27 January 2019 Archives

Rolex 24 At Daytona – Hour 18 to 24 – updated

Sunday January 27th, 2019Saturday February 2nd, 2019 Jens Jensen

After a bit over one and a half hours of red flag due to heavy rain at Daytona International Speedway, the year’s first round of IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship was restarted. There were five hours and 36 minutes left of the race when the cars left the pits. Konica Minolta Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac #10 was leading the DPi class, DragonSpeed #81 in LMP2, Risi Competizione Ferrari #62 in GTLM and Meyer Shank Racing Acura #86 in GTD. After two warm-up laps the race was officially restarted. While it went…

Rolex 24 At Daytona – Hour 12 to 17

Sunday January 27th, 2019Monday January 28th, 2019 Jens Jensen

After the first twelve hours race in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2019 season with eight Safety Car periods on the track, Acura Team Penske #6 was leading the DPi field, ahead of Konica Minolta Wayne Taylor Racing #10 and Acura Team Penske #7. Whelen Engineering Cadillac #31 in P4 was the last car on the lead lap. In the LMP2 class, DragonSpeed #18 and #81 were in front, while Performance Tech Motorsports #38 was six laps behind. Porsche had it 1-2 in GTLM with #911 ahead of #912, while Risi…

Rolex 24 at Daytona – the first hours

Sunday January 27th, 2019Monday January 28th, 2019 Jens Jensen

This year’s Rolex 24 at Daytona was started on a half-chilly temperature and cloudy track. 14 degrees Celsius isn’t what you would expect from Florida weather, but it was the case for the 47 starting teams Mazda Team Joest #77 had taken Pole Position in the DPi category, while DragonSpeed #81 took Pole in LMP2. Porsche #911 was the Polesitter in GTLM, and last but not least Via Italia Racing Ferrari #13 was the best GTD car in the qualifying. There was already drama before the start, when Juncos Racing…