Speed junkies rejoice!
Discovery Velocity delivers complete coverage of the International Motor Sports Association’s (IMSA)
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series, beginning with the 57
th running of the
ROLEX 24 from Daytona, Florida this weekend. The flag-to-flag coverage begins
Saturday,
Jan. 26 at
2 p.m. and runs until
Sunday at
3 p.m. ET.
Through a partnership with
WeatherTech Canada and
Pfaff Automotive Partners, Discovery Velocity joins networks in more than 200 countries delivering live coverage of the championship series to racing fans around the world. With 12 races set to air in the coming months, including Canada’s biggest sports car race of the year, the
MOBIL 1 SPORTSCAR GRAND PRIX, Discovery Velocity delivers all the IMSA action to Canadians.
In addition to live coverage,
TSN recaps the race highlights with one-hour broadcasts of all WeatherTech Championship events (check local listing for confirmed broadcast details).
Taking place in Daytona, Florida, the grueling
ROLEX 24 race is second in importance only to the famed
24 Hours of Le Mans and includes several Canadian drivers. British Columbian
Scott Hargrove, Ottawa-Native
Zacharie Robichon, 19-year-old Torontonian Devin DeFrancesco, 2017 Rolex 24 winner
Daniel Morad from Markham, Ontario, and 17-year-old Canadian driver
Roman DeAngelis from Windsor, Ontario. He becomes the
youngest Canadian ever, and third youngest in the world, to drive in the
ROLEX 24. DeAngelis faces off against an all-star field of drivers including: two-time F1 world champion
Fernando Alonso, five-time IndyCar champion
Scott Dixon, and three-time Indy 500 winner
Helio Castroneves. Other Canadian drivers participating include: and .
Following
ROLEX 24, the series moves on to Sebring, Florida for the
MOBIL 1 TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING event from
March 13-16 and then on to Long Beach, California for the
BUBBA BURGER SPORTSCAR GRAND PRIX AT LONG BEACH from
April 12-13.
For a full schedule of IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Champisionship events, please click
here. *Check local listings for event airtimes on Discovery Velocity*