CRAWFORD RETIRES WITH DROPPED VALVE...

The Crawford SSC2K driven by Jan Lammers/Tony Stewart/Johnny Mowlem retired from the Rolex 24 Hours at 1.30am with a suspected dropped valve in the Judd V10 engine. Johnny Mowlem was driving at the time.

The car had been as high as 3^rd overall briefly and Jan Lammers set the fastest lap in the race which still stood at the time of the retirement.

Team Owner Max Crawford said “Naturally we’re very disappointed, all my guys worked really hard on this project, particularly in the last couple of weeks when we changed the rear end.

“But we proved that the Crawford SSC2K is now a truly competitive sports racing car. We learned a lot and we can build on this. I just want to thank everyone who was involved.”

The Crawford SSC2Km is the first car built by the North Carolina based Crawford & Crawford Composites company. The company is a leading edge manufacturer of composite parts and models for the automotive and motor sport industries.