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[Savolainen83]

Bit of a moment for the #33 LMP3 on the first corner but managed to continue driving.

 

[Firehound427]

Trouble for the #52 Wynn's Oreca P2! It appears to have made contact with someone soon after leaving the pits, and is currently stationary.

EDIT: This has resulted in a Full Course Yellow.

EDIT 2: Back to green now.

 

[Firehound427]

Ten hours to go; here's your current class leaders:

Spoiler

DPi: #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac
LMP2: #8 Tower Motorsport Oreca
LMP3: #74 Riley Motorsports Ligier
GTLM: #4 Corvette
GTD: #57 Winward Racing AMG

 

[VulcanSpirit]

Conway vs Dixon for the overall lead... Dixon retakes it and is streaking away in the #01 car!

#31 Caddy sounds a little rough to me...

 

[Firehound427]

#31 Caddy sounds a little rough to me...

Hmm... yes, the Whelen Cadillac does seem to be a little off the pace now...

 

[VulcanSpirit]

#31's just pitted for what looks to be a routine stop... it's heading back out now.

UPDATE: #01's in... a less than perfect tyre change, but Van der Zande is back in the seat.

 

[Firehound427]

Debris on track at the bus-stop chicane thanks to the WeatherTech Porsche. Yellow flags.

EDIT: The debris has been cleared and we are back to green.

 

[Savolainen83]

Eurobeat intensifies... then ends abruptly.

 

[VulcanSpirit]

A spin for Kobayashi as he tries to pass Van der Zande into Turn 1! Looks like he's got going again, though.

 

[C-ZETA]

Knew Kamui would go for that the way he's been on the brakes, but the gap was always gonna disappear.

 

[VulcanSpirit]

Nice burnout from Milner in the #4 Corvette as he leapfrogs the #25 BMW (De Phillippi) in the pits.

#3 Corvette (Garcia) and #62 Ferrari (Calado) also pit in GT LM.

 

[Savolainen83]

More action at the bus stop.

 

[VulcanSpirit]

Collision between the #64 Porsche and #97 Aston at the bus stop; no full-course yellow.

Big battle in GT LM between the Corvettes and #25 BMW.

 

[Savolainen83]

#52 Wynn's proto resting on trackside, local yellows.

EDIT: we have FCY

EDIT 2: car got moving under its own power. Lets see what happens.

 

[VulcanSpirit]

#52's got going again - hopefully it won't be too long before we go back to green.

 

[Savolainen83]

Green!

 

[raven214]

Looks like Ganassi #01 has taken the lead. Hard to tell because broadcast is talking about Chase learning to drive the DPi...

 

[Savolainen83]

Looks like Ganassi #01 has taken the lead. Hard to tell because broadcast is talking about Chase learning to drive the DPi...

Must be really hard what with all those right turns...

 

[AnthonyD1993]

"I was driving my nuts off." - Kenny Habul

 

[VulcanSpirit]

Serra putting Engel under pressure for the GTD lead; for now, Engel keeps soaking it up in the #57 AMG.

 

[Morgoth_666]

Tough to beat falling asleep listening to racing and waking up listening to racing.

 

[Dylan]

This Serra and Engel battle is great!

 

[Tired Tyres]

Down to the last 6 hours 39 minutes.

This Serra and Engel battle is great!

Yes. And the pitstops were mirror images of each other.

 

[Firehound427]

We are now into the last six hours. Here are the class leaders at the moment of writing:

Spoiler

DPi: #10 Konica Minolta Acura
LMP2: #8 Tower Motorsport Oreca
LMP3: #74 Riley Motorsports Ligier
GTLM: #4 Corvette
GTD: #21 AF Corse Ferrari

 

[VulcanSpirit]

Small problem for Pagenaud in the #48 Caddy as he overshoots Turn 6, but he gets going again.

 

[Firehound427]

#96 Turner Motorsport BMW in the pits with a puncture.

 

[VulcanSpirit]

Puncture for the #96 Turner Motorsport (Liqui Moly) M6.

UPDATE: Nasr pits the #31 Caddy with gearbox issues; looks like the Whelen car is in for lengthy repairs at best.

 

[Dylan]

31 to the garage. NBC reports that it got stuck in 3rd gear.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

What has Chase Elliott done?

 

[VulcanSpirit]

31 to the garage. NBC reports that it got stuck in 3rd gear.

IMSA Radio reported the same thing.

Mega battle for the lead developing between Rossi (#10 Acura) and Magnussen (#01 Cadillac). Rossi in front as I type this.