Rasmussen pace key to “sitting duck” Era’s LMP2 Daytona 24 Hours win
Scotsman Dalziel, who won the Rolex 24 overall in 2010 and the LMP2 class in 2021, made it a hat-trick despite a straightline speed deficit to its class rivals, which were led by Malthe Jakobsen’s Crowdstrike by APR entry in the final stint. Rasmussen – who shared the car with Dalziel, Connor Zilisch and Dwight Merriman […]
Penske targets Le Mans after Porsche Daytona 24 Hours win
Penske’s No. 7 963, crewed by Dane Cameron, Matt Campbell, Josef Newgarden and Felipe Nasr, scored a narrow victory over Cadillac – recording Porsche’s 19th overall win here. Team Penske has two prior sportscar victories at Daytona: a 1966 GT/GTO class win and the overall prize in 1969, when Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons enjoyed a […]
Lexus suffers early crash, late fire in ill-fated Daytona 24 Hours
Having started from the front row in both GTD classes, the reigning IMSA SportsCar champion No. 14 Vasser Sullivan RC F took the lead of the Pro class with Ben Barnicoat at the wheel. Barnicoat handed over to Toyota’s WEC star Mike Conway, only for an LMP2 car to spin across the track in front […]
Porsche triumphs after epic duel with Cadillac
It was Porsche’s 19th overall win here – it has four more as an engine supplier – and Penske’s first triumph here since 1969. The race boiled down to a straight duel between the #31 Cadillac V-Series.R – run by reigning series champions Action Express Racing – of Pipo Derani, Jack Aitken and Tom Blomqvist and […]
Nasr credits Penske for final pit stop, “confused” with timing of checkered flag
The 31-year-old Brazilian lost the lead to Cadillac Racing’s Tom Blomqvist with 72 minutes remaining in the twice-around-the-clock endurance classic, but a late caution ultimately set up the race-deciding pit stop. Both drivers short filled, but it was Nasr’s No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsports 963 that managed to pull ahead off pit lane to reclaim […]
Blomqvist rues late caution for costing him another Daytona 24 win
Blomqvist came up just 2s short of the victorious Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 after 24 hours of racing, but was forced to give up his lead during the final round of pitstops – that was caused by a caution period for Parker Thompson’s GTD class Lexus catching fire. He then couldn’t find a way past […]
#7 Porsche in control, Cadillac second
Matt Campbell held an advantage of 8.3s in the #7 Porsche Penske 963 LMDh after 21 hours of racing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship season opener, with the #31 Action Express Racing Cadillac of Jack Aitken settling in second position. After the #6 Porsche came into the pits at the end of Hour 18 to […]
Cadillac leads Porsche amid penalty drama
Mathieu Jaminet had just jumped the #31 Action Express Racing Cadillac in the pits for the lead at the end of Hour 18 when the #6 Porsche Penske was penalised for exceeding the amount of energy allowed during a stint. Jaminet came into the pits shortly after the end of hour 18 to serve his […]
Porsche leads Cadillac as both BMWs hit trouble
Estre held a lead of just over six seconds in the #6 Porsche Penske, as the German manufacturer engaged in a fierce battle with the Action Express Racing Cadillac after the halfway point of the IMSA SportsCar Championship opener. At the beginning of hour 13, Laurens Vanthoor surged to the lead in the #6 963 […]