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Rolex 24 – Cold Beginning to Start a Sizzling Racing Season
GTD Pro – a new class this year – was the most entertaining racing in AutoInformed’s view. This was a take no prisoners bumping, sideswiping paint-swapping exhibition at high speeds. Mathieu Jaminet and the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R emerged from a door-banging match with the nearly identical No. 2 KCMG Porsche driven by Laurens Vanthoor through Daytona International Speedway’s Le Mans Chicane on the very last lap of the Rolex 24 At Daytona. It was that way for the two factory Porsche drivers during the final two hours. Continue reading
Posted in milestones, news analysis, racing
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, Daytona, imsa, Ken Zino, Rolex 24 At Daytona
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IMSA Rolex 24 at Daytona – 61 Cars Entered
“The racing world turns its eyes to the Rolex 24 every year since it typically kicks off the season for everyone in the industry and draws such an immense amount of international driver and team talent together,” IMSA President John Doonan said. Continue reading
Posted in performance, racing
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, Daytona, imsa, Ken Zino, Roar Before the Rolex 24
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Toyota Supra to Run in NASCAR Xfinity Series
It’s the latest attempt to position Toyota as an American company against the background booms of the Trump trade wars. Toyota has 14 manufacturing plants in North America – if you count Mexico, which is also under siege. There are ten in the U.S. There are 1500 dealerships here. All told Toyota employs 37,000 people here. America? Well that require a thought process with nuance absent in the ruling party. Continue reading
Posted in marketing, new vehicle, racing
Tagged autoinformed.com, Daytona, Ken Zino, Kyle Busch, nascar, Supra, Toyota Motor North America, Xfinity Series Supra
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New Porsche 911 RSR for Le Mans and Endurance Racing
It will be running against Aston Martin, Ford, Ferrari and Corvette. In addition to systematic lightweight design that meets the rule minimum of 1,243 kg, the water-cooled, flat-six engine is positioned in front of the rear axle. The 4-liter is said to be extremely light with direct fuel injection as well as a rigid valve drive and is characterized by “outstanding efficiency.” The new 911 RSR will make its debut at the Daytona 24-hour race in January 2017. Continue reading
Posted in racing
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Daytona, Ken Zino, le mans, Porsche 911 RSR
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Ford Kicks off Racing Season with Win at Daytona
In only its second season, a heavily modified Ford EcoBoost engine has won the two most important endurance races in North America – the 2014 12 Hours of Sebring and the 2015 Rolex 24. The EcoBoost program has now racked up four Prototype victories overall with Chip Ganassi Racing, including the 2014 Long Beach and Circuit of the Americas events. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Daytona, ford gt, Ken Zino
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Racing Colors Revealed – Three Cadillac V-LMDh Daytona Cars
Cadillac today revealed the racing colors for the three new electrified V-LMDh race cars that will make their competition debut at the Rolex 24 at Daytona this month. The three designs represent the teams running the Cadillacs, each with a different color from the Cadillac V-Series emblem. Cadillac says each car uses one of the “primary colors” of the V-Series logo – No. 01 in gold, No. 2 in blue, red on the No. 31. (pace Newton, we know Gold isn’t a primary color in the classic sense, but light through a marketing prism it is.) Continue reading →