. 60 Ford-Riley as the duo once again joins full-season MSR drivers Ozz Negri and Justin Wilson for the second consecutive year. The 2012 Rolex 24 Champions will also be joined by NASCAR Sprint Cup driver and fellow Ford pilot Marcos Ambrose who proved a strong addition to the team when he tested with Michael Shank Racing for the Roar Before the 24 as Negri healed from an off-season training injury. Michael Shank Racing’s No. 6 Ford-Riley will be driven by Michael Valiante, Chris Cumming, Gustavo Yacaman, and Jorge Goncalvez. Valiante, who has raced for Michael Shank Racing three times, set the quickest time of the Roar Before the 24 test with the new DPG3 No. 6 machine getting quickly up to speed around the 3.56-mile Daytona speedway road course. After standing on the podium in just their first Rolex 24 event, open wheel standouts Yacaman and Goncalvez return to Michael Shank Racing after finishing third in last year’s Rolex 24 At Daytona. Countless hours of hard work and preparation over the off-season were on display as Michael Shank Racing cars led five of the eight practice sessions during the Roar Before the 24 test earlier this month and the team hopes to carry that positive momentum into this weekend’s race. The 2012 race saw both cars never go behind the wall for repairs and remain on the lead lap to score a double-podium result after completing a combined 5,418.32 miles. The team aims for another dominant performance this year. “It has been an incredibly busy time here ahead of the 24 but the work that goes into having the kind of race that we did last year really goes back months and months,” said team owner Mike Shank. “As satisfying as it was to win last year, we’re even hungrier this year because we know what it is like to win and there would be nothing better than to do it again. The same fundamentals–smart driving, great preparation and pit stops, and just keeping the car on the right side of the pit wall–are going to be key. Last year we won by five seconds, and this 24 is probably going to be even closer. This is a huge race not just for this team, but for the entire sport. We’ve got an outstanding line up once again with both cars, and hopefully we can come back and perform like we did last year.” The Rolex 24 At Daytona opens with practice and qualifying on Thursday, January 24. Friday features a one-hour final practice session ahead of Saturday’s green flag which is set to drop on the 51st Rolex 24 At Daytona at 3:30 PM (ET). SPEED will carry live coverage of the race beginning at 3:00 PM (ET). DRIVER QUOTEBOARD: Ozz Negri, No. 60 Ford-Riley: “It’s always a pleasure to run with these guys. The first time we ran together we finished second, and the second time we finished first – so maybe this year we can finish first a lap ahead of everybody! I think we have a strong car. If John keeps improving the way he has been improving I think we should be good. We should be a contender every race. We could have won any of the last five races last year.” John Pew, No. 60 Ford-Riley: “It’s great to be back for the 24. We worked really well together last year and now we’re back together again – we haven’t really changed much of anything. I think that will be really good. It is really great to see a bigger field in GRAND-AM too. I think everybody is really excited about the new changes and it’s going to be really exciting with more people and more classes. It will make it more interesting. As for the year I’m looking forward to doing some more tracks and working with Ozz and a great team again.” AJ Allmendinger, No. 60 Ford-Riley: “It’s fun to come back to the race as defending champions. For all of us, we’ve been so close to a great finish so many years and when you walk into the garage and you remember the previous year looking at the team that had won the race and now we’re that team. So everybody is going to be gunning for us – we know that – but overall from the sounds of it, John and Ozz and everybody has made the car even better and we should have another good shot at it.” Justin Wilson, No. 60 Ford-Riley: “I’m really looking forward to being back with the team. We had a lot of fun last year and obviously got a good result and we want to do the same again. We’re looking to repeat it and I think everyone is pretty hungry to get back at what we did last year.” Marcos Ambrose, No. 60 Ford-Riley: “The team is just a great team and we have a great atmosphere. The car is really good. We’re all very similar in our styles and speed. It’s just going to be a whole lot of fun. If you’re going to come and try to do this race, if you can run with the team that won last year’s race then you’ve done pretty well so I’m excited about that. Ozz (Negri) has been great. I’m here for Ozz, and for Michael Shank Racing, just trying to get through a difficult time with Ozz’s injury,. I’m only here to help. I feel privileged to be with this team, it’s a championship team. It’s a lot of fun to be in this car, it’s beautiful and the speed really flies out of this car! I feel really comfortable behind the wheel and I just want to help anyway I can.” Michael Valiente, No. 6 Ford-Riley: “The first time I drove this car was at a test in Indianapolis last year and overall the car just has a bit more grip – it stops better. Everything is a little bit better which adds up to a quicker lap time. It’s a lot of fun to drive and I always enjoy coming back to Daytona. I’m excited. To be running with the team that won the Rolex 24 last year is very exciting. So I think we’ll be in good shape.” Chris Cumming, No. 6 Ford-Riley: “I’ve done the last two Rolex 24s here at Daytona so by now I have a lot of laps. But it’s a little bit different in every car. Obviously this car has much higher corner speeds and we can go deeper into the brake zones and we’re carrying an extra 15 miles per hour through the tri-oval so it’s a little different but I just love it. It’s a great car to drive. It’s the best car I’ve ever driven. I’ve had fun testing at Daytona. There is so much history here. Every time I come here it just gives me goosebumps.” Gustavo Yacaman, No. 6 Ford-Riley: “Coming back is very good. I know all of the team guys already and it’s not like a new experience all over again. I think there is a good vibe among everybody on the team. The 60 car won last year and we finished third so I think we can repeat that this year and hopefully flip it around – and we get the win this year!” Jorge Goncalvez, No. 6 Ford-Riley: “I’m very happy to come back with the same team. I think we have even more of a chance to be better than last year with the new car. This year we have two different drivers than we did last year and I think they are two really good drivers for the 24 hour race and they are really fast. We need to concentrate on the long race. I’m really happy to be back.” friend on Facebook follow on Twitter forward to a Friend About Michael Shank Racing Based in Columbus, Ohio, Michael Shank Racing was formed in 1989 when Mike Shank first began driving racing cars professionally. Shank retired from the cockpit in 1997 to focus his efforts on running the team, which quickly found success in the Champ Car Toyota Atlantic Championship. With several race wins under his belt, Shank was named as Team Owner of the Year twice in four years. Michael Shank Racing joined the Rolex Sports Car Series in 2004 as the team proved as quick in endurance racing as in the sprint formula car format. Michael Shank Racing scored a debut Rolex Series win in 2006 at Miller Motorsports Park, and fans selected the victory as the 2007 Rolex “Moment of the Year.” After opening the 2008 season with a front-row sweep of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, the team closed out the year taking wins in the final two races of the year. 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Stevenson Motorsports Rolex 24 Q and A

