A Daytona Prototype was a type of sports prototype racing car developed specifically for the Grand American Road Racing Association's Rolex Sports Car Series as their top class of car, which replaced their main prototype racing class, specifically Le Mans Prototypes (LMPs). The cars later competed in the merged series of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, from 2014 to 2016, before being phased out and replaced by the Daytona Prototype International class in 2017. They are named after the main series event, the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
A Daytona Prototype from 2012
Daytona Prototypes competing at the 2007 24 Hours of Daytona
Daytona Prototypes competing at the 2008 24 Hours of Daytona
Flying Lizard Motorsports Daytona Prototype at the 2011 24 Hours of Daytona
Grand-Am Road Racing or Grand-Am was an auto racing sanctioning body that was established in 1999 to organize road racing competitions in North America. Its primary focus was the Rolex Sports Car Series, an endurance racing championship series. It sanctioned five auto racing series. The series announced in September 2012 that it would be merging with the American Le Mans Series, which had been Grand-Am's main US competitor since its inception. The two series fully merged in 2014 under the banner of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, with the International Motor Sports Association.
A field of Daytona Prototypes in Grand-Am's premier championship, the Rolex Sports Car Series
A Ford Mustang FR500S which competes in the Mustang Challenge
Two classes of bikes used in the SunTrust Moto-ST Series
