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Win at 2015 Rolex Tudor 24 Hours

Ben Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen, and the No. 33 team open the season with a landmark victory

2015 Rolex Tudor 24 Hours Victory

The 2015 IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship season opened with one of the most demanding races in motorsport — the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Ben Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen, and the No. 33 ViperExchange.com / Riley Motorsports Dodge Viper GT3-R team rose to the occasion and delivered a performance that would define the season.

Race: 2015 Rolex Tudor 24 Hours

Car: No. 33 ViperExchange.com / Riley Motorsports Dodge Viper GT3-R

Drivers: Ben Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen

Result: Victory — season-opening win

Team Performance Highlights

Through 24 hours of relentless competition at Daytona International Speedway, the No. 33 team demonstrated exceptional consistency and racecraft. The Viper GT3-R — the first 2014 Viper GT3-R produced, purchased by Ben Keating — proved its endurance capabilities on one of the world's biggest stages.

Keating and Bleekemolen, already proven as a formidable pairing from their 2014 campaign, executed a near-flawless race. Their victory at Daytona marked the team's most significant achievement to date and cemented the Viper GT3-R's place in IMSA competition.

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Building on Momentum

The 2015 Rolex 24 win followed a strong 2014 season in which Keating and Bleekemolen scored the Viper GT3-R's first IMSA TUDOR Championship victory at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and a second-straight Circuit of The Americas win at the Lone Star Le Mans. The Daytona triumph confirmed the team's upward trajectory in North American sports car racing.

Later in the 2015 season, on August 23, the No. 33 team finished seventh in the Oak Tree Grand Prix at VIRginia International Raceway, continuing to compete at the sharp end of the GTD class field.

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