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InsideWELCOME Steve Sexton welcomes you to Circuit of the Americas

TIMETABLE Familiarize yourself with the weekend’s events

CIRCUIT MAP Find your way around at the circuit

COTA A little more about this stunning facility

FAST LAP AlexGurney describes a lap of the track

GRAND-AM Preview of the Grand-Am race

PROFILES A look at the Grand-Am DP drivers

CTSCC Continental Tires Sports Car Challenge preview

PRO-MAZDA SERIES The open-wheelers

SCOTT PRUET A profile of ‘Mr Grand-Am’

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elcome to Austin,Texas, and to Circuit of TheAmericasTM, for our inaugural GRAND-AM ofThe Americas presented by GAINSCO and TOTAL.

We are eager to host you for what will be an exciting weekendof premier sports car racing at our brand new, purpose-builtGrand Prix facility.

Circuit of The Americas was designed with fans like you inmind.We’ve built one of the most technically challengingracing circuits in the world with incredible vantage points allaround the track’s 3.4-mile perimeter. There really isn’t a badseat in our house!

While you’re with us, we encourage you to roam around thevenue and check out the racing action from every turn andcorner, including our signature Turn 1, with its dramatic133-foot elevation change.There is also plenty to see and do inthe paddock, where fans have direct access to GRAND-AMteams and drivers. Be sure to ask for a photo or autograph withyour favorite racing personality.

Activities are going on all around the Circuit.You won’t wantto miss the Fan Pit Walks, which take place 1 hour before eachrace; the Pit Stop demonstrations; the Car Corral displays atTurn 1,Turn 15 and the Main Grandstand; and the GRAND-AMFan Zone located in the Grand Plaza in front of our 25-storyobservation tower. Every aspect of the GRAND-AM of TheAmericas presented by GAINSCO and TOTAL is meant to be fanfriendly, so take advantage of the up-close access you’ll enjoy.

We also encourage you to explore our home city of Austinand its fabulous entertainment scene! Whether you want tocheck out the myriad of great performances available in the‘Live Music Capital of the World’, experience unique culinarycreations at local eateries and food trucks, or go shopping in thecity’s colorful boutiques and galleries, you’ll find plenty of waysto spend your time and souvenir dollars away from the track.

Again, welcome to Circuit of The Americas’ world-classfacility and to Austin’s one-of-a-kind community.We hope youenjoy your time with us!

Steve SextonPresident

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Friday, March 18:00 AM – 8:30 AM Practice – Pro Mazda

8:40 AM – 9:25 AM Practice – Continental Tire Challenge

9:35 AM – 11:35 AM Practice – Rolex Series

11:45 AM – 12:15 PM Qualifying – Pro Mazda Race 1

1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Practice – Continental Tire Challenge

1:55 PM – 2:55 PM Practice – Rolex Series

3:05 PM – 3:20 PM Qualifying – Continental GS

3:30 PM – 3:45 PM Qualifying – Continental ST

3:55 PM – 4:55 PM Race #1 – Pro Mazda

5:15 PM – 5:30 PM Qualifying – Rolex Series DP

5:40 PM – 5:55 PM Qualifying – Rolex Series GT/GX

Saturday, March 28:00 AM – 8:20 AM Practice – Pro Mazda Race

8:30 AM – 8:50 AM Final Practice – Rolex Series

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Car Corral Parade Laps (subject to change)

9:00 AM – 9:55 AM Continental Tire Challenge FanWalk in Pit Lane

10:00 AM – 12:30 PM START – Continental Tire Challenge (2.5 hrs)

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Race #2 – Pro Mazda

2:00 PM – 2:55 PM Rolex FanWalk in Pit Lane

3:00 PM START – Rolex Series (2.75 hrs)

6:00 PM Post-Race Concert

ScheduleGRAND-AM Road Racing is all about connecting our fans closely with our sport so our events feature lots of all access experiences in which fans can take part.

GRAND-AM FANZONE DISPLAY An educational display where fans learn about racecar technology, test their racing knowledge, or even try their hand at changing a tire.

DRIVER AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS Where fans get to personally meet their favorite GRAND-AM drivers.

GRAND-AM FANWALK ON PIT ROAD Before every race fans are invited out onto pit road to see our cars and drivers up-close, right on the track.

OPEN GARAGES At GRAND-AM events, our garages are always open to fans where you can talk to crew members, watch them work on the cars, and take all the photos you want.

GRAND-AM Road Racing is all about connecting our fans closely with our sport so our events feature lots of all access experiences in which fans can take part.

THE GRAND-AM EXPERIENCE

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TOTAL.This fall, competitors from theAmerican LeMans and FIAWorld EnduranceChampionships will also test their mettleover the country's only Grade 1 racetrack.The innovative facility was designed by

a noteworthy team of architects andengineers, including Austin-based MiroRivera Architects, HKS Architects, STGDesign and Tilke GmbH, the world-renowned German architectural-designfirm that has created some of motorsports'modern masterpieces.Tilke-inspiredracing circuits can be found in Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates, Austria, Bahrain,China, India, Indonesia, Ireland,Kazakhstan, Latvia,Malaysia, Romania,Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain,with

several circuits still under construction.Circuit of The Americas consists of 350

acres of developed space, featuring a 3.4-mile, 20-turn racing circuit with challengingcurves reminiscent of some of the greatinternational racing circuits and stretcheswith significant elevation changes,including a 133-foot climb up to the track'ssignature Turn 1.The expansive venuefeatures a main grandstand with seating for9,000 spectators, including permanentsuites and semi-private, loge-level seating.The massive, 270,000-square foot PaddockBuilding features 34 individual garages andtwo upper levels of premium hospitalityspace.The 40,000-square foot media andconference center is home to everything

ituated on over 1,300 acres ofland here just southeast ofdowntown Austin, Texas, Circuit

of the Americas is the country's newestdestination for world-class motorsportsand entertainment.The purpose-built Grand Prix facility

enjoyed a highly anticipated grand openingin November 2012 when it hosted the returnof Formula 1TM racing to the United States.This year, the Circuit adds an impressivearray of sports-car racing to its robustschedule, including GRAND-AM RoadRacingTMand its hugely popular Rolex SportsCar Series and Continental Tire Sports CarChallenge as part of the GRAND-AM ofThe Americas presented by GAINSCO and

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from working journalists to businessseminars, auto shows and other large-scaleevents.The racetrack itself also featuresstate-of-the-art safety features such asGeobrugg fencing and TecPro safetybarriers, designed to keep bothcompetitors and spectators safe withoutimpeding sight lines around the facility.

One of the circuit's most remarkablefeatures is the amphitheater situated at thebase of the venue's main entrance, calledthe Grand Plaza.The Tower Amphitheater,so named for the 251-foot observationtower that stretches high above it, is anexpansive entertainment spaceaccommodating up to 14,000 guests, andoffers the largest permanent stage in

Central Texas. In July 2012,Circuit of TheAmericas announced an agreement withLive Nation, the world's largest live musicand entertainment company, to bringnational touring acts to the Circuit, and'The Tower' will officially open April 5,2013,with a performance by country-musicsensation Kenny Chesney.The Tower'syear-round live performance schedule willfurther enhance Austin's legacy as the'Live Music Capital of theWorld'.

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is very quick, turning in at around125mph. Getting the line right throughthe next series of corners is incrediblytough and if you overdo just one of these alittle, then it will ruin all of them, so itrequires just the right balance! Theseesses get progressively slower as younegotiate them, from 125mph down toabout 60 for the final one. Right, left, right,left, right, left, right, left, the corners seemto go on forever and are sure to be tireeaters come race time.‘The final left,Turn 10, is a tricky little

‘over a rise’ section where you again start tohead fairly sharply downhill at the exit. It isa little bit of a relief to arrive there as the

lex Gurney, a two-time RolexSports Car Series champion andson of racing legend Dan Gurney,

was present for the opening ceremonies atthe Circuit of the Americas last fall andtook the opportunity to take several hotlaps of the 3.4-mile race track. He wasimpressed, and can hardly wait to drive theNo. 99 ‘Red Dragon’GAINSCO AutoInsurance/Bob Stallings Racing CorvetteDaytona Prototype with regular co-driverJon Fogarty in this weekend’s feature event.‘We expect to reach approximately

150mph on the approach to the incrediblysteep face of the hill before Turn 1. Thisbrake zone really dares you to go deep, as

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esses are finally over, but now the speedspick up again.The track gets very widebriefly and there’s a good overtaking areaas you approach the brake zone for Turn 11.

‘Turn 11 is a very slow, slipperycorner with a big wide entry where it iscrucial to get a good exit for the longeststraight on the track. Use too much curbat that exit and it seems like it saps yourlaunch onto the straight. The long backstraight actually has a long, gentle curve toit and in high-downforce trim we will reachabout 160 mph before we brake for Turn12. This is another slow hairpin, around45mph, and again a difficult spot to get anice clean exit. Turn 13 is a deceiving

little right-hander and is very easy tocarry too much speed into as it continuesto bend more than 90 degrees.

