Rolex 24 Hour 2: Dixon leads in #02

Scott Dixon

We've hit the two hour mark in the 54th Rolex 24 at Daytona. The field is a bit shuffled currently due to yellow flags and some drivers on alternate pit strategies. Scot Dixon leads in the #02 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing entry about nine seconds ahead of the #10 Wayne Taylor racing entry driver by Jordan Taylor.

Although Dixon and Taylor lead, the fastest cars during the first two hours in the Prototype Class have been:

#0-Panoz DeltaWing Racing
#2-Tequila Patron ESM
#60-Michael Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian

Watching the lap times, these three cars have consistently lapped about 2 seconds faster than the rest of the Prototype class. The question of course is whether the cars can last the duration of the 24 hours. You surely know the DeltaWing has a well-publicized history of reliability issues. And Legge stalled the car briefly after her second pit stop before getting going again.

As for the #2 and #60 cars both Honda HPD-powered Ligiers, well, they ran into each other a few minutes ago heading into the bus stop chicane. While both cars continued there was clear front body damage on the #60, and how those cars handle going forward will be something to keep an eye on. The #2 driven by Johannes van Overbeek currently sits 7th, with John Pew piloting the 8th place #60.

Reliability concerns also continued to plague the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing GT team. The #66 of Joey Hand had a prolonged pit stop earlier in the hour with a brake line issue. Later in the hour, Hand slowed near oval turn 2 complaining of a misfire in the engine. Hand did get going again but is currently 7 laps down.

Hand's issues came after Ryan Briscoe took the #67 to the garage after being stuck in gear. Briscoe is back on track 16 laps down.

