Porsche Wins Second Straight 24 Hours of Daytona
In GTD Pro, the Multimatic-run Ford Mustang GT3 program takes its inaugural IMSA win. AWA's Corvette wins in the pro-am GTD class. Tower Motorsports takes the win in LMP2.
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