‘Turn 14 is a slight right and Turn 15is another corner that invites mistakes asyou are braking and turning and shiftinginto another decreasing-radius corner.Now, pick up the throttle and hold on forthe triple right-hander at Turns 16–17–18.This is supposed to mimic the triple leftof the epic F1 circuit in Istanbul Turkeyand should be a fun spot to watch. Thisshould be a third-gear 100mph+ sectionand is lots of fun to drive! There aremultiple lines through here but theimportant thing is to carry as much speed

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his season will be the 14th to beheld under the auspices of theGrand American Road Racing

Association,which was formed in time forthe 2000 season, and the 12th with titlesponsorship from Rolex.The weekend’sfeature race will comprise three classes:Daytona Prototypes,GT and GX.The DPconcept for the premier class, featuringpurpose-built tube-frame cars built aroundproduction-based engines, has been inplace since 2003.The ultra-successfulGrand Touring class structure, centeredupon modified road-going sports cars, hadbeen the solitary other division since 2005but has been augmented this year by thenew GX category which is aimed atintroducing some newer technologies tothe existing framework.

The 12-race 2013 campaign kicked offwith the traditional twice-around-the-clockRolex 24 At Daytona in January, and it was aclassic.Traditionally, the keys to success in

a 24-hour race – and endurance racing ingeneral – were consistency andconservation,making sure not to over-extend the car or the drivers. Boy, howtimes have changed. Reliability of the cars– and the conditioning of the drivers – hasevolved significantly in recent years, suchthat the 2013 edition resembled a flat-outsprint from start to finish.Any minor miscueproved costly.Outright speed hasn’t alwaysbeen the determining factor in enduranceracing,but it certainly was at Daytona – andwill be again during this weekend’s two-hour and 45-minute contest.

DP CLASSThe 51st running of the Rolex 24 featured arecord number of lead changes andculminated in a sprint to the finish, so it wasno surprise to see the pole-winningTELMEX/Target Riley-BMW of Scott Pruettand Memo Rojas – ably assisted by NASCARstar Juan Pablo Montoya and IndyCar rising

man Charlie Kimball – at the headof the field.Victory for the ChipGanassi Racing with FelixSabates team represented anincredible fifth triumph in just10 attempts at the jewel in theRolex Sports Car Series’crown. It was also the 151stwin in all competitions forteam principal ChipGanassi,who also runsfront-runningcampaigns in theIZOD Indy CarSeries and NASCARSprint Cup.f

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OF ANTICIPATION THAN USUAL AS COMPETITORS IN THE ROLEX SPORTS CAR SERIES PREPARE TO

EMBARK ON THEIR FIRST VISIT TO CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS FOR THE GRAND-AM OF THE

AMERICAS PRESENTED BY GAINSCO AND TOTAL. IT’S NOT HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY!

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ENTRY LIST - DAYTONA PROTOTYPE (DP)

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01 SCOTT RUETT (AUBURN, CALIF.) RILEY / BMW

MEMO ROJAS (MEXICO CITY, MEXICO)

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5 CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI (KEY BISCAYNE, FLA.) CORVETTE DP

BRIAN FRISSELLE (ASPEN. COLO.)

ACTION EXPRESS RACING

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6 TBA RILEY / FORD

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MICHAEL SHANK RACING

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9JOAO BARBOSA (PORTO, PORTUGAL) CORVETTE DP

BURT FRISSELLE (ASPEN, COLO.)

ACTION EXPRESS RACING

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10 MAX ANGELELLI (MONTE CARLO, MONACO) CORVETTE DP

JORDAN TAYLOR (APOPKA, FLA.)

WAYNE TAYLOR RACING

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42 DANE CAMERON (SONOMA, CALIF.) RILEY / BMW

WAYNE NONNAMAKER (NORTH CANTON, OHIO)

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43JOE NONNAMAKER (NORTH CANTON, OHIO) RILEY / BMW

WILL NONNAMAKER (NORTH CANTON, OHIO)

JOE SAHLEN (ELMA, N.Y.)

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60 OSWALDO NEGRI JR (MIAMI, FLA.) RILEY / FORD NONNAMAKER,

JOHN PEW (NORTH PALM BEACH, FLA)

MICHAEL SHANK RACING

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76 NIC JÖNSSON (BUFORD, GA.) LOLA / FORD

TRACY KROHN (HOUSTON, TEXAS)

KROHN RACING

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77 JON BENNETT DALLARA / FORD

COLIN BRAUN (OVALO, TEXAS)

DORAN RACING

NO. DRIVERS CAR

90 RICKY TAYLOR (APOPKA, FLA.) CORVETTE DP

RICHARD WESTBROOK (LONDON, ENGLAND)

SPIRIT OF DAYTONA RACING

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99 JON FOGARTY (BEND, ORE.) CORVETTE DP

ALEX GURNEY (IRVINE, CALIF.)

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2 STARWORKS MOTORSPORT RYAN DALZIEL (SCO) / ALEX POPOW (VEN) RILEY / FORD

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Pruett, from Auburn,Calif., and MexicoCity native Rojas have enjoyed anastonishing run of success in Rolex Seriescompetition.The pair have combined towin four championships in the past fiveyears, including the last three insuccession,while Pruett – ‘Mr.Grand-Am’– also took honors for the team in 2004,partnered by Max Papis.

The white-and-blue TELMEX machinewill surely arrive here in Texas as the firmfavorite to win Saturday’s race, but thereis no shortage of serious challengers.

From one extreme of experience toanother, don’t be surprised to see thesimilar BMW/Dinan-powered Riley ofTeam Sahlen to be running near the sharpend of the field. Supported by Joe Sahlen’smeat-packing business and run by thefather-and-two-sons team of Joe,Will andWayne Nonnamaker,Team Sahlen hasbeen a stalwart of the GT class in recentyears with Mazda, finally earning its firstvictory last year – appropriately enoughat Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.This yearthe family team has stepped up into theDP ranks and immediately proved itselfup to the task as impressive youngsterDane Cameron qualified a strong third atDaytona and was dicing for the lead in theopening exchanges.

‘The transition to DP has been prettystraightforward,’ said Cameron,who won

the Pro Mazda open-wheel championshipin 2007 and was a leading contender in theAtlantic Championship before grasping anopportunity to move into the sports carranks.‘I have really been enjoying it.Thecar is stiffer, lighter and more responsivethan the GT car, and it’s nice to have somedownforce again! The toughest part aboutmoving to DP full-time has also been themost exciting part – developing our Riley-BMW into a front-running program. f

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I love testing and development so I havereally enjoyed playing a part in progressingfrom our first car’s shakedown test,when wehad no idea where to begin with setup, toqualifying in the top three for the Rolex 24.’

One other interesting aspect of TeamSahlen is the fact that its engineering staffis led by a woman. Katie Crawford, though,is no newcomer to the sport. Her father,Max Crawford, is a renowned engineerand fabricator, and Katie has been heavilyinvolved in motor racing her entire life.

A phalanx of distinctive Corvette DPcars will provide plenty of opposition tothe Riley-BMWs.During the race atDaytona, all six posted a best lap within ahalf-second of each other.

The highest finishing ‘Bow Tie’ car inFlorida, taking second place,was the No. 10VelocityWorldwide/Toshiba/Chevroletversion fielded byWayne Taylor Racing.Veteran Max ‘the Ax ‘ Angelelli, an Italianbased in Monte Carlo,will share the carwith rising star Jordan Taylor,who, yes, isthe son of team ownerWayne Taylor (whohimself was an extremely accomplisheddriver,with multiple sports-carchampionships to his credit) but hasearned this opportunity purely on merit.

The youngster is mature well beyond his 21years and has been a front-runner in theGT ranks for the past three seasons,finishing just two points shy of taking topchampionship honors in 2011 andattracting the attention of the factoryCorvette Racing team which allowed him tomake his Le Mans 24 Hours debut in 2012.

Fourth and eighth positions at Daytonawere filled by the pair of Corvette DPsentered by Action Express Racing which hasentered the 2013 season with a fresh – albeitvery experienced – driver lineup andextremely high expectations.Theteam is no stranger to success,having evolved from one of themost storied names in RolexSeries racing,Brumos Racing,but has established a newidentity under the guidance offormer NASCAR driver EltonSawyer.After winning tworaces for Action Express in2012,Portugal’s Joao Barbosawill share the No.9 car with BurtFrisselle,while Formula 1,ChampCar and sports-car veteran ChristianFittipaldi – nephew of three-times F1World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi –

will be supported in the No.9 entry by Burt’syounger brother, Brian. Both Frissellebrothers are proven front-runners at thislevel and also come from a well knownracing family with father Brad having wonmultiple races and titles in the 1970s.f

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NO TEAM DRIVERS CAR

03 EXTREME SPEED M/SPORTS MIKE HEDLUND (WOODSIDE, CALIF.) FERRARI 458J VAN OVERBEEK (SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.)

