2012 Rolex 24 Hours At Daytona: Hour 17 Update
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In contrast to much of the Michael Shank Racing’s no.60 car is now the target for those chasing after Justin Wilson took the lead following the most recent safety car period.
Hour 16 was all about the GT class with an epic battle between reigning Supercup champion Rene Rast and Marc Lieb. The…
The stranglehold the no.8 Starworks Motorsport team have on the 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona was strengthened, the threatened in the space of a single hour.
In the GT class Chris Cumming in the #68 TRG Porsche kicked off the hour with a spin heading in to the…
Allan McNish continued Starworks Motorsport’s fine display at the 50th Rolex 24 at Daytona, maintaining the lead through another round of green flag pitstops during the race’s thirteenth hour.
A full course yellow welcomed in the twelfth hour as the #51 Audi was recovered from the track; leading the way on…
Over 100 laps of green flag racing at the 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona came to end shortly before the end of the eleventh hour after the APR Motorsport Audi R8 Grand-Am stopped with rear damage around the pack of the paddock.
As the lead DP cars continue to thread their way through the GT traffic the Chip Ganassi cars lead in to the…
Despite extending their lead during the prolonged green flag running a brake pad and disc change on the no.8 Starworks Motorsport Riley-Ford was enough to drop it a lap off the lead, which Juan Pablo Montoya held at the end of the ninth hour of the 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona.
Ryan Dalziel in the #8 Starworks Ford leads the Rolex 24-Hour at Daytona as the race enters its ninth hour.
Ryan Dalziel in the #8 Starworks Ford leads the Rolex 24-hour at Daytona at the seven hour mark, after an hour dominated by two full course yellow periods.
The decision not to pit under the fifth caution of the race delivered the Chevrolet Corvette DPs of Spirit of Daytona Racing and Bob Stallings Racing to the top two positions, Oliver Gavin and Alex Gurney fighting for the lead once the green flag few again.
The opening moments of the fifth hour marked routine pit stops for a lot of the teams, with temperatures dropping signalling a…
Lucas Luhr and Allan McNish enjoyed time in the lead as the pole-sitting no.8 Starworks Motorsport Riley-Ford returned to the top of the leaderboard early in the fourth hour of the 50th Rolex 24 Hours.
The SunTrust Racing team finished the 50th Rolex 24-Hour at Daytona prematurely after their Chevrolet/Corvette DP suffered a valve train problem. The #10…
Alex Gurney has said he is happy with his opening stint in the #99 GAINSCO Corvette, after taking the new Corvette Daytona…
The third hour of the 50th running of the Rolex 24 hours of Daytona would start with a second full course yellow…
