Next year is the 50th running of The 24 Hours of Daytona

http://www.ferrari.com/English/Scuderia/Corse-Clienti/Pages/110718_CCL_458_Italia_Grand_Am_Fiorano_circuit.aspx
Maranello, 18 July – the 458 Italia Grand Am was given its track baptism today at the Fiorano circuit. The car has been developed in conjunction with Michelotto Automobili, based on the GT3 version of the V8 Ferrari berlinetta, with the aim of racing in the famous North American series.

http://ca.autoblog.com/2011/07/20/ferrari-rolls-out-latest-458-italia-grand-am-racer/



http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/east-volusia/2011/07/23/ferrari-map-rolex-24-return-with-testing-at-daytona-international-speedway.html
DAYTONA BEACH -- Ferrari, one of the marquee names in motorsports, is making a long-awaited return to Daytona International Speedway for the 2012 Rolex 24 At Daytona.
After almost two years of wooing, planning, research and development, the Italian carmaker is back to compete on American asphalt. The first glimpse of the Ferrari 458 Italia will come Tuesday and Wednesday during a private test at Daytona.
The Ferrari's first GT sedan, which was shipped from Fiorano, Italy, will try to shake out any development bugs over Daytona's 3.56-mile road course.

No one cares hillbilly

http://www.grand-am.com/news/index.cfm?series=r&cid=44254

Ferrari came back to finish 1-2 in the 1963 event - with Pedro Rodriguez winning over Roger Penske - and 1-2-3 in 1964, when Pedro Rodriguez and Hill led a 1-2-3 sweep

Ferrari's biggest factory effort at Daytona was in 1967, at the height of the Ferrari vs. Ford battle for international sports car supremacy. With Ford scoring podium finishes at both Daytona and Le Mans in 1966, Ferrari rebounded with a 1-2-3 sweep at Daytona, led by Lorenzo Bandini and Chris Amon in a Ferraro 330P4.

Other milestones for Ferrari include Mario Andretti and Jacky Ickx winning overall in 1972 in a Ferrari 312PB, and Gianpiero Moretti, Arie Luyendyk, Mauro Baldi and Didier Theys winning in 1998 in a Kevin Doran-prepared Ferrari 333SP.

SportsAndLady;841077 wrote:No one cares hillbilly

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Its nothing like the old Momo Ferrari, but its a nice racecar. They will likely enter Mid-Ohio in Sept. but don't expect it to win out of the box. They will face lots of competition in GT and this 458 is de-tuned for the series. It is strange to say a car has horsepower taken away to go race.

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