2012 Rolex 24 Hours At Daytona: Hour 24 Update
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Despite the excitement of the previous 23 hours it was this hour that was the most important, everything up to this point…
The penultimate hour of the 50th Rolex 24 at Daytona began with the field circulating under the fourteenth full course caution of the race, once more bunching up the field, including placing the no.6 Michael Shank car in fourth overall back on the lead lap.
Hour 22 of the 50th running of the Rolex 24 hours proved to be one of the most exciting closest battles of…
Two full course cautions in quick succession closed up the leaders of both classes at the 50th Rolex 24 at Daytona, setting up a tense finale to the event.
As the race draws in to its final stages Scott Pruett leads the way in the DP class while the battle between…
The decision to spend the extra time to change brake bads on the no.60 Riley-Ford as well as change drivers from Justin Wilson to Ozz Negri allowed the no.01 Ganassi entry to slip through into to the lead as the 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona enters its final phase.
The top five positions remain the same at the end of the eighteenth hour as they started with the #60 Michael Shank…
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.
