Reigning IndyCar Series champion Will Power has joined the grid for the 2023 Rolex 24 at Daytona and will race the #75 SunEnergy1 GTD class Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo alongside Kenny Habul, Fabian Schiller and Axcil Jeffries later this month.
The Rolex 24 will mark Power’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut.
“The Daytona 24 is an iconic event on the bucket list of most drivers, and I have to thank Kenny for the opportunity,” Power said. “It is funny when you look back at how Kenny and I raced Formula Ford against each other all those years ago, and now we are going to be teammates.”
“The Daytona 24 is an iconic event on the bucket list of most drivers and I have to thank Kenny for the opportunity,” Power said. “I am looking forward to driving the heavier GT car and getting experience for, hopefully, a lot more drives like this in the future, including the Bathurst 1000 and Bathurst 12 Hour back in Australia.”
A 41-year-old from Toowoomba, Queensland, Power has racked up 41 career IndyCar wins, including the 2018 Indianapolis 500. He earned his 68th career pole position in 2022 to surpass legendary Mario Andretti as the all-time IndyCar leader. Power’s 2022 season championship was his second in IndyCar, following 2014.
“Will is a monster talent and genuine person, and we look forward to him being a valuable contributor to our 24-hour campaign at Daytona,” Habul said. “He has a reputation for being fast in anything he drives and I am sure he will be up to speed in our gear in no time.”
Power joins a who’s who list of drivers from other racing disciplines scheduled to compete this year at the Rolex 24, the traditional global motorsports season opener set for Jan. 28-29 at Daytona International Speedway.
Austin Cindric, the 2022 Daytona 500 winner from the NASCAR Cup Series, was named earlier this week to compete in the Rolex 24 once again. Other IndyCar drivers joining Power include fellow Indy 500 winners Helio Castroneves, Scott Dixon and Simon Pagenaud, as well as Josef Newgarden, Scott McLaughlin, Colton Herta, Romain Grosjean, Rinus VeeKay, Kyle Kirkwood and Devlin DeFrancesco.
Formula One driver Kevin Magnussen, a former WeatherTech Championship regular, is also back for the Rolex 24, teaming with his father himself an ex F1 racer and more recently sports car great Jan Magnussen. F1 test driver Pietro Fittipaldi, the grandson of F1 great Emerson Fittipaldi, is also slated to race.
