Busch to drive for CGR in Rolex event at Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Three-time Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series champion Chip Ganassi Racing will field a second entry for Sprint Cup Series drivers Kyle Busch and Scott Speed in the Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona International Speedway on July 4.

The race will take the green flag at 2 p.m. ET, and will be televised live on SPEED in advance of that evening's Sprint Cup race.

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The duo will make their Grand-Am Rolex Series debut piloting the No.02 Lexus Riley alongside defending Grand-Am series champions Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas in the No.01 Lexus Riley.

"I am really looking forward to seeing Kyle and Scott in one of our Grand-Am cars," Ganassi said. "Kyle is one of the best racecar drivers in the world and Scott is a young talent with a lot of road course experience. Also, I think having the opportunity for them to work with a road course veteran like Scott Pruett should make for a great experience for them. It will be exciting to see what they can do."

Since the team's introduction into the Rolex Series in 2004, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates has won the Rolex 24 At Daytona three consecutive times, in addition to capturing three Daytona Prototype team championships and winning 22 races in a six-year span. Last season, Pruett became the first two-time Daytona Prototype champion and Rojas became the first Mexican driver to win a major racing championship in the United States.

Busch is the leading winner in all three of NASCAR's stock car national touring series. He won three events in Cup competition in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota and is ranked ninth in the point standings. In the Nationwide Series, he has four victories and leads the point standings. Busch also has two victories to share the lead in Camping World Truck Series competition. Last year Busch won a record 21 races in the three series.

Prior to moving to stock cars, Speed raced in Formula One, making 28 starts in 2006 and 2007 for Scuderia Toro Rosso. A 2008 winner in the Truck Series, Speed is second in the rookie of the year standings behind Joey Logano.