12th Running of the HSR Daytona Classic 24 Hour Presented by Mission Foods Next Weekend at Daytona International Speedway

- Record Eight Run Groups of Historic and Vintage Race Cars from the Last 70 Years Compete in Succession for a Full 24 Hours in the 12th Running of the HSR Daytona Classic 24 Hour Presented by Mission Foods Next Saturday and Sunday  

- Full Five-Day Event November 11 - 15 Includes the HSR Daytona Classic 24 Hour Presented by Mission Foods and the HSR Daytona Historics Full-Season Championship Races

- North America's Premier Vintage and Historic 24-Hour Race Featured in Saturday and Sunday Livestream Coverage by Greenlight Television on HSR's Facebook and YouTube Pages 

- Packed Event Schedule Includes Ford as the Featured Marque, Peter Auto Sixties' Endurance HSR Classic 24 Hour Run Group and a Solid Field of Competitors for the Full-Season HSR Daytona Historics

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Daytona Classic 24 Hour presented by Mission Foods returns to Daytona International Speedway (DIS) next week for the 12th running of America's premier vintage and historic sports car race November 11 - 15 at the "World Center of Racing." The full weekend of competition also features the HSR Daytona Historics, a points-paying round of HSR's season-long racing championships from Thursday through late Saturday morning, wrapping up before that afternoon's start of the HSR Classic Daytona 24.

First run in 2014, with initial plans to be held every other year, the immediate popularity and success of the inaugural HSR Classic 24 called for a second running in 2015. After a year off, the 24-Hour classic race at the "World Center of Racing" returned in 2017 to become an annual and premier fixture on the HSR calendar and a "must-do" and "must-attend" motorsports event for competitors and race fans alike.

Ford is the Featured Marque at this year's HSR Classic Daytona 24 and "Blue Oval" sports cars of every type and generation will exclusively take to the track for a Ford Feature race Saturday at 11:30 a.m. EST. The 30-minute exhibition race is as the final on-track event before the start of the 12th running of the Classic 24.

Kicking things off for the official HSR Classic Daytona 24 race start at 2 p.m. EST on Saturday will be the featured guest competitors from the Peter Auto Sixties' Endurance group, the largest gathering of 1960s-era GT sports cars to ever race in historic competition at DIS. The impressive turnout is part of a collaboration between HSR and France-based Peter Auto that began with HSR NASCAR Classic historic stock cars competing in Peter Auto's Le Mans Classic Legend in July. Now, Peter Auto further bolsters the partnership between the two organizations by bringing 20 pristine GT sports cars from the 1960s to HSR Classic Daytona 24 Hour.

For the fourth time, HSR provides livestream Classic Daytona 24 Hour programming with this year's coverage returning to two days of live and feature coverage on Saturday and Sunday. Greenlight Television returns as the production partner for the Classic 24 livestream for the third-straight year. This year's Classic 24 programming is scheduled to begin at 1:45 p.m. EST on Saturday, November 14, through 8 p.m. EST. Coverage continues on Sunday, November 15, from approximately 7:45 a.m. through the final checkered flag before signing off at 2 p.m. EST.

Anchor coverage of the livestream will be available on the HSR and IMSA YouTube Channels with additional distributions and availability in the U.S. and around the world, and the weekend's on-air talent team, among the additional programming announcements coming next week.

This year's HSR Classic Daytona 24 features and all-time high eight different Run Groups - A through G and "P" for Sixties' Endurance - competing in succession for a full 24 hours on the iconic Daytona 3.56-mile road course. Each Run Group - with groups A and B and C and D sharing the track while competing for respective group honors - takes to the track four times throughout the 24 hours with the individual segments clocking in at just under one hour in length. It all adds up to 24 straight hours of historic and vintage sports car competition. 

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HSR Classic Daytona 24 Hour presented by Mission Foods Run Groups:

Group P - 1960s GT Cars Sixties' Endurance by Peter Auto: The Sixties' Endurance run group is the latest chapter in the collaboration announced last year between leading historic motorsports organizations HSR and France-based Peter Auto. That partnership first brought the all-American HSR NASCAR Classic to Le Mans Classic Legend in July. Now, Peter Auto brings 20 GT sports cars from the 1960s to Daytona International Speedway. The Sixties Endurance run group will have the honor of being the first group to start the Classic 24. Highlights entries are half a dozen Shelby Cobras, the largest number of the iconic Ford-powered sports, to ever compete in an HSR event. Jaguar is also strongly represented by five E-Type 3.8 entries spanning 1963 - 1965, including an original and rare 1965 Jaguar E Type Light Weight co-driven by HSR regulars John Spiers and Nigel Greensall.

Group A - Pre-1972: While Group A steps aside to give the honor of the earliest cars competing at Daytona next weekend to the guest Sixties' Endurance division, this group has typically been home to the oldest cars competing in the Classic 24 since the inaugural event in 2014. Group A showcases the legendary and early FIA-era prototype and GT machines that raced in various national series and world championship competition. This year's battle looks to be between three original Lola T70 MkIII B coupes, perennial HSR Classic Endurance race winner Toni Seiler in an open-top 1970 Lola T165 and the always quick 1966 Superformance GT40 of Dan Long and Olthoff Racing owner and driver Dennis Olthoff. The trio of T70s will be driven by Willis Woerheide, the Alegra Motorsports entry for Carlos de Quesada and Nick Padmore and the AJR Heritage Motorsports Lola for Dean DeSantis and Josh Tuggle. Group A shares on-track sessions with Group B as each division competes for group and overall honors.

