Race day has dawned at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, where 50 cars in three classes will be vying for victory in the opening round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.

Within the GT Le Mans class, Michelin will be represented by nine cars from five technical partner teams: two apiece from Corvette Racing, Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, Porsche GT Team and BMW Team RLL, and a single Risi Competizione Ferrari.

Meanwhile there are 20 cars going for the overall win in the Prototype class, and 21 cars in the GT Daytona class.

Jan Magnussen (GTLM, No. 3 Corvette C7.R), Renger van der Zande (P, No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R) and Daniel Serra (GTD, No. 51 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3) qualified on pole in class. A qualifying recap is linked here.

Here’s some of the atmosphere from around the paddock before things get going.

Race day is finally upon us! Bring on the #Rolex24! pic.twitter.com/dZERTmCn99

— Porsche GT Team IMSA (@PorscheNAracing) January 27, 2018

Good morning from the #DreamTeam !! ?#allFarfus #BMW #MISSION8 #Daytona #Rolex24 pic.twitter.com/ov8aJxUMTz

— Augusto Farfus (@augustofarfus) January 27, 2018

These beauts get to take the remainder of the afternoon off to gain some much needed rest ahead of the #Rolex24. #FordIMSA pic.twitter.com/m4OvLr75oM

— CGR SportsCar (@CGRsportscar) January 26, 2018

Sleep when it comes to @Rolex24Hours is over rated. Hope you stay up with us. https://t.co/XkNQSestCg

— Mike Hull (@IndyMHull) January 27, 2018

Scenes from @DISupdates, #Rolex24 Qualifying Edition! #Corvette #C7R #Z06 @IMSA @TeamChevy pic.twitter.com/APmvNCXb4z

— Corvette Racing (@CorvetteRacing) January 25, 2018

Starting P7 for the @Rolex24Hours One more practice to go today and then tomorrow we finally get going. pic.twitter.com/y32NbUCBcB

— James Calado (@CaladoJames) January 26, 2018

Here’s a rundown of today’s schedule and air times.

Saturday, January 27

12:00-12:45: Autograph Session
12:45-1:40: Grid cars in reverse order GTD-GTLM-P
1:05-2:20: Pre-Race/Open Grid Fan Walk – Pit Lane
1:10-1:30: GTLM/GTD Introductions
1:30-1:40: P Introductions
2:20-2:40: Formal Pre-Race Activities
2:40: START ROLEX 24

Sunday, January 28

2:40: END ROLEX 24

TV Schedule (FOX, FS1, FS2, FS GO)

? The new @IMSA season begins this weekend at @DISupdates! Tune-in starting Saturday at 2p ET on @FOXSports https://t.co/yYmIVbqe2t pic.twitter.com/jrtb9vSvxk

— Michelin USA (@MichelinUSA) January 25, 2018

Television and streaming schedule for the #Rolex24 at @DISupdates. pic.twitter.com/OiFDd9PG5j

— SPEED (@SPEED) January 22, 2018

Radio Schedule (RS2 IMSA Radio on Radio Le Mans)

All IMSA sessions air live via radiolemans.com, with coverage on RS2 channel in the player. International coverage is picked up on IMSA.com.