Here’s Who’s Set to Vie for GT Class Wins to Start 2026 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Season
There’s 36 GT cars split between the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s two GT classes in the 2026 Rolex 24 At Daytona: 15 Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO), matching the class-high from 2025, and 21 Grand Touring Daytona (GTD).
They’re split among nine manufacturers, with BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, Lamborghini, Lexus, Mercedes-AMG and Porsche with entries in both classes. McLaren is only in GTD PRO and Aston Martin is only in GTD.
Ford broke through for the Rolex 24 GTD PRO win in 2025 while Chevrolet claimed the GTD win with customer squad AWA.
Here’s the GT team-by-team breakdown for 2026:
Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO)
No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO
Neil Verhagen/Connor De Phillippi/Max Hesse/Dan Harper
Paul Miller Racing’s not quite scaled the Rolex 24 mountain since its 2020 GTD win with Lamborghini but has a strong single BMW entry for 2026. Verhagen and De Phillippi are two of BMW’s top GT pros, with De Phillippi having won a Rolex 24 in GT Le Mans (GTLM) in 2019. Endurance extras Hesse and Harper are two IMSA sophomores who enter on the high of winning twice last year (Watkins Glen and Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta), en route to securing the Michelin Endurance Cup GTD PRO title.
No. 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette Z06 GT3.R
Antonio Garcia/Alexander Sims/Marvin Kirchhoefer
Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports’ longtime No. 3 car returned to the top of the GT mountain in 2025, claiming the Corvette Z06 GT3.R’s first GTD PRO championship. Garcia now has a six-pack of championships, five since IMSA reunited in 2014, with Sims adding a GTD PRO title to his 2023 Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) crown. New third driver Kirchhoefer is the only one of the trio with a recent Rolex 24 win, having been part of customer team AWA’s 2025 Corvette triumph in GTD. Garcia has three Rolex 24 wins (2009 overall, 2015 and 2021 class) while Sims seeks his first Rolex to add to his IMSA championships and dry yet biting British wit and humor.
No. 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette Z06 GT3.R
Tommy Milner/Nicky Catsburg/Nico Varrone
Like Garcia, Milner’s record with Corvette stretches nearly two decades, though it’s now been a full decade since his only Rolex 24 win as part of an epic Corvette 1-2 battle for GT Le Mans (GTLM) supremacy in 2016. His last IMSA win is more recent, but still already five years ago in 2021 at VIR, also in GTLM. Catsburg, a sharp and speedy Dutchman behind the wheel, was part of Corvette Racing’s last Rolex 24 win in 2021 with Garcia and Jordan Taylor in GTLM. Varrone is the most recent Rolex 24 winner of the trio, having also been part of an AWA Rolex 24-winning lineup (Le Mans Prototype 3 in 2023).
No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2
Andrea Caldarelli/Sandy Mitchell/Mirko Bortolotti/James Hinchcliffe
Pfaff’s Rolex 24 in 2026 will be a unique event, as its only intended race where they’ll have the same car to benchmark its 2025 performance. The venerable and multi-time winning Huracán GT3 Evo2 will make its last scheduled start with Pfaff at the Rolex 24, before both team and Lamborghini plan to debut the all-new Temerario GT3 at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in March. Lamborghini banked three straight Rolex 24 GTD wins from 2018 to 2020, with Bortolotti (2018 and 2019) and Caldarelli (2020) on board. Mitchell also adds his factory chops to the lineup with Pfaff’s resident Canadian, Hinchcliffe, back for his ninth attempt at the race.
No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3
Jack Hawksworth/Ben Barnicoat/Kyle Kirkwood
When original band members go their separate ways, the longing of past glory days tend to resonate and spur reunions. That’s the story for the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing crew in 2026, where old becomes new again with the team’s most successful lineup in its history reuniting after a year apart. Hawksworth, Barnicoat and Kirkwood have wins in three IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup races – Sebring, Watkins Glen and Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta – but they don’t have a Rolex 24 triumph. Hawksworth and Barnicoat have a GTD PRO title together too in 2023. After a fragmented season where Barnicoat got injured and Hawksworth shifted to GTD, the band is back together for at least one more run with the venerable Lexus RC F GT3, now set for its 10th season of competition.
