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The Roar Before the Rolex 24 has become all the more important this year,preciorelojes.com, as it will be conducted on the freshly paved Daytona International Speedway. The newly paved track has been touted to be a huge benefit by Hurley Haywood,tag-swiss.com From June 28 to educate yourself regarding July seven, who has come out of retirement especially to compete in the Rolex 24 At Daytona 2011. According to the sports car racing legend, as all the bumps are gone and the tracks are extremely smooth it would provide lots of grip, which means anyone can run across the field no matter which car they are driving. Hurley Haywood will be part of Brumos Racing along with Andrew Davis and Leh Keen in the GT category.

In the Dayton Prototype category Chip Ganassi Racing has two entries with racers Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas taking on the driving duties. Team Action Express Racing has a lineup of David Donohue, Darren Law, Joao Barbosa, Terry Borcheller, JC France and Buddy Rice. Flying Lizard Motorsports would be placing Jorg Bergmeister,wristwatches supplier TAG Heuer and Porsche Club of America, Patrick Long, Seth Neiman and Johannes van Overbeek behind the wheel. SunTrust Racing will be vying for a podium with Max Angelelli, Ricky Taylor,bestwatch24.com In going to be the next finish as part of your history having to do with going to be, Wayne Taylor and Ryan Briscoe. Krohn Racing will be trying out the field with Tracy Krohn, Nic Jonsson, Ricardo Zonta and Nicolas Minassian. And, Gainsco Bob Stallings Racing’s lineup would include Jon Fogarty, Alex Gurney and Jimmie Johnson.

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In case of the GT Class, the first entry is that of Aten Motorsports with drivers Christophe Bourret, Gabriel Abergel, Emmanuel Collard, Pascal Gibon and Xavier Pompidou. TRG will be sending in Richard Zahn, Ryan Eversley, Kenny Wallace, Daniel Graeff, Ron Yarab Jr., Steven Bertheau, Andy Lally, Brendan Gaughan, Wolf Henzler and Spencer Pumpelly. Team Sahlen has recruited Memo Gidley, Joe Sahlen, Joe Nonnamaker, Wayne Nonnamaker and Will Nonnamaker. Dempsey Racing will have Patrick Dempsey, Joe Foster, Charles Espenlaub, Dane Cameron, Ian James, James Gue, Don Kitch Jr. and Dave Lacey sharing driving duties. While Magnus Racing will have John Potter and Craig Stanton behind the wheel, Paul Miller will send in Rob Bell, Tim Sugden, Bryce Miller and Bryan Sellers. While in 2010 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates topped the Rolex Sports Car Series rankings, it is a tough year ahead for the champions to defend their position.

The New Year is here and there is celebration in the air, more so for those looking forward to the Rolex Sports Car Series. The Roar Before the Rolex 24 is just around the corner with its date set for the January 7th to the 9th. The day will witness the teams and drivers gathering in the Daytona International Speedway to go ahead and get a feel of how the Rolex 24 At Daytona might unfold. Though it is just a practice run for the teams; however, it is conducted in all sincerity as if it was the final race. This has been the case as all the drivers, new and old, need to understand how they would take on the most coveted endurance race in the United States.