Of course they could lose! Ganassi were running the old Riley chassis, whilst the #99, who are the reigning champions were running the new car, which is considerably faster than the Ganassi one. The #23 Crawford Porsche is by far the fastest combination on the circuit at the moment too.
The #99s drivers were Alex Gurney, John Fogarty, Jimmie Johnson and Jimmy Vasser. Hardly a poor line up there! 3rd place car was Kurt Busch, Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe too. Actually, look at the driver list. It's an all-star race of CART, IRL, NASCAR and Sportscars. Franchitti, Montoya, Pruett, Gurney, Fogarty, Johnson, Vasser, Busch, Castoneves, Briscoe, Zonta, Angelelli, Taylor, Rahal, Wilson, Gavin, van de Poele, O Connell, Lally, Miller, Westbrook, Allmendinger, Magnussen, Borcheller, France, Haywood, Barbosa, Andretti, Carpenter, Foyta, Meira, George, Donohue, Law, Papis, Bergmeister, Long, Wallace, Doornbos, Huisman, Gidley, Dixon, Wheldon, Luhr, McNish, Rockenfeller, Said.
Forget IROC. Forget the RoC. Daytona 24 is far more impressive.
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