2020 Rolex 24 at Daytona

To see the pre-event, see 2020 Roar Before the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

The 2020 Rolex 24 at Daytona is the 58th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. It also serves as the opener of the 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The race is held January 25–26, 2020, although the tournament is held January 6–19, 2020.

Jirayu La-ongmanee was the defending tournament champion and successfully defended his title after Pee Saderd withdrew because of a run scheduled the next day.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2020
11:00 AM to 9:00 PM EST Third round unseeded tournament matches

12:30 PM to 1:15 PM EST Practice 1 Ferrari Challenge

1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EST Practice 1 Michelin Pilot Challenge

2:45 PM to 3:30 PM EST Practice 2 Ferrari Challenge

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020
8:00 AM to 8:15 AM EST Unseeded Quarterfinals

9:00 AM to 9:45 AM EST Practice 2 Michelin Pilot Challenge

10:05 AM to 11:05 AM EST Practice 1 WeatherTech Championship

11:25 AM to 11:40 AM EST Practice 3 Michelin Pilot Challenge

11:50 AM to 12:05 PM EST Qualifying (TCR) Michelin Pilot Challenge

12:10 PM to 12:25 PM EST Qualifying (GS) Michelin Pilot Challenge

12:45 PM to 2:15 PM EST Practice 2 (Restricted As Below) WeatherTech Championship

12:45 PM to 1:15 PM EST Practice 2 (GTD/LMP2 Silver/Bronze Only) WeatherTech Championship

1:00 PM to 2:15 PM EST Practice 2 (All Classes) WeatherTech Championship

1:15 PM to 2:00 PM EST Practice 2 (GTD/LMP2 All Drivers) WeatherTech Championship

3:15 PM to 4:00 PM EST Practice 3 Ferrari Challenge

4:15 PM to 4:30 PM EST Qualifying (GTD) WeatherTech Championship

4:40 PM to 4:55 PM EST Qualifying (GTLM) WeatherTech Championship

5:05 PM to 5:20 PM EST Qualifying (DPi/LMP2) WeatherTech Championship

5:40 PM to 5:55 PM EST Qualifying 1 (Group 1) Ferrari Challenge

6:00 PM to 6:15 PM EST Qualifying 1 (Group 2) Ferrari Challenge

7:15 PM to 8:45 PM EST Practice 3 WeatherTech Championship

9:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST Sebring Open qualifying finals

FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020
7:45 AM to 8:00 AM EST Unseeded Semifinals

8:25 AM to 8:40 AM EST Qualifying 2 (Group 1) Ferrari Challenge

8:45 AM to 9:00 AM EST Qualifying 2 (Group 2) Ferrari Challenge

9:15 AM to 9:35 AM EST Practice 4 Michelin Pilot Challenge

9:55 AM to 10:55 AM EST Practice 4 WeatherTech Championship

11:15 AM to 11:45 AM EST Race 1 of 2 Ferrari Challenge

1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST Race BMW Endurance Challenge at Daytona Michelin Pilot Challenge

6:45 PM to 7:15 PM EST Race 2 of 2 Ferrari Challenge

SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2020
8:00 AM to 8:15 AM EST Unseeded Final 1:35 PM to 11:55 PM EST Race Rolex 24 at Daytona WeatherTech Championship

SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2020
12:00 AM to 1:35 PM EST Race Rolex 24 at Daytona WeatherTech Championship

IndyCar representatives
IndyCar said that Jirayu La-ongmanee, Metagross, and Beartic will not represent IndyCar at the Rolex 24. All three signed up for the Pokémon run in Thailand instead.

Withdrawals

 * 🇳🇬 Cedric Ceballos → replaced by Hussawee Pakrapongpisan
 * Ed Jones → replaced by Chawinvut Kongtoranin
 * 🇪🇨 Drew Lachey → replaced by Ryan Briscoe
 * 🇵🇰 Kunatip Pinpradab → replaced by Ueli Kestenholz
 * 🇹🇭 Chanathip Songkrasin → replaced by Arunpong Chaiwinit
 * 🇦🇹 Thundurus → replaced by Korapat Kirdpan

Seeds
The seeds were announced after Jirayu La-ongmanee defeated 2021 IndyCar Series teammate Pee Saderd at the The Face Men Thailand Finals.

IndyCar announced that Scott Dixon was guaranteed a top four seeding due to him missing the Swiss Open, with Dixon seeded second, behind Andretti Autosport's Pee Saderd.

James Hinchcliffe had to be seeded outside the top 24 because he didn't have a ride for the 2020 IndyCar Series season at the announcement of the seedings.

