Rolex 24 Hour 15: Dalziel has Ford on top

Ryan Dalziel leading at Daybreak in his polesitting No. 8 Ford

As the sun began to rise at the 15 Hour mark of the Rolex 24 the polesitting No. 8 Starworks Ford driven by Ryan Dalziel still led with a 21 second cushion over the No. 01 Chip Ganassi BMW driven by Memo Rojas. Justin Wilson was 3rd in the No. 60 Michael Shank Ford.

In GT class Rene Rast led in his Magnus Racing Porsche GT3 by 14.2 seconds over Marc Lieb in the Brumos Racing Porsche GT3. Then two minutes after the 15 Hour mark a caution flag came out and the field dove into the pits and bunched up behind the pace car.

Every time Dalziel gets in the car, it goes to the front. They dropped to tenth when he got out of the car. He gets back in the car, and puts almost lap on the entire field…the guy might just be the best driver in North America right now. He needs an IndyCar ride.

He is one hell of a driver. He takes an underfunded team, with a driver (McNish) that has won multiple Sebring and LeMans races and outdrives him silly in the same car. He did the same thing on every team he has been on. Nobody has touched this kid in the same car.

Hour 15 Standings

Pos	No.	PIC	Driver	Laps	Behind	Gap	Team
1	8	1	Ryan Dalziel	470	0.000s	0.000s	Starworks Motorsport Ford / Riley
2	01	2	Memo Rojas	470	21.058	21.058	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates BMW / Riley
3	60	3	Justin Wilson	470	1:19.577	58.519	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Ford / Riley
4	6	4	Felipe Nasr	467	3 LAPS	3 LAPS	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Ford / Riley
5	5	5	Christian Fittipaldi	466	4 LAPS	1 LAP	Action Express Racing Corvette DP
6	02	6	Dario Franchitti	464	6 LAPS	2 LAPS	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates BMW / Riley
7	2	7	Michael Valiante	464	6 LAPS	1.358	Starworks Motorsport Ford / Riley
8	77	8	Burt Frisselle	460	10 LAPS	4 LAPS	Doran Racing Ford / Dallara
9	90	9	Antonio Garcia	455	15 LAPS	5 LAPS	Spirit of Daytona Corvette DP
10	9	10	Max Papis	451	19 LAPS	4 LAPS	Action Express Racing Corvette DP
11	44	1	Rene Rast	449	21 LAPS	2 LAPS	Magnus Racing Porsche GT3
12	59	2	Marc Lieb	449	21 LAPS	14.200	Brumos Racing Porsche GT3
13	57	3	Robin Liddell	449	21 LAPS	14.995	Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GT.R
14	67	4	Jeroen Bleekemolen	448	22 LAPS	1 LAP	TRG Porsche GT3
15	23	5	Emmanuel Collard	448	22 LAPS	56.430	Alex Job Racing Porsche GT3
16	70	6	Jonathan Bomarito	447	23 LAPS	1 LAP	SpeedSource Mazda RX-8
17	63	7	Toni Vilander	447	23 LAPS	2.138	Risi Competizione Ferrari 458
18	26	8	Sean Edwards	445	25 LAPS	2 LAPS	NGT Motorsport Porsche GT3
19	88	9	Paul Edwards	445	25 LAPS	1:33.890	Autohaus Motorsports Camaro GT.R
20	66	10	Dominik Farnbacher	445	25 LAPS	10.962	TRG Porsche GT3
21	32	11	Nicolas Armindo	445	25 LAPS	33.542	Orbit/GMG Porsche GT3
