MOTORSPORT: Scots to the fore in Daytona 24 Hours
While four-time IndyCar champion, Bathgate’s Dario Franchitti, will start from third in his Chip Ganassi Racing Riley-BMW, Wishaw’s Ryan Dalziel qualified on pole position.
The Lanarkshire driver, who won the gruelling event in 2010, is this year partnered in his Starworks Motorsport Riley-Ford by fellow Scot Allan McNish. The 42-year-old, a double Le Mans 24-Hours winner, watched from the pitwall as Dalziel stormed to pole position with a fastest lap of 1min 41.119secs, an average of 126.74mph round the 3.56-mile track. Sandwiched between the two cars driven by the Scots is the SunTrust Corvette of Aussie IndyCar winner Ryan Briscoe.