However, due to Abomasnow's run in December which ended up being a big hit for IndyCar, entry is restricted due to One Year 365 วัน บ้านฉัน บ้านเธอ. The restrictions for players applied for the 2020 Rolex 24 at Daytona: they had to be a current or former IndyCar Series captain, a contestant on The Mask Singer Thailand, a Thailand SuperStar IG entry ranked above Abomasnow (with approximately 1.78 million followers) by the tournament start (despite the 0 followers), or a Thai actor signed into Channel 3 or Channel 7.

Kunatip Pinpradab originally qualified for this tournament. With Abomasnow gaining over 20,000 followers before the start of the Cup at the 2020 Roar Before the Rolex 24, he failed to qualify and thus had to play the unseeded Rolex 24 at Daytona instead.

🇷🇺 Pee Saderd (Final, withdrew) 🇺🇦 Scott Dixon (Quarterfinals) 🇫🇷 Simon Pagenaud (Fourth round) 🇷🇸 Volcarona (Quarterfinals) 🇧🇦 Beartic (Quarterfinals) 🇧🇪 Metagross (Semifinals) 🇰🇷 Jirayu La-ongmanee (Champion) Josef Newgarden (Semifinals) 🇦🇺 Will Power (Fourth round) 🇦🇿 Decidueye (Fourth round) 🇵🇱 Joey Fatone (Fourth round) 🇸🇰 Ryan Hunter-Reay (Third round) 🇯🇵 Apolo Anton Ohno (Fourth round) 🇪🇸 Mario Lopez (Fourth round) Honchkrow (Fourth round) Graham Rahal (Quarterfinals)

🇸🇪 Heracross (Fourth round) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pachara Chirathivat (First round) 🇵🇪 Jaylerr Kritsanapoom (Second round) 🇮🇹 Marko Manieri (Second round) 🇲🇩 Amoonguss (First round) 🇦🇱 Jinjett Wattanasin (Third round) 🇲🇽 Patricio O'Ward (Third round) 🇲🇰 Skorupi (First round) Jakkapat Wattanasin (Third round) 🇷🇴 Vaporeon (First round) Magmortar (Third round) 🇨🇦 James Hinchcliffe (Third round) 🇫🇮 Noivern (Second round) 🇨🇾 Milo Manheim (Third round) Tanont Chumroen (Third round) 🇧🇷 Larvesta (First round)

IndyCar Cup 1
The IndyCar Cup is held January 10, 2020, at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The Cup is used as a makeup for the originally scheduled January 24, 2020 Cup.

Volcarona was the defending Cup champion, having won last Thursday, but lost to their Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon in the quarterfinals.

Round 1 of the Cup saw some upsets, with Tanont Chumroen qualifying for the knockout stages due to a tiebreaker with the fastest time advancing out of the three in Kao Jirayu La-ongmanee's Group H. Jaylerr Kritsanapoom upset Joey Fatone, allowing the Peruvian to advance to the knockouts where he played Jirayu La-ongmanee, although La-ongmanee would've been his opponent at the December 27, 2019 Cup had Simon Pagenaud's lap time been faster than Jaylerr's in the Frenchman's final group match. Marko Manieri upset Ryan Hunter-Reay in his final match, allowing him to play Pee Saderd, who is Hunter-Reay's teammate in 2020. James Hinchcliffe, despite making the Roar Before the 24 semifinals, failed to win a single game.

After Jirayu La-ongmanee defeated Jaylerr Kritsanapoom in the round of 16, only the group winners and pot 1 seeds managed to make the quarterfinals.

Jirayu La-ongmanee defeated Pee Saderd 2–1 in the Cup finals, to avenge his loss against the Russian at the first 2020 Roar Before the 24 Cup.

Seeding pots
Bold determines the name made the round of 16.

Group E
Group E is the group of death, if Eurovision was used. All four countries in the group have at least 80% qualification records.

IndyCar Cup 2
The IndyCar Cup is held January 18, 2020, at the Daytona International Speedway road course. Due to the 2020 Sebring Open qualifiers held on the Thursday before the warmup Saturday, it acts as the last Cup before the warmup for the 24 hour race, held Saturday and Sunday.

Had the Cup been held on January 24, it would've caused conflict for Metagross, Jirayu La-ongmanee, Honchkrow, and Beartic, as all three chose to participate in the 2020 Pokémon Run Thailand event instead.

The Cup made some changes: half of them are full-time IndyCar captains, and half of them are men that have competed on BATC before season 12.

Seeding pots
The seeding pots were revealed after Team Monster Energy won week 18 of Ben and Toad's Contest season 11.

The sixteen contestants that were internally selected by BATC were placed into Pots 3 and 4. Bold determines the name made the round of 16. Pee Saderd was drawn in Pot 1, but withdrew because of a scheduled run, and Hydreigon replaced him.

Group G
Originally Pee Saderd was drawn in this group. Saderd withdrew due to his scheduled run, so Hydreigon replaced him similar to his injuries in 2015 and 2016.