Just in case you forget how to drive your race car, they do come with instructions, printed on the roll bar/crash structure. Rain continues to fall. Drivers are getting set to get back into the cars. But, the weather might get worse, within the hour. We'd love to see more green flag racing. We'll see what happens. Drivers have been called back to their cars. The track workers have tried their best to evacuate the water that has been collecting. Again, Beau Barfield has been checking to see what has been done with track cleanup.
Relieve puddling on the inside of the track, by the curbs. With the damp conditions, one wonders how the cars will behave, after being stopped, in the rain. No driver changes were permitted, during the red flag. Jordan Taylor will take the #10 car back into the race, and Sebastien Bourdais, will do so, for the #5 Action Express racer. Problems for the #90 machine. They are two laps behind at the moment. The cars are now circulating again, on a wet track, behind the safety car. Pit lane was open for Prototypes, and now, the GT class cars are in the lane.
Patrick Pilet gets out of the #911 factory GTLM Porsche. When you all come in together, under yellow, you can leapfrog your rivals. The Prototype Challenge leader spun behind the safety car, with Michael Guasch currently at the wheel. #31 will perhaps be the Prototype and overall leader. That car, was the only one, to not pit, while the #5 and #10 did, keeping the #90 car, a lap down. Mike Rockenfeller is in the #90, and he's going to be booking it to pass Eric Curran. However, there's still a lot of risk with spinning out, in the rain.
Scott Pruett says that this is the worst rain he's seen, since the 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, which he competed in, with Corvette Racing. Pruett says he also enjoys driving. OK. Green, green, green, green! We are back underway, with the #44 Magnus Racing Porsche of Andy Lally, the first car in the queue. Prototypes are going to begin the scythe through the field. Andy Lally is in the catbird seat, because he's got clear track ahead of him. The air is very heavy with moisture. When night comes, the darkness blending with the rain, will be really bad, because it's a can of worms. Driving in the rain, at night, is like driving on black ice.
Spencer Pumpelly is trying his best, to pass Andy Lally nearing the downhill. Some guys might finish in the dark. Seven hours maximum drive time, and someone can do no more than four straight hours, and no more than seven out of the scheduled ten hours. One of the Corvette's cuts inside a GT Daytona spec Porsche. Oh my. Anthony Lazzaro, (drafted in as a third driver for Core Autosport), has crashed the car, making contact on the right front, knocking out one of the headlights on the Prototype Challenge machine.
One of the wheels is gone. Three wheels on my wagon, brings out a full course yellow. The team is out. Thankfully, they already won the Prototype Challenge driver's championship. Pardon. The headlight, was just off, making that car, a padiddle. A car, with one working headlight. The esses have been very difficult to navigate in the wet here. There is too much standing water. The Prototype Challenge cars, have a wooden or metal legality plank under the chassis, and getting into deeper water, it pushes the car up a bit. Thus, it takes weight off the tires, and makes the car like a skim board.
The rain is now starting to fall harder again, and the track will get wet. How long does this yellow flag last? The track marshals have done a stellar job of keeping the track safe, to channel the water away. Sebastien Bourdais says that he started to get water in his shoes, driving. That's distracting. It's cold water, because it's 60 degrees outside. Your feet will go numb if you aren't careful. We can call Road Atlanta, "Road Atlantis" today, according to Fox Sports' Brian Till. The field is collected behind the safety car, so that standing water, can be collected.
The drivers in the Prototype Challenge cars, when they go by the jet dryer, it's like getting hit with a fire hose, and with the Prototype's, the thing tries to suck the door open. The #70 Mazda SkyActiv Diesel Prototype, retires. Game over. Meanwhile, Eric Curran, leads overall, with the #31 Action Express car. The #5 sister car, is seventh overall.
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