+2013 Rolex 24 is Stevenson Motorsports 106th GRAND AM Race (first Watkins Glen, August 2003)
+Stevenson Motorsports Best Rolex 24 at Daytona Result: 4th place, Rolex GT-2012 and 2010
+2013 marks the team’s 9th Rolex 24 campaign with a total of 13 entries. (2004, 2006, 2007 (2 entries), 2008, 2009 (2 entries), 2010 (2 entries), 2011, 2012 (2 entries), 2013
+ROLEX 24 TV Coverage: SPEED 3:00 PM ET

Video: Tom Milner Talks GT:

(21 January 2013)- Stevenson Motorsports finished second in the 2012 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Team Championship and fourth in the Rolex 24 At Daytona, a best-ever team result in the huge event. The team will look to improve on both statistics starting next weekend as GRAND-AM launches the 2013 season with the Rolex 24 At Daytona (SPEED, January 26, 3:00 PM ET). With an international line up of renown talent set to share the No. 57 Stevenson Auto Group Camaro GT.R, drivers John Edwards, Robin LIddell, Jan Magnussen, and Tom Milner took time to look ahead to the season and to the 24.

EDWARDS: After my injury I missed a couple races and that automatically takes you out of the points for the Drivers Championship because no matter how well the car does, your teammate is always going to be ahead of you even if you guys win every race. So after I came back, my role had changed quite a bit because I was just here to help the team do well in the championship on the car side as well as help Matt and help Robin (Liddell) in GT get up there in the drivers points. This year I’m taking better care of myself and planning to stay in it for the whole season and be there on the podium at the end and hopefully we can come away with a couple of championships.

