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This is what it feels like to be a top driver in the grueling Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona. Watch the whole race weekend unfold as reigning GT Champion Leh Keen fights for the lead in his Brumos Porsche GT3 Cup. More »
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The 50th Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona this weekend was one of the best ever, even if everyone didn't get to go home with a shiny watch. Our friends at MotorSportMedia were there to bring you photos from the race. — Ed. More »
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Joao Barbosa finished ninth overall at the Rolex 24 over the weekend, piloting the third fastest Corvette prototype. Judging by the screams, tears and flailing arms of his wife, he's definitely fast enough. More »
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Before the green flag waved over the big enduro race, cars from the Continental Tire series hit the track for the BMW Performance 200. Our friends at MotorSportMedia were there to bring you photos from the race. More »
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Sir Jackie Stewart says making Grand-Am an internationally recognized series means bringing in an even wider selection of cars — if the cars come, the big drivers will too. With a number of new cars on the grid this year, the Rolex 24 is actually starting to look like a world-class event. More »
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This is your reminder that the 50th running of the Rolex 24 Hours At Daytona starts in a few minutes at 2:30 pm. You can watch it on SPEED and overnight on speedtv.com as well as various online sources you can probably find online and in the comments. More »
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This weekend marks the 50th Anniversary of the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona and Jalopnik is again teaming up with MotorSportMedia to bring you the best video and photography from the week of events. First up we've got photos from Thursday's practice. — Ed. More »
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Legendary racer A.J. Foyt is in a hospital in Houston following complications from knee surgery. The 77-year-old racer was supposed to be the grand marshall at the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona this weekend, but an infection has sidelined him so he will remain in Houston. More »
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The 50th running of the Rolex 24 Hours kicks off this weekend at Daytona, and the field is going to be so packed with sports prototypes, Porsches, Audis and Ferraris that you'll want this spotters guide to keep track of everything. More »
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Real racing fans know race day is the culmination of extensive prep work. Teams from around the world met in Florida this weekend for the 'Roar Before The 24' event before the Daytona 24-Hour race. Here's a full gallery of hardcore racing porn created exclusively for Jalopnik by MotorSportMedia. — Ed. More »
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Real racing fans know race day is the culmination of extensive prep work. Teams from around the world met in Florida this weekend for the 'Roar Before The 24' event before the Daytona 24-Hour race. Here's a full gallery of hardcore racing porn created exclusively for Jalopnik by MotorSportMedia. — Ed. More »
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Real racing fans know race day is the culmination of extensive prep work. Teams from around the world met in Florida this weekend for the 'Roar Before The 24' event before the Daytona 24-Hour race. Here's a full gallery of hardcore racing porn created exclusively for Jalopnik by MotorSportMedia. — Ed. More »
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Aiming to raise $1 million for families affected by pediatric cancer, Brian Johnson will be racing at the upcoming Rolex 24 at Daytona. Fans can send in donations by text all through the race in the frontman's "Highway to Help" campaign. More »
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Today is National Collector Car Day and eBay Motors is celebrating by auctioning off a GM Futurliner. We worked with the company to assemble this list of the ten most expensive vintage cars ever sold on eBay. Bids start at $700K. More »
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The 1973 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona that Richard Hammond drove in a season 12 episode of Top Gear is going up for sale at a British auction in May. To celebrate the Ferrari Daytona's 40th anniversary, Top Gear featured the Daytona in a race from Portofino in the Italian Rivera to Saint Tropez, France. Racing against Hammond and the Daytona was the world's fastest diesel production boat co-piloted by the UK's slowest Top Gear host, James May. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5788294&view=rss&microfeed=true There's legislation in Florida that would allow construction of a columbarium — a building for urns — on the grounds of both Daytona International Speedway and Homestead Miami Speedway. "Come for the crashes, stay to see grandma!" More »
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Last month we told you about the North Carolina man who, on a whim, sold the hearse used for Dale Earnhardt's funeral over Craigslist for $8,800. The new owner has it on eBay for a slight markup: $1.5 million. More »
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The Mazda RX-8 of Dempsey Racing has a moment during the 24 Hours of Daytona. While team namesake Patrick Dempsey (SPOILER) scored a third-place GT finish, the #41 car finished 10th in the class. Photo:AP More »
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Hurley Haywood's like three feet tall and a million years old, but as someone who has been his passenger I can attest to what you already know: he's fast. And he knows Daytona like you know your mama's teet. More »
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The Rolex 24 is this weekend at the Daytona International Speedway and you can watch the action from the pits here or check out the qualifying gallery here. (Photo: Mike Washe!) More »
