There has been a lot of work put in during all of 2022 and we started seeing the results at the end of the season, so to be able to come back with the team and keep building on that starting at Daytona and then the rest of the championship is going to be key to delivering the best results. 48 Ally Cadillac with Action Express. Just missed: Felix Rosenqvist (still winless since 2020 but did well to finish ninth last year and will be driving for his future again this year); Graham Rahal (already has said he feels much better entering this season than 2022, which started with dismal results); Rinus VeeKay (let a win slip away at Barber Motorsports Park and seems motivated after a disappointing season). Dubbed a qualifying race, the Motul Pole Award will be a one-hour, 40-minute race that will be held on Jan. 23 at 2 p.m. endstream endobj 1674 0 obj <. HOW TO WATCH IMSA ON NBC SPORTS: Broadcast schedule for 2023. NC. Read here. Will Stevens is the teams new fourth driver. An active NTT INDYCAR SERIES driver has driven for the winning Rolex 24 overall team in seven of the last 11 years, including the last two events. Copyright 2021 Luc Warnotte - All rights reserved - info@carracingreporter.com. Along with NASCAR-turned-IndyCar driver Johnson, the lineup includes two-time Rolex 24 winner Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez, who along with Conway were overall winners last August at. Tyler Manson drove at The Glen and Motul Petit Le Mans. Just missed: Felix Rosenqvist (still winless since 2020 but did well to finish ninth last year and will be driving for his future again this year); Graham Rahal (already has said he feels much better entering this season than 2022, which started with dismal results); Rinus VeeKay (let a win slip away at Barber Motorsports Park and seems motivated after a disappointing season). Rasmus Lindy drove at Mid Ohio. After this win, Jon Bennett decided to cease operations of Core Autosport. The @GPSTPete is Sunday at Noon ET on @NBC and @Peacock. MacNeil will run a reduced schedule with only the Rolex 24 At Daytona at this time and will take on more of a management role with the team throughout the season. Established in 2007, Wayne Taylor Racing has asserted itself as a perennial leading force in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. NBC, TOMORROW, January 29th at 1:30PM ET#IMSA / #Rolex24 pic.twitter.com/cv7XtYOvAE. Since Ryan Hunter-Reays 2012 championship for Andretti Autosport, the past 10 titles have been won by either Chip Ganassi Racing or team Penske drivers. It's also the outstanding list of drivers from all over the world who will battle for 24 hours for the right to earn one of the most prestigious prizes in motorsport. Racing in America is something else, said Habsburg. 10 Acura with Wayne Taylor Racing after joining the teams overall victory in 2021. Last season marked his first-time racing in LMP2, claiming top honors in ELMS and third place in the Asian Le Mans Series championship. 7. After 24 hours of racing and fighting in the same lap, Jaminet (Pfaff) and Vanthoor (KCMG) came to blows at the Le Mans Chicane on the final lap of the Rolex 24 At Daytona 2022, after Vanthoor tried to out-brake his fellow factory driver on the outside line. 2022 is going to be a fantastic season, commented Ricky Taylor, the two-time IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Champion. Luc Warnotte: G. Robinson / F. Fraga / K. van Berlo / M. Cooper won the LMP3 class of the Rolex 24 At Daytona with their #74 Riley Ligier JS P320. The No. Courtesy of IMSA; composing by Luc Warnotte: ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA GTP TEAMS LINEUP. Copyright 2021 Luc Warnotte - All rights reserved - info@carracingreporter.com. 10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 will work to win a historic four 24-hour events in a row. Klaus Bachler will be making his full-time debut in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Series. SESSION I: Wayne Taylor Racing opens bid for fourth consecutive Rolex 24, SESSION II: Rolex 24 rookies show speed in practice, QUALIFYING/SESSION III: Tristan Vautier takes pole position; Filipe Albuquerque quickest in morning practice, SESSION IV: Ricky Taylor on top as Acuras continue to sweep practice sessions. Lars Kern was the second driver for the IMEC races and Kuno Wittmer at Sebring 12 Hours. As IMSA and endurance racing fans we all remember the dramatic battle between KCMG and Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911. After finishing first in the 4600 stock class during the Every Man Challenge, off-road stars Loren Healy and Vaughn Gittin Jr. sit down with SPEED SPORTs Pam Hall to discuss their run at King of the Hammers. Click here to view the entry list for the Roar before the 60th annual Rolex 24 at Daytona. The team will submit two Duqueine D08 entries for Rolex 24 At Daytona. 