Porsche continues to dominate as Tandy leads Campbell
Porsche led the Daytona 24 Hours with its two factory Penske prototypes with six hours of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship curtain-raiser remaining. The #7 Porsche 963 LMDh with Nick Tandy at the wheel held a narrow advantage of 5.6s over the sister #6 car driven by Matt Campbell as the race hit the three-quarter […]
Acura ahead of Porsche as darkness descends
Acura led the Daytona 24 Hours with Colin Braun as the opening round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship hit the six-hour mark. The #60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 swept into the lead as the race went green after a third caution period just before the end of the hour. Braun went around the outside […]
Porsche holds 1-2 at halfway point
Porsche held a commanding lead halfway through the Daytona 24 Hours, with Felipe Nasr heading a 1-2 for the German manufacturer. Former Formula 1 driver Nasr propelled the factory #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh to the front of the field after passing the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac of Filipe Albuquerque late in the […]
Cadillac causes multi-car crash in Daytona 24 restart
Cadillac’s hopes of scoring a victory in the Daytona 24 Hours took a big blow, with the #40 V-Series.R entered by Wayne Taylor Racing stranded on track after a mullti-car crash in the eighth hour. After the fourth course yellow of the race was retreated, Louis Deletraz was battling with the #60 Meyer Shank Acura […]
Conor Zilisch wants a Rolex 24 repeat before NASCAR starts
Connor Zilisch has had more success than many pro racers — let alone most 18 year olds. In 2024 alone, he earned class victories in the Rolex 24 and Sebring 12 endurance events, won five of the eight ARCA races he entered, earned pole position for his first NASCAR Truck start, and went on to […]
Rolex 24 drivers have mixed feelings about Daytona’s new Bus Stop
In NASCAR’s summer Cup race at Daytona in 2023, Ryan Preece took a terrifying flip through the grass, luckily walking away from the airborne incident with only minor injuries. The sport — and Daytona International Speedway — reacted quickly, repaving the area of the backstretch leading into the turn officially known as Le Mans chicane, […]
Why Daytona pole is more significant to BMW than just starting at the front
«A little cherry on a big cake.» That’s how Dries Vanthoor described his pole position for the Daytona 24 Hours this weekend. The BMW driver pointed out after he’d secured a first top spot in qualifying for BMW’s M Hybrid V8 LMDh that there’s «still a big thing to happen». And he was talking about […]
Porsche, BMW raise concerns about high voltage issues ahead of Daytona 24
Porsche and BMW have voiced concerns over the reliability of the high-voltage element of the one-make LMDh hybrid system going into this weekend’s Daytona 24 Hours. Their apprehension follows a spate of issues that have afflicted LMDh machinery and forced parts to be changed over the course of the pre-event Roar test last weekend and […]
How Kyle Kirkwood will drive two cars in the Rolex 24
Come 8:00am on the morning of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, Kyle Kirkwood, driver for Vasser Sullivan Racing, will already be an hour and a half into his work day. The green flag won’t wave for almost six more hours. It’s the same situation for the 230-plus drivers taking part in the fabled 24-hour race […]