IMSA released a very preliminary entry list Tuesday (Nov. 14) for January’s Rolex 24 at Daytona. There are 60 teams on the list, split between the four classes that will contest the race.
The GTP class has the 10 full-time entries in the class, as revealed back in October during the State of the Sport address at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.
The entry list reveals Porsche Penske Motorsport’s lineups. Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet are back in the No. 6 full-time with Kevin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor. Matt Campbell and Felipe Nasr are in the No. 7 along with INDYCAR regular Josef Newgarden and Frederic Makowiecki.
BMW M Team RLL has some changes in their No. 24. Dries Vanthoor (Laurens’ younger brother) is in the car along with Augusto Farfus and Jesse Krohn. Farfus’ 2023 full-time teammate Philipp Eng is not listed.
Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti fully confirmed their 2024 lineups Tuesday. They completed the lineups with the addition of Marcus Ericsson (No. 10) and Jenson Button (No. 40).
JDC-Miller MotorSports confirmed Tuesday that Richard Westbrook will drive full-time for the team alongside Tijmen van der Helm. Phil Hanson and Ben Keating join for Daytona.
In LMP2, there are 12 entries. New teams in the class include Riley Motorsports and Sean Creech Motorsports, who moved up after the dissolution of the LMP3 class. Note that Sean Creech Motorsports will be running the only Ligier JS P217-Gibson in the class.
TDS Racing is back, but with only one car after running two entries full-time in 2023. PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports has partnered with the Polish Inter Europol Competition to run the No. 52. Only longtime Inter Europol driver Jakub Smiechowski has been confirmed to this point.
United Autosports is back in the series after a year away, this time with two full-time cars. Keating will drive the No. 2 with Ben Hanley. Yes, Keating will drive cars in two different classes, although the No. 2 is his full-time entry. Dan Goldburg and Paul di Resta will be in the No. 22.
AO Racing has a new full-time LMP2 entry. Team owner PJ Hyett will drive alongside Paul-Loup Chatin, who moves over from PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports.
There are 13 teams entered in the GTD Pro class, 11 of them full-time. The part-timers are Iron Lynx with their No. 19 Lamborghini and SunEnergy1 Racing with a Mercedes.
Ford Multimatic Motorsports will have their two factory Ford Mustang GT3s on the grid. The full-time lineups…
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