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12 Prototype (P) (P) Entries The 2017 Roar Before The Rolex 24 Daytona International Speedway - Daytona Beach, Florida January 6 - January 8, 2017 Updated Pre-Event Entry List PROTOTYPE (P) (P) ENTRIES - 12 CAR NO. DRIVERS & NATIONALITY TEAM SPONSOR CAR TYPE TIRE ENGINE FUEL Scott Sharp USA Tequila Patron ESM Tequila Patron 2 Ryan Dalziel GBR Nissan DPi Continental E-20C Luis Felipe Derani BRA Joao Barbosa PRT Mustang Sampling Racing Mustang Sampling 5 Filipe Albuquerque PRT Cadillac DPi Continental E-20C Christian Fittipaldi BRA Ricky Taylor USA Jeff Gordon USA Wayne Taylor Racing Konica Minolta Business 10 Jordan Taylor USA Solutions USA Cadillac DPi Continental E-20C Max Angelelli MCO Neel Jani CHE TBD TBD Rebellion Racing Rebellion Timepieces 13 Sebastien Buemi CHE ORECA Continental E-20C TBD TBD Ed Brown USA Tequila Patron ESM Tequila Patron 22 Johannes van Overbeek USA Nissan DPi Continental E-20C Bruno Senna Lalli BRA Dane Cameron USA TBD TBD Whelen Engineering Racing Whelen Engineering 31 Eric Curran USA Cadillac DPi Continental E-20C Seb Morris GBR Tom Kimber-Smith GBR PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 52 TBD TBD Ligier Continental E-20C TBD TBD Tristan Nunez USA TBD TBD Mazda Motorsports Mazda / Castrol / Modspace 55 Jonathan Bomarito USA Mazda DPi Continental E-20C Spencer Pigot USA Tom Long USA TBD TBD Mazda Motorsports Mazda / Castrol / Modspace 70 Joel Miller USA Mazda DPi Continental E-20C TBD TBD Henrik Hedman USA TBD TBD DragonSpeed 81 Nicolas Lapierre ORECA Continental E-20C Ben Hanley Misha Goikhberg CAN TBD TBD JDC-Miller Motorsports Hi-Tide Boat Lifts / Justice 85 Chris Miller USA Brothers / Red Line Oil ORECA Continental E-20C Stephen Simpson ZAF Marc Goossens BEL VisitFlorida Racing VisitFlorida 90 TBD TBD Multimatic/Riley Continental E-20C TBD TBD 1/4/2017 10:02 am Page 1 of 5 PROTOTYPE CHALLENGE (PC) (PC) ENTRIES - 5 CAR NO. DRIVERS & NATIONALITY TEAM SPONSOR CAR TYPE TIRE ENGINE FUEL Ben Keating USA TBD TBD Starworks Motorsport 8 John Falb USA ORECA FLM09 Continental ORECA E-10 TBD TBD Don Yount USA TBD TBD BAR1 Motorsports Gas Monkey Energy Drink / 20 TBD TBD TBD TBD Merchant Services LTD / ORECA FLM09 Continental ORECA E-10 Factgem / Top1 Oil TBD TBD Johnny Mowlem GBR TBD TBD BAR1 Motorsports Autosport Designs Inc. / Case-It / 26 Adam Merzon USA Top1 Oil ORECA FLM09 Continental ORECA E-10 TBD TBD Kyle Masson USA TBD TBD Performance Tech Motorsports 38 Clark Toppe USA ORECA FLM09 Continental ORECA E-10 TBD TBD TBD TBD Starworks Motorsport 88 TBD TBD ORECA FLM09 Continental ORECA E-10 TBD TBD GT LE MANS (GTLM) (GTLM) ENTRIES - 11 CAR NO. DRIVERS & NATIONALITY TEAM SPONSOR CAR TYPE TIRE ENGINE FUEL Antonio Garcia ESP Corvette Racing Chevrolet 3 Jan Magnussen DNK Corvette C7.R Michelin Chevrolet E-20C Mike Rockenfeller DEU Oliver Gavin GBR Corvette Racing Chevrolet 4 Tommy Milner USA Corvette C7.R Michelin Chevrolet E-20C Marcel Fassler CHE Bill Auberlen USA Bruno Spengler CHE BMW Team RLL BMW NA 19 Alexander Sims GBR BMW M6 GTLM Michelin BMW E-20C Augusto Farfus BRA John Edwards USA Kuno Wittmer CAN BMW Team RLL BMW NA 24 Martin Tomczyk DEU BMW M6 GTLM Michelin BMW E-20C Nicky Catsburg NLD Toni Vilander FIN Risi Competizione 62 TBD TBD Ferrari 488 GTE Michelin Ferrari E-20C TBD TBD Dirk Mueller DEU Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford 66 Joey Hand USA Ford GT Michelin Ford E-20C Sebastien Bourdais USA Ryan Briscoe USA Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford 67 Richard Westbrook GBR Ford GT Michelin Ford E-20C Scott Dixon NZL Billy Johnson USA Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford 68 Stefan Mucke DEU Ford GT Michelin Ford E-20C Olivier Pla FRA 1/4/2017 10:02 am Page 2 of 5 GT LE MANS (GTLM) (GTLM) ENTRIES - 11 CAR NO. DRIVERS & NATIONALITY TEAM SPONSOR CAR TYPE TIRE ENGINE FUEL Andy Priaulx Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford 69 TBD TBD Ford GT Michelin Ford E-20C TBD TBD Patrick Pilet FRA Porsche GT Team 911 Dirk Werner DEU Porsche 911 RSR Michelin Porsche E-20C Frederic Makowiecki FRA Kevin Estre AUT Porsche GT Team 912 Laurens