DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—The 2016 WeatherTech Rolex 24 at Daytona has entered its middle eight hours.
There were six caution periods in the first eight hours and three retirements: the #70 Mazda Prototype (mechanical,) the #0 Panoz DeltaWing (collision,) and the #54 Core Prototype Challenge car (massive engine failure.)
A mixture of Daytona Prototypes and LMP2 cars have shared the overall lead, with the #02 Ganassi Riley-Ford, the #31 AXR Coyote-Corvette, and the Ligier-Hondas of Shank Racing and ESM leading the majority of the laps.
Luis Felipe Derani set fastest lap of the race a 1:39.192 tin the #2 ESM Ligier JS P2 Honda.
Olivier Pla and AJ Allmendinger took superman stints in the #60 Shank Racing Ligier-Honda and kept the car in the lead from twilight through full dark. Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times
