IMSA and ACO set to announce joint top-level class

The DPi cars will convert to be on same playing field as the ACO and FIA Hypercars

IMSA and the ACO are set to confirm joint plans for their top-class – prototype racing, with an announcement scheduled at Daytona International Speedway for Friday morning.

The ACO issued a media advisory that will see an announcement at 11:45 a.m. ET on Friday between ACO President Pierre Fillon and IMSA Chairman Jim France.

Rumor has it that DPi’s next-generation platform will be eligible alongside the FIA and ACO’s Le Mans Hypercar formula beginning in 2022 when the same set of top-class prototypes will be eligible to compete in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, 24 Hours of Le Mans and Petit LeMans for the first time in decades.