Vanthoor BGR Porsche 911 RSR Michelin Porsche E-20C Richard Lietz AUT GT DAYTONA (GTD) (GTD) ENTRIES - 27 CAR NO. DRIVERS & NATIONALITY TEAM SPONSOR CAR TYPE TIRE ENGINE FUEL Mirko Bortolotti ITA Ezequiel Perez Companc ARG GRT Grasser Racing Team Biocircle 11 Christian Engelhart DEU Lamborghini Huracan Continental Lamborghini E-10 GT3 Rolf Ineichen CHE Scott Pruett USA TBD TBD 3GT Racing 14 Ian James USA Lexus RCF GT3 Continental Lexus E-10 Gustavo Menezes USA Dominik Farnbacher DEU TBD TBD 3GT Racing 15 Robert Alon USA Lexus RCF GT3 Continental Lexus E-10 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD Change Racing X-Box Forza / Monster Energy / 16 TBD TBD TBD TBD Orion Lamborghini Huracan Continental Lamborghini E-10 GT3 TBD TBD TBD TBD DAC Motorsports DAC Aviation 18 TBD TBD Lamborghini Huracan Continental Lamborghini E-10 GT3 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD Konrad Motorsport 21 TBD TBD Lamborghini Huracan Continental Lamborghini E-10 GT3 TBD TBD Bill Sweedler USA Alex Job Racing 23 Pierre Kaffer CHE Audi R8 LMS GT3 Continental Audi E-10 TBD TBD Lawrence DeGeorge USA Luca Persiani ITA Dream Racing Motorsport Dream Racing 27 Cedric Sbirrazzuoli MCO Raffaele Giammaria ITA Lamborghini Huracan Continental Lamborghini E-10 GT3 Paolo Ruberti ITA Carlos de Quesada USA TBD TBD Alegra Motorsports 28 Michael de Quesada USA TBD TBD Porsche 911 GT3 R Continental Porsche E-10 TBD TBD Connor De Phillippi USA Jeffrey Schmidt SWZ Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Montaplast 29 Christopher Mies DEU Audi R8 LMS GT3 Continental Audi E-10 Jules Gounon FRA 1/4/2017 10:02 am Page 3 of 5 GT DAYTONA (GTD) (GTD) ENTRIES - 27 CAR NO. DRIVERS & NATIONALITY TEAM SPONSOR CAR TYPE TIRE ENGINE FUEL Ben Keating USA TBD TBD Riley Motorsports - Team AMG 33 Jeroen Bleekemolen NLD Mercedes AMG GT3 Continental Mercedes E-10 Mario Farnbacher DEU TBD TBD EBIMOTORS 46 TBD TBD Lamborghini Huracan Continental Lamborghini E-10 GT3 Bryan Sellers USA Andrea Caldarelli JPN Paul Miller Racing TOTAL / Universal Industrial 48 Madison Snow USA Sales Lamborghini Huracan Continental Lamborghini E-10 GT3 Bryce Miller USA Gunnar Jeannette USA TBD TBD Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing WeatherTech 50 TBD TBD Mercedes AMG GT3 Continental Mercedes E-10 TBD TBD Peter Mann CHE Spirit of Race 51 Maurizio Mediani ITA Ferrari 488 GT3 Continental Ferrari E-10 TBD TBD Jonathan Bennett USA Patrick Long USA CORE autosport Composite Resources 54 Colin Braun USA Porsche 911 GT3 R Continental Porsche E-10 Nic Jonsson USA Lawson Aschenbach USA TBD TBD Stevenson Motorsports Stevenson Automotive Group 57 Andrew Davis USA Audi R8 LMS GT3 Continental Audi E-10 TBD TBD Steve Smith CHE Harald Proczyk AUT Manthey Racing 59 Nils Reimer DEU TBD TBD Porsche 911 GT3 R Continental Porsche E-10 Reinhold Renger DEU Christian Engelhart DEU TBD TBD GRT Grasser Racing Team Biocircle 61 Rolf Ineichen CHE TBD TBD Lamborghini Huracan Continental Lamborghini E-10 GT3 TBD TBD Alessandro Balzan ITA Scuderia Corsa 63 TBD TBD Ferrari 488 GT3 Continental Ferrari E-10 TBD TBD Patrick Lindsey USA Park Place Motorsports Park Place Porsche 73 Jorg Bergmeister DEU Porsche 911 GT3 R Continental Porsche E-10 Matthew McMurry USA Kenny Habul USA SunEnergy1 Racing SunEngery1 75 Tristan Vautier FRA Mercedes AMG GT3 Continental Mercedes E-10 Boris Said USA Oswaldo Negri Jr. BRA TBD TBD Michael Shank Racing Acura 86 Tom Dyer USA Acura NSX GT3 Continental Acura E-10 TBD TBD Andy Lally USA TBD TBD Michael Shank Racing Acura 93 Katherine Legge GBR Acura NSX GT3 Continental Acura E-10 Mark Wilkins CAN 1/4/2017 10:02 am Page 4 of 5 GT DAYTONA (GTD) (GTD) ENTRIES - 27 CAR NO. DRIVERS & NATIONALITY TEAM SPONSOR CAR TYPE TIRE ENGINE FUEL TBD TBD Turner Motorsport IHG Rewards Club 97 BMW M6 GT3 Continental BMW E-10 Paul Dalla Lana CAN TBD TBD Aston Martin Racing 98 Mathias Lauda ESP Aston Martin Vantage Continental Aston Martin E-10 TBD TBD Santiago Creel TBD TBD TRG 991 Wolf Henzler DEU TBD TBD Porsche 911 GT3 R Continental Porsche E-10 Jan Heylen USA TOTAL ENTRIES - 55 1/4/2017 10:02 am Page 5 of 5.
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