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(IMSA images)

Entries from Acura, BMW, defending champion Cadillac and Porsche will be joined by a new machine from Lamborghini (below) for the 2024 Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The 2024 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship begins with the 62nd running of the Rolex 24, Jan. 25-28 at Daytona International Speedway. Racing begins with the Roar Before the Rolex 24, including testing and Rolex 24 qualifying, also set for DIS from Jan. 19-21.

NBC Sports will present more than 90 hours of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2024 across NBC, Peacock and USA Network, including live comprehensive coverage of the 62^nd Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway on January 27-28. The 2024 TV schedule includes:

(Paul Miller Racing)

Paul Miller Racing is teaming up with iHeart for the 2024 season, as the team makes their IMSA GTD Pro debut in 2024. iHeartRadio, the number one audio company in the United States, reaches—on average—nine out of every ten Americans every month. The company boasts 860 live broadcast stations in 160 markets across America, including many of the markets where the Paul Miller Racing team will be taking to the track in IMSA competition in 2024. The iHeart logo will be featured on the No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3, as well on the race suits of full season drivers Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow, Michelin Endurance Cup driver Neil Verhagen, and Rolex 24 at Daytona driver Sheldon van der Linde.

(Bayshore Racing)

Frankie Montecalvo will contest the 2024 IMSA WeatherTech Championship in the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3. 2024 marks Montecalvo's sixth season driving the No. 12 in the GT Daytona class with Vasser Sullivan. Montecalvo will be joined by Parker Thompson for the full season, Aaron Telitz for the five endurance rounds, and the reigning 2023 Super Formula and Super GT500 Champion, Ritomo Miyata, for the Rolex 24. "I'm incredibly excited to be back with Vasser Sullivan and Lexus Racing for a sixth season and to get the 2024 Championship started this week at the Roar Before the 24 at Daytona," said Montecalvo.

Editor's Note: This is our dearly departed billboard, which we had at Road America for several years. Peter gifted the phrase "America's National Park of Speed" to the track, which now uses it proudly in all of its communications. -WG

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