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2023 24 Hours of Daytona
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The 2023 24 Hours of Daytona (formally the 2023 Rolex 24 at Daytona) was an endurance sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The event was held at Daytona International Speedway combined road course in Daytona Beach, Florida, on January 28–29, 2023. This event was the 61st running of the 24 Hours of Daytona since its inception in 1962, and the first of 11 races across multiple classes in the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship, as well as the first of four rounds in the 2023 Michelin Endurance Cup. The No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura, driven by Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, Hélio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud, took the overall win, but the team was later penalized for tire pressure data manipulation, resulting in penalties, fines and probation for those responsible. This was Meyer Shank's second Rolex 24 win in a row, and their third major endurance race win in four events.[1] The No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura finished second overall and scored the most points towards the GTP championship.

Background

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Auto-racing track with a large grandstand filled with spectators
Daytona International Speedway, where the race was held

NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., who built Daytona International Speedway in 1959, conceived of the 24 Hours of Daytona to attract European sports-car endurance racing to the United States and provide international exposure to the speedway.[2] It is informally considered part of the Triple Crown of Endurance Racing, with the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[3]

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2022.[4] It was the tenth consecutive year it was part of the IMSA SCC, and 61st 24 Hours of Daytona. The 24 Hours of Daytona was the first of eleven scheduled sports car endurance races of 2023 by IMSA, and the first of four races of the Michelin Endurance Cup (MEC).[5] It took place at the 12-turn, 3.56-mile (5.73 km) Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida from January 28 to 29.[6]

Entry list

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Main article: 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship § Entries
Meyer Shank Racing, the 2022 winners, returned in the new GTP class with the Acura ARX-06.

The list of entries for the 24-hour race consisted of 61 cars across five classes, equaling the number from the previous year's race. There were nine entries in Grand Touring Prototype (GTP), 10 entries in Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), nine entries in LMP3, and 33 entries across both GT Daytona classes, with nine entered in GTD Pro and 24 entered in GTD.[7]

The Porsche 963 was one of the LMDh cars debuting in the 2023 24 hour race.

The 2023 24 Hours of Daytona saw the competition debut of LMDh regulations - run as Grand Touring Prototype - as the top class of the series, replacing the previous Daytona Prototype International regulations. Four manufacturers entered the class for its inaugural race. Acura and Cadillac, both present during the DPi era, continued their prototype programs by joining LMDh. Acura, with their ARX-06, entered two cars, one operated by Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport, and the other by Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian.[8] Cadillac, with their V-LMDh, entered three cars, two for Chip Ganassi Racing (operating as Cadillac Racing), and one for Whelen Engineering Racing.[9] Also joining the LMDh class are Porsche and BMW. Porsche, entering with their 963, partnered with Team Penske to enter two cars into the race.[10] BMW, entered with the M Hybrid V8, promoted their longtime GT racing partners Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing to running their LMDh program.[11]

The Ferrari 296 GT3 was one of the GT3 cars debuting in the 2023 24 hour race.

In the GTD classes, both Porsche and Ferrari had new GT3 spec cars making their debut. Porsche entered with several of the 992 version of the 911 GT3, including with defending GTD Pro champion Pfaff Motorsports and defending GTD race winners Wright Motorsports.[12] Ferrari's 296 GT3 made its competition debut as well, with entered teams including longtime Ferrari customers AF Corse and Risi Competizione.[13][14]

Roar Before the 24

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The qualifying race at the Roar as held in 2021 and 2022 has been removed from the format for 2023.

Daytona 24 relevant activity at the Roar weekend includes load-in, media day, scrutineering, and five (5) practice sessions.

The Roar Before the 24 Tests occurred from January 20 to 22, 2023, with all cars participating in the test.[15]

Practice

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Five practice sessions preceded the race's start on Saturday: three on Thursday and two on Friday. The first 90 minute session was on Thursday morning while the second session in the afternoon lasted 100 minutes. The third, that evening, lasted 100 minutes; the fourth, on Friday morning, lasted an hour. The fifth session on Friday evening lasted 20 minutes.[16]

The No. 10 Acura of Filipe Albuquerque set the fastest time in opening practice with a time of 1:35.366, 0.266 seconds faster than Earl Bamber's No. 02 Cadillac.[17] Paul-Loup Chatin's No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports car led LMP2 with a lap of 1:38.302, followed by Oliver Jarvis's No. 18 Era Motorsport car.[18] Felipe Fraga in the No. 74 Riley Motorsports Ligier led LMP3 with a time of 1:42.704.[18] Owen Trinkler was fastest in GTD Pro while Lucas Auer set the fastest time amongst all GTD cars.[17] Auer crashed in turn two head on into the inside wall. He was extracted from his No. 57 Winward Racing car and suffered lumbar injuries.[19][20] As a result of his injuries, Lucas Auer was forced to miss the rest of the event and Daniel Morad filled in for him.[21]

