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Ford at Rolex Daytona 24 2019

Ford unveils historic Rolex 24 GT liveries

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By: Marshall Pruett January 10, 2019 8:57 AM Ford Performance and Chip Ganassi Racing will reach back to IMSA’s fabled 1980s era with the No. 66 GT, and pay homage to sponsor Castrol with the No. 67 GT for the upcoming Rolex 24 At Daytona.“We’re excited to show off our Ford GTs in a new way, and at the same time join IMSA in celebrating its 50th anniversary,” said Ford Performance Motorsports global director Mark Rushbrook.The one-off liveries are a first for Ford since its GT endurance racing program launched in 2016.“I’m really excited and proud that Ford is doing something to celebrate the 50th anniversary of IMSA,” said FCGR driver Richard Westbrook, who pilots the No. 67 with Ryan Briscoe and Scott Dixon. “Ford and Castrol had a lot of successful history in those years, so for the two to come together and do something as eye-catching as these new liveries, I’m going to be really proud driving that car.

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“I’ve seen enough footage of cars in that livery going around Daytona before the bus stop chicane was put in, which was a very iconic period of IMSA racing, so to be in an iconic car in that livery trying to defend our title will be something really special.”

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By: Marshall Pruett
12 minutes ago For the want of four minutes and a liter of fuel.All of endurance racing’s cruel and kind possibilities played out in the winding chapter that was IMSA’s GT Le Mans class at Daytona. Ford Chip Ganassi Racing No. 67 GT had been knocked around for large portions of the Rolex 24, but thanks to great driving and crafty race strategy, lost laps were recovered and the possibility of a win came into focus.Running on fumes, Richard Westbrook pitted for an emergency splash of gas at 12:34 p.m.; by 12:38, the red flag waved, sealing the team’s fate as its closest contenders continued to circulate.

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Falling from first to fourth, the beneficiary of Ford’s misfortune was BMW Team RLL, whose No. 25 M8 GTE went through all manner of adversity before those fateful four minutes transformed a runner-up result into a grand victory for the factory team.BMW’s win would have felt like a gift in one of IMSA’s sprint races. But in the context of a 24-hour race, where calamities of varying degrees tend to visit most of the cars in the field, it felt like part of the show. Had IMSA thrown the red flag a few minutes earlier…if the Ford was able to stretch its tank a few more miles…it could have been Westbrook, Ryan Briscoe, and Scott Dixon celebrating in Victory Lane.

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