Rolex 24: Hour 18: Cadillacs still lead at 3/4 mark
Ricky Taylor leads in the #10 Cadillac |
The sun may be up but the story is the same – the pace car leads the Rolex 24 again. Ricky Taylor’s No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R reclaimed the lead from the No. 5 Action Express Cadillac in the 18th hour of the Rolex 24 at Daytona on a still wet track.
Taylor had a 55 second lead over Joao Barbosa with six hours to go, prior to the 14th safety car period of the race, due to debris shed from the No. 26 BAR1 Motorsports Oreca FLM09 of David Cheng.
Taylor got around Barbosa for the lead on lap 464, with the Action Express Cadillac briefly dropping behind the No. 90 Visit Florida Racing Riley of Renger van der Zande, who served a drive-through penalty for repeatedly straight-lining the Bus Stop chicane.
Scott Sharp’s No. 2 Tequila Patron ESM Nissan Onroak DPi sits fourth, one lap behind, after also serving a penalty for cutting the track.
In GT Le Mans, the lead battle remains finely balanced, with the No. 911 Porsche 911 RSR of Patrick Pilet, leading Sebastien Bourdais’ No. 66 Ford GT and the No. 3 Corvette C7.R of Jan Magnussen.
The two cars run fifth and sixth overall, due to the attrition-filled race in the Prototype class and let's not forget the year the Corvette won overall when all the Daytona Prototypes failed.
Prototype Challenge has continued to be paced by the No. 38 Performance Tech Oreca FLM09 of James French, with Ryan Hunter-Reay leading an Michael Shank Racing Acura 1-2 in GT Daytona with six hours to go.
Hour 18 Standings
Pos | PiC | Current Driver | No./Make/Class | Laps | Behind | Gap | BLap | Stops |
1 | 1 | Ricky Taylor | #10 CADILLAC DPI P | 491 | –.— | –.— | 1:36.394 | 16 |
2 | 2 | Joao Barbosa | #5 CADILLAC DPI P | 491 | 12.692 | 12.692 | 1:36.269 | 16 |
3 | 3 | Renger Van Der Zande | #90 MULTIMATIC/RILEY P | 490 | 1 Lap | 1 Lap | 1:39.183 | 16 |
4 | 4 | Scott Sharp | #2 NISSAN DPI P | 489 | 2 Laps | 2 Laps | 1:39.235 | 15 |
5 | 1 | Patrick Pilet | #911 PORSCHE 911 RSRM GTLM | 485 | 6 Laps | –.— | 1:43.964 | 14 |
6 | 2 | Sebastien Bourdais | #66 FORD GTM GTLM | 485 | 6 Laps | 5.243 | 1:43.522 | 11 |
7 | 5 | Jonathan Bomarito | #55 MAZDA DPI P | 485 | 6 Laps | 6 Laps | 1:39.457 | 20 |
8 | 3 | Jan Magnussen | #3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.RM GTLM | 485 | 6 Laps | 13.242 | 1:43.979 | 15 |
9 | 4 | Laurens Vanthoor | #912 PORSCHE 911 RSRM GTLM | 484 | 7 Laps | 1 Lap | 1:43.979 | 15 |
10 | 5 | Giancarlo Fisichella | #62 FERRARI 488 GTEM GTLM | 484 | 7 Laps | 1 Lap | 1:43.654 | 15 |
11 | 6 | Andy Priaulx | #69 FORD GTM GTLM | 484 | 7 Laps | 1 Lap | 1:43.453 | 12 |
12 | 7 | Bill Auberlen | #19 BMW M6 GTLMM GTLM | 483 | 8 Laps | 2 Laps | 1:44.247 | 15 |
13 | 6 | Loic Duval | #81 ORECA P | 483 | 8 Laps | 8 Laps | 1:37.907 | 17 |
14 | 8 | Stefan Mucke | #68 FORD GTM GTLM | 483 | 8 Laps | 2 Laps | 1:43.610 | 14 |
15 | 7 | Nick Heidfeld | #13 ORECA P | 482 | 9 Laps | 9 Laps | 1:37.440 | 15 |
16 | 8 | Misha Goikhberg | #85 ORECA P | 480 | 11 Laps | 11 Laps | 1:38.542 | 15 |
17 | 1 | James French | #38 ORECA FLM09 PC | 476 | 15 Laps | –.— | 1:42.716 | 15 |
18 | 1 | Ryan Hunter Reay | #86 ACURA NSX GT3C GTD | 470 | 21 Laps | –.— | 1:47.796 | 15 |
19 | 2 | Graham Rahal | #93 ACURA NSX GT3C GTD | 469 | 22 Laps | 1 Lap | 1:47.760 | 15 |
20 | 3 | Matt Bell | #57 AUDI R8 LMS GT3C GTD | 469 | 22 Laps | 1 Lap | 1:47.932 | 13 |
21 | 4 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | #33 MERCEDES – AMG GT3C GTD | 469 | 22 Laps | 1 Lap | 1:47.828 | 13 |
