quite a few drivers with NASCAR ties [ran a race in Cup, Nationwide, Trucks, track owner] will be running the Rolex 24 at Daytona at Daytona International Speedway. Including: Jimmie Johnson, Dario Franchitti, Juan Pablo Montoya, AJ Allmendinger, Kurt Busch, Boris Said, Michael McDowell, Scott Pruett, Bill Lester, John Andretti, A.J. Foyt IV, Tony George, Brent Sherman, David Donohue, Buddy Rice, JC France, Colin Braun, Marc Goossens, Andy Pilgrim, Anthony Lazzaro, Jack Baldwin, Andy Lally, Max Papis, David Murry, Chris Bingham, Joe Varde. Tony Stewart will NOT run the race. More info at grand-am.com and the DBNJ site. Fox and SPEED will televise parts of the race. UPDATE: Eight hours into Saturday’s Rolex 24 At Daytona, half of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers in the race showed that they were going to be players in the twice-around-the-clock event. The rides of Juan Pablo Montoya, AJ Allmendinger, Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson all led during the first third of the event, and most of the others stayed trouble-free. Busch, driving the #9 Penske-Taylor Racing Pontiac Riley, stayed in the top 10 for the first third of the race and teammate Helio Castroneves was in the lead just before 9 p.m.(Daytona Beach News Journal)
