One week before the third round of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, 2010 Rolex 24 At Daytona Champ, Ryan Dalziel, co-driver of the #8 Starworks Motorsport Dinan-BMW Riley, currently ranked third in the Grand-Am Rolex Series driver point standings, gives us his impressions of the upcoming race at Barber, his past Rolex 24 win confidence bonus and his past week's experience at the Sebring 12 Hours with Jaguar RSR.
 
In retrospect, two months after your Rolex 24 win, what do you think this victory brought you in term of experience and how you will approach your next race?

Read more ...

SEBRING, Florida (March 20, 2010) – After all the hard work, all the long hours, the JaguarRSR team took the green flag to kick off the 2010 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron season today in Sebring, Florida.

It was a good feeling for the JaguarRSR team on the 58th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida grid this morning. The crew stood proudly by the beautiful #75 JaguarRSR XKR GT as the race-day crowds flooded through the open grid taking photos and getting up close to see the anticipated new addition to the series/Sebring event. If looks could kill, that would be an understatement. Ready to start the fight, Paul Gentilozzi was buckled into the driver’s seat and took the green flag this morning at 10:30 a.m. ET. The car made a successful start and things were progressing well in the opening laps before a cooling issue occurred about 15 minutes into the race.

Read more ...

SEBRING, Florida (March 19, 2010) – After a week of preparing for the season opener of the 2010 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron season, the JaguarRSR team had a successful qualifying run this afternoon in preparation for Saturday’s 58th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida.

Read more ...

Team ready to put up a fight in a tough 2010 GT battle in the American Le Mans Series

EAST LANSING, MI (March 15, 2010) - The JaguarRSR race team is set to make its Sebring debut with the JaguarRSR XKR GT this weekend in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron season opener, the 58th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Fresh From Florida.

Facing tough competition from factory backed BMW, Corvette, Ferrari and Porsche teams, JaguarRSR enters its first full-season effort in the ALMS. JaguarRSR has reserved number 75 in honor of Jaguar's 75^th anniversary of the Jaguar name and 75 years looking forward, designing and building cars that represent the very best of technical innovation, design leadership and sporting success.

Read more ...

Read more ...

Read more ...

Read more ...

Orlando, Florida (January 27, 2010) – As Starworks Motorsport makes its debut competing in the ‘Rolex 24 at Daytona’ this weekend, Saturday 30th – Sunday 31st January, the team, along with Scotland’s Ryan Dalziel, will actively be encouraging race fans to donate to Dunamis Medical Missions in the wake of the Haiti earthquake.

Peter Baron, Starworks Motorsport Team Principal, has created the website – www.race4haiti.com, where online donations can be made with all funds raised going directly to Dunamis Medical Missions – a group of American doctors and nurses already active in Haiti before the devastating earthquakes but now with an even greater need to bring medical supplies and help to the region.

Read more ...

Orlando, Florida (January 20, 2010) – Scotland’s Ryan Dalziel can put the frustrations of an incomplete 2009 racing schedule firmly behind him having been confirmed for a full-season competing in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series in 2010.

Dalziel (27) will start the season later this month driving in the ‘Rolex 24 at Daytona’ for Action Express Racing.  He’ll be teamed behind the wheel of the #9 Riley-Porsche Daytona Prototype with Terry Borcheller, Joao Barbosa and Mike Rockenfeller for the endurance classic.  Post Daytona, the Orlando-based racer will join the all-new Starworks Motorsport outfit to complete the season sharing the #8 Riley-BMW Daytona Prototype with Mike Forest. 

Read more ...

Orlando, Florida – Scotland’s Ryan Dalziel will return to action in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Presented by Crown Royal Cask No.16 this weekend as the 12-round season concludes at the Homestead Miami Speedway, Florida, with the ‘Grand Prix of Miami’, Thursday 8th – Saturday 10th October.

Read more ...

Orlando, Florida (July 05, 2009) – Ryan Dalziel celebrated his return to Daytona Prototype racing in the 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Presented by Crown Royal Cask No.16 with a third place podium finish in Saturday’s ‘Brumos Porsche 250’ at the Daytona International Speedway, Florida, 4th July.

Read more ...

Orlando, Florida (June 30, 2009) – Scotland’s Ryan Dalziel will be back behind the wheel of a Daytona Prototype race car this weekend, Saturday 4th July, at the ‘Brumos Porsche 250’ at Daytona International Speedway, Florida, having been signed to see out the remainder of Orbit Racing’s season in the 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Presented by Crown Royal Cask No.16.

Read more ...

Orlando, Florida (June 11, 2009) – Ryan Dalziel has been signed up by the Virginia-based Motorsport Technology Group organization to race their Porsche 997 GS in the remainder of the 2009 Koni Sports Car Challenge, sanctioned by Grand-Am. The Scottish racer, who resides in Orlando, will make his 2009 debut in the series in Round 7 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Friday 19th – Sunday 21st June.

Read more ...

Orlando, Florida (May 13, 2009) – Scotland’s Ryan Dalziel will return to the scene of his maiden Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series victory having been called up by Orbit Racing to compete in the ‘Verizon Festival of Speed’ this weekend at California’s Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Friday 15th – Sunday 17th May.

Read more ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 25 - Although Alegra Motorsports didn't get the results it wanted in the 47th annual Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway this weekend, the team will return to its home base of Miami with the confidence of a group that knows it can compete against the powerhouses of the Rolex Series.

Read more ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 22 - At first it looked like Alegra Motorsports' Ryan Dalziel qualified fifth on Thursday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway for this weekend's Rolex 24, but now it appears the car will start 19th or 20th in the Daytona Prototype class when the green flag flies at 3:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon. The change occurred because unfortunately the team's Riley BMW didn't pass the post-qualifying technical inspection due to a ride-height violation caused by a splitter failure, forcing it to the back of the Daytona Prototype field for the start.

Read more ...

Orlando, Florida. (January 20, 2009) – Ryan Dalziel’s 2009 race season kicks off with an early start as the international sports car community gathers at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida this weekend for the 47th running of the ‘Rolex 24 at Daytona’, the opening round of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Presented by Crown Royal Cask No.16, Thursday 22nd – Sunday 25th January.

Read more ...

Orlando, Florida. (December 22, 2008) – Scotland’s Ryan Dalziel heads into the Christmas period eagerly anticipating the New Year and a brand new challenge in 2009.  The 26-year-old has now finalized his plans to return to the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Presented by Crown Royal Cask No.16 competing for the Miami-based Alegra Motorsports squad – the former ‘Rolex 24 at Daytona’ GT Champions graduating up to the Daytona Prototype class next season.

Read more ...