BMW Wins Rolex 24 Hours At Daytona

TELMEX/Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates BMW/Rileys Finish 1-2

Woodcliff Lake, N.J. February 1^st 2011... In front of the largest GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series crowd, the TELMEX/Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates BMW/Riley swept to a 1-2 victory at the 49^th Rolex 24 At Daytona.

The No. 01 TELMEX/Target BMW/Riley of Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Joey Hand and Graham Rahal finished 2.46 seconds ahead of the No. 02 Target/TELMEX machine of Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Jamie McMurray and Juan Pablo Montoya. Both cars covered 720 laps of the 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway road course during the race with Hand leading a race-high 116 laps. All of the BMW engines in the Rolex 24 were prepared by Dinan Motorsport.

This year's race marked the 35^th anniversary of BMW's first overall victory at the twice-around-the-clock classic. In 1976, Peter Gregg, Brian Redman and John Fitzpatrick won in a BMW CSL.

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