Rolex 24 Race Notes - Note 9
LAP 183 (06:03:00) – No. 81 ROBERT DOORNBOS has two tires – right rear and left front – going down after making contact with another car. He will go behind the wall. The contact happened right in front of No. 99 JIMMY VASSER.

LAP 184 (06:05:04) – The top seven cars are still on the lead lap. No. 86 LEH KEEN continues to lead the GT class, ahead of No. 70 SYLVAIN TREMBLAY.

LAP 186 (06:08:49) – The rain has subsided. No. 60 OSWALDO NEGRI JR running sixth overall, pits. He returns to action after fuel and tires.

LAP 187 (06:10:41) – No. 02 SALVADOR DURAN is dragging something under the car. OVERALL LEAD CHANGE as No. 23 JOEY HAND pits for routine service; BILL AUBERLEN gets in the car. No. 61 COLIN BRAUN assumes the lead. No. 10 WAYNE TAYLOR is now in the car after MICHAEL VALIANTE pits.

LAP 188 (06:13:09) – The top five in Daytona Prototype are No. 61 COLIN BRAUN, No. 9 KURT BUSCH, No. 23 BILL AUBERLEN, No. 99 JIMMY VASSER and No. 01 DARIO FRANCHITTI.

LAP 190 (06:16:54) – No. 9 KURT BUSCH pits for routine service and HELIO CASTRONEVES gets in the car.

LAP 191 (06:18:45) – No. 91 RYAN HUNTER-REAY pits MARC GOOSSENS gets in. No. 70 SYLVAIN TREMBLAY, running second in GT, pits. No. 60 OSWALDO NEGRI JR moves to fifth. No. 61 COLIN BRAUN also pits but maintains the lead.

LAP 193 (06:22:29) – No. 86 LEH KEEN pits for routine service and SASCHA MAASSEN gets in the car. No. 15 TOM NASTASI is stopped coming off of Turn 8.

LAP 194 (06:25:30) – The lead between No. 61 MARK WILKINS and No. 23 BILL AUBERLEN is .943 seconds.

LAP 195 (06:27:17) – OVERALL LEAD CHANGE as No. 23 BILL AUBERLEN and No. 99 JIMMY VASSER take first and second from No. 61 MARK WILKINS. Fourth and fifth are No. 01 DARIO FRANCHITTI and OSWALDO NEGRI. No. 22 PATRICK PILET’s crew pulls the defending GT race winner’s car behind the wall.

LAP 196 (06:29:02) – No. 6 BURT FRISSELLE takes fifth from No. 60 OSWALDO NEGRI. GT LEAD CHANGE as No. 66 RICHARD WESTBROOK takes the point from No. 86 SASCHA MAASSEN. No.

LAP 198 (06:32:33) –The top five in GT are No. 66 RICHARD WESTBROOK, No. 86 SASCHA MAASSEN, No. 70 NICK HAM, No. 64 TIM SUGDEN and No. 07 PAUL EDWARDS.

LAP 200 (06:36:07) – No. 16 MATTEO BOBBI and No. 52 ROBERTO RAGAZZI each return to the race from behind the wall.

LAP 201 (06:37:51) – The lead is currently 13.323 seconds for No. 23 BILL AUBERLEN over No. 99 JIMMY VASSER. No. 52 ROBERTO RAGAZZI spins in Turn 5 but continues. No. 16 MATTEO BOBBI has spun in the short chute but continues.

QUOTE FROM WAYNE TAYLOR ON WHAT HAPPENED TO NO. 10 CAR ON LAP 156 – “Well, it was really weird. The car was running just perfectly. We changed drivers, left the pits. They stopped us at the end of pit lane. The car shut down. When I went to fire it up, there was no power to the starter motor. The guys pushed me and there was still no power and it wouldn’t start on the bump start. So while they were pushing me back to the garage, I was playing with the windscreen wipers and I hit the starter button again and it went. So we’ve got some sort of electrical gremlin going on in the switch panel. But the car is so good. We’re thinking we’re going to have to push start it again. We’ve got a good car, so we’ve got our work cut out for us trying to get back on the lead lap, like we did last year from five laps down.”