Rolex 24 At Daytona - Race Notes 8

Lap 301 - 9:34:49 (11:05 PM) - No. 59 HAYWOOD (FRANCE in) comes down pit road for service. In GT, No. 85 WERNER leads No. 72 LIDDELL by slightly more than a second.

Lap 302 - 9:37:15 (11:07 PM) - OVERALL LEAD CHANGE: No. 11 MANNING pits (DUNO in), giving the lead to No. 01 DURAN. No. 19 VALIANTE (LABONTE in) comes down pit road for service. No. 77 GIDLEY pits for service.

Lap 304 - 9:40:12 (11:10 PM) - No. 23 LONG and No. 99 GURNEY make pit stops. No. 60 NEGRI pits.

Lap 305 - 9:42:34 (11:12 PM) - Third place No. 05 WENDLINGER pits for service. No. 02 WHELDON also pits

MEDICAL UPDATE: Gaston Mazzacane, driver of the No. 18 Porsche Fabcar, has been admitted to Halifax Medical Center following his crash on Lap 261. Mazzacane was awake and alert, and will undergo precautionary x-rays and a CAT-scan.

Lap 306 - 9:44:21 (11:14 PM) - No. 6 ALLMENDINGER and No. 39 MAASSEN each make pit stops.

Lap 306 - 9:45:05 (11:15 PM) - Race-leading No. 01 DURAN makes a stop, but maintains the lead. No. 91 GOOSSENS pits for service.

Lap 308 - 9:48:23 (11:18 PM) - No. 10 TAYLOR comes down pit road for service and MAGNUSSEN takes control.

Lap 309 - 9:50:29 (11:20 PM) - No. 14 PATCH is slow on the apron the back straightaway.

Lap 311 - 9:54:36 (11:24 PM) - No. 02 WHELDON passes No. 11 DUNO for second place overall.

Lap 314 - 10:00:00 (11:30 PM) - No. 05 WENDLINGER passes No. 11 DUNO for third overall.

Lap 316 - 10:03:45 (11:34 PM) - No. 39 MAASSEN comes down pit road for an unscheduled stop. No. 75 BRAUN makes a stop and stays behind the wheel.

Lap 318 - 10:08:20 (11:38 PM) - No. 99 GURNEY makes a pit stop (VASSER in) and No. 39 MAASSEN heads back out on track.

Lap 322 - 10:14:06 (11:44 PM) - No. 58 DONOHUE rejoins the field after lengthy repairs in the garage. The machine, which held the lead at various times and was running second at the time of its earlier incident, is now 71 laps behind the leader.

Lap 325 - 10:20:07 (11:50 PM) - No. 39 MAASSEN pulls off-course in the West Horseshoe and is being towed back to the garages.

Lap 326 - 10:21:31 (11:51 PM) - No. 72 LIDDELL, running second in GT, heads behind the wall.

Lap 327 - 10:22:44 (11:53 PM) - No. 20 LEITZINGER comes down pit road, as does No. 60 CASTRONEVES.

Lap 328 - 10:25:13 (11:55 PM) - No. 84 WALLY DALLENBACH comes down pit road. Crew members push the No. 20 Pontiac behind the wall.

Lap 329 - 10:26:25 (11:56 PM) - GT LEAD CHANGE: GT-leading No. 85 WERNER (EHRET in) comes down pit road for service, giving the lead to No. 07 EDWARDS. No. 59 FRANCE (MORENO in) comes down pit road for service.

Lap 335 - 10:37:34 (12:07 AM) - No. 10 MAGNUSSEN passes No. 59 MORENO in the entrance to the chicane for fifth position overall.