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PostPosted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 3:35 pm 
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The official start of IMSA's 50th Apex is here with the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway. The 24 hour endurance contest features a 47 car grid across 4 classes. This year's race marks the split up of the Prototype class as DPi & LMP2 will be separated. Several new teams & groups are involved in the series this season, such as: Michelin being the sole tire supplier for the series, new & returning teams such as Juncos, PFAFF, Starworks & AIM Vasser Sullivan, and a new television partner for the USA with NBC Sports.

The field features 15 Prototypes & 32 GT cars across the 4 classes, with cars from Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Ferrari, Ford, Lamborghini, Lexus, Mazda, Mercedes-AMG, Nissan, Oreca & Porsche.

DPi sees the addition of JDC-Miller Motorsports, Juncos Racing & CORE Autosport. JDC-Miller & Juncos will run Cadillac's, while CORE Autosport takes over the Nissan which was previously raced by Extreme Speed Motorsports. Action Express comes in as the defending overall race winners, Pipo Derani & Mike Conway join their 2 cars this season. Mazda has shown some speed after unofficially breaking the track record at the Roar, the big question is if they will make the distance this year. Wayne Taylor Racing has a couple open wheel hotshots on their lineup with Fernando Alonso & Kamui Kobayashi as endurance drivers. Representing the current IndyCar field in DPi is Acura Team Penske with Alexander Rossi & Simon Pagenaud running as their endurance drivers. Romain Dumas & Loic Duval joins CORE Autosport in the #54 Nissan. Among the endurance lineup for JDC-Miller includes Rubens Barrichello & Juan Piedrahita. LMP2 only features 4 cars from DragonSpeed, Performance Tech & PR1.

GTLM features a mostly-unchanged lineup across the factory teams of Ford, Corvette & Porsche, one of the BMW Team RLL entries is certainly a fan favorite with Alex Zanardi running in the #24 car (along with VASC regular Mostert, John Edwards & Jesse Krohn). Ford Chip Ganassi Racing is defending class winner with their #67 car (Briscoe, Westbrook, Dixon)

GTD features the return of Starworks Motorsports with their #8 Audi R8 (Daizlel, Chase, Hasse & Perez Companc is the driver lineup), AIM Vasser Sullivan will have a 2 car team for Lexus, driver lineup features a mix of past regulars with the 3GT team (Hawksworth, Cindric) along with Bell, Cassidy & Segal. Grasser Racing Team returns as the defending class winner, with Ineichen, Bortolotti, Engelhart & Breukers running the #11 Lamborghini. Paul Miller Racing will feature Bryan Sellers, Ryan Hardwick, Corey Lewis & Andrea Caldarelli in the #48 Lamborghini. Magnus Racing switches from Audi to Lamborghini for 2019. Meyer Shank Racing will have a all-female lineup on their #57 Acura NSX (Simona de Silvestro, Beatriz, Legge & Nielsen). Audi Canada will be running with WRT Speedstar in the #88 R8 (DeAngelis, Vervisch, van der Line & James), AJ Allmendinger & Justin Marks is apart of Meyer Shank's #86 Acura lineup along with Farnbacher & Hindman. Land Motorsport returns with their #29 Audi R8 once again with Morad, Mies & Vanthoor. NGT Motorsports is slated with a 5 driver lineup for their #99 Porsche.

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Supporting the race weekend is the 4 hour endurance race for the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge on Friday. The field features 35 cars within Grand Sport (GT4) and 14 TCR cars. Among the manufacturers in the field include: Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, McLaren, Mercedes-AMG & Porsche. Among the new entries include Bryan Herta Autosport and the factory Hyundai squad moving to IMSA after a year in SRO America's Touring Car series. HART, Atlanta Speedworx & LA Honda World are new to IMSA's TCR class, all 3 will be running Honda Civic's. Camaro vs. Mustang battle continues in GS once again. Ford has several teams running their Mustang GT4, 2 of those are entered with their factory drivers from both sports cars (Billy Johnson) and stock cars (Chase Briscoe, Cole Custer, Austin Cindric & Ty Majeski). Chevrolet has a lone entry with the #71 Rebel Rock team (Liddell, Davis, DePew). Porsche is debuting a fleet of all-new Cayman GT4 MR's on the worldwide stage at Daytona.

Race & Track Information:
Track Distance: 3.56 miles
Turns: 12
Race Distance: 24 hours
Sunset / Sunrise: 05:57PM / 07:15AM
Total of Laps Run in 2018: 808 laps / 2,876 miles
Official Track Record: 1:33.875 - P.J. Jones - Toyota GTP / 1993
Mazda Team Joest ran under the track record during this year's Roar Before the 24 with a 1:33.398


Entry Lists:
IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship - 47 cars entered (11 in DPI, 4 in LMP2, 9 in GTLM, 23 in GTD)
IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge - 49 cars entered (35 in GS, 14 in TCR)

Spotter Guides:
SpotterGuides.com by Andy Blackmore

Essentials:
Timing & Scoring (Alkamel)
Radio LeMans (IMSA Radio)
Weather Forecast
Race History
IMSA Mobile App
IMSA IWSC Guide - Official Series Page
IMSA's 50th Apex - Official Series Page
TBK's Discord - (linked from 2018 thread)