22 | 5 | Alessandro Balzan | #63 FERRARI 488 GT3C GTD | 468 | 23 Laps | 2 Laps | 1:47.079 | 18 |
23 | 6 | Jeffrey Schmidt | #29 AUDI R8 LMS GT3C GTD | 468 | 23 Laps | 2 Laps | 1:47.313 | 16 |
24 | 7 | Jesse Lazare | #28 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD | 468 | 23 Laps | 2 Laps | 1:47.757 | 16 |
25 | 8 | Jens Klingmann | #96 BMW M6 GT3C GTD | 468 | 23 Laps | 2 Laps | 1:47.457 | 15 |
26 | 9 | Dane Cameron | #31 CADILLAC DPI P | 468 | 23 Laps | 23 Laps | 1:36.793 | 18 |
27 | 10 | Johannes Van Overbeek | #22 NISSAN DPI P | 466 | 25 Laps | 25 Laps | 1:37.832 | 19 |
28 | 9 | Tommy Milner | #4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.RM GTLM | 465 | 26 Laps | 20 Laps | 1:44.038 | 11 |
29 | 9 | Madison Snow | #48 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD | 464 | 27 Laps | 6 Laps | 1:48.355 | 15 |
30 | 10 | Townsend Bell | #23 AUDI R8 LMS GT3C GTD | 464 | 27 Laps | 6 Laps | 1:47.298 | 17 |
31 | 2 | David Cheng | #26 ORECA FLM09 PC | 463 | 28 Laps | 13 Laps | 1:43.588 | 19 |
32 | 11 | Anthony Massari | #18 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD | 462 | 29 Laps | 8 Laps | 1:49.077 | 17 |
33 | 12 | Mike Hedlund | #991 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD | 461 | 30 Laps | 9 Laps | 1:47.753 | 17 |
34 | 13 | Francois Perrodo | #46 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD | 461 | 30 Laps | 9 Laps | 1:47.577 | 14 |
35 | 3 | Buddy Rice | #20 ORECA FLM09 PC | 456 | 35 Laps | 20 Laps | 1:43.322 | 14 |
36 | 14 | Luca Persiani | #27 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD | 456 | 35 Laps | 14 Laps | 1:47.863 | 18 |
37 | 10 | Richard Westbrook | #67 FORD GTM GTLM | 455 | 36 Laps | 30 Laps | 1:43.385 | 12 |
38 | 15 | Rolf Ineichen | #61 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD | 451 | 40 Laps | 19 Laps | 1:47.908 | 20 |
39 | 16 | Tristan Vautier | #75 MERCEDES – AMG GT3C GTD | 443 | 48 Laps | 27 Laps | 1:47.714 | 18 |
40 | 17 | Christian Engelhart | #11 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD | 440 | 51 Laps | 30 Laps | 1:47.095 | 14 |
41 | 18 | Paul Dalla Lana | #98 ASTON MARTIN VANTAGEC GTD | 428 | 63 Laps | 42 Laps | 1:47.245 | 15 |
42 | 11 | Tom Kimber Smith | #52 LIGIER P | 421 | 70 Laps | 70 Laps | 1:39.391 | 16 |
43 | 19 | Jack Hawksworth | #15 LEXUS RCF GT3C GTD | 420 | 71 Laps | 50 Laps | 1:48.412 | 19 |
44 | 20 | Marc Basseng | #21 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD | 399 | 92 Laps | 71 Laps | 1:48.410 | 15 |
45 | 4 | Conor Daly | #88 ORECA FLM09 PC | 391 | 100 Laps | 85 Laps | 1:43.400 | 13 |
46 | 5 | Ben Keating | #8 ORECA FLM09 PC | 375 | 116 Laps | 101 Laps | 1:44.298 | 13 |
47 | 21 | Cooper Macneil | #50 MERCEDES – AMG GT3C GTD | 373 | 118 Laps | 97 Laps | 1:47.488 | 11 |
48 | 22 | Nic Jonsson | #54 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD | 340 | 151 Laps | 130 Laps | 1:47.705 | 11 |
49 | 12 | Tom Long | #70 MAZDA DPI P | 310 | 181 Laps | 181 Laps | 1:39.646 | 9 |
50 | 23 | Maurizio Mediani | #51 FERRARI 488 GT3C GTD | 105 | 386 Laps | 365 Laps | 1:46.972 | 0 |
51 | 24 | Matthew Mcmurry | #73 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD | 102 | 389 Laps | 368 Laps | 1:47.347 | 0 |
52 | 25 | Brett Sandberg | #16 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD | 79 | 412 Laps | 391 Laps | 1:48.467 | 6 |
53 | 26 | Harald Proczyk | #59 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD | 61 | 430 Laps | 409 Laps | 1:47.037 | 0 |
54 | 27 | Scott Pruett | #14 LEXUS RCF GT3C GTD | 52 | 439 Laps | 418 Laps | 1:48.298 | 0 |