No. 033 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO
James Calado/Miguel Molina/Alessio Rovera/Riccardo Agostini
Triarsi Competizione’s statement of intent for its GTD PRO debut is found with this quartet of Ferrari aces anchoring the team’s No. 033 Ferrari 296 GT3. Calado and Molina are overall 24 Hours of Le Mans winners with Ferrari, with Calado also boasting three IMSA career wins including the 2024 Rolex 24 (GTD PRO) and two Motul Petit Le Mans wins. Rovera also has a Le Mans class win to his name (2021 GTE Am) and Agostini has been Triarsi’s reliable designated workhorse in limited IMSA appearances.
No. 48 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3
Scott Noble/Jason Hart/Maxime Martin/Luca Stolz
Winward Racing’s first GTD PRO effort features a blend of Mercedes-AMG factory pros in Martin and Stolz and the pro-am pairing of Noble and longtime coach Hart. With Stolz absent during the Roar test due to a schedule conflict, it’ll provide the Noble and Hart pairing even more track time. Winward has won the race twice in GTD, including on its debut in 2021. If it repeats the feat in GTD PRO in its first go-around, it will be quite an accomplishment.
No. 59 RLL Team McLaren McLaren 720S GT3 Evo
Nikita Johnson/Max Esterson/Dean MacDonald/Juri Vips
Perhaps GTD PRO’s most eclectic lineup is the combination that RLL Team McLaren has assembled to drive its new No. 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo. In Vips, they have a talented Estonian who’s made sporadic IndyCar starts with RLL and is new to sports car racing. In Esterson, they have an iRacing veteran returning Stateside after running in Formula 2 and having made a successful IMSA debut at last year’s Motul Petit Le Mans in JDC-Miller’s Porsche 963. MacDonald is a McLaren racing veteran but an IMSA rookie; youngster Johnson has junior open-wheel formula success but is new to sports cars. Four race rookies, a new car and a new class will make for a learning experience for all involved.
No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO
Daniel Serra/Davide Rigon/Alessandro Pier Guidi
It’s hard to count out Risi Competizione as a contender, and after a year’s hiatus working as part of a technical alliance with DragonSpeed, the traditional red No. 62 Ferrari is back for 2026. Risi won on its last solo attempt at the Rolex 24 in 2024, thus ending one of Giuseppe Risi’s longest waits in his iconic career. Three of the same four drivers from that lineup are back; only James Calado is absent and will race the three-headed monster of Serra, Rigon and Pier Guidi (a 2025 IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup GTD champion) in GTD PRO’s second Ferrari, fielded by Triarsi Competizione.
No. 64 Ford Racing Ford Mustang GT3
Dennis Olsen/Ben Barker/Mike Rockenfeller
The No. 64 Mustang, now in an evo package, is mostly new for the 2026 Rolex 24, even with many strong 2025 elements still at play. In the hands of Seb Priaulx, the car took the Rolex 24 pole, and the trio of Priaulx, Mike Rockenfeller and Austin Cindric finished third. Here’s where things differ, driver-wise. Cindric filled in for the injured Ben Barker, who’s now back for 2026 and slated to line up alongside Olsen for the full season. Olsen was part of the race-winning No. 65 car last year, thus securing his first Rolex 24 win. Rockenfeller, the No. 64 car’s lone 2025 holdover who swept both the Rolex 24 and 24 Hours of Le Mans overall in 2010, shifts to the third driver Michelin Endurance Cup extra role.
No. 65 Ford Racing Ford Mustang GT3
Christopher Mies/Frederic Vervisch/Seb Priaulx
The defending GTD PRO class winner at the Rolex 24 has two-thirds of the same driver lineup back, with the one change adding the Rolex 24 pole winner (Priaulx). Mies and Vervisch opened 2025 on a high but failed to finish higher than fifth the rest of the season, so they’ll seek to improve on that having been through a full IMSA season together. Priaulx, by contrast, shifts from the No. 64 car and will run the three longest Michelin Endurance Cup races. He’s a four-time IMSA race winner, having won twice in each of 2024 and 2025.
No. 69 GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3
Anthony Bartone/Fabian Schiller/Maximilian Goetz/Jules Gounon
The combination of the Bartone Bros. Racing drag racing group and sports car experts GetSpeed combined to provide an excellent debut appearance in the WeatherTech Championship GTD PRO ranks at the 2025 Rolex 24, finishing fifth. A podium would be an excellent achievement for its sophomore effort, with Bartone joined by a trio of Mercedes-AMG hot shoes.
