It’s a brave new world but with plenty of familiar faces bringing home success.
The overall win goes to Action Express, the second overall win for the team, the first for a Coyote chassis, a Corvette DP and the first for a GM engine since the Pontiac engined win in 2005, the first for a Chevy engine since the Corvette factory team’s overall win in 2001 and the Bowtie’s 3rd win overall.
For the driving squad the win is the second for both Joao Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi, and the first for Sebastian Bourdais.
Corvette DPs took a 1,2,3,4 sweep, Riley’s hopes of a 10th overall win came to nought.
The win by the factory Porsche 911 RSR secures a further extension to the marques’ amazing record here – a 52nd consecutive year of scoring at least a podium finish. It’s the second 24 Hour race win for the 911 based racer too after the win at Le Mans last year.
It’s an incredible 40th overall and/ or class victory for the Porsche 911, the 76th class victory for the marque here.
Richard Lietz scores a second class win here and its a first Daytona class win for both Patrick Pilet and Nick Tandy.
It is Michelin’s first class win here since taking the overall win with Corvette Racing in 2000.
It was the very first 24 Hour race for the Oreca spec chassied PC class and thus the first Oreca win here.
Jon Bennett, James Gue, Colin Braun and Mark Wilkins all score their first class wins here.
Core Autosports score not only the PC class win but also support the Porsche factory GTLM effort.
In GTD the battle went right down to the flag and after the #555 car took the flag it received the highly controversial penalty that gave the win to the Flying Lizards Audi in the team’s first race with their brand new programme, that takes the team to the top step here for the first time, one better than in the team’s first year of competition in 2004 when they finished second in class and third overall.
It’s a second consecutive class win here then for the Audi R8 LMS, Spencer Pumpelly takes a third class win, Markus Winklehock takes his first after the last lap drama here last year (and for that matter this year too!) with Both Nelson Canache Jr and Tim Pappas taking first class wins here too.
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