In the second practice session, Richard Westbrook in the No. 02 Cadillac set the fastest lap with a time of 1:35.185, ahead of the No. 10 Acura of Louis Delétraz.[22] Nicolas Lapierre led LMP2 with a time of 1:38.615.[22] Felipe Fraga was fastest in LMP3 with a time of 1:42.491.[23] Jules Gounon was fastest in GTD Pro while Mikaël Grenier set the fastest time amongst all GTD cars.[23]

The third practice session saw Matt Campbell lap quickest for Porsche Penske Motorsport with a time of 1:35.802, 0.172 seconds ahead of Albuquerque. Cadillac Racing were third and fourth after laps from Alex Lynn and Sébastien Bourdais.[24] Matthieu Vaxivière was fastest in LMP2 in the No. 88 AF Corse car with a time of 1:38.416.[25] The No. 36 Andretti Autosport Ligier of Rasmus Lindh was fastest in LMP3 with a time of 1:42.559.[25] The GTD Pro class was topped by the #79 Mercedes of Maro Engel while Mikaël Grenier was fastest in GTD.[24]

Alexander Sims led the fourth practice session for Whelen Engineering Racing with a time of 1:35.493. Scott Dixon's No. 01 Cadillac was second fastest followed by Nick Yelloly in the No. 25 BMW.[26] Mikkel Jensen led LMP2 with a time of 1:38.052.[27] Jarett Andretti was fastest in LMP3 with a time of 1:43.191.[27] Jules Gounon was fastest in GTD Pro while Mikaël Grenier set the fastest time amongst all GTD cars.[28]

In the final practice session, Renger van der Zande was fastest for Cadillac Racing with a time of 1:36.742. Alex Lynn was second fastest followed by Connor De Phillippi in the No. 25 BMW. The session only saw the GTP cars participate.[29]

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Sunday, January 22. Due to heavy rainfall during the previous night's practice sessions and software changes made by IMSA, cars in the GTP class were given an extra 15-minute session prior to the start of qualifying.[30]

Tom Blomqvist (pictured in 2022) took the overall pole position for Meyer Shank Racing.

Qualifying was broken into four sessions, with one session for the GTP, LMP2, LMP3, GTD Pro and GTD classes, which lasted for 20 minutes for the GTP session, and 15 minutes for the LMP2, LMP3 and GTD Pro/GTD sessions.[31] The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars, with the Pro-Am LMP2 class requiring a Bronze rated driver to qualify the car while the LMP3 class required a Bronze/Silver Rated driver to qualify the car. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put GTPs ahead of the LMP2, LMP3, GTD Pro, and GTD cars.[32]

The first was for cars in the GTD Pro and GTD classes. Mercedes-AMG cars dominated the session, taking the top four spots overall and claiming pole position in both classes, with the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing entry driven by Maro Engel earning pole in GTD Pro and the No. 57 Winward Racing entry driven by Philip Ellis setting the fastest time among all GTD entries. The best non-Mercedes entry was the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin driven by Ross Gunn. Porsche, with a new rendition of their GT3 car, struggled during qualifying, with their best qualified car being the No. 16 Wright Motorsports entry in 21st position among GTD cars, 2.8 seconds behind the fastest lap.[33][34]

The second session was for cars in the LMP3 class. Nico Pino qualified on pole for the class driving the No. 33 car for Sean Creech Motorsport, besting Dakota Dickerson in the No. 36 entry from Andretti Autosport.[35]

The third session of qualifying was for cars in the LMP2 class. For this class, IMSA mandated that the driver holding a bronze rating from the FIA (indicating amateur status) on each team qualify the car. Ben Keating qualified on pole driving the No. 52 car for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, with over a second gap to any other car. The session was shortened significantly by two separate incidents the occurred at the same time. John Farano, driving the No. 8 Tower Motorsports entry, crashed heavily at the Le Mans chicane, causing significant damage. At the same time, Fred Poordad, driving the No. 55 Proton Competition entry, crashed at turn 6, causing damage to the front end of his car. For causing the red flag, both the No. 8 and the No. 55 had their best two times from the session deleted.[36]

The final session of qualifying was for the GTP class. The session was the first official session for the new class in IMSA competition. Tom Blomqvist qualified on pole driving the No. 60 car for Meyer Shank Racing, beating Felipe Nasr in the No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry by less than one tenth of a second. All cars in the class qualified within one second of the pole time. The session saw one incident when Nick Tandy, driving the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry, crashed at the Le Mans chicane. Tandy had his best two laps from the session deleted for causing a red flag, effectively leaving him with no time set.[33]

Qualifying results

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Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with ‡.

