Australians Will Power and Kenny Habul have confirmed they will team up to compete in this year’s Daytona 24-hour endurance race.
 
The Queensland born pair will share the #75 Sun Energy1 Racing Team’s Mercedes-AMG GT3 with German ace Fabian Schiller and Zimbabwean Axcil Jeffries in the GT Daytona (GTD) competing against 25 entries from nine different manufacturers.
 
Power’s 2022 was a memorable one, claiming the NTT IndyCar Series win and brings plenty of experience to the team for this event, while Habul also had a strong 12 months. Habul’s accomplishments include sealing his third Pro-Am drivers’ title in the Intercontinental GT Challenge finale at the Gulf 12 Hours in December. That title-winning campaign consisted of outright victory in the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, as well as second-place class finishes in the 24 Hours of Spa and Indianapolis 8 Hour.


 
Power said he was thrilled to be joining with compatriot Habul in the world famous event, the Rolex 24.
 
“The Daytona 24 is an iconic event on the bucket list of most drivers and I have to thank Kenny (Habul) for the opportunity,” Power said.
 
“I am looking forward to driving the heavier GT car and getting experience for, hopefully, a lot more drives like this in the future - including the Bathurst 1000 and Bathurst 12-hour back in Australia.
 
“It is quite funny when you look back at how Kenny and I raced Formula Ford against each other all those years ago and now we are going to be teammates.
 
“He chose a business route instead of chasing his racing dream and has obviously been incredibly successful. It has been great to watch him enjoy his racing later in life and actually improve as he gets older.
 
“Kenny obviously knows what it takes to be successful in business and is applying all those lessons to his racing - his win in the Bathurst 12-hour last year is proof of that.”


 
Habul was also eager to link up with Power and put in a strong showing.
 
“Will is a monster talent and genuine person and we look forward to him being a valuable contributor to our 24-hour campaign at Daytona,” Habul said.
 
“He has a reputation of being fast in anything he drives and I am sure he will be up to speed in our gear in no time.
 
“Will and I have been friends since we raced Formula Ford against each other in the late 90s and it is quite ironic that we now have houses only a few miles apart from each other in North Carolina.
 
“We stood on the podium together as kids, in the 1999 Formula Ford race at the Gold Coast IndyCar event, dreaming of racing Indy cars someday, Will made that dream happen and then some. I’m so proud of him.
 
“I think the mixture of myself, Will, Fabian and Axcil will be a competitive one and it would be nice to come away from the weekend with a Rolex watch.”
 
The Rolex 24 at Daytona will take place across the weekend of 28-29 January at Daytona International Speedway.