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Stars From The World Of Motorsports To Ring In the New Year with the Grand-Am Rolex Series


DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 2, 2007) -- Superstars from around the world of motorsports will ring in the new year with the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 this weekend, as 64 Daytona Prototype and GT machines are scheduled to visit the "World Center of Racing" January 4-6 for the January Test Days in preparation for the 46th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona later this month.

The team with the target, so to speak, on their backs for the month of January in the Rolex Series is the Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates Racing stable. The No. 01 TELMEX Lexus Riley, then driven by 2004 Rolex Series champion Scott Pruett, NASCAR Sprint Cup star Juan Pablo Montoya, and Salvador Duran, captured last year's crown in the twice-around-the-clock classic. The No. 02 Target Lexus Riley captured the title the year before, setting the stage for a Ganassi three-peat in 2008.

Pruett, his Rolex Series season-long co-driver Memo Rojas, Montoya and defending Indianapolis 500 winner and IndyCar Series Champion Dario Franchitti are slated to drive the No. 01 machine at the test and in this year's star-studded Rolex 24. IndyCar stars Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon and youngsters Duran and Alex Lloyd will team in the No. 02 machine.

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