Four Aston Martins prepare for the start of the Rolex 24 today from Daytona

Saturday, January 24, 2026

After last night’s race and class podium winning exploits of the four Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT4 powered teams within the opening round of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Series from Daytona, today sees the turn of their bigger ‘brothers’ about to do their business as the Weathertech Sportscar Championship kicks off later this afternoon with the start of the Rolex 24.

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The Heart of Racing will be supporting both their #23 GTP and #27 GTD entries as the Valkyrie races the Rolex 24 for the first time (having skipped last season’s event in favour of some last-minute test and development) whilst their #27 crew will be starting from Pole Position in GTD.

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The Van Der Steur Racing and Magnus Racing teams complete the trilogy of Vantage GT3 based cars competing within the class with the #19 VDSR car starting from the third row in class after their P5 qualifying run on Thursday whilst the #44 Magnus crew will be starting in the midfield of the twenty-one strong class with their P15 position.

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After last night’s excitement in GT4, we’re obviously hoping for something of the same today and tomorrow in both GTP and GTD but twice around the clock is a long time for anything!!

The race will be waved off at 13:40hrs local.

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