Ferrari 488 GTE (photo: Ferrari)
Ferrari 488 GTE (photo: Ferrari)

2017 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona- Race Profile

The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2017 was held January 28-29 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The 12-turn, 3.56-mile track is made up of portions of the NASCAR tri-oval and an infield road course. As the race began the teams and drivers set out to go the furthest in 24 grueling hours.

The No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac Dpi-V.R won the 55th edition of the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, completing 659 laps of the famous Speedway in Florida.Ricky Taylor took the checkered flag first after a testing 24 hours ensuring that he and his team mates, Jordan Taylor, Max Angelelli and Jeff Gordon, were awarded the trophy and a specially engraved Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona.

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