{"id":4086,"date":"2022-01-26T18:42:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T18:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=4086"},"modified":"2022-01-26T18:42:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T18:42:59","slug":"meyer-shank-racing-targets-return-to-rolex-24-victory-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/26\/meyer-shank-racing-targets-return-to-rolex-24-victory-lane\/","title":{"rendered":"Meyer Shank Racing Targets Return to Rolex 24 Victory Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victory in the 50th Rolex 24 put MSR on America\u2019s sports car map<\/em><\/p>\n

Team looking to follow through in this weekend\u2019s 60th anniversary classic<\/em><\/p>\n

No. 60 AutoNation \/ SiriusXM Acura ARX-05 will start fourth on Saturday<\/em><\/p>\n

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Daytona Beach, Fla.\u00a0(26\u00a0January\u00a02022)<\/strong> \u2013 Ten years ago, Michael Shank Racing solidified its position as one of the top teams in American sports car racing with a convincing victory in the much-heralded 50th<\/sup>\u00a0Rolex 24 At Daytona with Ozz Negri, John Pew, AJ Allmendinger and the late Justin Wilson.<\/p>\n

This weekend, the team now known as Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) with Curb-Agajanian will be looking to bookend that achievement in the 60th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary running of the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 2012 win absolutely changed my life,\u201d Shank sid. \u201cIt legitimized us to the whole world. It put us on the map as a team that should be taken seriously. That race dictated the rest of my life.”<\/p>\n

Winning the 50th<\/sup>\u00a0Rolex 24 opened a lot of new\u00a0doors for MSR, as\u00a0Shank put\u00a0a huge focus on what it would take\u00a0to move into the IndyCar ranks. That focus generated more big moments, as the team\u00a0\u00a0went on to win\u00a0the 2021 Indianapolis 500 with Helio Castroneves.<\/p>\n

This weekend, Oliver Jarvis, Tom Blomqvist, and Indy 500 winners Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud will pilot the hot pink No. 60 AutoNation \/ Sirius XM Acura ARX-05 DPi to open the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. A\u00a0new-style qualifying format featured a 100-minute sprint race with Jarvis and Blomqvist leading the race for pole position. The No. 60 Acura ARX-05 will start fourth for Saturday’s main event.<\/p>\n

MSR\u2019s lineup features drivers who finished in each of the podium-finishing DPi cars from last year. Castroneves is the defending winner of the Rolex 24, Pagenaud finished second last year, while Jarvis took third for Mazda. This will be Blomqvist\u2019s first Rolex 24 At Daytona.<\/p>\n

MSR has eight top-five finishes in the Rolex 24, including a 1-3 finish in the 50th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary race. The team also sat on the pole twice for the premier sports car race, with Negri fastest in 2008 and 2015. Teammate\u00a0Allmendinger also set the best race lap in the latter event.<\/p>\n

In only its third attempt at the Daytona classic, MSR took second in the 2006 event. Negri \u2013 making his first start in the event for MSR \u2013 joined Allmendinger, Wilson and Mark Patterson in the No. 60 Lexus Riley. The team won three Rolex Series races prior to its breakthrough Rolex victory.<\/p>\n

This will be the 19th<\/sup>\u00a0Daytona start for MSR, which debuted in 2004 with a seventh-place finish in the No. 6\u00a0Lexus Doran with Kelly Collins, Thomas Erdos, Cort Wagner and Mike Newton.<\/p>\n

Saturday 60th annual Rolex 24 At Daytona is set for a 1:40pm ET start time with live broadcast coverage on NBC. SiriusXM Ch. 202 will also provide live IMSA radio coverage throughout the race.<\/p>\n

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Media Contact:\u00a0<\/strong>Maddie Komar
\nmaddie@sundaymanagement.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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