No. 75 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3
Kenny Habul/Maro Engel/Will Power/Chaz Mostert
Power made his U.S. racing debut with the Derrick Walker-run outfit labeled as “Team Australia” in his Champ Car days more than 20 years ago. The two-time IndyCar Series champion and 2018 Indianapolis 500 winner is set for his long-awaited Rolex 24 debut with the closest IMSA entry to a “Team Australia” equivalent. Paired with longtime friend Habul, who he’s known since the 1990s, and fellow Aussie Mostert – a past Rolex 24 class winner (2020 in GTLM) and 2025 Supercars champion – the 75 Express entry is nearly an all-Aussie affair. Mercedes-AMG veteran Engel, a German who’s a past Rolex 24 winner (2021 GTD, 2023 GTD PRO), adds both speed and experience.
No. 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R
Nick Tandy/Harry King/Alessio Picariello
Although Tandy’s never won a full-season IMSA championship, one of the best of his generation has a chance to add more accolades in his new role with AO Racing’s now iconic “Rexy” No. 77 Porsche. He’s won at all WeatherTech Championship cities en route to 25 career IMSA wins; the only exception is his Detroit win came at Belle Isle, not the current downtown circuit. He has a pair of Michelin Endurance Cup titles (2021 GTLM, 2025 GTP). He started 2025 on a heater, winning the first three GTP races at Daytona, Sebring and Long Beach driving for Porsche Penske Motorsport. Despite a challenging second half he’ll look to recapture his GT magic in a new class. King, a 25-year-old Brit, is new to IMSA but has a pedigree that rivals some of AO’s other younger finds in Laurin Heinrich and Seb Priaulx. Picariello was part of the team’s Sebring winning lineup in 2025 and is back for an encore as third driver this season.
No. 911 Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R
Thomas Preining/Ricardo Feller/Klaus Bachler/Ayhancan Guven
In past years, a European team’s extra entry to the Rolex 24 would draw big eyeballs, so Manthey’s return to the race for the first time since 2018 should be quite an occasion. Particularly since it will run its famous “Grello” livery made famous in major endurance races globally, most notably at the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife. Bachler is set to make his 10th Rolex 24 start and seeks to improve upon a best finish of fourth, achieved twice. He’s got three IMSA wins, two at Sebring and one at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Preining, Bachler’s Austrian countryman, has a pair of Rolex 24 starts in Andretti and Proton Porsches the last two years. Swiss driver Feller has four IMSA starts, all in 2019 with a Montaplast by Land Audi, including the Rolex 24. Guven, the team’s fourth driver, finished second in GTD in the 2025 Rolex 24 and enters on the high of winning the 2025 DTM title with Manthey in “Grello.”
Grand Touring Daytona (GTD)
No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3
Aaron Telitz/Benjamin Pedersen/Frankie Montecalvo/Esteban Masson
Some driver changes come to the trademark No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus in 2026 as the RC F GT3 prepares for its 10th and likely final season of active competition with Toyota’s new GR GT3 having been unveiled in December 2025. Telitz and Montecalvo are the holdovers, having been regular podium finishers and occasional race winners for most of those years, although Telitz returns back to the No. 12 GTD entry after one disjointed year with several co-drivers in the team’s No. 14 GTD PRO car. Pedersen is new here, having run a full season of LMP2 in 2025, now making a move to GT racing. In 2023, he was the fastest rookie qualifier in Indianapolis 500 history and race rookie of the year. Lexus and Toyota have their eye on Masson for the future, a global LMP2 talent set for his IMSA racing debut.
No. 13 13 Autosport Corvette Z06 GT3.R
Orey Fidani/Matt Bell/Lars Kern/Ben Green
Bob Akin Award winner Fidani got his and the team’s 2025 season off to a fantastic start with a GTD win at the Rolex 24. The biggest change for 2026 comes on the team name door, as the rebranded 13 Autosport team sees a greater investment by Fidani into the program itself with technical and team support from the AWA outfit that’s been present for several years. Also new is British driver Ben Green, who is new to the U.S. but has a successful global GT record and will be among those to watch as Rolex 24-only fourth drivers.
No. 16 Myers Riley Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3
Felipe Fraga/Sheena Monk/Jenson Altzman/Romain Grosjean
A contender for the most eclectic GTD lineup in 2026, the new Myers Riley Mustang features the Brazilian ace Fraga shifting from prototypes to GT, experienced female driver Monk adding her third different GT3 car in as many years, Ford Racing Junior Team driver Altzman continuing to expand his racing resume and popular French/Swiss driver Grosjean maintaining his Riley Motorsports relationship built at Lamborghini with a return to Ford for the first time in 16 years. When there’s a new combination of team, drivers, car and class, it doesn’t usually produce first-time success. But this is the legendary Riley team we’re talking about, and a car that won this race in GTD PRO last year, so success isn’t just a hope; it’s an expectation.
