Rolex 24 on FOX and SPEED
SPEED and FOX Sports will offer team coverage of the 45th running of the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona on Jan. 27-28, adding Sports Car racing to the growing list … Read More
Category: Grand Am
Porsche factory builds special car for Grand-Am
SANTA ANA, Calif. – For the first time since it started building 911 Cup race cars more than 15 years ago, Porsche Motorsports has built Cup cars to specific series … Read More
AIM Autosport announces full season Rolex campaign
AIM Autosport announced plans today for a full-season Daytona Prototype campaign in the Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve, commencing with the season-opening Rolex 24 At … Read More
Grand-Am partnership support reaches all-time high
The unparalleled on-track action in both the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve and the Grand-Am Cup Series was matched by an unprecedented level of … Read More
Lola to Grand-Am?
Lola Cars International is set to become the first British race car constructor to enter the Grand-Am Daytona Prototype market according to this AutoWeek article. Lola appears close to taking … Read More
Grand-Am to go it alone in Mexico City
"The Mexico City Daytona Prototype Race, which has been taking place as part of the NASCAR Busch race the last two years, will probably move to be a standalone event … Read More
Ex-ALMS GT2 team eyes Daytona Prototypes
"My goal for the second car is to be a good partner that complements Ruby Tuesday and sees good benefit to being in Grand-Am," ex-ALMS GT2 team owner Alex Job … Read More
Braun eyes NASCAR
Also visiting both the Nextel Cup and Busch Series garages was 18-year-old sports car phenom Colin Braun. Braun, who hails from nearby Ovalo, Texas, already has made a name for … Read More
Fernandez winding down IRL, Grand-Am operations?
UPDATE #4 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing announced the hiring of Fernandez Racing's engineers Tuesday, the latest sign that Adrian Fernandez's Indianapolis-based team might not return to the Indy Racing League … Read More
Grand-Am team to Champ Car
UPDATE #2 Hearing that the Pacific Coast 2-car Champ Car team is fully funded for the next three years. Still no word of Gelles Racing's Champ Car team. 09/02/06 This … Read More
Hornish to drive in Rolex 24
Sam Hornish said he has talked with Ohioan Mike Shank about a Rolex 24 At Daytona program. "I’ve been wanting to come back to the 24 race since 1999," he … Read More
Montoya to run in Rolex 24
While Daytona International Speedway was abuzz with intrigue about the first IndyCar appearance at the "World Center of Racing" in decades during the first of two days of testing on … Read More
CompUSA for sale
[Editor's Note: Will Chip Ganassi need to find a new sponsor for his Grand-Am program? Things certainly are turning sour for the NASCAR clan in Mexico.] Dallas-based CompUSA, owned by … Read More
ALMS to replace Grand-Am Long Beach
Champ Car President Steve Johnson stated today in Montreal that "it's safe to say we are not doing business with the France family"…….given what happened in Phoenix with Champ Car's … Read More
BMW pulls out of ALMS, and Grand-Am
BMW North America announced it will end its 12-year relationship with Tom Milner’s Prototype Technology Group team at the close of the American Le Mans Series season. It is the … Read More
Two new Busch/Grand-Am doubleheaders in Mexico and Canada
According to inside AutoRacing1.com sources, Grand-Am will race with the NASCAR Busch Series in Monterrey, Mexico (after Champ Car leaves that market) in 2007 and we hear they will also … Read More
Unser Jr. lands Grand-Am ride
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. See Hot News page for announcement. 05/23/06 Rumor has it that Al Unser Jr., who won the 1982 Can-Am championship in a … Read More
MESCO to sponsor new Rolex Rookie of the Year program
MONTEREY, Calif. – For the first time in Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve history, 2006 newcomers to Daytona Prototype and GT competition will … Read More
Gurney, Fogarty test at Laguna Seca
MONTEREY, Calif. – Working together has paid off for Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty, as their combined efforts put their No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Pontiac Riley in sixth place … Read More
Long Tops Friday Speed Charts at Laguna Seca
MONTEREY, Calif. – Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve points co-leader Patrick Long posted a lap time of 1:24.544 (95.297 mph) during the Friday … Read More