Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) has announced that American racing legend Bobby Rahal has entered the second annual Classic 24 Hour at Daytona, presented by IMSA, November 12–15 at Daytona International Speedway.
Rahal is a three-time Indycar National Champion and winner of the Indianapolis 500 as both a driver (1986) and team owner (2004). He also won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1981, co-driving a Porsche 935 K3 with Bob Garretson and Brian Redman. For the Classic 24, Rahal will co-drive a 1974 Porsche 911 RSR with auto industry executive, Jim Farley, an experienced historic racing competitor in his own right. The RSR is being prepared and entered by RM Motorsports.
Rahal joins a growing number of notable drivers entered for the Classic 24 including Hurley Haywood, Gijs van Lennep, Patrick Long, Scott Sharp, Jeff Zwart, Jim Pace, Shane Lewis, Mike Skeen and Gunnar Jeanette.
“The Classic 24 at Daytona was a race I wanted to be a part of from the first time I heard about,” Rahal said. “I have had the pleasure of winning the race in my career, and we are still trying to get a Rolex 24 victory with our BMW GTLM team, but being able to couple that with kind of a throwback step in time will be a lot of fun. We are looking forward to the race and honored to be a part of it.”
HSR’s Classic 24 at Daytona features six period-correct run groups rotating through a full 24 hours of racing on the 3.56-mile Daytona road course. The run groups, which include various classes of similar-era racecars, each take to the track four times throughout the 24 hours. The competitors in each class covering the most total distance in their group’s four sessions will be crowned Classic 24 at Daytona champions. For complete information please visit http://classic24hour.com
