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Daytona 500 & Le Mans Winners Added To RWR Eurasia LMP2 Effort

Austin Dillon and Salih Yoluc Join Cody Ware in Ligier

2018 Daytona 500 winner Austin Dillon and 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours GTE Am class winner Salih Yoluç will be joining 2019/20 Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 Am Champion Cody Ware for the 2021 Rolex 24 at Daytona in the RWR Eurasia Ligier JS P217.

Austin Dillon competed in the NASCAR Cup Series this year with Richard Childress Racing. He previously claimed titles in both Nationwide and the Camping World Truck Series.

Salih Yoluc meanwhile is looking to add to a growing trophy cabinet that includes this year’s edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the GTE-Am class and runner-up in the FIA World Endurance Championship in the same class aboard the TF Sport Aston Martin.

Previously, the Turkish racer clinched the Blancpain GT Endurance Cup, took the inaugural FIA Nations Cup victory and is a multiple race winner in both European Le Mans Series and International GT Open. In addition, Salih has experience of Ligier LMP2 machinery having competed in the LMP2 class in the Asian Le Mans Series in 2018/19 when the Series utilised the previous generation of LMP2 machinery.