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Race for Time
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|March - April 2025
One of the coolest trophies in racing is the Rolex watch awarded to winners of the 24 Hours of Daytona.
ACCORDING TO BANDIT HEELER (arguably the second-most famous blue heeler to come from Down Under), "Ice cream tastes the best when you've earned it." This sentiment applies to more than just sweets, though. Each year Rolex awards the winners of the 24 Hours of Daytona an Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona, a timepiece better known by the simpler epithet Daytona. More than just a testament to the feat of winning a 24-hour endurance race, this watch is also among the coolest trophies in all of motorsports.
This story is from the March - April 2025 edition of Car and Driver.
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