Challenging Twelve Hours of Sebring for Acura Meyer Shank Racing

Sebring, Fla. (March 21, 2026) - Acura Meyer Shank Racing (“AcuraMSR”) closed out the 74th edition of the Twelve Hours of Sebring finishing fifth and seventh in a 12-hour event that saw a record-setting crowd and ups and downs for the two GTP entries. 

Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun and Scott Dixon finished fifth in the No. 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian entry while Renger van der Zande, Nick Yelloly and Alex Palou finished seventh in the No. 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian entry while.

Both cars ran inside the top five at multiple points throughout the race and completed nearly ten hours of clean, uneventful running. However, an incident between the two entries during the final round of pit stops resulted in drive-through penalties for both cars. The final restart saw Blomqvist in eighth while Yelloly was ninth. Blomqvist did what he does best, and moved up three positions in the final 10 laps to bring the No. 60 Acura home in fifth. Yelloly also moved up two positions following the final restart and finished seventh.

Race Recap:
- Tom Blomqvist started on the front row and quickly established strong pace, running in the top 3 for first 55 laps of the race
- Blomqvist held the fastest lap time for a majority of the race (149.395)
- The No. 60 continued to run inside the top-five during extended green-flag running of the race (149.395)
- Blomqvist made up three positions following the final restart to put the No. 60 P5 at the checker
- Renger van der Zande started P9, but was into the top five within the first 10 laps and ran as high as P2
- The No. 93 remained firmly inside the top five through the eighth hour, staying in podium contention
- At 10h 29m, the No. 93 received a drive-through penalty for hitting equipment in the neighboring pit box and the No. 60 received a drive-through penalty for not being centered in their pit box

Acura MSR Driver Quotes:

Tom Blomqvist: "A bit of an eventful day, as it seems to have been so far this season. Just so many small issues that put us on the back foot going into the last hour or so. We did well to recover there at the end. We were basically last (of the lead-lap cars), so we managed to work our way back up to P5. But we needed more laps, because I think we had a lot of pace at the end. A lot of lessons to be learned and we’ll keep chipping away."

Colin Braun: "All in all, to finish P5 is certainly a decent result. It was a bit of a challenging day. I felt like we had a strong Acura at times and we fought all day. Everyone did a great job on strategy and Scott and Tom drove really well. We have to clean a few things up for the next one, but in the end to come away with a P5 is something to be proud of. We got some decent points and lots to build on going into Long Beach."

Scott Dixon: "It was an interesting day, lots of ups and downs. Honestly we didn't have too many problems, until we did have one towards the end of the race. We were really fighting for third place, the Porsches were in a different zip code."

Nick Yelloly: "Seventhat the flag and fifth for the sister car. Thankfully the sister Acura managed to get ahead of the BMW and that means we get more manufacturer points. Unfortunately it fell apart a little bit in the pits when we got our penalty when we were in a pretty good position on track. We'll be looking to clean it up for Acura's home race, the Grand Prix in Long Beach."

Renger van der Zande: "We clearly didn't have the pace for the win. But, at the same time we didn't help ourselves to execute well. When it really mattered we made mistakes in pit lane. Everything before that penalty was going pretty well. We were cycling through to third place at times and that's where the pace of the car was. All we can do is learn a lot from it and do better next time."

Alex Palou: "It was a tough day for us. I think we definitely had the pace for at least a podium finish today. We were able to run in the top three for a good portion of the race. But unfortunately with the penalty, we didn't have the chance to fight for a podium finish. Super thankful for Meyer Shank Racing and Honda to have the opportunity to run in these endurance races, and I'm already looking forward to being back for the next one."