P1racenews AI automatic summary:
IMSA admits to “officiating error” in premature Daytona 24 Hours checker
In a thrilling race, the No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 driven by Felipe Nasr competed fiercely against the No. 31 Cadillac V-Series.R driven by Tom Blomqvist for Action Express Racing. The race ended in confusion when the white flag indicating the final lap was shown incorrectly with three minutes still remaining. The flag was shown to the GTD class leader, who crossed the finish line, and Nasr, despite the NBC TV ticker indicating there were two laps remaining, was declared the winner with 1 minute and 35.277 seconds remaining. IMSA later admitted to an officiating error and stated that per regulations, the race was deemed ended once the checkered flag was displayed, regardless of timing errors. Nasr, along with his teammates Dane Cameron, Matt Campbell, and Josef Newgarden, were instructed by their strategist Tim Cindric to keep pushing until they were certain the race was over.
