McLaughlin set for America's greatest endurance race

Scott McLaughlin is acceptable to grow his racing programme successful 2023 with a cameo successful America's top endurance race, the 24 Hours of Daytona.

The three-time IndyCar Series contention victor volition spouse Team Penske teammate Josef Newgarden successful the iconic twice-around-the-clock event.

The brace volition contention a V8-powered Oreca 07 with Tower Motorsports successful the second-tier LMP2 part astatine Daytona International Speedway connected January 29-30.

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They'll beryllium joined by Barbados-born operator Kyffin Simpson and this year's LMP2 champion John Farano.

Scott McLaughlin races for Team Penske successful the IndyCar Series. (Chris Owens)

It marks the archetypal clip McLaughlin has competed successful either the endurance contention oregon successful an LMP2 car.

"I'm thrilled to person the accidental to contention with this astonishing radical of drivers," said McLaughlin.

"This is simply a stellar line-up and a cleanable accidental to amusement what we tin bash together. 

"This is simply a proven unit that intelligibly knows however to triumph races, and that's precisely what we're mounting retired to execute astatine Daytona."

First held successful 1962 arsenic a three-hour event, the endurance contention is famed for the Rolex Daytona ticker that each people victor receives.

The Tower Motorsports introduction pictured astatine Sebring Interntional Raceway successful 2022. (Andrew Bershaw/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The contention has been won outright by 3 New Zealanders before, namely Chris Amon successful 1967, Steve Millen successful 1994, and Scott Dixon who won it 3 times successful 2006, 2015, and 2020.

"This is decidedly an lawsuit that was connected my bucket list, on with the 24 Hours of Le Mans, truthful I americium beyond grateful for this opportunity," said Newgarden.

"We're a radical of precise competitory people, and we each privation to win.

"I deliberation this is simply a precise breathtaking situation and I judge this squad tin execute large things together. 

"I person a adjacent narration with Scott arsenic good and I couldn't beryllium happier to beryllium doing this with him arsenic teammates."

Chris Amon became the archetypal New Zealander to triumph the 24 Hours of Daytona successful 1967 driving for Ferrari. (ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group)

Tower Motorsports returns to Daytona seeking much success.

This year, they claimed 3rd successful people successful the contention and won the LMP2 rubric successful the IMSA SportsCar Championship. 

Whether McLaughlin contests much events successful adjacent year's IMSA SportsCar Championship remains to beryllium seen.

An opening whitethorn beryllium forthcoming astatine the 12 Hours of Sebring connected March 19 and aboriginal successful the twelvemonth astatine Petit Le Mans connected October 15.

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