Rolex 24 - Hours 10-12 Hour 10 Juan Pablo Montoya made it a Ganassi 1-2 just after the end of the 9th hour as he passed JC France. Timo Bernhard is now closing in fast on the Brumos man whilst in GT Matthew Marsh is doing a fine job eating into Collard's advantage. Bernhard made his move on Lap 290, made the pass stick and set off in pursuit of Montoya. At that point Marsh was within 17 seconds of Collard, the GT leader in 14th place overall. Montoya pits, Bernhard inherits second place with France up to third. Oliver Gavin meanwhile is making progress in the surviving #75 Lola, up in 8th place now and lapping very quickly at present, his last position though was courtesy of problems for the #55 Riley BMW. The 10th FCY of the race comes as we approach the 10 hour mark that should allow max Angelelli to sit right on the rear of Montoya, the Italian had been closing in. Bernhard pits, Dumas climbs aboard and Montoya must have taken a splash too as Angelelli is running second overall. The yellow flag period appears to be for a problem involving Matos in the #55 Riley. This should put a total of 5 cars on the lead lap with terry Borcheller lying fifth in the #59 Brumos Riley Porsche, and the recovering #58 car just a lap further down. The pit stops also shuffle the GT pack. Matthew Marsh emerges around 12 seconds ahead of Collard, #86 now leading #66. The hour ends with the field still lapping under caution. Hour 10 positions 1 02 DP 1 Dario Franchitti 303 laps Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Lexus / Riley
2 10 DP 2 Max Angelelli 303 +8.214 SunTrust Racing Ford / Dallara
3 01 DP 3 Juan Montoya 303 +9.361 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Lexus / Riley
4 16 DP 4 Romain Dumas 303 +1:01.362 Penske Racing Porsche / Riley
5 59 DP 5 Terry Borcheller 303 +3:13.501 Brumos Racing Porsche / Riley
6 58 DP 6 David Donohue 302 Brumos Racing Porsche / Riley
7 99 DP 7 Alex Gurney 298 GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac / Riley
8 75 DP 8 Oliver Gavin 296 Krohn Racing Ford / Lola
9 13 DP 9 Jordan Taylor 295 Beyer Racing Pontiac / Riley
10 61 DP 10 Mark Wilkins 294 AIM Autosport Ford / Riley
11 77 DP 11 Memo Gidley 293 Doran Racing Ford / Dallara
12 22 DP 12 Chapman Ducote 291 Alegra Motorsports BMW / Riley
13 55 DP 13 Raphael Matos 290 Level 5 Motorsports BMW / Riley
14 86 GT 1 Matthew Marsh 288 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3
15 66 GT 2 Emmanuel Collard 288 TRG Porsche GT3
16 67 GT 3 Jorg Bergmeister 287 TRG Porsche GT3
17 57 GT 4 Jeff Bucknum 287 Stevenson Motorsports Pontiac GXP.R
18 33 GT 5 Patrick Pilet 286 Wright Motorsports Porsche GT3
19 88 GT 6 Steve Johnson 285 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3
20 07 GT 7 Kelly Collins 284 Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R
21 35 GT 8 Milo Valverde 282 Orbit Racing Porsche GT3
22 09 DP 14 Guy Cosmo 280 Spirit of Daytona Racing Porsche / Coyote
23 97 GT 9 Galen Beiker 278 Stevenson Motorsports Corvette
24 85 GT 10 Richard Campollo 278 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3
25 26 GT 11 Gerardo Bonilla 277 Gotham Competition Porsche GT3
26 2 DP 15 Andy Wallace 276 Childress-Howard Motorsports Pontiac / Crawford
27 87 GT 12 Leh Keen 268 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3
28 68 GT 13 Chris Pallis 266 TRG Porsche GT3
29 69 GT 14 Jeff Segal 263 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8
30 60 DP 16 Ryan Hunter-Reay 262 Michael Shank Racing Ford / Riley
31 21 GT 15 Jason Vinkemulder 260 Battery Tender/ MCM Racing Pontiac GTO.R
32 30 GT 16 Bryan Sellers 259 Racers Edge Motorsports Mazda RX-8
33 65 GT 17 Bryce Miller 259 Riegel/ Stanton/ TRG Porsche GT3
34 32 GT 18 Mike Forest 257 PR1 Motorsports Pontiac GXP.R
35 70 GT 19 Sylvain Tremblay 248 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8