Pos. Class No. Entry Driver Time Gap Grid
1 GTP 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist 1:34.031 — 1‡
2 GTP 7 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Brazil Felipe Nasr 1:34.114 +0.083 2
3 GTP 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport United States Ricky Taylor 1:34.198 +0.167 3
4 GTP 01 United States Cadillac Racing France Sébastien Bourdais 1:34.262 +0.231 4
5 GTP 02 United States Cadillac Racing United Kingdom Alex Lynn 1:34.389 +0.358 5
6 GTP 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Pipo Derani 1:34.608 +0.577 6
7 GTP 24 United States BMW M Team RLL Austria Philipp Eng 1:34.723 +0.692 7
8 GTP 25 United States BMW M Team RLL United Kingdom Nick Yelloly 1:34.846 +0.815 8
9 LMP2 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United States Ben Keating 1:40.541 +6.510 10‡
10 LMP2 35 France TDS Racing France François Heriau 1:41.751 +7.720 11
11 LMP2 11 France TDS Racing United States Steven Thomas 1:41.813 +7.782 12
12 LMP2 88 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo 1:41.942 +7.911 13
13 LMP2 04 United States CrowdStrike Racing by APR United States George Kurtz 1:41.951 +7.920 14
14 LMP2 51 United States Rick Ware Racing United States Eric Lux 1:42.111 +8.080 15
15 LMP2 20 Denmark High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen 1:42.277 +8.246 16
16 LMP3 33 United States Sean Creech Motorsport Chile Nico Pino 1:43.197 +9.166 20‡
17 LMP3 36 United States Andretti Autosport United States Dakota Dickerson 1:43.307 +9.276 21
18 LMP3 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports Australia Cameron Shields 1:43.351 +9.320 22
19 LMP3 43 Germany MRS GT-Racing Portugal Guilherme Oliveira 1:43.557 +9.526 23
20 LMP3 74 United States Riley Motorsports United States Gar Robinson 1:43.840 +9.809 24
21 LMP3 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports United States Luca Mars 1:43.883 +9.852 25
22 LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport United States Dwight Merriman 1:43.965 +9.934 17
23 LMP3 87 United States FastMD Racing Japan Yu Kanamaru 1:44.237 +10.206 26
24 LMP3 13 Canada AWA Canada Orey Fidani 1:45.822 +11.791 27
25 GTD 57 United States Winward Racing Switzerland Philip Ellis 1:46.093 +12.062 591
26 LMP3 17 Canada AWA Canada Anthony Mantella 1:46.187 +12.156 28
27 GTD 75 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing Germany Fabian Schiller 1:46.312 +12.281 29‡
28 GTD 32 United States Team Korthoff Motorsports Canada Mikaël Grenier 1:46.705 +12.674 30
29 GTD Pro 79 United States WeatherTech Racing Germany Maro Engel 1:46.784 +12.753 31‡
30 GTD Pro 23 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ross Gunn 1:46.825 +12.794 32
31 GTD 93 United States Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Andretti Canada Kyle Marcelli 1:46.867 +12.836 33
32 GTD Pro 14 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat 1:46.923 +12.892 34
33 GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing Germany Mario Farnbacher 1:46.960 +12.929 35
34 GTD 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer 1:46.979 +12.948 36
35 GTD 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis 1:47.088 +13.057 37
36 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Aaron Telitz 1:47.361 +13.330 38
37 GTD Pro 3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García 1:48.077 +14.046 39
38 GTD Pro 64 United Kingdom TGM/TF Sport United States Owen Trinkler 1:48.081 +14.050 602
39 GTD Pro 63 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Andrea Caldarelli 1:48.233 +14.202 40
40 GTD 47 Italy Cetilar Racing Italy Antonio Fuoco 1:48.309 +14.278 41
41 GTD 19 Italy Iron Lynx France Franck Perera 1:48.432 +14.401 612
42 GTD Pro 95 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen 1:48.505 +14.474 42
43 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Madison Snow 1:48.526 +14.495 43
44 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Robby Foley 1:48.756 +14.725 44
45 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States John Potter 1:48.820 +14.789 45
46 GTD 16 United States Wright Motorsports Belgium Jan Heylen 1:48.942 +14.911 46
47 GTD Pro 9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 1:48.977 +14.946 47
48 GTD 83 Italy Iron Dames Switzerland Rahel Frey 1:48.991 +14.960 48
49 GTD 78 United States Forte Racing Powered by US RaceTronics Canada Misha Goikhberg 1:49.075 +15.044 49
50 GTD 21 Italy AF Corse Spain Miguel Molina 1:49.265 +15.234 50
51 GTD 77 United States Wright Motorsports France Kévin Estre 1:49.358 +15.327 51
52 GTD 92 United States Kelly-Moss w/ Riley Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:49.373 +15.342 52
53 GTD Pro 62 United States Risi Competizione Brazil Daniel Serra 1:49.495 +15.464 53
54 GTD 91 United States Kelly-Moss w/ Riley France Julien Andlauer 1:49.507 +15.476 54
55 GTD 80 United States AO Racing Team United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 1:49.644 +15.613 55
56 LMP2 8 United States Tower Motorsports Canada John Farano 1:49.6793 +15.648 18
57 GTD 023 United States Triarsi Competizione Italy Alessio Rovera 1:49.763 +15.732 56
58 GTD 53 United States MDK Motorsports Denmark Jan Magnussen 1:50.628 +16.597 57
59 GTD 42 United States NTE Sport United States Don Yount 1:50.873 +16.842 58
60 LMP2 55 Germany Proton Competition United States Fred Poordad 1:50.9694 +16.938 19
61 GTP 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport United Kingdom Nick Tandy no time5 – 9
PROVISIONAL RESULTS Archived January 23, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
  • 1 The No. 57 Winward Racing entry initially qualified on pole position for the GTD class. However, the car suffered a major accident during post-qualifying practice, forcing the team to move to a back-up car. By IMSA rules, the entry was moved to the rear of the GTD field on the starting grid. Additionally, Lucas Auer, the driver of the car at the time of the accident, suffered lumbar injuries and was forced out of the race. Daniel Morad was signed as his injury replacement.[21]
  • 2 The No. 64 TGM/TF Sport entry and the No. 19 Iron Lynx entry were both moved to the back of their respective classes as per Article 40.2.3 of the Sporting regulations (Change of starting driver).[32]
  • 3 The No. 8 Tower Motorsports entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.
  • 4 The No. 55 Proton Competition entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.
  • 5 The No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry had its two fastest laps deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.

