Tom Blomqvist won the day for the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-05 DPi at Daytona International Speedway by turning the fastest lap at the very end of the last of two IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice sessions Friday
The shift to the GTD PRO class in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship this year was expected to narrow the speed gap with the returning GT Daytona (GTD) class
Porsche announced that it would return to the upper echelon of endurance racing last year, picking up Team Penske as its exclusive partner for the program that will compete not only at Le Mans but in IMSA as well.
After a 14-year absence Cadillac is reentering prototype endurance racing.