Group B - 1973 to 1982: Even the "newest" cars in Group B are now over 40 years old in a division that has evolved in the Classic 24 over the past decade plus. Along with a unique 1981 Frisbee GB-2 Can-Am car, Group B is a priceless collection of 1970's era production car favorites such as IROC and RSR 911-based Porsche GT cars and a 1973 Datsun 240Z and a 1972 BMW CSL. The group also includes 1980's era Porsche 944 Turbo Cup and S2 models and in-period BMW M3 and 330 models. Group B shares on-track sessions with Group A as each division competes for group and overall honors.

Group C - 1983 to 1993: Appropriately named, Group C features a debuting 1991 Nissan R90C prototype, but the rest of the eye catchers include a must-see lineup of production-based GT cars. A highlight is three Porsche 935s, including the ex-Whittington Brothers 935 K3 of de Quesada and professional coach and co-driver Billy Johnson. A similar K3, which displays the famous Jagermeister colors, returns to the Classic 24 with veteran competitor Dr. Mike Smith. Other unique entries include a 1990 Audi Quattro 90 GTO, the 1987 Porsche 944 GTR Turbo of Colin Dougherty and a pair of quick 1992 Porsche 964 Cup and RSR entries. Group C shares on-track sessions with Group D as each division competes for group and overall honors.

Group D - 1994 to 2003: Group D shares the track with Group C and the divisions are similar in that what should be a "ringer" prototype should step up to lead another stout field of memorable GT machines. While the Nissan R90c is expected to be the rabbit in Group C, the pacesetter in the D division ranks is likely the 2006 Riley XX Daytona Prototype of David Smith. Primed for an upset, however, is packed field of GT cars from earlier in this decade and before, including a class-leading lineup of 996 and 997 Porsche GT3 Cup cars. The 997 contenders include the father-and-son entry for Buz McCall and Brad McCall. David MacNeil and his Rolex 24 winning son Cooper MacNeil will also take part in a little family life in the fastlane in their truly classic 1996 Porsche 993 RSR. The mix also includes a 2008 Ferrari 360 Challenge, a 2005 Corvette C6.R and a 2003 Panoz Esperante GT2 driven by DeQuesada - this year's Classic 24 iron man running in three different groups - and his teammate Catesby Jones. Group D shares on-track sessions with Group C as each division competes for group and overall honors.

Group E - 2004 to 2021 Modern-Era GT: Nothing short of a cage match of familiar GT machinery retired from contemporary competition, many competitors in the popular HSR Mission GT Challenge presented by Pirelli series also step up for their biggest race of the year in Group E at the Classic 24. Since becoming a modern GT showcase a few years ago, Group E has delivered some of the closest and most competitive races in Classic 24 history. Type 991 and 992 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR and Cup Cars anchor the entry as usual but stout challengers include contenders such as the Audi R8 LMS, Mercedes-AMG GT3, Lamborghini Huracan GT3 and Super Trofeo, BMW M6 and Z4, McLaren 650S and a four-strong group of Trans Am TA2 that can't be counted out.

Group F - Through 2021 Modern-Era Prototype: The fastest run group in the Classic 24, Group F features top tier LMP1 and final-generation DPi prototypes that have been retired from competition for at least five years. The main battle should come down to a three-way 2017 Cadillac Dallara DPi battle featuring the Matador Motorsports No. 01 of Pierce Marshall and Eric Foss, the No. 31 of JC France, Tim Rivers and former DP champion Joao Barbosa and the GMT Racing No. 81 of Juan Gonzalez, Roberto Gonzalez and recently inducted IMSA Hall of Famer Butch Leitzinger. The 2016 Honda ARX 04 of Mark Drain and Alfie Briggs is also more than capable of upsetting the Cadillac trio. Ready to pounce if the big boys all encounter trouble is a field of nearly 10 LMP3 prototype entries.

Group G - Through 2021 Modern-Era GT3/GT4: Group G is another modern GT battle ground of early examples of current GT3 and GT4 cars as well as machines from contemporary single-make series. Once again, Porsche GT3 Cup and Cayman GT4 Clubsports make up the most entries but a BMW M3, Aston Martin Vantage and a Mercedes-AMG GT4 are all up to the challenge.

About HSR: An International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) property, Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) was formed in the mid-1970s with an event at Road Atlanta. There was one goal then and it remains true today: to celebrate the racing cars from the past. As a "time machine" of sights and sounds, HSR provides a venue for competitors and spectators alike to share in the wonderful history and excitement created by the cars that competed at race tracks around the world. HSR currently sanctions eight vintage and historic racing events at some of the world's most renowned race tracks, including Road Atlanta, Sebring International Raceway, Daytona International Speedway and more. The complete schedule and full event information can be found on HSR's website at www.HSRRace.com , opens in a new tab. Look for the HSR Channel on YouTube and follow HSR on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/HSRrace/ , opens in a new tab and on Twitter X at @HSR_race and Instagram @HistoricSportscarRacing.