IMSA 2026 preseason testing at Daytona

It might still be the offseason, but preparations for 2026 are already underway as IMSA puts its sports-car classes on track with three days of preseason testing at Daytona International Speedway. The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will open its 2026 season with the Rolex 24 endurance classic on Jan. 24-25.

Here, the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsports 963 (drivers Julien Andlauer, Scott McLaughlin, Matt Campbell, Felipe Nasr, Josef Newgarden) makes its way around the Daytona road-course layout. 

The No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsports 963 gets worked on by the crew in the Daytona garage. 

The No. 45 Wayne Taylor Lamborghini Huracan GT3 (drivers Danny Formal, Trent Hindman and Graham Doyle) drives around the 12-turn, 3.56-mile course at the "World Center of Racing" in Daytona Beach, Florida. 

The No. 28 Porsche 911 (drivers Eric Zitza and Jan Heylen) drives in the infield portion of the Daytona road course. 

The No. 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian ARX-06 (drivers Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, Scott Dixon) turns laps in the three-day IMSA test at Daytona. 

AJ Allmendinger, one of the drivers of the No. 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian ARX-06, is getting in the holiday spirit at the preseason test. 

AJ Allmendinger (left) and Colin Braun, drivers of the No. 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian ARX-06, have a conversation in the Daytona garage. 

The No. 24 BMW M Team WRT entry (drivers Robin Frijns, Rene Rast, Kevin Magnussen, Dries Vanthoor, Philipp Eng) searches for early pace.

The No. 93 Acura ARX-06 from the Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian team waits its turn in the Daytona International Speedway garage.

The No. 31 Cadillac V-Series.R (drivers Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber, Frederik Vesti) from the GTP class works the infield portions of the 3.56-mile layout.

The No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsports 963 (drivers Julien Andlauer, Scott McLaughlin, Matt Campbell, Felipe Nasr, Josef Newgarden) gets a look-over in the Daytona International Speedway garage.

Time to suit up for the No. 73 Pratt Miller Motorsports team in the LMP2 paddock area at Daytona.

The No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R in the GTP class (drivers Jordan Taylor, Louis Deletraz, Colton Herta) leaves the infield portion of the course for Daytona's high banks during preseason testing.

The No. 8 Tower Motorsports ORECA LMP2 07 (drivers John Farano, Sebastian Alvarez, Sebastien Bourdais) makes the rounds during the first day of IMSA preseason testing.

The No. 85 JDC Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 (drivers Tijmen van der Helm, Bryce Aron, Matt Campbell) takes a hard right in the infield twists during Day 1 of IMSA preseason testing.

Noses up for a pair of GTP-class entries in the Daytona International Speedway paddock area.

The No. 25 BMW M Team WRT entry in the GTP class (drivers Robin Frijns, Kevin Magnussen, Dries Vanthoor, Marco Wittmann, Rene Rast) makes the rounds during the first day of IMSA preseason testing.

The No. 99 AO Racing ORECA LMP2 (drivers PJ Hyett, Dane Cameron, Jonny Edgar, Christian Rasmussen) is ready for business in the Daytona paddock.

Prep time for the No. 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian ARX-06 (drivers Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, Scott Dixon) in the Daytona International Speedway garage area.

The No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsports 963 (drivers Felipe Nasr, Josef Newgarden, Matt Campbell, Julien Andlauer, Scott McLaughlin) gets a push past the team's hauler in the Daytona paddock.

The No. 04 Crowdstrike Racing by APR ORECA LMP2 (drivers George Kurtz, Toby Sowery, Alex Quinn, Malthe Jakobsen) powers through the infield stretches of the Daytona circuit.

Driver Kevin Magnussen talks with his BMW M Team WRT crew during a break in IMSA testing at Daytona International Speedway.