Acura Meyer Shank Racing quickest in first Rolex 24 practice

Tom Blomqvist put Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb Agajanian fastest overall in opening practice for the Rolex 24.

With less than 25 minutes left in the 90-minute session, the 32-year-old Blomqvist took the reins of the No. 60 Acura ARX-06 and shot to the top of the speed charts with a flying lap of 1 minute, 35.415 seconds on Daytona’s 3.56-mile speedway road course.

Porsche Penske Motorsport’s Kevin Estre set the early pace with a 1 minute, 35.520 second lap in the No. 6 Porsche 963, which stood at the top until Blomqvist’s flyer bumped him to second. Felipe Nasr put Porsche Penske Motorsport’s No. 7 sister car third overall with a run at 1 minute, 35.534 seconds.

Practice is 🏁

No. 60: P1
No. 93: P6

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— Meyer Shank Racing (@MeyerShankRac) January 22, 2026

There was some drama in the GTP class, with BMW M Team WRT’s No. 25 entry completing just five laps in the session. When talking to IMSA Radio, Kevin Magnussen mentioned it “a hybrid issue.” Motorsport.com has learned the team will change the batteries as a result.

Valentin Hasse Clot’s quick lap early was enough to hold the top spot in the GTD class and 24th overall. He nailed a flyer of 1 minute, 46.325 seconds in van der Steur Racing’s No. 19 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 EVO before handing off to Carl Bennett.

The quickest runner in the GTD Pro class was Triarsi Competizione’s Alessio Rovera, who wheeled the No. 033 Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO to a best lap of 1 minute, 46.348 seconds.

The LMP2 class was led by Nick Cassidy in Inter Europol Competition’s No. 343 ORECA LMP2 07, rolling to a quick lap of 1 minute, 39.764 seconds.

