As the time left in the in the 49th Grand Am Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway shrinks, the drama continues to multiply.
With two hours to go, penalties, mechanical failures, and late-race strategies continue to change the prospective outcome of the race.
Joey Hand, handily leading the Daytona Prototype class, hit a tire leaving the pits and was assessed a thirty-second penalty, which dropped him to fouth place. Scott Dixon took the lead, pursued closely by Christian Fittipaldi in the #9 Action Express and Mark Blundell in the #23 United Autosports/Shank Riley Ford.
As Blundell battled Fittipaldi, Dixon tried to stretch a gap. Meanwhile, Joey hand began turning amazing lap times, determined to make up the 52 seconds he lost coming him to serve his penalty. In less than an hour Hand cut the gap almost in half
With two hours to go, penalties, mechanical failures, and late-race strategies continue to change the prospective outcome of the race.
Joey Hand, handily leading the Daytona Prototype class, hit a tire leaving the pits and was assessed a thirty-second penalty, which dropped him to fouth place. Scott Dixon took the lead, pursued closely by Christian Fittipaldi in the #9 Action Express and Mark Blundell in the #23 United Autosports/Shank Riley Ford.
As Blundell battled Fittipaldi, Dixon tried to stretch a gap. Meanwhile, Joey hand began turning amazing lap times, determined to make up the 52 seconds he lost coming him to serve his penalty. In less than an hour Hand cut the gap almost in half
