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11-2-2006 - Stars
Set to Shine at Daytona
Stars Set to Shine in First Tune Up for
2007 Rolex 24 At Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (November 2, 2006)
– If next week’s Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series
presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve test sessions at
Daytona International Speedway are any indication, the 2007
Rolex 24 At Daytona—which has attracted star-studded lineups
for the past several years—will be bigger and better than
ever.
The
two-day test session on the 3.56-mile road course at the
“World Center of Racing” scheduled for Monday and Tuesday,
November 6-7, has drawn 41 entries as teams familiarize
themselves with the new BOSCH Engine Control Unit (ECU) that
will be required on all Rolex Series cars in 2007. The field
includes 22 Daytona Prototypes and an impressive driver
roster for the first of three series-sanctioned preseason
tests before the Rolex 24 At Daytona on January 27-28.
The test
will feature almost every Daytona Prototype team that earned
victories during the 2006 season. In addition to the
aforementioned No. 01 and No. 10 teams, Patrick Long is
entered in the No. 23 Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team
Porsche Crawford, Mark Patterson and Oswaldo Negri Jr. are
slated to once again share the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing
Lexus Riley and Colin Braun is listed as the driver of the
No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley.
Braun, who
celebrated his 18th birthday in September, also
returns to Daytona with fond memories. Alongside co-driver Jörg
Bergmeister, who earned the 2006 Daytona Prototype title, Braun
picked up his first career Rolex Series victory in his last
visit to the high banks of Daytona in June’s Brumos Porsche 250.
The victory made Braun the youngest winner of a major league
auto race in North America at the age of 17 years, nine months
and seven days
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