2013 Motorsports enthusiast thread

[Speedofsand]

Welcome rednecks and Nascar fans, Sports car racing, motorcycle, dirt track, short track, drag racing, even F1.
If it has a motor and wheels, race it.
The 2013 season is underway at Daytona this weekend with practice for the Rolex 24.
About 100 cars are here testing in the Grand Am Rolex and Continental Tire Series. Superstar drivers from all over the world are participating.

http://www.grand-am.com/

In a few weeks, Florida Speedweeks will have a more American flavor with racing at East Bay, Ocala, New Smyrna, Volusia, and more tracks. (Daytona)

http://newsmyrnaspeedway.org/

http://www.eastbayracewaypark.com/

http://www.bubbaracewaypark.com/

http://www.woosprint.com/

http://woolms.com/

http://ascoc.allstarsprint.com/index.php

http://www.daytonainternationalspeed...?homepage=true

http://www.nascar.com/en_us/sprint-cup-series.html

http://www.jayski.com/

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50+ racing



Brian drove the car last year, but not this year.
He still has his HSR cars and his wife races too. He is all fun, no ego.




Waltrip & Bowyer's Ferrari



Daytona plays host to thousands of Boy Scouts during Roar before the 24 weekend. They are camping in the infield.
Joao Barbosa was one of several very generous drivers giving autographs to many kids during Saturday's lunch break

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Last year's Rolex 24 GT Class Champion, Magnus Racing






Spirit of Daytona won 3 races last year


Dixon, D. Franchitti, Hand, McMurray

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M. Franchitti, S. Tremblay in a new Mazda 6 GX Class Diesel



AJ Allmendinger topped the chart in some practice sessions. He is part of the defending champion Michael Shank Racing team. His 3 hour stint to win last year was spectacular.



Practice makes perfect



Multimatic Racing Aston Martin

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Roush Racing Mustang
Joey Atterbury, Shelby Blackstock


BGB Motorsports


BMW M3 Coupe



Jack Roush Jr & Billy Johnson

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Music producer/racer Jim Jonsin, Rebel Rock Racing







#57 Camaro controls

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Orlando's Wayne Taylor Racing has a couple of new drivers. Ricky Taylor has moved to #90 Spirit of Daytona. Younger brother Jordan Taylor takes his place, and 2012 Indy Car Series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay also joins the team with veteran Italian Max Angelleli. They also have new livery with Suntrust decreasing sponsorship after several years.



race, tear it apart, put it together, repeat

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The patch caused by Montoya from crashing into the jet dryer in the 2012 Daytona 500



Wayne Taylor Racing Daytona Prototype Corvette



Gurney, Gidley, Fogarty, Law

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NASCAR will be at Daytona for pre season testing Thursday-Saturday
http://www.news-journalonline.com/section/racing

[Juggernautz]

Don't forget:

http://www.NHRA.com

[Dreamliner]

Love the Corvette prototypes, but you can count on Grand-Am to do the wrong thing: they eliminated LMP1.

[Speedofsand]

Why bother with a class that has 4 cars?

[Juggernautz]

Which class?

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LMP1 from ALMS will be gone with next year's 2014 merger.

[Juggernautz]

Love the Camaro...

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Tony Stewart is in Tulsa, Ok racing in the Chili Bowl this week.

Nascar's opening race Shootout is now called 'Sprint Unlimited at Daytona'

The Sprint Unlimited field Feb. 16, 2013

2012 Pole Winners
Greg Biffle
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Carl Edwards
Denny Hamlin
Kasey Kahne
Mark Martin
Jeff Gordon
Martin Truex Jr.
Tony Stewart
AJ Allmendinger
Aric Almirola
Joey Logano
Marcos Ambrose
Jimmie Johnson
Matt Kenseth
Kyle Busch
Juan Pablo Montoya
Past champions of The Sprint Unlimited
Kurt Busch
Kevin Harvick
Bill Elliott
Terry Labonte
Ken Schrader

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nice trophy

[Dreamliner]

Originally Posted by Speedofsand

Why bother with a class that has 4 cars?

Showcase better cars ? Don't dumb down. Make the Daytona prototypes chase the better LMP1's.

[Speedofsand]

Costing a fortune to 17 teams to appease 4 from a failed series? Let them run LeMans and WEC. Saying they are 'better' cars is only an opinion anyway.

[Dreamliner]

Originally Posted by Speedofsand

Costing a fortune to 17 teams to appease 4 from a failed series? Let them run LeMans and WEC. Saying they are 'better' cars is only an opinion anyway.

The LMP's would demolish the prototypes. Maybe that's why they don't want them.