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  • Ford GT fetches new livery for 2019 IMSA season

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    Either Ford is teasing us during testing or they are dramatically changing their livery for the endurance racing program this upcoming IMSA season. Two of Chip Ganassi Racing’s drivers have posted about the restyled GTs. Now dressed in all white, the cars boast a great big blue oval on the nose with red accents across…

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  • A Hoon's-Eye View of the 2017 Rolex 24 at Daytona

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    The 55th 24 Hours of Daytona (or Rolex 24) is in the books and by now you probably already know about the winners, the new cars, and what to expect from the rest of the season. If you missed the results and analysis, we’ve got you covered here and here. Every good thing you heard…

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  • The DFL Show: Episode 36 – The Season Begins

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    This week on The DFL Show, it’s Brad, Pat, and Joel gathered around their mics to discuss racing. Mostly Daytona. Pretty much the whole show is about Daytona. Okay, a lot of the show is about the race-winning pass at Daytona. Daytona was a great way to open the season, wasn’t it? DAYTONA! We also…

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  • Motorsport Monday: Cadillac's Daytona Win Is Good For IMSA

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    The endurance classic has a recent trend of producing the most exciting finishes, 2017 notwithstanding.  If I’m being honest with myself the race was a little bit boring this year for at least the first 20 hours or so. That’s how endurance racing has traditionally been throughout my lifetime, but since about the mid-2000s this…

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  • Year of Endurance 2017: A 24 Hours of Daytona Preview

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    To continue my quest to keep track of all the huge endurance races this year and preach that gospel to the 11 people who actually care, here’s another huge, burdensome look ahead at this weekend’s Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. The IMSA race has an insanely deep field and plenty of new cars about which…

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  • The 2016 Rolex 24 – a tale of exhaustion, tinnitus, and bewilderment

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    Last weekend’s Rolex 24 at the Daytona became an instant classic the moment the green flag dropped. This year’s twice round the clock spectacle saw new, highly anticipated cars in their first race and it was the first event held at the newly renovated Daytona International Speedway, which is now being billed as “the world’s…

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  • A Visit To Alex Job Racing and The Ultimate Rod Shop

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    Well, my fellow Hoons, this olelongrooffan is still hanging out in the pits and garage area of life these days so, on a fluke, I emailed my Rolex24 buddy, RJ, to see if he was in town for Mother’s Day. Well, it turns out he is in the USA for a few weeks off his…

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  • An Audio Guide To The Rolex 24 Hours Of Daytona

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    With the 24 Hours of Daytona coming up this weekend, Eric Rood and I decided to sit down and have a recorded conversation about this absolutely stacked field of talent for this race. It worked well for our 25 Hours of Thunderhill preview last year, so why not do it again? Every single class has depth, and…

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  • A Texan Hoon Goes to GRAND-AM, and other Texans Win! We Talk to One Winning Driver.

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    The Circuit of the America’s, Austin’s new road course, opens up 2013’s wicked year of racing with GRAND-AM. GRAND-AM comprises of a mixture of production-based road cars and purpose-built race cars, known as the Daytona Prototypes (Which still used production-based motors). For the production cars, GRAND-AM gives us the GT and GX classes, where an…

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  • 2013 Rolex24 at Daytona: The Post Race Parade

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    So as this olelongrooffan has been listening, albeit from a distance, to those NASCAR stock cars roar around the Daytona International Speedway this past week or so. I knew time was rapidly running out for my Rolex24 posts and I have been hustling trying to get the last ones up. I am nothing if not…

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