Rolex 24: 11 Hour Report

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01/31/10
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Rolex 24: 11 Hour Report

As darkness came to Daytona International Speedway the atmosphere became almost cathedral-like. The sound of the race cars echoed across the infield and the intonation of the exhaust notes they gave created harmonics that were thrilling.

This will be our last update until 5am...so here goes...

One Ganassi car drops out and the other one slides in to take the lead shortly thereafter. It's almost like someone just flipped switch. They have been setting and resetting fast lap in the early AM hours. This is the time of the race when you aren't sure if it's tomorrow or yesterday.

Action Express looks like they are holding on well enough as the field really starts to spread out now, with a 41 second gap between first and second and only three cars on the lead lap right now. This is where the Ganassi team always seem to make their move. It also would not be the first time they sent a "rabbit" out front to push the rest of the field while their main team works their strategy.

That would be a great story.

2:04 AM ET	Lap 313: Darren Law brings the car back into the pits and to the garage; the team must replace the rear end.
1:59 AM ET	Lap 308: Just a few laps after pitting, Nic Jönsson is hit in Turn 5 by another Daytona Prototype and made contact with the Turn 5 tire barrier.
1:48 AM ET	Lap 303: Running second, Richard Westbrook pits, but the seat belt got stuck, forcing the team to lose a lap. Lucas Luhr is now in the No. 95 BMW Riley.
1:20 AM ET	Lap 291: The top five Daytona Prototypes are all within nine seconds of each other. The top two GT cars are on the same lap, two laps ahead of the third-place car.
1:13 AM ET	Stayed tuned. More alerts will appear shortly.
12:36 AM ET	Lap 266: Michael Valiante (No. 6 Michael Shank Racing Ford Riley) pits; David Donohue (No. 59 Brumos Porsche Riley) takes the lead.
12:29 AM ET	The wee hours are approaching. Time for all the action.
12:26 AM ET	Please forgive the momentary interruption. We're back.
12:21 AM ET	Lap 256: The No. 02 Target BMW Riley has officially been retired with a blown engine. The car had led a race-high 139 laps (of 249 to that point, which was 56 percent of the race to that point).
12:05 AM ET	Lap 250: There are reports of smoking coming from the right rear of the No. 02 Target BMW Riley (Juan Pablo Montoya), and he brings the car to the pits. Joao Barbosa reclaims the lead.
11:38 PM ET	Lap 237: GREEN FLAG WAVES - Michael Valiante (No. 6 Ford Riley) leads the field to green.
11:25 PM ET	Lap 233: FULL COURSE CAUTION - The No. 41 Global Diving Mazda RX-8 is stopped on the apron at NASCAR 1.
11:22 PM ET	You can chat about the race here: http://community.grand-am.com/chat.
11:14 PM ET	Lap 226: Max Angelelli (No. 10 Ford Dallara) returned to the field after spending 22 laps in the garage.
11:13 PM ET	Lap 225: The top five in GT remain the same, with Stevenson Motorsports and TRG running strong.
11:05 PM ET	Lap 219 - AJ Allmendinger (No. 6 Ford Riley) takes the overall lead, marking the 17th overall lead change in the race.
11:04 PM ET	Stay tuned to timing and scoring for the latest news and information, the official inside source from Daytona International Speedway.
11:03 PM ET	Live session alerts will be posted for the duration of the race.
10:54 PM ET	Lap 204: There are reports that the No. 10 SunTrust Racing Ford Dallara is going behind the wall.
10:42 PM ET	Lap 206: Butch Leitzinger (No. 59 Porsche Riley) takes the overall lead.
10:31 PM ET	Lap 201: Jeff Westphal (No. 32 BMW M6) goes off course at Turn 3 and limps the car back to the garage.