Race

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Start and early hours

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GTP class cars shortly after the start

Racing began at 1:40 p.m. EST. Tom Blomqvist in the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura took the early lead. The race quickly saw its first full course caution period when the No. 8 Tower Motorsports Oreca, one of the favorites in the LMP2 category, came to a halt with mechanical problems on the first lap.[37] When racing resumed again, Blomqvist moved into the lead once more, while the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura and the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche battled for 2nd. At the close of the first hour, the No. 25 BMW M Team RLL BMW became the first of the GTP cars to encounter problems, as it pulled off the track and into the garage. The No. 25 would not return to the track for over three hours. In the lower classes, the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca led in LMP2, the No. 74 Riley Motorsports Ligier led in LMP3, the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin led in GTD Pro, and the No. 93 Racers' Edge Motorsports Acura led in GTD.[38]

The No. 25 BMW M Hybrid V8 undergoing repairs early in the race

During the second stint of the race, the No. 60, now driven by Colin Braun, was challenged by the No. 01 and No 02 Cadillac Racing entries, with the No. 01 eventually overtaking and holding the lead at the three hour mark of the race.[39] This came as the race was interrupted by another full course yellow near the start of the third hour, as the No. 42 NTE Sport Lambroghini suffered an accident at turn one. In the LMP3 class, the No. 74, one of the favorites for class victory, suffered an engine failure, forcing its retirement from the race. The No. 13 AWA Duqueine inherited the lead after that 74's misfortune. In the GTD ranks, the No. 3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet, driven by Jordan Taylor, moved forward and took the lead in the GTD Pro class, while the No. 93 remained in the lead of GTD.[40] Hour 4 saw another interruption, as the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW came to a halt on track with driveline issues, dropping them far down the order. After the full course caution, the No. 60 reclaimed the overall lead, while further back, the No. 33 Sean Creech Motorsports Ligier took the lead in LMP3 and the No. 32 Team Korthoff Motorsports Mercedes moved to the lead of GTD, despite an incident with a prototype in the previous hour.[41]

The No. 01 Cadillac V-LMDh leading the No. 6 and No. 7 Porsche 963s

Night

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During the fifth hour, the No. 60 fell behind the No. 10 during pit stops. As the 60, now driven by Simon Pagenaud, attempted to catch back up, it made contact with the No. 8 Tower Motorsports Oreca, sending it spinning. Scott Dixon in the No. 01 Cadillac stopped to avoid hitting the spinning car, but behind him, the No. 13 AWA LMP3 was unable to react in time and ran into the back of Dixon. The incident sent both the 01 and 13 to the pits for repairs, with the 13 falling three laps behind the LMP3 leader. The No. 7 Porsche also suffered issues, with energy warnings forcing it into the garage for over 30 minutes.[42] In the LMP2 class, the lead became contested by the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, the No. 11 TDS Racing, and the No. 55 Proton Competition Orecas, with the 11 leading by the end of hour 6.[43] However, the No. 11 would come to strife in the seventh hour, as drive Steven Thomas made contact with a GTD car at the Le Mans chicane, which sent him into the wall and ultimately ended the car's race.[44] After a round of pit stops, the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac, driven by Pipo Derani, led the race for the first time, while the No. 60, now drive by Hélio Castroneves, was second. On the restart, Castroneves attempted to pass for the lead, but lost control and spun, dropping him to the rear of the GTP field and forcing him to make an unscheduled pit stop for new tires. Derani led the race until the next pit cycle, where it was jumped by the No. 02 Cadillac Racing entry. PR1/Mathiasen Motorsport led in LMP2 after the demise of the No. 11, while the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin moved to the lead of GTD Pro.[45]

