Why The 24 Hours Of Daytona Is The Most Grueling Race In America | Turn By Turn

The Rolex 24 at Daytona is one of the most challenging motorsport events in America. The 3.58-mile track is navigated by over 60 cars, various levels of drivers, and four classes of race cars for 24 hours straight. 10-time winner Scott Pruett took us turn by turn through the Rolex 24 and explained what makes it so grueling.
Editor's Note: The name Jennifer Klein was spelled incorrectly in the credits.
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Why The 24 Hours Of Daytona Is The Most Grueling Race In America | Turn By Turn

[@willlasdf123]

Now that we've covered Indy, Le Mans, and now Daytona, it's time for Nurburgring!

[@justinl2009]

They've done one on the Nordschleife.

[@Antonio88870]

@@justinl2009 already done

[@who_am_you]

Then sebring

[@alexanderm3656]

@Ploke Newo78 I didn't like that extra chicane

[@racinggtindy1181]

As some one who watches IMSA I think the 12 hours of Sebring is more grueling than the 24 hours of Daytona. Even if its half of the time as Daytona the track is more complex and you have to be more focused especially at night cause Sebring doesn't have lights where Daytona has lights in some places. I bet if you ask most IMSA drivers they would say Sebring is more greuling.

[@drewgalbraith4499]

Ya I came here to say this very thing haha

[@jackrock121]

Dayton maybe more grueling as there is constant traffic in front as Sebring you have moments where its just you and the road. both are grueling ot just depends on whats more grueling staying focus 24 hours or staying cautious for 12 hours. All depends on the driver

[@tayloresswein]

I feel the exact same way! Sebring is much harder on the car and the body and a more challenging track in my eyes. There is really only one break going down the back stretch to sunset bend where you can "relax" for a bit.

[@danielhenderson8316]

I'd call Sebring #1 and Daytona 24 #2. Sebring has something Daytona doesn't: BUMPS. Sebring is an abused airport except for a few weeks a year. The track is so bumpy, IndyCar uses a short version to test Street course setups. A couple of drivers and reporters think IndyCars would break running the entire track. Endurance cars regularly break because if the bumps. And you have to deal with it for 12 hours.

[@marbleman2278]

Huh

[@FingeringThings]

Pfft I’m pretty sure LA traffic is the most gruelling race

[@jeffreyvences5746]

Yes, yes it is. Doesn't help when there's millions of idiots behind the wheel.

[@ploppyjr2373]

So you’re here too

[@screversam7989]

Russian traffic: Hold my beer

[@98DogCcoin]

Fingering daytona

[@omega1575]

Nyc traffic

[@jeremymartinez4438]

I want to see a 7 hr video turn by turn of the isle of man tt ; )

[@joshuazachariah]

Just realized I know this track by heart from Real Racing 3! 😂

[@ijrracing9595]

I know right! I love that game! I was just playing it and then I saw this video.🏎️

[@joshuazachariah]

IJR Racing yeah, their graphics are on point, now that I see the real track. Those turns here took me way back.

Haha rr3 gang

[@UnitedMuhim]

Yes boss

[@dw6831]

ooh

[@dansantarsiero1526]

As a 40 consecutive years attendee of the 24 Hours of Daytona, it wasn't hard for me to spot when Scott started to explain Turn 5, that the overhead shot was actually Turn 3.

[@JonRuh]

Looked like a lot of footage mixed around. Talking about Nascar 1&2 they were showing a bunch of stuff across the start finish line.

[@jeremylaynerogers]

I log my vote for Bathurst. One of the world's greatest and most unique circuits.

[@ickerolig]

It's in Australia. But I agree with Bathurst being one of the best circuits, it's more like a street than a circuit. Which makes it one of the most fun to watch, especially considering that it's a track any car can be a beast on because every part of the track brings a new element, hill climb, downhill, straights, bumpy sections, slow sections and ordinary circuit turns.

[@maxwellharris507]

I learnt of Bathurst from the exploits of Mark Skaife and Jim Richards in the R32 Skyline GT-R

[@sbinnala14]

I love Bathurst. It’s a great track. Good balance between overtaking and tech

[@jamesstevenson9340]

Don't know how they do it I did 6 hours of daytonna on project cars 2 geez probably the most focused I have ever done in a long amount of time

[@rumblefish9]

They do stints. There are 4 drivers in a car and they do around 2 to 3 hours per stint. Get a little rest and then do another stint. The 2019 winners, F1 driver Fernando Alonso did at least a total of 7 hours in the car because the team decided he would drive the last leg. Add the rain to that equation made it more difficult. Last years was pretty amazing because of the rain. Cars were aquaplaning everywhere.

