2021 IWSC Rolex 24 at Daytona (January 22-31)

racer612008 · PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:22 am

The traditional season opener for North American sports car racing & the kick off to Speedweeks 2021 is here with the 52nd running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway, featuring the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship.

However before the 24 is the annual Roar test weekend, which moves back a week - making a compact 2 week stretch for IMSA teams in Daytona Beach. Among the changes to the Roar weekend in 2021 includes additional races on the weekend, with the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship running a 100 minute qualifying race to set the field for the 2021 Rolex 24 at Daytona. IMSA Prototype Challenge also returns during Roar weekend to open their 2021 season. Testing starts on January 22nd, with racing on the 23rd & 24th for IWSC & IPC.

Alongside the 24 hour endurance contest on race weekend, IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge returns with their annual 4 hour endurance race on Friday for GT4 & TCR cars. New for 2021 on Rolex 24 weekend is the addition of the Mazda MX-5 Cup, which moves to IMSA sanctioning for the 2021 season. ETCR was originally slated as a supporting division for the 2021 edition of the Rolex 24, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic - the race has been scrapped, but a demonstration run is still scheduled.

Many changes have occurred during the off season in the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship, most notably of those being the departure of Team Penske (DPI class) & Porsche Motorsport North America/CORE Autosport (GTLM class). LMP3 will make it's first introduction into the championship after several years running as a standalone support series. Chip Ganassi Racing returns to IMSA competition after a couple years away from sports car racing, the team will run a Cadillac DPi program with Renger van der Zande & Kevin Magnussen. Wayne Taylor Racing switches to Acura after their long stint of running GM powered machines in IMSA/Grand-Am prototype racing. Meyer Shank Racing also moves back up to prototype racing with a Acura DPi. WeatherTech Racing will fly the Porsche flags in the GTLM class for 2021, thus being the only full-time competitors to the Corvette team.

Race & Track Information (IWSC):
Track Distance: 3.56 miles
Turns: 12
Race Distance: 24 hours
Sunset / Sunrise: 06:01PM / 07:13AM
Total of Laps Run in 2020: 833 laps / 2,965 miles
Maximum Drive Time: 13 hours total, no more than 4 hours of drive-time across a 6 hour span.
Official Track Record: 1:33.685 - Oliver Jarvis - Mazda DPi / 2019
Mazda Team Joest ran under the track record during the 2020 Roar Before the 24 with a 1:33.324

Entry Lists:
Roar Before the Rolex 24 (January 22-24)
IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship - 49 cars entered (7 in DPi, 10 in LMP2, 7 in LMP3, 6 in GTLM & 19 in GTD) - 1 withdrawn (#540 GTD)
IMSA Prototype Challenge - 19 cars entered (16 in P3-1, 3 in P3-2)
IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge - 37 cars entered (24 in GS, 13 in TCR)

Rolex 24 (January 28-31)
IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship - 49 cars entered (7 in DPi, 10 in LMP2, 7 in LMP3, 6 in GTLM & 19 in GTD)
IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge - 42 cars entered (25 in GS, 17 in TCR)
IMSA idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup - 27 cars entered

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
TBK's Discord - (linked from 2018 thread)

On-Track Schedule (All times are local to the circuit / US-Eastern):

Spoiler:

Broadcast (Television / Streaming / Radio) Information:

Spoiler:

Onboard Lap:
Oliver Jarvis - #77 Mazda DPi - 2019

Track Map:

RACE THREADS FOR THIS STRETCH OF RACING:
Roar Before the 24 (January 22-24)
IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship + supports at Daytona - (you are here)
Toyota Racing Series at Hampton Downs | New Zealand Grand Prix
Speedworks Series at Hampton Downs
VHT Australian S5000 Championship at Symmons Plains
Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series at Symmons Plains
Gulf Western Oil Touring Car Masters at Symmons Plains
National Trans-Am Series at Symmons Plains
Tasmanian State Championships at Symmons Plains
24H Series at Yas Marina
1000 Milhas do Brasil at Interlagos
Winged 410c.i. Sprint Cars at San Tan Valley | Wild Wing Shootout
Sprint Car + Midget Discussion
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at All-Tech
Open Wheel Modifieds at East Bay | Winternationals
Late Models + Sprint Cars at Showtime | Florida Speedfest
Superstocks at Paradise Valley | World 240s
Weekly Racing Discussion
FIA World Rally Championship at Monte Carlo
Andros Trophy
Monster Energy AMA Supercross at Houston
Kicker AMA Arenacross at Oklahoma City
Karts + Bikes + Quads at Des Moines | Casey's Battle at the Barn