22	45	12	Patrick Long	443	27 LAPS	2 LAPS	Flying Lizard Motorsports with Wright Motorsports Porsche GT3
23	69	13	Nick Longhi	443	27 LAPS	0.966	AIM Autosport Team FXDD Racing with Ferrari Ferrari 458
24	68	14	Ben Keating	443	27 LAPS	27.666	TRG Porsche GT3
25	93	15	Dirk Muller	441	29 LAPS	2 LAPS	Turner Motorsport BMW M3
26	40	16	Tom Long	441	29 LAPS	18.608	Dempsey Racing Mazda RX-8
27	24	17	Bob Faieta	440	30 LAPS	1 LAP	Alex Job Racing Porsche GT3
28	42	18	Dane Cameron	439	31 LAPS	1 LAP	Team Sahlen Mazda RX-8
29	56	19	Robert Kauffman	438	32 LAPS	1 LAP	AF – Waltrip Ferrari 458
30	22	20	Randy Blaylock	434	36 LAPS	4 LAPS	Bullet Racing Porsche GT3
31	03	21	Scott Sharp	433	37 LAPS	1 LAP	Extreme Speed Motorsports Ferrari 458
32	64	22	Eliseo Salazar	429	41 LAPS	4 LAPS	TRG Porsche GT3
33	76	11	Tracy Krohn	428	42 LAPS	1 LAP	Krohn Racing Ford / Lola
34	55	23	Tony Kester	424	46 LAPS	4 LAPS	Acumen Motorsport Porsche GT3
35	75	24	Eric Curran	420	50 LAPS	4 LAPS	Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GT.R
36	65	25	Joe Castellano	409	61 LAPS	11 LAPS	TRG Porsche GT3
37	82	26	Owen Trinkler	401	69 LAPS	8 LAPS	Dick Greer Racing Porsche GT3
38	20	27	Franz Engstler	396	74 LAPS	5 LAPS	Liqui Moly Team Englster/Mitchum Motorsports Porsche Porsche GT3
39	18	28	Davy Jones	396	74 LAPS	14:54.430	Muehlner Motorsports America, LLC Porsche GT3
40	50	12	Carlos de Quesada	396	74 LAPS	24.956	50+Predator/Alegra BMW / Riley
41	99	13	Alex Gurney	390	80 LAPS	6 LAPS	GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Corvette DP
42	19	29	Scott Dollahite	373	97 LAPS	17 LAPS	Muehlner Motorsports America, LLC Porsche GT3
43	34	30	Phil Fogg	361	109 LAPS	12 LAPS	Orbit/GMG Porsche GT3
44	41	31	Rick Johnson	354	116 LAPS	7 LAPS	Dempsey Racing Mazda RX-8
45	12	32	Darryl Shoff	345	125 LAPS	9 LAPS	Alliance Autosport Porsche GT3
46	4	33	Ron Yarab Jr	300	170 LAPS	45 LAPS	Magnus Racing Porsche GT3
47	36	34	Taylor Hacquard	270	200 LAPS	30 LAPS	Yellow Dragon Motorsports Mazda RX-8
48	15	35	Doug Harrington	256	214 LAPS	14 LAPS	Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang
49	51	36	Dion von Moltke	249	221 LAPS	7 LAPS	APR Motorsport Audi R8 Grand-Am
50	17	37	Martin Ragginger	226	244 LAPS	23 LAPS	Burtin Racing with Goldcrest Motorsports Porsche GT3
51	48	38	Mark Wilkins	224	246 LAPS	2 LAPS	Paul Miller Racing Porsche GT3
52	46	39	Ivo Breukers	172	298 LAPS	52 LAPS	Michael Baughman Racing Corvette
53	74	40	Humaid Masaood	171	299 LAPS	1 LAP	Oryx Racing Audi R8 Grand-Am
54	62	41	Gianmaria Bruni	154	316 LAPS	17 LAPS	Risi Competizione Ferrari 458
55	87	42	Emilio Valverde	101	369 LAPS	53 LAPS	Racers Edge Motorsports Dodge Viper
56	94	43	Billy Johnson	86	384 LAPS	15 LAPS	Turner Motorsport BMW M3
57	43	44	Will Nonnamaker	21	449 LAPS	65 LAPS	Team Sahlen Mazda RX-8
58	10	14	Max Angelelli	14	456 LAPS	7 LAPS	SunTrust Racing Corvette DP