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Rolex 24, Hour 11: Disaster strikes Whelen Cadillac
On the lap after the race returned to green, Phillip Eng pounced, taking the lead from Felipe Albuquerque, Kevin Estre still holding (...)
On the lap after the race returned to green, Phillip Eng pounced, taking the lead from Felipe Albuquerque, Kevin Estre still holding third with Julien Andlauer initially up to fourth in the Mustang Sampling Proton Porsche, then third ahead of Estre.
In GTD PRO, Sebastian Priaulx pounced for the lead, going by Nick Catsburg’s Corvette, the No.64 Mustang to the fore, soon joined by the sister No. 65 car in the hands of Dennis Olsen.
In LMP2 Paul di Resta restored smiles at United as the No. 22 took the lead, shuffling Christian Rasmussen back to third with Toby Sowery into second in the No. 04 Crowdstrike by APR car.
Seventeen minutes of the hour were gone before the full course yellows were out again, Fred Vesti went hard into the SAFER barriers in NASCAR 4 after an apparent failure at the left rear of the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac on the oval, and there was also major damage to the front end from the impact with the wall. Vesti desperately tried to get the car restarted, but the trailing debris from the front and the original damage from the failure at the rear made the task impossible, and the car required recovery.
Through the pit cycle, again under caution, the No. 85 JDC Miller Porsche of Pascal Wherein cycled through to third.
GTD PRO at the restart was back into the hands of the No.1 Paul Miller Racing BMW, ahead now of the No. 65 Ford with Priaulx in the No. 64 dropping back through the pit stops.
In GTD Elliott Skeer again took the No. 120 Wright Porsche to the lead with Seth Lucas in the Korthoff Competition second, but under pressure from the Cetilar and Inception Ferraris. The AMG dropped behind the two Ferraris before pitting.
A raft of penalties would see the No. 25 BMW GTP car dealt a three minute and 12-second stop and hold after being found to have performed an improper wave-by procedure.
There were also pit lane penalties for both GTD PRO factory Corvettes – the No. 3 for driving over parts on pitlane, and No. 4 for another pitlane infringement. Their penalties dropped them from the top of the class to eighth and ninth.
The stricken No. 31 Cadillac, meanwhile, was back to the pits with work starting immediately on the damaged front and rear.
Calamity for the Whelen Cadillac! What happened?
