2017 Rolex 24 at Daytona entry list - 55 cars on the grid
Entry list for the Rolex 24 at Daytona is completed and a total of 55 cars in four classes will be on the grid next weekend at Daytona International Speedway.
The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season-opening race again attracts many famous names from all over the world to the legendary venue.[show_more more=”” less=”“]
The defending champions Tequila Patron Extreme Speed Motorsports will field two cars with strong driver line-ups in an attempt to score another victory in one of the most prestigious endurance races in the world. The winners of 2016 race Ed Brown and Johannes van Overbeek are moved to the Oreca #22, accompanied with Bruno Senna, while the other two members of the 2016 winning car #2, Scott Sharp and Pipo Derani, will drive alongside Ryan Dalziel.
Rebellion Racing’s Oreca at Daytona
After an excellent performance at the Roar Before the 24 Rolex at Daytona, Rebellion Racing with experienced drivers definitely could be considered as one of the favorites for the win. The only other team with two cars in Prototype class is Mazda Motorsports and their brand new Mazda DPi also was impressive during the Roar, setting the second-best fastest lap, only 0.02s slower than DragonSpeed’s Oreca LMP2.[/show_more]
A total of 12 cars will be on the grid in the Prototype class:
| No | Team | Drivers |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Tequila Patron ESM | Scott Sharp, Ryan Dalziel, Luis Felipe Derani, Brendon Hartley |
| 5 | Mustang Sampling Racing | Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi, Filipe Albuquerque |
| 10 | Wayne Taylor Racing Konica Minolta | Ricky Taylor, Jordan Taylor ,Max Angelelli, Jeff Gordon |
| 13 | Rebellion Racing | Sebastien Buemi, Nick Heidfeld, Neel Jani, Stephane Sarrazin |
| 22 | Tequila Patron ESM | Ed Brown, Johannes van Overbeek, Bruno Senna, Brendon Hartley |
| 31 | Whelen Engineering Racing | Dane Cameron, Eric Curran, Michael Conway, Seb Morris |
| 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Michael Guasch, Jose Gutierrez, RC Enerson, Tom Kimber-Smith |
| 55 | Mazda Motorsports | Tristan Nunez, Jonathan Bomarito, Spencer Pigot |
| 70 | Mazda Motorsports | Tom Long, Joel Miller, James Hinchcliffe |
| 81 | DragonSpeed | Henrik Hedman, Nicolas Lapierre, Ben Hanley, Loic Duval |
| 85 | JDC-Miller Motorsports | Chris Miller, Stephen Simpson, Misha Goikhberg, Mathias Beche |
| 90 | VisitFlorida Racing | Marc Goossens, Renger van der Zande, Rene Rast |
In the Prototype Challenge class only five cars of three teams are on the entry list:
| No | Team | Drivers |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Starworks Motorsport | Ben Keating, Robert Wickens, Chris Cumming, John Falb, Remo Ruscitti |
| 20 | BAR1 Motorsports | Don Yount, Buddy Rice, Mark Kvamme, Chapman Ducote,Gustavo Yacaman |
| 26 | BAR1 Motorsports | Tom Papadopoulos, Johnny Mowlem, Adam Merzon, Trent Hindman, David Cheng |
| 38 | Performance Tech Motorsports | James French, Patricio OWard, Kyle Masson, Nicholas Boulle |
| 88 | Starworks Motorsports | Scott Mayer, James Dayson, Alex Popow, Sebastian Saavedra |
In 2016, Corvette Racing car #4 won the race in the GTLM class and will defend its crown with the same line up. Here’s the GTLM class entry list:
| No | Team | Drivers |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Corvette Racing | Antonio Garcia, Jan Magnussen, Mike Rockenfeller |
| 4 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner, Marcel Fassler |
| 19 | BMW Team RLL | Bill Auberlen, Alexander Sims, Augusto Farfus, Bruno Spengler |
| 24 | BMW Team RLL | John Edwards, Martin Tomczyk, Nicky Catsburg, Kuno Wittmer |