[@GerberLP]

Great presentation: simple graphics, understandable language, primary witness testimony of one of America's greatest racers = I learned a lot! Thanks for the hard work guys'n'gals!

[@zekken_aep]

How about Suzuka, Spa, Monaco, or Nurburgring? All those legendary tracks are worth talkin'about.

[@mark-ish]

Yet, you've missed the point, its murican tracks, you tool.

[@lotus3272]

Spa recently got an episode, so this comment aged well. (Edit: The Nurburgring also has an episode, though it doesn't actually go over all of the turns.)

[@JustusKuroVT]

Theres already a nurburgring episode

[@zekken_aep]

@@JustusKuroVT lol I know this comment is already 1 month old

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

It's not challenging for Lightning McQueen, he got this. He is speed after all

[@rumblefish9]

Or Fernando Alonso. His drive in the 2019 Daytona 24h was insane.

[@felito21]

@@rumblefish9 his a pretty good driver so.

[@jakemorandthemomoz8154]

Lewis Hamilton is no more.

[@razormc954]

Or Chase Elliott

[@jeanettecabrera9368]

yu are also here

[@LowCountryMack]

This was just a great ride. Thanks👍🏁

[@svenmartin840]

That was an awesome video by Scott very informative. I hope you guys can do rally Sweden, rally Monte Carlo and Rally Finland

[@thelambsauce490]

Do rainbow road

[@Akumaexe-xn4rz]

First 23hours is survival, the race starts in the final hour. Best way anyone has explained it to me lol.

[@zachservello7846]

Having been to this years race, i can just confirm that Downshifts and pulls in and out of turn 3 are orgasmic

[@CaptainJEEERRYY]

Monza, Suzuka, Fuji Speedway, Circuit de Monaco are some tracks you need to do videos on.

[@jaketrumpet001]

Me: I am speed Me after watching this video: I have to be much more than speed

[@abramo7700]

“i am speed” most forza drivers lmao

[@thiagoveloso7610]

It's a really tight track damm. Into that inside sector I think it's narrow like Hungaroring or Marina Bay

[@smallpotatos6931]

do circuit de spa next i love this series

[@nicolaslopez6482]

Do about yahuarcocha one of the best tracks in south America, it was an iconic racetrack from the 70's here in Ecuador were it held the Marlboro 12 hours endurance race

[@bobyoung1698]

I'm pretty sure I saw you race a Mustang or a Camaro in Trans-Am races when we were both younger.😉 Trans-Am, in its early days, was my favorite motorsport.

[@leonlawrencez28]

I can't wait for the Rolex 24 in 2021. Got my tickets already. Go Corvette Racing!!!!!!!

[@eddiegusslerii7975]

Nurburgring, Laguna Seca, Sarthe, Spa, Monza, Brand's Hatch or the Isle of Mann 😄

[@generalgrievousproductions]

I want to start racing. That's my dream. I just don't know where to begin.

[@abcjelly]

9:22-9:32 monaco circuit, silverstone circuit, long beach st circuit, macau guia circuit

[@thaliayuriar2120]

I go every year! Cadillac is always fast there!👊🏻

[@AdityaPatnaik69420]

Do a video on the NBR24!

[@BritAcrossThePond]

Marshaled turn 6 of the Daytona 24 hours 4 times, great event

[@heliogt1961]

next track be nordschleife pls. the video might be 3h long but it sure be worth it

[@TheGreatCornholio.]

Please do road America

[@jorhop4005]

Title is wrong because every driver and team would tell you that the 12 hours of Sebring is a harder race than the 24 hours of Daytona.

[@brianjennings91]

I think Sebring is way tougher then Daytona. Also you do a video on Mosport in Canada

[@andrechiarelli4704]

Bathurst, Road America, Sebring

[@dnmoscato92]

I've learned this track very well from iracing. Not sure how I'd do in a real race car around it. But at least I know the track

[@whatwewish]

This is my favourite track in real racing 3

[@drewgalbraith4499]

Insider: *this video*. Sebring: am I a joke to you?

[@SeanCampbell_iRacing]

Jackson Blunt the bus stop is a key feature, I don’t know how they forgot it

[@jtd8815]

Bristol Motor Speedway with Jimmy Johnson

[@alexjensen6224]

Next should be Mid-Ohio, Watkins Glen, Road America and VIR

[@gvishal9571]

Monaco next please

[@SeanCampbell_iRacing]

You guys forgot the bus stop on the thumbnail

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

Daytona Road Curse seems to be Indianapolis Infield... if this latter would have been made as well as possible.

