BROOKLYN, Mich. – Fifty years after its 1-2-3 finish in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, Ford Motor Company will return to the iconic endurance race next year with an equally iconic car, the GT, based on the new ultra-high performance supercar that will be available as a production model next year.
Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates will field the Le Mans entry as well as full-time teams in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship and the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2016. The GT will makes its competitive debut in January in the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
That means NASCAR’s Kyle Larson, part of the winning Daytona Prototype team in this year’s Rolex 24, will have to get used to a new style of ride.
“It’s going to be different,” Larson acknowledged. “I’m already nervous about that, because, in the prototype, you always look ahead, but I would imagine in those types of cars, you’re always looking behind for the prototypes to be coming.
“It’ll be a different style of race, but I had fun doing the 24 Hours, and I’m excited to go back and try it again.”
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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