Joey Hand is still leading overall in this race. The #911 Porsche pits, with Marc Lieb at the wheel. Ruam Dalziel is driving the #1 HPD ARX-04b. Right now, the team is happy with where they are. They are putting miles and laps into the car. Dalziel has won Sebring, Daytona, Le Mans, Petit Le Mans, and open wheel racing. The talent levels are immense. The team has had bell housing and transmission issues.
Mark Wilkins is running well in the #54 CORE Autosport Prototype Challenge car. Lots of really good drivers are in this race. Wilkins has won Daytona, Sebring, and Petit Le Mans. He is a plug and play driver. The #63 Ferrari pits in GT Daytona, for new, cold Continental tires, and, a new driver. The toughest corner on this whole track, is the curve at the end of pit lane. Do not crash leaving the pits on cold tires.
Leh Keen pits the #22 WeatherTech AJR Porsche. Cooper MacNeil might get in. Andrew Davis, is the fourth driver in that car. Ryan Briscoe leads GT LM in the #3 Corvette C-7-R-, while Joey Hand still leads overall. Dirk Werner is applying the blowtorch to Ryan Briscoe. Wow. The BMW Z4 has great downforce, but doesn't cut through thge air like the Corvette C-7-R- does. They have a little higher rev limit on their V8 engine. Towards the second half of the straight, he's coming. Deep on the brakes, no dice for the BMW.
The brake bias moves to the front. Corvette has the mid range power, and the top speed is not too different. They get passed by Alex Brundle in the #57 Krohn Racing Ligier Judd. The #912 Porsche is there, but not in the same fight. Dirk Werner at the controls of the BMW at the moment. Werner still has the edge as he closes on the Porsche. IMSA is giving some of these blokes more performance. BMW could not win last year. At a certain part of the straight, they are being gapped.
GTLM is quasi-factory, and GTD is privateer. Leh Keen, like other drivers, says, put laps in now., and push, push, push towards the end of the race. That is the name of the game in endurance sports car racing, folks, and what this blog is all about. Watcb tbe clock for points. This is crucial for Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen, and Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.
The #01 Riley Ford is pitting. Lots of debris on the car, and in the grille area. No adjustments to the Ganassi racers right now. The #57 car of Alex Brundle is pitting again. Once again, this is a Ligier with a Judd motor. Sebastien Bourdais is at the wheel of the #5 Action Express Corvette. Fuel only on that stop. Max Angelelli is the overall race leader at the moment. The #90 car has also pitted, with Richard Westbrook now in the cockpit.
#60 pits now. A clean stop, for fuel, more or less. Nothing more. Whoops. There were tires, for A.J. Allmendinger. Issues for Magnus Racing and the #44 Porsche 911 GT America. Andy Lally at the wheel. #02 is in. They are single stinting tires. Jamie McMurray, out. Tony Kanaan, in. Full course yellow due to Lally's shemozzle with his slow Porsche. Andy Lally could not get back to the pits. He'll be towed back on the wrecker.
Max Angelelli was leading. But he had to pit, which will move him back. We are now under a full course yellow. It was a transmission issue for Andy Lally. The #10 of Max Angelelli is in the pits for a scheduled stop. Butr, he was caught out, because of being in the pits under yellow. You can only pit under yellow if you need a repair, or you will be penalized. They are out of sequence, and might be haivn an engine problem.
Under yellow, pit stops take place for GT LM cars, including both factory Corvette's. Joey Hand, Scott Pruett, Charlie Kimball, and Sage Karam, still lead this race. Core Autosport leads Prototype Challenge. Corvette's and the Risi Ferrari are leading GT Le Mans. Scuderia Corse leads GT Daytona. We continue under the safety car, and now, the wave by. Don't disadvantage a lower class car, and also, you will automatically get a lap back on a wave by.
Jan Magnussen is now in the #3 Corvette. Take care of the equipment. Heat the tire by using the brake pedal to generate heat through the calipers. We're green again. Some moves are being made. Everyone can pass when the green flag waves. Currently, it's a Ganassi 1-2. Sebastien Bourdais is going for it. We're nearly 1/4 of the way through the Rolex 24. But, there's a long, long way to go as of yet.
Daytona International Speedway is shrouded in darkness. Eleven hours of pitch black, before morning comes. We are now ready to award the first points in the 2015 North American Endurance Cup. Sprint for ten minutes, for the points. As we run, the two Ganassi cars are first and second. GT LM has gone over well. In the long night ahead, some will press on, and others will retire. Scott Pruett and Joey Hand will team up for all the races in the Tudor Championship for Ganassi Racing this year.
Hand, Kanaan, Allmendinger, Bourdais, and Angelelli, the top five. Mark Wilkins leads Prototype Challenge. Jan Magnussen leads GT Le Mans. Kuno Wittmer leads GT Daytona. We have seen four yellows in the first six hours.
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