19 MUEHLNER EDUARDO COSTABAL (CHILE) PORSCHE GT3 M/SPORTS AMERICA ELISEO SALAZAR (CHILE)

31 MARSH RACING ERIC CURRAN (HOLYOKE, MASS.) CORVETTE BORIS SAID (CARLSBAD, CALIF.)

44 MAGNUS RACING ANDY LALLY (DACULA, GA.) PORSCHE GT3 JOHN POTTER (SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH)

57 STEVENSON M/SPORTS JOHN EDWARDS (CINCINNATI, OHIO) CAMARO GT.R ROBIN LIDDELL (NEWBURY, ENGLAND)

59 BRUMOS RACING ANDREW DAVIS (BOGART, GA.) PORSCHE GT3 LEH KEEN (CHARLESTON, S.C.)

61 R.FERRI/AIM MOTORSPORT MAX PAPIS (MOORESVILLE, N.C.) FERRARI 458 RACING WITH FERRARI JEFF SEGAL (MIAMI, FLA.)

63 SCUDERIA ALESSANDRO BALZAN (ROVIGO) FERRARI 458 CORSA MICHELOTTO ALESSANDRO PIER GUIDI (ALESSANDRIA, ITALY)

69 AIM AUTOSPORT TEAM FXDD EMIL ASSENTATO (LOCUST VALLEY, N.Y.) FERRARI 458 WITH FERRARI ANTHONY LAZZARO (CANTON, GA.)

72 HORTON AUTOSPORT MIKE VESS PORSCHE GT3

73 PARK PLACE M/SPORTS PATRICK LINDSEY (SANTA BARBARA, CA) PORSCHE GT3 PATRICK LONG (BELLEAIR, FLA.)

93 TURNER MOTORSPORT MICHAEL MARSAL (BEDFORD, N.Y.) BMW M3GUNTER SCHALDACH (ASPEN, COLO.)

94 TURNER MOTORSPORT BILL AUBERLEN (REDONDO BEACH, CALIF.) BMW M3 PAUL DALLA LANA (TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA)

ENTRY LIST - GXNO TEAM DRIVERS CAR

00 VISIT FLORIDA RACING/ JOEL MILLER (HESPERIA, CALIF.) MAZDA6 GX (PREP 2) SPEEDSOURCE TRISTAN NUNEZ (BOYNTON BEACH, FLA.)

70 MAZDASPEED/ TOM LONG (RALEIGH, N.C.) MAZDA6 GX (PREP 2) SPEEDSOURCE SYLVAIN TREMBLAY (PARKLAND, FLA.)

Maintaining the racing family theme,Jordan Taylor’s older brother,Ricky,will beanother contender for victory in the No.90Spirit of Daytona Racing Corvette DP he willshare with equally rapid Englishman RichardWestbrook.Ricky,23,marked himself as anexpert qualifier while driving for his father’steam for the past three seasons,claiming 10pole positions,and has every intention ofadding to his tally of seven race wins afterbeing enticed across to Troy Flis’ambitiousSpirit of Daytona team.

Westbrook won three times in 2012 butalso finished outside the top five on sixoccasions,which, in a series where thepoint system rewards consistency,restricted him to a disappointing 10th in thefinal standings.The team has aspirations ofa far stronger campaign in 2013.

The Corvette contingent is completedby 8 Star Motorsports and GAINSCO/BobStallings Racing. The first of these is abrand-new organization established overthe winter by Enzo Potolicchio. The 44-

year-old Venezuelan enjoyed a breakout2012 season which included victories atthe Twelve Hours of Sebring and the 24Hours of Le Mans, and now is spreadinghis wings to include an assault on theRolex Sports Car Series with a brand-newcar and a new team symbolized by theeight stars that adorn the Venezuelan flag.

The team which boasted an all-starinternational lineup of drivers, includingFrenchmen Stephane Sarrazin and NicolasMinassian,Portugal’s Pedro Lamy and

Englishman Anthony Davidson,hitproblems early during the race atDaytona, restricting it to anunrepresentative 34th placeoverall finish, tenth among theDP class,but Potolicchio isintent upon bouncing back witha strong result this weekend.

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Drivers Alex Gurney, the son of racinglegend Dan Gurney (who remains the onlyAmerican to win a Formula 1 race in a carhe also designed and built – at the 1967Belgian Grand Prix), and Jon Fogartyalready have two DP championship titlesunder their belts, in 2007 and 2009, andhave their sights set on a third.The pairingearned four second-place finishes in 2012but, for the first time since 2006, failed toscore a victory.Their 2013 campaign alsobegan in disappointing fashion at Daytona,restricted to seventh place by someelectrical gremlins during the early stages.Nevertheless, the car was fast and willdoubtless be challenging for honors here.

Interestingly,while all the Corvette DPcars appear identical, other than theirliveries, they are supplied by three differentmanufacturers.The pair of Action Expresscars, the Spirit of Daytona entry and the 8Star machine all feature Coyote chassis builtby Chevrolet stalwarts Pratt & Miller,whileWayne Taylor Racing’sVelocityWorldwideNo. 10 car is built by Dallara in Italy and theGAINSCO car utilizes a Riley chassis.

Two other likely challengers for the DPwin – Michael Shank Racing and Starworkswith Alex Popow – are also equipped withthe latest Riley DPG3 chassis, albeitpowered by FordV8 engines.

MSR’s No. 60 Riley-Ford will be sharedby Florida-based Brazilian Ozz Negri (whodrove only one stint at Daytona whilerecovering from the effects of a leg injurysustained over the winter) and John Pew, anaccomplished ocean sailor and two-timewinner of the Jim Trueman Award as theseries’ top Pro-Am driver. Peter Baron’sStarworks team came closest to topplingPruett and Rojas from their perch atop thechampionship standings last year, placing aclose second with six podium finishes.

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GRAND-AM ROLEX SPORTS CAR SERIESThe GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series offers extremelycompetitive sports car racing and in 2013 will featurethree classes of cars racing simultaneously on track;exotic DPs (Daytona Prototypes), sleek GT (GrandTouring) machines and new for 2013, sporty GXs. Rolex Series races are measured in time, not distance,and require more than one driver at the helm. Typicallya two-man team competes in the shorter, sprint events,which last anywhere from two to three hours. For thelonger and more difficult races, such as our marqueeevents, the Rolex 24 At Daytona and the Six Hours ofWatkins Glen, a three-to-five man team will contend. Inaddition to taking on tires, refueling and makingchassis adjustments, driver changes are also requiredduring the race.

DAYTONA PROTOTYPE CLASS (DP) The Daytona Prototype (DP) class consists of striking,mid-engine machines purpose-built for close, door-to-door competition – and made to order forexcitement. Capable of speeds in excess of 190 mph,DPs also feature the latest in safety and technology.

GRAND TOURING CLASS (GT) The Grand Touring (GT) class consists of Americanmuscle cars and exotic imports that most fans canidentify with; BMW, Porsche, Ferrari, Audi, Chevy, andothers. GT cars have carbon-fiber bodies andcompetition is enhanced – not defined – by technology.These race cars are capable of producing between 450 – 500 horsepower.

NORTH AMERICAN ENDURANCECHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BYVISITFLORIDA.COMThe North American Endurance Championshippresented by VISITFLORIDA.com began in 2012 withStarworks Motorsport taking the win in DaytonaPrototype and Magnus Racing winning the GT class.The NAEC rewards competitors in the three longestraces of the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Seriesseason. It opens with the Rolex 24 At Daytona inJanuary, continues with the Sahlen's Six Hours of TheGlen June 30, and ends at Indianapolis MotorSpeedway on July 26.

GX CLASS (GX) The GX class features a range of production-basedsports cars such as the Mazda6 and Porsche Cayman.While they look similar to the versions you see on theroad, they feature carbon fiber body parts, racesuspension, oversized brakes and state-of-the-artsafety equipment. GX is the first class to featurehigh-output 4-cylinder turbo diesel engines as wellas 6-cylinder gas engines. These engines produce

between 375 – 400 horsepower.

ROLEX SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS

DP1 Charlie Kimball 35Juan Pablo Montoya 35Memo Rojas 35Scott Pruett 35

2 Jordan Taylor 32Max Angelelli 32Ryan Hunter-Reay 32

3 Burt Frisselle 28Joao Barbosa 28Mike Rockenfeller 28

4 Antonio Garcia 26Oliver Gavin 26Richard Westbrook 26Ricky Taylor 26

5 Alex Popow 25Allan McNish 25Ryan Dalziel 25Sébastien Bourdais 25

6 Alex Gurney 24Darren Law 24Jon Fogarty 24Memo Gidley 24

7 Brian Frisselle 23Christian Fittipaldi 23Felipe Nasr 23Nelson Piquet Jr 23

8 Dane Cameron 22Wayne Nonnamaker 22

9 Anthony Davidson 21Enzo Potolicchio 21Nicolas Minassian 21Pedro Lamy 21Stephane Sarrazin 21

10 Dario Franchitti 20Jamie McMurray 20Joey Hand 20Scott Dixon 20

GT1 Dion von Moltke 35Edoardo Mortara 35Oliver Jarvis 35

2 Frank Stippler 32Ian Baas 32Marc Basseng 32Rene Rast 32

3 Anthony Lazzaro 30Emil Assentato 30Mark Wilkins 30Nick Longhi 30

4 Alessandro Balzan 28Alessandro Pier Guidi 28Marco Frezza 28Olivier Beretta 28

5 Andy Lally 26John Potter 26Nicolas Armindo 26Richard Lietz 26

6 Cooper MacNeil 25Damien Faulkner 25Jeroen Bleekemolen 25Marco Holzer 25

7 Christopher Haase 24Frank Biela 24Markus Winkelhock 24Matt Plumb 24

8 Clint Bowyer 23Michael Waltrip 23Robert Kauffman 23Rui Aguas 23

9 Ed Brown 22Mike Hedlund 22Scott Sharp 22

10 Jack Baldwin 21Mario Farnbacher 21Martin Ragginger 21

Scotsman Ryan Dalziel andVenezuelanteammate Alex Popow began their 2013campaign with a sixth at Daytona afterexperiencing a few delays but, incommon with the remainder of the field,are excited about racing at COTA.

