DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—The 2016 WeatherTech Rolex 24 at Daytona is well under way, and so far it is living up to the hype.
After five hours of racing, there have been only four caution periods, one retirement, and different race leader every hour.
The hard racing started at the weave of the green, with Luis Derani in the #2 ESM Ligier Honda and Os Negri in the #60 Shank Racing Ligier-Honda both passed pole-sitter Mikhail Aleshin’s SMP Racing’s BR01 Nissan in the first infield turns.
The #2 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ligier-Honda took the lead on the first lap. Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times
