The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2018 was held January 27-28 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. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing Cadillac DPi of Filipe Albuquerque, João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi won the 56th edition of the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, completing a record-breaking 808 laps of the famous Speedway in Florida. The No. 67 Ford GT Chip Ganassi Racing took victory in GT Le Mans (GTLM) and the No. 11 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 triumphed in GT Daytona (GTD). This year’s contest embodied the intense and demanding nature of modern-day endurance racing, with drivers pushing their cars to the limit lap after lap. The competitive line-up, endless traffic and a record-breaking laps made the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2018 even tougher mentally and physically than previous races — justifying the race’s status as the ultimate test of endurance.
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