‘It’s not often that GRAND-AM gets torace on a Formula 1 circuit, ‘ says Dalziel.‘The place looks amazing and I’m reallylooking forward to it.We found a fewproblems with the car after the race atDaytona so I’m sure we’ll be a lotstronger in Texas.’ Popow, incidentally, isone of only a few drivers with priorexperience of the track, having competedin the Ferrari Challenge races during theF1 weekend last fall.

GT CLASSThe GT category is likely to be every bit asclosely fought as the DP class,and while theentry list was far from complete as we closedfor press, it still contained a representativeselection of potential winners.

Jeff Segal and accomplished amateurco-driver Emil Assentato last yearcombined to win their second Rolex GTChampionship in three years, driving abrand-new Ferrari 458 for AIM AutosportTeam FXDD.The partnership has beensplit this season,with veteran AnthonyLazzaro joining Assentato in the FXDDentry and Segal driving a sisterR.Ferri/AIM Motorsport Racing Ferrariwith vastly experienced Indy Car and

NASCAR veteran Max Papis; both carswere contenders at Daytona. Assentatobegan his title defense with a third-placefinish,while the Segal/Papis car, sharedwith Ferrari factory drivers GiancarloFisichella and ToniVilander, placed adisappointing 21st after experiencingsome lengthy delays.

Californians Johannes van OverbeekandMike Hedlund will drive a third Ferrari458, supported by Tequila Patron andentered by proven American Le Mans Serieswinning team Extreme SpeedMotorsports.

Two more European brands, Porscheand Audi,will be among the many andvaried contenders seeking to knock

Ferrari off the top of the ManufacturersChampionship pile. Audi made its RolexSeries debut last year with its potent R8GRAND-AM, earning a best finish ofsecond in the season finale, but sprung toprominence in January at Daytona bysweeping the top two places. Admittedly,the result owed much to strategy – withrapid European Filipe Albuquerquecoming from behind inside the final hourto snatch victory for Alex Job Racing andteammates Oliver Jarvis, Eduardo Mortaraand Dion von Moltke – but there was nodenying the Audis’ capability.f

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Alex Job was still awaiting confirmation atpress time as to whether he would continueto represent Audi Sport Customer Racing inTexas – if so, von Moltke will be the focalpoint for the team after also winning atSebring last year, at the wheel of an AJRPorsche – while APR Motorsport and RumBum Racing, similarly stepping up from theContinental Tire Sports Car Series, also arelikely to field the attractive R8s.

A magnificent customer-supportprogram has ensured that the Porsche 911GT3 Cup car has been a staple of the GTcategory since its inception. Regular andeffective updates belie the incredible factthat the 911 was first conceived 50 yearsago, and several of the Stuttgart-built carswill be capable of challenging for thevictory. Among the standard bearerswill be Magnus Racing No.44car handled by JohnPotter and three-timeRolex championAndy Lally,

the familiar No. 59 Brumos Racing entry for2011 champions Leh Keen and AndrewDavis and the emerging Park PlaceMotorsports team which will includePorsche’s lone American factory driver,Patrick Long, among its roster.

Another particularly potent car in GTwill be Stevenson Motorsports’ rumblingNo. 57 Chevrolet Camaro GT.R driven byRobin Liddell, who has 18 wins under hisbelt and, to his intense annoyance, hasfinished runner-up three times in the GTstandings (including 2012).Theexperienced Scotsman will share withrising talent John Edwards,who countsopen-wheel championships in Pro Mazdaand Atlantic to his credit and has taken toGT cars like a duck to water.

The GX class is still in its infancy but

holds plenty of intrigue. Five carscontested the opening race at Daytona,withthe Napleton Racing Porsche Cayman Semerging as a clear winner in the hands ofveterans David Donohue and Shane Lewis,ably supported by Dr. Jim Norman andVenezuelan Nelson Canache Jr.Ofparticular technical interest are the pair ofSpeedSource Mazda6 GX cars powered bythe exciting new turbocharged MazdaSKYACTIV-D Clean Diesel engine.The carshit some developmental problems duringtheir debut but boast a strong driverlineup comprising veteran SylvainTremblay, former Mazda MX-5 Nationalchampion Tom Long and two promisingyoung Americans (and former winners ofprestigious Team USA Scholarships) JoelMiller and Tristan Nunez.z

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26DP teams & driversCHIP GANASSI RACING WITH FELIX SABATES

Team Owners: Chip Ganassi, Felix SabatesWebsite: www.telmexchipganassiracing.comFourteen years after Chip Ganassi established a world-class IndyCar operation, heand Felix Sabates expanded their Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates NASCARoperation with the addition of the No.01 TELMEX Riley in the GRAND-AM RolexSports Car Series Daytona Prototype class. Scott Pruett, the five-time Rolex SeriesChampion (2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012) and now five-time Rolex 24 At Daytonawinner (1994, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013), will compete in his 10 consecutive seasonfor CGRFS in 2013. Mexican driver Memo Rojas returns for his seventh season withCGRFS, after becoming the first Mexican driver to win a US-based championship in2008. The team started this season brilliantly with victory in the Daytona 24 Hours.2012 was marked by Chip Ganassi Racing’s 15th Championship as an organization(INDYCAR:1996-1999, 2003, 2008-2011; GRAND-AM:2004, 2006, 2008, 2010-2012),with Pruett and Rojas capturing their fourth championship as teammates (2008,2010, 2011, 2012). This was also the third consecutive title for CGRFS (2010, 2011,2012). Pruett continued to expand upon the GRAND-AM records for mostchampionship wins with five (2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012), most wins (39), andmost pole positions (30). Teammate Rojas follows closely with four Drivers’Championships, 25 wins, and 13 poles.

SCOTT PRUETTDATE OF BIRTH: 3/24/1960 BIRTHPLACE: Sacramento, Calif.CURRENT RESIDENCE: Auburn, Calif.OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.scottpruett.comBIOGRAPHY: Pruett returns to Rolex Series competition with teammate MemoRojas in 2013. The duo will campaign the No. 01 TELMEX/Chip Ganassi RacingBMW/Riley for Chip Ganassi Racing; they won the Rolex 24 At Daytonawith Scott Dixon and Juan Pablo Montoya driving alongside.PERSONAL: Pruett won his tenth American sports car championship in 2012.Scott has authored four children’s books: “Twelve Little Race Cars,” Twelve MoreLittle Race Cars”, “Rookie Racer” and “Racing Through the Alphabet” with hiswife, Judy. He has competed on road courses in the NASCAR Nationwide Seriesand was a 2002 Olympic Torchbearer.

MEMO ROJASDATE OF BIRTH: 8/18/1981 BIRTHPLACE: Mexico City, MexicoCURRENT RESIDENCE: Mexico City, MexicoOFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.memorojas.comBIOGRAPHY: Rojas returns for his seventh year in GRAND-AM Rolex Sports CarSeries competition with veteran teammate Scott Pruett in theDaytona Prototype class in 2013.PERSONAL: Rojas is the first Mexican driver to wina major U.S. road-racing championship.

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JOAO BARBOSADATE OF BIRTH: 3/11/1975 BIRTHPLACE: Porto, PortugalCURRENT RESIDENCE: Porto, PortugalBIOGRAPHY: The 2010 Rolex 24 At Daytona champion returns with Action ExpressRacing in the No. 9 Corvette Daytona Prototype in 2013.PERSONAL: Barbosa has competed in GRAND-AM since 2001. He has racedprofessionally in over 15 countries, and is fluent in four languages.

BURT FRISSELLEDATE OF BIRTH: 10/1/1981BIRTHPLACE: Los Angeles, Calif.CURRENT RESIDENCE: Aspen, Colo.OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.frisselleracing.comBIOGRAPHY: Frisselle will contest the entire 2013 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports CarSeries with Action Express Racing.PERSONAL: First raced with his brother, Brian, in 2005 as the youngestRolex Series driver paring.

ACTION EXPRESS RACINGTeam Owner: Bob JohnsonWebsite: www.axracing.comWhen Brumos Racing consolidated to one car for the 2010 season,long-time Brumos associate Bob Johnson created Action ExpressRacing and formed a technical alliance with Brumos. Johnson leased aRiley Daytona Prototype – a car last raced by Pacific CoastMotorsports a few years ago – and had it paired it with a LozanoBrothers-prepared Cayenne-based Porsche V-8 powerplant. To drivethe new No. 9 Porsche Riley, Johnson hired Joao Barbosa (2009 winnerfor Brumos at Homestead-Miami Speedway) and 2003 DaytonaPrototype champion Terry Borcheller. Joined by Ryan Dalziel and MikeRockenfeller, the team won its first race, the 2010 Rolex 24 AtDaytona. After moving to two cars in 2011 and winning one race (VIR),Action Express made the switch to the new Corvette Daytona Prototypein 2012. (continued below)s

(continued from above)oThe change proved to be a good one with the team winning tworaces (Detroit & Sahlen’s 6 Hours of the Glen) and completing theyear fourth and sixth in the championship standings. ActionExpress racing will once again field a two-car effort for the 2013GRAND-AM season. Christian Fittipaldi and Brian Frisselle willshare driving duties in the No. 5 Corvette while Joao Barbosa andBurt Frisselle will co-drive the No. 9 Corvette.

CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDIDATE OF BIRTH: 1/18/1971 CURRENT RESIDENCE: Key Biscayne, Fla.BIOGRAPHY: Christian Fittipaldi returns to Action Express Racing for for the thirdconsecutive year in 2013. He finished fifth overall in the No. 5 Corvette DaytonaPrototype at the 2012 Rolex 24 At Daytona.PERSONAL: Christian Fittipaldi was the overall winner of the 2004 Rolex 24 AtDaytona, and also won the Rolex Series race at Phoenix in 2005. He is the son ofFormula 1 driver Wilson Fittipaldi and nephew of two-time World Champion andtwo-time Indianapolis 500 winner Emerson. He has three years of Formula 1experience prior to joining the Champ Car World Series in 1995. He finished secondin the 1995 Indianapolis 500, and won races at Road America and California.

BRIAN FRISSELLEDATE OF BIRTH: 12/28/1983 BIRTHPLACE: Los Angeles, Calif.CURRENT RESIDENCE: Aspen, Colo.OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.frisselleracing.comBIOGRAPHY: Frisselle will contest the 2013 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Serieswith Action Express Racing.PERSONAL: Son of legendary sports-car racerBrad Frisselle, who had his heyday in the 1970sand ’80s. Drove with his brother, Burt, for thefirst time in 2005, piloting the No. 8 DoranRacing Daytona Prototype. Startedracing go-karts at age 10.

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TEAM SAHLENTeam Owners: Nonnamaker Family Website: www.teamsahlen.comTeam Sahlen competes in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series and theContinental Tire Sports Car Challenge. The team is a family effort of JoeNonnamaker and sons Will and Wayne Nonnamaker, joined by Joe Sahlen, driverand sponsor.Team Sahlen has won the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (thenGrand-Am Cup) Team, Driver and Manufacturer championship in 2001, 2002, 2003,and 2004. In addition to those four titles, they also won championships in priorversions of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge in 1984, 1997, and 1999. Theteam formerly raced under the names of Phoenix Promotions, a car-preparationshop and promotional firm, Planet Earth Motorsports, HRPWorld.com Racing, andTheRaceSite.com Racing. Sahlen Packing Company, Inc. formed its first season ofpartnership with the team in 2005. Sahlen's was founded in 1869 in Buffalo, N.Y. asa family business. Company founder Joseph Sahlen dedicated himself to oneguiding principle: only the freshest and highest quality meat products would bearthe proud Sahlen name. Today – in addition to being the name behind the Buffaloarea's favorite hot dogs and holiday hams – Sahlen's has grown from their WesternNew York roots to offer "Old Fashioned" Smokehouse Hamand Turkey Breast in over 15 states.

DANE CAMERONDATE OF BIRTH: 10/18/1988 BIRTHPLACE: Newport Beach, Calif.CURRENT RESIDENCE: Sonoma, Calif.BIOGRAPHY: Cameron will compete full-time in the Rolex Sports Car Series forTeam Sahlen in the No. 42 BMW/Riley Daytona Prototype, alongside WayneNonnamaker in 2013.PERSONAL: Cameron is only the second rookie to win Star Mazda Championshipin the organization’s history. He works part-time at Jim Russell Racing School atInfineon Raceway.

WAYNE NONNAMAKERDATE OF BIRTH: 4/30/1978 BIRTHPLACE: Lima, OhioCURRENT RESIDENCE: North Canton, OhioOFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.waynenonnamaker.comBIOGRAPHY: Nonnamaker returns to the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series in 2013behind the wheel of the No. 42 BMW/Riley Daytona Prototype. Wayne won the BobAkin award given to the GT class top Pro-Am driver in 2011.PERSONAL: Nonnamaker started TheRaceSite.comas a school project, which is now a major newssource now for North Americansports car racing.

WAYNE TAYLOR RACINGTeam Owner: Wayne TaylorWebsite: www.waynetaylorracing.comWayne Taylor Racing (WTR) was established prior to the outset of the2007 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series season to continuecampaigning the No. 10 SunTrust Daytona Prototype that joined theseries in 2004 and won the championship in 2005. With team-owner andthree-time sports-car-racing champion Wayne Taylor at the helm,anchor co-driver Max Angelelli has netted 21 victories and 62 podiumfinishes from 2004 through the 2012 campaign. WTR welcomed newprimary sponsor Velocity Worldwide for the 2013 season, as well asTaylor’s 21-year-old son Jordan Taylor as Angelelli’s co-driver.

MAX ANGELELLIDATE OF BIRTH: 12/15/1966 BIRTHPLACE: Bologna, ItalyCURRENT RESIDENCE: Monte Carlo, MonacoOFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.maxangelelli.comBIOGRAPHY: Angelelli returns to Rolex Series Daytona Prototype competition in2013 as a part of the Wayne Taylor Racing team. He will campaign the entireseason with Jordan Taylor, son of team owner Wayne Taylor.PERSONAL: Angelelli trained to become an Olympic swimmer until he found hispassion in racing. Early in his career, he raced for a prosciutto ham company and waspaid not in Italian lira for his services but with ham. On Mondays, Tuesday andWednesdays, he made the rounds at local restaurants and sold his ham to earn a living.

JORDAN TAYLORDATE OF BIRTH: 5/10/1991BIRTHPLACE: Orlando, Fla.CURRENT RESIDENCE: Apopka, Fla.BIOGRAPHY: Taylor will co-drive the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP with MaxAngelelli in the 2013 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series season.PERSONAL: Son of 2005 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype \co-champion Wayne Taylor. Among the youngest drivers in the series.Attends the University of Central Florida,where he majors in mechanical engineering.

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Team Owner: Michael ShankWebsite: www.michaelshankracing.comBased in Columbus, Ohio, Michael Shank Racing (MSR) was formed in1989 when Michael Shank first began driving racing cars professionally.Shank retired from the cockpit in 1997 to focus his efforts on running theteam, which quickly found success in the Champ Car AtlanticChampionship. With several race wins under his belt, Shank was namedas Team Owner of the Year twice in four years. MSR joined the RolexSeries ranks in 2004. MSR scored a debut Rolex Series win in 2006 andfans selected the victory as the 2007 Rolex "Moment of the Year."Michael Shank Racing started the 2008 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports CarSeries season by taking both spots on the front row for the Rolex 24 AtDaytona, and closed out the year with race victories in the final twoevents of the season.

OSWALDO NEGRI JRDATE OF BIRTH: 5/29/1964 BIRTHPLACE: Sao Paulo, BrazilCURRENT RESIDENCE: Miami, Fla. OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.negrijr.comBIOGRAPHY: Negri will again share the driving duties in the No. 60 Michael ShankRacing Ford/Riley with co-driver John Pew in the 2013 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports CarSeries. Negri, along with John Pew, AJ Allmendinger and Justin Wilson won the2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona.PERSONAL: Negri is a four-time Brazilian Karting Champion. He has coacheddrivers such as AJ Allmendinger, Raphael Matos, Ryan Hunter-Reay andFelipe Nasr. He is married to Claudia, and has two daughters.

JOHN PEWDATE OF BIRTH: 4/1/1956 BIRTHPLACE: Grand Rapids, Mich.CURRENT RESIDENCE: North Palm Beach, Fla.OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.johnpewracing.comBIOGRAPHY: Pew returns to Rolex Sports Car Series competition in 2013 behindthe wheel of the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing Ford/Riley DP. Pew, alongside Negri,AJ Allmendinger and Justin Wilson, won the 2012 Rolex 24 At Daytona.PERSONAL: Pew has sailed over 100,000 miles throughout theNorth Atlantic and North and South Pacific Oceanswith his wife, Stephanie.

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JOE NONNAMAKERDATE OF BIRTH: 7/1/1949 BIRTHPLACE: Findlay, OhioCURRENT RESIDENCE: North Canton, OhioOFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.teamsahlen.comBIOGRAPHY: A veteran in sports car racing, Nonnamaker began competition in1974 in a Ford Pinto. He will return to GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Seriescompetition in 2013, once again with Team Sahlen. He has a professional resumeboasting one title, 17 wins, 48 podiums and five poles.PERSONAL: Nonnamaker owns Phoenix Promotions. His sons, Will and Wayne,both compete with him on Team Sahlen in the Rolex Series GT class. He won theinaugural 24 Hours of Nelson Ledges.

WILL NONNAMAKERDATE OF BIRTH: 12/24/1971 BIRTHPLACE: Lima, Ohio CURRENT RESIDENCE: North Canton, OhioOFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.willnonnamaker.comBIOGRAPHY: Nonnamaker returns to the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series in2013 where he will drive in the No. 43 Team Sahlen BMW/Riley Daytona Prototype.PERSONAL: Nonnamaker applied his Marketing degree from Miami (Ohio) University to motorsports,creating the Planet Earth Motorsports campaignwhich started in 1997. He is involved in theday-to-day management of running hisfamily owned businesses.

