Petit Le Mans Hour 3: Pagenaud has #6 Acura in lead

Simon Pagenaud has the #6 Penske Acura out front after 3 Hours of the 10-Hour Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, but the #31 Whelan Cadillac with Felipe Albuquerque behind the wheel is closing.

Olivier Pla has the #77 Mazda in third while Team Penske’s slowest driver, Alexander Rossi, runs 4th in the #7 Acura, around 20 seconds behind and losing ground.

In GTLM the #24 RLL BMW is out front with the two Corvettes in 2nd and 3rd, having just disposed of the #912 Porsche of Earl Bamber as we type this.

#24 BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE, GTLM: John Edwards, Jesse Krohn, Augusto Farfus

In GTD the #86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura leads the #63 Ferrari after the #48 Lamborghini finally made its 3rd pit stop.

Hour 3 Standings

Pos Pic No. Class Drivers Team Car Laps
1 1 6 DPi J. Montoya / D. Cameron / S. Pagenaud Acura Team Penske Acura DPi 142
2 2 31 DPi F. Nasr / P. Derani / F. Albuquerque Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi 142
3 3 77 DPi O. Jarvis / T. Nunez / O. Pla Mazda Motorsports Mazda DPi 142
4 4 7 DPi A. Rossi / H. Castroneves / R. Taylor Acura Team Penske Acura DPi 142
5 5 10 DPi van der Zande / R. Briscoe / Dixon Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac DPi 142
6 6 5 DPi T. Vautier / S. Bourdais / L. Duval Mustang Sampling Racing / JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac DPi 142
7 1 52 LMP2 P. Kelly / S. Trummer / S. Huffaker PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA LMP2 07 139
8 7 55 DPi J. Bomarito / H. Tincknell / R. Hunter-Reay Mazda Motorsports Mazda DPi 137
9 2 8 LMP2 J. Farano / M. Jensen / J. van Uitert Tower Motorsport by Starworks ORECA LMP2 07 137
10 3 51 LMP2 A. McCusker / J. Smiechowski / R. Hodes Inter Europol Competition ORECA LMP2 07 136
11 4 38 LMP2 J. McGuire / M. Bell / C. Braun Performance Tech Motorsports ORECA LMP2 07 134
12 1 24 GTLM J. Krohn / J. Edwards / A. Farfus BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE 132
13 2 911 GTLM N. Tandy / F. Makowiecki / M. Campbell Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR – 19 132
14 3 4 GTLM O. Gavin / T. Milner / M. Fassler Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 132
15 4 3 GTLM A. Garcia / J. Taylor / N. Catsburg Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 132
16 5 912 GTLM E. Bamber / L. Vanthoor / M. Jaminet Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR – 19 132
17 1 48 GTD B. Sellers / M. Snow / C. Lewis Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 127
18 2 86 GTD M. Farnbacher / M. McMurry S. Michimi Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian Acura NSX GT3 127
19 3 63 GTD C. MacNeil / A. Balzan / J. Westphal Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 126
20 4 9 GTD D. Olsen / Z. Robichon / L. Kern Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R 126
21 5 12 GTD F. Montecalvo / T. Bell / K. Kirkwood AIM VASSER SULLIVAN Lexus RC F GT3 126
22 6 23 GTD I. James / R. De Angelis / D. Turner Heart Of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 126
23 7 57 GTD A. Parente / M. Goikhberg / T. Hindman Heinricher Racing w/MSR Curb-Agajanian Acura NSX GT3 126
24 8 44 GTD J. Potter / A. Lally / S. Pumpelly GRT Magnus Lamborghini Huracan GT3 126
25 9 16 GTD R. Hardwick / P. Long / J. Heylen Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R 126
26 10 74 GTD G. Robinson / L. Aschenbach / B. Keating Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 125
27 11 96 GTD B. Auberlen / R. Foley / D. Machavern Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 125
28 12 14 GTD A. Telitz / J. Hawksworth / M. De Quesada AIM VASSER SULLIVAN Lexus RC F GT3 125
29 13 30 GTD R. Ferriol / M. Winkelhock / A. Davis Team Hardpoint Audi R8 LMS GT3 124
30 6 25 GTLM Spengler / C. De Phillippi / Herta BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE 101
31 8 85 DPi C. Miller / M. Leist / G. Aubry JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac DPi 96