cla	num	drivers	class	car	laps	time	gap	int	mph
1	60	Tom Blomqvist  Colin Braun  Scott Dixon  AJ Allmendinger	GTP	Acura ARX-06	20	1'35.415			134.319
2	6	Laurens Vanthoor  Kevin Estre  Matthew Campbell	GTP	Porsche 963	30	1'35.520	0.105	0.105	134.171
3	7	Luiz Felipe Nasr  Julien Andlauer  Laurin Heinrich	GTP	Porsche 963	30	1'35.534	0.119	0.014	134.151
4	10	Ricky Taylor  Filipe Albuquerque  Will Stevens  Brendon Hartley	GTP	Cadillac V-Series.R	41	1'35.561	0.146	0.027	134.113
5	24	Sheldon Van Der Linde  Dries Vanthoor  Robin Frijns  René Rast	GTP	BMW M Hybrid V8	27	1'35.798	0.383	0.237	133.781
6	93	Renger van der Zande  Nick Yelloly  Alex Palou  Kaku Ohta	GTP	Acura ARX-06	29	1'35.849	0.434	0.051	133.710
7	85	Tijmen van der Helm  Nicolas Pino  Kaylen Frederick  Bryce Aron	GTP	Porsche 963	39	1'36.001	0.586	0.152	133.499
8	31	Jack Aitken  Earl Bamber  Frederik Vesti  Connor Zilisch	GTP	Cadillac V-Series.R	37	1'36.164	0.749	0.163	133.272
9	40	Jordan Taylor  Louis Deletraz  Colton Herta	GTP	Cadillac V-Series.R	38	1'36.489	1.074	0.325	132.823
10	23	Ross Gunn  Roman De Angelis  Alex Riberas  Marco Sørensen	GTP	Aston Martin Valkyrie	39	1'37.301	1.886	0.812	131.715
11	343	Jakub Smiechowski  George Kolovos  Nolan Siegel  Nick Cassidy	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	43	1'39.764	4.349	2.463	128.463
12	04	George Kurtz  Alex Quinn  Toby Sowery  Malthe Jakobsen	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	45	1'40.118	4.703	0.354	128.009
13	73	Pietro Fittipaldi  Manuel Espirito Santo  Christopher Cumming  Enzo Fittipaldi	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	39	1'40.300	4.885	0.182	127.777
14	2	Philip Fayer  Ben Hanley  Hunter McElrea  Mikkel Jensen	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	40	1'40.365	4.950	0.065	127.694
15	37	Jon Field  Oliver Jarvis  Seth Lucas  Job Van Uitert	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	34	1'40.383	4.968	0.018	127.671
16	22	Dan Goldburg  Paul di Resta  Rasmus Lindh  Gregoire Saucy	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	40	1'40.387	4.972	0.004	127.666
17	43	Tom Dillmann  Bijoy Garg  Antonio Felix da Costa  Jeremy Clarke	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	44	1'40.449	5.034	0.062	127.587
18	18	Naveen Rao  Ferdinand Habsburg  Jacob Abel  Logan Sargeant	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	41	1'40.460	5.045	0.011	127.573
19	52	Mikhail Goikhberg  Ben Keating  Parker Thompson  Harry Tincknell	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	40	1'40.510	5.095	0.050	127.510
20	11	Tobi Lutke  Mathias Beche  David Heinemeier Hansson  Charles Milesi	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	44	1'40.538	5.123	0.028	127.474
21	99	PJ Hyett  Dane Cameron  Jonny Edgar  Christian Rasmussen	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	37	1'40.631	5.216	0.093	127.356
22	8	John Farano  Sebastien Bourdais  Sebastian Alvarez Kyffin Simpson	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	41	1'40.703	5.288	0.072	127.265
23	83	François Perrodo  Matthieu Vaxivière  Nicklas Nielsen  Dylan Murry	LMP2	ORECA LMP2 07	37	1'40.922	5.507	0.219	126.989
24	19	Valentin Hasse-Clot  Rory van der Steur  Sébastien Baud  Carl Bennett	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo	41	1'46.325	10.910	5.403	120.536
25	033	James Calado  Riccardo Agostini  Miguel Molina  Alessio Rovera	GTD PRO	Ferrari 296 GT3	38	1'46.348	10.933	0.023	120.510
26	59	Max Esterson  Nikita Johnson  Jüri Vips  Dean MacDonald	GTD PRO	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	31	1'46.370	10.955	0.022	120.485
27	21	Simon Mann  Lilou Wadoux  Antonio Fuoco  Tommaso Mosca	GTD	Ferrari 296 GT3	32	1'46.390	10.975	0.020	120.462
28	44	John Potter  Spencer Pumpelly  Nicki Thiim  Madison Snow	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo	40	1'46.462	11.047	0.072	120.381
29	70	Brendan Iribe  Frederik Schandorff  Ollie Millroy  David Fumanelli	GTD	Ferrari 296 GT3	35	1'46.572	11.157	0.110	120.257
30	65	Christopher Mies  Frederic Vervisch  Sebastian Priaulx	GTD PRO	Ford Mustang GT3	29	1'46.602	11.187	0.030	120.223
