- Porsche 963 holds on for 1.569 second victory
- Felipe Nasr wins for the third time in a row as a driver
- PPM becomes one of only three teams with a Daytona ‘hat trick’
Daytona Beach, Fla. Porsche Penske Motorsport earned its third consecutive victory in the Rolex 24 At Daytona today, with the No. 7 Porsche 963 driven by Felipe Nasr (Brazil), Julien Andlauer (France) and Laurin Heinrich (Germany) teaming for the victory. The Porsche crossed the finish line just 1.569 seconds ahead of the second-place Cadillac after 24 hours and 705 laps (2,509.8 miles) of racing.
It's the third consecutive win in the race for Porsche, Porsche Penske Motorsport, and for Nasr as an individual. The Brazilian is just the third driver in race history to win the race three times in a row, joining Peter Gregg in 1973 and 1975-1976 (there was no race in 1974) and Helio Castroneves from 2021 to 2023.
The No. 6 sister car driven by Kévin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor and Matt Campbell finished fourth, while customer racing program JDC-Miller Motorsports finished seventh in their No. 85 Porsche 963.
Manthey had the top finish of six Porsche 911 GT3 R entries, finishing sixth in the GTD Pro class.
Full results at results.imsa.com.
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