The No. 6 Porsche 963 at night

The ninth hour saw another full course yellow after a tire barrier became dislodged and dragged partially onto the racing surface. The No. 01 Cadillac inherited the lead after choosing not to pit, with the car off-sequence from the rest of the GTP field due to its earlier incident.[44] The caution period also allowed the No. 60 to catch back up to the rest of the GTP field and recover from their earlier spin. With pit stops rearrange the running order, the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus moved to the GTD Pro lead for the first time, while the No. 93 Racers' Edge Motorsports Acura returned to the GTD lead.[44] Racing lasted only 30 minutes before another full course yellow came, this time for the No. 92 Kelly-Moss Porsche, which pulled to the side of the road at turn two with an engine failure.[46] After pit stops, the No. 31 Cadillac led the race, while behind, the No. 60 moved into second on the restart with the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsports entry in third. By the end of 11 hours, the No. 60 was back in the lead.[47] In LMP3, Nico Pino in the No. 33 Sean Creech Motorsports entry and Nicolás Varrone in the No. 17 AWA entry began battling for the lead, with the 33 eventually coming out on top. The GTD classes remained hotly contested, with the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes and the No. 70 Inception Racing McLaren both taking the lead for the first time during the race in the night.[47]

The race reached its halfway point under full course caution, as the No. 43 MRS GT-Racing Ligier caught fire and stopped on the track.[48] During the caution, the No. 60 came into the pit lane to investigate an oil leak in the gearbox.[49] The team never fully fixed this gearbox issue and continued to the finish with some leakage continuing. The No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura suffered a broken oil fill tube during this caution, which cost them a lap to the leader repairing The pit stop dropped the 60 down to third, with the No. 6 Porsche taking the lead. The 60 returned to the lead shortly after the restart.[50] The leaders remained largely unchanged until the next caution period in the 15th hour, when the No. 64 TGM/TF Sport Aston Martin came to a halt on track. The No. 60 once again pitted for its gearbox, promoting the No. 6 Porsche back to the lead. In LMP2, the No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing Oreca, driven by Ben Hanley moved into the lead, with the No. 35 TDS Racing entry in second. In the GT cars, the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes returned to the lead for lead in GTD Pro, while the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin moved to the GTD lead.[51]

The No. 01 Cadillac moved into the lead just before the 16th hour. The No. 6 Porsche suffered a high-speed spin in the infield section, causing damage to the bodywork of the car and costing it several laps in repair. Issues also hit the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac, as suspension damage sidelined the car for over 30 minutes.[52] By sunrise, the battle for the overall lead was between the No. 01 Cadillac and the No. 60 Acura. The No. 35 TDS Racing Oreca took the lead of LMP2, while the battle between the No. 33 and No. 17 in LMP3 continued. In GTs, the No. 79 retained the lead of GTD Pro, while the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes moved to the lead of the GTD. The No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin fell out of the fight for the GTD Pro lead after suffering susepnsion damage.[53]

Morning

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No. 01 Cadillac V-LMDh on the front straight. The No. 01 led in the early morning hours.

The No. 01 Cadillac continued to lead into the morning hours. The fight for the LMP3 lead came to a sudden end when the No. 33 Sean Creech Motorsports entry pitted at the 19 hour mark with gearbox problems, dropping it 17 laps behind the No. 17. In GTD, the No. 27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin suffered a brief setback as an electrical problem caused the car to come to a halt on course, dropping it out of the GTD battle for the time.[54]

The 21st hour saw a full course caution for the first time in nearly six hours, as the No. 20 High Class Racing Oreca, driven by Anders Fjordbach, lost control and crashed heavily at the Le Mans Chicane. The caution allowed the No. 60 to catch back up to the No. 01, as well as bringing the No. 02 back into the fray. The yellow also benefited the No. 27, allowing it to recover from its earlier problems. At the restart, the No. 60, now driven again by Pagenaud, moved into the lead, while behind, the No. 04 returned to the lead of LMP2 and the No. 27 recovered back to the front of GTD.[55] Racing continued for 30 minutes before dramas struck the No. 6 Porsche, which trailed smoke from the rear of the car before coming to a stop before the Le Mans Chicane. A full course yellow was called for the stricken car, and the No. 6 retired from the race with gearbox failure.[56] The LMP2 battle tightened up in the final hours, with several cars on the lead lap and the No. 88 AF Corse entry taking the lead with two hours remaining.[57]

Finish

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Two full course cautions in the penultimate hour slowed racing, the first for the No. 64 TGM/TF Sport Aston Martin, which came to a halt with suspension damage at turn six, and the second on the restart for the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca, which spun and stalled at turn three. The cautions helped to bring the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura back in with a chance at the overall win, as it finally recovered from its repairs during the night. The cautions also brought together the GTD fields, with the GTD Pro battle becoming between the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes, the No. 3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet, and the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus. The GTD battle was between five different cars.[58] When racing resumed, the No. 60 once again took off with the lead.

