Rolex 24: Hour 16: Pace Car continues to lead
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| The asphalt is a wet oily mess |
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The pace car has led the Rolex 24 at Daytona for over 1-hour now as rain and fog continues to slow this race to a crawl. The safety car was deployed with nine hours and 12 minutes remaining for worsening conditions, with the field still slowed.
Prior to that, the race’s 11th full course caution came out when Cooper MacNeil hit the wall in Turn 5, and limped his No. 50 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 back to the pits.
No change at the top since the last 15-Hour report with the same 3 cars on the lead lap Cadillac-Cadillac-Riley.
After pitstops the #66 and #69 Ford GTs have moved back in front of GTLM while the #86 Acura NSX is in front in GTD with Oswaldo Negri at the wheel. Mark C. reporting fro AR1.com
Hour 16 Standings
| Pos | PiC | Current Driver | No. /Make / CL | Laps | Behind | Gap | BL | Stops |
| 1 | 1 | Jordan Taylor | #10 CADILLAC DPI P | 439 | –.— | –.— | 1:36.394 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | Filipe Albuquerque | #5 CADILLAC DPI P | 439 | 3.445 | 3.445 | 1:36.269 | 14 |
| 3 | 3 | Marc Goossens | #90 MULTIMATIC/RILEY P | 439 | 56.233 | 56.233 | 1:39.183 | 13 |
| 4 | 4 | Ryan Dalziel | #2 NISSAN DPI P | 438 | 1 Lap | 1 Lap | 1:39.235 | 12 |
| 5 | 1 | Dirk Mueller | #66 FORD GTM GTLM | 433 | 6 Laps | –.— | 1:43.522 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | Andy Priaulx | #69 FORD GTM GTLM | 433 | 6 Laps | 1.641 | 1:43.453 | 9 |
| 7 | 5 | Tristan Nunez | #55 MAZDA DPI P | 433 | 6 Laps | 6 Laps | 1:39.457 | 18 |
| 8 | 3 | James Calado | #62 FERRARI 488 GTEM GTLM | 433 | 6 Laps | 13.794 | 1:43.654 | 13 |
| 9 | 4 | Richard Lietz | #912 PORSCHE 911 RSRM GTLM | 433 | 6 Laps | 16.815 | 1:43.979 | 13 |
| 10 | 5 | Olivier Pla | #68 FORD GTM GTLM | 433 | 6 Laps | 19.231 | 1:43.610 | 11 |
| 11 | 6 | Frederic Makowiecki | #911 PORSCHE 911 RSRM GTLM | 433 | 6 Laps | 52.931 | 1:43.964 | 13 |
| 12 | 7 | Mike Rockenfeller | #3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.RM GTLM | 433 | 6 Laps | 1:03.578 | 1:43.979 | 13 |
| 13 | 8 | Augusto Farfus | #19 BMW M6 GTLMM GTLM | 432 | 7 Laps | 1 Lap | 1:44.247 | 13 |
| 14 | 6 | Stephane Sarrazin | #13 ORECA P | 431 | 8 Laps | 8 Laps | 1:37.440 | 13 |
| 15 | 7 | Stephen Simpson | #85 ORECA P | 430 | 9 Laps | 9 Laps | 1:38.542 | 13 |
| 16 | 8 | Ben Hanley | #81 ORECA P | 430 | 9 Laps | 9 Laps | 1:37.907 | 15 |
| 17 | 1 | James French | #38 ORECA FLM09 PC | 427 | 12 Laps | –.— | 1:42.716 | 14 |
| 18 | 2 | Mark Kvamme | #20 ORECA FLM09 PC | 425 | 14 Laps | 2 Laps | 1:43.322 | 12 |
| 19 | 9 | Michael Conway | #31 CADILLAC DPI P | 423 | 16 Laps | 16 Laps | 1:36.793 | 15 |
| 20 | 1 | Oswaldo Negri Jr | #86 ACURA NSX GT3C GTD | 420 | 19 Laps | –.— | 1:47.796 | 13 |
| 21 | 2 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | #33 MERCEDES – AMG GT3C GTD | 420 | 19 Laps | 12.432 | 1:47.828 | 12 |
| 22 | 3 | Graham Rahal | #93 ACURA NSX GT3C GTD | 420 | 19 Laps | 14.265 | 1:47.760 | 12 |
| 23 | 4 | Andrew Davis | #57 AUDI R8 LMS GT3C GTD | 420 | 19 Laps | 19.711 | 1:47.932 | 12 |
| 24 | 5 | Jules Gounon | #29 AUDI R8 LMS GT3C GTD | 420 | 19 Laps | 22.072 | 1:47.313 | 14 |