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Crews destroyed, hauled away, and repaved the 1.4-million square feet of racing surface at Daytona International Speedway in just 19 weeks. It took 100 million pounds of asphalt and a ton of engineering know-how. Here's how they did it. More »
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The Noah's Ark of untouched supercars we identified yesterday as belonging to the Sultan of Brunei may actually be in Singapore, despite being sold by some Kiwis. More »
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A broker is selling 25 Ferraris, three Lamborghinis, and a Cizeta, among other rare supercars. All are unregistered with delivery mileage only, which means they almost certainly belong to the Sultan of Brunei. Who is selling the Sultan's cars? More »
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Ten reasons (besides the fact that he survived this fire) why Boris Said is the coolest guy to ever get behind the wheel of a racecar. More »
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A little piece of advice to this obvious Mensa member: If you don't know how to do a burnout, I suggest you practice off-camera before having your two-faced friend film you. (Hat tip to dezcori!) More »
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Did you just park your yellow Ferrari Daytona in front of an insane space house on the shore of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland? If the answer is yes, then we hate you. [via ArchDaily] More »
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A Danica Patrick fan is selling his signed-by-Danica 2006 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona ticket. He's also asking a fairly silly price. $1 million. As you'd expect, there are zero bids. (Hat tip to AustinTheBruiser!) More »
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Raymond Parks, one of the founding members of NASCAR and the owner of its first championship team, died Sunday. He was the last surviving NASCAR founder, and he was once jailed for illegally transporting liquor. Say it with us: Sigh. More »
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(Breathless.) And you know what that means? (Hyperventilating!) I have an eBay account! (Checking bank balance...) I could totally bid on this! (No cash!) Want. (Where's a Nigerian wire-transfer offer when you need it?) [Ebay] More »
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Stock car racing was cooler when the cars were actually stock and safety crews wore Stetsons instead of fire-proof suits. [via HotVVheels] More »
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Carroll Shelby's curious intellectual property lawsuit against Daytona Coupe-replica maker Factory Five, and two web forums has failed with a United States District Court judge dismissing the suit and Factory Five bragging about besting Shelby. More »
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Danica Patrick crashed in a 12-car pileup in her over-hyped NASCAR debut at today's Nationwide race in Daytona. We may be done with Danica, but that doesn't mean NASCAR is. The hype goes on for the next two Nationwide races. More »
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In case you hadn't noticed, the Dodge Challenger is already pretty retro, but the fellows at Heide Performance Products have turned the retro up to 11 with the HPP Daytona, a Dodge Charger Daytona re-imagined on a Challenger chassis. More »
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With just one lap to go in the Coke Zero 400 leader Kyle Busch crashes trying to block Tony Stewart in the final turn as cars fly across the finish line. A blow-by-blow CSI-style analysis of the carnage below. More »
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Rising to the challenge of creating a Daytona is the author of the ASCII Miura, Péter Fűri. Note the headlight treatment, the great use of a tilde as the Ferrari logo and the velocity stacks. More »
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We told you it was coming. Now it's official. Our good friends at Camaro5 have the first live shots of the 2010 Camaro Daytona 500 Pace Car taken at the track. More »
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While most Fauxrraris tend to be based on the mid-engined Pontiac Fiero, you can also find Daytona replicas based on the good ol' C3 Corvette. Since the small-block Chevy can be made to churn out power well beyond anything ever put in a factory Daytona, a Corvettari can be very quick (though the Corvette suspension might make for some white-knuckle driving adventures at Ferrari-esque speeds). Here we've got a well-built Corvettari Daytona, built on a 1980 chassis with EFI 400 small-block and Tremec 5-speed. More »
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Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Here's a type of car I've been hunting for since this series began, a machine so 80s it's like Ollie North in pink leg warmers: the Dodge Daytona Turbo Z! We've seen some members of the extended Chrysler K Family (such as this Aries and this Reliant), but now it's time to see one of the sporty Ks (technically a G, but close enough).
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Yesterday, 68% of voters felt that $129,900 was too much to pay for a 4-year-old lemon-law-buyback Maybach 57, which is doing pretty well according to the harsh standards set by Nice Price Or Crack Pipe. Today we'll be considering a super-low-mileage, near-showroom-condition Dodge Daytona… but we're not talking about the kind of Daytona with the big wing and U-joint-bustin' V8. No, we mean the K-car-based Daytona Turbo Z, which is pretty much the concentrated essence of 1980s style. It's got lots of plastic body parts. It's got the word "Turbo" printed in multiple locations. It's got 142 factory horsepower, and this one's got just 2,021 miles on the clock! That's averages out at fewer than 85 miles per year! The seller has blatantly disregarded eBay car-seller tradition by using correct spelling, grammar, and capitalization, but he or she makes up for it by pointing out the "Star Power" of the car. Worth 25 grand? What do you think? More »
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