Hour 11 Standings

Pos	No.	CP	Current Driver	Laps	Behind	Gap	Team/Car
1	01	1	Scott Pruett	330	0.000	0.000	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates BMW / Riley
2	9	2	Terry Borcheller	330	30.553	30.553	Action Express Racing Porsche / Riley
3	6	3	Brian Frisselle	329	1 LAP	1 LAP	Michael Shank Racing Ford / Riley
4	99	4	Alex Gurney	328	2 LAPS	1 LAP	GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings Racing Chevrolet / Riley
5	60	5	Burt Frisselle	328	2 LAPS	18.315	Michael Shank Racing Ford / Riley
6	95	6	Lucas Luhr	327	3 LAPS	1 LAP	Crown Royal/NPN Racing BMW / Riley
7	90	7	Antonio Garcia	323	7 LAPS	4 LAPS	Spirit of Daytona Racing Porsche / Coyote
8	75	8	Nic Jonsson	316	14 LAPS	7 LAPS	Krohn Racing Ford / Lola
9	67	1	Johannes van Overbeek	315	15 LAPS	1 LAP	TRG/ Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche GT3
10	57	2	Jan Magnussen	315	15 LAPS	9.397	Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GT.R
11	10	9	Ricky Taylor	314	16 LAPS	1 LAP	SunTrust Racing Ford / Dallara
12	59	10	Darren Law	312	18 LAPS	2 LAPS	Brumos Racing Porsche / Riley
13	71	3	Timo Bernhard	312	18 LAPS	30:12.923	TRG Porsche GT3
14	97	4	Matt Bell	312	18 LAPS	41.567	Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GT.R
15	69	5	Nick Longhi	310	20 LAPS	2 LAPS	SpeedSource Mazda RX-8
16	70	6	Jonathan Bomarito	308	22 LAPS	2 LAPS	SpeedSource Mazda RX-8
17	22	7	Ross Bentley	308	22 LAPS	23.014	Bullet Racing Porsche GT3
18	40	8	Scott Maxwell	307	23 LAPS	1 LAP	Dempsey Racing Mazda RX-8
19	43	9	Will Nonnamaker	306	24 LAPS	1 LAP	Team Sahlen Mazda RX-8
20	66	10	Wolf Henzler	305	25 LAPS	1 LAP	TRG Porsche GT3
21	94	11	Bill Auberlen	304	26 LAPS	1 LAP	Turner Motorsport BMW M6 / Riley
22	88	12	Tom Papadopoulos	302	28 LAPS	2 LAPS	Orbit Racing Porsche GT3
23	7	11	Ian James	302	28 LAPS	7.872	Starworks Motorsport BMW / Riley
24	44	13	Jeroen Bleekemolen	292	38 LAPS	10 LAPS	Magnus Racing Porsche GT3
25	14	14	Daniel Graeff	291	39 LAPS	1 LAP	Autometrics Motorsports Porsche GT3
26	48	15	Kevin Roush	289	41 LAPS	2 LAPS	Miller Barrett Racing Porsche GT3
27	18	16	Bob Doyle	287	43 LAPS	2 LAPS	TRG/ Guardian Angel Porsche GT3
28	55	12	Christophe Bouchut	285	45 LAPS	2 LAPS	Crown Royal/NPN Racing BMW / Riley
29	23	17	Jack Baldwin	275	55 LAPS	10 LAPS	Alex Job Racing Porsche GT3
30	32	18	Thomas Merrill	273	57 LAPS	2 LAPS	Corsa Team PR1 BMW M6
31	2	13	Jan Diek Lueders	271	59 LAPS	2 LAPS	Beyer Racing Chevrolet / Crawford
32	41	19	Dave Lacey	261	69 LAPS	10 LAPS	Dempsey Racing/Team Seattle Mazda RX-8
33	19	20	Ricardo Romagnoli	255	75 LAPS	6 LAPS	MCM/Black Flag Racing Corvette
34	77	14	Memo Gidley	255	75 LAPS	1:06.151	Doran Racing Ford / Dallara
35	20	21	Slingerland/ Menten/ Palttala/ LaPierre	251	79 LAPS	4 LAPS	Matt Connolly Motorsports Porsche GT3
36	02	15	Juan Pablo Montoya	249	81 LAPS	2 LAPS	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates BMW / Riley
37	07	22	Paul Edwards	201	129 LAPS	48 LAPS	Godstone Ranch Motorsports/Team MBR Corvette
38	46	23	Richard Zahn	125	205 LAPS	76 LAPS	Autohaus Motorsports Pontiac GXP.R
39	63	24	Richard Dean	121	209 LAPS	4 LAPS	TRG Porsche GT3
40	52	25	Giuseppe Castellano	112	218 LAPS	9 LAPS	Wil Mar Racing Ferrari 430 Challenge
41	64	26	James Walker	100	230 LAPS	12 LAPS	JLowe Racing Porsche GT3
42	30	27	Todd Lamb	69	261 LAPS	31 LAPS	Racers Edge Motorsports Mazda RX-8
43	21	28	Jim Briody	63	267 LAPS	6 LAPS	Matt Connolly Motorsports Pontiac GTO.R
44	42	29	Joe Sahlen	27	303 LAPS	36 LAPS	Team Sahlen Mazda RX-8
0	08	30	Poordad / Sigal / West / Yasukawa	0			Sigalsport Ferrari 430 Challenge

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