United leads Bronze-only session to wrap up 2025 Roar at Daytona

The 2025 Roar Before The Rolex 24 came to a close Sunday afternoon with a quiet, Bronze-only test session on the drying Daytona International Speedway surface.

Just 20 cars across three categories — LMP2, GTD Pro and GTD — took part, with United Autosports leading the way with Daniel Goldburg in the No. 22 ORECA — his best lap a 1m40.613s, 75 minutes into the session.

There were multiple improvements late on with the entire field on slick tires. George Kurtz in the No. 04 Crowdstrike ORECA rose to second with a 1m40.858s.

Nick Boulle, fresh from signing a full Endurance Cup deal with United, put the No. 2 ORECA third, while Jon Field found time in his final run and ended up fourth with a 1m41.468s from Inter Europol.

In GTD, Anthony McIntosh set the benchmark time in the No. 19 Van der Steur Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo, a 1m48.459s. Kenny Habul put the No. 75 75 Express GTD Pro Mercedes second.

After three days of testing, the quickest overall time went to Dries Vanthoor in the No. 24 BMW Team RLL M Hybrid V8 in GTP — a 1m35.424s set during the second session on Friday.

In LMP2, it was newly-minted Peugeot Hypercar driver Malthe Jakobsen who set the pace for Crowdstrike Racing by APR. The Dane’s best tour was a 1m38.673s in the opening session Friday. Notably, that time was quicker than the slowest of the GTP drivers — Bryce Aron — whose best lap was a 1m38.713s in the JDC-Miller Porsche.

GTD Pro saw Pfaff Motorsports enjoy a rapid start to life as a Lamborghini customer team. Its No. 9 Huracan lapped Daytona in 1m47.626s with Andrea Caldarelli at the controls in Friday’s opening session. That edged out defending champion Laurin Heinrich by 0.15s in the AO Racing Porsche.

A Lamborghini also topped GTD. Forte’s No. 78 Huracan managed a 1m48.036s on Saturday morning with Franck Perera installed. The time was marginally quicker than Rahel Frey’s in the No. 83 Iron Dames Porsche in the first session of the test by just under 0.05s.

Track action for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship resumes after a three-day break on Thursday. The Rolex 24’s first free practice will start at 10:05 a.m. local ahead of qualifying later that afternoon.

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