No. 19 van der Steur Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo
Rory van der Steur/Valentin Hasse-Clot/Sebastian Baud/Carl Bennett
Back for its second Rolex 24, the van der Steur Racing entry posted a more than respectable sixth-place finish in 2025. Van der Steur and Hasse-Clot continue as this entry’s first two drivers. Baud joins as third driver for the Michelin Endurance Cup rounds, after racing a McLaren in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship season with a best finish of second. Bennett, a Thai driver, makes his IMSA debut after occasional Hypercar starts for the former Isotta Fraschini program a few years ago.
No. 21 Af Corse Usa Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO
Simon Mann/Lilou Wadoux/Antonio Fuoco/Tommaso Mosca
What is quickly becoming a Rolex 24 regular, a Mann-driven No. 21 Af Corse Ferrari is back for a sixth successive January endurance classic. This time the car and team enter on the high of a championship-winning 2025; Mann, Wadoux and Alessandro Pier Guidi won the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup GTD title last year, with the trio also winning the season finale Motul Petit Le Mans. Wadoux, the first female driver confirmed for the 2026 Rolex 24, also has a Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen win on her resume. Fuoco has a past Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring win, and he’s also an overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Ferrari. Mosca’s the newest member of this quartet, on for Daytona only.
No. 023 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO
Onofrio Triarsi/Kenton Koch/Robert Megennis/Yifei Ye
Triarsi’s now traditional No. 023 car is set for what’s already its fourth Rolex 24. This is as strong of a lineup as a GTD entry can field, in the form of Triarsi himself alongside Koch, who enjoyed a breakout 2025 season finishing second in the GTD full-season championship. These two won together at Road America. Megennis is set for a Rolex 24 return after a brief Triarsi cameo at Motul Petit Le Mans where he showed his pace in limited running. Ye is set for his IMSA debut and enters on a high with an overall 24 Hours of Le Mans win to his name in 2025 in the Af Corse-run No. 83 Ferrari 499P.
No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo
Tom Gamble/Dudu Barrichello/Zacharie Robichon/Mattia Drudi
Heart of Racing Team is back to a single Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo in the GT classes this year with its Valkyrie now set for a Rolex 24 debut in GTP. This car retains three of the same four drivers as in 2025, when it nearly matched its 2023 GTD class victory. Robichon is the lone Rolex 24 class winner (2022 GTD) amidst this driving quartet, but it’s another strong one. Gamble and Robichon were part of this team’s Watkins Glen win in 2025 while Drudi has a major 24-hour race win to his name as part of Aston Martin’s overall victory at the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in 2024. Barrichello, the son of multi-time F1 race winner and multi-time Rolex 24 starter Rubens, will make his Rolex 24 debut.
No. 28 RS1 Porsche 911 GT3 R
Jan Heylen/Eric Zitza/Dillon Machavern/Sven Mueller
RS1 steps up from the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge, where it won the 2025 Grand Sport (GS) class championship, into a Michelin Endurance Cup entry for 2026. Heylen spearheaded the GS title, his second, and is joined by Florida businessman Zitza. Machavern has RS1 time as well from Michelin Pilot Challenge GS. Heylen has 11 past Rolex 24 starts including a 2022 GTD win, while Machavern and Mueller both also have race experience.
No. 34 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO
Manny Franco/Albert Costa/Lorenzo Patrese/Thierry Vermuelen
Some of Conquest’s new in 2026 is old, while the rest of its new is actually new. The “old” new is Costa, back in a somewhat surprising reunion after he and the team parted ways following their 2024 Motul Petit Le Mans GTD win. However, with Daniel Serra back at Risi Competizione in GTD PRO and DragonSpeed shifting to GTD, Costa has made a U-turn back to reunite with Franco and Conquest. The “new new” are young Europeans Patrese and Vermuelen, who have extensive Ferrari experience. Vermuelen is linked to the Verstappen.com Racing GT program, so has gained from Max Verstappen’s insights and experience. Patrese ended 2025 on a high, scoring the pole at Motul Petit Le Mans in a different GTD Ferrari.
