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ROLEX 24 at DAYTONA Daytona International Speedway - Daytona Beach, Florida January 27-31, 2016 Pre-Race Entry List 1-30-16 PROTOTYPE (P) (P) ENTRIES - 13 CAR NO ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA Daytona International Speedway - Daytona Beach, Florida January 27-31, 2016 Pre-Race Entry List 1-30-16 PROTOTYPE (P) (P) ENTRIES - 13 CAR NO. DRIVERS & NATIONALITY TEAM SPONSOR CAR TYPE TIRE ENGINE FUEL Katherine Legge GBR Sean Rayhall USA 0 Andy Meyrick GBR Andreas Wirth DEU Panoz DeltaWing Racing DWC13 Continental Elan E10 Scott Sharp USA Ed Brown USA 2 Johannes van Overbeek USA Luis Felipe Derani BRA Tequila Patrón ESM Tequila Patrón Ligier JS P2 Continental Honda HPD E10 Christian Fittipaldi BRA João Barbosa PRT 5 Filipe Albuquerque PRT Scott Pruett USA Action Express Racing Mustang Sampling Corvette DP Continental Chevrolet E10 Ricky Taylor USA Jordan Taylor USA No. 10 Konica Minolta Corvette DP for Max Angelelli ITA Rubens Barrichello BRA Corvette DP Continental Chevrolet E10 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Dane Cameron USA Eric Curran USA 31 Simon Pagenaud FRA Jonny Adam GBR Action Express Racing Whelen Engineering / Team Fox Corvette DP Continental Chevrolet E10 Maurizio Mediani ITA Nicolas Minassian FRA 37 Mikhail Aleshin RUS Kirill Ladygin RUS SMP Racing BR01 Continental Nissan E10 Byron DeFoor USA Dorsey Schroeder USA 50 David Hinton GBR Thomas Gruber AUT Highway to Help Fifty Plus Racing Foundation, Inc. Riley DP Continental BMW E10 Jim Pace USA Jonathan Bomarito USA Tristan Nunez USA 55 Spencer Pigot USA Mazda Motorsports Mazda / Castrol / ModSpace Mazda Continental Mazda E10 John Pew USA Oswaldo Negri Jr. BRA 60 AJ Allmendinger USA Olivier Pla FRA Michael Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian Tire Kingdom Ligier JS P2 Continental Honda HPD E10 Joel Miller USA Tom Long USA 70 Ben Devlin GBR Mazda Motorsports Mazda / Castrol / ModSpace Mazda Continental Mazda E10 Ryan Dalziel GBR Marc Goossens BEL 90 Ryan Hunter-Reay USA VisitFlorida Racing VISITFLORIDA Corvette DP Continental Chevrolet E10 Lance Stroll CAN Alex Wurz AUT 01 Brendon Hartley NZL Andy Priaulx GBR Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Riley DP Continental Ford E10 Scott Dixon NZL Tony Kanaan BRA 02 Jamie McMurray USA Kyle Larson USA Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Riley DP Continental Ford E10 PROTOTYPE CHALLENGE (PC) (PC) ENTRIES - 8 CAR NO. DRIVERS & NATIONALITY TEAM SPONSOR CAR TYPE TIRE ENGINE FUEL Alex Popow VEN Renger van der Zande NLD 8 Chris Cumming CAN Jack Hawksworth GBR Starworks Motorsport AutoMax ORECA FLM09 Continental Chevrolet E10 Tomy Drissi USA Marc Drumwright USA Southwest Realty Advisors / Top 1 Oil / Johnny Mowlem GBR Ricardo Vera PRI BAR1 Motorsports ORECA FLM09 Continental Chevrolet E10 20 Zoolander 2 / South Point Hotel and Casino Brendan Gaughan USA Adam Merzon USA Ryan Eversley USA 26 Don Yount USA Ryan Lewis GBR BAR1 Motorsports Case-It / Southwest Funding / edvisors.com ORECA FLM09 Continental Chevrolet E10 John Falb USA James French USA Jim Norman USA HighBloodCalciumIsBad.com / ComServ Josh Norman USA Brandon Gdovic USA Performance Tech Motorsports ORECA FLM09 Continental Chevrolet E10 38 Wireless / Windstax