Grand-Am - the place to race

Grand-Am - the place to race

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 2, 2001) - With more than 100 cars pre-entered for the Grand-Am Finale this weekend in the Rolex Sports Car Series and the Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series, Grand-Am is definitely "the place to race". With two competitive racing series, Grand-Am continually strives to offer teams and drivers a stable rules package that is more than a financial chase toward meaningless technology. And for fans, that means close, exciting competition with more cars battling for more positions throughout the race.

America's professional sports car racing teams and drivers have made the 2001 Grand-Am season a great one. The head-to-head competition was unparalleled with nearly 400 cars and more than one thousand drivers entered in the Rolex Sports Car Series season. Grand-Am Cup finished the year with more than 500 car entries and more than 1,200 drivers in competition.

And fans saw competition across the board. As many as 23 prototype cars made it to the starting grid in Grand-Am competition this year, with an impressive average of 13 SRPs and SRPIIs on the grid so far this season. In the GT division, 42-cars entered the Rolex 24 At Daytona, with average fields of 26 cars.

Big fields of cars mean more competition, and that played out in the winner's circle during the 2001 season. The SRP class has had four different winners this season. The always competitive GT class has seen six different teams win to date. The GTS class had four winners, representing four different auto manufacturers.

With a solid 10-race schedule set for 2002 and a fair, reliable rules package in place, Grand-Am will again prove to be the home of the fiercest competition in American sports car racing.

More information on Grand-Am is available online at www.grand-am.com. 

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For more information: Grand-Am Public Relations
Christie Hyde (386) 681-4182
email: CHyde@grand-am.com