Former Rolex 24 at Daytona winner Dominik Farnbacher, celebrities and an entry list resembling a car collector's dream are just some of the attractions at the North American Road Racing's Finals Weekend at Daytona.
The event will feature the US GT Championship, Whelen US TimeTrial Championship, US Performance Driver Education program and the Dodge Viper Cup presented by Pennzoil Ultra.
Held in conjunction with PBOC, half of the event's 200+ car entry list will made up of NARRA members.
Amazingly, over the four categories, there will be 49 Dodge Vipers present in the paddock, along with a collection of marques including BMW, Camaro, Corvette, Factory Five, Lamborghini, Mustang, Pontiac, Panoz, Viper, SRT-4.
2005 Rolex 24 GT winner Dominik Farnbacher is entered in the Dodge Viper Cup, and will be racing in the final two championship rounds on Saturday and Sunday.
Farnbacher will be driving the number 32 car, sponsored by Tomball Dodge and ViperExchange.com. Interestingly, he's entered in the back-up car owned by current points leader Ben Keating, who will drive his regular number 33 entry.
Farnbacher has become a good friend of Keating's after the pair drove together in a Porsche at this year's Rolex 24 at Daytona for TRG.
Recently Keating and ViperExchange.com enlisted Farnbacher for a record attempt around the Nürburgring in Germany. In a Dodge Viper ACR, Farnbacher set a new production car lap record of 7:12.13 around 'Green Hell'.
Farnbacher will be joined by two other celebrity drivers in the Dodge Viper Cup; ALMS and 2005 Rolex Series GT Champion Craig Stanton and Mopar NHRA Pro-stock driver Allen Johnson. Both will drive cars fielded by Lux Performance.
Another former Daytona winner will also be in the Dodge Viper Cup paddock. 2009 winner David Donohue has been enlisted by Performance SpeedTech to coach series regular Dave Fiorelli. Donohue is likely to drive Fiorelli's second car, the number 81 machine, but only during practice sessions.
The US GT Championship, open to all high-end, high-performance 'GT' styled cars, will also feature a number of 'name' drivers this weekend.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver James Buescher, who currently sits second in the truck standings, will drive in Sunday's USGTC finale in a Chevrolet Corvette for Whelen Engineering Marsh Racing.
He will take over from 20 year old stock car sensation Dalton Zehr, soon to be featured on Spike's Powerblock TV, who will drive on Friday and Saturday.
A second Whelen Engineering Corvette will be driven by Marsh Racing's lead Grand-Am driver, Eric Curran.
On track action begins Friday, including practice and a non-championship endurance race. The final two rounds of the 2011 Dodge Viper Cup and 2011 US GT Championship will take place Saturday and Sunday, with qualifying sessions and separate races for both series on each day.
All the excitement of the US GT Championship will be captured using GoPro cameras by the Internal Combustion Group, and will be broadcast later this year on GoRacingTV.com, hosted by motorsport television personality Tom Hnatiw.
The Dodge Viper Cup presented by Pennzoil Ultra races from Daytona will be aired on the Versus network on Wednesday, November 23 and November 30 at 4:30pm.
Event images, commentary and results can be found at facebook.com/NARRAonline .
For more information on NARRA's US GT Championship, Whelen US TimeTrial Championship or US Performance Driver Education program visit NARRAonline.com
Press contact the NARRA press office via email or call 404 825 2641.
Galleries of images that can be obtained hi-resolution can be found at
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For event registration visit NARRAonline.com or call 817 829 4893. |
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