Some debris on the road in the Bus Stop. So, that will be cleaned up as we continue under yellow. Mike Rockenfeller has taken over the wheel of the #3 Corvette C-7-R-. GTD cars pitted, and we are back to green, going into the International horseshoe. Olivier Pla, is going for it. Sad news, though, folks. The Deltawing, is officially, retired, from this year's Rolex 24. Bummer. We watch Jonathan Bomarito, working his way, through traffic. The #33 Viper of Dominik Farnbacher, gets penalized, for running the red light at the end of pit lane.
Jonathan Bomarito runs really wide Farnbacher serves his penalty as we speak. It's a 30 second delta pit in to pit out. It's more dropping onto the apron and then, accelerating out. Nike Rockenfeller is now fourth in class. The Porsche's are leading, and the BMW's are out there, and #100 is celebrating the 100th anniversary of BMW. Graham Rahal is at the controls right now. A good run is going, for the #52 Prototype Challenge car. The turbocharged cars will start to really perform, now that the air has cooled in the evening.
CORE Autosport, has a problem, with the transmission, and the engine. Mark Wilkins, says that there could be a terminal engine issue. These boys won the title, last year. In this race, they crashed, and had a fire. But, this year, their hopes are dashed. Problems again, for the #67 Ford GT. He has another Michelin right rear tire, gone. Two tires problems for the Ford's and one, for the new BMW M6 GT's. It looks like there's been damage to the diffuser. Porsche's run 1-2 in GTLM. Fred Makowiecki leads, with Nick Tandy, pursuing.
These lights are to identify the cars. In the 1980s, the Interscope team with Ted Field, team owner, ran a green indicator light on their cars, especially Porsche 935's. Brendon Hartley is chased by Johnny Adam and Christian Fittipaldi. The #54 car might have seriosu drivetrain problems. It's endurance racing. They'll be back, for Sebring. In the GT Le Mans battle, for third, it's Corvette vs. BMW. Graham Rahal vs. Mike Rockenfeller.
Drivers who have long off-season's, in other championships, often get offers, to race in the Rolex 24, which keeps them sharp, before the rest of the racing season, begins. Christian Fittipaldi has Brendon Hartley all over him, and the battle in GTLM continues to rage, between Corvette and BMW. Christian Fittipaldi pits the #5 Corvette for Action Express. Filipe Albuquerque will take over the car. Albuquerque is a factory DTM driver, for Audi.
Olivier Pla brings th Mike Shank Racing Ligier Honda into the pits, from the overall lead. A.J. Allmendinger is now at the wheel. Allmendinger, won the 2011 Rolex 24, with Mike Shank Racing. The #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Chevrolet Corvette Prototype, pits. Rubens Barrichello, continues, going for his second straight driving stint. The Paul Miller Racing Lamborghii, pits. Tony Kanaan is now driving the overall leading #02 Ganassi Racing Riley Ford EcoBoost. A spin, for one of the Prototypes. This is Don Yount, in the Prototype Challenge machine, mentioned earlier, and his spin, forces a full course yellow. Did the #911 Porsche get caught in a wreck. The #007 TRG AMR Aston Martin, with James Davison at the wheel, is now leading the GT Daytona division. The #02 car has a routine pit stop. Some cars are running the red light at pit out. Not a good idea.
The #55 Mazda is on pit lane, for a steering wheel change. So much of the electronics goes through the steering column. We are under full course yellow, obviously. The Lamborghini Huracan GT3 had a massive wreck, for Change Racing, ripping the suspension pieces right out of the car. They are running very well. Buddy Rice, who has won the Indianapolis 500 and the Rolex 24, is on the box. Six hours into the race, and points for the North American Endurance Cup. A.J. Allmendinger, Jose Guttierez, Nick Tandy, and Pedro Lamy, all score points.
Problems for the #55 Mazda, and the steering wheel change, did not work.
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