RDAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—So, after 24 hours of screaming motors and screaming fans, exhaust and campfire smoke, Yellow, red, and green flags, and a 67-car field of some of the best driving talent on the planet all trying to survive and then win …
And most important, after two sports car series failed, then merged, then trumpeted glad tidings of “A new Golden Age in sports car racing” … What’s left, besides ashes and chunks of rubber and shards of carbon fiber and the occasional tear-off?
Was the Tudor United SportsCar Championship 52nd Rolex 24 at Daytona worth it? Better or worse than other Rolexes? Was the start of this “new era” as magnificent as the series had promised? As bad as some fans had feared? How did it all add up?
On a scale of one to ten … all of the above.