No. 36 DXDT Racing Corvette Z06 GT3.R
Mason Filippi/Charlie Eastwood/Salih Yoluc/Scott McLaughlin
While it appeared for most of fall as though Robert Wickens would increase his role to a full-time effort with DXDT Racing in 2026, that changed in the run-up to December’s entry list release. Alas, ahead of DXDT’s second IMSA season, the promise on display throughout most of 2025 has the chance to break through for a big result. Filippi is set for his second Rolex 24, having raced in LMP3 in 2023. Eastwood is one of GM’s rising stars, split across Corvette GT3 programs such as this one and Cadillac’s Formula 1 simulator. Yoluc is his longtime co-driver. McLaughlin, the multi-time IndyCar race winner and Supercars champion, is set to fill the “star” extra fourth seat occupied by Pipo Derani in 2025.
No. 44 Magnus Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo
John Potter/Spencer Pumpelly/Nicki Thiim/Madison Snow
Magnus Racing’s ride into the 2026 Rolex 24 comes with one major change – Andy Lally not part of the lineup following his end of full-time driving at the 2025 edition. Potter’s team presses on with longtime co-driver Pumpelly, Thiim and team newcomer Snow to create a fun quartet. Potter (2012 and 2016) and Pumpelly (2006 and 2011) are multi-time Rolex 24 GT class winners with Snow adding a 2020 GTD win. Thiim doesn’t have a Rolex 24 win but does have 24-hour triumphs at Le Mans in class (2014) and Spa-Francorchamps overall (2024).
No. 45 Wayne Taylor Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2
Danny Formal, Trent Hindman, Graham Doyle, Marcus Ericsson
As close to a rinse-and-repeat lineup as exists in GTD, the trio led by Formal, Hindman and Doyle are set to continue aboard WTR’s Huracán GT3 Evo2. Formal is buoyed by his incredible form in last year’s Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America season, where he won both the Pro North American title and World Final title to end the season. Hindman, a 2019 GTD WeatherTech Championship-winning driver among multiple other IMSA titles, remains one of IMSA’s young veterans poised for continued long-term success. Doyle’s entering off a title too, having won the Super Trofeo Am title last year. Formal and Hampus Ericsson drove together to the Super Trofeo titles in 2025 and to start 2026, Formal will have a chance to race alongside Hampus’ older brother Marcus, the 2022 Indianapolis 500 winner, now set for his third Rolex 24 start. Coincidentally, they’ve all been in even years (2022, 2024, 2026) and with now three different cars and classes (Cadillac DPi, Acura GTP, Lamborghini GTD).
No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3
Russell Ward/Philip Ellis/Indy Dontje/Lucas Auer
The GTD standard-bearer, Winward Racing has a chance to go for a three-peat of GTD championships in 2026. It’s a rare achievement in IMSA competition. Included among Winward’s success was its famous debut win at the Rolex 24 in 2021, and a follow-up second win in 2024 with three of the same four drivers, only with Daniel Morad in the fourth spot alongside Ward, Ellis and Dontje. Yet last year’s fourth place may stand as one of the team’s hallmark races, overcoming a throttle assembly issue to gain most of its seven laps back and position it for more championship success.
No. 66 Gradient Racing Ford Mustang GT3
Jake Walker/Corey Lewis/Joey Hand/Till Bechtolsheimer
Gradient Racing pieced together a solid first season with its new Ford Mustang GT3 in 2025 with separate sprint and endurance race lineups and is set to deploy the same approach for its second year with the car in 2026. Walker is the lone driver set for all races, having impressed with Turner Motorsport’s BMW M4 GT3 in both WeatherTech Championship and IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge appearances last year. Lewis, a 2020 Rolex 24 class winner, is an experienced pair of hands who will join Walker for the sprint rounds and the Rolex 24. Hand and Bechtolsheimer share the Ford for all endurance rounds; Hand’s one of Ford’s longtime aces and two-time past Rolex 24 winner (overall in 2011, class in 2017).
No. 70 Inception Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO
Brendan Iribe/Frederik Schandorff/Ollie Millroy/David Fumanelli
Bookend finishes of 18th place to start and end 2025 left the Optimum Motorsport-run, Inception Racing-entered Ferrari shy of its goals for the year. The trio of Iribe, Schandorff and Millroy scored an overdue first IMSA win at Indianapolis but contact at the start at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta ended both Iribe’s Bob Akin Award hopes and the team’s Michelin Endurance Cup chances. Little changes for 2026 except the new EVO package, aimed in large part at creating better in-traffic flow. If the No. 70 crew can avoid the bad luck that hurt it in 2025, they’ll rank higher in the pursuit of greater 2026 success.
