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Pew rejoins Michael Shank Racing to contest the full 2012 Rolex Sports Car Series season,
sharing the Daytona Prototype driving duties with Ozz Negri. Pew took his first Rolex Sports
Car Series race win in 2008, adding to a list of motorsports accomplishments spread across a
wide variety of categories.
Pew’s motorsports career is a logical extension of his off-shore pursuits, having sailed over
100,000 miles throughout the North Atlantic and North and South Pacific Oceans with his wife
Stephanie.
http://johnpewracing.com/
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Don't let Negri's quiet, humble manner deceive you-he's one of the fastest drivers out there. Negri has scored a podium finish in every season of Rolex Series competition going back to his first full effort in 2004. With a pedigree that includes rubbing elbows, and sometimes wheels, with guys like Barrichello,
Coulthard, and de Ferran, Negri has proven quick in anything he's ever driven.
Negri put in a signature drive to close out the 2006 season, battling through the darkness to
hold a bevy of chasers at bay and take his first Rolex Series victory at Miller Motorsports
Park in Utah. And as many in the paddock will attest, it isn't just Negri's lightning
quick lap times that are impressive-he's also a highly sought-after driver coach, and clearly
knows how to get the most out of a race car while making sure there's something in reserve for
the finish.
A father of two, Brazilian-born Negri has made his home in Miami.
After taking pole position for the 2008 Rolex 24 At Daytona, Negri scored another decisive win
driving with Patterson at NJMP to victory. Negri will return to partner with John Pew in
the No. 60 LiveOn.Com Ford-Riley.
http://www.negrijr.com/
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AJ ALLMENDINGER Allmendinger returns to Michael Shank Racing for his seventh consecutive Rolex 24 At Daytona event with the team. He has led laps in each Rolex 24 event and looks to continue that streak as he sets his sights on earning his first victory in the prestigious endurance race. He placed second in the 2006 event.
He is the second-youngest driver to win the Formula Atlantic Championship and after climbing the open-wheel racing ladder and competing in Champ Car for three years, Allmendinger made the transition to stock cars in 2007 and is now set to run a full-season NASCAR Sprint Cup Series campaign with Penske Racing in 2012.
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Wilson returns to the team in 2012 as he targets a return to the Rolex 24 podium and his first-ever race win in the event. He will complete his fifth Rolex 24 At Daytona in the 50th running of the race at the wheel of the No. 60 Liveon.com Ford-Riley. He has finished runner-up in the endurance classic twice - in 2006 with Michael Shank Racing and in 2010 with Chip Ganassi Racing.
He spends his free time at home in Colorado with his wife and two daughters.
www.justinwilson.co.uk
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Nasr joins the team in the No. 6 Ford-Riley for the 50th Anniversary of the Rolex 24 At Daytona. He was recently crowned the 2011 British Formula 3 Champion and became the first British Formula 3 racer to win the Sunoco Daytona Challenge which gave him the opportunity to make his first Rolex 24 At Daytona start in a Daytona Prototype.
He has amassed 16 wins, 38 podiums and 17 pole positions in four years of formula car racing.
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McDowell returns to the team in the No. 6 Ford-Riley for his sixth Rolex 24 At Daytona. He joined Michael Shank Racing for the 2011 event and finished seventh with co-drivers AJ Allmendinger and Justin Wilson. He won his first GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series race in 2005 while driving the No. 19 Finlay Motorsports Daytona Prototype in Mexico City. He scored his best Rolex 24 result of sixth in 2006.
When McDowell is not traveling the NASCAR circuit, he spends his time at home in North Carolina with his wife and son.
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Goncalvez made his Daytona Prototype debut in October when he joined the team to test the No. 23 Ford-Riley. He returns to Michael Shank Racing in the No. 6 Ford-Riley to mark his first start in the Rolex 24 At Daytona. The young Venezuelan has progressed through the open-wheel ranks having driven in several categories over the past six years including the French Formula Renault Series (2007), Formula BMW Americas Series (2008), Star Mazda (2009-2010) and the Firestone Indy Lights Series (2011). He most recently scored four top-fives and nine top-10s on his way to placing fifth in the 2011 Firestone Indy Lights Championship.
www.jorgegoncalvez.com
Yacaman makes his first GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series start in the 2012 Rolex 24 At Daytona with Michael Shank Racing in the No. 6 Ford-Riley Daytona Prototype. Having climbed the open-wheel racing ladder, Yacaman has spent the past three years competing in the Firestone Indy Lights ranks. He placed fourth in the 2011 championship to complete a stellar season in which he scored five podiums - highlighted with a breakthrough win at the inaugural race through the streets of Baltimore.
When Yacaman is not racing, he spends his free time keeping physically fit through karting, mountain biking, rock climbing and kite surfing. He frequently competes in triathlon events and recently completed an Ironman event in Miami, Florida as well as the Triathlon Trilogy in Key Biscayne, Florida.
www.gustavoyacaman.com
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