The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona is arguably one of the most popular motorsport racing event in the world. Earlier known as the 24 Hours of Daytona, the name of the event was changed because of the sponsorship changes. This amazing 24 hour endurance race is held every year at the historical Daytona International Speedway which is located in Florida at the Daytona Beach. The combined road course takes a 3.56 mile long track which also makes use of the NASCAR tri-oval track located in the same speedway. It is one of the most sought after endurance races in the world at the moment. It has always been announced in the final weekend of January or the first week of February which also marks the beginning of the racing season every year. As it has now been integrated with the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, it is again the inaugural race of the season.

The event has been quite notorious for changing its sponsorship as well as its name over the past. It is being sponsored by Rolex right now which also provides steel Rolex watches to the winners of all the categories every year. The race is known to be a part of the Triple Crown of Endurance Racing, an informal name that is given to three of the best racing events in the world. The Daytona International Speedway opened in the year 1959 and has been organizing the Daytona 500 as well as the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona ever since. Though this auto racing event is frequently compared with the 24 Hours of Le Mans event. However, the difference here is that the racing drivers compete in an entirely closed course and there are no public roads involved in this race. There are two hairpin turns along with some steep banking of the beach as well. The race is held in the winters unlike the Le Mans. This also means that the competitors have to ride their race cars in the nighttime more than then days. The racing track only gets 20% lighting during this time which makes competing at this auto racing very tough. Visit jsonline.com to get more tips and techniques on car racing driving.

Earlier the racing event saw many dramatic endings as finishing the distance was not enough, the cars had to finish the 24 hours of time constraint as well. However, now finishing the distance is okay as well. If you miss Rolex 24 At Daytona, you are definitely going to miss a lot in the world of motorsport racing.