Rolex 24h Daytona 23 hour race notes

 Current Weather:73 degrees, mostly cloudy

Distance Completed:706 Laps

Margin of Lead:0.362 seconds

Overall Lap Leaders (First Twenty-Three Hours): David Donohue 1, Timo Bernhard 2-25, David Donohue 26-33, Timo Bernhard 34-53, David Donohue 54-66, Scott Dixon 67, Darren Law 68-73, Romain Dumas 74-83, Darren Law 84-96, Romain Dumas 97-116, Darren Law 117-131, Terry Borcheller 132-138, AJ Allmendinger 139-153, Ryan Briscoe 154, Brad Jaeger 155-158, Brian Frisselle 159-160, Buddy Rice 161-194, Scott Dixon 195-201, Ryan Briscoe 202-205, Burt Frisselle 206-207, Scott Dixon 208-230, Joao Barbosa 231-262, Scott Dixon 263-264, JC France 265-269, Dario Franchitti 270-310, Max Angelelli 311-325, Dario Franchitti 326-327, Juan Pablo Montoya 328-335, Romain Dumas 336, Dario Franchitti 337-338, Juan Pablo Montoya 339-345, Romain Dumas 346-357, Pedro Lamy 358-385, Ryan Briscoe 386-434, Buddy Rice 435, Scott Dixon 436, Timo Bernhard 437-471, Antonio Garcia 472-474, Scott Dixon 475-477, Timo Bernhard 478-492, JC France 493-498, Max Angelelli 499-509, David Donohue 510-547, Juan Pablo Montoya 548, Memo Rojas 549-566, Darren Law 567-600, Scott Pruett 601, Hurley Haywood 602, Buddy Rice 603-634, Scott Pruett 635-642, Buddy Rice 643-661, Antonio Garcia 662-673, Juan Pablo Montoya 674- 

Lead Changes:49 among 22 drivers/9 cars

Cautions (Overall): (25 for 100 laps): 1) Laps 96-100 - No. 40 Jep Thornton spun into the tire barrier in Turn 3 and required a tow. 2) Laps 103-107 - Debris (tire) on the superstretch. 3) Laps 117-119 - No. 52 Joe Castellano spun in Turn 4 and needed a tow. 4) Laps 131-137 -Debris from No. 55 Raphael Matos' lost tire in the tri-oval. 5) Laps 155-158 - No. 6 AJ Allmendinger stopped on the course. 6) Laps 161-166 - No. 76 Darren Turner stopped on the course. 7) Laps 171-176 - No. 56 Nathan Swartzbaugh spun in the bus stop after losing the Ferrari 430 Challenge's right rear tire. 8) Laps 231-234 - No. 58 Antonio Garcia spun into the Turn 3 tire wall. 9) Laps 265-268 - No. 60 Ryan Hunter-Reay stopped between NASCAR Turns 3 and 4. 10) Laps 300-306 - No. 22 Chapman Ducote hit the wall in Turn 6 and scattered debris. 11) Laps 340-344 - Debris in the chicane. 12) Laps 357-362 - Debris in the chicane. 13) Laps 376-380 - No. 52 Luca Pirri is stalled in the chicane. 14) Laps 398-403 - No. 56 Nathan Swartzbaugh stalled in the chicane. 15) Laps 410-412 - Car hit wall at chicane, then continued. 16) Laps 439-443 laps - No. 89 Giacomo Petrobelli stopped on the course in Turn 4. 17) Laps 445-448 - No. 40 Jep Thornton and No. 65 John Potter get together in the wall at Turn 6. 18) 513-516 No. 77 Matteo Bobbi comes to stop on banking.19) Laps 551- Debris in the chicane from No. 02 Dixon. 19) 557-569 No. 09 Jason Pridmore spun off course and stopped in the chicane. 634-637 Debris is on track and needs to be cleared. 661-664 No. 14 Claudio Burtin is stopped on course and requires a tow. 673-676 There is debris on the track. 700-704 There was debris in the chicane.

Top Five (Daytona Prototype):
01 Montoya, 58 Donohue, 59 Barbosa, 10 Angelelli, 02 Dixon

Top Five (GT):
67 Lally, 66 Pumpelly, 33 Pilet, 57 Liddell, 07 Magnussen

Notes of Interest (From 1:30 -2:30 p.m.):

No. 09 Guy Cosmo was taken to the medical center and treated for an earlier incident.
10 Angelelli took third overall from 58 Garcia.
58 Garcia re-took third overall from 10 Angelelli on Lap 695. The top four cars are within 1.071 seconds of each other.
Top four overall are in the pits. 01 Montoya maintains the lead off of pit road.
 

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