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Rolex 24 Hour 15: Barbosa leads Hunter-Reay

The #4 Corvette with Oliver Gavin driving leads in GTLM
The #4 Corvette with Oliver Gavin driving leads in GTLM

The No. 5 Action Express Racing Corvette DP of Joao Barbosa leads the 54th Rolex 24 at Daytona with 15 hours complete, but the sister No. 31 car, caught fire in the pits while refueling and Dane Cameron bailed from the race-contending No. 31 Corvette DP. Cameron was uninjured and the team managed to get the car back on track without losing a lap.

Ryan Hunter-Reay runs second in the No. 90 Visit Florida Corvette DP, with Brendon Hartley third in the No. 01 Ford Chip Ganassi Riley-Ford DP.

Corvette Racing leads GTLM, but BMW lost one of its two cars when a suspected brake disc failure caused Lucas Luhr to crash hard into the Turn 1 wall in the 13th hour, bringing out the 15th full-course caution of the race. Luhr was uninjured but the No. 100 BMW M6 GTLM was done.

Despite Luhr’s exit, eight cars remain on the lead lap in the class.

The No. 97 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 of Markus Palttala is out front in GT Daytona, ahead of the No. 540 Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R and No. 98 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3.

Hour 15 Standings

POS IN CL CL CAR CURRENT DRIVER CAR TYPE LAPS BEHIND GAP BEST LAP PITS
1 1 P 5 JOAO BARBOSA CHEVROLET CORVETTE DP 459 –.— –.— 1:40.626 14
2 2 P 90 RYAN HUNTER REAY CHEVROLET CORVETTE DP 459 5.109 5.109 1:40.923 16
3 3 P 01 BRENDON HARTLEY FORD ECOBOOST RILEY DP 459 5.985 0.876 1:40.279 14
4 4 P 10 RICKY TAYLOR CHEVROLET CORVETTE DP 459 7.354 1.369 1:40.486 16
5 5 P 2 SCOTT SHARP HONDA HPD LIGIER JS P2 458 1 LAP 1 LAP 1:39.192 17
6 6 P 31 DANE CAMERON CHEVROLET CORVETTE DP 457 2 LAPS 1 LAP 1:40.372 16
7 7 P 02 SCOTT DIXON FORD ECOBOOST RILEY DP 454 5 LAPS 3 LAPS 1:39.928 15
8 1 GTLM 4 OLIVER GAVIN CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7 451 8 LAPS 3 LAPS 1:44.826 14
9 2 GTLM 911 PATRICK PILET PORSCHE 911 RSR 451 8 LAPS 6.597 1:44.679 14
10 3 GTLM 912 MICHAEL CHRISTENSEN PORSCHE 911 RSR 451 8 LAPS 15.388 1:44.966 15
11 4 GTLM 25 BRUNO SPENGLER BMW M6 GTLM 451 8 LAPS 4.268 1:44.937 15
12 5 GTLM 3 MIKE ROCKENFELLER CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7 451 8 LAPS 9.117 1:44.636 14
13 6 GTLM 72 GIANMARIA BRUNI FERRARI 488 GTE 451 8 LAPS 9.031 1:44.639 16
14 7 GTLM 62 GIANCARLO FISICHELLA FERRARI 488 GTE 451 8 LAPS 8.794 1:45.063 17
15 8 GTLM 68 DANIEL SERRA FERRARI 488 GTE 451 8 LAPS 2.709 1:44.589 21
16 1 GTD 22 LEH KEEN PORSCHE 911 GT3 R 440 19 LAPS 11 LAPS 1:47.991 18
17 2 GTD 44 RENE RAST AUDI R8 LMS GT3 440 19 LAPS 6.579 1:47.216 15
18 3 GTD 98 RICHIE STANAWAY ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT3 440 19 LAPS 1.987 1:47.387 14
