Roger Penske's Porsches finish 1st, 3rd in Rolex 24 at Daytona - ESPN

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Roger Penske started his 59th season in motorsports the same way he closed last year — as a champion.

Porsche Penske Motorsport on Sunday won the Rolex 24 at Daytona for the second consecutive year, and third time overall, to continue the domination «The Captain» flexed all of last season.

Penske opened 2024 by winning the most prestigious sports car race in North America, added a 20th victory in the Indianapolis 500 and won a third consecutive NASCAR championship, and his pair of Porsches won both the World Endurance Championship title and the IMSA crown.

Now back at Daytona International Speedway for the Rolex, the same place and race where Team Penske debuted in 1966, Penske returned to Victory Lane. And as he always does, the billionaire who turns 88 next month stayed awake and sat with the team on the timing stand for the entire 24 hours.

His two cars dominated the twice-round-the-clock endurance race and finished first and third. Once attrition hit other entries in the top prototype class, the Porsches ran first and second for large portions of the race. It was the No. 7 full-time IMSA entry that won, making it back-to-back victories for that car despite a different driver lineup.

«What an incredible day for the entire Porsche Penske Motorsport organization,» Penske said. «Both of our Porsche 963s and the drivers showed great speed and reliability. The crews performed flawlessly, which is a result of meticulous preparation by everyone on the team.»

Felipe Nasr won last year with Dane Cameron and Josef Newgarden, but Cameron was let go at the end of 2024 and Newgarden wasn't part of this year's Rolex lineup. So it was Nasr again, only this time he was paired with Nick Tandy, who will be his