The fastest laps were set by Ind圜ar champ Alex Palou in the No. Just super proud to be here with this team that I've been lucky to be a part of for more than seven years now,” Heylen said. And we just had to control our race and not worry about the GT Pro cars. And I was sure in my mind that it wasn't going to be that easy towards the end. “So at the end, with two, three hours to go, we had a good lead. ‘I think you come into this race so many times, and it’s just so hard to win any race, let alone a 24-hour race,” Heylen said. 44 Magnus Racing Aston Martin Vantage by a decisive 12.542 seconds. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 of Ryan Hardwick, Zach Robichon, Richard Lietz and Jan Heylen, who signed on full-time replacing the retired Patrick Long. GTD winners Wright Motorsports Richard DoleĪnd in GT Daytona, which concentrates on amateur drivers, it was the No. “My job,” he said, “was to just not f- it up!” To finally have that win on my list, to finally be able to win it in my first ever race for Porsche,” made it even better. “The transition to a GT car was one of the most challenging things I’ve done. Nasr, despite winning the 2021 season champion in DPi Prototype, had never won the Rolex 24. It was a crazy race but it’s what people want to see.” He is one of best GT drivers out there, sometimes we were on the limit and maybe over,” Jaminet said. “It was the most stressful race of my life. Vanthoor and Jaminet are both Porsche factory drivers who know each other’s style. 62 Risi Ferrari 488, which sped past Vanthoor during his spin. He recovered to take third place, behind the No. Jaminet battled Laurens Vanthoor – who drove for Pfaff last year but is now in the KCMG Porsche 911 – for the last few laps, until the two made contact and Vanthoor went spinning on the very last lap. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 of Mathieu Jaminet, Matt Campbell and 2021 DPi Prototype champ Felipe Nasr, who is running some endurance races while he helps develop the new Porsche GTP car for 2023. In the new GT Daytona Pro class – which uses GT3-spec cars with mostly professional drivers, relacing the GT Le Mans class – winning with a thrilling, full-contact last-lap pass was the No. We have such a history with him – we bought the first car he built back in the day, chassis number 001.” When it came time for him to leave the family Trans Am team, he chose LMP3, one reason being he could work with the legendary car builder Bill Riley. Robinson is a second-generation racer whose father was a Trans Am champion. GTD Pro winners Pfaff Motorsports Richard Dole The Meyer-Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian team won the Rolex 10 years ago when it was just Michael Shank Racing on the 50 thanniversary of the race, “so winning again on the 60 th anniversary is special,” said Shank, team co-owner. But the sun was out and Florida Chamber of Commerce weather was back on Sunday, allowing for a spirited run to the checkered flag with 31 straight minutes of caution-free racing.Ĭastroneves of course had help: Fellow Indianapolis 500 winner Simon Pagenaud, Oliver Jarvis, available since Mazda quit racing at the end of 2021 leaving him without a ride, and Tom Blomqvist, son of 1984 World Rally champion Stig Blomqvist. The cold weather was tough on tire traction, and partly accounts for the 17 full-course cautions, surpassing last year’s total in a little over halfway through the race. Taylor challenged during that last half-hour, but Castroneves managed to stretch out a three-second lead over the No. 10 team of Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque, Will Stevens and Ind圜ar star Alexander Rossi had to settle for second in 2022.ĬLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE UNOFFICIAL RESULTS 10 Wayne Taylor Konica Minolta Acura, which has won the past three years, but thanks to Castroneves and his new ride in the No. The other thing is winning DPi Prototype driver Helio Castroneves climbing the catch fence in celebration with his Meyer-Shank Acura team, a trademark move for the four-time Indianapolis 500 winner, who did it again last year racing for this same group’s Ind圜ar team.Ĭastroneves also won the Rolex 24 in 2021 as a co-driver for the No. Frigid weather – by Florida standards at least – with near-freezing temperatures Saturday night will likely by one of two things long remembered about the 60 th running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 at Daytona.
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