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Rolex 24 Hour 3: #5 Cadillac and #4 Corvette lead

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As we reached the 3-hour mark in the Rolex 24 at Daytona and darkness began to settle in for the next 11 hours, former IndyCar driver Tristan Vautier had the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac in front by 2.5s over Ricky Taylor in the #10 Wayne Taylor Acura.

But Ricky Taylor was closing as was ex-F1 driver Kevin Magnussen in Chip Ganassi’s #01 Cadillac who ran third.

Olivier Pla brought the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura up to 4th while Simon Pagenaud rounded out the top-5 in the #48 Cadillac.

The #18 has taken the lead in LMP2 with Paul-Loup Chatin at the wheel.

Nick Tandy has moved the #4 Corvette in the lead in GTLM ahead of the sister #3 Corvette of Jordan Taylor who led early.

#4: Corvette Racing Corvette C8.R, GTLM: Tommy Milner, Nick Tandy, Alexander Sims – LAT Images for IMSA

Future American superstar Kyle Kirkwood has put the #14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus out front in GTD

Hour 3 Standings

Pos No. Team Driver_1 Driver_2 Driver_3 Driver_4 Vehicle Class Laps Behind
1 5 Mustang Sampling / JDC-Miller MotorSports Tristan Vautier Loic Duval Sebastien Bourdais Cadillac DPi DPi 90 11
2 10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi Helio Castroneves Acura DPi DPi 90 2.595
3 01 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing Renger van der Zande Kevin Magnussen Scott Dixon Cadillac DPi DPi 90 5.563
4 48 Ally Cadillac Racing Jimmie Johnson Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud Mike Rockenfeller Cadillac DPi DPi 90 7.602
5 60 Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian Dane Cameron Olivier Pla Juan Pablo Montoya AJ Allmendinger Acura DPi DPi 90 7.653
6 55 Mazda Motorsports Oliver Jarvis Harry Tincknell Jonathan Bomarito Mazda DPi DPi 90 12.458
7 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Felipe Nasr Mike Conway Pipo Derani Chase Elliott Cadillac DPi DPi 90 21.141
8 18 Era Motorsport Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel Paul-Loup Chatin ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 89 1 Laps
9 52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen Scott Huffaker Nicolas Lapierre ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 89 1 Laps
10 8 Tower Motorsport John Farano Gabriel Aubry Tim Buret Matthieu Vaxiviere ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 89 1 Laps
11 11 WIN Autosport Steven Thomas Tristan Nunez Thomas Merrill Matthew Bell ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 89 1 Laps
12 47 Cetilar Racing Roberto Lacorte Antonio Fuoco Andrea Belicchi Giorgio Sernagiotto Dallara LMP2 LMP2 89 1 Laps
13 82 DragonSpeed USA LLC Christopher Mies Eric Lux Devlin DeFrancesco Fabian Schiller ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 89 1 Laps
14 51 RWR-Eurasia Cody Ware Salih Yoluc Austin Dillon Sven Muller Ligier LMP2 LMP2 89 1 Laps
15 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Alexander Sims Corvette C8.R GTLM 87 3 Laps
16 3 Corvette Racing Antonio Garcia Jordan Taylor Nicky Catsburg Corvette C8.R GTLM 87 3 Laps
17 24 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Jesse Krohn Augusto Farfus Marco Wittmann BMW M8 GTE GTLM 87 3 Laps
18 25 BMW Team RLL Connor De Phillippi Philipp Eng Timo Glock Bruno Spengler BMW M8 GTE GTLM 87 3 Laps
19 62 Risi Competizione James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Jules Gounon Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE GTLM 87 3 Laps
