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| Country | North America |
|---|---|
| Inaugural season | 2000 |
| Folded | 2013 |
| Prototype Classes | DP |
| GT Classes | GT, GX |
| Tyre suppliers | Continental |
| Last Drivers' champion | DP: Max Angelelli, Jordan Taylor GT: Alessandro Balzan GX: Jim Norman |
| Last Makes' champion | DP: Chevrolet/Riley GT: Ferrari GX: Mazda |
| Last Teams' champion | DP: Chip Ganassi Racing GT: Scuderia Corsa GX: BGB Motorsports |
| Official website | http://www.grand-am.com |
The Rolex Sports Car Series was the premier series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. It was a North American-based sports car series founded in 2000 under the name Grand American Road Racing Championship to replace the failed United States Road Racing Championship. Rolex took over as series sponsor in 2002.
It ran a mixture of classes of sports prototypes and Grand Touring-style cars. In 2003, the series debuted their custom prototype chassis, known as Daytona Prototypes, named after their premiere event, the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
The series staged the North American Endurance Championship, featuring three of its premier races at Daytona, Watkins Glen, and Indianapolis.[1]
On September 5, 2012, Grand-Am announced that it would be merging the Rolex Sports Car Series with the American Le Mans Series to form a unified road racing championship[2] to be known as United SportsCar Racing,[3] later retitled as the TUDOR United Sports Car Championship. The final Rolex Sports Car Series race was held on September 28, 2013 at Lime Rock Park.[4]
- ^ "Grand-Am confirms North American Endurance Championship for 2012". Autoweek. Crain Communications. Archived from the original on 2011-12-31. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
- ^ "Welcome to the Future of Sports Car Racing!". American Le Mans Series. Archived from the original on 2013-03-21. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ^ "Grand-Am, ALMS to become 'United SportsCar Racing' series in 2014". Autoweek. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ "Angelelli, Taylor storm Lime Rock to wrap up the Grand-Am Rolex Series - Racer.com". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-28.