IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Qualifying Report
January 24, 2019
Track: Daytona International Speedway
Race: Rolex 24 at Daytona
Date: January 24, 2019
No. 6 Acura Team Penske ARX-05 DPi – Dane Cameron/Juan Pablo Montoya/Simon Pagenaud
Practice 1:
Position: N/A
Time / Speed: No official laps made
Practice 2:
Position: 9th
Time / Speed: 1:36.346 seconds / 133.014 mph
Qualifying
Driver: Juan Pablo Montoya
Position: 3rd
Time / Speed: 1:34.095 seconds / 136.196 mph
Practice 3:
Position: 4th
Time / Speed: 1:35.115 seconds / 134.676 mph
No. 7 Acura Team Penske ARX-05 DPi – Helio Castroneves/Ricky Taylor/Alexander Rossi
Practice 1:
Position: N/A
Time / Speed: No official laps made
Practice 2:
Position: 4th
Time / Speed: 1:35.539 seconds / 134.137 mph
Qualifying
Driver: Ricky Taylor
Position: 2nd
Time / Speed: :33.873 seconds / 136.518 mph
Practice 3:
Position: 3rd
Time / Speed: 1:35.126 seconds / 134.720 mph
Fast Practice 1 Time: 1:36.108 seconds (No. 31 – Felipe Nasr)
Fast Practice 2 Time: 1:34.692 seconds (No. 55 – Jonathan Bomarito)
Fastest Qualifying Time: 1:33.658 seconds (No. 77 – Oliver Jarvis)
Fast Practice 3 Time: 1:34.786 seconds (No. 54 – Loic Duval)
Recap: The first day of practice for the 2019 Rolex 24 at Daytona saw heavy rain showers greet the teams when they showed up at the “World Center of Racing.” Though the precipitation stopped prior to the first session the track was still damp, so Team Penske utilized the time to installation laps where all systems are checked but resulted in no official lap times being recorded. In the second practice session Ricky Taylor clocked in with the fourth-fastest lap, which he more than backed up in qualifying where he will start second after a lap of 1:33.873 seconds. Taylor’s lap bested the former track record, but just missed the pole position. Juan Pablo Montoya slotted in with the ninth-fastest lap in the second session and made a jump to third in qualifying with a lap of 1:34.095 seconds.
Race: The Rolex 24 at Daytona will begin Saturday afternoon at 2:35 pm. Race coverage will begin on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) before moving to the NBC Sports app at 5 pm. NBCSN will pick the coverage back up at 9 pm before giving way back to the app at 3 am. Finally, NBCSN will carry the final nine hours of the event. Coverage can also be heard on IMSA Radio.