20 33 Sean Creech Motorsport Lance Willsey Joao Barbosa Wayne Boyd Yann Clairay Ligier JS P320 LMP3 86 4 Laps
21 74 Riley Motorsports Gar Robinson Scott Andrews Oliver Askew Spencer Pigot Ligier JS P320 LMP3 86 4 Laps
22 54 Core Autosport Jonathan Bennett George Kurtz Colin Braun Matt McMurry Ligier JS P320 LMP3 86 4 Laps
23 14 Vasser Sullivan Aaron Telitz Oliver Gavin Kyle Kirkwood Jack Hawksworth Lexus RC F GT3 GTD 85 5 Laps
24 23 Heart Of Racing Team Ian James Roman De Angelis Darren Turner Ross Gunn Aston Martin Vantage GT3 GTD 85 5 Laps
25 16 Wright Motorsports Trent Hindman Patrick Long Jan Heylen Klaus Bachler Porsche 911 GT3R GTD 85 5 Laps
26 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward Philip Ellis Indy Dontje Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG GT3 GTD 85 5 Laps
27 96 Turner Motorsport Bill Auberlen Robby Foley Aidan Read Colton Herta BMW M6 GT3 GTD 85 5 Laps
28 97 TF Sport Maxwell Root Charlie Eastwood Ben Keating Richard Westbrook Aston Martin Vantage GT3 GTD 85 5 Laps
29 21 Af Corse Simon Mann Nicklas Nielsen Daniel Serra Matteo Cressoni Ferrari 488 GT3 GTD 85 5 Laps
30 28 Alegra Motorsports Daniel Morad Mike Skeen Billy Johnson Maxi Buhk Mercedes-AMG GT3 GTD 85 5 Laps
31 75 Sun Energy 1 Kenny Habul Raffaele Marciello Mikael Grenier Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG GT3 GTD 85 5 Laps
32 111 GRT Grasser Racing Team Steijn Schothorst Marco Mapelli Rolf Ineichen Mirko Bortolotti Lamborghini Huracan GT3 GTD 85 5 Laps
33 1 Paul Miller Racing Bryan Sellers Madison Snow Corey Lewis Andrea Caldarelli Lamborghini Huracan GT3 GTD 85 5 Laps
34 19 GRT Grasser Racing Team Misha Goikhberg Franck Perera Albert Costa Tim Zimmermann Lamborghini Huracan GT3 GTD 85 5 Laps
35 9 Pfaff Motorsports Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor Lars Kern Matt Campbell Porsche 911 GT3R GTD 85 5 Laps
36 12 Vasser Sullivan Robert Megennis Zach Veach Townsend Bell Frankie Montecalvo Lexus RC F GT3 GTD 85 5 Laps
37 88 Team Hardpoint EBM Rob Ferriol Earl Bamber Katherine Legge Christina Nielsen Porsche 911 GT3R GTD 85 5 Laps
38 63 Scuderia Corsa Ed Jones Bret Curtis Ryan Briscoe Marcos Gomes Ferrari 488 GT3 GTD 85 5 Laps
39 42 NTE Sport Alan Metni Andrew Davis JR Hildebrand Don Yount Audi R8 LMS GT3 GTD 84 6 Laps
40 44 Magnus with Archangel John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Mario Farnbacher Acura NSX GT3 GTD 84 6 Laps
41 6 Muehlner Motorsports America Moritz Kranz Laurents Hoerr Kenton Koch Stevan McAleer Duqueine D08 LMP3 84 6 Laps
42 64 TeamTGM Ted Giovanis Owen Trinkler Hugh Plumb Matt Plumb Porsche 911 GT3R GTD 82 8 Laps
43 79 WeatherTech Racing Cooper MacNeil Kevin Estre Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni Porsche 911 RSR – 19 GTLM 76 14 Laps
44 91 Riley Motorsports Jim Cox Dylan Murry Austin McCusker Jeroen Bleekemolen Ligier JS P320 LMP3 74 16 Laps
45 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Rasmus Lindh Cameron Cassels Mateo LLarena Ayrton Ori Ligier JS P320 LMP3 69 21 Laps
46 29 Racing Team Nederland Frits Van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job van Uitert Charles Milesi ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 64 26 Laps
47 7 Forty7 Motorsports Mark Kvamme Ryan Norman Gabby Chaves Trenton Estep Duqueine D08 LMP3 56 34 Laps
48 20 High Class Racing Dennis Andersen Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen Anders Fjordbach Robert Kubica ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 55 35 Laps
49 81 DragonSpeed USA LLC Ben Hanley Rob Hodes Garett Grist Rinus Veekay ORECA LMP2 07 LMP2 53 37 Laps