Hey all, this is coming directly from me (Jeff Westphal) in blog form. I’ve been working hard on trying to secure enough backing to get to the 2010 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, and a big thank you to all who have helped contribute to make this happen. Drivers from all over the world and all different forms of motorsports will be here to compete, such as;
Scott Pruett, Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Justin Wilson, Jamie Mc Murray, Juan Pablo Montoya, Jimmie Johnson, Aj Allmendinger, Max Angelilli, Sebastian Bourdais, Raphael Matos, Ricardo Zonta, Buddy Rice, Paul Edwards, Patrick Dempsey, Jan Magnussen, Robin Liddell, Wolf Henzler, Andy Lally, Patrick Long, Jorg Bergmeister, Johonnes Van Overbeek, Jonathan Bomarito, Timo Bernhard, Roman Dumas, Bobby Labonte, Bill Auberlen, Joey Hand, Boris Said, and of course, Jeff Westphal
are only some of the 200+ drivers on the entry list.
I’m looking forward to Daytona this year as i feel this new BMW M6 package will fare a bit better than our previous Pontiac GXP-R. The BMW does what i like to call “handle the straights really well!” And we faired well in the pontiac even with being damaged and in the garage for 45 min, so I’m confident that this year will be better. However, there is quite the driver list attending, so it’s going to be no easy feat.
Aside from all the excitement of the race itself, i’ve also been training physically quite a bit, both on the road bike and on foot. If there are any road bikers out there that want to join in, give me a call of send me an email!!! And if that weren’t enough, I’m also working closely with my good friend and producer Dustin Bramell on putting together a documentary to cover not only my experiences at the 24HR event, but that of an aspiring professional racer including but not limited to; the struggle day to day to make an event like this come together. From the business aspect, to the networking, to the many many phone calls, to the training and traveling. And i think there might be some footage in there from the 24, but i’m not sure 
Anyways, stay tuned for updates on that project (it really is a project, a graduate school project to be precise). In any case, i suppose putting up the air time the 24 will get might not be a bad idea eh? So here it goes:
TV Schedule:
January 30th
Speed Channel, 3pm Eastern - (so that’s Noon out here for us west coasters)
January 31st
Speed Channel, 7am Eastern - (so that’s 4am west coast, eek!!)
If you don’t get speed, call your cable provider right now!!!! haha, or find a local bar/restaurant that has it on. Also, you can check out updates during the race at the Grand Am website. (http://www.grand-am.com/)
Thanks for stopping by!
