Originally known as the 24 Hours of DAYTONA, the Rolex 24 At DAYTONA is a 24-hour sports car endurance race held annually that kicks off the new IMSA Weather Tech SportsCar Championship season at Daytona International Speedway.

The 833 laps equal 2,965.48 miles, which would take you on a drive from Daytona Beach to Los Angeles, then north up to San Francisco, ending roughly in Santa Rosa, California.

The 24 Hours of Daytona, also known as the Rolex 24 At Daytona for sponsorship reasons, is a 24-hour sports car endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious race in NASCAR as well as its season opening event. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, IMSA, SCCA, and AMA Supercross.

The Coveted Prize: Rolex Cosmograph Daytona The winning team receives the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, a special wristwatch specifically designed for racing drivers. The watch features a unique design with a tachymeter scale on the bezel, which allows drivers to measure their average speed.

five classifications How each of the Rolex 24's five classifications measures up. From the futuristic prototypes running in the GTP, LMP2 and LMP3 classes to the near-street-car, GT3 entries in the GTD Pro and GTD classes, the differences between the vehicles competing in this week's Rolex 24 can be both stark and subtle.

With ever-improving technologies and high-quality materials, one would expect a modern Rolex to last several lifetimes if properly maintained. If properly maintained, a Rolex watch will last a lifetime.

If you wear your Rolex daily, then storing it in a watch box or safe should suffice. Most Rolex watches have a reasonable power reserve that should keep your timepiece functioning correctly from the moment you take it off at night until you put it back on the next morning.

Glad you asked, it's a 24-hour race for sportscars held at the Daytona International Speedway. As opposed to the Daytona 500, which exclusively uses the oval at Daytona, the 24 hours uses the infield sections as well, creating a mixture of oval banking and classic race track that challenge both cars and drivers.

24-hour The 61st Rolex 24 at Daytona is a 24-hour endurance race featuring the top drivers from IMSA as well as some hugely familiar IndyCar stars - among them, series champions Scott Dixon, Josef Newgarden and Simon Pagenaud; four-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves; and rising stars, including Colton Herta and Scott ...

Made famous for its wide beach and smooth, hard-packed sands, Daytona Beach became widely known in the early 1900s for high-speed automobile testing, and later, racing. This made the beach a mecca for racing enthusiasts.

World's Most Famous Beach Located on the east coast of Central Florida, Daytona Beach is internationally known for its racing roots, hosting some of the largest motorsports events in the world including the Daytona 500, also known as the "Great American Race."