Spirit Of Daytona Team Hopes For A Good Show At The Rolex Sports Car Event At Mid-Ohio

The Spirit of Daytona team has been working hard to develop a Daytona Prototype car for the Rolex Sports Car Series. The team has made many changes in the last few years in order to become more competitive, explaining the phasing out of the old Spirit of Daytona No. 09 car. The old car was replaced by a brand new No. 90 Porsche Coyote, driven by the newly signed duo of Buddy Rice and Antonio Garcia.

The changes seem to have worked in favor of the team. Halfway through the season the team has progressed well with its new No.90 Porsche Coyote, notching impressive results throughout. The team is currently in the sixth position, courtesy its podium finish in the last race. The team-mates were thrilled after the Spirit of Daytona No. 90 Porsche V8 got the teams its first ever victory in the Daytona Prototype class. Buddy Rice, reflecting [...] Read More at Melrose Jewelers.

- Written by John Lavit

2010 Rolex Sports Car Series Awards Banquet To Be Held In Las Vegas City

The organizers of GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series have announced that this year’s Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No.16 Awards Banquet will be held in Las Vegas on the 13th of September.

The awards banquet is to be held two days after the season finale at the Miller Motorsport Park near Salt Lake City, Utah. This is the third time the awards banquet will be coming to the city of Las Vegas, which had previously hosted the awards banquet in2004 and 2006-08.

The awards banquet is to honor the top three position grabbers in the Daytona Prototype and the Grand Touring class, featuring the driving and manufacturer’s championship, along with Pro-AM winners, MESCO Building for the future Rookie of the Year and a host of other awards. The awards ceremony is to be hosted by SPEED TV Analyst, Calvin Fish and Pit lane reporter, Chris Neville.

The Rolex [...] Read More at Melrose Jewelers.

- Written by John Lavit

Memo Gidley Makes Waves In The GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Following A Good Run At The Glen

The No.77 McDonalds/PR Newswire Daytona Prototype, driven by Memo Gidley and Dion Von Moltke has been able to grasp the attention of racing enthusiasts basically due to its exceptional performance at the recently concluded Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen. The team has been performing consistently over a period of time and Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen, presented by Crown Royal Cask No 16 was witness to the same. the Six Hours of Glen happens to be the fifth round in the Grand-AM Rolex Sporst Car Series. Memo Gidley has been aparticipant of the rolex Sports Car Series since 2005 and has always managed to finish in the top five positions. This year at the Rolex 24 At Daytona he competed along with Brad Jaeger, Fabrizio Gollin and Derek Johnston.

The team performed well in the practice sessions, scorching the racing tracks time after time. The team came second [...] Read More at Melrose Jewelers.

- Written by John Lavit

Bennett Racing To Sit Out The GRAND-AM Rolex Car Series Event At Daytona International Speedway

Bennett racing plans to sit out the GRAND-AM Rolex Car Series at Brumos Porsche 250 Daytona International Speedway, in order to fine tune the performance of its car in-keeping with the other competitors in the GT Class. The car No. 56 Ferrari F430 Challenge performed below expectation at the Bosch Engineering 250 at the Virginia International Raceway, finishing a poor 15th.

The result forced the team to rethink its strategy at the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series, in order to be competitive. According to the new strategy, the team would now compete in New Jersey Motorsports held during the mid of July and the Crown Royal 200 at the Glen in the beginning of August.

The team comprising of owner Skip Bennett, co-owner Mike Davidson, Mike Skeen, Jonathan Allen and Chris Cobetto also aim to race at the Rolex 24 at Daytona next year.

According to Mike Skeen, the main aim of [...] Read More at Melrose Jewelers.

- Written by John Lavit

USA Emerges Victor At The Rolex Sponsored Curtis Cup

The United States team emerged as the undisputed victor at the Rolex Sponsored Curtis Cup held at the Essex Country Club, defeating Great Britain and Ireland. The 6,247 yard, par 70 venue golfing event came to an end after Jennifer Johnson made a 2 foot putt on the 14th hole.

The team from Great Britain and Ireland tried their best on Sunday, winning four of the eight matches that were scheduled for the day. However, this was not sufficient to wipe off earlier deficits. With this victory United States has won 27 of the matches held since 1932. Great Britain and Ireland have won six times each, with the last victory coming their way in 1996.

Just minutes before the winning putt was made by Jennifer Johnson, the teams exchanged victories with Alexis Thomson from US defeating Great Britain’s Sally Watson, and Great Britain’s Danny McVeigh outmaneuvering Jennifer Song. The win [...] Read More at Melrose Jewelers.

- Written by John Lavit

Rolex America’s Cup Hall Of Fame Honors Sailing Legends At A Glittering Ceremony In Newport

The Rolex America’s Cup Hall of Fame honored sailing legends in a glittering ceremony presided over by the President of Herreshoff Marine Museum. Those honored, included living legends like Brad Butterworth and Tom Whidden and sailing legends from the past like Hank Haff and William Fife. The ceremony also doubled as a fundraiser for the America’s Cup Hall of Fame.

The award ceremony witnessed the presence of many personalities including the Rolex Yachtsman of the Year Ken Read, Henry H. Anderson, Ted Hood, Bruno Bich, Mike Toppa, Peter Harrison and the 2003 Hall of Fame inductee Gary Jobson.

Rolex America’s Cup Hall of Fame inductee Butterworth said that the recognition wouldn’t have been possible without the contribution of his team-mates Mathew Mason, Simon Daubney, Murray Jones, Russell Coutts and Warwick Fleury. Butterworth also praised fellow inductee Tom Whidden lavishly, saying that he used to look up to these guys as role [...] Read More at Melrose Jewelers.

- Written by John Lavit

Song Wins Second Rolex Sponsored Women’s Golf Event In Two Weeks

Christine Song of Fullerton bagged two tournaments in a row by winning the Rolex Women’s Golf Event at the $135,000 Teva Championship. The win at the Time Warner Cable event came one week after her maiden victory at the Iowa tournament. Even though not at her usual best she was able to beat the tournament record set in 2007, finishing fifteen under par at the Golf Centre in Kings Island.
The second round of the Rolex Golf Event could not be finished on Saturday because of scattered showers, making it difficult for competitors to tee off the greens. However, the second round resumed the next day in much better conditions allowing Christine Song to take the lead after scoring a 68. However, she was not pleased with her performance, saying that it was an “OK round”. Her run of scores at the event included a bogey at number three, followed [...] Read More at Melrose Jewelers.

- Written by John Lavit