By alley - Jan 5, 2017, 12:00 PM ET

IMSA: Roar Before the 24 Resource Guide

The final pre-season WeatherTech SportsCar Championship test takes place this week from Friday-Sunday at Daytona International Speedway. Be sure to follow

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WEATHERTECH CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT SCHEDULE:

Friday, January 6 (all times Eastern)

10:20 a.m. -12:05 p.m. WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice
3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice

Saturday, January 7

9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice
1:05 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice

Sunday, January 8

10:20 a.m. - 12:05 p.m. WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice

STORIES OF INTEREST:

Fifty cars set to Roar at Daytona

: Although few surprises are contained within the 50 entries, IMSA fans will get an advance look at the new Nissan Onroak DPi as it makes its public debut with Tequila Patron ESM, and Mazda's attractive RT24-P DPis will appear in full and unique liveries for the first time.

The Art of Balancing DPIs and WEC P2s

: With the new season of racing almost here, understanding IMSA's new approach to using Balance of Performance tables to create parity between DPis and WEC P2s, and separately, how it plans to balance the three DPi models and the three WEC P2 brands will be central to the year ahead.

Roar BoP tables revised

: IMSA has made an interesting revision to the Balance of Performance tables it will use during this week's Roar Before the 24 test at Daytona International Speedway. (Previous:

Original Roar Before the 24 BoP issued

)

A closer look at Cadillac, Mazda DPis

: One fine gift from IMSA over the holidays has been parsing through the visual differences between the three new Daytona Prototype international models that will go head to head in its WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Prototype class.

Podcast: Jeff Gordon and Ricky Taylor

: Jeff Gordon reveals that he's been pushed to his physical limits and beyond while learning to drive Wayne Taylor Racing's Cadillac DPi-V.R IMSA prototype.

Daytona test notebook Day 2

: The 200mph barrier is close to being breached by the new Daytona Prototype internationals. (Day 1

here

)

New direction for technical regulations

: IMSA released its technical regulations for all four classes of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on Friday, and within those documents, a new direction for vehicle governance is found.

Bird joins GTD champions Scuderia Corsa for Daytona

: Scuderia Corsa, the defending champions of the IMSA and North American Endurance Cup GT-Daytona championships, has finalized its driver lineup for the 24 Hours of Daytona as well as the NAEC rounds of the 2017 IMSA championship.

Buddy Rice returns full time as part of BAR1 lineup

: Arriving with a two car effort in the PC division, BAR1 will enter the No. 20 Gas Monkey Energy Drink/Merchant Services Ltd. Factgem ORECA FLM09 driven by Don Yount, Buddy Rice, Mark Kvamme, Chapman Ducote and Gustavo Yacaman, along with the No. 26 Autosport Designs/Case It ORECA FLM09 driven by Johnny Mowlem, Tom Papadopoulos, Adam Merzon and Trent Hindman.

Hinchcliffe, Pigot join Mazda for Rolex 24

: Jonathan Bomarito, Tom Long, Joel Miller and Tristan Nunez are back for their third season with the two-car Mazda Prototype team for the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.

Starworks delays its P2 entryStarworks delays its P2 entry

: Starworks Motorsport team owner Peter Baron will look to the second round of the season or sometime after Sebring to debut a new 2017-spec P2 chassis.

Kanaan to make Ford GT debut at Rolex 24

: Kanaan: "I was jealous from Day 1. I was in the other Ford [DP] program last year when the GTs came out at Daytona and then watching the team win Le Mans, it was jealousy – good jealousy – that I wanted to be part of it."

Alex Job confirms Audi for Endurance Cup

: As a sports car entrant dating back to the 1980s, Alex Job serves as the most tenured member of IMSA's paddock; news comes after months of effort to fill the void left behind by WeatherTech Racing and Team Seattle.

ESM completes first test with Nissan Onroak DPi:

Full-season drivers Scott Sharp, Ed Brown, Johannes van Overbeek and Ryan Dalziel ran the car's first laps at Sebring International Raceway during a two-day test.

Porsche GT3 champions enter GTD for endurance races

: Alegra Motorsports will enter the IMSA Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup in 2017 with the hope of racing the full WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule in the GT Daytona class in the all-new Porsche 911 GT3 R.

More Fox network coverage in 2017 TV package

: As IMSA president Scott Atherton told RACER in September, the schedule will include enhancements to both the quantity and content of the telecasts.

Split starts abandoned, points revised

: IMSA released the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sporting Regulations, which featured some key revisions to start procedures and points allocations for the upcoming season.

3GT adds Cindric for endurance races

: Austin Cindric, Dominik Farnbacher, Ian James and Gustavo Menezes will join 3GT Racing for the four Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup races in 2017.