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Rolex 24 Hour 2: Dixon leads in #02

Brian Carroccio

Scott Dixon
Scott Dixon

We've hit the two hour mark in the 54th Rolex 24 at Daytona. The field is a bit shuffled currently due to yellow flags and some drivers on alternate pit strategies. Scot Dixon leads in the #02 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing entry about nine seconds ahead of the #10 Wayne Taylor racing entry driver by Jordan Taylor.

Although Dixon and Taylor lead, the fastest cars during the first two hours in the Prototype Class have been:

#0-Panoz DeltaWing Racing
#2-Tequila Patron ESM
#60-Michael Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian

Watching the lap times, these three cars have consistently lapped about 2 seconds faster than the rest of the Prototype class. The question of course is whether the cars can last the duration of the 24 hours. You surely know the DeltaWing has a well-publicized history of reliability issues. And Legge stalled the car briefly after her second pit stop before getting going again.

As for the #2 and #60 cars both Honda HPD-powered Ligiers, well, they ran into each other a few minutes ago heading into the bus stop chicane. While both cars continued there was clear front body damage on the #60, and how those cars handle going forward will be something to keep an eye on. The #2 driven by Johannes van Overbeek currently sits 7th, with John Pew piloting the 8th place #60.

Reliability concerns also continued to plague the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing GT team. The #66 of Joey Hand had a prolonged pit stop earlier in the hour with a brake line issue. Later in the hour, Hand slowed near oval turn 2 complaining of a misfire in the engine. Hand did get going again but is currently 7 laps down.

Hand's issues came after Ryan Briscoe took the #67 to the garage after being stuck in gear. Briscoe is back on track 16 laps down.

