WeatherTech 240

The WeatherTech 240, also previously known as the Paul Revere 250, was a sports car race held on the road course at Daytona International Speedway on or around Independence Day, the same weekend of the NASCAR Cup Series' Firecracker 400. It has been held off-and-on over the history of that event, either the same night, or a couple days before. Traditionally, the race was held late at night, and finished in the early morning hours of the next day. The theme of the race was based on the famous "Midnight Ride" of Revolutionary War patriot Paul Revere.

From 1967 to 1968, the race was sanctioned by the SCCA. From 1969 to 1972, it was held as part of the NASCAR Grand American tour. Starting in 1973, it became part of the IMSA circuit, and continued through 1983. In some years, NASCAR drivers that raced in the Firecracker 400 in the morning, also took part in Paul Revere 250 that same night. In 1984, it switched to an SCCA Trans-Am event for one season. For 1985–1986, it was a motorcycle race, then it was discontinued.

In 2000, the event was revived by the Grand Am series. The tradition of starting late at night, however, was muted somewhat. The event was scheduled as a Thursday or Friday night event, held immediately following NASCAR pole qualifying and/or final practice. The start time would be roughly 10 p.m. eastern. Attendance for the weeknight races was very sparse. NASCAR's typical weeknight qualifying crowd is normally small, and most of those that were in attendance left as soon as qualifying was over. In 2009, the race was moved to Saturday afternoon as part of a Grand Am/NASCAR day-night doubleheader.

The race was removed from the schedule after 2010, and went on hiatus for a decade. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, IMSA reorganized their schedule. They announced they would be resuming their season at Daytona with an evening race on July 4, marking the return of summer sportscar racing at Daytona. The race was named the WeatherTech 240, with a duration of 2 hours and 40 minutes, and was to be held in front of a limited number of spectators.

Past winners

Date	Overall Winner(s)	Entrant	Car	Distance/Duration	Report
SCCA Trans-Am
July 4, 1967	Template:Flagicon Parnelli Jones	Bud Moore	Mercury Cougar		report
NASCAR Grand Touring/Grand American
July 4, 1968	Template:Flagicon Lloyd Ruby	Bud Moore	Mercury Cougar		report
July 4, 1969	Template:Flagicon Pete Hamilton		Chevrolet Camaro		report
July 4, 1970	Template:Flagicon Jim Paschal		AMC Javelin		report
July 4, 1971	Template:Flagicon Buck Baker		Pontiac Firebird		report
July 4, 1972	Template:Flagicon Vince Gimondo		Chevrolet Camaro		report
IMSA GT Championship
July 4, 1973	Template:Flagicon Gene Felton	Gene Felton	Chevrolet Camaro		report
July 4, 1974	Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood	Applejack Racing	Porsche Carrera RSR		report
July 4, 1975	Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW Motorsport	BMW 3.0 CSL		report
July 4, 1976	Template:Flagicon Al Holbert	Holbert Racing	Chevrolet Monza		report
July 4, 1977	Template:Flagicon George Dyer	George Dyer	Porsche 934		report
July 4, 1978	Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg	Brumos Porsche	Porsche 935		report
July 4, 1979	Template:Flagicon Charles Mendez Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood		Porsche 935		report
July 4, 1980	Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick	Dick Barbour Racing	Porsche 935 K3		report
July 5, 1981	Template:Flagicon Mauricio de Narvaez Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood	Dick Barbour Racing	Porsche 935J		report
July 3, 1982	Template:Flagicon Ted Field Template:Flagicon Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing	Lola T600-Chevrolet		report
July 4, 1983	Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood	Preston Henn	Porsche 935		report
SCCA Trans-Am
July 3, 1984	Template:Flagicon Willy T. Ribbs	Jack Roush	Mercury Capri	A	report
AMA Championship Cup Series
July 3, 1985	Template:Flagicon Larry Shorts Template:Flagicon Gregg Smrz	Dr. John's Team Moto Guzzi	Moto Guzzi Le Mans		report
October 19, 1986B	Template:Flagicon Merrill Moen Template:Flagicon Otis Lance	Team Lockhart	Suzuki GSX-R1100		report
Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
June 29, 2000	Template:Flagicon James Weaver Template:Flagicon Andy Wallace	Dyson Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford		report
July 4, 2002	Template:Flagicon James Weaver Template:Flagicon Chris Dyson	Dyson Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford		report
July 3, 2003	Template:Flagicon Forest Barber Template:Flagicon Terry Borcheller	Bell Motorsports	Doran JE4-Chevrolet		report
July 1, 2004	Template:Flagicon Wayne Taylor Template:Flagicon Max Angelelli	SunTrust Racing	Riley Mk XI-Pontiac		report
June 30, 2005	Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger Template:Flagicon Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Howard Boss Motorsports	Crawford DP03-Pontiac		report
June 29, 2006	Template:Flagicon Colin Braun Template:Flagicon Jörg Bergmeister	Krohn Racing	Riley Mk XI-Ford		report
July 5, 2007	Template:Flagicon Alex Gurney Template:Flagicon Jon Fogarty	GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing	Riley Mk XI-Pontiac		report
July 3, 2008	Template:Flagicon Memo Rojas Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett	Chip Ganassi Racing	Riley Mk XX-Lexus		report
July 4, 2009	Template:Flagicon Max Angelelli Template:Flagicon Brian Frisselle	SunTrust Racing	Dallara DP01-Ford		report
July 3, 2010	Template:Flagicon Memo Rojas Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett	Chip Ganassi Racing	Riley Mk XX-BMW		report
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
July 4, 2020	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Bomarito Template:Flagicon Harry Tincknell	Mazda Motorsports	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4	2 hours, 40 minutes	report

• ^A Run in twin 22-lap heats.
• ^B 1986 motorcycle event was scheduled for July 3, but was rained out and rescheduled for October.

Double Duty

In the earlier years of the event, a number of NASCAR drivers who participated in the Firecracker 400 also drove in the Paul Revere 250 in the same day or same weekend. In recent years, some drivers have also dabbled in the "double duty." In 2009, Scott Speed and Kyle Busch raced in both events in the same day, teaming up at Chip Ganassi Racing for the '250.'

External links

• Grand-Am race page
• Ultimate Racing History: Daytona archive
• Racing Sports Cars: Daytona archive