Rolex 24 Hour 23: #55 Mazda hunting down the #10 Acura

The #55 Mazda was running a sleeper race until the final two hours but now the Mazda, with Harry Ticknell at the wheel is just 2.5s behind and giving the leading #10 Acura of Filipe Albuquerque a real fight.

However, this race can still go to any of the leading five cars and pit strategy might determine who wins this one.

At the 23-hour mark Juan Montoya was 3rd in the #60 Acura ahead of the #01 Cadillac of Renger van der Zande and the #48 Ally Cadillac with Kamui Kobayashi at the wheel – all within 16 seconds of the lead.

#24 BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE, GTLM: Marco Wittmann, Augusto Farfus, Jesse Krohn, John Edwards- LAT Photo for IMSA

The #3 Corvette of Jordan Taylor was back up front in GTLM, just 0.5 s ahead of the #24 RLL BMW of Augusto Farfus.

Hour 23 Standings

POS NO. CLASS TEAM DRIVER_1 DRIVER_2 DRIVER_3 DRIVER_4 VEHICLE LAPS Behind
1 10 DPi Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi Helio Castroneves Acura DPi 772 0.000s
2 55 DPi Mazda Motorsports Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell Jonathan Bomarito Mazda DPi 772 2.852s
3 01 DPi Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Renger van der Zande Kevin Magnussen Scott Dixon Cadillac DPi 772 1’09.399
4 48 DPi Ally Cadillac Racing Jimmie Johnson Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud Mike Rockenfeller Cadillac DPi 772 1’10.860
5 60 DPi Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian Dane Cameron Olivier Pla Juan Pablo Montoya AJ Allmendinger Acura DPi 772 1’23.946
6 8 LMP2 Tower Motorsport John Farano Gabriel Aubry Tim Buret Matthieu Vaxiviere ORECA LMP2 07 754 18 Laps
7 18 LMP2 Era Motorsport Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel Paul-Loup Chatin ORECA LMP2 07 753 19 Laps
8 31 DPi Whelen Engineering Racing Felipe Nasr Mike Conway Pipo Derani Chase Elliott Cadillac DPi 750 22 Laps
9 82 LMP2 DragonSpeed USA LLC Christopher Mies Eric Lux Devlin DeFrancesco Fabian Schiller ORECA LMP2 07 750 22 Laps
10 51 LMP2 RWR-Eurasia Cody Ware Salih Yoluc Austin Dillon Sven Muller Ligier LMP2 746 26 Laps
11 3 GTLM Corvette Racing Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nicky Catsburg Corvette C8.R 737 35 Laps
12 24 GTLM BMW Team RLL John Edwards Jesse Krohn Augusto Farfus Marco Wittmann BMW M8 GTE 737 35 Laps
13 4 GTLM Corvette Racing Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Alexander Sims Corvette C8.R 737 35 Laps
14 62 GTLM Risi Competizione James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Jules Gounon Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE 736 36 Laps
15 25 GTLM BMW Team RLL Connor De Phillippi Philipp Eng Timo Glock Bruno Spengler BMW M8 GTE 735 37 Laps
16 11 LMP2 WIN Autosport Steven Thomas Tristan Nunez Thomas Merrill Matthew Bell ORECA LMP2 07 733 39 Laps
17 79 GTLM WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil Kevin Estre Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni Porsche 911 RSR – 19 727 45 Laps
18 74 LMP3 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson Scott Andrews Oliver Askew Spencer Pigot Ligier JS P320 725 47 Laps
19 33 LMP3 Sean Creech Motorsport Lance Willsey Joao Barbosa Wayne Boyd Yann Clairay Ligier JS P320 722 50 Laps
20 5 DPi Mustang Sampling / JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier Loic Duval Sebastien Bourdais Cadillac DPi 720 52 Laps
