Veteran sportscar racer Max Angelelli has announced that he will retire from racing following the Rolex 24 at Daytona at the end of the month. Angelelli, 50, won the Rolex 24 back in 2005 for SunTrust Racing, and is set to take part in his final endurance round at Daytona on January 28-29 with Wayne Taylor Racing.
“I wanted to do it earlier,” Angelelli told Sportscar365. “Wayne convinced me to do Daytona for the very last time because he knows me very well and he knows how much I’m attached to Daytona as a race, as a track, as everything.
“This is where everything started and this is where everything will end for me as a driver. I made my name here, starting in Daytona, and now I’m going to greet the people and say goodbye in Daytona. I think it’s good. I thank Wayne for pushing me to do Daytona one more time.”
Angelelli has a shot at bowing out with a second Daytona victory, forming part of the Wayne Taylor Racing line-up in the new Cadillac DPi alongside Jeff Gordon, Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor.
