JANUARY 26, 2022
Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 07:50PM
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This photo of the 61-car starting field for the 60th Rolex 24 At Daytona was taken on Wednesday, January 26, at Daytona International Speedway. 
The race starts on Saturday, with Live coverage beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBC.

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Ricky Taylor and Felipe Albuquerque (No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 DPi) won the Roar Before The 24 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship qualifying race for the Rolex 24 on Sunday. The duo will be joined by Will Stevens and Alexander Rossi for next weekend's race, the 60th running of the event. Tristan Vautier/Richard Westbrook (No. 5 JDC Miller MotorSports Cadillac DPi V.R) was second and Kamui Kobayashi/Jimmy Johnson (No. 48 Action Express Racing Ally Cadillac DPi V.R) finished third.
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Ben Keating/Mikkel Jensen (No. 52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA LMP2 07) won the LMP2 class in Sunday's IMSA Rolex24 qualifying race.   
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Jeff Andretti and Josh Burdon (No. 36 Andretti Autosport Ligier JS P320) won the LMP3 class on Sunday. Rasmus Lindh and Gabby Chaves will be part of the driver line-up for next weekend's race.
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Andrea Caldarelli/Mirko Bortolotti (No. 63 TR3 Racing Lamborghini Huracan) won the GTD Pro class on Sunday.
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Russell Ward/Lucas Auer (No. 57 GTD Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3) won the GTD class on Sunday.

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The 60th annual Rolex 24 At Daytona weekend will mark the start of the worldwide celebration of the 50th anniversary of BMW M. Conceived by automotive icon Bob Lutz when he served on the BMW Board as VP Global Sales and Marketing, and catalyzed by the hiring of Jochen Neerpasch as the first BMW Motorsport Director, BMW Motorsport GmbH began to officially represent BMW on racetracks throughout the world, starting in May 1972. Five decades later, with the name shortened to BMW M GmbH, the brand continues to thrive on motorsport competition. BMW NA Motorsport Manager Dan Lubin takes over for Victor Leleu at Daytona, who held the position for close to a decade, steering BMW NA’s professional and customer racing programs to record success. In honor of the 50th, BMW of North America will host an even greater number of events and displays than usual at this year’s twice-around-the-clock classic. In addition to its long-running title sponsorship of the BMW M Endurance Challenge IMSA Michelin Pilot race, BMW of North America will bring a group of significant BMW M road cars - from a 1980 BMW M1, the first M-badged car, to a fully electric 2022 BMW i4 M50 to participate in pre-race ceremonies and be highlighted in parade laps before the green flag waves. In addition to the many BMWs that will be racing on the Daytona International Speedway, including the all-new BMW M Team RLL BMW M4 GT3, three past IMSA-winning BMW’s – the 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL, the 2015 BMW Z4 GTLM and the 2019 Rolex 24 winning BMW M8 GTE -  will be on display in the Rolex 24Heritage Exhibition in the Daytona Fan Zone. BMW M will once again be title sponsor for the 4-Hour Michelin Pilot Challenge race for GT4 specification race cars. The sixth-generation BMW M3 and M4 road cars will also serve as safety and pace cars for the event and two members of the BMW M management team will serve as the Grand Marshal and Starter for the season opening race. The Rolex 24 At Daytona takes the green flag at 1:40 p.m on Saturday January 29th. The four-hour BMW M Endurance Challenge gets the weekend started at 1:35 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22. Both races will be broadcast and rebroadcast on a mixture of NBC channels.


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