Morning at Daytona

As with any endurance race, the night isn't always kind.

The #01 Ganassi Ford-Riley was forced to the garage to repair some right front damage and has fallen to thirty-four laps down. The #60 Michael Shank Ford-Riley had a gearbox problem and is still in the garage, now forty-seven laps down. The #70 Mazda SKYACTIV-D retired due to overheating.

In GTLM, the #4 Corvette retired due to overheating.

The #08 RSR Racing PC entry had accident in the bus stop end their day with Chris Cumming behind the wheel. Cumming is ok.

The good news from the night was Memo Gidley has overtone surgery on left arm and left leg and is undergoing further evaluation at Halifax Medical Center. Gidley had run into the #62 Risi Competizione Ferrari of Matteo Malucelli just before 5:00 p.m. Saturday.

As they run with nearly seventeen hours completed, Jordan Taylor leads João Barbosa with Brian Frisselle third making it Corvette DP sweep of the top three. Scott Dixon is back in the #02 and is fourth with Mike Rockenfeller in fifth. They top five are all on the lead lap. Klaus Graf is sixth, one lap down.

Patrick Pilet is seventh overall and leads the GTLM class over his Porsche teammate Michael Christensen. Robin Liddell is third in the sole remaining Corvette, a lap back of the Porsches. Another lap back are the BMWs of John Edwards and Joey Hand. Six laps back of Pilet is Jonathan Bomarito in the #93 Viper with the #91 Viper of Marc Goossens seven laps back.

The PC pole-sitting #54 CORE Autosport entry was leading the class with Mark Wilkins behind the wheel before making a pit stop. Tom Kimber-Smith has taken the lead driving for 8Star Motorsports with Wilkins dropping to second after the stop.. Two laps back of them is Pieffe Kaffer in third driving the #7 Starworks entry.

Ferrari is 1-2 in GTD with the #555 Level 5 Motorsport of Jeff Segal leading the #63 Scuderia Corse of Jeff Westphal. Tim Pappas is third in the #45 Flying Lizard Audi with Madison Snow fourth in the #58 Snow Racing Porsche. The #72 SMP Racing Ferrari of Maurizio Mediani round out the top five in GTD.