Below, are the current class leaders…

Hour 2 Standings

Pos In Class Class Car Current Driver Car Type Laps Behind Leader Gap Best Lap Stops
1 1 P 02 SCOTT DIXON FORD ECOBOOST RILEY DP 60 –.— –.— 1:40.997 1
2 2 P 10 JORDAN TAYLOR CHEVROLET CORVETTE DP 60 10.212 10.212 1:41.363 2
3 3 P 31 DANE CAMERON CHEVROLET CORVETTE DP 60 12.922 2.710 1:40.898 2
4 4 P 0 KATHERINE LEGGE DELTAWING DWC13 60 13.343 0.421 1:39.874 2
5 5 P 55 TRISTAN NUNEZ MAZDA PROTOTYPE 60 14.049 0.706 1:40.890 2
6 6 P 90 MARC GOOSSENS CHEVROLET CORVETTE DP 60 22.387 8.338 1:41.991 2
7 7 P 2 JOHANNES VAN OVERBEEK HONDA HPD LIGIER JS P2 60 27.491 5.104 1:39.192 2
8 8 P 60 JOHN PEW HONDA HPD LIGIER JS P2 60 30.371 2.880 1:39.356 2
9 9 P 01 LANCE STROLL FORD ECOBOOST RILEY DP 59 1 LAP 1 LAP 1:41.745 2
10 10 P 37 NICOLAS MINASSIAN NISSAN BR01 59 1 LAP 1.611 1:42.336 2
11 11 P 5 JOAO BARBOSA CHEVROLET CORVETTE DP 59 1 LAP 10.760 1:41.136 2
12 1 PC 85 STEPHEN SIMPSON ORECA FLM09 59 1 LAP 1:06.721 1:43.502 1
13 1 GTLM 911 NICK TANDY PORSCHE 911 RSR 59 1 LAP 16.449 1:45.199 1
14 2 GTLM 912 EARL BAMBER PORSCHE 911 RSR 58 2 LAPS 1 LAP 1:45.184 1
15 3 GTLM 3 JAN MAGNUSSEN CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7 58 2 LAPS 1.590 1:45.288 1
16 4 GTLM 25 BILL AUBERLEN BMW M6 GTLM 58 2 LAPS 0.809 1:45.341 1
17 2 PC 38 JAMES FRENCH ORECA FLM09 58 2 LAPS 1 LAP 1:45.126 1
18 3 PC 8 ALEX POPOW ORECA FLM09 58 2 LAPS 1.609 1:44.472 2
19 4 PC 52 ROBERT ALON ORECA FLM09 58 2 LAPS 0.008 1:43.673 1
20 5 PC 88 SEAN JOHNSTON ORECA FLM09 58 2 LAPS 0.813 1:45.108 2
21 5 GTLM 72 JAMES CALADO FERRARI 488 GTE 58 2 LAPS 2.468 1:45.108 2
22 6 GTLM 100 JOHN EDWARDS BMW M6 GTLM 58 2 LAPS 1.053 1:45.553 2
23 7 GTLM 62 GIANCARLO FISICHELLA FERRARI 488 GTE 58 2 LAPS 1.226 1:45.635 2
24 8 GTLM 4 TOMMY MILNER CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7 58 2 LAPS 0.168 1:45.038 3
25 9 GTLM 68 DANIEL SERRA FERRARI 488 GTE 58 2 LAPS 2.987 1:45.493 2
26 6 PC 20 JOHNNY MOWLEM ORECA FLM09 57 3 LAPS 1 LAP 1:44.454 1
27 7 PC 54 JONATHAN BENNETT ORECA FLM09 57 3 LAPS 0.915 1:46.182 2
28 1 GTD 6 ROBIN LIDDELL AUDI R8 LMS GT3 56 4 LAPS 1 LAP 1:48.757 1
29 2 GTD 48 BRYCE MILLER LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 56 4 LAPS 1.506 1:47.057 2
30 3 GTD 11 BILL SWEEDLER LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 56 4 LAPS 1.761 1:46.666 2
31 4 GTD 63 CHRISTINA NIELSEN FERRARI 458 GT3 56 4 LAPS 4.127 1:48.545 2
32 5 GTD 33 MARC MILLER DODGE VIPER GT3-R 56 4 LAPS 0.537 1:48.705 2
33 6 GTD 28 FABIO BABINI LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 56 4 LAPS 0.126 1:47.828 2
34 7 GTD 93 ERIC FOSS DODGE VIPER GT3-R 56 4 LAPS 0.276 1:49.111 2
35 8 GTD 98 PAUL DALLA LANA ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT3 56 4 LAPS 0.738 1:48.000 2
36 8 PC 26 ADAM MERZON ORECA FLM09 56 4 LAPS 1 LAP 1:45.243 2
37 9 GTD 540 TIMOTHY PAPPAS PORSCHE 991 GT3 R 56 4 LAPS 4.176 1:50.608 1
38 10 GTD 44 JOHN POTTER AUDI R8 LMS GT3 56 4 LAPS 1.488 1:48.941 1
39 11 GTD 96 BRET CURTIS BMW M6 GT3 56 4 LAPS 1.039 1:48.422 2
40 12 GTD 97 MICHAEL MARSAL BMW M6 GT3 56 4 LAPS 0.784 1:50.039 1
41 13 GTD 007 ANTONIO PEREZ ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT3 56 4 LAPS 10.634 1:48.325 2
42 14 GTD 30 SVEN MUELLER PORSCHE 911 GT3 R 55 5 LAPS 1 LAP 1:47.750 2
43 15 GTD 23 MARIO FARNBACHER PORSCHE 991 GT3 R 55 5 LAPS 1.915 1:48.158 2
44 16 GTD 73 MATTHEW MCMURRY PORSCHE 911 GT3 R 55 5 LAPS 5.416 1:48.140 3
45 17 GTD 51 PETER MANN FERRARI 458 55 5 LAPS 21.287 1:49.034 1
46 12 P 50 BYRON DEFOOR BMW POWER RILEY DP 55 5 LAPS 4 LAPS 1:44.526 5
47 18 GTD 22 SHANE VAN GISBERGEN PORSCHE 911 GT3 R 54 6 LAPS 1 LAP 1:49.096 2
48 19 GTD 9 KENNY HABUL AUDI R8 LMS GT3 54 6 LAPS 7.663 1:49.017 2
49 20 GTD 16 COREY LEWIS LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 54 6 LAPS 16.302 1:46.762 4
50 10 GTLM 66 JOEY HAND FORD GT ECO BOOST 52 8 LAPS 6 LAPS 1:45.063 2
51 21 GTD 21 JOSEPH TOUSSAINT LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3 52 8 LAPS 2 LAPS 1:48.739 2
52 22 GTD 45 CHRISTOPHER HAASE AUDI R8 44 16 LAPS 8 LAPS 1:49.538 2
53 11 GTLM 67 RYAN BRISCOE FORD GT ECO BOOST 43 17 LAPS 9 LAPS 1:44.974 2
54 13 P 70 TOM LONG MAZDA PROTOTYPE 11 49 LAPS 44 LAPS 1:42.333 0

Brian C. reporting for AutoRacing1