The 2025 Roar Before The Rolex 2025 concluded Sunday afternoon with a quiet Bronze-only testing session on the drying Daytona International Speedway surface.
Just 20 cars from three categories – LMP2, GTD Pro and GTD – took part, with United Autosports leading the way with Daniel Goldburg in the No. 22 ORECA – his best lap of 1.40.613 minutes, 75 minutes into the session.
There were several improvements later, with the entire field on slicks. George Kurtz in the No. 04 Crowdstrike ORECA climbed to second place with a 1m40.858s.
Nick Boulle, fresh from signing a full Endurance Cup deal with United, placed No. 2 ORECA in third, while Jon Field found time in his final run to finish fourth with a 1m41.468s from Inter Europol.
In GTD, Anthony McIntosh set the benchmark time in the No. 19 Van der Steur Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo, a 1m48.459s. Kenny Habul put the No. 75 75 Express GTD Pro Mercedes in second place.
After three days of testing, the fastest overall time went to Dries Vanthoor in the No. 24 BMW Team RLL M Hybrid V8 in GTP – a 1m35.424s set during the second session on Friday.
In LMP2 it was new Peugeot Hypercar driver Malthe Jakobsen who set the pace for Crowdstrike Racing by APR. The Dane’s best tour was a 1m38.673s in the opening session on Friday. Remarkably, that time was faster than the slowest GTP driver – Bryce Aron – whose best lap was a 1.38.713 seconds in the JDC-Miller Porsche.
GTD Pro ensured that Pfaff Motorsports made a fast start as a Lamborghini customer team. The No. 9 Huracan lapped Daytona in 1m47.626s with Andrea Caldarelli at the wheel in Friday’s opening session. That beat defending champion Laurin Heinrich by 0.15 seconds in the AO Racing Porsche.
A Lamborghini also topped the GTD. Forte’s No. 78 Huracan ran a 1m48.036s with Franck Perera installed on Saturday morning. The time was slightly faster than that of Rahel Frey in the No. 83 Iron Dames Porsche in the first session of the test, by just under 0.05 seconds.
On-track action for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship resumes Thursday after a three-day break. The first free practice of the Rolex 24 starts at 10.05 am locally, ahead of qualifying later that afternoon.
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