JOE SAHLENDATE OF BIRTH: 9/25/1952BIRTHPLACE: Buffalo, N.Y.CURRENT RESIDENCE: Elma, N.Y.OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.teamsahlen.comBIOGRAPHY: Sahlen returns to the GRAND-AM RolexSports Car Series in 2013, and will compete in the No. 43Team Sahlen BMW/Riley Daytona Prototype.PERSONAL: Sahlen owns Sahlen Packing Company Inc.,a meat-packing company which sponsors Team Sahlen,the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen and GRAND-AMSahlen’s Paddock Club. He also owns Sahlen SportsPark, an indoor sports complex in Elma, N.Y.

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DORAN RACINGTeam Owner: Kevin DoranWebsite: www.doranracing.comDoran Enterprises is a multi-faceted company with a superlative record ofexcellence on and off the track and a proven history of excellent return for itsmotorsports marketing partners and customers. Unveiled at the beginning of the2003 season, a DORAN JE4 won both the team and the driver championships inGRAND-AM, immediately showcasing the excellence that is Doran Enterprises'hallmark. A DORAN JE4 also became the first Daytona Prototype to win the Rolex24 At Daytona when Bell Motorsports' DORAN JE4 won that event in 2004. DoranRacing has prepared and fielded race cars in a wide variety of series for manyyears, and is legendary for the many championships and events it has won inendurance sports car racing. Under Kevin Doran's direction, victories were attainedin the Rolex 24 At Daytona in both 1998 (MOMO Ferrari) and 2002 (Doran-ListaDallara Judd). The team's lead driver in 2002, Didier Theys, won GRAND-AM'sdriver championship that year, while Doran-Lista Racing finished second in theteam standings for the third consecutive year. The Doran Racing-prepared MOMOFerrari was the first and only team in U.S. history to win the Rolex 24 At Daytona,the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Watkins Glen Six-Hour race in thesame year (1998).

JON BENNETTDATE OF BIRTH: 5/4/1965BIRTHPLACE: Fort Knox, KentuckyCURRENT RESIDENCE: Fort Mill, South CarolinaOFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.colinbraun.comPERSONAL: 2010 founded CORE Autosport

COLIN BRAUNDATE OF BIRTH: 9/22/1988BIRTHPLACE: Ovalo, TexasCURRENT RESIDENCE: Ovalo, TexasOFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.colinbraun.comBIOGRAPHY: A relative sports car veteran and NASCAR star in spite of his youngage, Colin Braun returned to his roots for the 50th Rolex 24 At Daytona for KrohnRacing in 2012. The young Texan finished 11th in DP. He moves to Doran Racingfor this season.PERSONAL: Braun trained on a quarter-mile home track in a 125cc shifter karthe built. His father, Jeff, has worked as an engineer for several Rolex SeriesDaytona Prototype teams.

KROHN RACINGTeam Owner: Tracy W. KrohnWebsite: www.krohnracing.netThe Krohn Racing team was formed by Tracy W. Krohn in late 2005 to campaign the2006 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series. The team's inaugural race was the Rolex24 At Daytona in January 2006 with a single car, which finished in the top five.Krohn Racing competed the remainder of the season as a two-car team, collectingthree victories, six podium finishes, one pole position, and 14 top-10 finishes ontheir way to winning the Daytona Prototype Drivers' Championship. They alsofinished second in the Daytona Prototype Team Championship. In 2007, KrohnRacing team fielded two Pontiac Rileys and finished fourth in the GRAND-AMDaytona Prototype Team Championship after collecting six podiums, nine top five,and 15 top-10 finishes, as well as two pole positions. In March of 2007, Proto-AutoLLC was created as a partnership between Lola Cars LLC in the United Kingdom andKrohn Racing in the United States to build new Prototype chassis for Rolex Seriescompetition for 2008. At Mexico City the team captured their first podium of theseason, followed up by another podium at the Brumos Porsche 250 night race atDaytona International Speedway. In the 14 races during the 2008 season, KrohnRacing accumulated two podiums, six top five and 13 top-10 finishes.

NIC JÖNSSONDATE OF BIRTH: 8/4/1967 BIRTHPLACE: Bankeryd, SwedenCURRENT RESIDENCE: Buford, Ga. OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.nicjonsson.comBIOGRAPHY:Nic Jönssonmade his first professional start in 1989 and was the ScandinavianFormula 3 champion in 1990 and 1991. In 1992 he won the Scandinavian Touring Car title andfinished second in European Formula 3. Most recently, Jönsson won the 2011 GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Street Tuner Driver championship in a Kia ForteKoup. Jönsson has raced touring cars and sports cars all over the world and hascompeted in the American LeMans Series as well as Indy and the Pirelli World Challengeseries. Jönsson, who is a highly sought-after test and development driver, scored his firstGRAND-AM victory in 2005 at the Six Hours at The Glen. Outside of sports car racing, Jönssonhas trained the Swedish royal family and secret-service agents in high-performance and self-defense driving. A native of Sweden, Jönsson is the co-founder and owner of KineticMotorsports.

TRACY KROHNDATE OF BIRTH: 8/26/1954 BIRTHPLACE: Houston, TexasCURRENT RESIDENCE: Houston, Texas OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.krohnracing.netBIOGRAPHY: The owner of Krohn Racing, Tracy Krohn finished 11th in DP in theNo. 76 Krohn Racing Ford/Lola in the 2012 Rolex 24 At Daytona.PERSONAL: Founder, Chairman and CEO of W&T Offshore, an independent oil andnatural gas acquisition, exploitation and explorationcompany based in Houston, Texas. W&T Offshore istraded on the New York Stock Exchange underthe symbol “WTI.”

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GAINSCO/ BOB STALLINGS RACINGTeam Owner: Bob StallingsWebsite: www.gainscoracing.comOwner Bob Stallings founded the team after he won the 2004 SCCA FormulaAtlantic National Championship. His dream was to field a top-level DaytonaPrototype, and to make his dream a reality he hired top personnel from around theworld of motorsports, including driver Alex Gurney and engineer Kyle Brannan –both of whom honed their skills in the hotly contested Toyota AtlanticChampionship. Gurney set fast lap in the team's first-ever Rolex Series practiceday at the team's Laguna Seca – putting the GRAND-AM world on notice that theNo. 99 was for real. In 2006, the team's first full season, Gurney and another ToyotaAtlantic standout, Jon Fogarty, showed repeated strength with more podiums, apole and a sixth-place finish in the season championship. The next season,GAINSCO claimed its first of two DP class championships (2009).Entering the 2012 campaign, GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing was third in all-timeDP victories (15) and second in all-time DP poles (24). The No. 99 GAINSCO AutoInsurance Corvette Daytona Prototype is contesting the full Rolex Seriesschedule with Gurney and Fogarty at the wheel, while Memo Gildley and DarrenLaw also ran in the car in the Rolex 24 At Daytona.

JON FOGARTYDATE OF BIRTH: 5/23/1975BIRTHPLACE: Palo Alto, Calif.CURRENT RESIDENCE: Bend, Ore.BIOGRAPHY: Fogarty will rejoin teammate Alex Gurney in 2013. The pair werejoined by Memo Gidley and Darren Law in the Rolex 24 At Daytona.PERSONAL: Fogarty dabbles with the bass guitar. His first races were onBig Wheels down a hill behind his childhood home.

ALEX GURNEYDATE OF BIRTH: 9/4/1974BIRTHPLACE: Newport Beach, Calif.CURRENT RESIDENCE: Irvine, Calif.BIOGRAPHY: Gurney will rejoin teammate Jon Fogarty in 2013. The pair werejoined by Memo Gidley and Darren Law in the Rolex 24 at Daytona.PERSONAL: Son of legendary racer Dan Gurney, who was the first driver to winraces in NASCAR, Formula 1 and IndyCar Series in their career. Holds a BusinessAdministration degree from the University of Colorado.

SPIRIT OF DAYTONA RACINGTeam Owner: Troy FlisWebsite: www.sdr-motorsports.comSince its inception, the mission of Spirit of Daytona has been to create a highprofile and professional race car team and an automotive facility to assist theultimate car enthusiast with their hot rod, street tuner or racecar. Spirit of Daytonawas founded in 1987 when Troy Flis and his brother began competing in club-racingevents with their Volkswagen. Troy's love for turning cars into speeding,streamlined racing machines soon became a small business and after numerouswins on the club-racing circuit he turned professional in 1999 with the beginning ofthe GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16.Theteam saw a very successful 2012 season with Spirit of Daytona finishing third inthe Rolex Series championship – scoring 3 wins, 3 poles, 4 podiums, and 7 top-fivefinishes with the No. 90 Corvette. Spirit of Daytona claimed its first win at BarberMotorsports Park with Antonio Garcia and Richard Westbrook. They followed upthat effort with another victory at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course when Westbrook wasjoined by Michael Valiante. Garcia and Westbrook teamed for Spirit of Daytona’sthird win of the season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. For the 2013 season,Richard Westbrook will be joined by Ricky Taylor.

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RICKY TAYLORDATE OF BIRTH: 8/3/1989BIRTHPLACE: Surrey, EnglandCURRENT RESIDENCE: Apopka, Fla.BIOGRAPHY: Taylor returns to the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series DaytonaPrototype class in 2013 with Spirit of Daytona Racing.PERSONAL: Taylor is a student at the University of Central Florida majoring inMechanical Engineering.

