Rolex 24: Brumos' V-8 had plenty of juice

02.02.10

DAYTONA BEACH — Brumos Racing didn’t win the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona on Sunday, but it celebrated just the same.

The team’s No. 59 Porsche-powered Riley broke down in the 22nd hour. But the organization’s thumbprint clearly was on the winning Porsche-Riley for newly formed Action Express Racing.

When Brumos reduced its presence in Grand-Am Road Racing to one car, Action Express bought the parts and pieces from the second team. Equally important they hired a lot of the crewmen and driver Joao Barbosa.

The biggest difference was their V-8 engine. Brumos used a factory-backed six-cylinder engine, the same engine they used a year ago to win the 24-hour race.

Sunday’s victory by Barbosa, Terry Borcheller, Mike Rockenfeller and Ryan Dalziel might be the first step a significant change for Porsche in the sports car series. Former Brumos owner Bob Snodgrass unsuccessfully asked Porsche four years ago to build a V-8. When it refused, he built his own.

[ Via: Florida Times-Union | Read more... ]

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