- Record Eight Run Groups of Historic and Vintage Race Cars from the Last 70 Years Compete in Succession for a Full 24 Hours in the 12th Running of the HSR Daytona Classic 24 Hour Presented by Mission Foods This Saturday and Sunday
- Full Five-Day Event November 11 – 15 Includes the HSR Daytona Classic 24 Hour Presented by Mission Foods and the HSR Daytona Historics Full-Season Championship Races
- North America’s Premier Vintage and Historic 24-Hour Race Featured in Saturday and Sunday Livestream Coverage by Greenlight Television on HSR’s Facebook and YouTube Pages
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (November 11, 2026) – A high-performance and patriotic day of on and off-track action and excitement moved the 12th Running of the Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Classic Daytona 24 Hour presented by Mission Foods off to a solid start Wednesday at Daytona International (DIS).
A strong turnout of HSR competitors from more than a dozen countries took their first laps in a full day of unofficial testing throughout Wednesday before giving way to this evening’s inaugural Ford Proud to Honor Veterans Day Classic race and concert featuring the Zac Brown Band. The 30-minute nighttime sprint features such notable drivers as NASCAR Cup Champion Joey Logano, road racing ringer Joey Hand and more competing in identical Ford Mustang Dark Horse R race-prepared cars. The Proud to Honor event proceeds benefit military and veteran support organizations through the Proud to Honor Fund.
The Blue Oval celebration continues through the weekend with Ford as the Featured Marque of the 2026 HSR Daytona Classic 24. Among the standout Fords turning out for the high-speed party is the Ken Miles-inspired 1966 No. 98 Superformance GT40 of Dan Long. A former HSR Classic Endurance Championship presented by Mission Foods series winner in the inaugural HSR Classic Road Atlanta 10 Hour last year with Olthoff Racing owner and driver Dennis Olthoff at the wheel, Long hopes to add his own HSR Classic win this weekend driving the No. 98 GT40 in Run Group A.
“That’s our goal and our dream,” Long said. “Nothing would make me happier than doing that, especially on a weekend when Ford is the brand and we’re celebrating all these things, including the 60th anniversary of the GT40 winning.”
This weekend Long proudly pays tribute on the No. 98 with the livery from the 1966 winner Miles co-drove with Lloyd Ruby.
“To be able to do what we’re doing and be the stewards of the GT40 that we have right now, carrying on that tradition and that privilege of showcasing what happened 60 years ago, is something special,” Long said. “We had the opportunity to do it, and we came up with the idea to wrap the car back in the original Ken Miles livery. I just thought it was unique.”
Ford and Mercury sports cars of every type and generation will exclusively take to the track for a Ford Feature race this Saturday at 11:30 a.m. EST. The 30-minute exhibition race is as the final on-track event before the start of the 12th running of the Classic Daytona 24 that afternoon at 2 p.m. EST.
For the fourth time, HSR provides livestream Classic Daytona 24 Hour programming with this year’s coverage returning to two days of live and feature coverage on Saturday and Sunday. Greenlight Television returns as the production partner for the Classic 24 livestream for the third-straight year. This year’s Classic 24 programming is scheduled to begin at 1:45 p.m. EST on Saturday, November 14, through 8 p.m. EST. Coverage continues on Sunday, November 15, from approximately 7:45 a.m. EST through the final checkered flag before signing off at 2 p.m. EST.
Anchor coverage of the livestream will be available on the HSR and IMSA YouTube Channels with additional distributions and availability in the U.S. and around the world. Among the global outlets featuring the Classic 24 livestream are the Goodwood YouTube Channel, MTRSPT1, Parc Fermé (Italy), Rev TV (Canada), Driven Studios, Unbeaten, ViaPlay (Scandinavia and the Netherlands) and Sport1/Sport2 (Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia), to name a few.
An off-track highlight of this year’s HSR Classic Daytona 24 is a powerhouse panel of notable Ford sports car racing champions, major race-winning drivers and other personalities with close ties to or an affinity for the Blue Oval. The Ford Panel and Q&A will be held in the Drivers Meeting room at 10 a.m. EST this Saturday, November 14, in the DIS infield near the FanZone. Admission is free to all HSR Classic Daytona 24 credential and ticket holders.
This year’s illustrious Ford Panel and Q&A lineup so far includes Long and Peter Miles, this year’s Classic Daytona 24 Hour Grand Marshal and the son of the late Ken Miles. Also joining is HSR Chief Steward and 1989 Trans-Am Champion with Ford, Dorsey Schroeder, Ford Racing record setter and World Endurance Championship (WEC) GT40 race winner Billy Johnson and British Ford historic racing stalwart and HSR regular John Spiers.
Thursday marks the beginning of official HSR Classic Daytona 24 Hour presented by Mission Foods and HSR Daytona Historics competition with practice and qualifying throughout the day and into the night. The weekend’s first HSR race also goes green at 4:05 p.m. EST Thursday with the always popular SascoSports International/American Challenge presented by Hoosier sprint.
For additional information on both the HSR Daytona Classic 24 and HSR Daytona Historics events, including entry lists, ticket purchases, the event schedule and more, please click here.
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About HSR: An International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) property, Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) was formed in the mid-1970s with an event at Road Atlanta. There was one goal then and it remains true today: to celebrate the racing cars from the past. As a “time machine” of sights and sounds, HSR provides a venue for competitors and spectators alike to share in the wonderful history and excitement created by the cars that competed at race tracks around the world. HSR currently sanctions eight vintage and historic racing events at some of the world’s most renowned race tracks, including Road Atlanta, Sebring International Raceway, Daytona International Speedway and more. The complete schedule and full event information can be found on HSR’s website at www.HSRRace.com. Look for the HSR Channel on YouTube and follow HSR on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/HSRrace/ and on Twitter X at @HSR_race and Instagram @HistoricSportscarRacing.