Rolex 24 (January 25-31)
IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship + supports at Daytona - (you are here)
Ollie's Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions at Screven
Sprint Car + Midget Discussion
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at East Bay | Winternationals
Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series Big Block Modifieds at Ocala | Sunshine Swing
DIRTcar Late Models + DIRTcar UMP Modifieds at North Florida
DIRTcar Sportsman Modifieds at Lake View
IMCA Modifieds at Cocopah + Canyon
Superstocks at Western Springs
Saloons at Riverside (NZ)
INEX Legend Cars at Charlotte | Winter Heat
Weekly Racing Discussion
TCR + TA2 Australia + Tasmanian State Championships at Baskerville
Monster Energy AMA Supercross at Indianapolis
Hoosier Arenacross at Mesquite Rodeo

racer612008 · PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 6:04 am

Updated the main post (broadcast schedule)

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Mazda MX-5 Cup will be on NBC Sports Gold | TrackPass for 2021 it appears (for those in the United States)

Ziggo Sport will broadcast the 24 in the Netherlands

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paint schemes (that have been revealed thus far - in spoiler):

Spoiler:

racer612008 · PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:43 am

updated the main post w/ new entry lists & other information.

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27 cars entered for the MX5 support races

Team Hardpoint / Earl Bamber Motorsport has revealed their paint scheme & driver lineup (press release)

deggis · PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:55 am

racer612008 wrote:

Chip Ganassi Racing - #01 Cadillac - DPi

Looking for sponsors...

Juihi · PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:02 am

Interesting to see the Delta wing type car in the background

racer612008 · PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:39 am

Juihi wrote:

Interesting to see the Delta wing type car in the background

Ganassi was one of the lead backers of the DeltaWing back when it was a chassis concept during IndyCar's ICONIC chassis design submission process for 2012+
http://www.gordonkirby.com/categories/c ... no222.html

Gaara · PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:04 pm

Black Swan Racing has withdrawn

https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/blac ... or-pappas/

Boxy Brown · PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:18 pm

Quote:

Pappas is understood to be one of several drivers that have recently tested positive for COVID-19 that had planned to contest the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season-opener.

racer612008 · PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:49 pm

Boxy Brown wrote:

Quote:

Pappas is understood to be one of several drivers that have recently tested positive for COVID-19 that had planned to contest the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season-opener.

with IMSA (and other sports car series) mostly featuring drivers who travel internationally to race, I feel like this is expected to happen honestly

racer612008 · PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:22 pm

Tech Inspection has started

racer612008 · PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:48 am

racer612008 · PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 3:00 pm

Lanky Turtle video dump post

David Land posted some on-track footage as well

Gaara · PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 6:56 pm

PC went green, then a caution after 5 minutes racing. Looks like they prematurely brought the caution out.

codename_47 · PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 6:59 pm

And a big ol' pile up on the restart!

Annoyingly I can't get sound to work so someone tell me all the things RLM miss please :lol:

Gaara · PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 6:59 pm

Pile up on the restart

#47 involved...

Gaara · PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:01 pm

codename_47 wrote:

And a big ol' pile up on the restart!

Annoyingly I can't get sound to work so someone tell me all the things RLM miss please :lol:

Top right corner of the screen there should be a little speaker. Might have to refresh to get it back. Hate that this sponsor won't let them go fullscreen.

Gaara · PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:03 pm

#6 crashed under caution?

codename_47 · PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:04 pm

Gaara wrote:

codename_47 wrote:

And a big ol' pile up on the restart!

Annoyingly I can't get sound to work so someone tell me all the things RLM miss please :lol:

Top right corner of the screen there should be a little speaker. Might have to refresh to get it back. Hate that this sponsor won't let them go fullscreen.

Oh so that's why I can't get it full screen. What's the reason for that from the sponsor?

The volume key appeared when I had disable the 2nd of my 2 adblockers lol

Gaara · PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:07 pm

codename_47 wrote:

Gaara wrote:

codename_47 wrote:

And a big ol' pile up on the restart!

Annoyingly I can't get sound to work so someone tell me all the things RLM miss please :lol:

Top right corner of the screen there should be a little speaker. Might have to refresh to get it back. Hate that this sponsor won't let them go fullscreen.

Oh so that's why I can't get it full screen. What's the reason for that from the sponsor?

The volume key appeared when I had disable the 2nd of my 2 adblockers lol

Only assuming it but when you go fullscreen you don't see the banners around the screen. That would be why, so my being petty I'll not buy their insurance

Gaara · PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:08 pm

And people crowding around the crashed #6 car and a few of them aren't wearing masks :slaphead:

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