No. 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3
Scott Andrews/Lin Hodenius/James Roe/Ralf Aron
Lone Star Racing continues into its third consecutive Rolex 24 with previous finishes of eighth and 13th the last two years. This is a younger lineup with Andrews, known for his pace, the most experienced driver in the group with four past Rolex 24 starts including a win on debut in LMP3 in 2021. Roe and Aron are set for their sophomore starts at after debuting in 2025 while Hodenius, 19, is set to make his Rolex 24 debut this year.
No. 81 DragonSpeed Corvette Z06 GT3.R
Henrik Hedman/Giacomo Altoè/Casper Stevenson/Matteo Cairoli
DragonSpeed’s shift back to GTD from GTD PRO is aimed at Bronze-rated Hedman, Elton Julian’s longtime driver, securing the Bob Akin Award and the invitation on offer to the 24 Hours of Le Mans that goes with it. Coincidentally, he’s the only one of the four drivers in the team’s new Corvette Z06 GT3.R with a past Rolex 24 win on his resume, in LMP2 in 2020. The other three young chargers are all impressive in their own right, although they’re also all new to Corvette. Altoè won three Motul Pole Awards in 2025 in DragonSpeed’s Ferrari and Stevenson shifts over from Heart of Racing Team’s Aston Martin; both won their first IMSA races in 2025. Cairoli has five prior Rolex 24 starts in either Porsche or Lamborghini entries.
No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 EVO
Robby Foley/Patrick Gallagher/Francis Selldorff/Jens Klingmann
Turner Motorsport will seek to improve upon a year of fourths in 2025. It was the team’s best result on three occasions, as well as the team’s finish in the GTD championship. Longtime friends Foley and Gallagher are back for their fourth season together as co-drivers, and the 2024 runners-up have win potential readily at their disposal. Selldorff continues his rise through Turner’s internal IMSA ladder and graduates into its WeatherTech Championship GTD program for 2026 as its Michelin Endurance Cup third driver. He made key strides in the Michelin Pilot Challenge in 2025. Klingmann is the team’s Rolex 24 fourth driver stalwart.
No. 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R
Adam Adelson/Callum Ilott/Tom Sargent/Elliott Skeer
Wright Motorsports started its 2025 at the Rolex 24 with a pole and runner-up finish before embarking on a year that was the model of consistency, ending between fifth and seventh in six of the remaining nine races. That 2025 peak came with Skeer securing the Motul Pole Award and finishing second with Adelson, Sargent and Ayhancan Guven. There’s a change this year with IndyCar driver and occasional sports car driver Ilott now slotting into a full-time role, with Skeer its fourth Rolex 24 driver. Adelson, now the Wright team owner, is coming off a championship year in IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Grand Touring Daytona X (GTDX), where he won both Daytona races last year.
No. 123 Muehlner Motorsports America, LLC Porsche 911 GT3 R
Ryan Yardley/Peter Ludwig/Dave Musial/Dave Musial Jr.
Muehlner Motorsports America makes its IMSA return after several years away, having last competed at the Rolex 24 in the LMP3 class in 2022 with two cars. The Belgian team has a definitive pro-am lineup, highlighted by 2025 Porsche Carrera Cup North America champion Yardley in what will be his WeatherTech Championship debut. Ludwig is set for his first Rolex 24 start since driving a Muehlner Porsche in 2011, while the father-son duo of the two David Musials completes the quartet. Both raced at Daytona in 2025 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge competition in Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 entries.
No. 912 Manthey 1st Phorm Porsche 911 GT3 R
Ryan Hardwick/Riccardo Pera/Morris Schuring/Richard Lietz
Hardwick (2022 GTD Rolex 24 winner, two-time Bob Akin Award recipient) makes his IMSA return aboard the Manthey 1st Phorm No. 912 Porsche. Together with Lietz and Pera, the same trio enters on a high of winning the FIA WEC LMGT3 championship in 2025 and are united at the Rolex 24 as Manthey is set to run for the Michelin Endurance Cup in GTD this season. Lietz is one of Porsche’s most successful 24-hour aces with six class wins at Le Mans and three at the Rolex 24. Schuring, a young Dutchman, is a Porsche driver who should be one to watch in his Rolex 24 debut. He was part of Manthey’s 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans winning LMGT3 entry.
