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IMSA testing underway at Daytona International Speedway. Which teams, drivers are taking part?

Ryan Pritt, Daytona Beach News-Journal
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DAYTONA BEACH — A four-day IMSA test ahead of January’s Rolex 24 began at Daytona International Speedway on Wednesday morning with over 40 teams across four of the event’s classes set to take to the track this week.

It will mark the second year for the LMDh-spec cars in the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class, with last year’s event being won by the Meyer Shank Racing Acura team. This year, Wayne Taylor Racing will field both Acura entries in the GTP field. Also, of note amongst the GTPs is the American debut of the Iron Lynx Lamborghini, which will run in this year’s Rolex 24.

Nine GTP entries took to the track on Wednesday with morning and afternoon sessions featuring only GTP and LMP2 cars. The prototypes were also slated to wrap up testing on Thursday, with GTD Pro and GTD cars beginning their runs on Thursday and continuing Friday and Saturday.

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The No. 63 Lamborghini flies through the infield road course, Wednesday December 6, 2023 as IMSA teams take Daytona International Speedway for the first of four days of testing for the Rolex 24.
The No. 63 Lamborghini flies through the infield road course, Wednesday December 6, 2023 as IMSA teams take Daytona International Speedway for the first of four days of testing for the Rolex 24.

Among drivers expected to take part in this week’s tests are Indy 500 champion Josef Newgarden, Scott Dixon, Colton Herta and Formula One veteran Felipe Massa, who will make his first start in the event while driving for Riley Motorsports in its new LMP2 program.

Official timing was not available for Wednesday’s sessions.

Here is a look at the entries and drivers scheduled to participate this week.

Grand Touring Prototype (GTP)

Crewmen service the No. 01 Cadillac, Wednesday December 6, 2023 as IMSA teams take Daytona International Speedway for the first of four days of testing for the Rolex 24.
Crewmen service the No. 01 Cadillac, Wednesday December 6, 2023 as IMSA teams take Daytona International Speedway for the first of four days of testing for the Rolex 24.

  • No. 01 Cadillac Racing Cadillac: Renger van der Zande (New Zealand), Sebastien Bordais (France), Scott Dixon (New Zealand)

  • No. 6 Penske Motorsport Porsche: Nick Tandy (Great Britain), Mathieu Jaminet (Luxembourg), Kevin Estre (France), Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium)

  • No. 7 Penske Motorsport Porsche: Dane Cameron (USA), Felipe Nasr (Brazil), Matt Campbell (Australia), Josef Newgarden (USA)

  • No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura: Ricky Taylor (USA), Filipe Albuquerque (Portugal), Louis Deletraz (Switzerland), Marcus Ericsson (Sweden)

  • No. 24 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing BMW: Augusto Farfus (Monaco), Jesse Krohn (Finland)

  • No. 25 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing BMW: Connor De Phillippi (USA), Maxime Martin (Belgium

  • No. 31 Whelen Racing Cadillac: Pipo Derani (Brazil), Jack Aitken (Great Britain), Tom Blomqvist (Monaco)

  • No. 40 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura: Jordan Taylor (USA), Louis Deletraz (Switzerland), Colton Herta (USA), Jenson Button (Great Britain)

  • No. 63 Iron Lynx Lamborghini: Romain Grosjean (France), Andrea Caldarelli (Italy), Mirko Bortolotti (Italy), Daniil Kyvat (Russia)

Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2)

The No. 88 Oreca LMP2 07 rolls through the garage as it heads out on track, Wednesday December 6, 2023, as IMSA teams take to Daytona International Speedway for the first of four days of testing for the Rolex 24.
The No. 88 Oreca LMP2 07 rolls through the garage as it heads out on track, Wednesday December 6, 2023, as IMSA teams take to Daytona International Speedway for the first of four days of testing for the Rolex 24.

