IMSA has launched the provisional entry listing for the 63rd Rolex 24 at Daytona, with a full subject of 61 entries throughout the 4 lessons for the twice-around-the-clock season opener of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
That features a file dozen entries in Grand Touring Prototype, essentially the most because the new period of GTP started in 2023. With Cadillac increasing to 3 vehicles for the season, an entry from Proton Competitors, and the primary look of the Lamborghini SC63 within the 24-hour race, the sector has expanded to its largest but.
Gianmaria Bruni and Neel Jani are listed as driving Proton’s Porsche 963, whereas JDC-Miller’s 963 has Tijmen van der Helm and Bryce Aron. With Andrea Caldarelli in Pfaff’s new Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2 in GTD PRO, Mirko Bortolotti, Romain Grosjean, Daniil Kvyat and Edoardo Mortara are nominated as driving the Lamborghini Iron Lynx SC63.
With the flurry of bulletins in latest days as groups finalized their line-ups, there are few surprises among the many entries, however nonetheless numerous TBDs. For instance, the whole line-up for each Vasser Sullivan Racing’s GTD PRO and GTD Lexus RC Fs, in addition to each Paul Miller Racing’s GTD PRO BMW M4 GT3 Evo entries, are TBD, as is Triarsi Racing’s second Ferrari 296 GT3 in GTD. In all, there are some 47 query marks on the entry. A number of of the GTD groups have named their Bronze-rated drivers, however the remainder of the line-up is to be decided.
The LMP2 subject sits at an excellent dozen as properly with the return of CrowdStrike Racing by APR (George Kurtz, Malthe Jakobsen, Toby Sowery and Colton Herta) and the addition of PECOM Racing, wanting very similar to the previous AF Corse entry together with the No. 88 and drivers Luis Perez Companc, Nicklas Nielsen and Matthieu Vaxiviere. Newcomer Pratt Miller Motorsports has Pietro Fittipaldi, James Roe, Chris Cumming and Callum Ilott listed as drivers.
GTD PRO’s 15 entries, along with the full-season efforts and one-offs already introduced, embrace the No. 20 Proton Competitors Porsche 911 GT3 R with Claudio Schiavoni and Matteo Cressoni — who ran with Iron Lynx final season — joined by Richard Lietz and Thomas Priening. 75 Categorical, previously generally known as SunEnergy1, makes its considerably annual trek to Daytona with Kenny Habul, Mikael Grenier and Maro Engel. DragonSpeed’s new Ferrari 296 GT3 entry has solely Albert Costa listed. Lacking is an entry from collection and Ferrari stalwart Risi Competizione.
Amongst GTD’s 22 vehicles aren’t any actual surprises however as famous, numerous questions. One driver of curiosity is Joey Hand, nominated to drive the Gradient Racing’s new Ford Mustang GT3 after being launched from Ford Multimatic Motorsports, however no different drivers are listed. Roberto Lacorte is the only driver listed for Cetilar Racing, as is Custodio Toledo for AF Corse, each groups working the Ferrari 296 GT3. By the way, the Ferrari 296 GT3 has essentially the most entries (9) outdoors the ORECA 07s that make up the whole LMP2 subject.
Misha Goikhberg enters his third season driving Forte Racing’s Lamborghini, however no co-drivers have been named. Dan Knox is the one driver listed for Lone Star Racing.
Clearly, there’s time for the TBDs to be stuffed earlier than the Roar Earlier than the 24 kicks off the consecutive weekends at Daytona Worldwide Speedway. The Roar runs Jan. 17-19, whereas the Rolex 24 At Daytona takes place Jan. 23-26.
