Even legend Boris Said helps out!
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.
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.
The #24 Rahal Letterman Lannigan BMW of Bill Auberlen, Alex Sims and Kuno Wittmer through turn 5.
The #90 Visit Florida Racing/Spirit of Daytona Riley Mk. 30 of Marc Goossens, Renger van der Zande and Rene Rast
The #5 Action Express Dallara/Cadillac of Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi and Filipe Albuquerque in turn 8. They would finish 2nd overall.
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.
The #5 Action Express Dallara/Cadillac of Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi and Filipe Albuquerque making its way through turn 8 into 9
The #2 Onroak/Nissan DPi of Scott Sharp , Ryan Dalziel and Pipo Derani
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
The Riley Motorsports-Run WeatherTech Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Cooper MacNeil, Gunnar Jeanette and Australian Supercars star Shane van Gisbergen failed to finish.
The Rebellion Racing Oreca 07 of Sebastien Buemi, Nick Heidfels and Neal Jani
The #83 Michael Shank Racing Acura NSX-GT of Andy Lally, Katherine Legge and Mark Wilkens finished 14th in GTD, 30th overall.
The #55 Mazda RT24-P DPi of Tristan Nunez, Jonathan Bomarito and Spencer Pigot
The GTLM 's hit the pit strait after a short Caution.
The #5 Action Express Dallara/Cadillac of Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi and Filipe Albuquerque coming through turn 17 onto the pit straight.
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!
The SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Boris Said, kenny Habul and Tristan Vautier had the most colorful car of the race!
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.
Yes, mechanical issues.....
The #90 Visit Florida Racing/Spirit of Daytona Riley Mk. 30 of Marc Goossens, Renger van der Zande and Rene Rast
The Chip Ganassi/Rord Racing Ford GT ov Joey Hand, Dirk Mueller and Sebastien Bourdais finished 2nd in GTLM and 8th overall.
The #90 Visit Florida Racing/Spirit of Daytona Riley Mk. 30 of Marc Goossens, Renger van der Zande and Rene Rast
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.
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.
The PR1/Mathiasen Motorsport Ligier JS217 of Mike Guasch, José Gutiérrez and Tom Kimber-Smithsimply flying through turn 5.
Sunset through the pit straight.
The pro's doing their thing!
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..
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.
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.