8d - Dan Beaver Load more GTP Manufacturers Buy into Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday Mantra IMSA Helps Open Door to Next Generation of Racers **IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup is a four-race competition encompassing the marquee endurance races on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule: Rolex 24 At Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, 6 Hours of The Glen, and Motul Petit Le Mans. Along with Filipe and Alex rejoining the team, we should have some really strong continuity moving into next season to keep building on our success with HPD and Acura. Luc Warnotte: R. Gunn / A. Riberas / M. Martin with #23 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 abandoned the Rolex 24 At Daytona. ET). The Andretti Autosport LMP3 team will make their 2023 debut at the Roar Before the Rolex 24 and will be on the grid for the Rolex 24 at DAYTONA. High Class Racing Rounds out Rolex 24 Lineup with Audi Driver Mueller High Class Racing named Nico Mueller as its fourth driver for the 2022 Rolex 24 At Daytona. pic.twitter.com/vtjhuRBpCc, INDYCAR on NBC (@IndyCaronNBC) February 27, 2023, Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Flipboard (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window). Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Set to Launch in 2023, Great Start, Better Things to Come for Andretti Autosport LMP3 Program, ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT REVEALS LMP3 DRIVERS FOR 2022 IMSA SEASON, MARCO ANDRETTI JOINS COUSIN JARETT ANDRETTI TO CO-DRIVE ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT'S NO. ET. ST. PETE PRIMER: Schedules, start times and how to watch the 2023 IndyCar season opener. Josh Burdon was the third driver for the IMEC races. After adding the LMP3 division last year, the Rolex 24 remains at five classes with GTD Pro replacing GTLM for the 2022 season. The team announced today that driver Jarett Andretti will pilot the No. Full time pilot Filipe Albuquerque continues his tenure with the No. Heres the first edition of NBC Sports assessment of the current top 10 drivers in IndyCar entering Sundays Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg season opener: 1. Practice begins on Thursday, January 27 with the race running January 29-30. I know Tower is an incredible team and have already had the chance to test with them and get to meet everyone has only made me more excited with whats to come.. I am very much looking forward to another great season with Rick Capone (Capone Motorsports) leading our technical crew (Erwan, Richie, Martin, Damien, Daniel, Alain, JJ, Jan, and John) and our amazing engineering group led by Matthieu Leroy and supported by Viktor and Townsend whom I am sure will continue to field one of the best performing cars on the grid.. Im thrilled to have the opportunity to race with this amazing group of drivers, McLaughlin said. Behind the wheel of the #8 Tower Motorsport LMP2 machine, Newgarden and McLaughlin will make their IMSA debuts in Daytona. In addition to Elliott, Kurt and Kyle Busch, defending series champion Kyle Larson has three Rolex 24 starts with Chip Ganassi Racing (including the overall victory in 2015). Founded by driver Jon Bennett in 2010, CORE autosport has participated in 15 IMSA championships (and former American Le Mans Series) across all series. We hereby summarize the announcements made by the teams, as it stands so far, that will compete at Daytona as well as in the IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship*. Alex Palou (tied fourth in 2022) With last years contract mess behind him, the 2021 champion should head into his likely final season at Chip Ganassi Racing with a clear mind and fast car. Felipe Fraga ran all championship races except the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park where he was replaced by Scott Andrews. We look forward to seeing these very talented drivers in Victory Circle next year for Acura. Porsche 911 GT3 R (991 II) and BMW M4 GT3 recently dominated the 24 Hours of Duba by trusting the podium and getting 2 cars each in the top 4. 4. The #8 Tower Motorsports star-studded lineup debuts in full at the Rolex 24, but Newgarden will take the ride for a spin at the two day IMSA sanctioned test this week. * Weathertech Sportscar Championship for GTD is an eleven-race championship with 7 sprints (Long Beach, Laguna Seca, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Lime Rock, Road America, Virginia International Raceway and Indianapolis Motor Speedway) and the 4 IMSA Michelin Endurance races**. August 4, 2022 There is no event like the Rolex 24 At DAYTONA. Luc Warnotte: Turner Motorsport #96 BMW M4 GT3 ended 3rd combined classes GTD and GTD PRO. 9 team will need to solve their qualifying woes to get a seventh championship. Ricky and Filipe will be back as full-time co-drivers. 