As the championship Breitling Aerospace Watches concluded the expectations were not only met but were exceeded as well. The 2005 Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series had started off splendidly with the Rolex 24 At Daytona which witnessed one of the strongest ever lineup of great drivers on the Daytona International Speedway.The race being the toughest among the endurance races was expected to test the skills of everyone and it went on to become even more memorable than what was initially expected.The race involved 710 laps and there were many records that were set on that day.There were as much as 43 lead changes which involved eight cars and sixteen drivers.The winner of the race was the SunTrust Breitling Aerospace Watches Racing team which also had the services of Emmanuel Collard to assist Wayne Taylor and Max Angelelli.The team in fact was leading the fleet of cars for as much as 282 laps and the way they were racing it looked like that the 2005 Daytona Prototype Championship is going to be theirs and they made sure that that is how things turn out to be in the end.Also the 2005 Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series had some new additions which included races at Laguna Seca, Watkins Glen International and Mexico City.
The 2005 Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series was another of the landmark years in the ever evolving world of Rolex Racing with the race honors of the year going deservingly to the race driver duo of SunTrust Racing.The year had begun with lots of anticipations among all of the teams and every driver was hoping that this would turn out to be his year especially as the prestige of the Daytona Prototypes was rising with each passing year.Expectedly every racing team tried its hardest to Breitling Aerospace Watches perform well to leave a mark on the world of Rolex sponsored motorsports tournament.But one team that performed tremendously well to out beat every competitor quite comfortably and repeatedly was the SunTrust Racing team which had the great duo of Wayne Taylor and Max Angelelli on the wheels who ensured that they got their hands on the Daytona Prototype championship through outstanding performance all year long. In their quest for winning the prestigious 2005 Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series the SunTrust Racing had done all the preparations and it was the result of the efforts of the entire team including crew, mechanics and drivers that their Daytona Prototype not only completed every single lap and every single mile, a rare Breitling Aerospace Watches achievement in itself, but also went on to win five out of a possible of fourteen races.In the end after covering 2,050 laps which involved more than 6000 miles the team emerged victorious and the proud duo of Wayne Taylor and Max Angelelli won the coveted Daytona Prototype championship.It was expected right at the onset of the 2005Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series that the year would be another memorable chapter in the strong relationship that was building between the Grand Am Racing Association and the world number one manufacturer of luxury watches, Rolex.