Daytona 24: Hour 18 standings (Heavy Rain) At the three-quarter mark of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, Mexican rising star Salvador Duran held the lead in the No. 01 TELMEX/Target Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus Riley. The car--which is being driven by Duran, Scott Pruett and Juan Pablo Montoya--has been a consistent front-runner throughout the 18 hours of racing, and has avoided any trips to the garage for lengthy repairs.
Running second and just 6.3 seconds behind Duran was Darren Manning in the No. 11 CITGO/SAMAX Pontiac Riley. Manning and his co-drivers, Ryan Dalziel, Patrick Carpentier and Milka Duno have also had an impressive run and are in good position to challenge for the victory with six hours remaining.
One lap down to the leaders and running third is Dan Wheldon in the No. 02 Target/TELMEX Lexus Riley. Wheldon is co-driving the No. 02 machine with Scott Dixon--with whom he co-drove to the overall victory in the 2006 Rolex 24--and Memo Rojas, who had an off-course excursion in the overnight hours that required the team to replace the car's nose.
Five-time Rolex 24 At Daytona overall winner Hurley Haywood was also one lap behind the overall lead and was running fourth after 18 hours in the No. 59 Brumos Racing Porsche Riley he is sharing with JC France, Joao Barbosa and Roberto Moreno. Haywood was 18.246 seconds behind Wheldon.
Also one lap down and 22.228 seconds behind Wheldon was Jan Magnussen in the No. 10 SunTrust Pontiac Riley in fifth place. Magnussen is sharing the car with Max Angelelli, Wayne Taylor and Jeff Gordon.
Dirk Werner led the GT class in the No. 85 Farnbacher Loles Motorsports Porsche GT3 he is sharing with Leh Keen, Pierre Ehret and Jorg Hardt. Werner had a one-lap lead over Paul Edwards in the No. 07 Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R he is co-driving with Kelly Collins, Andy Pilgrim and Johnny O'Connell.
Trailing the No. 07 machine by 1:14.696 and third in the GT class was Randy Pobst in the No. 70 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8. Pobst's co-drivers are Sylvain Tremblay, David Haskell and Nick Ham. Fourth in GT and two laps behind the class leader was Johannes van Overbeek in the No. 64 TRG Porsche GT3 he is co-driving with Jim Lowe, Jim Pace and Ralf Kelleners. Tim Lewis Jr. was just 11.653 seconds behind van Overbeek and running fifth at the 18-hour mark in the No. 06 Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R. Lewis is sharing the ride with Leighton Reese, Johnny O'Connell and Paul Edwards.
The third quarter of the race began under red flag conditions due to a guardrail repair in Turn 1. The guardrail was damaged due to contact from the No. 82 Team Seattle/Synergy Racing Porsche GT3 of driver Chris Pallis. The red flag lasted for 78 minutes.
POS NO CLASS DRIVER LAPS BEHIND STATUS
1 01 DP Duran/Pruett/Montoya 489 0.000 Active
2 11 DP Manning/Duno/Carpentier/Dalziel 489 6.310 Active
3 02 DP Dixon/Wheldon/Rojas 488 1LAP Active
4 59 DP Haywood/France/Barbosa/Moreno/Dono 488 1LAP
5 10 DP Jan Magnussen 488 1LAP Active
6 7 DP Tomas Enge 486 3LAPS Active
7 61 DP Mark Wilkins 481 8LAPS Active
8 23 DP Romain Dumas 478 11LAPS Active
9 19 DP Michael Valiante 478 11LAPS Active
10 77 DP in/ Jourdain/ Servia 477 12LAPS Active
11 91 DP Jim Matthews 465 24LAPS Active
12 47 DP Rob Morgan 465 24LAPS Active
13 85 GT Dirk Werner 460 29LAPS Active
14 07 GT Paul Edwards 459 30LAPS Active
15 70 GT Randy Pobst 459 30LAPS Active
16 64 GT Johannes van Overbeek 458 31LAPS Active
17 06 GT Tim Lewis Jr 458 31LAPS Active
18 22 GT Scooter Gabel 458 31LAPS Active
19 60 DP Oswaldo Negri Jr 457 32LAPS Active
20 73 GT Philipp Peter 454 35LAPS Active
21 66 GT Kevin Buckler 449 40LAPS Active
22 17 GT Lance Arnold 449 40LAPS Active
23 69 GT Nick Longhi 448 41LAPS Active
24 00 DP Ed Carpenter 441 48LAPS Active
25 35 GT David Murry 441 48LAPS Active
26 75 DP Colin Braun 440 49LAPS Active
27 27 GT Mike Speakman 440 49LAPS Active
28 6 DP Ian James 439 50LAPS Active
29 12 DP Bill Lester 436 53LAPS Active
30 76 DP Tracy Krohn 436 53LAPS Active
31 65 GT John Peterson 435 54LAPS Active
32 88 GT Justin Jackson 434 55LAPS Active
33 67 GT Mike Solley 431 58LAPS Active
34 84 DP George Robinson 430 59LAPS Active
35 81 GT Richard Westbrook 429 60LAPS Active
36 39 DP Sascha Maassen 425 64LAPS Active
37 14 GT Cory Friedman 424 65LAPS Active
38 68 GT Rocco DeSimone II 418 71LAPS Active
39 51 DP Harrison Brix 417 72LAPS Active
40 99 DP Jimmy Vasser 410 79LAPS Active
41 72 GT Andrew Davis 409 80LAPS Active
42 20 DP Butch Leitzinger 408 81LAPS Active
43 74 GT Jim Tafel 404 85LAPS Active
44 87 GT Ryan Eversley 390 99LAPS Active
45 43 GT Joe Nonnamaker 386 103LAPS Active
46 83 GT Ben McCrackin 381 108LAPS Active
47 05 DP Bill Auberlen 367 122LAPS Active
48 58 DP Buddy Rice 364 125LAPS Active
49 42 GT Matt Varsha 363 126LAPS Active
50 89 GT Barry Ellis 352 137LAPS Active
51 30 GT Ross Smith 320 169LAPS Active
52 41 GT Tom Malloy 316 173LAPS Active
53 57 GT Dominic Cicero II 305 184LAPS Active
54 16 DP Oliver Gavin 295 194LAPS DNF
55 97 GT Vic Rice 287 202LAPS Active
56 82 GT Chris Pallis 250 239LAPS IN PIT
57 18 DP Gaston Mazzacane 240 249LAPS DNF
58 45 GT Bryan Sellers 230 259LAPS DNF
59 3 DP Shane Lewis 214 275LAPS DNF
60 15 GT Valerie Limoges 208 281LAPS DNF
61 24 GT Bill Cotter 202 287LAPS Active
62 28 GT Joe Safina 196 293LAPS DNF
63 46 GT John Connolly 186 303LAPS DNF
64 08 GT Ron Zitza 163 326LAPS DNF
65 21 GT Adam Pecorari 153 336LAPS DNF
66 86 GT Don Bell 121 368LAPS DNF
67 48 GT Robert Dubler 89 400LAPS Active
68 52 GT Andrea Montermini 83 406LAPS DNF
69 63 GT Gary Drummond 74 415LAPS DNF
70 49 GT Nonnamaker/ Nonnamaker - 489LAPS DNS
