Count Antonio Von Dory and Roberto Mieres won the race in a Porsche, shortened to 560.07 miles due to darkness. A little while after, the #912 Porsche of Mathieu Jaminet passed the #24 BMW of Augusto Farfus for third in GTLM. It was the 57th running of the race, and the first of 12 races in the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, and the first of four rounds of the 2019 Michelin Endurance Cup. Back in the overall battle, Felipe Nasr, of the #31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac team, would pass the #6 Acura of Juan Pablo Montoya for second position twenty minutes into the race. IMSA. Thirty minutes into the hour, the race went back to green flag conditions. 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM ET. The race has had several names over the years. With the full course caution, both Mazda prototypes were placed back on the lead lap behind the #10 and #5 Cadillacs. Not Really for IMSA Race ControlThe Sanctioning Body Has a Proven Process for Determining Photo Finishes in All Its SeriesThe Most Popular Porsche Colors, According to YouAfter Observing How Much Color […] Group GT3 is not used at Le Mans. 24 Hours of Daytona: Fourth Place for Ferrari . Subscribe to this channel to watch all the live action from iRacing! Black Swan's fastest driver, Jeroen Bleekemoelen, set a lap time of 1:46.467.[12]. Winning drivers of all classes receive a steel Rolex Daytona watch. Recent Daytona entries also include BMW M3s and M6s, Porsche 911s, Chevy Camaros and Corvettes, Mazda RX-8s, Pontiac GTO.Rs, and Ferrari F430 Challenges. The fourth place #12 AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 was delayed, preventing Shan Van Gisbergen from quickly entering the race. Sebring 12 Hours Mar 17, 2021 to Mar 20, 2021 With nine minutes to go in the hour, the #10 Cadillac of Ryan Briscoe passed the #77 Mazda for second place. The #5 Mustang Sampling car took control of the lead, just ahead of the #55 Mazda. Towards the end of the hour, brake changes and driver changes in the GTD class places the #44 GRT Magnus Racing entry in the lead. By comparison, the Acura ARX-05 merely saw a 2.0 liter increase in fuel capacity. The race continued on as part of the IMSA GT Championship. At midnight, the race went back to green. The #10 Cadillac was also able to lap the #77 Mazda at seven o’ clock, meaning that the #10 and #5 Cadillacs were the only cars on the lead lap of the race overall. [5] The constraints were exclusive to the 24 Hours of Daytona and its test session, the Roar Before The 24. The 2020 24 Hours of Daytona (formally the 2020 Rolex 24 at Daytona) was an endurance sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). [9]. In the past, a car had to cross the finish line after 24 hours to be classified, which led to dramatic scenes where damaged cars waited in the pits or on the edge of the track close to the finish line for hours, then restarted their engines and crawled across the finish line one last time in order to finish after the 24 hours and be listed with a finishing distance, rather than dismissed with DNF (Did Not Finish). In the first ten minutes of the hour, the #24 and #912 battled for first place in GTLM and the Lamborghinis of #44 and #48 battled for first place in GTD. Daytona Beach, Sunday, 6th February. 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The #55 Mazda had an exhaust issue thirty-five minutes into the hour. Henrik Hedman set a time of 1:37.728 for the #81 DragonSpeed Oreca 07, and the #8 Tower Motorsports Oreca 07 placed third on the starting grid, with John Farano having a best time in the car of a 1:39.279. The #81 DragonSpeed Oreca 07 lead by three laps over the #52 Oreca 07. Get ready to make memories that will last a lifetime! In total, both Mazda cars completed 36 laps. 2. Garage Pass &Taste of the 24 gratifies the Daytona. These amateur drivers or overage professional drivers (FIA Silver or Bronze are typically for amateur drivers but professional drivers over 55 are automatically classified at this level) are required in the car for a specific number of hours. However, the #77 Mazda would eventually pass the #6 Acura on pace, and the #10 Cadillac was only twenty seconds behind, as Renger van der Zande recovered time quickly after the penalty. Forty-five minutes into the hour, the #10 Cadillac with WEC regular Kamui Kobayashi at the wheel was able to get on the inside of turn one to pass the #77 white Mazda of Tristan Nunez. The entry for Daytona has always fluctuated from very good to mediocre, but this year was by far the worst to date. The long green flag run would come to an end as the #74 Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 was smoking heavily. The race was ended ahead of the 22nd Hour, due to heavy rainfall. The #38 Performance Tech Motorsports Oreca 07 cause a red flag that would end the session, as it crashed into the tire barrier at turn six, with the car's underbody leaned on top of the barrier. With nine minutes to go in the hour, the #6 Acura of Dane Cameron was able to pass the #77 Mazda of Olivier Pla for overall lead. The #9 Pfaff Motorsport Porsche was within a hundredth of a second of the leading R8 LMS. The #10 Wayne Taylor Racing team secured its fourth Daytona 24 Hours victory in five years, after the pursuing Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac blew a tyre with seven minutes to go. Rounding out the top three was the #55 Mazda driven by Jonathan Bomarito with a close 1:34.169. A short history of a long race. The #23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3's penalty was changed, with the five minute penalty applying to the next practice session rather than qualifying. Not much later, the #10 Cadillac received a speeding penalty after Kamui Kobayashi exited out of pit lane above the pit lane speed limit. Five minutes before the end of the hour, the #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac, which was moving on the apron of the speedway slowly came into the pit to replace a flat tire. Turner Motorsport finished on top of the GTD class, followed by the Pfaff Motorsport Porsche. [3] One month following that announcement, then-director of Mazda's motorsports program in North America, John Doonan, was confirmed to be Atherton's replacement.[4]. Also known as the 24 Hours of Daytona, the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona Race has developed since its inception and taken on different formats throughout the years, but the basic concept has been a 24-hour endurance race at the Daytona International Speedway. The AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 set the fastest time of the 1:47.031, with the Grasser Racing Team's #11 Lamborghini Huracán Evo GT3, setting a 1:47.353, followed by the second of the AIM Lexus GT3 cars, third in the GTD class.[6]. This year’s Continental had been extended to a full 24-hour race with a line-up of 60 cars. It is also confirmed that the #25 BMW, which stopped on track is now in the garage with a damaged oil line. With about fifteen minutes to go in the hour, Nicky Catsburg in the #3 Corvette C8.R was in second place. The Cadillac was also given 3.0 liter increase in fuel capacity. Oliver Jarvis placed the #77 Mazda RT-24P on the pole position for the 58th 24 Hours of Daytona, with a time of 1:33.711, besting the rest of the field by four tenths, but failing to beat the track record he set last year by .026 thousandths. After the pits opened under the caution, the running order is the #6 Acura, #31 Cadillac, #77 Mazda, #5 Cadillac, #10 Cadillac (repaired rear light under caution), #85 Cadillac, #55 Mazda, and #7 Acura. The #48 Lamborghini would move into first place in GTD after passing the #44 Lamborghini. The #96 BMW M6 GT3 was followed by the #11 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo and #88 WRT Speedstar Audi R8 LMS, who were fifth and sixth respectfully. The #3 C8.R would get within three tenths of the Porsches with a 1:42.545 by Antonio Garcia, but could not catch up to the Porsches. The second free practice was a drier one, led by #7 Acura ARX-05c. Ticknell received a drive through penalty, knocking the #55 off the lead lap. Soon enough, the second cycle of pit stops would start with the duo of Mazda prototypes, about forty minutes into both their stints. Gabriel Aubry would put the Oreca 07 of #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports in third place. The distance amounted to roughly half of the distance the 24 Hours of Le Mans winners covered at the time, and was similar in length to the 12 Hours of Sebring, which was also held in Florida in March. DAYTONA 24 HOURS | SOLD OUT IN RECORD TIME Find out More. The race slowly unfolds with a myriad of battles as we tick off the first 12 hours. Second on the podium was the Joest Racing #77 Mazda of Oliver Jarvis, Olivier Pla, and Tristan Nunez. In Free Practice 3, Filipe Albuquerque was able to set the fastest time in the DPi class for the #31 Action Express Cadillac time, setting a 1:34.914. Since 1992, the Rolex Watch Company is the title sponsor of the race under a naming rights arrangement, replacing Sunbank (now SunTrust) which in turn replaced Pepsi in 1984. The #911 took third, raced by Nick Tandy, Fredric Makowiecki, and Matt Campbell.