Motors TV will have live coverage of the 2013 GRAND-AM Road Racing championship or as it is also known, the Rolex Sports Car Series. Created in 1999 and headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida, Grand-Am kicks off its season with its most important race, the Daytona 24-Hours, which will be held on January 26 and 27. This year, Motors TV will air live coverage from the twice around the clock classic. The big news in 2013 is the eventual merger with its rival championship, the American Le Mans Seriesin 2014. No word as yet as to what the new championship will be called, but you can imagine there will be a lot of interest and large fields. However, there is still a title to be won this year and rest assured there are many teams that will want to claim the very last Grand-Am title.
GRAND-AM ROAD RACING RD 4 Live tv link here
Grand-Am features two classes: DP and GT. The DPs (Daytona Prototypes) are closed cockpit cars and slightly resemble the Le Mans prototypes of the 1980s. Teams can choose between various chassis with the front-runners being Riley, Dallara, Lola, Doran and Coyote. When it comes to power plants, there is a long list of suppliers from Porsche to BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, Infiniti and Lexus. For the most part they are 5-litre V8 normally aspirated engines, with power output in the neighbourhood of 500bhp and top speeds of 300+ km/h.
The Grand – Am GT class features the usual suspects in this form of competition from Porsche to Ferrari, BMW, Pontiac, Chevrolet Camaro and Corvette, Mazda, Nissan, Ford, Jaguar and Audi…brake horse power ranges from 390 to 450bhp.
GRAND-AM ROAD RACING
ROLEX SPORTS CAR SERIES – ROAD ATLANTA
CONTINENTAL TIRE SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE – ROAD ATLANTA
BRASSELTON, GEORGIA
April 19-20, 2013
Round 4 of 2013 Season
TEAM CHEVY IN ROLEX SPORT CAR SERIES DAYTONA PROTOTYPE (DP):
· No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Corvette DP – Second (2nd) in team point standings
o Drivers
§ Alex Gurney
§ Jon Fogarty
· No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP – Third (3rd) in team point standings
o Drivers
§ Max Angelelli
§ Jordan Taylor
· No. 90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Corvette DP – Fifth (5th) in team point standings
o Drivers
§ Ricky Taylor
§ Richard Westbrook
· No. 3 8 Star Motorsports – Sixth (6th) in team point standings
o Drivers
§ Enzo Potolicchio
§ Stephane Sarrazin
· No. 5 Action Express Racing Corvette DP – Seventh (7th) in team point standings
o Drivers
§ Christian Fittipaldi
§ Joao Barbosa
· No. 9 Action Express Racing Corvette DP – 10th in team point standings
o Drivers
§ Brian Frisselle
§ Burt Frisselle
DAYTONA PROTOTYPE ENGINE STANDINGS
1. CHEVROLET - 102
2. BMW - 93
3. FORD - 80
TEAM CHEVY IN ROLEX SPORTS CAR SERIES GRAND TOURING (GT):
· No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GT. R – Sixth (6th) in team point standings
o Drivers
§ Robin Liddell
§ John Edwards
· No. 31 Marsh Corvette – Ninth (9th) in team point standings
o Drivers
§ Eric Curran
§ Boris Said
GRAND TOURING MANUFACTURER STANDINGS
1. FERRARI - 88
2. PORSCHE - 83
3. BMW - 74
4. CHEVROLET - 61
5. MAZDA - 14
TEAM CHEVY IN CONTINENTAL TIRE SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE GRAND SPORT (GS):
· No. 9 Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GS.R – Second (2nd) in team point standings
o Drivers
§ Matt Bell
§ John Edwards
· No. 01 CKS Autosport Camaro GS.R – 11th in team point standings
o Drivers
§ Lawson Aschenbach
§ Eric Curran
· No. 00 CKS Autosport Camaro GS. R – 14th in team point standings
o Drivers
§ Ashley McCalmont
§ Bob Michaelian
GRAND SPORT MANUFACTURER STANDINGS
1. PORSCHE - 99
2. ASTON MARTIN - 86
3. FORD - 80
4. CHEVROLET - 79
5. BMW - 72
6. NISSAN - 28
7. SUBARU - 4
8. DODGE - 3
EVENT DETAILS:
· ROAD ATLANTA – ROLEX SPORTS CAR SERIES
o Qualifying: April 19th – DP: 4:30 – 4:45 PM, EDT; GT: 4:00 – 4:15 PM, EDT
o Race: April 20, 2013
o Duration: 2 Hours, 45 Minutes
o Television: SPEED TV – April 20, 2013, 4:30 PM, EDT
· ROAD ATLANTA – CONTINENTAL TIRE SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE
o Qualifying: April 19th – GS: 3:25 – 3:40 PM, EDT
o Race – GS: April 20, 2013, 2:00 PM, EDT
o Duration: 2 Hours, 30 Minutes
o Television: Tape delay on SPEED TV – Saturday April 27, 2013, 2:00 PM, EDT
