Daytona Prototype Confessions

As I sit here watching the first few hours of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, I'm forced to say that some of the new Daytona Prototype cars look pretty damn good. The Crawfords, in particular, remind me of the old GTP days. The Rileys (what happened to Scott?) are still but ugly - like someone designed the rest of the car and then plopped the square greenhouse on top. Either way, it's nice to see 15+ of them out there running. They're not as exotic or fast at the LeMans Prototypes (even the LMP2s, probably), but they do their own thing pretty well.

Oh, and props to Dale Earnhardt, Jr., who is currently lapping in the rain!