Wind Power Systems Kyle Marcelli CAN Robert Alon USA Tom Kimber-Smith GBR Professional Security Consultants / Prisma / José Gutierrez MEX Nicholas Boulle USA PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA FLM09 Continental Chevrolet E10 52 Vista Del Mar Jonathan Bennett USA Colin Braun USA 54 Mark Wilkins CAN Martin Plowman GBR CORE autosport Flex Box / Composite Resources ORECA FLM09 Continental Chevrolet E10 Chris Miller USA Misha Goikhberg CAN 85 Stephen Simpson ZAF Kenton Koch USA JDC-Miller Motorsports Hi-Tide Boat Lifts / Red Line Oil ORECA FLM09 Continental Chevrolet E10 Mark Kvamme USA Sean Johnston USA 88 Maro Engel DEU Felix Rosenqvist SWE Starworks Motorsport Popcorn Sutton ORECA FLM09 Continental Chevrolet E10 GT LE MANS (GTLM) (GTLM) ENTRIES - 11 CAR NO. DRIVERS & NATIONALITY TEAM SPONSOR CAR TYPE TIRE ENGINE FUEL Antonio Garcia ESP Jan Magnussen DNK 3 Mike Rockenfeller DEU Corvette Racing Corvette C7.R Michelin Chevrolet E20C Oliver Gavin GBR Tommy Milner USA 4 Marcel Fassler CHE Corvette Racing Corvette C7.R Michelin Chevrolet E20C Bill Auberlen USA Dirk Werner DEU 25 Augusto Farfus BRA Bruno Spengler CAN BMW Team RLL IHG Rewards Club BMW M6 GTLM Michelin BMW E20C Giancarlo Fisichella ITA Toni Vilander FIN 62 Davide Rigon ITA Olivier Beretta MCO Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE Michelin Ferrari E20C Joey Hand USA Dirk Müller DEU 66 Sébastien Bourdais FRA Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford Ford GT Michelin Ford E20C Ryan Briscoe AUS Richard Westbrook GBR 67 Stefan Mücke DEU Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford Ford GT Michelin Ford E20C Alessandro Pier Guidi ITA Alexandre Premat FRA 68 Daniel Serra BRA Memo Rojas MEX Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GTE Michelin Ferrari E20C GT LE MANS (GTLM) - Continued (GTLM) ENTRIES - 11 CAR NO. DRIVERS & NATIONALITY TEAM SPONSOR CAR TYPE TIRE ENGINE FUEL Viktor Shaytar RUS Andrea Bertolini ITA 72 Gianmaria Bruni ITA James Calado GBR SMP Racing Ferrari 488 GTE Michelin Ferrari E20C Lucas Luhr DEU John Edwards USA 100 Kuno Wittmer CAN Graham Rahal USA BMW Team RLL IHG Rewards Club BMW M6 GTLM Michelin BMW E20C Patrick Pilet FRA Nick Tandy GBR 911 Kevin Estre FRA Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR Michelin Porsche E20C Earl Bamber NZL Frédéric Makowiecki FRA 912 Michael Christensen DNK Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR Michelin Porsche E20C GT DAYTONA (GTD) (GTD) ENTRIES - 22 CAR NO. DRIVERS & NATIONALITY TEAM SPONSOR CAR TYPE TIRE ENGINE FUEL Robin Liddell GBR Andrew Davis USA 6 Lawson Aschenbach USA Matt Bell USA Stevenson Motorsports Audi R8 LMS GT3 Continental Audi E10 Kenny Habul AUS Boris Said USA 9 Dion von Moltke USA Tristan Vautier FRA Stevenson Motorsports Audi R8 LMS GT3 Continental Audi E10 Townsend Bell USA Bill Sweedler USA 11 Edoardo Piscopo ITA Richard Antinucci ITA O'Gara Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Continental Lamborghini E10 Spencer Pumpelly USA Corey Lewis USA 16 Justin Marks USA Kaz Grala USA Change Racing Pertamina / Monster Energy Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Continental Lamborghini E10 Emanuele Busnelli ITA Jim Michaelian USA 21 Joseph Toussaint USA TBA Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Continental