Rolex 24: Hour 23 - 1 Hour to go and Caddys 1-2

The #5 Cadillac has broken all the Rolex 24 records but it's not over yet.

LAT for IMSA

With 1-hour to go the #5 Action Express Cadillac in the hands of Felipe Albuquerque is stroking their unhealthy car to the finish. As a result the sister #31 Action Express Cadillac with Mike Conway at the wheel has made up almost two laps and is now just under 2 laps behind and closing at 5-seconds per lap. At the same time the #31 has to hold off the #54 Oreca driven by Colin Braun.

The #5 Cadillac has a new all-time distance record for the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The previous record of 2,760.960 miles was surpassed on the No. 5 car’s 776th tour of the 3.56-mile circuit.

Only four full course caution periods have led to the record pace but it has put a real strain on the engines and the #5 team is worried..

In GTLM the Ford GTs now have a full lap lead over the old front-engine #3 and #4 Corvettes. Ryan Briscoe currently leads Joey Hand by 2.8 seconds and it's a race to the finish.

Four cars remain on the lead lap in GT Daytona. The #11 Lamborghini continues to lead in GTD with Bortolotti at the wheel, a comfortable 38 seconds ahead of the Michael Shank Acura driven by Parente.

The forecast rain appears like it will hold off until after the finish.

Mark C. reporting for AutoRacing1.com

Hour 23 Standings

Pos	CP	Car	CL	Current Driver	Lap	Gap	Int	Make
1	1	5	P	F.Albuquerque	773	—	—	Cadillac DPi
2	2	31	P	M.Conway	771	-2 L	-2 L	Cadillac DPi
3	3	54	P	C.Braun	771	-2 L	63.613	ORECA LMP2
4	4	32	P	B.Senna	768	-5 L	-3 L	Ligier LMP2
5	5	78	P	A.Felix da Costa	767	-6 L	-1 L	ORECA LMP2
6	6	99	P	G.Menezes	762	-11 L	-5 L	ORECA LMP2
7	7	85	P	A.Cindric	762	-11 L	25.460	ORECA LMP2
8	8	38	P	J.Miller	760	-13 L	-2 L	ORECA LMP2
9	9	7	P	H.Castroneves	756	-17 L	-4 L	Acura DPi
10	10	6	P	J.Pablo Montoya	756	-17 L	74.428	Acura DPi
11	1	67	GTLM	R.Briscoe	747	—	—	Ford GT
12	2	66	GTLM	J.Hand	747	3.860	3.860	Ford GT
13	3	3	GTLM	A.Garcia	746	-1 L	-1 L	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
14	4	4	GTLM	M.Fassler	745	-2 L	-1 L	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
15	11	37	P	L.Stroll	742	-31 L	-14 L	ORECA LMP2
16	5	62	GTLM	A.Pier Guidi	739	-8 L	-6 L	Ferrari 488 GTE
17	6	912	GTLM	E.Bamber	739	-8 L	11.657	Porsche 911 RSR
18	7	24	GTLM	J.Edwards	738	-9 L	-1 L	BMW M8 GTLM
19	12	52	P	S.Saavedra	734	-39 L	-8 L	Ligier LMP2
20	8	911	GTLM	F.Makowiecki	718	-29 L	-20 L	Porsche 911 RSR
21	1	11	GTD	M.Bortolotti	718	—	—	Lamborghini Huracan GT3
22	2	86	GTD	A.Parente	718	38.618	38.618	Acura NSX GT3
23	3	48	GTD	A.Caldarelli	717	-1 L	-1 L	Lamborghini Huracan GT3
24	4	33	GTD	J.Bleekemolen	717	-1 L	48.783	Mercedes-AMG GT3
25	5	64	GTD	S.Bird	717	-1 L	37.984	Ferrari 488 GT3
26	6	44	GTD	A.Lally	717	-1 L	5.799	Audi R8 LMS GT3
27	7	29	GTD	K.van der Linde	716	-2 L	-1 L	Audi R8 LMS GT3
28	13	23	P	L.Norris	711	-62 L	-23 L	Ligier LMP2
29	8	75	GTD	M.Engel	711	-7 L	-5 L	Mercedes-AMG GT3
30	9	15	GTD	J.Hawksworth	710	-8 L	-1 L	Lexus RCF GT3
31	10	93	GTD	L.Aschenbach	710	-8 L	22.554	Acura NSX GT3
32	11	63	GTD	A.Balzan	710	-8 L	48.677	Ferrari 488 GT3
33	12	71	GTD	R.Foley	707	-11 L	-3 L	Mercedes-AMG GT3
34	13	19	GTD	C.Engelhart	706	-12 L	-1 L	Lamborghini Huracan GT3
35	14	96	GTD	J.Klingmann	700	-18 L	-6 L	BMW M6 GT3
36	9	25	GTLM	A.Sims	696	-51 L	-22 L	BMW M8 GTLM
37	15	69	GTD	R.Eversley	692	-26 L	-8 L	Acura NSX GT3
38	16	14	GTD	B.Junqueira	686	-32 L	-6 L	Lexus RCF GT3
39	17	82	GTD	M.Molina	682	-36 L	-4 L	Ferrari 488 GT3
40	18	73	GTD	J.Bergmeister	642	-76 L	-40 L	Porsche 911 GT3 R
41	19	59	GTD	S.Muller	637	-81 L	-5 L	Porsche 911 GT3 R
42	20	58	GTD	M.Jaminet	632	-86 L	-5 L	Porsche 911 GT3 R
43	14	20	P	A.Popow	609	-164 L	-102 L	Multimatic/Riley LMP2
44	21	51	GTD	P.Dalla Lana	571	-147 L	-61 L	Ferrari 488 GT3
45	15	10	P	R.Van Der Zande	555	-218 L	-54 L	Cadillac DPi
46	16	55	P	J.Bomarito	541	-232 L	-14 L	Mazda DPi
47	17	77	P	T.Nunez	530	-243 L	-11 L	Mazda DPi
48	18	22	P	P.Derani	438	-335 L	-92 L	Nissan DPi
49	19	2	P	R.Dalziel	338	-435 L	-100 L	Nissan DPi
50	20	90	P	M.McMurry	291	-482 L	-47 L	Cadillac DPi