Filipe Albuquerque minced no words when discussing his view of the controversial finish to the 55th annual Rolex 24 at Daytona on Sunday at Daytona Int’l Speedway.
Max Angelelli’s final stint Sunday morning, as the 55th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona began to wind down, was like a look back to the early days for the 50-year-old Italian.
A timely shower allowed Filipe Albuquerque and the No. 5 Action Express Cadillac DPi to lead the 55th annual Rolex 24 at Daytona as the field crossed the six-hour benchmark on Saturday night, picking up the first available bonus points towards the Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup.
A rare mistake by five-time Rolex 24 at Daytona overall winner Scott Pruett saw the 3GT Racing Lexus RC F GT3 crash out early during Saturday’s 55th running of the twice-around-the-clock endurance classic.
Preparing for the start of Saturday’s 55th annual Rolex 24 at Daytona, Jeff Gordon joked that he wasn’t at all prepared for the ‘culture shock’ of working with the Taylor brothers during the twice-around-the-clock endurance classic.
Neel Jani and the Rebellion Racing team have seemed virtually unstoppable through the first two days of the Roar Before The Rolex 24 open test weekend at Daytona Int’l Speedway, and that could be scary for the rest of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship field.
Ford Performance and Chip Ganassi Racing announced their 12-man driver lineup for the 55th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona Int’l Speedway on Friday, with Verizon IndyCar Series champions Tony Kanaan and Scott Dixon joining the cast of characters in the Ford GT camp on Jan. 28-29.