On-Track Schedule (all times are local to the circuit - US/Eastern):
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09:00AM - IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge - Practice #1
10:20AM - IMSA WeatherTech Championship - Practice #1 (All Classes)
11:05AM - IMSA WeatherTech Championship - Practice #1 (GTD - Silver & Bronze Drivers only)
11:40AM - IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge - Practice #2
01:30PM - IMSA WeatherTech Championship - Practice #2 (All Classes)
02:45PM - IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge - Practice #3
03:35PM - IMSA WeatherTech Championship - Qualifying (GTD)
04:00PM - IMSA WeatherTech Championship - Qualifying (GTLM)
04:25PM - IMSA WeatherTech Championship - Qualifying (DPi / LMP2)
05:00PM - IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge - Practice #4
05:25PM - IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge - Qualifying (TCR)
05:45PM - IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge - Qualifying (GS)
07:00PM - IMSA WeatherTech Championship - Practice #3 (All Classes)
08:30PM - Safety Car Testing

Friday, January 25
08:30AM - Porsche Car Corral Parade Laps
08:50AM - Corvette Car Corral Parade Laps
09:20AM - IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge - Practice #5
10:00AM - IMSA WeatherTech Championship - Practice #4 (All Classes)
12:15PM - IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge - Race (4 Hours)

Saturday, January 26
07:00AM - DIS 5K
09:15AM - IMSA Hot Lap Experience
10:30AM - Rolex 24 Heritage Exhibition
01:00PM - Pre-Race Activities
01:20PM - Driver Introductions
02:00PM - Pre-Race Ceremonies
02:15PM - IMSA IWSC Rolex 24 at Daytona - Race | FORMATION LAPS
02:35PM - IMSA IWSC Rolex 24 at Daytona - Race | GREEN FLAG

Sunday, January 27
02:35PM - IMSA IWSC Rolex 24 at Daytona - Race | CHECKERED FLAG


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All times are local to the circuit - US-Eastern
SUBJECT TO CHANGE


Broadcast (Television / Streaming / Radio) Information:
Spoiler:
OFFICIAL VIDEO STREAMING BROADCASTS
* - IMSA.tv will broadcast the entire 24 hours featuring Radio LeMans commentary for international viewers.
* - IMSA.tv will broadcast the IMPC race for all viewers

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United States

NBCSN / NBC Sports App:
Thursday, January 24
02:00PM - Preview Show
03:00PM - IMSA WeatherTech Championship Qualifying - (LIVE)

Saturday, January 26
02:00PM - IWSC Rolex 24 at Daytona - Race / Start - (LIVE - on NBCSN & NBC Sports App)
05:00PM - streaming coverage on NBC Sports App
09:00PM - TV coverage returns on NBCSN

Sunday, January 27
03:00AM - streaming coverage on NBC Sports App
06:00AM - TV coverage returns on NBCSN

February 6
01:00PM - IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge | BMW Endurance Challenge (TAPE DELAYED HIGHLIGHTS)


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IMSA Radio:
Broadcast partners include: IMSA.com, Radio LeMans, SiriusXM (Sirius - 216, XM - 202, SiriusXM Online - 972), 107.9FM - at the track, 93.5FM & 1150AM in Daytona Beach area
Check on track schedule & Radio LeMans site for times


The entire race is slated for flag to flag coverage on the NBC Sports App
Subject to change
All times are in US-Eastern


Onboard Lap:
Agustín Canapino - #50 Juncos Racing Cadillac DPI-V.R. - Michelin Tire Testing (2018)


Track Map:
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 3:46 pm 
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Below is several of the throwback paints that have been revealed (so far) for the 24 or the whole season.

Acura Team Penske - based on: Comptech Acura GTP Lights car from 1991
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CORE Autosport - based on: Nissan GTP ZX-T from 1989
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Ford Chip Ganassi Racing - based on: Motorcraft Ford Mustang from 1985 / retro styled livery for Castrol
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Riley Motorsports - based on: Wynn's Porsche 962 of Hotchkis Racing / 1987
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Starworks Motorsports - based on: Audi 90 GTO / 1989
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Jordan Taylor/Rodney Sandstorm's latest vid is pretty dam epic :lol:

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some of the Michelin Pilot Challenge teams are getting in on the throwback theme for IMSA's 50th season as well. Both of the factory supported Ford Mustang's in GS will run the retro Motorcraft paint scheme
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Is it bad I kinda wish they'd run the GS-class cars in the Rolex 24? That race is supposed to be about having a huge fuckin' field.

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more cars would be nice (across the board), but GT4's running with the current field would be carnage with the speed difference


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Andy has announced that the spotter guide will be released on Monday evening
http://www.spotterguides.com/portfolio/ ... eMlmiAJLDA


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Tasty Ford GTs, will be rooting for them, probably.


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Spotter Guide has been released.


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http://www.spotterguides.com/portfolio/19_imsa/


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International television & streaming broadcasters has been announced. IMSA.tv will broadcast the entire race live & free to those without any television deals. Discovery Velocity & TSN lead up Canadian coverage, FOX Sports Latin America returns to broadcast the races across the region, J-SPORTS will broadcast the entire season, and MEDIAPRO will broadcast the 24 in Spain with special coverage for Alonso & Garcia.
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RACER.com video on Zanardi's custom setup for the 24


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Porsche has re-wrapped their cars for Daytona & Sebring :flag:
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Did they add new ground effects or something? They look a bit...fatter around the middle.


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Same car, the paint scheme makes it easier to see them though.


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Word. I'm just here for Thicc Porsche.


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RACER.com / Marshall Pruett paddock tour video


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Quali about to start. http://imsatv.imsa.com is blocked in US.

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GTD qual has started.

NBCSN / NBC Sports App has coverage here in the USA.

NBC coverage is pretty good so far

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