19 4 GTD 23 ALEX RIBERAS PORSCHE 991 GT3 R 440 19 LAPS 1.284 1:47.167 17
20 5 GTD 97 MAXIME MARTIN BMW M6 GT3 439 20 LAPS 1 LAP 1:48.178 15
21 6 GTD 63 ROBERT RENAUER FERRARI 458 GT3 439 20 LAPS 10.898 1:47.737 18
22 7 GTD 540 NICKY CATSBURG PORSCHE 991 GT3 R 439 20 LAPS 6.844 1:47.438 16
23 8 GTD 9 DION VON MOLTKE AUDI R8 LMS GT3 439 20 LAPS 1:22.148 1:48.297 17
24 9 GTD 30 PATRICK HUISMAN PORSCHE 911 GT3 R 439 20 LAPS 0.573 1:47.036 14
25 10 GTD 28 LANCE WILLSEY LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 438 21 LAPS 1 LAP 1:47.003 15
26 11 GTD 93 DAMIEN FAULKNER DODGE VIPER GT3-R 438 21 LAPS 37.724 1:48.001 19
27 12 GTD 73 JORG BERGMEISTER PORSCHE 911 GT3 R 438 21 LAPS 1.402 1:47.455 15
28 1 PC 85 KENTON KOCH ORECA FLM09 437 22 LAPS 1 LAP 1:42.893 17
29 13 GTD 6 ANDREW DAVIS AUDI R8 LMS GT3 437 22 LAPS 1 LAP 1:47.647 18
30 14 GTD 51 PETER MANN FERRARI 458 436 23 LAPS 1 LAP 1:47.748 17
31 15 GTD 33 BEN KEATING DODGE VIPER GT3-R 435 24 LAPS 1 LAP 1:47.929 17
32 9 GTLM 67 STEFAN MUCKE FORD GT ECO BOOST 435 24 LAPS 16 LAPS 1:44.391 14
33 2 PC 26 DON YOUNT ORECA FLM09 428 31 LAPS 9 LAPS 1:44.563 19
34 3 PC 20 RICARDO VERA ORECA FLM09 426 33 LAPS 2 LAPS 1:44.429 15
35 4 PC 52 JOSE GUTIERREZ ORECA FLM09 425 34 LAPS 1 LAP 1:43.540 14
36 16 GTD 11 EDOARDO PISCOPO LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 424 35 LAPS 11 LAPS 1:46.461 14
37 8 P 50 DORSEY SCHROEDER BMW POWER RILEY DP 421 38 LAPS 33 LAPS 1:43.806 17
38 10 GTLM 66 DIRK MUELLER FORD GT ECO BOOST 421 38 LAPS 14 LAPS 1:44.979 17
39 5 PC 8 RENGER VAN DER ZANDE ORECA FLM09 412 47 LAPS 13 LAPS 1:43.124 15
40 17 GTD 45 PIERRE KAFFER AUDI R8 405 54 LAPS 19 LAPS 1:47.404 12
41 18 GTD 48 BRYCE MILLER LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 403 56 LAPS 2 LAPS 1:46.520 14
42 19 GTD 007 ANTONIO PEREZ ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT3 390 69 LAPS 13 LAPS 1:48.012 15
43 20 GTD 96 MARCO WITTMAN BMW M6 GT3 368 91 LAPS 22 LAPS 1:48.339 11
44 11 GTLM 100 LUCAS LUHR BMW M6 GTLM 360 99 LAPS 61 LAPS 1:44.606 10
45 21 GTD 21 EMANUELE BUSNELLI LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 359 100 LAPS 9 LAPS 1:48.577 13
46 9 P 37 MAUIZIO MEDIANI NISSAN BR01 342 117 LAPS 79 LAPS 1:41.289 15
47 10 P 55 TRISTAN NUNEZ MAZDA PROTOTYPE 327 132 LAPS 15 LAPS 1:40.445 10
48 6 PC 38 JAMES FRENCH ORECA FLM09 309 150 LAPS 103 LAPS 1:43.928 11
49 22 GTD 16 SPENCER PUMPELLY LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 302 157 LAPS 57 LAPS 1:46.226 9
50 11 P 60 OSWALDO NEGRI HONDA HPD LIGIER JS P2 285 174 LAPS 42 LAPS 1:39.356 7
51 7 PC 88 MARK KVAMME ORECA FLM09 179 280 LAPS 130 LAPS 1:44.469 6
52 8 PC 54 MARK WILKINS ORECA FLM09 160 299 LAPS 19 LAPS 1:43.690 2
53 12 P 0 ANDY MEYRICK DELTAWING DWC13 119 340 LAPS 166 LAPS 1:39.874 0
54 13 P 70 MILLER LONG DEVLIN MAZDA PROTOTYPE 11 448 LAPS 108 LAPS 1:42.333 0