runs the team for Dodge) that dominated the GTS class for the past five or so years were entered at the last minute, but not by Team Oreca. The factory Viper team was disbanded after the 2000 season and the cars as well as all spare parts were sold to Chamberlain Motorsports. For reasons unknown, Chamberlain did not participate in the january testing at Daytona but nonetheless entered two of their Vipers for the race.
In addition to the Chamberlain Vipers, which should prove competitive, competition for the GTS class honors will come from three other camps, all of which are capable of winning.
First, there are the production-derived Porsches. Although consistently slower than the Corvettes over the past two years, they cannot be overlooked because they are almost always extraordinarily reliable and consistent. It is not an accident that Porsche has one of, if not the greatest, endurance racing records in history and the same engineering excellence and near