24H Daytona - All you need to know about the winners in each category

Post-Race Nuggets

 

GTP

No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb Agajanian | Acura ARX-06

• Third Rolex 24 At Daytona overall victory 
• 16th IMSA victory 
• Second consecutive Rolex 24 At Daytona overall victory
• First team to win in the modern GTP prototype era; first victory for Acura ARX-06
• Third consecutive Rolex 24 victory for Acura, second with Meyer Shank Racing

 

Colin Braun

• Third Rolex 24 At Daytona class victory 
• Fourth IMSA victory at Daytona
• 23rd series class victory

 

Helio Castroneves

• Third Rolex 24 overall victory 
• Third consecutive Rolex 24 victory
• Second driver to win three consecutive overall Rolex 24, first to do so in three straight years
• 10th series victory
• Follows win at 2022 season finale at Road Atlanta with MSR

 

Simon Pagenaud

• Second Rolex 24 At Daytona victory; second consecutive
• 12th class victory
• Previous start was his 2022 Rolex 24 victory with MSR

 

Tom Blomqvist

• Second Rolex 24 class victory; second consecutive
• Third class victory
• Follows win at 2022 season finale at Road Atlanta with MSR

 

LMP2

Unofficial margin of victory of 0.016 seconds

 

No. 55 Proton Competition

• First Rolex 24 victory
• Second IMSA win, first since Sebring 2012

 

James Allen

• First Rolex 24 win
• First class win in third start
• Previous best finish of 3rd at 2019 Rolex 24

 

Gianmaria Bruni

• First Rolex 24 win
• Fourth class in in 35th start
• Last win was at Road Atlanta 2011

 

Fred Poordad

• First Rolex 24 win
• First class win in third start
• Last start was at Rolex 24 in 2012 GT

 

Francesco Pizzi

• First Rolex 24 win
• First class win in first IMSA start

 

LMP3

No. 17 AWA

• First class win for the organization

 

Thomas Merrill

• Second career win
• First Daytona win

 

Wayne Boyd

• First Career win
• First Daytona win

 

Anthony Mantella

• First Career win
• First Daytona win

 

Nico Varrone

• First career win
• First Daytona win in first start at the track

 

GTD PRO

No. 79 Weather Tech Racing

• Fourth Career win
• First Rolex 24 win

 

Maro Engel

• Second career win
• Second Rolex 24 win, both in the last three years

 

Jules Gounon

• First Career win
• First Rolex 24 win

 

Daniel Juncadella

• First career win

 

Cooper MacNeil

• 12th career win
• First Rolex 24 win

 

GTD

No. 27 Heart of Racing Team

• Seventh career win
• First Rolex 24 win 

 

Roman DeAngelis

• Sixth career win
• First Rolex 24 win

 

Ian James

• 11th career win
• First Rolex 24 win

 

Marco Sorensen

• First career win

 

Darren Turner

• Sixth career win
• First Rolex 24 win