Rolex 24 Hour 3: Ganassi Ford leads Taylor Corvette DP
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| The Ganassi 02 is back in front |
It's now past nightfall at the 3-hour mark of the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the Ford DP of Dixon/Kanaan/Larson/McMurray holds an 8.5 sec. lead on the Corvette DP of J.Taylor/R.Taylor/Angelelli.
Ganassi's 2nd Ford DP driven by Pruett/Hand/Kimball/Karam ran third with Karam at the wheel.
The Oreca of Cumming/Junqueira/Hawksworth/ Menezes leads the PC class while the Ferrari of Kaffer/Rigon/Fisichella/ Beretta leads the GTLM class.
Hour 3 Standings
| Pos | No. | Class | Name | Laps | Total Tm | Make/Model |
| 1 | 02 | P | Dixon/Kanaan/Larson/McMurray | 95 | 3:00:41.133 | Ford EcoBoost DP |
| 2 | 10 | P | J.Taylor/R.Taylor/Angelelli | 95 | 3:00:49.662 | Corvette DP |
| 3 | 01 | P | Pruett/Hand/Kimball/Karam | 95 | 3:00:52.909 | Ford EcoBoost DP |
| 4 | 5 | P | Barbosa/Fittipaldi/Bourdais | 95 | 3:01:13.409 | Corvette DP |
| 5 | 60 | P | Pew/Negri/Allmendinger/ McMurry | 95 | 3:01:29.121 | Honda HPD Ligier JS P2 |
| 6 | 90 | P | Westbrook/Valiante/ Rockenfeller/Cosmo | 95 | 3:02:07.074 | Corvette DP |
| 7 | 1 | P | Sharp/Dalziel/Heinemeier Hansson | 95 | 3:02:11.927 | Honda HPD ARX |
| 8 | 7 | P | Hartley/Barrichello/ Hunter-Reay/Graves/Mayer | 94 | 3:00:56.809 | BMW Power Riley DP |
| 9 | 57 | P | Krohn/Pla/Jonsson/Brundle | 94 | 3:01:13.578 | Ligier JS P2 Judd |
| 10 | 11 | PC | Cumming/Junqueira/Hawksworth/ Menezes | 93 | 3:01:17.980 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 11 | 54 | PC | Bennett/Braun/Wilkins/Gue | 93 | 3:01:58.652 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 12 | 38 | PC | French/Mee/Vance/Johnston | 93 | 3:02:00.673 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 13 | 70 | P | Bomarito/Nunez/Hinchcliffe/ Tremblay | 93 | 3:02:15.504 | Mazda Prototype |
| 14 | 85 | PC | Goikhberg/Miller/Simpson/ Mitchell | 93 | 3:02:15.600 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 15 | 62 | GTLM | Kaffer/Rigon/Fisichella/ Beretta | 93 | 3:02:19.955 | Ferrari F458 Italia |
| 16 | 911 | GTLM | Tandy/Pilet/Lieb/Christensen | 93 | 3:02:20.274 | Porsche 911 RSR |
| 17 | 3 | GTLM | Magnussen/Garcia/Briscoe | 93 | 3:02:47.963 | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R |
| 18 | 4 | GTLM | Gavin/Milner/Pagenaud | 92 | 3:00:41.593 | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R |
| 19 | 16 | PC | Mowlem/Papadopoulos/Drissi/ Alder/Plowman | 92 | 3:00:41.767 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 20 | 24 | GTLM | J.Edwards/Luhr/Klingmann/ Rahal | 92 | 3:00:44.942 | BMW Z4 GTE |
| 21 | 17 | GTLM | Henzler/Sellers/P.Long | 92 | 3:01:19.462 | Porsche 991 RSR |
| 22 | 25 | GTLM | Auberlen/Werner/Farfus/ Spengler | 92 | 3:02:20.099 | BMW Z4 GTE |
| 23 | 51 | GTLM | Perrodo/Collard/Bruni/Vilander | 92 | 3:02:39.756 | Ferrari 458 Italia |