| 62 | Risi Competizione | Giancarlo Fisichella, James Calado, Toni Vilander |
| 66 | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Dirk Mueller, Joey Hand, Sebastien Bourdais |
| 67 | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Ryan Briscoe, Richard Westbrook, Scott Dixon |
| 68 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Stefan Mucke, Olivier Pla, Billy Johnson |
| 69 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | Harry Tincknell, Andy Priaulx, Tony Kanaan |
| 911 | Porsche GT Team | Patrick Pilet, Dirk Werner, Frederic Makowiecki |
| 912 | Porsche GT Team | Kevin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor, Richard Lietz |
The most cars will race in the GT Daytona class – 27. The 2016 winners Magnus Racing are not on the entry list, so we’ll see who will grab the laurels this year. Here’s the entry list:
| No | Team | Drivers |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Christian Engelhart, Rolf Ineichen, Ezequiel Perez Companc, Mirko Bortolotti |
| 14 | 3GT Racing | Scott Pruett, Sage Karam, Ian James, Gustavo Menezes |
| 15 | 3GT Racing | Jack Hawksworth, Robert Alon, Austin Cindric, Dominik Farnbacher |
| 16 | Change Racing | Corey Lewis, Geert Jeroen Mul, Kaz Grala, Brett Sandberg |
| 18 | DAC Motorsports | Emmanuel Anassis, Zach Claman, Anthony Massari |
| 21 | Konrad Motorsport | Marco Mapelli, Marc Basseng, Luca Stolz, Lance Willsey, Franz Konrad |
| 23 | Alex Job Racing | Bill Sweedler, Townsend Bell, Frank Montecalvo, Pierre Kaffer |
| 27 | Dream Racing Motorsport | Lawrence DeGeorge, Cedric Sbirrazzuoli, Paolo Ruberti, Luca Persiani, Raffaele Giammaria |
| 28 | Alegra Motorsports | Carlos de Quesada, Daniel Morad, Jesse Lazare, Michael de Quesada, Michael Christensen |
| 29 | Montaplast by Land-Motorsport | Connor De Phillippi, Christopher Mies, Jules Gounon, Jeffrey Schmidt |
| 33 | Riley Motorsports Team AMG | Ben Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Mario Farnbacher, Adam Christodoulou |
| 46 | EBIMOTORS | Emanuele Busnelli, Fabio Babini, Emmanuel Collard, TBD |
| 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Bryan Sellers, Madison Snow, Bryce Miller, Andrea Caldarelli, Dion von Moltke |
| 50 | Riley Motorsports WeatherTech Racing | Cooper MacNeil, Gunnar Jeannette, Shane Van Gisbergen, Thomas Jaeger |
| 51 | Spirit of Race | Peter Mann, Maurizio Mediani, Alessandro Pier Guidi, Davide Rigon, TBD |
| 54 | CORE Autosport | Jonathan Bennett, Colin Braun, Patrick Long, Nic Jonsson |
| 57 | Stevenson Motorsports | Lawson Aschenbach, Andrew Davis, Matt Bell, Robin Liddell |
| 59 | Manthey Racing | Steve Smith, Reinhold Renger, Harald Proczyk, Sven Muller |
| 61 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Christian Engelhart, Rolf Ineichen, Roberto Pampanini, Christopher Lenz, Milos Pavlovic |
| 63 | Scuderia Corsa | Christina Nielsen, Alessandro Balzan, Matteo Cressoni, Sam Bird |
| 73 | Park Place Motorsports | Patrick Lindsey, Jorg Bergmeister, Matthew McMurry, TBD |
| 75 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Kenny Habul, Boris Said, Tristan Vautier, Maro Engel |
| 86 | Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Jeff Segal, Oswaldo Negri Jr. , Tom Dyer, Ryan Hunter-Reay |
| 93 | Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Andy Lally, Katherine Legge, Mark Wilkins, Graham Rahal |
| 96 | Turner Motorsport | Justin Marks, Jens Klingmann, Maxime Martin, Jesse Krohn |
| 98 | Aston Martin Racing | Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy, Mathias Lauda, Marco Sorensen |
| 991 | TRG | Santiago Creel, Mike Hedlund, Wolf Henzler, Jan Heylen, Timothy Pappas |
