Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
1:30 PM ET Saturday, Jan 25, 2025
Live on NBC, USA Network Peacock, Radio Le Mans
Coverage on NBC starting at 1:30 PM ET
Acura at Daytona
•Acura seeks a return to victory lane following back-to-back-to-back wins in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
•The 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship also marks a return to Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian, the team with which Acura scored the 2022 and 2023 Rolex wins.
•Acura MSR will field two electrified Acura ARX-06 GTP class prototypes, the #60 and #93 machines.
•The #93 GTP represents an increased presence from Honda Racing Corporation USA (HRC US) within the organization as the HRC US team will strategize and engineer the racecar for the very first time in IMSA WeatherTech competition.
•The #60 Acura ARX-06 will be piloted by Colin Braun, Tom Blomqvist, Scott Dixon and Felix Rosenqvist. The four drivers share nine Rolex wins between them (Braun 3, Blomqvist 2, Dixon 4), with Blomqvist being part of Acura MSR's 2022 and 2023 victories and Braun joining the effort for the 2023 win.
•The #93 Acura ARX-06 boasts one two-time Rolex 24 winner in Renger van der Zande, while the rest of the lineup are still seeking their first victory in the twice-round-the-clock classic.
•van der Zande will be joined by fellow GTP ace Nick Yelloly, three-time IndyCar champion for Honda Alex Palou and Japanese rising star Kakunoshin Ohta.
•Ohta, an HRC supported driver, will be making his IMSA debut at the Rolex 24 as part of a partial-season effort in the series.
•This will be Acura's 11th Rolex 24 as a prototype manufacturer (1991-93, 2018-24). In addition to the overall wins from 2021-23, and in 2016 under the HPD/Honda banner, Acura won the Camel Lights class at Daytona in 1991 and again in '92.
How to Watch the Rolex 24 at Daytona
•Television coverage for the 63rd Rolex 24 at Daytona starts Saturday, January 25, at 1:30 PM ET on NBC for the initial hour of the event. Coverage continues on the USA Network from 2:30 - 6:30 PM Saturday before returning to NBC 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Sunday for the conclusion of the race
•Live flag-to-flag coverage will be available on NBC Peacock in the US and on IMSA's YouTube channel internationally. Additionally, Radio Le Mans will have live flag-to-flag coverage via IMSA.com.
Photo credit: Acura posted on conceptcarz.com
