NASCAR Sprint Cup driver, A.J. ALLMENDINGER of Los Gatos CA was the fastest and maybe coldest driver for Grand-Am Rolex Series Night Practice at Daytona International Speedway. Allmendinger was driving No.6 Michael Shank Racing Ford/Riley Daytona Prototype at the annual test for the Rolex 24 of Daytona, called this year ‘Roar Before The 24.’ He […]

The Grand-Am Rolex Series schedule for the Roar Before The 24 test session is back on schedule in Frigid Florida at Daytona International Speedway. And I can talk truthfully about the weather, despite the protests of The Friends of the Daytona Chamber of Commerce. The temperature barely reached 37 degrees F/2.777 C before dropping back […]

Scratch Practice Three for the Grand-Am Rolex Series ‘Roar Before The Roar’ at Daytona International Speedway. The track temperature was below freezing F and not a single car ventured on track. The ambient temperature and track temperature both hovered around 33-34 degrees F/0.5C until noon. For the fourth session, thirty teams had cars on course, […]

There is a bit of snow and sleet coming down at Daytona International Speedway, with ice in some of the track corners. This has put a crimp in the schedule for Day Two of the Grand-Am Roar Before The 24 Rolex Series test session. The temperature is 33 degrees F/0.5C, with a breeze which makes […]