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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Notes from day one of the Rolex 24 at Daytona]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/26/notes-from-day-one-of-the-rolex-24-at-daytona/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/26/notes-from-day-one-of-the-rolex-24-at-daytona/</guid><comments>http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/26/notes-from-day-one-of-the-rolex-24-at-daytona/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorsports/" rel="tag">Motorsports</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/audi/" rel="tag">Audi</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/racing/" rel="tag">Racing</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/day-one-from-the-rolex-24-at-daytona/"><img height="419" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/01/daytonagrand-am1.jpg" vspace="4" width="628" /></a><br />
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We came to Daytona Beach, Florida where you can drive on the beach, gun shops outnumber doughnut shops and you can putt-putt <em>and</em> fish for alligators at the same place. But we're not here for any of that - we've made the trip with <a href="http://autoblog.com/audi">Audi</a> in order to experience the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the first race in the 2013 Grand-Am season and the only 24-hour race in America.<br />
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Three teams are racing four <a href="http://autoblog.com/audi/r8">Audi R8</a> Grand-Am cars - WeatherTech Racing, Rum Bum Racing and APR, which is running two cars. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/10/first-pics-of-the-grand-am-rolex-series-audi-r8-lms/">Shown to the world</a> two years ago, the R8 Grand-Am is part of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/29/an-inside-look-at-the-audi-r8-lms-and-its-future-of-racing-in-th/">Audi Sport's R8 LMS customer racing program</a> that was commenced in 2008, and ever since 2009 has been nabbing success all over the world: In four years it has taken 154 victories and 17 series titles. That is with less than 100 cars sold to customers throughout the world, and the trophies - either class wins or overall victories - have been gathered from all of the major endurance races except one: Daytona.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/26/notes-from-day-one-of-the-rolex-24-at-daytona/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Notes from day one of the Rolex 24 at Daytona</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/26/notes-from-day-one-of-the-rolex-24-at-daytona/">Notes from day one of the Rolex 24 at Daytona</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/26/notes-from-day-one-of-the-rolex-24-at-daytona/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20439692/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/26/notes-from-day-one-of-the-rolex-24-at-daytona/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>audi</category><category>audi r8 grand-am</category><category>daytona</category><category>grand am</category><category>grand-am</category><category>r8</category><category>r8 grand-am</category><category>r8 lms</category><category>r8 lms ultra</category><category>rolex 24 at daytona</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathon Ramsey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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