For the first time since the first privateer GTP team joined the IMSA WeaherTech SportsCar Championship at Laguna Seca last May, a Porsche 963 from outside the Porsche Penske Motorsport camp has led an official session, and the two privateers were one-two in the fourth Roar Before the 24 session at .
Even though nearly ideal conditions contributed to records falling at Daytona International Speedway in qualifying for the Rolex 24 at Daytona, it was greater understanding of the LMDh cars that make up the Grand Touring Prototype class that led to the smashing of the five year old record by every G.
Oliver Jarvis's five-year old Daytona International Speedway record is in jeopardy during qualifying for the 62nd Rolex 24 at Daytona. In the final GTP-only practice that preceded qualifying, three cars were under Jarvis's 1m33.685s record set in 2019 in the Mazda DPi.
As RACER reported last week, the Brad Pitt racing movie centered on Formula 1 is filming at Daytona International Speedway during the Roar Before the 24 and the Rolex 24 at Daytona, with real life IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship cars and action expected to be featured.
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.