2011 Rolex Sports Car Series

The 2011 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the twelfth season of Grand-Am's premier series.The season began with the Rolex 24 at Daytona on January 29 and finished with the EMCO Gears Classic at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on September 17.
Continental Tire became the official tire partner and supplier for Grand-Am, replacing Pirelli after three seasons due to Pirelli's departure to FIA Formula 1 World Championship, GP2 Asia Series and GP2 Series as well as increasing GP3 Series involvement as an official tire partner and supplier after FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting verdict event in Geneva, Switzerland on June 24, 2010. The company purchased the naming rights of the RSCS's support series, the Grand-Am Cup Series, from KONI in 2010.
A notable change is the television coverage. In contrast to 2010, about half of the races were not televised live.

Schedule

The official schedule was released October 18, 2010, and consisted of twelve rounds. Road America appears on the schedule after a nine-year absence, while Laguna Seca returns after its absence from the schedule in 2010. The second race at Daytona and Miller Motorsports Park do not return.

Rnd	Race	Length/Duration	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Rolex 24 At Daytona	24 hours	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, Florida	January 27–30
2	Grand Prix of Miami	2 hours 45 minutes	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida	March 5
3	Porsche 250	2 hours 45 minutes	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama	April 9
4	Bosch Engineering 250	250 miles or 3 hours	Virginia International Raceway	Danville, Virginia	May 14
5	Memorial Day Classic	2 hours 45 minutes	Lime Rock Park	Lime Rock, Connecticut	May 30
6	Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen	6 hours	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	June 4
7	Rolex Sports Car Series 250	2 hours	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	June 25
8	Continental Tire Sports Car Festival	2 hours 45 minutes	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	July 9
9	American Red Cross 250	2 hours 45 minutes	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	July 24
10	Canadian Tire 200	2 hours or 200 miles	Watkins Glen short	Watkins Glen, New York	August 13
11	Montreal 200	2 hours 30 minutes or 200 miles	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Montreal, Quebec	August 20
12	EMCO Gears Classic	3 hours	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	September 17

Will Turner announced that he will field two BMW M3s in the Rolex Sports Car Series for 2011.
Memo Gidley joined Team Sahlen for the 2011 season.
Spirit of Daytona Racing announced on October 11, 2010, that they would be changing to a Chevrolet-powered prototype. SunTrust Racing also announced on October 6 that they would return to the Chevrolet powerplant after two years of using a Ford powerplant.
It was announced on October 13, 2010 that Brumos Racing would be fielding a Porsche 911 GT3 for 2011 in a return to the team's roots.The drivers will be Leh Keen and Andrew Davis.
It was announced on October 13, 2010 that Blackforest Motorsports would be returning to the series, fielding a Ford Mustang.
It was announced on October 27, 2010 that Toro Corse would be entering two Lamborghini Gallardos in the GT class. However, this never came to fruition.