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As the sun rises over Daytona, the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac V-Series.R and the two Porsche Penske Motorsport 963s are battling hard for the lead of the 2024 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona. Du…
As the sun rises over Daytona, the battle for the lead in the 2024 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona is intensifying between the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac V-Series.R and the two Porsche Penske Motorsport 963s. Pipo Derani in the No. 31 Cadillac and Mathieu Jaminet in the No. 6 Porsche are engaged in a fierce duel for the lead, with Matt Campbell in the No. 7 Porsche also in contention. Jack Aitken takes over from Derani but faces a delay leaving the pits, needing to overtake Campbell to regain the lead. Jaminet in the No. 6 Porsche receives a 10-second stop-and-hold penalty, their third penalty of the race. Gianmaria Bruni is in fourth place in the No. 5 Proton Competition Porsche, with six GTP cars on the overall lead lap. In the LMP2 class, Connor Zilisch of Era Motorsport and Malthe Jakobsen of CrowdStrike by APR have been involved in exciting racing, with Jakobsen now leading. Neil Verhagen is leading the GTD Pro class in the No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 by over 20 seconds. The No. 96 BMW M4 GT3 of Turner Motorsport encounters trouble with oil pressure, forcing them to be pushed behind the wall. The No. 17 AWA Corvette also goes behind the wall.
