Grand-Am Sports Car Series
| Grand-Am Sports Car Series | |
|---|---|
| Vehicle type | Daytona prototypes and Gran Turismo |
| Country or region | North America |
| Current name | Rolex Sports Car Series |
| Previous names | Grand-Am Sports Car Series (2000-2001) |
| First season | 2000 |
| Last season | 2013 |
| Official website | grand-am.com |
The Grand-Am Sports Car Series (most recently: Rolex Sports Car Series) was an American racing series for sports car prototypes and Gran Turismos . It was hosted by the Grand American Road Racing Association from 2000 to 2013 . The series went on in 2014 in the United SportsCar Championship .
history
After the existing United States Road Racing Championship failed in 1999 , a successor was established with the Grand American Road Racing Championship. The core element of this series was the 24 hours of Daytona . Sports prototypes were allowed as well as in the European FIA Sports Car Championship (SRI / SRPI and SRII / SRPII). There were also other classes for Gran Turismos (GTS / GTO and GT / GTU) as well as the AGT class for tubular frame chassis as in the Trans-Am series . After the decline in the number of starters in the sports prototypes, a more radical cut was made in 2003. A completely separate category, the Daytona prototypes, was created. From then on, this provided the fastest vehicles in the racing series.
From 2005 there was also only one class for GT cars, which technically moved in the direction of the GT3 regulations. For the 2013 season , the GX-Class was also created, in which GT vehicles with alternative drives could be used.
On September 5, 2012 it was announced that the series will be combined with the American Le Mans Series . The new series was launched on March 14, 2013 under the name United SportsCar Racing and will debut for the 2014 season.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20131023060043/http://www.grand-am.com/News/GA_News/tabid/141/Article/50270/grand-am-announces-plans-for-new -rolex-series-class.aspx? cid = 6383 & sid = 1