Reigning IndyCar champion Will Power will join up with the Australian Sun Energy1 Racing Team for his 24 Hours of Daytona debut.
The Toowoomba born Power, a two-time IndyCar champ and Indy 500 winner will join fellow Aussie Kenny Habul in his #75 Mercedes AMG GT3, which was declared the 61st and final entry of the 2023 edition.
Fabian Schiller and Axcil Jeffries will join the pairing to race in the GTD class which features 25 entries from nine manufacturers at the 61st running of the event.
“The Daytona 24 is an iconic event on the bucket list of most drivers, and I have to thank Kenny (Habul) for the opportunity,” Power said.
“I am looking forward to driving the heavier GT car and getting experience for hopefully a lot more drives like this in the future, including the Bathurst 1000 and Bathurst 12-hour (race) back in Australia.
“It is quite funny when you look back at how Kenny and I raced Formula Ford against each other all those years ago and now we are going to be teammates.”
Kenny Habul will make his sixth start at the American Endurance classic with two-time IndyCar champion, Aussie Will Power
Power joins fellow IndyCar Antipodeans Scott McLaughlin (Tower Motorsports) and Scott Dixon (Cadillac Racing/Chip Ganassi Racing) for the famous endurance event at the end of the month, with Colton Herta, Josef Newgarden, and Romain Grosjean among some of the other IndyCar contingent.
“Will is a monster talent and a genuine person, and we look forward to him being a valuable contributor to our 24-hour campaign at Daytona,” Habul said.
“He has a reputation of being fast in anything he drives, and I am sure he will be up to speed in our gear in no time.”
Habul is also coming off a title winning campaign, taking out the Pro Am class in the intercontinental GT World Challenge, which included a maiden Bathurst 12 Hour victory. He also achieved second-place class finishes in the 24 Hours of Spa and the Indianapolis 8 Hour at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Habul’s sixth start at the American endurance classic sees him with a best class finish of second in 2021, where he personally led the GTD field at one stage in the 59th edition of the event.
Power comes into Daytona after winning his second IndyCar title, after breaking the all-time pole record, as well moving to within one win of Michael Andretti’s 42 wins (fourth of all time).
The 24 Hours of Daytona Hour kicks off on January 28-29, which also marks the first round of the IMSA sportscar championship.
