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Even legend Boris Said helps out!
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The Rebellion Racing Oreca 07 of Sebastien Buemi, Nick Heidfels and Neal Jani took the pole and started the race strong. They finished 9th in protodypes, 41st overall.
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The #90 Visit Florida Racing/Spirit of Daytona Riley Mk. 30 of Marc Goossens, Renger van der Zande and Rene Rast blasting through turn 7. They finished 6th on prototypes, 37th overall.
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The #24 Rahal Letterman Lannigan BMW of Bill Auberlen, Alex Sims and Kuno Wittmer through turn 5.
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The #90 Visit Florida Racing/Spirit of Daytona Riley Mk. 30 of Marc Goossens, Renger van der Zande and Rene Rast
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The #5 Action Express Dallara/Cadillac of Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi and Filipe Albuquerque in turn 8. They would finish 2nd overall.
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The #22 Onroak/Nissan DPi of Ed Brown,Johannes van Overbeek, Bruno Senna and Brendan Hartley was one of 11 cars not to finish the race.
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The #5 Action Express Dallara/Cadillac of Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi and Filipe Albuquerque making its way through turn 8 into 9
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The #2 Onroak/Nissan DPi of Scott Sharp , Ryan Dalziel and Pipo Derani
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The 912 GTLM Porsche of Kevin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor and Richard Lietz follow the 911 of Patrick Pilet, Dirk Warner and Frederic Makowiecki into turn 10
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The Riley Motorsports-Run WeatherTech Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Cooper MacNeil, Gunnar Jeanette and Australian Supercars star Shane van Gisbergen failed to finish.
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The Rebellion Racing Oreca 07 of Sebastien Buemi, Nick Heidfels and Neal Jani
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The #83 Michael Shank Racing Acura NSX-GT of Andy Lally, Katherine Legge and Mark Wilkens finished 14th in GTD, 30th overall.
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The #55 Mazda RT24-P DPi of Tristan Nunez, Jonathan Bomarito and Spencer Pigot
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The GTLM 's hit the pit strait after a short Caution.
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The #5 Action Express Dallara/Cadillac of Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi and Filipe Albuquerque coming through turn 17 onto the pit straight.
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The #4 GTLM Corvette of Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner and Marcel Fassler out early with cooling problems. It's sister car, the #3 of Antonio Garcia, Jan Magnussen and Mike Rockefeller took top GTLM honors after a fierce fight with a whole gaggle of Fords!
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The SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Boris Said, kenny Habul and Tristan Vautier had the most colorful car of the race!
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The #2 Onroak/Nissan DPi of Scott Sharp , Ryan Dalziel and Pipo Derani were not able to defend their 2016 win after running into mechanical issues.
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Yes, mechanical issues.....
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The #90 Visit Florida Racing/Spirit of Daytona Riley Mk. 30 of Marc Goossens, Renger van der Zande and Rene Rast
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The Chip Ganassi/Rord Racing Ford GT ov Joey Hand, Dirk Mueller and Sebastien Bourdais finished 2nd in GTLM and 8th overall.
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The #90 Visit Florida Racing/Spirit of Daytona Riley Mk. 30 of Marc Goossens, Renger van der Zande and Rene Rast
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The #55 Mazda RT24-P DPi of Tristan Nunez, Jonathan Bomarito and Spencer Pigot passing the #3 Corvette of Antonio Garcia, Jan Magnussen and Mike Rockefeller in turn 5.
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The #83 Michael Shank Racing Acura NSX-GT of Andy Lally, Katherine Legge and Mark Wilkens leads the #24 Rahal Letterman Lannigan BMW of Bill Auberlen, Alex Sims and Kuno Wittmernthhrough turn 5.
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The PR1/Mathiasen Motorsport Ligier JS217 of Mike Guasch, José Gutiérrez and Tom Kimber-Smithsimply flying through turn 5.
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Sunset through the pit straight.
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The pro's doing their thing!
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The JDC-Miller MotorsportsOreca 07 of Chris Miller, Stephen Simps and Mikhail Goikhberg under heavy braking into the turn 7 hairpin with only minutes left in the race. They finished a very respectable 4th place..
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The #90 Visit Florida Racing/Spirit of Daytona Riley Mk. 30 of Marc Goossens, Renger van der Zande and Rene Rast under heavy breaking into the turn 7 hairpin.
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Teh Rieyl Team AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Jeroen Bleekemolen, Mario Farnbacher and Ben Keating diving into the turn 7 hairpin leading the GTD field. They won the GTD class, finishing 21st overall.