NTE Sport Sets Rolex 24 Lineup

NTE/SSR will return to the Rolex 24 at Daytona with an adjusted driver lineup, with Don Yount, Jaden Conwright, Kerong Li and Alessio Deledda having been confirmed to pilot the team’s Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season-opener.

The Texas-based team is understood to have registered for a full season GTD class entry although has yet to announce its full-time drivers.

“The Rolex 24 field is at capacity, and it’s such an honor for NTE/SSR to be included in such a prestigious event against some of the world’s best teams and drivers,” said team principal Paul Mata.

“I got my start as a mechanic and to now be a team owner, competing against this field with such a strong lineup really calls the best out of each and every person at NTE.

We’ve proven to be competitive against many of these teams, and now we are ready to fight for our place on the podium of an important event. I believe we have the lineup to make that happen.”

Gentleman driver Yount has been a pillar of NTE/SSR since the team’s WeatherTech Championship debut in 2021 and has been a part of the majority of the team’s races since.

Yount recently earned a top-ten finish alongside former Porsche factory driver Marco Holzer and current co-driver Jaden Conwright in last year’s season-ending Motul Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.

Conwright, the inaugural recipient of the IMSA Diverse Driver Development Scholarship, will continue to receive some support from the scholarship as he works towards becoming a full-time driver in the WeatherTech Championship.

Conwright completed the most races in the year of any NTE driver last year, racing in all seven of the team’s races in the 12-race calendar.

Li made his sports car racing debut in 2021 at Road Atlanta with NTE/SSR in Michelin Pilot Challenge. Since then, the young racer has continued to develop his craft in the sports car racing arena, participating in the 2022 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe’s Pro-Am Cup, and the 24H GT Series powered by Hankook.

Deledda, meanwhioe, joins NTE having recently competed in the DTM championship with GRT Grasser Racing in a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo.

He began his career in motorcycle racing, moving to open wheel racing in 2018 in the Italian Formula 4 championship. He climbed the open-wheel ladder to the FIA Formula 2 championship in 2021 before moving to sports cars in 2022.