Felipe Nasr is beginning to make a habit of this. He locked down his second straight Rolex 24 at Daytona victory in a Penske Porsche Sunday.
The two Roger Penske cars were running 1 and 2 and battled late for the lead. They ended up first and third, with an Acura grabbing second.
If you missed the race, not to fret! Here are the best photos and videos from Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway.
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Penske Porsche Motorsport has won the 24 Hours of Daytona for the second year in a row, extending Porsche's record of overall wins in the race to 20. Felipe Nasr secured the win for No. 7 963 teammates Laurens Vanthoor and Nick Tandy by passing the team's No. 6 car on track with less than 30 minutes remaining in the race.
After logging over nine hours in last year's epic victory, the Brazilian likely will have a similar workload with fewer teammates.
Porsche secured back-to-back wins in the 24 Hours of Daytona with the 963 LMDh, while the Mustang GT3 claimed its maiden GTD victory.
The German marque plans to enter just two drivers per car for the championship's six-hour races, but this will not come into effect until after Imola
On one of the world’s biggest stages Sunday, the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona sportscar race, Detroit dominated.
Tandy’s victory with the team marks a historic result for the Brit who has completed the ‘Grand Slam’ of wins at all four major 24 Hour races: Le Mans in 2015, the Nurburgring 24 Hours in 2018, and the Spa 24 Hours in 2020, becoming the first driver to ever do so.
John Dagys’ post-race notebook from season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona…