After 24 hours… your winner is Michael Shank Racing’s #60 car in the Ford/Riley car driven by AJ Allmendinger, Justin Wilson, Oswaldo Negri, and John Pew. On the GT side… Magnus Racing #44 took the victory. Some of the storylines are: The Big 3 Falter: Chip Ganassi Racing, SunTrust Racing and Bob Stallings Racing [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Michael Shank Racing Wins the 50th Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona!
Posted: 01/29/2012 by Kent Mueller in Grand Am and Contential TireTags: 24 Hours of Daytona 2012
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24 Hours of Daytona Update: The Rise of Starworks
Posted: 01/29/2012 by Kent Mueller in Indy CarTags: 24 Hours of Daytona 2012
There are about three hours left in the #50thRolex24. Since I last left you about two hours ago, there has been a lot of action. The #8 Starworks car has gotten back on the lead lap. Ganassi and Shank have been going back in forth for the lead. Starworks #8 just put in Allan McNish [...]
Update 24 Hours of Daytona: 5.5 Hours Left
Posted: 01/29/2012 by Kent Mueller in Grand Am and Contential TireTags: 24 Hours of Daytona 2012
With five and a half hours left it looks like its going to be a battle between the #60 Ford/Riley from Michael Shank Racing driven by Justin Wilson, AJ Allmendinger, Ozz Negri, and John Pew, and the Ganassi team #01 driven by Scott Pruett, Joey Hand, Graham Rahal, and Memo Rojas. Starworks #8 has lead [...]
Update: 24 Hours of Daytona
Posted: 01/29/2012 by Kent Mueller in Grand Am and Contential TireTags: 24 Hours of Daytona 2012
DP Graham Rahal- Ganassi-01 Scott Dixon- Ganassi-02 Jorge Goncalvez- Shank- 6 Darren Law- Action Express- 5 Justin Wilson- Shank-60 Lucas Luhr- Starworks-8 GT Andy Lally-Magnus-44 Marco Holzer- Alex Job- 23 Marc Lieb- Brumos- 59 For pictures go here: http://photos.speedtv.com/gallery/GRAND-AM_2012_Rolex_24_At_Daytona_Race
Running order through 8.5 hours. DP Ryan Daizel- Starworks- 8 Scott Pruett- Ganassi-01 Juan Montoya- Ganassi-02 Felipe Nasr- Mike Shank- 6 Darren Law- Action Express- 5 Follow more @ http://grandam.racersites-cluster.com/OrbitsServer/grandam/TimingView.html?sid=2377&VN=113703
Paul Tracy is Talking to Mike Shank Racing
Posted: 01/28/2012 by Kent Mueller in Indy CarTags: MSR Indy, Paul Tracy
It was just revealed that Paul Tracy is talking to Michael Shank for an IndyCar ride this year. Tracy also revealed this will be his last year, and will try to do more sports car racing in the future. Tracy is racing today/tomorrow for Doran Racing. MSR Indy was formed in October. They have a [...]
SunTrust Eliminated at the 50th Rolex 24
Posted: 01/28/2012 by Kent Mueller in Grand Am and Contential TireTags: 24 Hours of Daytona 2012
The pre-race favorite SunTrust Racing (Ricky Taylor, Max Angelleli, and Ryan Briscoe) have blown an engine in the first 30 minutes. Marco Andretti has arrived for Starworks. Mike Shank, Ganassi, Starworks and Bob Stallings have been battling for the overall lead. More to come later.
2012 24 Hours of Daytona Preview
Posted: 01/27/2012 by Kent Mueller in Grand Am and Contential TireTags: 24 Hours of Daytona 2012
Tomorrow is the 50th Anniversary of the 24 Hours of Daytona. I view this as a celebrity event because racers all over the world come to win this big prize. Past winners include: Mario Andretti, AJ Foyt, and Dan Gurney to name a few. T.V. coverage is on Speed and Speed.com. There are a total of [...]
