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Michael Shank, owner of the No. 60 Ford Riley: We are as surprised about this as anyone.

Third-placed No. 60 Team in GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series fined and penalized. Penalties will change the team, drivers and manufacturer standings.

Pataskala, Ohio

Billy Johnson and Jack Roush Jr. take the GS class win in a Roush Performance Ford Mustang. Skullcandy Team Nissan’s drivers Lara Tallman and Vesko Kozarov take the win in the ST class.

Nancy Knapp Schilke

Morning fog rolled into Daytona forcing the GRANDAM officials to call for a full course caution.

GT pole sitter, Nick Tandy damages his Porsche. 8Star Motorsports lost a gear box and AJ Allmendinger had a tie-rod break on the No. 60 MSR Ford Riley.

Shaking down MSR's new Ford/Riley was Valiante's focus, but setting fastest lap was a bonus. The new Park Place Porsche was the best in the GT class, while the Napleton Porsche led the new GX class.

Audi Sport factory driver Allan McNish heads to the USA for the “Roar Before The 24” testing in Daytona, Florida with the Starworks Motorsport team. The Scotsman is one of many racers worldwide that take on the January 24 hour race in a one-off...

Aussie NASCAR Sprint Cup Ford driver steps in to help the Grand-Am Ford Riley team during Grand-Am test days for the Rolex 24 Hours At Daytona. MSR team driver Ozz Negri sustained a leg injury during off-season training.

Defending Rolex 24 DP and GT winners were the fastest in the opener of three days of January testing. Donohue was fastest in the new GX class.

Shank believes that an appeal would not change the outcome of the penalty on the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing Ford-Riley. The infraction was based on how the motor was set up for the testing process. He hopes this process will be improved.

Joe Jennings

The two Ganassi BMW Rileys are fast, the No. 2 Starworks Ford is also strong and the Corvettes are still competitive. Ferrari, Camaro and Audi are beating the Porsches in GT. The GX class is not ready for a 24 hour event.

Michael Shank Racing targets return to victory lane at Daytona with two car effort and a strong driver line up.

Joe Jennings, Grand-Am Correspondent

Joe Jennings, Grand-Am Correspondent

GRAND-AM makes maiden visit to Road Atlanta this weekend; however quite a few of the series drivers have raced at the historic circuit in Georgia

The No. 02 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates BMW Riley holds the lead after 12 hours are now in the book in the 2013 Rolex 24 at Daytona race. Close at hand is his rival from the IndyCar series – the 2012 champion.