Below, are the current class leaders…

Hour 2 Standings

Pos	In Class	Class	Car	Current Driver	Car Type	Laps	Behind Leader	Gap	Best Lap	Stops
1	1	P	02	SCOTT DIXON	FORD ECOBOOST RILEY DP	60	–.—	–.—	1:40.997	1
2	2	P	10	JORDAN TAYLOR	CHEVROLET CORVETTE DP	60	10.212	10.212	1:41.363	2
3	3	P	31	DANE CAMERON	CHEVROLET CORVETTE DP	60	12.922	2.710	1:40.898	2
4	4	P	0	KATHERINE LEGGE	DELTAWING DWC13	60	13.343	0.421	1:39.874	2
5	5	P	55	TRISTAN NUNEZ	MAZDA PROTOTYPE	60	14.049	0.706	1:40.890	2
6	6	P	90	MARC GOOSSENS	CHEVROLET CORVETTE DP	60	22.387	8.338	1:41.991	2
7	7	P	2	JOHANNES VAN OVERBEEK	HONDA HPD LIGIER JS P2	60	27.491	5.104	1:39.192	2
8	8	P	60	JOHN PEW	HONDA HPD LIGIER JS P2	60	30.371	2.880	1:39.356	2
9	9	P	01	LANCE STROLL	FORD ECOBOOST RILEY DP	59	1 LAP	1 LAP	1:41.745	2
10	10	P	37	NICOLAS MINASSIAN	NISSAN BR01	59	1 LAP	1.611	1:42.336	2
11	11	P	5	JOAO BARBOSA	CHEVROLET CORVETTE DP	59	1 LAP	10.760	1:41.136	2
12	1	PC	85	STEPHEN SIMPSON	ORECA FLM09	59	1 LAP	1:06.721	1:43.502	1
13	1	GTLM	911	NICK TANDY	PORSCHE 911 RSR	59	1 LAP	16.449	1:45.199	1
14	2	GTLM	912	EARL BAMBER	PORSCHE 911 RSR	58	2 LAPS	1 LAP	1:45.184	1
15	3	GTLM	3	JAN MAGNUSSEN	CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7	58	2 LAPS	1.590	1:45.288	1
16	4	GTLM	25	BILL AUBERLEN	BMW M6 GTLM	58	2 LAPS	0.809	1:45.341	1
17	2	PC	38	JAMES FRENCH	ORECA FLM09	58	2 LAPS	1 LAP	1:45.126	1
18	3	PC	8	ALEX POPOW	ORECA FLM09	58	2 LAPS	1.609	1:44.472	2
19	4	PC	52	ROBERT ALON	ORECA FLM09	58	2 LAPS	0.008	1:43.673	1
20	5	PC	88	SEAN JOHNSTON	ORECA FLM09	58	2 LAPS	0.813	1:45.108	2
21	5	GTLM	72	JAMES CALADO	FERRARI 488 GTE	58	2 LAPS	2.468	1:45.108	2
22	6	GTLM	100	JOHN EDWARDS	BMW M6 GTLM	58	2 LAPS	1.053	1:45.553	2
23	7	GTLM	62	GIANCARLO FISICHELLA	FERRARI 488 GTE	58	2 LAPS	1.226	1:45.635	2
24	8	GTLM	4	TOMMY MILNER	CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7	58	2 LAPS	0.168	1:45.038	3
25	9	GTLM	68	DANIEL SERRA	FERRARI 488 GTE	58	2 LAPS	2.987	1:45.493	2
26	6	PC	20	JOHNNY MOWLEM	ORECA FLM09	57	3 LAPS	1 LAP	1:44.454	1
27	7	PC	54	JONATHAN BENNETT	ORECA FLM09	57	3 LAPS	0.915	1:46.182	2
28	1	GTD	6	ROBIN LIDDELL	AUDI R8 LMS GT3	56	4 LAPS	1 LAP	1:48.757	1
29	2	GTD	48	BRYCE MILLER	LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3	56	4 LAPS	1.506	1:47.057	2
30	3	GTD	11	BILL SWEEDLER	LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3	56	4 LAPS	1.761	1:46.666	2
31	4	GTD	63	CHRISTINA NIELSEN	FERRARI 458 GT3	56	4 LAPS	4.127	1:48.545	2
32	5	GTD	33	MARC MILLER	DODGE VIPER GT3-R	56	4 LAPS	0.537	1:48.705	2
33	6	GTD	28	FABIO BABINI	LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3	56	4 LAPS	0.126	1:47.828	2
34	7	GTD	93	ERIC FOSS	DODGE VIPER GT3-R	56	4 LAPS	0.276	1:49.111	2
35	8	GTD	98	PAUL DALLA LANA	ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT3	56	4 LAPS	0.738	1:48.000	2
36	8	PC	26	ADAM MERZON	ORECA FLM09	56	4 LAPS	1 LAP	1:45.243	2
37	9	GTD	540	TIMOTHY PAPPAS	PORSCHE 991 GT3 R	56	4 LAPS	4.176	1:50.608	1
38	10	GTD	44	JOHN POTTER	AUDI R8 LMS GT3	56	4 LAPS	1.488	1:48.941	1
39	11	GTD	96	BRET CURTIS	BMW M6 GT3	56	4 LAPS	1.039	1:48.422	2
40	12	GTD	97	MICHAEL MARSAL	BMW M6 GT3	56	4 LAPS	0.784	1:50.039	1
41	13	GTD	007	ANTONIO PEREZ	ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT3	56	4 LAPS	10.634	1:48.325	2
42	14	GTD	30	SVEN MUELLER	PORSCHE 911 GT3 R	55	5 LAPS	1 LAP	1:47.750	2
43	15	GTD	23	MARIO FARNBACHER	PORSCHE 991 GT3 R	55	5 LAPS	1.915	1:48.158	2
44	16	GTD	73	MATTHEW MCMURRY	PORSCHE 911 GT3 R	55	5 LAPS	5.416	1:48.140	3
45	17	GTD	51	PETER MANN	FERRARI 458	55	5 LAPS	21.287	1:49.034	1
46	12	P	50	BYRON DEFOOR	BMW POWER RILEY DP	55	5 LAPS	4 LAPS	1:44.526	5
47	18	GTD	22	SHANE VAN GISBERGEN	PORSCHE 911 GT3 R	54	6 LAPS	1 LAP	1:49.096	2
48	19	GTD	9	KENNY HABUL	AUDI R8 LMS GT3	54	6 LAPS	7.663	1:49.017	2
49	20	GTD	16	COREY LEWIS	LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3	54	6 LAPS	16.302	1:46.762	4
50	10	GTLM	66	JOEY HAND	FORD GT ECO BOOST	52	8 LAPS	6 LAPS	1:45.063	2
51	21	GTD	21	JOSEPH TOUSSAINT	LAMBORGHINI HURACAN GT3	52	8 LAPS	2 LAPS	1:48.739	2
52	22	GTD	45	CHRISTOPHER HAASE	AUDI R8	44	16 LAPS	8 LAPS	1:49.538	2
53	11	GTLM	67	RYAN BRISCOE	FORD GT ECO BOOST	43	17 LAPS	9 LAPS	1:44.974	2
54	13	P	70	TOM LONG	MAZDA PROTOTYPE	11	49 LAPS	44 LAPS	1:42.333	0

Brian C. reporting for AutoRacing1