With 53 minutes remaining, the No. 87 FastMD Racing Duqueine came to a halt on track, necessitating another full course caution. During this caution, most of the field came into the pit lane to make their final refueling stops. Racing resumed with 35 minutes to go, but the restart was chaotic in the GTD field. The No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes, battling for the GTD win, made contact with the No. 3 Corvette and was shoved into the wall at turn one, breaking the 57's suspension. As the remaining cars tried to pass the slow No. 57, another incident occurred at turn three between the No. 77 VOLT Racing Porsche, the No. 21 AF Corse Ferrari, and the No. 80 AO Racing Team Porsche. The incidents left debris strewn across the track and caused the retirements of both the 57 and the 21, leading to the final full course caution period of the race.[59]

The No. 60 Acura ARX-06 en route to victory

The final restart came with 27 minutes remaining. Once again, the No. 60 took off in front, but now with the No. 10 pursuing. The No. 60 would not be caught, and Meyer Shank Racing won, their second consecutive victory in the event and the first victory ever for the LMDh cars. It was the third consecutive victory for Castroneves, and the second consecutive for Pagenaud and Blomqvist.[60] The LMP2 race became a battle between the No. 04 CrowdStrike Racing entry and the No. 55 Proton Competition entry. The LMP2 battle was the most dramatic finish in the field, with the No. 55, driven by James Allen making the pass for the win in a photo finish decided by 0.016 second.[60] In the LMP3 class, the No. 17 AWA Duqueine cruised to victory in the class with a 12 lap lead over their nearest competitor and having been unchallenged since the gearbox issues for the No. 33 in the morning hours.[61] In GTD Pro, the No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes, driven to the finish by Maro Engel, held off the No. 3 Corvette for victory. In the GTD class, the No. 27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin took victory over the No. 44 Magnus Racing Aston Martin and was the best placed of all GTD cars in the field despite its Pro-Am driver lineup.[60]

Post-race

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On March 8, 2023, IMSA announced that the race-winning No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) team was penalized for manipulating tire pressure data during the race.[62] The manipulation was discovered by their car provider Honda Performance Development (HPD), who reported it to IMSA. Although the win and its spoils were retained, the team lost its lead in the GTP championship standings, received a 200-point penalty, lost all team and driver Michelin Endurance Cup points, and forfeited race prize money. The team also received a $50,000 fine, with team and entrant representative Mike Shank placed on probation until June 30, 2023. Team engineer Ryan McCarthy was suspended indefinitely and had his annual credential revoked.[63] The second-place finishing No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing team did not push for harsher punishment, stating that they "respect the process and the decision made by IMSA".[64] HPD stated that they are "extremely disappointed in the misconduct of the Meyer Shank Racing team during the Daytona race" and that they "completely support the action of IMSA in this matter".[65]

According to Racer magazine's Marshall Pruett, there were multiple other GTP cars besides the No. 60 MSR entry that ran non-compliant tire pressures during the race.[66]

Since it was the season's first race, Albuquerque, Taylor, Delétraz, and Hartley led the GTP Drivers' Championship with 350 points each following Meyer Shank Racing's penalty. Bourdais, van der Zande, and Dixon were second with 328 points each. Bamber, Lynn, and Westbrook were third with 306 points. Gounon, Juncadella, Engel, and MacNeil took the GTD Pro points standings lead with García, Taylor, and Milner placing second. Barnicoat, Hawksworth, and Conway rounded out the top three. De Angelis, Sørensen, James, and Turner led the GTD Drivers' Championship, followed by the second-placed Lally, Potter, Pumpelly, and Thiim. Iribe, Schandorff, Millroy, and Kirchhöfer were third.[67] LMP2 drivers and teams as well as LMP3 drivers and teams didn't score full season points due to the event only counting towards the Michelin Endurance Cup. WTR with Andretti Autosport, WeatherTech Racing, and Heart of Racing Team became the leaders of their respective class Teams' Championships. Acura, Mercedes-AMG, and Aston Martin assumed the lead of their respective Manufacturers' Championships with ten races left in the season.[67]

Results

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Class winners denoted in bold and with ‡

