As it nearly doubles in size, the GTD PRO category in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is all about what's new, and much of the class is new – new cars, new teams, existing teams with new cars. But there's also some GTD PRO teams that hope it will be about what's old.
Year two for the Grand Touring Prototype category looks very similar to year one in terms of cars, teams and drivers. But it should be vastly different. In its inaugural season, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's new GTP class had its teething pains.
The second test session for IMSA's Roar Before the 24 produced four different marques in the top four GTP cars, led by Pipo Derani in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac Racing V-Series.R as WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers set their cars up for the Rolex 24 at Daytona next weekend.