36 44 GT 20 Glenn Nixon 244 Bullet Racing Porsche GT3
37 56 GT 21 Max Papis 240 Mastercar-Coast 2 Costa Racing Ferrari 430 Challenge
38 63 GT 22 David Quinlan 235 TRG Porsche GT3
39 89 GT 23 Pierre Kaffer 235 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3
40 52 GT 24 Cort Wagner 225 Mastercar-Coast 2 Costa Racing Ferrari 430 Challenge
41 45 DP 17 Darren Manning 216 Victory Junction-Orbit Racing BMW / Riley
42 40 GT 25 Patrick Dempsey 212 Dempsey Racing Mazda RX-8
43 64 GT 26 Tim Sugden 201 JLowe Racing Porsche GT3
44 14 GT 27 Mac McGehee 169 Autometrics Motorsports Porsche GT3
45 76 DP 18 Darren Turner 159 Krohn Racing Ford / Lola
46 6 DP 19 AJ Allmendinger 153 Michael Shank Racing Ford / Riley
47 31 GT 28 Michaelian/ Michaelian/ Kapudija/ McMullen Jr 128 Battery Tender/ MCM Racing Porsche GT3
48 15 GT 29 Owen Kelly 52 Blackforest Motorsports Ford Mustang
49 42 GT 30 Wayne Nonnamaker 24 Team Sahlen Corvette
Hour 11
Back to green flag racing once again and the top five are separated by just over 10 seconds Chapman Ducote's Riley BMW is in trouble too, the GT leaders overhaul both Riley Beemers to lie 12th and 13th overall with Collard closing in fast on Marsh. Up at the front though Angelelli is harrying Franchitti whilst Dumas and Borcheller squabble over fourth, the Frenchman makes a move stick and claims the place. Angelelli and Collard both claim their respective prizes on the next lap, the Dallara leads overall, TRG back up front in GT. Sun Trust then leads the Ganassi duo - the defending Champs won't like that one little bit! As the leaders duke it out, someway back - 181 laps, to be precise - the #31 MCM Racing Porsche was contradicting earlier reports of its demise; completing its 140th racing lap at the ten and a half hour mark, Romeo Kapudija at the wheel. Lap times were improving in the cooler air, with both Oliver Gavin (#75 Krohn Lola) and Memo Gidley (#77 Doran Dallara) setting fastest time for their cars in the 11th hour. Max Angelelli was lapping just a tenth or two quicker than Dario Franchitti and had the lead up to six seconds before he pitted on lap 325 to hand over to Pedro Lamy. The Sun Trust car returned to the track in fifth, still on the lead lap. The Scot's lead lasted just two laps, as he yielded to Juan-Pablo Montoya; who became the ninth race leader. Dumas also went past the #02 Riley and just three seconds covered the top three as the race approached the 11 hour point. Matthew Marsh was by now starting to lose sight of Collard's Porsche as the works driver extended his lead to almost half a minute in GT. The #13 Beyer Racing Pontiac Riley of Jordan Taylor hit trouble when the roof rather alarmingly blew off after completing 314 laps. The car pitted for the no-doubt lengthy delays. On lap 334, Terry Borcheller pits the #59 Brumos Porsche Riley, promoting Lamy, and one lap later Montoya makes his scheduled stop, leaving Dumas in the lead as the race moved into the 12th hour. Hour 11 positions 1 16 DP 1 Romain Dumas 336 laps Penske Racing Porsche / Riley
2 02 DP 2 Dario Franchitti 336 +5.712 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Lexus / Riley
3 01 DP 3 Juan Montoya 336 +1:02.012 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Lexus / Riley
4 10 DP 4 Pedro Lamy 336 +1:32.741 SunTrust Racing Ford / Dallara
5 59 DP 5 Terry Borcheller 336 +1:42.730 Brumos Racing Porsche / Riley
6 58 DP 6 Darren Law 335 Brumos Racing Porsche / Riley
7 99 DP 7 Alex Gurney 331 GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac / Riley
8 75 DP 8 Tracy Krohn 328 Krohn Racing Ford / Lola
9 77 DP 9 Fabrizio Gollin 325 Doran Racing Ford / Dallara
10 66 GT 1 Emmanuel Collard 318 TRG Porsche GT3
11 86 GT 2 Kevin Roush 317 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3
12 67 GT 3 Andy Lally 317 TRG Porsche GT3