RICHARD WESTBROOKDATE OF BIRTH: 7/10/1975BIRTHPLACE: Essex, EnglandCURRENT RESIDENCE: London, EnglandOFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.richardwestbrook.co.ukBIOGRAPHY: Westbrook returns to Rolex Series Daytona Prototype competitionwith Spirit of Daytona Racing and their Chevrolet Corvette DP in 2013 alongsideco-driver Ricky TaylorPERSONAL: Westbrook is a Corvette factory driver.

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aturday morning'ssecond round of the2013 title chase is

sure to be no different. A fieldof well over 50 cars,representing at least a dozendifferent manufacturers, will dobattle for two and a half hours,and the list of potential winnersis extensive.

The 'showroom stock'concept is well proven. It isstrictly controlled and allowsteams to make only veryspecific changes to the carsthat you or I could buy from anycar dealership around thecountry. Costs, therefore, arekept within reasonable bounds– at least by auto racingstandards – and the sanctioningbody, GRAND-AM, works hardto ensure that no one oversteps

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classes. Grand Sport (GS)features large-displacement sixor eight-cylinder sports cars,including the Ford MustangBoss 302 R, Chevrolet CamaroGS.R, Porsches, BMWs and theexotic Aston Martin Vantage, aswell as some smaller-capacitymotors featuring forcedinduction, such as the SubaruWRX STI. The Street Tuner (ST)class caters to smaller four orsix-cylinder cars – which canbe sedans, coupes or roadsters– and boasts a wide range ofcompeting marques includingBMW, Honda, Mazda, Nissan,Porsche and Volkswagen. Theeclectic mix draws drivers withan equally wide variety ofexperience and ensures there

is never a dull moment.The season-opening race at

Daytona InternationalSpeedway in January set thetone for another intriguingcampaign with six different GScars taking a turn out in front ofthe field and no fewer than ninedifferent ST competitorsenjoying a taste of the lead.

In the end, overall and GSspoils fell to Jack Roush Jr andBilly Johnson; it was the secondtime in succession that theCalifornia/Michigan pairing hadswept to victory at Daytona intheir distinctive red #61 RoushPerformance Mustang Boss 302R. They make an interestingcombination. Yes, Roush is theson of legendary drag racing,NASCAR and Trans-Am entrant(and two-time air-crash

survivor) Jack Roush, aka ‘TheCat in the Hat’. Junior is 39 nowand has amassed plenty ofaccomplishments of his own. Hebegan karting at the age of 6and established his owninternet software companybefore joining RoushPerformance to focus on theinternet side of his father'sbusiness which specializes inhigh-performance aftermarketcar parts and accessories;Roush Jr has been racing in theContinental Challenge since2006. Daytona marked his ninthGS victory – all with Johnson –and the perfect way to return toaction after being forced to missthe final two races last year dueto a broken wrist sustained in acrash at Mazda RacewayLaguna Seca.

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Teammate Johnson, 26,looked set for a career in theopen-wheel ranks after winningmultiple karting titles anddisplaying immense promise inFormula BMW in the mid-2000s.Once the California nativerealized the difficulties he facedin obtaining the budget to keephis career on an upward curve,however, he began to exploreother options. He soon foundhis niche in the Continental TireSports Car Challenge. Johnsonfinished second in the 2007 STstandings, winning a series-high four races, and hasamassed nine more victoriessince moving up to GS thefollowing year. No one hasscored more CTSCC wins orpodiums than Johnson over thepast five seasons.

Personable, versatile andfast, Johnson has made hismark in other series, too,including starts in both GTand DP cars in the RolexSports Car Series and theNASCAR Nationwide series,but for 2013 his sights are setfirmly on some unfinishedbusiness – namely to win theCTSCC title with Roush.

Many other contenders haveidentical aspirations, includingthe other two podium finishersat Daytona,Matt Plumb/NickLonghi and defending serieschampions DavidEmpringham/John Farano.

Plumb and Longhi bouncedback from being punted into anearly spin and a penalty for apit-lane speed violation tofinish a strong second in Luis

and Jennifer Bacardi'sdistinctive Rum Bum RacingPorsche Carrera. The pairinitially thought they hadclinched the 2012championship after winningthe final race at Lime RockPark, only to discover theywere ineligible for pointsbecause Longhi didn'tcomplete the minimum drivingtime (30 minutes) and Plumb,who took over at the wheelinside the opening half-hour ofthe race, was not properlynominated for points. Plumbwas initially entered in both ofthe team's cars, but given sucha scenario, GRAND-AMregulations require that thedriver must start the race in thecar with which he intends toscore points.

The oversight was as leastpartly assuaged by the fact thatRum Bum Racing, managed byaccomplished racing veteranJoeVarde, did clinch the TeamChampionship – due rewardafter winning five of the 10races. This year they plan toadd the Driver Championshipto their laurels.

Canadians Empringhamand Farano were thebeneficiaries of the Rum Bumteam's miscue, claiming the2012 GS title after aremarkably consistentcampaign in their BGBMotorsports Porsche. In fact,they failed to win a race butwere always among theleading contenders, failingonly twice to finish amongthe top six. f

SERIES CLASSIFICATIONS

GRAND-AM CONTINENTAL TIRESPORTS CAR CHALLENGEThe Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge features sportscars from manufacturers worldwide, straight from the

showroom floor, racing side-by-side with only minormodifications. The only improvements made

are in the area of safety. The twoclasses competing simultaneously ontrack in the Continental TireChallenge are Grand Sport (GS) and

Street Tuner (ST).

GRAND SPORTCLASS (GS)GS cars have engines that generatebetween 350 – 405 horsepower,which equates to speeds in excess

of 160 mph. This class includes Aston Martin Vantages, BMWM3s, Chevrolet Camaros, and Ford Mustangs, among otherhigh performance race cars.

STREET TUNER CLASS (ST)ST cars can reach speeds in excess of 130 mph but thereare no V8s allowed, only four and six-cylinder engines arepermitted. Mazda Speed 3s, BMW 328is, Volkswagen GTIsand Honda Civic Si's are examples of ST machines. Theserace cars create a thrilling event for spectators.

CTSCC POINTS STANDINGSGS1 Billy Johnson 35Jack Roush Jr 35

2 Matt Plumb 32Nick Longhi 32

3 John Farano 30David Empringham 30

4 FrankMontecalvo 28NickMancuso 28

5 Eric Curran 26Lawson Aschenbach 26

6 John Edwards 25Matt Bell 25

7 MikeMcGovern 24

8 Kris Wilson 24Tim Fox 23

9 Spencer Pumpelly 22Jim Norman 22

10 Roger Miller 21Ian James 21

ST1 35 Vesko Kozarov 35

2 Tyler Cooke 32Gregory Liefooghe 32

3 Ryan Eversley 30Kyle Gimple 30

4 Daniel Rogers 28Seth Thomas 28

5MacMcGehee 26Cory Friedman 26

6 Rhett O'Doski 25Andrew Carbonell 25

7 Andrew Jordan 24James Colborn 24

8 Andrew Newell 23Ted Anthony Jr 23

9 Chris Lock 22PeteMcIntosh 22

10Jesse Combs 21Jeff Mosing 21

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he primary focus this weekend willof course be on sports cars asGRAND-AM’s headlining Rolex

Sports Car Series Daytona Prototypes andGTs make their eagerly anticipated debut atCircuit of the Americas alongside the streetcar-based contenders from the ContinentalTires Sports Car Challenge.But don’t forget, though, that many of the topcontenders first cut their racing teeth, so tospeak, in the open-wheel ranks.The Pro Mazda Championship Presented

by Cooper Tires sports a slightly differentname this year, with Andersen Promotionsnow at the helm after the Rodrigues family’swithdrawal from the Star Mazda series theycreated in 1991, but its credibility remainsintact. And don’t be surprised if several ofthe leading contenders from this weekend’spair of races – which open up the 2013season – find their way into sports cars inthe years to come.After all, that’s exactly what happened to

former champions Dane Cameron andJohn Edwards, both of whom are likely toplay leading roles in the Grand-Am of theAmericas Presented by GAINSCO andTotal. Cameron won the Pro Mazda crownin 2007, and this year has made theprogression, along with Team Sahlen, fromRolex GT to DP, while Edwards, whosucceeded Cameron as the title winner in2008, is sure to be one of the leading GT

protagonists in the Stevenson MotorsportsChevrolet Camaro GT.R.‘I’m very proud of being able to call

myself a Pro Mazda Champion,’ saysCameron. ‘The series is always full of verytalented and extremely hungry youngdrivers, and at times it feels like half thefield has a chance to win races. I learnedtwo very valuable lessons. The first one wasthat consistency wins championships. Also,I realized how much time can be gained orlost on the first few laps after a start, or arestart. It was important to build a gap andthen try to manage it. Now, in sports carswith tons of pit stops and restarts, you cangain a lot by being quicker than the otherguys on cold tires. I really enjoyed my timein Pro Mazda – being successful therereally helped to put me on the map as Imoved forward in my career.’Pro Mazda will comprise a total of 16

races this year, beginning here at COTAwith a pair of 45-minute sprints – oneapiece on Friday and Saturday. The actionis sure to be fast and furious.At least four drivers – Matthew Brabham,

