Fourteen of 33 starters from Indianapolis 500 headline Rolex 24
The Verizon IndyCar Series will have significant star power this week at the 53rd Rolex 24 At Daytona as 14 of the 33 starters from the 98th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race will compete in the first endurance race of the IMSA-sanctioned schedule at Daytona International Speedway. A Verizon IndyCar Series competitor has co-driven the winning overall entry in the Rolex 24 At Daytona the past four years. Click here for the full story on past winning competitors. "The 24 kind of kicks off the year and has become part of my calendar," said Hunter-Reay, the reigning Indianapolis 500 winner and 2012 Verizon IndyCar Series champion. "I always look forward to it before the start of the (Verizon IndyCar Series) season. It definitely helps you get in race shape after a long layoff." There are 53 entries for the race on the 3.56-mile, 12-turn course: 16 Daytona Prototypes, eight Prototype Challenges, 10 GT Le Mans and 19 GT Daytona cars. Drivers who competed full time in the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series (* Indianapolis 500 only) entered in the sports car race with class in parentheses: Sage Karam*, No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (Prototype) Charlie Kimball, No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (Prototype) Tony Kanaan, No. 02 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (Prototype) Scott Dixon, No. 02 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (Prototype) Sebastien Bourdais, No. 5 Action Express Racing (Prototype) Ryan Hunter-Reay, No. 7 Starworks Motorsport (Prototype) Jack Hawksworth, No. 11 RSR Racing (Prototype Challenge) Martin Plowman*, No. 61 BAR1 Motorsports (Prototype Challenge) Ryan Briscoe, No. 3 Corvette Racing (GT Le Mans) Simon Pagenaud, No. 4 Corvette Racing (GT Le Mans) Graham Rahal, No. 24 BMW Team RLL (GT Le Mans) Townsend Bell*, No. 63 Scuderia Corsa (GT Daytona) James Hinchcliffe, No. 70 SpeedSource (Prototype) James Davison*, No. 007 TRG-AMR (GT Daytona) Additionally, 2014 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires champion Gabby Chaves returns to co-drive the No. 0 DeltaWing with former Verizon IndyCar Series driver Katherine Legge, Memo Rojas and Andy Meyrick. Shelby Blackstock, who moves from Pro Mazda to Indy Lights with Andretti Autosport this season, will share seat time with Plowman.
Media Contact: Mike Kitchel mkitchel@indycar.com