13 33 GT 4 Patrick Pilet 317 Wright Motorsports Porsche GT3
14 57 GT 5 Jeff Bucknum 316 Stevenson Motorsports Pontiac GXP.R
15 88 GT 6 Steve Johnson 315 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3
16 13 DP 10 Jordan Taylor 314 Beyer Racing Pontiac / Riley
17 07 GT 7 Jan Magnussen 314 Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R
18 09 DP 11 Guy Cosmo 313 Spirit of Daytona Racing Porsche / Coyote
19 35 GT 8 Milo Valverde 310 Orbit Racing Porsche GT3
20 55 DP 12 Christophe Bouchut 310 Level 5 Motorsports BMW / Riley
21 2 DP 13 Andy Wallace 308 Childress-Howard Motorsports Pontiac / Crawford
22 26 GT 9 Gerardo Bonilla 307 Gotham Competition Porsche GT3
23 97 GT 10 Galen Beiker 307 Stevenson Motorsports Corvette
24 61 DP 14 Mark Wilkins 301 AIM Autosport Ford / Riley
25 85 GT 11 Richard Campollo 300 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3
26 87 GT 12 Wolf Henzler 298 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3
27 69 GT 13 Jeff Segal 294 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8
28 22 DP 15 Chapman Ducote 292 Alegra Motorsports BMW / Riley
29 30 GT 14 Bryan Sellers 289 Racers Edge Motorsports Mazda RX-8
30 65 GT 15 Bryce Miller 289 Riegel/ Stanton/ TRG Porsche GT3
31 21 GT 16 Pepe Montano 287 Battery Tender/ MCM Racing Pontiac GTO.R
32 32 GT 17 Mike Forest 286 PR1 Motorsports Pontiac GXP.R
33 70 GT 18 Nick Ham 278 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8
34 68 GT 19 Chris Pallis 274 TRG Porsche GT3
35 56 GT 20 Cesar Campanico 268 Mastercar-Coast 2 Costa Racing Ferrari 430 Challenge
36 89 GT 21 Pierre Kaffer 265 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3
37 60 DP 16 Ryan Hunter-Reay 262 Michael Shank Racing Ford / Riley
38 44 GT 22 Daniel Harrington 257 Bullet Racing Porsche GT3
39 52 GT 23 Cort Wagner 243 Mastercar-Coast 2 Costa Racing Ferrari 430 Challenge
40 40 GT 24 Tim Lewis Jr 241 Dempsey Racing Mazda RX-8
41 63 GT 25 Bruce Ledoux III 239 TRG Porsche GT3
42 45 DP 17 Darren Manning 216 Victory Junction-Orbit Racing BMW / Riley
43 64 GT 26 Tim Sugden 201 JLowe Racing Porsche GT3
44 14 GT 27 Mac McGehee 169 Autometrics Motorsports Porsche GT3
45 76 DP 18 Darren Turner 159 Krohn Racing Ford / Lola
46 6 DP 19 AJ Allmendinger 153 Michael Shank Racing Ford / Riley
47 31 GT 28 Bob Michaelian 152 Battery Tender/ MCM Racing Porsche GT3
48 15 GT 29 Owen Kelly 52 Blackforest Motorsports Ford Mustang
49 42 GT 30 Wayne Nonnamaker 24 Team Sahlen Corvette Hour 12 The final top-5 cars completed their scheduled stops just after the hour, which left the order Montoya (#01), Dumas (#16), Lloyd (#02), Lamy (#10) and Borcheller (#59). Lap 340 saw the 11th caution periood of the race begin, reason unknown. At the same moment, Lamy took third from LLoyd. The caution period was quickly resolved and the race was back under green conditions at the end of lap 344. At the restart, Dumas is keen on Montoyas lead, and has the momentum to take the place on the second green lap. Meanwhile, further back, Borcheller gets the drop on Lloyd to move up to fourth. In GT, Collard's stop to hand over to Richard Lietz has promoted the #86 Farnbacher Loles Porsche of Kevin Roush to the class lead. His lead over Andy Lally is more than 30 seconds. Dumas pulls his lead out to just over three seconds before Montoya is able to stabilise it. The #13 Beyer Riley is moving again, 34 laps behind the leader. A slow 354th lap from Dumas brings the gap down to two seconds, but he is back up to speed next time round, which suggests that it was traffic related. The #99 GAINSCO Bob Stallings Riley looks to have hit trouble again, with both Roush and Lally taking track position from Alex Gurney, who falls to 11th. The 12th caution period begins on lap 356 - to allow the recovery of the #99? Further back, Christophe Bouchut takes 11th in class from Scott Russell; the #55 Level 5 BMW Riley now lying 19th overall. The two leaders pitted under caution and to hand over their cars. Memo Gidley resumed as expected, but it's a lengthy stop for the Penske car (just under six minutes) and Ryan Briscoe drops to sixth before returning to the track. The race remained under caution as it reached the half-way point, with just over a third of the 12 hours having been run under yellows. Hour 12 positions 1 10 DP 1 Pedro Lamy 361 laps SunTrust Racing Ford / Dallara
