With the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener just two months away, Acura Meyer Shank Racing (“Acura MSR”) is excited to welcome Felix Rosenqvist, Scott Dixon and Alex Palou to its Endurance and Rolex 24 roster.
Four-time Rolex 24 winner Dixon and MSR INDYCAR driver Rosenqvist will complete the roster for the No. 60 Acura MSR Acura ARX-06. The pair will join 2023 Rolex 24 winners, and full-season Acura MSR drivers Tom Blomqvist and Colin Braun. Rosenqvist will take on Rolex 24 Hour duties in the Acura while Dixon will join Acura MSR for the full endurance schedule.
“I’m really looking forward to running the Rolex this year,” commented Dixon. “I have almost joined Meyer Shank Racing and Mike a couple times in the past, but it didn’t work out.
“I’m really excited to join Acura MSR and their partnership with HRC makes it easier, there are a lot of familiar faces and people that I have worked with over the years. That’s also true on the Meyer Shank side as well with a lot of people who I have worked with earlier in my career. A lot of familiar faces on the driver side too with Felix (Rosenqvist), Tom (Blomqvist), Colin (Braun) and obviously I was teammates last year with Renger, so I’m really looking forward to that side of it.”
Dixon has been competing in sportscar endurance competition for 25 years and rounded out the 2024 season and his 50th sportscar race with an overall win last month at the Motul Petit Le Mans, co-driving with Acura MSR’s van der Zande.
“Goal number one is just to win and hopefully we can do that out of the gate at Daytona. It’s a fun race and I love doing the endurance races. I’m just really excited to get going and from what I’ve seen so far it’s quite the outfit and excited with what Acura has done.”
Coming off of back-to-back NTT INDYCAR SERIES championships, Palou will serve as endurance driver of the No. 93 Acura MSR Acura ARX-06 and pair up with full-season drivers Renger van der Zande and Nick Yelloly.
The lineup delivers both experience and pace, with the current Acura MSR lineup of drivers having a combined 11 Rolex 24 Hour At Daytona victories, 11 IMSA GTP class wins and 17 IMSA GTP podium finishes since 2023.
A familiar face to the MSR family, Rosenqvist will join Acura MSR at Daytona, marking his fourth entry into the historic twice-round-the-clock event as he targets adding a first Rolex 24 victory to his racing resume.
Palou has had a whirlwind few months after clinching his second straight INDYCAR championship, and third title in the last four years, and will look to kick off the 2025 racing season with that same momentum as he joins the No. 93 Acura MSR squad. Palou has two Rolex 24 Hour entries under his belt and looks to improve on his previous 7th and 10th place finishes.
The Acura Meyer Shank Racing squad will head to its first official test at Daytona International Speedway this weekend (November 15-17) to prepare for the Rolex 24. Acura MSR will announce its final addition to the No. 93 Acura MSR lineup for the Rolex 24 in the coming weeks.
Grand Touring Prototype Acura ARX-06 – IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Chassis Carbon fiber monocoque chassis manufactured by ORECA, featuring Acura-specific bodywork, drivetrain and cooling systems. Double wishbone, pushrod suspension front and rear, Penske dampers.
Safety equipment FIA-specified roll cage structure, carbon fiber driver’s seat shell, six-point safety harness, fresh air intake system, on-board fire suppression system.
Engine Bespoke Acura 2.4-liter, twin-turbocharged, direct injected V6 internal combustion engine designed and manufactured by HPD, mated to IMSA and ACO-specified electric Bosch Motor Generator Unit (MGU) and Williams Advanced Engineering battery pack.
Transmission IMSA and ACO-specified XTrac six-speed, sequential, paddle-operated transmission, rear-wheel drive.
Dimensions 5100mm length x 2000mm width x 1060mm height (above reference plane); 3148mm wheelbase
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