Lamborghini E10 Lance Willsey USA David MacNeil USA Cooper MacNeil USA 22 Leh Keen USA Shane van Gisbergen NZL Alex Job Racing WeatherTech Porsche 911 GT3 R Continental Porsche E10 Gunnar Jeannette USA Ian James GBR Mario Farnbacher DEU 23 Alex Riberas ESP Wolf Henzler DEU Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing Heart of Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Continental Porsche E10 Rolf Ineichen CHE Lance Willsey USA 28 Franz Konrad AUT Fabio Babini ITA Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Continental Lamborghini E10 Marc Basseng DEU Klaus Abbelen DEU Patrick Huisman NLD 30 Frank Stippler DEU Sabine Schmitz DEU Frikadelli Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Continental Porsche E10 Sven Müller DEU Ben Keating USA Jeroen Bleekemolen NLD 33 Dominik Farnbacher DEU Marc Miller USA Riley Motorsports ViperExchange.com Dodge Viper GT3-R Continental Viper V10 E10 GT DAYTONA (GTD) - Continued (GTD) ENTRIES - 22 CAR NO. DRIVERS & NATIONALITY TEAM SPONSOR CAR TYPE TIRE ENGINE FUEL John Potter USA Andy Lally USA 44 Marco Seefried DEU René Rast DEU Magnus Racing Audi Tire Center Audi R8 LMS GT3 Continental Audi E10 Nic Jonsson SWE Pierre Kaffer DEU 45 Christopher Haase DEU Tracy Krohn USA Flying Lizard Motorsports Krohn Aviation Audi R8 Continental Audi E10 Mirko Bortolotti ITA Bryce Miller USA 48 Bryan Sellers USA Madison Snow USA Paul Miller Racing Castrol / Universal Industrial Sales Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Continental Lamborghini E10 Peter Mann USA Raffaele Giammaria ITA 51 Matteo Cressoni ITA Marco Cioci ITA Spirit of Race Hublot / Global Jet Ferrari 458 Continental Ferrari E10 Christina Nielsen DNK Alessandro Balzan ITA 63 Jeff Segal USA Robert Renauer DEU Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 GT3 Continental Ferrari E10 Patrick Lindsey USA Matthew McMurry USA 73 Jörg Bergmeister DEU Norbert Siedler AUT Park Place Motorsports Park Place Porsche / Jet Edge Porsche 911 GT3 R Continental Porsche E10 Ben Keating USA Gar Robinson USA 93 Jeff Mosing USA Eric Foss USA Riley Motorsports ViperExchange.com Dodge Viper GT3-R Continental Viper V10 E10 Damien Faulkner IRL Bret Curtis USA Jens Klingmann DEU Spectra Resources / United Steel / Valspar Paint Ashley Freiberg USA Marco Wittman DEU Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 Continental BMW E10 96 / IHG Rewards Club Michael Marsal USA Markus Palttala FIN 97 Maxime Martin BEL Jesse Krohn FIN Turner Motorsport Alvarez & Marsal / IHG Rewards Club BMW M6 GT3 Continental BMW E10 Paul Dalla Lana CAN Pedro Lamy PRT 98 Mathias Lauda AUT Richie Stanaway NZL Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Continental Aston Martin E10 Santiago Creel MEX Antonio Pérez MEX Telcel / Inter / Unifin / Angela Estate / Gainesway Ricardo Pérez de Lara MEX James Davison AUS TRG-AMR Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Continental Aston Martin E10 007 / LaSalle Solutions Lars Viljoen GBR Timothy Pappas USA Nicky Catsburg NLD Papent.com / Fine Arts Enterprises / Boston Patrick Long USA Andy Pilgrim USA Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Continental Porsche E10 540 Athletic Club / Champion Porsche TOTAL ENTRIES - 54.
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