2 02 DP 2 Alex Lloyd 361 +0.949 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Lexus / Riley 3 59 DP 3 Hurley Haywood 361 +4.080 Brumos Racing Porsche / Riley
4 01 DP 4 Memo Rojas 361 +8.194 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Lexus / Riley
5 58 DP 5 Darren Law 361 +28.925 Brumos Racing Porsche / Riley
6 16 DP 6 Ryan Briscoe 361 +1:32.902 Penske Racing Porsche / Riley
7 75 DP 7 Tracy Krohn 354 Krohn Racing Ford / Lola
8 77 DP 8 Fabrizio Gollin 352 Doran Racing Ford / Dallara
9 86 GT 1 Kevin Roush 344 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3
10 67 GT 2 Andy Lally 343 TRG Porsche GT3
11 66 GT 3 Richard Lietz 342 TRG Porsche GT3
12 57 GT 4 Robin Liddell 341 Stevenson Motorsports Pontiac GXP.R
13 33 GT 5 BJ Zacharias 341 Wright Motorsports Porsche GT3
14 88 GT 6 Dave Lacey 340 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3
15 07 GT 7 Jan Magnussen 340 Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R
16 99 DP 9 Alex Gurney 337 GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac / Riley
17 35 GT 8 Lance Willsey 336 Orbit Racing Porsche GT3
18 2 DP 10 Rob Finlay 334 Childress-Howard Motorsports Pontiac / Crawford
19 55 DP 11 Christophe Bouchut 334 Level 5 Motorsports BMW / Riley
20 26 GT 9 Randy Pobst 333 Gotham Competition Porsche GT3
21 97 GT 10 James Gue 331 Stevenson Motorsports Corvette
22 09 DP 12 Scott Russell 329 Spirit of Daytona Racing Porsche / Coyote
23 13 DP 13 Jordan Taylor 328 Beyer Racing Pontiac / Riley
24 87 GT 11 Wolf Henzler 320 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3
25 69 GT 12 Emil Assentato 319 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8
26 30 GT 13 / von Moltke/ Sellers/ Peterson/ Cameron 316 Racers Edge Motorsports Mazda RX-8
27 32 GT 14 Jeff Westphal 313 PR1 Motorsports Pontiac GXP.R
28 65 GT 15 Craig Stanton 312 Riegel/ Stanton/ TRG Porsche GT3
29 70 GT 16 David Haskell 305 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8
30 61 DP 14 Mark Wilkins 301 AIM Autosport Ford / Riley
31 85 GT 17 Richard Campollo 300 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3
32 56 GT 18 Cesar Campanico 294 Mastercar-Coast 2 Costa Racing Ferrari 430 Challenge
33 22 DP 15 Chapman Ducote 292 Alegra Motorsports BMW / Riley
34 89 GT 19 Allan Simonsen 291 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3
35 21 GT 20 Pepe Montano 289 Battery Tender/ MCM Racing Pontiac GTO.R
36 68 GT 21 Josemanuel Gutierrez 289 TRG Porsche GT3
37 44 GT 22 Daniel Harrington 283 Bullet Racing Porsche GT3
38 40 GT 23 Tim Lewis Jr 268 Dempsey Racing Mazda RX-8
39 63 GT 24 Steve Zadig 265 TRG Porsche GT3
40 60 DP 16 Ryan Hunter-Reay 262 Michael Shank Racing Ford / Riley
41 52 GT 25 Luca Pirri 246 Mastercar-Coast 2 Costa Racing Ferrari 430 Challenge
42 45 DP 17 Darren Manning 216 Victory Junction-Orbit Racing BMW / Riley
43 64 GT 26 Tim Sugden 201 JLowe Racing Porsche GT3
44 31 GT 27 Bob Michaelian 177 Battery Tender/ MCM Racing Porsche GT3
45 14 GT 28 Cory Friedman 174 Autometrics Motorsports Porsche GT3
46 76 DP 18 Darren Turner 159 Krohn Racing Ford / Lola
47 6 DP 19 AJ Allmendinger 153 Michael Shank Racing Ford / Riley
48 15 GT 29 Owen Kelly 52 Blackforest Motorsports Ford Mustang
49 42 GT 30 Wayne Nonnamaker 24 Team Sahlen Corvette | 
