A little over a month ago, IMSA released the full-season team entry for the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Now, two months prior to the 62nd Rolex 24 At Daytona, the series has released a preliminary entry list for the race. While the flurry of team announcements last week and the first part of this one have left little to surprise, there are a few items of note.
A total of 60 cars are entered for the 2024 Rolex 24, a capacity entry — 10 GTP, 12 LMP2, 13 GTD PRO and 25 GTD cars. The preliminary line up of drivers includes 56 Rolex 24 winners and a plethora of champions from the WeatherTech Championship to the FIA World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans. The field also includes several Indianapolis 500 winners and IndyCar Series champions as well as one Formula 1 world champion.
“We could not be prouder to release this preliminary list of participants for the Rolex 24 At Daytona significantly earlier than we ever have before,” said IMSA President John Doonan. “Looking up and down the lineup, we will have a tremendous field of teams, cars and drivers and no shortage of compelling storylines to develop and follow in the next two months as we lead up to the race. With such a stacked field, it would be impossible to identify a favorite in any of the four classes.”