Before NASCAR gets the season started on the high banks of Daytona International Speedway next month, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship gets racing started at Daytona on the road course with the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.
IMSA allows a total of 61 cars on the three plus mile road course in five different classes. The 2023 field is packed full with all 61 spots taken including drivers from IndyCar and NASCAR. A total of 62 drivers that are past Rolex 24 winners are included among the field o 234 drivers. Also included in the lineup are over three dozen drivers who have won at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, three Indianapolis 500 winners, and a Daytona 500 winner.
For this 61st running of the Rolex 24 includes the return of the Grand Touring Prototype class…but with a big twist! All nine of the GTP cars feature an electrified hybrid powertrain system paired with an internal combustion engine. “The anticipation for the actual racing debut of these forward-thinking machines has been, well, electric.”
The remaining four classes are Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3), GT Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) and GT Daytona (GTD). Along with the nine TGP cars; there are 10 Le Mans Prototype 2 cars, nine Le Mans Prototype 3 cars, 10 GT Daytona Pro cars, and 23 GT Daytona cars entered into the race. There are eight manufacturers entered into the race including new updated cars from Porsche, Ferrari, and Lamborghini.
AND…Colton Herta is doing double duty, driving for two teams!
Rolex 24 entries:
Grand Touring Prototype –
No. 01 Cadillac with Sebastien Bourdais, Renger van der Zande, and Scott Dixon
No. 02 Cadillac with Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn, and Richard Westbrook
No. 6 Porsche with Mathieu Jaminet, Nick Tandy, and Dane Cameron
No. 7 Porsche with Matt Campbell, Felipe Nasr, and Michael Christensen
No. 10 Konica Minolta Acura with Filipe Albuquerque, Ricky Taylor, Louis Deletraz, and Brendon Hartley
No. 24 BMW with Phillipp Eng, Augusto, Farfus, Marco Wittmann, and Colton Herta
No. 25 BMW with Connor De Phillippi, Nick Yelloly, Sheldon van der Linde, and Colton Herta
No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac with Pipo Derani, Alexander Sims, and Jack Aitken
No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura with Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, Helio Castroneves, and Simon Pagenaud
No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing Oreca with Ben Hanley, George Kurtz, Matt McMurry, and Esteban Gutierrez
No. 8 Tower Motorsports Oreca with John Farano, Scott McLaughlin, Josef Newgarden, and Kyffin Simpson
No. 11 TDS Racing Oreca in Millel Jennsen, Steven Thomas, Scott Huffaker, and Rinus VeeKay
No. 18 Era Motorsports Oreca with Dwight Merriman, Ryan Dalziel, Christian Fasmussen, and Oliver Jarvis
No. 20 High Class Racing Oreca with Dennis Andersen, Ed Jones, Anders Fjordbach, and Raffaele Marciello
No. 35 TDS Racing Oreca with Francois Heriau, Giedo van der Garde, Josh Pierson, and Job van Uitert
No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Oreca with Eric Lux, Pietro Fittipaldi, Devlin DeFrancesco, and Austin Cindric
No. 52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca with Ben Keating, Paul-Loup Chatin, Alex Quinn, and Nicolas Lapierre
No. 55 Proton Competition Oreca with Fred Poordad, James Allen, Giammaria Bruni, and Francesco Pizzi
No. 88 AF Corse Oreca with Francois Perrodo, Julien Canal, Mathieu Vaxiviere, and Nicklas Nielsen
No. 13 AWA Duqueine with Matt Bell, Orey Fidani, Lars Kern, Moritz Kranz
No. 17 AWA Duqueine with Wayne Boyd, Anthony Mantella, Thomas Merrill, and Nicolas Varrone
No. 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier with Joao Barbosa, Lance Willsey, Nico Pino, and Danny Soufi
No. 36 Andretti Autosport Ligier with Jarett Andretti, Gabby Chaves, Dakota Dickerson, and Rasmus Lindh
No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier with Christopher All, Connor Bloum, John DeAngelis, and Cameron Shields
No. 43 MRS-GT Racing Ligier with Sebastian Alvarez, Guilherme Oliveira, Danial Frost, and James French
