“Watching the cars go through the chicane at the Roar, aesthetically, it didn’t look like Daytona,” Kelleher told NBC Sports.

A traditionally action-packed section of the road course could race much differently after safety changes were made because of a NASCAR crash in 2023.

The Le Mans Chicane (also historically known as the “Bus Stop”) on the backstretch will be slower and more treacherous because of raised curbing that likely will preclude side-by-side racing ...