Jason Staley

Here are some photos I took while I was at the Rolex24. This was my first time attending an endurance race. Very good show . A bit rainy, but a wonderful weekend.

RedLS1GTO

I came so close to getting one of those old IROC Firebirds at the auction when they closed up shop. First time I have seen one since

63Corvette

Great pictures, thanks for posting. I especially like the pictures of the vintage cars

grantar2

Seeing the vintage cars is fun. Thanks for posting. Were you working the corner?

LS3 Mike

Nice pictures. I love that they are running the Mark Donohue paintjob on the #6 Camaro.

Has anyone else noticed how funny the wheel and tire setups look on the Camaros and Challengers? These cars that are coming from the factory with 20s are running smaller wheel and tire packages on the track. Surely to take advantage of the lower weight and possibly to get a lower gear ratio. Makes good racing sense but wow the fender gaps that get left behind are huge.

Jason Staley

No, I was just a spectator. Most of the shots were taken from a set of stands in the in-field.

I really need a better camera, because it was having a hard time focusing on the cars plus its shutter speed is just too slow. Alot of my pics I trashed because the background was clear, but the car was a blur .

shifter77

Very nice , thanks for sharing.

Omaha02Z06

Looks like you had a good spot. pics

WBHighwind

The wheel sizes are dictated by the rules I think to give everyone an equal contact patch to work with. The big problem right now is the speed of the M3s and new Mustangs. Talking to a guy I used to race against who owns/drives two of the other camaros in the series, they got a restrictor and the M3s/Mustangs didnt, which is why they were 8 mph slower on the nascar sections of Daytona. If you watched the race, then you could clearly see that the M3s were up on power since they paced the field by quite a big margin.

I wasnt too impressed by the DP cars and I think I like the LMP cars better in the Le Mans series. The GT cars were great though and I couldn't believe how loud the RX8 is with that rotary. My dad always told me how much louder those engines are but I didn't believe it until I had to put in ear plugs last week end.

Han Solo

Thanks for sharing. I wanted to go bad this year but couldn't get it together. I didn't even know they ran the historics. Now I'm really upset I didn't go.

Jason Staley

Well they weren't racing the historics though. Just some exhibition laps at a decent speed. Still cool to see them back on the track.

LS3 Mike

Good to know. I didn't even think about it being a rules thing rather a team decision. Hopefully they get the rules worked a little to event things out. Haven't seen the Continental race yet. I think its supposed to be on Speed on the 13th so I want to catch it then.

dvandentop

thanks for the pics