No. 74 Riley Ligier with Gar Robinson, Felipe Fraga, Glenn van Berlo, and Josh Burdon
No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Duqueine with Till Bechtolsheimer, Tijmen van der Helm, Luca Mars, and Mason Filippi
No. 87 Fast MD Racing Duqueine with James Vance, Nick Boulle, Yu Kanamaru, Antonio Serravalle
No. 3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette with Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor, and Tommy Milner
No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 with Klaus Bachler, Patrick Pilet, and Laurens Vanthoor
No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus with Ben Barnicoat, Jack Hawksworth, and Mike Conway
No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage with Ross Gunn, Alex Riberas, and David Pittard
No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari with Daniel Serra, Davide Rigon, James Calado, and Alessandro Pier Guidi
No. 63 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracan with Mirko Bortolotti, Andrea Caldarelli, Romain Grosjean, and Jordan Pepper
No. 64 TGM/TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage with Ted Giovanis, Hugh, Plumb, Matt Plumb, and Owen Trinkler
NO. 79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes-AMG with Jules Gounon, Daniel Juncadella, Maro Engel, and Cooper MacNeil
No. 95 Turner Motorsports BMW M4 with Bill Auberlen, Chandler Hull, John Edwards, and Bruno Spengler
No. 1 Paul Miller Racing MBW M4 with Bryan Sellers, Madison Snow, Corey Lewis, Maxime Martin
No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F with Frankie Montecalvo, Aaron Telitz, Parker Thompson, and Kyle Kirkwood
No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 with Ryan Hardwick, Jan Heylen, Zacharie Robichon, and Dennis Olsen
No. 19 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracan with Raffaele Giammaria, Rolf Ineichen, Franck Perera, and Clausio Schiavoni
No. 21 AF Corse Ferrari 296 with Simon Mann, Luis Perez Companc, Miguel Molina, and Francesco Castellacci
No. 023 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 with Andrea Bertolini, Alessio Rovera, Charlie Scardina, Onofrio Triarsi
No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage with Roman De Angelis, Marco Sorensen, Ian James, and Darren Turner
No. 32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Mercedes-AMG with Mike Skeen, Mikael Grenier, Kenton Koch, and Maximilian Goetz
No. 42 NTE Sport Lamborghini with Don Yount, Jaden Conwright, Kerong Li, and Alessio Deledda
No. 44 Magnus Racing Team Aston Marton Vantage with Andy Lally, John Potter, Spencer Pumpelly, Nicki Thiim
No. 47 Cetilar Racing Ferrari 296 with Roberto Lacorte, Giorgio Sernagiotto, Alessandro Balzan, and Antonio Fuoco
No. 53 MDK Motorsports Porsche 911 with Mark Kvamme, Trenton Estep, Jan Magnussen, and Jason Hart
No. 57Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG with Philip Ellis, Russell Ward, Indy Dontje, and Lucas Auer
No. 66 Gradient Racing Acura NSX with Katherine Legge, Sheena Monk, Mario Farnbacher, and Marc Miller
No. 70 Inception Racing McLaren 720S with Brendan Iribe, Frederik Schandorff, Ollie Milroy, and Marvin Kirchhofer
No. 75 SunEnergy1 Mercedes-AMG with Kenny Habul, Fabian Schiller, Axcil Jeffries, and Luca Stolz
No. 77 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 with Alan Brynjolfsson, Trent Hindman, Max Root, and Kevin Estre
No. 78 US RaceTronics Lamborghini Huracan with Misha Goikhberg, Loris Spinelli, Benja Hites, and Marco Mapelli
No. 30 AO Racing Porsche 911 with PJ Hyett, Seb Priaulx, Gunnar Jeannette, and Harry Tincknell
No. 83 Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracan with Sarah Bovy, Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting, and Dorian Pin
No. 91 Kellymoss with Riley Porsche 911 with Alan Metni, Kay van Berlo,Jaxon Evans, and Julien Andlauer
No. 92 Kellymoss with Riley Porsche 911 with David Brule, Alec Udell, Andrew Davis,and Jeroen Bleekemolen
No.93 Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Acura with Danny Formal, Ashton Harrison, Kyle Marcelli, and Ryan Briscoe
No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 with Robby FOely, Patrick Gallagher, Michael Dinan, and Jens Klingmann