[@nabsthepotatobean8403]

Yup

[@artificial_oysters]

Turn 2 is the hardest one. If you accelerate too early, you could go off track.

[@TitoVideo]

I live in Daytona!!!

[@ejtamayo5317]

Awesome!!!

[@TitoVideo]

EJ Tamayo thanks

[@kieranhendy]

I don’t like the way he ignored the weird angles of the braking zone into turn 1. You can see from onboards how much skill and confidence is needed to do that braking zone at a good pace

[@TwoBrownEars]

Why did the thumbnail change?

[@shamnby488]

Monaco by F1!or spa belgium

[@breakingmad2645]

Damn. Racing for a whole day just to lose might suck

[@ooohhenrybmblm]

Why is the road course section so narrow?

[@nathancao520]

Only one thing bothers me. The Bustop chicane isn't on the thumbnail

[@ericmess8261987]

Monaco and sebring

[@lucassipka2591]

King of the hammers: Am I a joke to you

[@fabian_balle]

The track on the Thumbnail is wrong😂😂 you missed the chicane on the backstraight

[@VigneshBalasubramaniam]

Is the bus stop chicane not a thing anymore?

[@drewgalbraith4499]

Yup it’s still there haha

[@SeanCampbell_iRacing]

It’s there they just didn’t put it there for some reason

[@KrimsonSpeed]

Why is a "Turn by Turn" video missing an entire section (The bus stop) in the thumbnail?? lol

[@misterorangejuice5517]

Bruh where's bus stop in the thumbnail?

[@fredrickfletcher2823]

The Nurburgrin

[@palvirdhami2556]

Laguna Seca!

[@TheRacingChannel97]

I mean it's only fitting to do the Spa

[@rns.motorsports]

They did

[@firecandy2267]

So there is lamboging and ardi and McLaren and kargaloge and firalry and Ford and lexleys and Porsche many more

[@NolanRempel]

i mean i'd say because it's like one of the only major 24 hour races in america but idk that's just me ig p.s. yes this is complete sarcasm. yes, i know there are other endurance races. the 12 hours of sebring. it is a f0kin joke.

[@osakamohammed3685]

I’m new to racing can someone explain the two different types of cars

[@Maenfy]

There are actually 4 different classes in IMSA. The top 2 classes are prototypes (DPi and LMP2), they aren't that different from each other, DPi's only get used in IMSA while LMP2's are used world wide. These cars are fully designed for racing. The bottom 2 classes are GT classes (GTLM and GTD). They are called GTE and GT3 in other series but they are basically the same. These cars need to be designed after a road car, they are way cheaper but also quite a bit slowet then Prototypes. They use multiple classes to basically have 4 races in one. Even if one category is boring you will always habe fights in another one. Cars also only compete against cars in their class, there are podiums for each one and they get poinst according to the position in their class. Due to the multiple classes endurance races are able to have huge fields, not every team has enough money to buy a Prototype, since cheaper classes like GTD exist though they are also able to race.

[@osakamohammed3685]

Mani 1610 thank u now I understand

[@MasterN00b22]

Now it's time for the F1!

[@joshuamcmanis488]

Sebring is a real testament against this

[@PiyushMaanDev]

Turn 5 looks difficult

[@Vivi-xn9iz]

European races: bro, ramming people into the wall is not nice USA: haha demolition derby

[@seanconroy4522]

Road America

[@BritAcrossThePond]

Say hi to my family

[@CarlosRamos-iv8bz]

Pikes Peak

[@vale.antoni]

Quick question: Why does Nascar assign two separate corner numbers to a continuous single radius curve? Edit: And why is the obvious kink at the start line not numbered at all?

[@WaifuWarsRacing]

because it's an oval, the apex is not the middle of the "turn" but rather both the entry and exit points that are differentiated, and it may look like a single radius curve but it really isn't, there is an appropriate entry and exit point for each "corner", but since it's continuous it gives the impression of being a single entity and the start line is called a "tri-oval", it is recognized as being main straight as well so it is not considered a corner.

[@csonkaperdido]

Daytona is NOT the most grueling race... Ask drivers who've raced at Sebring.

[@nivracer]

I was going to say this as well. Ask any driver, and all of them will say Sebring is harder despite being half the time. Some drivers even compare it to the Nurburgring.

