Grand-Am: The Human Interest Side of the Rolex 24 at Daytona

What Happens When It is the Little Things 9:29pm EST — On the way out of Daytona International Speedway after twenty-four hours of hard racing, a young boy and his family were exchanging stories about the weekend they had at the Rolex 24. That boy, eleven year-old Wyatt Peavy from Orlando, was thrilled, but had [...]

Grand-Am: Pruett, Lally Win Classes at Rolex 24 at Daytona

What Happens When 24 Hours is a Long Time To Not Write Something In 10:28pm EST —Scott Pruett won the 2011 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona Sunday, holding off Chip Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon through a restart on the final lap. It was a tense few moments that can be seen on video through this [...]

Grand-Am: Friday’s Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona Activites, EJ Viso Added to Line-Up

What Happens When It Feels Like a Slow Day 9:42pm EST — Even with no qualifying, Friday at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona is a busy day. There are two practice sessions and the Continential Tire Challenge Race, in which many of the Rolex drivers also compete. Usually, it feels like a day filled [...]

Grand-Am: Bergmeister, Farnbacher on Pole for Rolex 24 at Daytona

What Happens When It’s a Tech Issue 10:06pm EST — The biggest news of the first day of the 2011 Grand-Am season was simple: re-paving Daytona has made it fast. The top eight DP qualifiers, with Jorg Bergmeister putting his Flying Lizard Porsche on pole, all broke the previous qualifying record. It was the sort [...]

A Return to Racing: Grand-Am Coverage from the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona and More

What Happens When the Off Season Is Truly Over 6:20pm EST — The excitement is beginning to ramp up as I sit in a hotel room just north of Daytona, watching Indian soap operas on television. The weekend of Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona begins tomorrow, and I’ve got a hot pit pass in my [...]

Grand-Am Barber Race Results: Pruett/Rojas Take the Win at Barber

What Happens When It’s a Double-Header 2:11am EST — The Grand-Am Rolex Series took to Barber Motorsports Park on Saturday, with IndyCar to race on Sunday.  Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas took the win in the two hour, forty-five minute race, completing 108 laps, and finishing six seconds ahead of second-place finishers Oswaldo Negri and [...]

Driver Profile: Dion von Moltke

What Happens When Youth and Maturity Collide 12:02am EST — Dion von Moltke has experienced multiple types of racing, from karting to sportscars and even has some open-wheel experience.  Here, he chats about being bribed into karting as a way to get his grades up, driving for Max Papis and Emerson Fittipaldi in karts, the [...]

Grand-Am: Pruett and Rojas Win a Nearly Caution-Free Race at Miami

What Happens When the Only Caution Comes at the End 8:24pm EST — In the second race of the Grand-Am Rolex series season, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas took the lead in the points standings after Rolex 24 at Daytona winners Joao Barbosa and Terry Borcheller did not finish the Grand Prix of Miami because [...]