IMSA Rolex 24 at Daytona: Rain Halts the Racing Just Past Halfway

IMSA Rolex 24 at Daytona: Rain Halts the Racing Just Past Halfway
Rene Rast in the #90 VisitFlorida Riley-Gibson took the race lead when Max Angelelli in the #10 got a drive-through penalty. Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times
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UPDATE: Rain Halts the Racing

The rain intensified around three a.m. as the temperature continued to fall.

Max Angelelli finally lost the led, not due to the rotten weather but due to a tiny pit lane infraction: His fueler jumped over the wall and inserted the fuel hose a few seconds before the fire-extinguisher man got over the wall. An IMSA safety official saw the infraction and called for a drive-through penalty.

Max Angelelli was leading when a pit-crew penalty cost him one position. (Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times)
Max Angelelli was leading when a pit-crew penalty cost him one position. Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times