It was a one-two finish for Acura's new ARX-06 LMDh at the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona.
A new era in top-level endurance racing kicked off this past weekend with the 24 Hours of Daytona, the opening round of the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the first to host the new GTP premier class open to LMDh and LMH hybrid race cars.
There were only LMDh race cars on the track, fielded by Acura, BMW, Cadillac, and Porsche, and it was Acura, the only manufacturer fielding a V-6-powered LMDh , that came out on top.fielded by Meyer Shank Racing and driven by Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, Helio Castroneves, and Simon Pagenaug was the first to cross the finish line. It finished 4.1 seconds ahead of the no.
The no. 60 ARX-06 started the race at pole and dominated most of the race until a series of caution flags closed up the field for the final eight hours. The two Cadillac V-LMDh cars put up a decent fight but were simply outpaced in the end.
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