Overview
- Nick Yelloly set a 1:35.725 to top the first sanctioned session in a Meyer Shank Racing Acura, leading a team 1-2 that included the returning AJ Allmendinger in the sister car.
- Penske Racing president Jonathan Diuguid called Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin’s test outings the first step toward possible Rolex 24 seats, with no decisions yet on three- versus four-driver crews.
- Porsche Penske has not named its 2026 Porsche 963 lineups; Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Matt Campbell are in the Daytona test group, with announcements expected around Porsche’s Night of Champions.
- IMSA’s updated test entry list added Nico Pino to JDC-Miller’s #85 Porsche 963, which is running the prior splitter and diffuser, alongside Tijmen van der Helm, Bryce Aron and Campbell.
- The Heart of Racing Aston Martin Valkyrie stopped on its out lap with an electrical issue that triggered a red flag as Inter Europol’s Tom Dillmann paced LMP2 in the opening run.