Longtime Basic Motors associate Wayne Taylor Racing teamed up with Acura for the 2021 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and kicked off its marketing campaign with a win on Sunday on the 24 Hours of Daytona.

Competing within the premier DPi class, Wayne Taylor Racing’s no. 10 Acura ARX-05 took residence the general win due to the efforts of drivers Filipe Albuquerque, Helio Castroneves, Alexander Rossi and Ricky Taylor.

They only managed to edge out the no. 48 Ally Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R pushed by Jimmie Johnson, Kamui Kobayashi, Simon Pagenaud and Mike Rockenfeller to a second-place end, roughly 4.7 seconds behind the winners.

Third place went to the no. 55 Mazda Motorsports RT24-P pushed by Jonathan Bomarito, Oliver Jarvis and Harry Tincknell, some 6.5 seconds behind the winners.

This yr’s win for Wayne Taylor Racing was the workforce’s third-consecutive general victory at Daytona, however it nearly did not occur. It was a nail-biting end as the highest contenders have been all working inside 30 seconds of one another because the race entered its last hour. And, with simply minutes to go, the no. 1 Cadillac Dpi-V.R of Chip Ganassi Racing was catching up quick to the no. 10 Acura, with Kevin Magnussen and Renger van der Zande doing the driving. Nonetheless, their assault was ended prematurely as a consequence of a puncture.

The outcome was the primary general win for Acura and got here 30 years after the automaker’s top notch win within the occasion.

Within the LMP2 class, victory went to the no. 18 Oreca 07 of Period Motorsport, pushed by Paul-Loup Chatin, Ryan Dalziel, Dwight Merriman and Kyle Tilley, who completed sixth general.

Within the GTLM class, victory went to the no. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R of Corvette Racing, pushed by Nicky Catsburg, Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor, who completed eleventh general. That is the ultimate yr for the GTLM class, because the collection organizer, IMSA, plans to interchange the category subsequent yr with the GTD Professional Class which can use automobiles just like a GT3-spec automotive. Many producers have already got GT3 racers and it is doubtless a GT3-spec Corvette may be developed previous to the following season.

Within the GTD class at this previous weekend’s Daytona race, victory went to the no. 57 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3 of HTP Winward Racing. Doing the driving have been Indy Dontje, Philip Ellis, Maro Engel and Russell Ward, who completed twenty second general.

And at last, within the LMP3 class, victory went to the no. 74 Ligier JS P320 of Riley Motorsports. Doing the driving have been Scott Andrews, Oliver Askew, Spencer Pigot and Gar Robinson, who completed 18th general.

The subsequent spherical of the 2021 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 20 at Florida’s Sebring Worldwide Raceway.