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Franchitti claims Daytona success (PA SportsTicker)
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Former Indy 500 winner De Ferran ready to resume racing career (AP)
When Gil de Ferran walked away from the IndyCar Series four years ago, he wanted to find a new career that brought the same kind of challenges. For a while that goal was fulfilled while the two-time CART champion and 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner worked first as race director for the BAR team in Formula One and then sporting director for the Honda Formula One team.

Correction: Grand-Am-Daytona 24-Hour story (AP)
In a Jan. 27 story about the Rolex 24-Hour race, The Associated Press erroneously reported Chip Ganassi said, “It seemed like that car caused half the caution flags out there,” referring to his No. 02 car. Ganassi denied making that statement.

Montoya cruises to fastest lap of Las Vegas testing
Juan Pablo Montoya paced testing Tuesday at Las Vegas Motorspeedway, going 186.761 mph in his Dodge to post the fastest lap of the two-day session.

Montoya sets fastest lap of Las Vegas testing
Juan Pablo Montoya paced testing Tuesday at Las Vegas Motorspeedway, going 186.761 mph in his Dodge to post the fastest lap of the two-day session. Montoya’s mark in the afternoon session bettered Kyle Busch’s fast lap of 183.580 on Monday and Carl Edwards’ mark of 184.256 in the Tuesday morning runs. In all, 12 drivers bettered Edwards’ morning run, including four Toyota drivers as the automaker’s fleet continued to impress in preseason testing.