Petit LeMans: Cadillac 1-2 at Halfway

Dane Cameron out front
Dane Cameron out front

Action Express Racing leads 1-2 with the first half of the Motul Petit Le Mans completed, following several incidents throughout the race so far.

Dane Cameron is out front in the No. 31 Cadillac DPi-V.R while teammate Filipe Albuquerque is running in second. Early leader Tequila Patron ESM is third and eighth.

The No. 2 ESM Nissan Onroak DPi dropped back after an incident with the JDC-Miller Motorsports Oreca 07 Gibson which sent both cars into the gravel. Chris Miller was given a drive-through penalty for the contact.

This brought out the sixth full course caution of the race while the field was neutralized again soon after when GT Daytona champion-elect Christina Nielsen slowed on the back straight.

Her Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 was taken behind the pit wall with a broken axle.

Giancarlo Fisichella and the Risi Competizione Ferrari are back out in the GT Le Mans lead while Mark Wilkins heads the GTD field for Michael Shank Racing.

Performance Tech Motorsports remains out front in Prototype Challenge by two laps.

Standings

POS PIC CURRENT DRIVER MFG LAPS BEHIND GAP
1 1 DANE CAMERON #31 CADILLAC DPICP 220 –.— –.—
2 2 FILIPE ALBUQUERQUE #5 CADILLAC DPICP 220 1.862 1.862
3 3 JOHANNES VAN OVERBEEK #22 NISSAN DPICP 220 3.936 3.936
4 4 BRENDON HARTLEY #2 NISSAN DPICP 220 8.142 8.142
5 5 SIMON PAGENAUD #6 ORECA LMP2CP 220 11.183 11.183
6 6 JONATHAN BOMARITO #90 LIGIER LMP2CP 220 11.736 11.736
7 7 MISHA GOIKHBERG #85 ORECA LMP2CP 220 13.072 13.072
8 1 GIANCARLO FISICHELLA #62 FERRARI 488 GTEMGTLM 216 4 LAPS –.—
9 2 KUNO WITTMER #25 BMW M6 GTLMMGTLM 216 4 LAPS 1.723
10 3 EARL BAMBER #912 PORSCHE 911 RSRMGTLM 216 4 LAPS 3.519
11 4 MARCEL FASSLER #4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.RMGTLM 216 4 LAPS 7.535
12 5 MIKE ROCKENFELLER #3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.RMGTLM 215 5 LAPS 1 LAP
13 6 SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS #66 FORD GTMGTLM 215 5 LAPS 1 LAP
14 7 DIRK WERNER #911 PORSCHE 911 RSRMGTLM 215 5 LAPS 1 LAP
15 8 SCOTT DIXON #67 FORD GTMGTLM 215 5 LAPS 1 LAP
16 1 TOMY DRISSI #26 ORECA FLM09CPC 212 8 LAPS –.—
17 1 MICHAEL CHRISTENSEN #28 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RCGTD 212 8 LAPS –.—
18 2 CHRISTOPHER MIES #29 AUDI R8 LMS GT3CGTD 212 8 LAPS 0.216
19 3 SAGE KARAM #14 LEXUS RCF GT3CGTD 212 8 LAPS 1.226
20 4 MATTHEW MCMURRY #73 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RCGTD 212 8 LAPS 8.519
21 5 NIC JONSSON #54 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RCGTD 212 8 LAPS 11.333
22 6 MARK WILKINS #93 ACURA NSX GT3CGTD 212 8 LAPS 13.309
23 7 SCOTT PRUETT #15 LEXUS RCF GT3CGTD 212 8 LAPS 15.734
24 8 FRANK MONTECALVO #23 AUDI R8 LMS GT3CGTD 212 8 LAPS 16.559
25 9 MARIO FARNBACHER #33 MERCEDES-AMG GT3CGTD 212 8 LAPS 30.052
26 2 BUDDY RICE #20 ORECA FLM09CPC 211 9 LAPS 1 LAP
27 10 COREY LEWIS #16 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3CGTD 211 9 LAPS 1 LAP
28 11 MADISON SNOW #48 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3CGTD 208 12 LAPS 4 LAPS
29 12 ANDREW DAVIS #57 AUDI R8 LMS GT3CGTD 208 12 LAPS 4 LAPS
30 9 MARTIN TOMCZYK #24 BMW M6 GTLMMGTLM 207 13 LAPS 9 LAPS
31 8 NICK HEIDFELD #13 ORECA LMP2CP 205 15 LAPS 15 LAPS
32 3 KYLE MASSON #38 ORECA FLM09CPC 199 21 LAPS 13 LAPS
33 13 JENS KLINGMANN #96 BMW M6 GT3CGTD 198 22 LAPS 14 LAPS
34 14 TOM DYER #86 ACURA NSX GT3CGTD 197 23 LAPS 15 LAPS
35 15 ALESSANDRO BALZAN #63 FERRARI 488 GT3CGTD 181 39 LAPS 31 LAPS
36 16 DION VON MOLTKE #75 MERCEDES-AMG GT3CGTD 180 40 LAPS 32 LAPS
37 9 RYAN HUNTER REAY #10 CADILLAC DPICP 97 123 LAPS 123 LAPS
38 10 JOSE GUTIERREZ #52 LIGIER LMP2CP 62 158 LAPS 158 LAPS
39 17 COOPER MACNEIL #50 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RCGTD 15 205 LAPS 197 LAPS