Scots endurance racers and rally teams already fired up for 2022

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SCOTS endurance racer Sandy Mitchell will make his debut in America’s big 24-hour race, the Rolex 24 at Daytona, later this month.The 21-year-old, from Forfar, will partner Lamborghini development driver Corey Lewis and fellow Americans Jeff Westphal and Robert Megennis in the No39 Peregrine Racing Huracan GT3 Evo.The crew will contest the ultra-competitive GTD class in the 61-car field of the 60th running of the Daytona on January 29-30.

Mitchell said: “It’s always a great feeling going into a 24-hour race and, with our team, we head to the start line prepared to win."We know anything can happen in a 24-hour race but a good bit of strategy, allied to good pace, can propel you to be one of the main contenders.

It’s a race that I’ve always wanted to do. It’s one of those big ‘Bucket List’ GT races.”And Airdrie’s Ryan Dalziel is keen to defend his LMP2-class win from last year with the Era Motorsport Oreca at the Florida circuit.Dalziel said: “We’ve the same car, team and drivers but the field is massive for 2022, so it’s going to be really tough.

But we are ready to fight to keep our crown.”Meanwhile, Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO racer Finlay Hutchison made a highly competitive start to his 2022 season in the Middle East last weekend, with an impressive seventh place finish in the Hankook Dubai 24H.As one of four pilots for German squad Attempto Racing, the Dundee 22-year-old held his own in various stints during the 24-hour contest to get the new year of international GT racing under way very fruitfully.He said: “Our pace was strong all the way throughout the race and I’m happy with the way we’ve started our racing year – especially in such a challenging event.“The Attempto guys did a fantastic job, the Audi R8 is always very