Pos Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 GTP 60 United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
United States Colin Braun
Brazil Hélio Castroneves
France Simon Pagenaud 		Acura ARX-06 783 24:01:19.952‡
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
2 GTP 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
United States Ricky Taylor 		Acura ARX-06 783 +4.190
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
3 GTP 01 United States Cadillac Racing France Sébastien Bourdais
New Zealand Scott Dixon
Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		Cadillac V-LMDh 783 +9.630
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
4 GTP 02 United States Cadillac Racing New Zealand Earl Bamber
United Kingdom Alex Lynn
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook 		Cadillac V-LMDh 783 +11.176
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
5 GTP 31 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United Kingdom Jack Aitken
Brazil Pipo Derani
United Kingdom Alexander Sims 		Cadillac V-LMDh 771 +12 Laps
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
6 GTP 24 United States BMW M Team RLL Austria Philipp Eng
Brazil Augusto Farfus
United States Colton Herta
Germany Marco Wittmann 		BMW M Hybrid V8 768 +15 Laps
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
7 LMP2 55 Germany Proton Competition Australia James Allen
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Italy Francesco Pizzi
United States Fred Poordad 		Oreca 07 761 +22 Laps‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 04 United States CrowdStrike Racing by APR Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez
United Kingdom Ben Hanley
United States George Kurtz
United States Matt McMurry 		Oreca 07 761 +22 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMP2 88 Italy AF Corse France Julien Canal
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
France François Perrodo
France Matthieu Vaxivière 		Oreca 07 761 +22 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2 35 France TDS Racing Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
France François Heriau
United States Josh Pierson
Netherlands Job van Uitert 		Oreca 07 761 +22 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP2 8 United States Tower Motorsports Canada John Farano
New Zealand Scott McLaughlin
United States Josef Newgarden
Barbados Kyffin Simpson 		Oreca 07 759 +24 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 LMP2 51 United States Rick Ware Racing United States Austin Cindric
Canada Devlin DeFrancesco
Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi
United States Eric Lux 		Oreca 07 758 +25 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13 LMP2 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports France Paul-Loup Chatin
United States Ben Keating
France Nicolas Lapierre
United Kingdom Alex Quinn 		Oreca 07 757 +26 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14 GTP 7 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Australia Matt Campbell
Denmark Michael Christensen
Brazil Felipe Nasr 		Porsche 963 749 +34 Laps
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
15 LMP3 17 Canada AWA United Kingdom Wayne Boyd
Canada Anthony Mantella
United States Thomas Merrill
Argentina Nicolás Varrone 		Duqueine M30 - D08 737 +46 Laps‡
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
16 GTD 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis
United Kingdom Ian James
Denmark Marco Sørensen
United Kingdom Darren Turner 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 729 +54 Laps‡
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
17 GTD
Pro 		79 United States WeatherTech Racing Germany Maro Engel
Andorra Jules Gounon
Spain Daniel Juncadella
United States Cooper MacNeil 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 729 +54 Laps‡
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
18 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter
United States Spencer Pumpelly
Denmark Nicki Thiim 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 729 +54 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
19 GTD
Pro 		3 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
United States Tommy Milner
United States Jordan Taylor 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD 729 +54 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
20 GTD
Pro 		14 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United Kingdom Mike Conway
United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 		Lexus RC F GT3 729 +54 Laps
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
21 GTD 70 United Kingdom Inception Racing United States Brendan Iribe
Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy
Denmark Frederik Schandorff 		McLaren 720S GT3 729 +54 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
22 GTD 66 United States Gradient Racing Germany Mario Farnbacher
United Kingdom Katherine Legge
United States Marc Miller
United States Sheena Monk 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 729 +54 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
23 GTD 12 United States Vasser Sullivan Racing United States Kyle Kirkwood
United States Frankie Montecalvo
United States Aaron Telitz
Canada Parker Thompson 		Lexus RC F GT3 728 +55 Laps
Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
24 GTD
Pro 		63 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Italy Andrea Caldarelli
France Romain Grosjean
South Africa Jordan Pepper 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 728 +55 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
25 GTD
Pro 		9 Canada Pfaff Motorsports Austria Klaus Bachler
France Patrick Pilet
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 728 +55 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
26 GTD 93 United States Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Andretti Australia Ryan Briscoe
Costa Rica Danny Formal
United States Ashton Harrison
Canada Kyle Marcelli 		Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 727 +56 Laps
Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
27 GTD 78 United States US RaceTronics Canada Misha Goikhberg
Chile Benjamin Hites
Italy Marco Mapelli
Italy Loris Spinelli 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 726 +57 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
28 GTD 1 United States Paul Miller Racing United States Corey Lewis
Belgium Maxime Martin
United States Bryan Sellers
United States Madison Snow 		BMW M4 GT3 726 +57 Laps
BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
29 LMP3 33 United States Sean Creech Motorsport Portugal João Barbosa
Chile Nico Pino
United States Nolan Siegel
United States Lance Willsey 		Ligier JS P320 725 +58 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
30 GTD 16 United States Wright Motorsports United States Ryan Hardwick
Belgium Jan Heylen
Norway Dennis Olsen
Canada Zacharie Robichon 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 723 +60 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
31 LMP3 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States Christopher Allen
United States Connor Bloum
United States John De Angelis
Australia Cameron Shields 		Ligier JS P320 721 +62 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
32 GTD 023 United States Triarsi Competizione Italy Andrea Bertolini
Italy Alessio Rovera
United States Charlie Scardina
United States Onofrio Triarsi 		Ferrari 296 GT3 719 +64 Laps
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
