Corvette Racing Tire (click to enlarge)

One last image from the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway.  The group I was with went into the Corvette garage and talked to a few team members.  While others were talking, I sat on the floor and took the above image.

I would have liked to ask someone to block out the hotspot just above the Michelin Man logo, but thought that would be a little rude.

It was interesting hearing about the tires.  Teams do not have enough rims to last the entire 24 hours, so Michelin has a facility set up to swap tires on rims.  When a car pits, the team takes the worn tires off the car and to the Michelin facility.  The rims get fresh tires and return to the pit box for the next pit stop.  Corvette Racing had two people dedicated to transporting tires to and from the Michelin facility for the entire 24 hour race.

Do that for all the teams, for 24 hours, and that adds up to one heck of a lot of tires!