2019 Rolex 24 at Daytona

To see the Roar Before the 24-event, see 2019 Roar Before the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

The 2019 Rolex 24 at Daytona is the 57th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. It also serves as the opener of the 2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The race is held January 26-27, 2019, although the tournament is held January 7-20, 2019.

Many IndyCar players chose to withdraw from the 2019 Race of Champions, held the same weekend, to focus on the Rolex 24.

The defending race winners are João Barbosa, Filipe Albuquerque and Christian Fittipaldi. This is however, Christian Fittipaldi's final race of his legendary career.

Qualified countries
None of them qualified
 * AFC
 * (Will Power) (8)
 * (Allen Ford) (28)
 * (Apolo Anton Ohno) (12)
 * (Jirayu La-ongmanee) (5)
 * (Jakkapat Wattanasin) (27)
 * CAF

None of them qualified
 * CONCACAF
 * (James Hinchcliffe) (20)
 * (Nidoking) (31)
 * (Patricio O'Ward) (22)
 * CONMEBOL
 * (Larvesta) (24)
 * (Haxorus) (32)
 * (Graham Rahal) (15)
 * OFC


 * UEFA
 * (Jinjett Wattanasin) (26)
 * (Decidueye) (21)
 * (Metagross) (3)
 * (Beartic) (7)
 * (Josef Newgarden) (6)
 * (Milo Manheim) (29)
 * (Ueli Kestenholz) (16)
 * (Simon Pagenaud) (10)
 * (Honchkrow) (23)
 * (Marko Manieri) (19)
 * (Tanont Chumroen) (25)
 * (Joey Fatone) (11)
 * (Vaporeon) (30)
 * (Pee Saderd) (2)
 * (Volcarona) (4)
 * (Ryan Hunter-Reay) (9)
 * (Mario Lopez) (13)
 * (Heracross) (18)
 * (Chespin) (17)
 * (Pidgeot) (14)
 * (Scott Dixon) (1)

Withdrawals

 * Larry Birkhead → replaced by 🇹🇭 Charwin Jitsomboon
 * 🇹🇭 Kan Kantathavorn → replaced by 🇸🇪 Marcus Ericsson
 * 🇨🇦 Cameron Mathison → replaced by 🇦🇹 René Binder
 * 🇷🇸 Robert Wickens → replaced by 🇹🇭 Sirasak Ittipholpanich

Seeds
The seed announcement were originally on November 4, 2018, at the 2018 Robert Wickens Paralyzed Cup, after the final is ended; but IndyCar decided to move it after the completion of the Jirayu La-ongmanee-Max Chilton match; Jirayu La-ongmanee won the match in straight sets on his 23rd birthday.

Dale Coyne Racing qualified their equal-highest seeding, with Beartic seeded 7th. Mario Lopez's return to the major IndyCar tournaments have him seeded 13th. Cyprus qualified 29th with Milo Manheim, a celebrity that was expected to win DWTS season 27, instead of Bobby Bones.

Shockingly, the 2018 Petit Le Mans winner Magmortar, failed to qualify.

Abomasnow, the leader of the Bee Mask, demonstrated at the draw that neither Josef Newgarden, Ryan Hunter-Reay, nor Patricio O'Ward can't qualify for Sunday's final, due to them racing at the 2019 Race of Champions. After Abomasnow finished talking about the Race of Champions, Abomasnow again demonstrated that Cameron Prosic, Cameron Marshall, Donald Bennie and Maneesh Gupta had to play their matches late at 7:00 PM EST due to their school work on culminating tasks (also considered Culminating Season).

🇺🇦 Scott Dixon 🇷🇺 Pee Saderd 🇧🇪 Metagross 🇷🇸 Volcarona 🇰🇷 Jirayu La-ongmanee Josef Newgarden 🇧🇦 Beartic 🇦🇺 Will Power 🇸🇰 Ryan Hunter-Reay 🇫🇷 Simon Pagenaud 🇵🇱 Joey Fatone 🇯🇵 Apolo Anton Ohno 🇪🇸 Mario Lopez 🇹🇷 Pidgeot (First round) Graham Rahal 🇨🇿 Ueli Kestenholz

Chespin 🇸🇪 Heracross 🇮🇹 Marko Manieri 🇨🇦 James Hinchcliffe 🇦🇿 Decidueye 🇲🇽 Patricio O'Ward Honchkrow 🇧🇷 Larvesta Tanont Chumroen (First round, retired) 🇦🇱 Jinjett Wattanasin Jakkapat Wattanasin 🇮🇷 Allen Ford 🇨🇾 Milo Manheim 🇷🇴 Vaporeon Nidoking Haxorus

IndyCar Cup 1
The IndyCar Cup is held January 19, 2019, at the Daytona International Speedway road course. It is used as a warmup for the final, held Sunday.

The seeding pots are the seeds from the tournament. Because Patricio O'Ward, Josef Newgarden and Ryan Hunter-Reay are competing at the Race of Champions, Magmortar, Adam Rippon and Jordan Fisher replaced them. Everyone seeded lower than Newgarden, Hunter-Reay and O'Ward moved up a position; while the seeding for Dixon, Saderd, Metagross, Volcarona and La-ongmanee are unchanged. Bold determines the name made the round of 16.

IndyCar Cup 2
The second of the two IndyCar Cups is held January 25, 2019, at the Daytona International Speedway road course. It is used as a warmup for the 24 hour race, held Saturday and Sunday.

The seeding pots are the seeds from the tournament. Only the non-representatives of IndyCar (in the case of Jirayu La-ongmanee, Metagross and Beartic) can participate. Bold determines the name made the round of 16.