#DAYTONA PROTOTYPE SERIES#

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ROLEX Grand Am era by Greenlight CollectiblesДЄll cars based on the same Rliey MK XI casting My four customs that are included in the collection. The parts that make up this very nice casting. SEE BELOW FOR A COMPLETE LISTING OF ALL THE CARS SHOWNДЄ sample of the packaging for the factory based cars. Thanks for the look and happy collecting. As mentioned, this is all that I am aware of but than means absolutely nothing in the real world!Дrop me a note if you know of more cars that needs to be added, better yet, post your own cars right in this thread. And secondly, that you will be able to add cars to this data base that I have missed. First that my info might prove helpful as a reference for building your own set of cars. I share this collection in hopes of two outcomes.

Besides, GL did such a great job they deserve to be collected and displayed. While It is clear that I find the car rather ugly, (as well as overly manipulated racing) I still have to give props to it's place in American road racing history. I have gathered every known factory example I am aware of for my own collection. The casting has seen very little use over the years, (I assume due to licensing issues) but was always well collected due to limited production, usually between 2,500 to 3,500 pieces each. The casting is remarkably detailed and consist of a total of 24 separate parts. While several brands of constructors were represented, all cars were based on a single casting of the 2008 Riley MK XI. In 2008 Greenlight Collectibles released a very accurate 1:64 die cast replica of the second gen DP. This debut year will see what may come of the merger but for now, the jury seems to be holding out on a verdict.ДЄt this point we need to talk about toy cars and the casting at hand. Unfortunately, it seems that NASCAR / Grand-AM has managed to reduce the far more technically advanced machinery of the ALMS to second string contenders behind their own DP class.

#DAYTONA PROTOTYPE SERIES#

With Nascar's purchase of the rival American Le Mans Series (ALMS) at the close of the 2013 season, we now have a merged series known as the Tudor United Sports Car Championship. While the current 3rd generation of the Daytona Prototype is a very nice looking race car, they are strikingly reminiscent of IMSA's GTP machinery of the mid 80's. While the DP's (often referred to as Prototrutles due to their odd greenhouse roof line) have never held great interest for me personally, I do acknowledge their place in the history of sports car racing in North America. This brand of low tech, low cost engineering successfully produced a manufactured style of close racing through the years as designed. When the 6 tube framed, production based V8 powered Daytona Prototypes (DP) appeared in the 2003 24 Hours event, history sadly turned the page and Daytona became increasingly less relevant to world wide racing. However in 2002, NASCAR announced through it's sports car sanctioning body, the Grand American Sports Car Series, that they preferred to produce their own 'in house' style of auto racing. The first sports car event was held just a few months after the opening of the facility in April of '59 with a 6 hour FIA sanctioned race.ДЇrom that event until 2003, Sports car racing at Daytona held it's place on the world stage with the 24 Hours of Daytona (which became 24 hours long in 1966). This is evident by the road course laid out in the infield that connected with the main high banked track. When Big Bill France built the mighty speedway in Daytona Florida some 55 years ago, he already had an eye on sports car racing. My Complete DAYTONA PROTOTYPE Collection by GL!

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