The 62nd Rolex 24 At Daytona takes the green flag at 1:40pm ET, with 59 cars slated to start the kickoff to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. The opening hour will be broadcast live on NBC. Polesitters Qualifying took place last Sunday during the Roar Before the 24 weekend.
For the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams and drivers, practice for the Rolex 24 At Daytona is over and now the work goes over to preparing for 24 hours of racing? Chris Mitchum, Whelen Engineering Cadillac Racing's Director of Race Team Operations, describes the process the pole-sitting.
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.
Colin Braun, Tom Blomqvist and Helio Castroneves sent Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian out with a bang, delivering the team's third win of the season in the 26th Motul Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, while Pipo Derani and Alexander Sims claimed the drivers title for Whelen Engi.
With just over an hour to go in the Motul Petit Le Mans, the championship fight appears to be over. With the two primary contenders left in the race running second and third behind Renger van der Zande in the No. 01 Cadillac Racing V-Series.