| 24 | 8 | PC | Schultis/van der Zande/Popow/ Hedlund/Albuqu | 91 | 3:00:58.732 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 25 | 33 | GTD | Keating/J.Bleekemolen/Carter/ Goossens/S.Ble | 91 | 3:01:03.974 | Dodge Viper SRT |
| 26 | 66 | P | Gewirtz/S.Lewis/Kvamme/Cheng | 91 | 3:01:25.654 | BMW Power Riley DP |
| 27 | 63 | GTD | Sweedler/T.Bell/Lazzaro/Segal | 91 | 3:01:38.066 | Ferrari 458 Italia |
| 28 | 22 | GTD | MacNeil/L.Keen/A.Davis/ van Gisbergen | 91 | 3:01:52.850 | Porsche 911 GT America |
| 29 | 007 | GTD | Nielsen/Davison/Nygaard/Davis | 91 | 3:02:10.578 | Aston Martin V12 Vantage |
| 30 | 93 | GTD | Keating/D.Farnbacher/Carter/ Wittmer/Lawrenc | 91 | 3:02:14.701 | Dodge Viper SRT |
| 31 | 64 | GTD | Longo/Serra/Gomes/Bertolini | 91 | 3:02:19.535 | Ferrari 458 Italia |
| 32 | 61 | PC | Plowman/Drumwright/Blackstock/ Breukers/Rus | 90 | 2:57:59.938 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 33 | 49 | GTD | Lathouras/Rugolo/Aguas/ Griffin | 90 | 3:00:45.950 | Ferrari 458 Italia |
| 34 | 44 | GTD | Potter/Lally/Seefried/ Ragginger | 90 | 3:00:54.223 | Porsche 911 GT America |
| 35 | 28 | GTD | Bachler/Zoechling/Engelhart/ Willsey/Ineichen | 90 | 3:01:14.608 | Porsche 911 GT America |
| 36 | 81 | GTD | Faulkner/Giermaziak/Skeen/ Butcher/Avenatti | 90 | 3:01:41.623 | Porsche 911 GT America |
| 37 | 73 | GTD | Lindsey/Pumpelly/Norman/ N. Canache/Estre | 90 | 3:02:02.842 | Porsche 911 GT America |
| 38 | 48 | GTD | Haase/B.Miller/von Moltke/Rast | 90 | 3:02:08.935 | Audi R8 LMS |
| 39 | 18 | GTD | Basseng/M.Beretta/O'Young/ De Phillippi/Mayr- | 89 | 3:01:12.074 | Porsche 911 GT America |
| 40 | 07 | P | J.Miller/T.Long/Devlin/ Tremblay | 88 | 3:01:35.610 | Mazda Prototype |
| 41 | 23 | GTD | James/M.Farnbacher/Riberas | 88 | 3:01:57.194 | Porsche 911 GT America |
| 42 | 009 | GTD | DeBoer/Riddle/Salazar/Wilson | 88 | 3:02:08.190 | Aston Martin V12 Vantage |
| 43 | 52 | PC | Guasch/Novich/Palmer/ Kimber-Smith | 87 | 3:01:02.968 | ORECA FLM09 |
| 44 | 912 | GTLM | Bergmeister/Bamber/Makowiecki/ Christensen | 87 | 3:01:12.933 | Porsche 911 RSR |
| 45 | 58 | GTD | Snow/Heylen/Dempsey/Eng | 85 | 3:02:12.839 | Porsche 911 GT America |
| 46 | 31 | P | Curran/Cameron/Papis/P.Keen | 78 | 3:01:31.321 | Corvette DP |
| 47 | 19 | GTD | J.Michaelian/Lira/Flores/ De Phillippi/Mayr-Mel | 77 | 3:01:18.588 | Porsche 911 GT America |
| 48 | 50 | P | Pace/DeFoor/Hinton/ Schroeder | 68 | 3:01:44.068 | BMW Power Riley DP |
| 49 | 98 | GTLM | Lamy/Dalla Lana/Turner/ Mucke/Lauda | 60 | 2:02:43.326 | Aston Martin Vantage V8 |
| 50 | 45 | GTD | Winkelhock/Thorne/Hoshino/ Fujii | 57 | 3:01:08.081 | Audi R8 LMS |
| 51 | 2 | P | Brown/van Overbeek/Fogarty | 49 | 1:40:42.753 | Honda HPD ARX |
| 52 | 0 | P | Rojas/Legge/Chaves/Meyrick | 42 | 1:21:55.380 | DeltaWing DWC13 |
| 53 | 97 | GTD | Marsal/Palttala/Priaulx/Said | 37 | 2:34:08.557 | BMW Z4 |