Rolex 24 Hour 18: Action Express comes from laps down to retake lead
Last year's winners have made up many laps to take the lead |
After stopping out on track and losing many laps when a fuel pressure hose disconnected and the car stopped out on the track, the Action Express Corvette DP with Joao Barbosa at the wheel is back out in front of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The track is currently under caution.
Jordan Taylor runs 2nd in the Wayne Taylor No. 10 Corvette DP.
The two Ganassi Fords run 3rd and 4th and the top 4 cars essentially are nose-to-tail setting up what appears to be a 4-car shootout for the win over the final 6 hours of the grueling twice around the clock race.
Hour 18 Standings
COP | CCP | Class | Car | Current Driver | Car Type | Laps | Behind | Gap |
1 | 1 | P | 5 | Joao Barbosa | Corvette DP | 547 | –.— | –.— |
2 | 2 | P | 10 | Jordan Taylor | Corvette DP | 547 | 1.975 | 1.975 |
3 | 3 | P | 02 | Tony Kanaan | Ford Ecoboost DP | 547 | 2.768 | 0.793 |
4 | 4 | P | 01 | Scott Pruett | Ford Ecoboost DP | 547 | 4.139 | 1.371 |
5 | 5 | P | 90 | Richard Westbrook | Corvette DP | 545 | 2 Laps | 2 Laps |
6 | 6 | P | 60 | John Pew | Honda Hpd Ligier Js P2 | 542 | 5 Laps | 3 Laps |
7 | 1 | GTLM | 4 | Oliver Gavin | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | 536 | 11 Laps | 6 Laps |
8 | 2 | GTLM | 3 | Ryan Briscoe | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | 536 | 11 Laps | 0.841 |
9 | 3 | GTLM | 25 | Bruno Spengler | Bmw Z4 GTE | 536 | 11 Laps | 0.909 |
10 | 4 | GTLM | 17 | Patrick Long | Porsche 911 RSR | 530 | 17 Laps | 6 Laps |
11 | 1 | PC | 54 | Colin Braun | Oreca Flm09 | 530 | 17 Laps | 13:52.692 |
12 | 7 | P | 31 | Phil Keen | Corvette DP | 530 | 17 Laps | 14.005 |
13 | 2 | PC | 52 | Tom Kimber Smith | Oreca Flm09 | 527 | 20 Laps | 3 Laps |
14 | 3 | PC | 16 | Brian Alder | Oreca Flm09 | 526 | 21 Laps | 1 Lap |
15 | 1 | GTD | 93 | Dominik Farnbacher | Dodge Viper Srt | 522 | 25 Laps | 4 Laps |
16 | 2 | GTD | 63 | Jeff Segal | Ferrari 458 Italia | 522 | 25 Laps | 0.845 |
17 | 3 | GTD | 22 | Cooper Macneil | Porsche 911 Gt America | 522 | 25 Laps | 22.781 |
18 | 4 | GTD | 64 | Francisco Longo | Ferrari 458 Italia | 522 | 25 Laps | 3.537 |
19 | 5 | GTD | 48 | Christopher Haase | Audi R8 Lms | 520 | 27 Laps | 2 Laps |
20 | 6 | GTD | 58 | Philipp Eng | Porsche 911 Gt America | 519 | 28 Laps | 1 Lap |
21 | 7 | GTD | 49 | Matt Griffin | Ferrari 458 Italia | 516 | 31 Laps | 3 Laps |
22 | 4 | PC | 85 | Rusty Mitchell | Oreca Flm09 | 515 | 32 Laps | 1 Lap |
23 | 5 | GTLM | 912 | Earl Bamber | Porsche 911 RSR | 514 | 33 Laps | 1 Lap |
24 | 8 | GTD | 009 | Eliseo Salazar | Aston Martin V12 Vantage | 511 | 36 Laps | 3 Laps |
25 | 6 | GTLM | 24 | Jens Klingmann | Bmw Z4 GTE | 510 | 37 Laps | 1 Lap |
26 | 9 | GTD | 81 | Mike Skeen | Porsche 911 Gt America | 508 | 39 Laps | 2 Laps |
27 | 10 | GTD | 33 | Marc Goossens | Dodge Viper Srt | 505 | 42 Laps | 3 Laps |
28 | 11 | GTD | 73 | Patrick Lindsey | Porsche 911 Gt America | 496 | 51 Laps | 9 Laps |
29 | 12 | GTD | 45 | Markus Winkelhock | Audi R8 Lms | 489 | 58 Laps | 7 Laps |
30 | 5 | PC | 11 | Gustavo Menezes | Oreca Flm09 | 489 | 58 Laps | 7.008 |
31 | 8 | P | 50 | David Hinton | Bmw Power Riley DP | 485 | 62 Laps | 4 Laps |
32 | 9 | P | 66 | David Cheng | Bmw Power Riley DP | 482 | 65 Laps | 3 Laps |
33 | 13 | GTD | 44 | Marco Seefried | Porsche 911 Gt America | 464 | 83 Laps | 18 Laps |
34 | 7 | GTLM | 911 | Marc Lieb | Porsche 911 RSR | 454 | 93 Laps | 10 Laps |
35 | 8 | GTLM | 98 | Mathias Lauda | Aston Martin Vantage V8 | 444 | 103 Laps | 10 Laps |
36 | 10 | P | 7 | Brendon Hartley | Bmw Power Riley DP | 426 | 121 Laps | 18 Laps |
37 | 14 | GTD | 97 | Boris Said | Bmw Z4 | 423 | 124 Laps | 3 Laps |
38 | 15 | GTD | 007 | Brandon Davis | Aston Martin V12 Vantage | 417 | 130 Laps | 6 Laps |
39 | 16 | GTD | 18 | Nikolaus Mayr Melnhof | Porsche 911 Gt America | 408 | 139 Laps | 9 Laps |
40 | 11 | P | 1 | Ryan Dalziel | Honda Hpd Arx | 389 | 158 Laps | 19 Laps |
41 | 6 | PC | 61 | Ivo Breukers | Oreca Flm09 | 361 | 186 Laps | 28 Laps |
42 | 12 | P | 07 | Ben Devlin | Mazda Prototype | 348 | 199 Laps | 13 Laps |
43 | 9 | GTLM | 62 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari F458 Italia | 310 | 237 Laps | 38 Laps |
44 | 7 | PC | 8 | Mirco Schultis | Oreca Flm09 | 299 | 248 Laps | 11 Laps |
45 | 17 | GTD | 19 | Ricardo Flores | Porsche 911 Gt America | 280 | 267 Laps | 19 Laps |
46 | 8 | PC | 38 | James French | Oreca Flm09 | 238 | 309 Laps | 42 Laps |
47 | 18 | GTD | 23 | Alex Riberas | Porsche 911 Gt America | 233 | 314 Laps | 5 Laps |
48 | 10 | GTLM | 51 | Francois Perrodo | Ferrari 458 Italia | 211 | 336 Laps | 22 Laps |
49 | 13 | P | 70 | James Hinchcliffe | Mazda Prototype | 198 | 349 Laps | 13 Laps |
50 | 19 | GTD | 28 | Christian Engelhart | Porsche 911 Gt America | 176 | 371 Laps | 22 Laps |
51 | 14 | P | 57 | Alex Brundle | Ligier Js P2 Judd | 172 | 375 Laps | 4 Laps |
52 | 15 | P | 2 | Johannes Van Overbeek | Honda Hpd Arx | 49 | 498 Laps | 123 Laps |
53 | 16 | P | 0 | Andy Meyrick | Deltawing Dwc13 | 42 | 505 Laps | 7 Laps |