[@amarisabstractmind6635]

It would actually be really cool to see these type of modified cars back in nascar instead of the boring cars they have. I think it would really push these teams to really innovate and the level of competition would be way better. It would be dope to see and actual mustang and Supra race each other in an oval

[@kbwarriors]

hmm that would probably go under nascar modified. Nascar has always been "stock car" racing so

[@vergildisparda]

@@kbwarriors Stock as in "850 HP V8 RWD Camry" stock?

[@kbwarriors]

@@vergildisparda yup "stock"

[@0mn0m15]

Why not do one on the rigorous Cote d'Azur? 77 laps of VERY sharp turns and traffic.

[@chcustoms2369]

Get some F1 action going. Monza, and Monaco stick out to me

[@chcustoms2369]

Have lando be the guest driver if you want entertaining video

[@MotorsportTukker]

They used Larry ten Voorde his Porsche for this vid

[@nivracer]

The 24 Hours of Daytona isn't the most grueling race in America. Ask any driver who has also done the 12 Hours of Sebring and just about all of them will say Sebring is harder, despite being half the time. Some drivers even compare the 12 Hours of Sebring to the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring.

[@dustinpiety5234]

monaco

[@Ole_CornPop]

I've played Forza for 14 years, I know this track better than some professional drivers.

[@pushing2throttles]

Isle of man. Isle of man. Isle of man

[@samriley637]

should have had bill riley talk about the 24h no one nows how to win more

[@WigneyR]

Because sometimes theres a shady man in the jacket trying to sell you the corner

[@bruinesuiker3870]

Why is this the most gruelling race of America? Its becauss they turn right for once!

[@bigshmoke9653]

This looks like a gta v race

[@jasonprevilon9555]

I want to see them go over miami, macau, or Monaco.

[@DestructorMe1999]

12 hrs of Sebring is harder

[@mariagloriadelcarmen]

IndyCar never raced at Daytona because the Oval is a little deadly like Las Vegas motor Speedway because of Dan Weldon 2011

[@jacobwarnes4644]

f1 monaco

[@user-is9qe9pe6d]

Its the most intense because there is more steering involed than going left or in a straight line

[@XxrazorxX21]

I dont understand why the imsa has the prototypes in this race its just dumb Keep the gt3,GTE cars in the same race

[@Maenfy]

Why shouldn't they have prototypes? The DPi's are a very healthy class and they made the race really exciting the last few years.

[@SeanCampbell_iRacing]

Bruh the prototypes are what make it exciting

[@phillip5636]

Cota

[@dylandoes9and8ballpool59]

Ok here is a lesson for Daytona. Never race that track in the rain cause nobody would run the banking for turn 1&2 for nascar

[@WaifuWarsRacing]

@Random Animations ARCA's decision won't impact the main series as at least, the main series representatives have a portion of their brains functioning, everything ARCA related braindead

[@rumblefish9]

Alonso raced and won Daytona 24h in the rain

[@jakesmith6233]

How can anybody drive a race car for 24 hours straight.

[@russianbubbawallace8681]

They have multiple drivers that will do around 6 hour stints. Usually 3 drivers for 24 hour races

[@iRacerJared]

12 hours of Sebring is worse

[@kys6701]

Look! There was a Dinka Jester in the thumbnail

[@byrnespeed]

Let me guess...MAYBE it's because it's 24 HOURS LONG??????

[@shenbarajasekar]

Indy 500:Am I a joke to you?

[@justinl2009]

The Indy 500 isn't as exhausting as the Rolex 24 though.

[@WaifuWarsRacing]

the 500 is the most prestigious race in America, one of the most prestigious races in the world. But in terms of it being grueling, it's got nothing compared to Daytona or Sebring on the US, keep in mind that the 500 is that, 500 miles, this is 24 hours of racing that we're talking about.

[@rumblefish9]

@@WaifuWarsRacing Not the world. The rest of the world doesn't care for the Indy 500.

[@WaifuWarsRacing]

@@rumblefish9 How come? As far as I know, the Indy 500 is an event comprised by a slew of international drivers, which attracts millions of motorsport fans from all over the world, and it's pretty much still considered by any fan to be one of the major motorsport events of the whole year. So I don't really know where you're coming from with that.

[@crushvirgo4622]

Early

[@l96supermagnum]

props to the wins, but no, you don't hit 190 in a gt3 car this track. You just don't

[@Nfulks96]

Scott Pruett: Also the worst driver of the ride ride, ever.