21 6 LMP3 Muehlner Motorsports America Moritz Kranz Laurents Hoerr Kenton Koch Stevan McAleer Duqueine D08 718 54 Laps
22 91 LMP3 Riley Motorsports Jim Cox Dylan Murry Austin McCusker Jeroen Bleekemolen Ligier JS P320 715 57 Laps
23 57 GTD Winward Racing Russell Ward Philip Ellis Indy Dontje Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG GT3 714 58 Laps
24 75 GTD Sun Energy 1 Kenny Habul Raffaele Marciello Mikael Grenier Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG GT3 714 58 Laps
25 1 GTD Paul Miller Racing Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis Andrea Caldarelli Lamborghini Huracan GT3 713 59 Laps
26 16 GTD Wright Motorsports Trent Hindman Patrick Long Jan Heylen Klaus Bachler Porsche 911 GT3R 713 59 Laps
27 23 GTD Heart Of Racing Team Ian James Roman De Angelis Darren Turner Ross Gunn Aston Martin Vantage GT3 713 59 Laps
28 97 GTD TF Sport Maxwell Root Charlie Eastwood Ben Keating Richard Westbrook Aston Martin Vantage GT3 712 60 Laps
29 21 GTD Af Corse Simon Mann Nicklas Nielsen Daniel Serra Matteo Cressoni Ferrari 488 GT3 712 60 Laps
30 96 GTD Turner Motorsport Bill Auberlen Robby Foley Aidan Read Colton Herta BMW M6 GT3 712 60 Laps
31 28 GTD Alegra Motorsports Daniel Morad Mike Skeen Billy Johnson Maxi Buhk Mercedes-AMG GT3 710 62 Laps
32 54 LMP3 Core Autosport Jonathan Bennett George Kurtz Colin Braun Matt McMurry Ligier JS P320 708 64 Laps
33 88 GTD Team Hardpoint EBM Rob Ferriol Earl Bamber Katherine Legge Christina Nielsen Porsche 911 GT3R 705 67 Laps
34 44 GTD Magnus with Archangel John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Mario Farnbacher Acura NSX GT3 705 67 Laps
35 63 GTD Scuderia Corsa Ed Jones Bret Curtis Ryan Briscoe Marcos Gomes Ferrari 488 GT3 676 96 Laps
36 47 LMP2 Cetilar Racing Roberto Lacorte Antonio Fuoco Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto Dallara LMP2 676 96 Laps
37 9 GTD Pfaff Motorsports Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor Lars Kern Matt Campbell Porsche 911 GT3R 670 102 Laps
38 42 GTD NTE Sport Alan Metni Andrew Davis JR Hildebrand Don Yount Audi R8 LMS GT3 665 107 Laps
39 52 LMP2 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Nicolas Lapierre ORECA LMP2 07 663 109 Laps
40 38 LMP3 Performance Tech Motorsports Rasmus Lindh Cameron Cassels Mateo LLarena Ayrton Ori Ligier JS P320 656 116 Laps
41 12 GTD Vasser Sullivan Robert Megennis Zach Veach Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo Lexus RC F GT3 650 122 Laps
42 14 GTD Vasser Sullivan Aaron Telitz Oliver Gavin Kyle Kirkwood Jack Hawksworth Lexus RC F GT3 641 131 Laps
43 64 GTD TeamTGM Ted Giovanis Owen Trinkler Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb Porsche 911 GT3R 515 257 Laps
44 7 LMP3 Forty7 Motorsports Mark Kvamme Ryan Norman Gabby Chaves Trenton Estep Duqueine D08 413 359 Laps
45 111 GTD GRT Grasser Racing Team Steijn Schothorst Marco Mapelli Rolf Ineichen Mirko Bortolotti Lamborghini Huracan GT3 347 425 Laps
46 19 GTD GRT Grasser Racing Team Misha Goikhberg Franck Perera Albert Costa Tim Zimmermann Lamborghini Huracan GT3 195 577 Laps
47 29 LMP2 Racing Team Nederland Frits Van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job van Uitert Charles Milesi ORECA LMP2 07 64 708 Laps
48 20 LMP2 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen Anders Fjordbach Robert Kubica ORECA LMP2 07 56 716 Laps
49 81 LMP2 DragonSpeed USA LLC Ben Hanley Rob Hodes Garett Grist Rinus Veekay ORECA LMP2 07 53 719 Laps