Last year, Chip Ganassi Racing With Felix Sabates became the first team to win the Rolex 24 three consecutive seasons. This year, it's going for four-in-a-row.
The team has two entries in the race. The No. 01 TELMEX/Target Lexus Riley will be driven by Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas. Montoya and Pruett have won the event the last two years.
The No. 02 Target/TELMEX Lexus Riley will be driven by Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon and Alex Lloyd.
NASCAR drivers set for the 24
A number of NASCAR drivers will test their sports car prowess in the Rolex 24:
• Jimmie Johnson will drive the GAINSCO Auto Insurance Pontiac Riley in the featured Daytona Prototype category. He'll share the cockpit with team regulars Jon Fogarty and Alex Gurney and open-wheel champion Jimmy Vasser. The team finished second overall in last year's race.
• Juan Pablo Montoya goes for the three-peat in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Montoya, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas will share the Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Lexus Riley that captured the race in 2007-08. The team also won the 2006 event with Casey Mears.
• Other NASCAR national series competitors who have lined up Rolex 24 at Daytona rides are Mears; Kyle Petty (Orbit Racing BMW/Riley); A.J. Allmendinger (Michael Shank Racing Ford/Riley) and Colin Braun (Michael Shank Racing Ford/Riley).
• NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team owner Roger Penske will enter a Porsche/Riley in the Rolex 24 at Daytona joining fellow NASCAR Sprint Cup owners Chip Ganassi, Felix Sabates and Richard Childress in the field.
Source: NASCAR
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