Castroneves will lead the way in IMSA's return to racing this evening, with the Acura Team Penske driver having qualified on pole for the WeatherTech 240 at Daytona International Speedway, sportscar365.com reports.

Castroneves jumped to the top of the time sheets in the final practice prior to qualifying for Sunday's Mobil 1 Sportscar Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The Brazilian laid down a 1:05.632 lap time in the No. 7 Team Penske Acura ARX-05 early in the session, outpacing Friday's pace-setting No. 54 CORE autosport Nissan DPi of Colin Braun by 0.152 seconds, sportscar365.com reports.

Castroneves will start Saturday's Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix from the pole, in the second consecutive top qualifying run for Acura Team Penske on the streets of Long Beach. The Brazilian took his No. 7 Acura ARX-05 to a quick lap of 1:11.332 to edge out countryman Felipe Nasr in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R by 0.218 seconds, sportscar365.com reports.

Friday's second practice at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park was marred by an accident by Castroneves in the No. 7 Team Penske Acura ARX-05, who made heavy contact with the Turn 5 barriers. It resulted in a lengthy red flag for track cleanup, with the ORECA-built prototype sustaining comprehensive damage to the right-rear, sportscar365.com reports.

Castroneves kept Acura Team Penske on top of the time charts by setting the fastest lap in Practice 2 for the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship at Detroit. The Brazilian's best lap in the No. 7 Acura ARX-05, a 1:22.363, was 0.025 seconds faster than second-place Pipo Derani for Tequila Patron ESM, but Castroneves slowed on track in the final 10 minutes to bring out the third and final red flag of the session, sportscar365.com reports.