By Américo Teixeira Junior – From Friday 8 to Sunday, at the Daytona International Speedway, begin the activities of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with “The Roar Before Rolex 24 at Daytona”. It is the collective practice of preseason, already in preparation for the opening race of the calendar and the most important of the year, the Rolex 24 at Daytona, on 30 and 31 January.
This will be the third season since the creation of the United SportsCar. The first championship came in 2014 after the NASCAR bought the American Le Mans Series and unified with its traditional endurance championship, the Grand-Am. Unlike what was found in the first two years, when the title sponsor was Tudor, watches of the Rolex group, now is the turn of WeatherTech, US company of car accessories.
In the three days of testing, the cars of the IMSA sportscar will serve a total of 11:25 in the track, divided into eight sessions, including night practices. This activity will be attended by at least six Brazilian drivers, who are already part of the provisional entry list for the Roar.
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