  • No. 04 Crowdstrike Racing by APR Oreca: George Kurtz (USA), Colin Braun (USA), Toby Sowery (Great Britain)

  • No. 8 Tower Motorsports Oreca: Charlie Eastwood (Ireland), Michael Dinan (USA)

  • No. 11 TDS Racing Oreca: Steven Thomas (USA), Hunter McIElrea (Australia), Charles Milesi (France)

  • No. 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Ligier: Lance Willsey, Joao Barbosa, Jonny Edgar, TBD

  • No. 52 Inter Europol by PR1 Mathieson Motorsports Oreca: Jakub Smiechowski (Poland), Tom Dillmann (France), Clement Novalak (France)

  • No. 74 Riley Oreca: Gar Robinson (USA), Felipe Fraga (Brazil), Josh Burdon (Australia), Felipe Massa (Brazil)

  • No. 88 Richard Mille AF Corse Oreca: Luis Perez Companc (Argentina), Nicklas Nielsen (Denmark)

GT Daytona Pro (GTD Pro)

  • No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW: Bryan Sellers (USA), Madison Snow (USA)

  • No. 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports: Antonio Garcia (Spain), Alexander Sims (Great Britain), Daniel Juncadella (Spain)

  • No. 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports: Tommy Milner (USA), Nicky Catsburg (New Zealand)

  • No. 14 VasserSullivan Lexus: Jack Hawksworth (Great Britain), Ben Barnicoat (Great Britain), Kyle Kirkwood (USA)

  • No. 19 Iron Lynx Lamborghini: Franck Perera (France), Jordan Pepper (South Africa), Mirko Bortolotti (Italy), Andrea Caldarelli (Italy)

  • No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin: Ross Gunn (Great Britain), Roman de Angelis (Canada), Alex Riberas (Spain), Mario Fambacher (Germany)

  • No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari: Alessandro Pier Guidi (Italy), Daniel Serra (Brazil)

  • No. 64 Ford Mulitmatic Motorsports Mustang: Harry Tincknell (Great Britain), Mike Rockenfeller (Switzerland)

  • No. 65: Ford Multimatic Motorsports Mustang: Joey Hand (USA), Dirk Mueller (Sqitzerland)

GT Daytona (GTD)

  • No. 12 VasserSullivan Lexus: Frankie Montecalvo (USA), Parker Thompson (Canada), Aaron Telitz (USA), Ritomo Miyata (Japan)

  • No. 21 Af Corse Ferrari: Simon Martin (Switzerland), Francois Heriau (France), Kei Cozzolino (Japan)

  • No. 023 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari: Davide Rigon (Italy), Onofrio Triarsi (USA), Charles Scardina (USA), Riccardo Agostini (Italy)

  • No. 32 Korthoff/Preston Motorsports Mercedes: Adam Christodoulou (Great Britain), Mike Skeen (USA), Kenton Koch (USA)

  • No. 34 Conquest Racing Ferrari: Manny Franco (USA), Albert Costa Balboa (Spain), Alessandro Balzan (Italy), Cedric Sbirrazzuoli (Monaco)

  • No. 44 Magnus Racing Aston Martin: John Potter (USA), Andy Lally (USA), Spencer Pumpelly (USA)

  • No. 45 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Lamborghini: Kyle Marcelli (Canada), Danny Formal (Costa Rica), Graham Doyle (USA), Ashton Harrison (USA)

  • No. 47 Cetilar Racing Ferrari: Roberto Lacorte (Italy), Nicklas Nielsen (Denmark)

  • No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes: Daniel Morad (Canada), Russell Ward (USA)

  • No. 60 Iron Lynx Lamborghini: Claudio Schiavoni (Italy), Matteo Cressoni (Italy)

  • No. 66 Gradient Racing Acura: Katherine Legge (Great Britain), Sheena Monk (USA), Tati Calderon (Colombia), Stevan McAleer (Great Britain)

  • No. 70 Inception Racing McLaren: Frederik Schandorff (Denmark), Brenan Iribe (USA), Tom Gamble (Great Britain)

  • No. 78 Forte Racing Lamborghini: Misha Goikhberg (Canada), Loris Spinelli (Italy), Devlin Defrancesco (Canada)

  • No. 83 Iron Dames Lamborghini: Rahel Frey (Switzerland), Michelle Gatting (Denmark), Doriane Pin (France), Sarah Bovy (Belgium)

  • No. 91 Kellymoss with Riley Porsche: Trent Hindman (USA)

  • No. 92 Kellymoss with Riley Porsche: David Brule (USA), Alec Udell (USA)

  • No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW: Robby Foley (USA), Patrick Gallagher (USA), TBD

  • No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche: Adam Adelson (USA), Elliott Skeer (USA), Jan Heylen (USA)

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: IMSA starts testing at Daytona International Speedway ahead of Rolex 24