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Aitken puts Whelen Cadillac on pole for Rolex 24

Story byMotorsport photoJoey BarnesThu, January 22, 2026 at 8:48 PM UTC·11 min readJack Aitken vaulted Whelen Cadillac to pole for the 64th Running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona. The 30-year-old put down a blistering lap of 1 minute, 33.939 seconds in the No. 31 Cadillac V-Series. R with three laps remaining to claim the top spot. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRenger van der Zande, piloting the No. 93 Acura ARX-06 for Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb Agajanian, was left finishing second by 0.102s. The No.

Aitken puts Whelen Cadillac on pole for Rolex 24

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Key Highlights

  • 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing entry of Louis Deletraz was third, 0.130s behind. Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) The halfway point of the session saw the No.
  • 25 BMW M Team WRT entry - back on track after suffering a hybrid issue in opening practice - of Marco Wittman spin in Turn 1.
  • Shortly after, van der Zande vaulted to the top spot with his 1 minute, 34.067 second lap. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementDespite Porsche Penske Motorsport’s Felipe Nasr applying heavy pressure, notably with the fastest time in the first sector, it wasn’t enough to put the No.
  • 7 Porsche 963.
  • At the time the attention was on Nasr, Aitken pulled off the best overall lap with three minutes remaining. Ultimately, Nasr ended up fourth, just ahead of Tom Blomqvist in Acura Meyer Shank Racing’s No.
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