First introduced to the WeatherTech GTP class, GTD Pro and GTD will sport similar hardware at the Rolex 24 making it easier to mandate and adjust performance.

There is so much positive news being spun out from not just GTP, but also the GT classes ... and engine formula can stoke the same interest the hybrid GTP cars have delivered for IMSA.

Doing so will lead to Ford returning to Le Mans in the same year to celebrate its class wins with the legendary GT40 and the GTLM—the racecar version of the Ford GT ... in IMSA's GTP category ...

IMSA president ... season in GTD Pro last season with Pfaff Motorsports. De Fillippi followed a similar course. Once he abandoned a single seater career to pursue GT cars, he got an education ...

With a bumper crop of 37 GTD Pro and GTD ... prototypes and GT cars have entered the Rolex 24 at Daytona, which gets the green on Jan. 25. The demand to fill the seats in the IMSA WeatherTech ...

There are four classes at the Rolex 24 — two prototype classes, and two GT classes. While all four ... and both can compete in either WEC or IMSA. Le Mans Daytona h (LMDh): LMDh regulations ...