44 Magnus Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 lineup with two more past winners in John Potter and Spencer Pumpelly. With three reigning champions, Tower Motorsports stout lineup will prove to be a strong entry in the packed Rolex 24 field. Today is all about getting that 60 in the best spot for the 24h next week. Team leader Sean Creech has competed in a multitude of sports car series from 1990 until the present day, including Group C, IMSA GTP, WSC, Grand-Am, SRO World Challenge, and IMSA. The Rolex 24 will feature 12 drivers from the NTT IndyCar Series, including rising stars Colton Herta and Pato O'Ward teaming on an LMP2 entry for DragonSpeed that also will include IndyCar rookie Devlin DeFrancesco. The new season will mark Tower Motorsports third year in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Luc Warnotte: J. Barbosa / M. Jakobsen / S. Priaulx / L. Willsey ended second of LMP3 class at Rolex 24 At Daytona 2022 with #33 Sean Creech Motorsports Ligier JS P320. The Rolex 24 is the debut race in North America for the new BMW M4 GT3, and the No. endstream endobj startxref 10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 team for the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The team finished fourth in the LMP3 class standings and second in the Michelin Endurance Cup. The GTD PRO entry list counts 9 cars representing 8 manufacturers (Aston Martin, BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lexus, Mercedes, Porsche) that will definitively make an intense race at Daytona. Konica Minolta has been recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for fourteen consecutive years, and received Keypoint Intelligences BLI 2021 A3 Line of The Year Award and BLI 2021-2023 Most Color Consistent A3 Brand Award for its bizhub i-Series. Six-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Scott Dixon was a member of Wayne Taylor Racing's winning team in 2020, while Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge winners Helio Castroneves and Alexander . Luc Warnotte: #79 WeatherTech Mercedes AMG GT3 at The Glen and Road Atlanta. Luc Warnotte: J. Bennett / C. Braun / G. Kurtz with #54 CORE Autosport Ligier JS P320 ended second of LMP3 class of the Six Hours of The Glen. The IMSA LMP3 class is not to be overlooked with teams who made the hello for Group C and the American Le Mans series in the 80s and 90s, like Andretti Autosport and Riley. Indy 500 winners and Meyer Shank Racing teammates Helio Castroneves and Simon Pageanud will be teamed on MSRs No. 25 Harrison Contracting Huracan in the North America Lamborghini Super Trofeo Series for the Painting and Contracting Services company. 3. 8 Oreca will again sport its signature orange and white colors, with a black base to replace the previous years purple livery. Risi Competizione is aligning the brand new Ferrari 296 GT3 with #62 for Rolex 24 At Daytona. The lineup for the event, which will require a midrace driver change for each entry, was set by time trials Saturday on the 12-turn, 3.56-mile road course. #Roar24, 2PM @peacockTV pic.twitter.com/EgjM1rRAgF, Simon Pagenaud (@simonpagenaud) January 23, 2022. Based on 24H Duba recent success of BMW M Motorsport Team WRT clinching two podium seats, the BMW M4 GT3 becomes a serious challenger for overall victory of both GTD and GTD PRO classes as well as combined ranking. He is a world class sportscar driver and we are lucky to have him join the team. Tower Motorsport unveiled their Rolex 24 lineup earlier today. This is a proven crew that clearly knows how to win races, and thats exactly what were setting out to accomplish at Daytona.. Tristan Vautier will start second in the No. The 2022 renewals. pic.twitter.com/vtjhuRBpCc, INDYCAR on NBC (@IndyCaronNBC) February 27, 2023, Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Flipboard (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click here for the Rolex 24 qualifier lineup, have paced the first four practice sessions, Wayne Taylor Racing opens bid for fourth consecutive Rolex 24, Tristan Vautier takes pole position; Filipe Albuquerque quickest in morning practice, Ricky Taylor on top as Acuras continue to sweep practice sessions, Schedules, start times and how to watch the 2023 IndyCar season opener, entering Sundays Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg season opener.