| 25 | 6 | Sam Bird | #63 FERRARI 488 GT3C GTD | 420 | 19 Laps | 45.734 | 1:47.079 | 13 |
| 26 | 7 | Jesse Lazare | #28 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD | 419 | 20 Laps | 1 Lap | 1:47.757 | 13 |
| 27 | 8 | Maxime Martin | #96 BMW M6 GT3C GTD | 417 | 22 Laps | 3 Laps | 1:47.457 | 13 |
| 28 | 9 | Bryce Miller | #48 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD | 417 | 22 Laps | 3 Laps | 1:48.355 | 13 |
| 29 | 10 | Mike Hedlund | #991 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD | 416 | 23 Laps | 4 Laps | 1:47.753 | 16 |
| 30 | 11 | Townsend Bell | #23 AUDI R8 LMS GT3C GTD | 415 | 24 Laps | 5 Laps | 1:47.298 | 15 |
| 31 | 3 | David Cheng | #26 ORECA FLM09 PC | 415 | 24 Laps | 12 Laps | 1:43.588 | 17 |
| 32 | 12 | Brandon Gdovic | #18 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD | 415 | 24 Laps | 5 Laps | 1:49.077 | 13 |
| 33 | 9 | Oliver Gavin | #4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.RM GTLM | 414 | 25 Laps | 19 Laps | 1:44.038 | 10 |
| 34 | 10 | Brendon Hartley | #22 NISSAN DPI P | 414 | 25 Laps | 25 Laps | 1:37.832 | 16 |
| 35 | 13 | Emanuele Busnelli | #46 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD | 412 | 27 Laps | 8 Laps | 1:47.577 | 12 |
| 36 | 14 | Raffaele Giammaria | #27 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD | 409 | 30 Laps | 11 Laps | 1:47.863 | 16 |
| 37 | 15 | Kenny Habul | #75 MERCEDES – AMG GT3C GTD | 409 | 30 Laps | 11 Laps | 1:47.714 | 14 |
| 38 | 10 | Scott Dixon | #67 FORD GTM GTLM | 404 | 35 Laps | 29 Laps | 1:43.385 | 11 |
| 39 | 16 | Michele Beretta | #61 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD | 404 | 35 Laps | 16 Laps | 1:47.908 | 17 |
| 40 | 17 | Ezequiel Perez Companc | #11 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD | 402 | 37 Laps | 18 Laps | 1:47.095 | 12 |
| 41 | 18 | Marc Basseng | #21 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD | 399 | 40 Laps | 21 Laps | 1:48.410 | 15 |
| 42 | 19 | Pedro Lamy | #98 ASTON MARTIN VANTAGEC GTD | 379 | 60 Laps | 41 Laps | 1:47.245 | 13 |
| 43 | 20 | Robert Alon | #15 LEXUS RCF GT3C GTD | 375 | 64 Laps | 45 Laps | 1:48.412 | 15 |
| 44 | 21 | Cooper Macneil | #50 MERCEDES – AMG GT3C GTD | 373 | 66 Laps | 47 Laps | 1:47.488 | 11 |
| 45 | 11 | Rc Enerson | #52 LIGIER P | 370 | 69 Laps | 69 Laps | 1:39.391 | 14 |
| 46 | 4 | Chris Cumming | #8 ORECA FLM09 PC | 344 | 95 Laps | 83 Laps | 1:44.298 | 11 |
| 47 | 5 | Conor Daly | #88 ORECA FLM09 PC | 341 | 98 Laps | 86 Laps | 1:43.400 | 11 |
| 48 | 22 | Nic Jonsson | #54 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD | 340 | 99 Laps | 80 Laps | 1:47.705 | 11 |
| 49 | 12 | Joel Miller | #70 MAZDA DPI P | 259 | 180 Laps | 180 Laps | 1:39.646 | 7 |
| 50 | 23 | Maurizio Mediani | #51 FERRARI 488 GT3C GTD | 105 | 334 Laps | 315 Laps | 1:46.972 | 0 |
| 51 | 24 | Matthew Mcmurry | #73 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD | 102 | 337 Laps | 318 Laps | 1:47.347 | 0 |
| 52 | 25 | Brett Sandberg | #16 LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3C GTD | 79 | 360 Laps | 341 Laps | 1:48.467 | 6 |
| 53 | 26 | Harald Proczyk | #59 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RC GTD | 61 | 378 Laps | 359 Laps | 1:47.037 | 0 |
| 54 | 27 | Scott Pruett | #14 LEXUS RCF GT3C GTD | 52 | 387 Laps | 368 Laps | 1:48.298 | 0 |