Spencer Pigot, Scott Anderson and ShelbyBlackstock – are graduating this year fromUSF2000. And all are very highly rated.Brabham, who celebrated his 19th

birthday on Monday, hails from a racingdynasty. His grandfather, Sir Jack, won a trioof Formula 1World Championships in 1959,

‘60 and ‘66. His father, Geoff, and uncleDavid both earned victories at the famed24 Hours of Le Mans. The youngestBrabham won last year’s USF2000 crown,which guaranteed him a ride in Pro Mazdavia the MAZDASPEED Driver DevelopmentScholarship. Coupled with AndrettiAutosport (which also won the IZODIndyCar Series title last year with RyanHunter-Reay), he must surely be regardedas a likely title contender.‘I’m so excited for this upcoming

season, as I am moving up a step in theMazda Road to Indy,’ says Brabham. ‘ThePro Mazda car has more power than I’mused to and it’s such a fun car to drive, soI’m really looking forward to my first racehere at Circuit of the Americas.’Pigot, meanwhile, has been snapped up

by Team Pelfrey, which guided EnglishmanJack Hawksworth to the 2012 Pro Mazda title.The Florida-based squad has undergonesome changes since then but the talentedPigot, 19, who won eight of the 14 USF2000events last year and only narrowly missedout on claiming the title, continued to displayhis ability when he convincingly topped aPro Mazda test at the Indianapolis MotorSpeedway road course last fall.‘Starting a new racing season is always

exciting, especially this year as I’m movingup to the Pro Mazda Championship withTeam Pelfrey,’ says Pigot. ‘It’s going to be a

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tough season; there are a lot of newchallenges for myself and the team. It’s beena while since my last race so I’m reallylooking forward to the first round here inAustin. Being able to kick the year off atCOTA will be an awesomeexperience. I’ve watcheda lot of footage from thetrack and it looks like ablast to drive!’Anderson, 24, also

boasts strongcredentials afterwinning the 2011Skip Barber National title and adding apair of USF2000 wins last year in hisrookie campaign, while 23-year-oldBlackstock – the son of country singingstar Reba McIntyre – showed solid paceboth in USF2000 and the Continental TireChallenge last year.Minnesota-based JDCMotorSports will

field cars for returning series veterans ZachMeyer, from Canada, and Colombian JuanPiedrahita, who finished seventh in last year’stitle-chase. Countryman Juan Camilo Acosta,who scored one win during a partial seasonin the PanamGP Series in 2012, will step upto Pro Mazda with the new Cresson,Texas-based M1 Racing team,while other talentednewcomers will include Californianteenager Kyle Kaiser and California-basedWelshman Lloyd Read. z

WHAT IS PRO MAZDA ?clearly defined path to reach the top echelonsof the sport in North America had becomefractured over time but has been revitalized in

recent years by the Mazda Road to Indy which, allied tothe MAZDASPEED Driver Development Ladder, nowcomprises all the ingredients necessary to ensure alogical and well balanced three-step progression throughthe ranks. Sanctioned by INDYCAR, Pro Mazda representsthe middle step on the Mazda Road to Indy, in betweenUSF2000 and Indy Lights. Frenchman Tristan Vautier, whowon the title in 2011, will graduate to the IZOD IndyCarSeries after winning last year’s Firestone Indy LightsChampionship, while 2012 champion Jack Hawksworth,from England, is looking to follow in his footsteps bystepping up into Indy Lights for 2013. Pro Mazdacan trace its roots back to 1983, when the JimRussell Racing School imported a fleetof tube-frame Hayashi chassis from

Japan, and mated them with the ultra reliable Mazdarotary engines. The school ran a well supportedprofessional series which provided a launching pad forthe careers of many well known drivers. Gary Rodriguestook over the sanctioning rights in 1991, beginning with aseries of regional championships around the UnitedStates before Star Mazda evolved into a true nationaltitle-chase in 1999. The current cars, introduced in 2004,feature state-of-the-art composite chassis, MazdaRenesis rotary engines and – new for 2013 – Cooper Zeonracing tires. Top names to have graduated through theseries include NASCAR veteran Michael MacDowell, BMWMotorsport factory driver Joey Hand, current IZOD IndyCarSeries standouts Graham Rahal, Marco Andretti andJames Hinchcliffe, and rising star Conor Daly.

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11 JUAN ACOSTA CALI, COLOMBIA M1 RACING13 DOM BASTIEN ROUBAIX, FRANCE M1 RACING16 LLOYD READ NEWPORT, WALES JDC MOTORSPORTS TBA18 KYLE KAISER SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA WORLD SPEED MOTORSPORTS28 SHELBY BLACKSTOCK NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT TEAM37 JAY HORAK MESA, ARIZONA AUTOENGINUITY STAR RACE CARS44 SCOTT ANDERSON FORT COLLINS, COLORADO JUNCOS RACING48 PATRICK LINN PITTSBURGH, PA PRL MOTORSPORTS57 DIEGO FERREIRA MARACAY, VENEZUELA JUNCOS RACING TEAM66 ZACK MEYER TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA JDC MOTORSPORTS75 JEFF GARIBOTTI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS GARIBOTTI RACING80 FRANCISCO CERULLO CARACAS, VENEZUELA LINARES RACING81 SPENCER PIGOT ORLANDO, FLORIDA TEAM PELFREY82 PETRI SUVANTO NURMO, FINLAND TEAM PELFREY83 MATTHEW BRABHAM BOCA RATON, FLORIDA ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT

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qualified his familiar No. 01 TELMEX/Target Chip Ganassi Racing with FelixSabates Dinan/BMW-powered Rileysquarely on pole position. He set out ashe intended to continue, leading fromthe front and going on to notch thevictory along with regular GRAND-AMco-driver Memo Rojas, rising IndyCarstar Charlie Kimball and F1, INDYCARand NASCAR veteran Juan PabloMontoya. The win was Pruett's fifth in theRolex 24 At Daytona, tying him with thisyear's Grand Marshall Hurley Haywoodas the most successful of all time at thetwice-around-the-clock classic. Pruetthas also earned five more class victoriesover the years at Daytona, dating back to1987 when he took the GTO honors in aRoush Racing Ford Mustang.

Like so many of today's top racers,Pruett started out in karts, at age 8. Heultimately won 10 major titles – and in 1991was inducted into theWorld KartingAssociation Hall of Fame – before movinginto cars in 1984. He made his markvirtually right away in sedans, joining JackRoush's team and scoring his first IMSAGTO win aboard a Ford Mustang at Poconoin 1985. He won the title one year later,added his first Trans-Am Championship in1987, driving a Roush Racing Ford MerkurXR4Ti, and never looked back.

He was among very few sedan driversto transition successfully into open-wheelcars. After making his Indy Car debut withDick Simon Racing at the 1988 Long BeachGrand Prix, Pruett earned co-Rookie of theYear honors at the 1989 Indianapolis 500 forTruesports Racing, adding two podiumfinishes that year, and was seemingly set fora stellar career before suffering a

devastating crash during testing. He missedthe entire 1990 season while recuperatingfrom his injuries but showed he hadlost none of his determination byadding five top-five finishesduring a difficult 1991 campaignwith a brand-new car.

After a brief flirtation onceagain in sports cars whichnetted a second Trans-Amcrown in 1994, Pruettjoined Patrick Racingand embarked on anintensivedevelopmentprogram withFirestone whichculminated in the tiregiant's return to top-level open-wheelracing in 1995 after alengthy hiatus. f

Fast-In All ClassesSCOTT PRUETT IS FIRMLY ACKNOWLEDGED AS ONE OF THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED AND VERSATILE RACE

CAR DRIVERS IN NORTH AMERICA. HE'S COMPETED SUCCESSFULLY IN ALMOST EVERY CONCEIVABLE KIND

OF CAR, AND EVEN AT AGE 52 SHOWS ABSOLUTELY NO SIGN OF LOSING HIS COMPETITIVE DESIRE

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The hard work paid off with a sensationalvictory in that year's Michigan 500following a protracted duel with Al Unser Jr.Pruett's developmental abilities also

were tapped by Toyota when it embarkedon a Champ Car program in 1990, and itwas he who scored the manufacturer'sfirst tangible success by qualifying onpole position for the final race of the '99season at Fontana. It was also Pruett's finalstart at the pinnacle of US open-wheelracing, but far from the end of his career.Pruett moved into NASCAR the

following year, then reverted to the sports-

car realm. He won the GTS class at the LeMans 24 Hours in 2001 at the wheel of aCorvette, added a third Trans-Am title,driving a Jaguar XKR for Paul Gentilozzi'sRocketsports Racing team in 2003, andthen forged his astonishingly successfulpartnership with Ganassi in GRAND-AMRoad Racing which to date has brought nofewer than 39 wins and five Championshipsin the Daytona Prototype division.But wait, there's more! In addition to his

successes behind the wheel, Pruett andwife Judy have collaborated in writing fourhighly acclaimed children's books, which

are marketed through their own publishingcompany,Word Weaver Books, and morerecently have developed an award-winning winery at their home in Auburn,Calif. Indeed, theWine Spectator recentlynamed Pruett Vineyards as one of the topwinemakers to watch in the future.As you can tell, no grass grows

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