MAGNUSSEN: I’ve had a lot of good past experience with the team. Both as one-offs here at Daytona and during the 2011 season I did a quite a few races for them. I feel like I know everybody and I know what they are able to do. Especially with the driver line-up we have this year that we have a good shot at it. But it is a 24 hour race and it’s about a lot more than just going fast. But I believe the team has what it takes and I’m looking forward to a problem free run for us. It’s been pretty good.

Tommy and I are in a similar situation where we are here to support the two full time guys. So up until now at the test days we haven’t had much running in the car. The development of the set-up and trying to dial the car in has been left to the two full time guys since they know the car the best. So Tommy and I slot in the best we can and give our feedback and see if we can help the set up a little bit and maybe find some speed in the car. It’s been very quiet and easy going up until now and I hope that if we can carry on like this through the end of the test and start race week like this then we are in good shape.

It’s a different 24 hour race than Le Mans for sure. For one, driving in the dark is a lot longer here – 12-13 hours maybe where at Le Mans it’s only six hours really so that makes a big difference. Also it’s a shorter track than Le Mans but with the same amount of cars, so a lot of traffic! You really rely on the spotter and you have to be cautious the whole time. You really have to know who is coming and who is around you, and in the perfect world, know who is in the car that’s coming. It’s the same for everybody but I do believe the guys that will do that part the best will have the biggest chance of a good result.

MILNER: Daytona is one of those big races that you want to win. I was fortunate in 2011 to get Le Mans which was for me the highest on my list but not far behind is Daytona. That’s really what’s next on my list of ones that I want to win. I grew up watching my dad’s team. I’d stay up until 2-3 in the morning as long as I could stay awake to watch the race on SpeedVision back then. I’ve never really had a lot of success here just basically because of car failures and things like that but last year the Camaro was pretty reliable, we just didn’t have the pace. Stevenson finished fourth last year and they were there and they were in the hunt but again a little bit off the pace. Even so we have a lot of new competition here with the new GT3 cars that have come in are very quick. So far in testing we’re not the quickest again, but we’re making gains for sure. Come race time I think we’ll be in better shape there as far as pace goes. At that point once we’re close on pace we can sort of focus on running a perfect race because that’s what it’s going to take to do well here.

Being an American, driving an American car on an international stage here, with a lot of media – this is a big race around the world. All those things mean a lot and they add value and interest for me, but ultimately when it comes to a race weekend this is no different than any other race weekend. You work with your teammates and your team and try to figure out how to get the car dialed in – it’s just about winning ultimately. Everything we do in practice is about maximizing our package, our car, our team. Every little detail has to be squared away in order to do well. If you concern yourself with all the extra stuff then you can kind of get caught up a little bit in those things so I just focus on myself mostly and make sure I do my job and work with the team to make sure we have a strong team for the race. That’s my main focus and I don’t think about all the other stuff that adds pressure.

Robin Liddell: Our goal is to win the championship. We’ve been doing this for five years with Stevenson and we’ve come close at least a couple of times. Last year we put a really good season together and we just came up a bit short against the Ferrari. I think most people recognized that Ferrari had a bit of an advantage over most of the competition so to come out second actually was a pretty stout performance overall. We didn’t have a perfect season we had a couple of little issues but for the most part it was overall a really good performance by the team and the guys and everything. It went really well. So trying to move forwards from that but at the same time recognizing it’s going to be a big challenge this year again in a different way it looks like some of the new cars that were in it last year that are going to be very strong this year such as the Audi in particular and the Ferrari is certainly going to be strong. For the 24 we’re I think we’re coming here this year with probably the best line up we’ve ever had. It’s a great group of drivers that we have got together.

I think we are going to be strong but it’s a bit of an unknown. You don’t really know until you get to the race how strong you’re going to be. Last year I kind of predicted that the Porsche was going to have a slight performance advantage and in the end that proved to be correct. Basically they finished in the top three and we executed a pretty much perfect race. We were flawless in the race. We had no mechanical problems, no offs or anything, we didn’t lose any time in the pits for any particular issues or anything and we wound up fourth. In a normal year we probably would have won the race but with the performance disadvantage against the Porsche that we had and the strong year generally we just couldn’t do it. So it’s hard to predict and say this is where we’re going to be. I think overall it looks like the Prep 2 cars are slightly getting in a position where they’re going to struggle to compete. I think that’s the issue. We’re waiting to see what we’re going to get in terms of restrictor and basically where that’s going to be. If we’ve got top-speed here then I think we can compete in the 24, if we don’t get the top-speed that we really need then I think we’re going to struggle. Comparing to last year again if we go on that basis, even if we produce a flawless race it’s going to be hard to see how we can win it because the competition is too strong now.

