Rolex 24: Racing Resumes at Daytona

Rolex 24: Racing Resumes at Daytona
Felipe Albuquerque in the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi led the field when the green flag waved Sunday morning. Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times
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UPDATE: Taylor, Bourdais to the Fore

Ricky Taylor returned the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing to the overall lead of the Rolex 24 within a few laps of the green flag flying at 7 a.m. and at 8 a.m. was firmly ensconced at the head of the field where he and his team mates had since the fourth hour of the race.

Ricky Taylor in the #10 WTR Cadillac wasted no time, retaking the overall race lead shortly after racing resumed. (Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times)
Ricky Taylor in the #10 WTR Cadillac wasted no time, retaking the overall race lead shortly after racing resumed. Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times

In GTLM, Patrick Pilet in the #911 Porsche passed Jan Magnussen in the #3 Corvette for the lead, but held only a lap before Sebastien Bourdais in the #66 Ford GT, where he and his co-drivers had spent most of the race.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—After almost three hours of yellow flags, the Rolex 24 at Daytona is back under way.

Overnight rain twice forced race officials to suspend racing—standing water on the track, particularly at the Bus Stop, made high-speed driving unreasonably unsafe.

Finally, at 7 a.m. with the heavy layer of clouds just starting to lighten, the green flag waved once again, starting the final seven hours of the 24-hour race.

Felipe Albuquerque in the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac held the lead when the green flag waved, but he soon had to hand it over to the irrepressible Ricky Taylor in the #10 WTR Cadillac, who maneuvered past Albuquerque through the Western Horseshoe.

Mike Rockenfeller in the #3 Corvette Racing C7.R led the GT Le Mans class when racing resumed at Daytona. (Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times)
Mike Rockenfeller in the #3 Corvette Racing C7.R led the GT Le Mans class when racing resumed at Daytona. Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times

Corvette Leads GTLM

Mike Rockenfeller in the #3 Corvette Racing C7.R led in GT Le Mans when racing resumed, leading Giancarlo Fisichella in the 62 RisI Ferrari 488 and Fred Makowiecki in the #911 Porsche GT Team 911 RSR.

Fred Makowiecki in the #91 Porsche GT Team 911 RSR was third in GT Le Mans. (Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times)
Fred Makowiecki in the #91 Porsche GT Team 911 RSR was third in GT Le Mans. Chris Jasurek/Epoch Times

IndyCar star Grahan Rahal in the #93 Acura NSX GT3 ran first in GT Daytona ahead of another IndyCar driver, series champion and Indy 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay in the #86 Acura.

James French led Prototype Challenge in the #38 Performance Tech Oreca FLM09.