The starting grid for the 61st Rolex 24 at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH — Qualifying for this weekend’s 61st Rolex 24 at Daytona concluded on Sunday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway with Tom Blomqvist claiming the pole position in the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura prototype.
The entry is one of nine in the new Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class, which all sit atop the starting grid, as expected. The field is broken up into five classes for the race, which is slated to begin at 1:40 p.m. on Saturday afternoon and finish at 1:40 p.m. on Sunday.
A PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca claimed the top spot in the LMP2 class and will start 10th overall. Among LMP3 entries, the No. 33 Sean Creech Motorsport, Ligier JS P320 was best and will start 20th.
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Finally, 33 of the 61 cars are competing in the GTD and GTD Pro classes with the No. 57 Winward Racing, Mercedes AMG GT3 claiming the top spot among those entries and lined up to start 29th overall. The GTD Class has a mix of professional and amateur drivers, while GTD Pro employs professional (and/or factory) driver rosters.
Below is the complete starting grid, in order of overall starting position and separated by class.
GTP
1. No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing, Acura ARX-06
2. No. 2 Porsche Penske Motorsports, Porsche 963
3. No. 10 Konica Minolta, Acura ARX-06
4. No. 01 Cadillac Racing, Cadillac V-LMDh
5. No. 02 Cadillac Racing, Cadillac V-LMDh
6. No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing, Cadillac V-LMDh
7. No. 24 BMW M Team RLL, BMW M Hybrid V8
8. No. 25 BMW M Team RLL, BMW M Hybrid V8
9. No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsports, Porsche 963
LMP2
10. No. 52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports, Oreca
11. No. 35 TDS Racing, Oreca
12. No. 11 TDS Racing, Oreca
13. No. 88 AF Corse, Oreca
14. No. 04 Crowdstrike Racing by APR, Oreca
15. No. 51 Rick Ware Racing, Oreca
16. No. 20 High Class Racing, Oreca
17. No. 18 Era Motorsport, Oreca
18. No. 8 Tower Motorsports, Oreca
19. No. 55 Proton Competition, Oreca
LMP3 Class
20. No. 33 Sean Creech Motorsport, Ligier JS P320
21. No. 36 Andretti Autosport, Ligier JS P320
22. No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports, Ligier JS P320
23. No. 43 MRS GT-Racing, Ligier JS P320
24. No. 74 Riley, Ligier JS P320
25. No. 85 JDC Miller MotorSports, Duqueine D08
26. No. 37 FastMD Racing, Duqueine D08
27. No. 13 AWA, Duqueine D08
28. No. 17 AWA, Duqueine D08
GTD Pro/GTD
29. No. 57 Winward Racing, Mercedes AMG GT3 (GTD)
30. No. 75 Sun Energy 1, Mercedes AMG GT3 (GTD)
31. No. 32 Team Korthoff Motorsports, Mercedes AMG GT3 (GTD)
32. No. 79 WeatherTech Racing, Mercedes AMG GT3 (GTDPro)
33. No. 23 Heart of Racing Team, Aston Martin Vantage GT3 (GTDPro)
34. No. 93 Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR, Acura NSX GT3 (GTD)
35. No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 (GTDPro)
36. No. 66 Gradient Racing, Acura NSX GT3 (GTD)
37. No. 70 Inception Racing, McLaren 720S GT3 (GTD)
38. No. 27 Heart of Racing Team, Aston Martin Vantage GT3 (GTD)
39. No. 12 VasserSullivan, Lexus RC F GT3 (GTD)
40. No. 3 Corvette Racing, Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD (GTDPro)
41. No. 64 TGM/TF Sport, Aston Martin Vantage GT3 (GTDPro)
42. No. 63 Iron Lynx, Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 (GTDPro)
43. No. 47 CETILAR Racing, Ferrari 296 GT3 (GTD)
44. No. 19 Iron Lynx, Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 (GTD)
45. No. 95 Turner Motorsport, BMW M4 GT3 (GTDPro)
46. No. 1 Paul Miller Racing, BMW M4 GT3 (GTD)
47. No. 96 Turner Motorsport, BMW M4 GT3 (GTD)
48. No. 44 Magnus Racing, Aston Martin Vantage GT3 (GTD)
49. No. 16 Wright Motorsports, Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) (GTD)
50. No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports, Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) (GTDPro)
51. No. 83 Iron Dames, Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 (GTD)
52. No. 78 US RaceTronics, Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 (GTD)
53. No. 21 AF Corse, Ferrari 296 GT3 (GTD)
54. No. 77 Wright Motorsports, Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) (GTD)
55. No. 92 Kellymoss with Riley, Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) (GTD)
56. No. 62 Risi Competizione, Ferrari 296 GT3 (GTDPro)
57. No. 91 Kellymoss with Riley, Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) (GTD)
58. No. 80 AO Racing, Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) (GTD)
59. No. 023 Triarsi Competizione, Ferrari 296 GT3 (GTD)
60. No. 53 MDK Motorsports, Porsche 911 GT3 R (GTD)
61. No. 42 NTE Sport, Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 (GTD)
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: ROLEX 24: The starting grid for the 61st Rolex 24 at Daytona