31	75	Kenny Habul  Maro Rene Engel  Will Power  Chaz Mostert	GTD PRO	Mercedes-AMG GT3	40	1'46.636	11.221	0.034	120.185
32	34	Manny Franco  Albert Costa Balboa  Lorenzo Patrese  Thierry Vermeulen	GTD	Ferrari 296 GT3	33	1'46.647	11.232	0.011	120.172
33	62	Daniel Serra  Davide Rigon  Alessandro Pier Guidi	GTD PRO	Ferrari 296 GT3	32	1'46.695	11.280	0.048	120.118
34	57	Russell Ward  Philip Ellis  Indy Dontje  Lucas Auer	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	38	1'46.734	11.319	0.039	120.074
35	27	Tom Gamble  Dudu Barrichello  Zacharie Robichon  Mattia Drudi	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo	31	1'46.758	11.343	0.024	120.047
36	120	Adam Adelson  Elliott Skeer  Tom Sargent  Callum Ilott	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	32	1'46.865	11.450	0.107	119.927
37	911	Ayhancan Güven  Thomas Preining  Klaus Bachler  Ricardo Feller	GTD PRO	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	42	1'46.939	11.524	0.074	119.844
38	023	Onofrio Triarsi  Kenton Koch  Robert Megennis  Ye Yifei	GTD	Ferrari 296 GT3	35	1'46.940	11.525	0.001	119.843
39	81	Henrik Hedman  Giacomo Altoè  Casper Stevenson  Matteo Cairoli	GTD	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	37	1'46.992	11.577	0.052	119.785
40	3	Antonio Garcia  Alexander Sims  Marvin Kirchofer	GTD PRO	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	39	1'47.026	11.611	0.034	119.747
41	13	Orey Fidani  Matt Bell  Lars Kern  Ben Green	GTD	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	26	1'47.109	11.694	0.083	119.654
42	36	Mason Filippi  Charlie Eastwood  Scott McLaughlin  Salih Yoluc	GTD	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	36	1'47.119	11.704	0.010	119.643
43	4	Tommy Milner  Nicky Catsburg  Nicolas Varrone  Malthe Jakobsen	GTD PRO	Corvette Z06 GT3.R	37	1'47.125	11.710	0.006	119.636
44	66	Jake Walker  Till Bechtolsheimer  Corey Lewis  Joey Hand	GTD	Ford Mustang GT3	39	1'47.132	11.717	0.007	119.628
45	64	Ben Barker  Dennis Olsen  Mike Rockenfeller	GTD PRO	Ford Mustang GT3	29	1'47.166	11.751	0.034	119.590
46	9	Andrea Caldarelli  Sandy Mitchell  Mirko Bortolotti  James Hinchcliffe	GTD PRO	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	23	1'47.204	11.789	0.038	119.548
47	69	Anthony Bartone  Maximillian Goetz  Jules Gounon  Fabian Schiller	GTD PRO	Mercedes-AMG GT3	36	1'47.292	11.877	0.088	119.450
48	14	Jack Hawksworth  Ben Barnicoat  Kyle Kirkwood  Townsend Bell	GTD PRO	Lexus RC F GT3	34	1'47.339	11.924	0.047	119.397
49	96	Patrick Gallagher  Robby Foley  Jens Klingmann  Francis Selldorff	GTD	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	35	1'47.339	11.924	0.000	119.397
50	48	Scott Noble  Jason Hart  Maxime Martin  Luca Stolz	GTD PRO	Mercedes-AMG GT3	42	1'47.451	12.036	0.112	119.273
51	80	Scott Andrews  Lin Hodenius  James Roe  Ralf Aron	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	36	1'47.483	12.068	0.032	119.237
52	28	Eric Zitza  Jan Heylen  Dillon Machavern  Sven Müller	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	36	1'47.565	12.150	0.082	119.147
53	12	Aaron Telitz  Benjamin Pedersen  Frankie Montecalvo  Esteban Masson	GTD	Lexus RC F GT3	33	1'47.599	12.184	0.034	119.109
54	1	Neil Verhagen  Connor de Phillippi  Max Hesse  Dan Harper	GTD PRO	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	21	1'47.746	12.331	0.147	118.946
55	45	Danny Formal  Trent Hindman  Graham Doyle  Marcus Ericsson	GTD	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2	37	1'47.764	12.349	0.018	118.927
56	912	Ryan Hardwick  Riccardo Pera  Richard Lietz  Morris Schuring	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	41	1'47.771	12.356	0.007	118.919
57	77	Nick Tandy  Harry King  Alessio Picariello	GTD PRO	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	33	1'47.835	12.420	0.064	118.848
58	16	Sheena Monk  Felipe Fraga  Jenson Altzman  Romain Grosjean	GTD	Ford Mustang GT3	22	1'47.865	12.450	0.030	118.815
59	123	Dave Musial  Dave Musial Jr.  Peter Ludwig  Ryan Yardley	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	35	1'48.014	12.599	0.149	118.651
60	25	Raffaele Marciello  Philipp Eng  Marco Wittmann  Kevin Magnussen	GTP	BMW M Hybrid V8	5

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