For the second race in a row, Era Motorsport wins the new round of both IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup with Connor Zilisch, Dwight Merriman and Ryan Dalziel.

After 4 teams led the LMP2 class for more than 88% of the race, #18 Era Motorsport took definitively the lead entering the last hour of ROLEX 24 at Daytona.

The 13-car Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) field for the Rolex 24 was dominated by Ben Keating scoring his fifth consecutive pole.

The Michelin Endurance Cup is very tight in LMP2, with 5 teams within 5 points.

Ben Keating reported us: “I am racing in Laguna Seca this weekend. Unexpectedly, I am filling in for Patrick Kelly”

We share Ben Keating’s thoughts about his last year win of the Michelin Endurance Cup, his chances of winning it for a 6th time this year as well as his experience driving the Dpi Cadillac at Daytona.

With nine identical Oreca LMP2 fighting for victory during the 61st Rolex 24 At Daytona, LMP2 class ended with the narrowest of victories by just 0.016 seconds.

The Rolex 24 practice this Friday morning did not see major lap time improvements comparing to Thursday sessions in LMP3 and GTD except one in LMP2.

Ben Keating took the lead on lap six with his #52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsport Oreca LMP2 07 and handed over to Mikkel Jensen who kept the lead until the end clinching the Rolex 24 pole position in the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) class.