33 GTD 77 United States Wright Motorsports United States Alan Brynjolfsson
France Kévin Estre
United States Trent Hindman
United States Max Root 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 719 +64 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
34 GTD
Pro 		53 United States MDK Motorsports United States Trenton Estep
United States Jason Hart
United States Mark Kvamme
Denmark Jan Magnussen 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 717 +66 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
35 LMP3 13 Canada AWA United Kingdom Matt Bell
Canada Orey Fidani
Germany Lars Kern
Germany Moritz Kranz 		Duqueine M30 - D08 717 +66 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
36 GTD
Pro 		23 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ross Gunn
United Kingdom David Pittard
Spain Alex Riberas 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 716 +67 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
37 LMP3 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports United Kingdom Till Bechtolsheimer
United States Mason Filippi
Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm
United States Luca Mars 		Duqueine M30 - D08 715 +68 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
38 GTD 19 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Raffaele Giammaria
Switzerland Rolf Ineichen
France Franck Perera
Italy Claudio Schiavoni 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 714 +69 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
39
DNF 		GTD 57 United States Winward Racing Netherlands Indy Dontje
Switzerland Philip Ellis
Canada Daniel Morad
United States Russell Ward 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 710 Accident damage
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
40 GTD 80 United States AO Racing Team United States P. J. Hyett
United States Gunnar Jeannette
United Kingdom Sebastian Priaulx
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 710 +73 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
41 GTD 32 United States Team Korthoff Motorsports Germany Maximilian Götz
Canada Mikaël Grenier
United States Kenton Koch
United States Mike Skeen 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 709 +74 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
42
DNF 		GTP 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport United States Dane Cameron
France Mathieu Jaminet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy 		Porsche 963 700 Gearbox
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
43 GTD 91 United States Kelly-Moss with Riley France Julien Andlauer
Netherlands Kay van Berlo
New Zealand Jaxon Evans
United States Alan Metni 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 699 +84 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
44 GTD 96 United States Turner Motorsport United States Michael Dinan
United States Robby Foley
United States Patrick Gallagher
Germany Jens Klingmann 		BMW M4 GT3 695 +88 Laps
BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
45 GTD
Pro 		64 United Kingdom TGM/TF Sport United States Ted Giovanis
United States Hugh Plumb
United States Matt Plumb
United States Owen Trinkler 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 674 +109 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
46 GTD 83 Italy Iron Dames Belgium Sarah Bovy
Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting
France Doriane Pin 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 659 +124 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
47
DNF 		GTD 21 Italy AF Corse Italy Francesco Castellacci
United Kingdom Simon Mann
Spain Miguel Molina
Argentina Luis Pérez Companc 		Ferrari 296 GT3 655 Accident
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
48 GTP 25 United States BMW M Team RLL United States Connor De Phillippi
United States Colton Herta
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly 		BMW M Hybrid V8 652 +131 Laps
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
49
DNF 		LMP2 20 Denmark High Class Racing Denmark Dennis Andersen
Denmark Anders Fjordbach
United Arab Emirates Ed Jones
Switzerland Raffaele Marciello 		Oreca 07 646 Accident
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
50
DNF 		GTD
Pro 		95 United States Turner Motorsport United States Bill Auberlen
United States John Edwards
United States Chandler Hull
Canada Bruno Spengler 		BMW M4 GT3 635 Power Steering
BMW SS58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6
51
DNF 		LMP3 87 United States FastMD Racing United States Nick Boulle
Japan Yu Kanamaru
Canada Antonio Serravalle
Canada James Vance 		Duqueine M30 - D08 618 Mechanical
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
52
DNF 		LMP2 18 United States Era Motorsport United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United States Dwight Merriman
Denmark Christian Rasmussen 		Oreca 07 510 Engine
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
53
DNF 		LMP3 36 United States Andretti Autosport United States Jarett Andretti
Colombia Gabby Chaves
United States Dakota Dickerson
Sweden Rasmus Lindh 		Ligier JS P320 371 Mechanical
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
54
DNF 		LMP3 43 Germany MRS GT-Racing Mexico Sebastián Álvarez
Singapore Danial Frost
Portugal Guilherme Oliveira
United States Alex Vogel 		Ligier JS P320 368 Fire
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
55
DNF 		GTD 42 United States NTE Sport United States Jaden Conwright
Italy Alessio Deledda
China Kerong Li
United States Robert Megennis 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 356 Oil tank
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
56
DNF 		GTD
Pro 		62 United States Risi Competizione United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Italy Davide Rigon
Brazil Daniel Serra 		Ferrari 296 GT3 349 Floor damage
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
57
DNF 		GTD 92 United States Kelly-Moss with Riley Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United States David Brule
United States Andrew Davis
United States Alec Udell 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 278 Fire
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
58
DNF 		LMP2 11 France TDS Racing United States Scott Huffaker
Denmark Mikkel Jensen
United States Steven Thomas
Netherlands Rinus VeeKay 		Oreca 07 249 Accident damage
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
59
DNF 		GTD 75 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing Australia Kenny Habul
Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies
Germany Fabian Schiller
Germany Luca Stolz 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 233 Cooling
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
60
DNF 		LMP3 74 United States Riley Motorsports Netherlands Glenn van Berlo
Australia Josh Burdon
Brazil Felipe Fraga
United States Gar Robinson 		Ligier JS P320 89 Engine
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
61
DNF 		GTD 47 Italy Cetilar Racing Italy Alessandro Balzan
Italy Antonio Fuoco
Italy Roberto Lacorte
Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto 		Ferrari 296 GT3 44 Floor damage
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
OFFICIAL RESULTS

Standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • ‡: Points only awarded towards Michelin Endurance Cup championship.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
  • ‡: Points only awarded towards Michelin Endurance Cup championship.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

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