(Liddell on coming back to the team) It’s a weird situation for me because I’ve been with this team now for five years, this is my sixth season. And on the one hand I keep asking myself ‘how long can this really go on for?’ and yet on the other hand I feel completely at home here. If somebody said I wasn’t here it would feel really bizarre. I ask myself the question ‘why am I still here and how is this continued as long as it has?’ and also at the same time it seems completely normal to me because it’s just such a great environment to be in and I do really feel like it’s a spiritual home for me. It starts at the top to be honest. John and Susan Stevenson are really great people and they are a very rare find in motor racing. They’ve got the finances to put a proper program together with a full professional line up and everything else. They’ve got the hunger and the desire to compete and to win. And they’re also fundamentally decent people behind all of that and that combination together I think makes a very rare find. It starts at the top and then works its way down.

Mike (Johnson) I’ve worked with for many years even prior to coming here I worked with him. Having the Pratt and Miller guys on board with the engineering the design and that sort of stuff, again that’s a huge attribute to have. I think I can safely say there’s no other GT organization in this paddock that have the tools available that we have in terms of simulation and all the stuff that is available to us. Nobody else has that at this level in the series. And then the guys – Michael Hoffman our crew chief – he’s really stepped up in the last 2-3 years – never mind the last five years – he’s really stepped up. And he’s demonstrated to me and to everybody that he’s really right up there with the best crew chiefs that I’ve ever had the good fortune to work with. Last year we had a flawless car all season. It’s not a Porsche where you can just go buy the parts from the manufacturer and bolt them on. There is a lot sub assembly required and a lot of things that need to be done with this car to get it to where it needs to be for finishing a 24 hour race. To get this car reliable and competitive in a race like the 24 but not just that, throughout the entire season, it’s a great performance.

And we’ve really got a crew of guys working together with him. They’ve all gelled well together. And having this continuity that we’ve got is great. Because it means they all know each other, they’ve worked together a long time, know each other’s strengths and weaknesses – it’s just the right combination and the right way.

And then obviously with the drivers, John (Edwards) had his blip at the beginning of last season. I knew he was quick and I knew he was the right article he was not just fast but he was a reliable driver and had all the right skills from the Mazda when he drove in 2010 in the Mazda when I raced against him. So when he came on board with this I had no doubt he was going to perform very well and he’s certainly proven that. We get along well. We’re almost at two different points in our careers and our lives and sometimes it’s hard to combine that because in a way it’s possibly easier because you’ve got two guys fighting for all the same things the same two young guys fighting or two old has-beens that are trying to survive.

I don’t feel that I’m at the end of my career, but I’m certainly not at the beginning of it and he’s still very much at the beginning. And I really enjoy driving with somebody who is young and talented like he is, because he keeps me on my toes. When they said I was going to drive with him I thought, shit, he’s nearly half my age – suddenly I felt really old! But I do enjoy driving with him because he brings the energy and his youth and his pace. And I like that. It’s important for me in my stage to have somebody who is going to push me because if I became somebody that was just driving around being allowed to look good in an environment which I somehow controlled or I somehow was able to thrive in then that wouldn’t do me any favors in the longer term I don’t think. So I hope by driving with John and us working well together and combining the experience and the pace and the youth and everything else we can actually bring out the best in each other going forwards.

On the line up for the 24:

And then having Tommy and Jan joining – Well Jan I drove with and I really like Jan, I have a lot of respect for him. He is a great guy in and out of the car, it’s hard to overlook how talented the guy was and still is. He’s a great attribute and he’s a good guy out of the car. That’s important. Tommy I don’t know very well but obviously I’ve raced against him a bit and he’s become very accomplished in the Corvette program. I can’t find any aspect of what we’ve got that I’m not happy about and I don’t think is the right thing to have. It’s just whether the series is going to allow us to be strong enough with the package that we’ve got. I think that’s what it’ll come down to.

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