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Daytona Finale
The Daytona Finale was a sports car race held at the infield road course of the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The race was held from 1972 until 1986, and again in 1996, by the IMSA GT Championship. The race was revived in 2001 by the Grand American Road Racing Association. Results {, class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" , - ! Year ! Drivers ! Team ! Car ! Duration/Distance ! Race Title ! Report , - !colspan="7", IMSA GT Championship , - ! 1972 , Gene Felton , Gene Felton , Chevrolet Camaro , , Presidential 250 , ''report'' , - ! 1973 , Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood , Peter Gregg , Porsche Carrera , , Camel 250 , ''report'' , - ! 1974 , John Greenwood , John Greenwood Racing , Chevrolet Corvette , , Daytona Finale , ''report'' , - ! 1975 , John Greenwood , John Greenwood Racing , Chevrolet Corvette , , Championship Finals , ''report'' , - ! 1976 , Michael Keyser , , Chevrolet Monza , , Championship F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Car Racing
Sports car racing is a form of motorsport road racing which utilises sports cars that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be purpose-built prototypes or grand tourers based on road-going models. Broadly speaking, sports car racing is one of the main types of circuit auto racing, alongside open-wheel single-seater racing (such as Formula One), touring car racing (such as the British Touring Car Championship, which is based on 'saloon cars' as opposed to the 'exotics' seen in sports cars) and stock car racing (such as NASCAR). Sports car races are often, though not always, endurance races that are run over relatively large distances, and there is usually a larger emphasis placed on the reliability and efficiency of the car as opposed to outright speed of the driver. The FIA World Endurance Championship is an example of a sports car racing series. A type of hybrid between the purism of open-wheelers and the familiarity of touring car racing, this style is often associate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
