The 60th edition of IMSA’s Daytona Classic is underway
The Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 brought the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Field to the green at 1:40 pm local time. The temperature was 46 degrees Fahrenheit and the wind speed was 20 miles, which made me feel even colder. Philippeal Bukerk was moved forward by Konica Minolta-sponsored # 10 in less than a lap, followed by action express racing Cadillac by new leaders of the JDC Mirror Motorsports Cadillac DPi-VR, Tristan Votier and Kamui Kobayashi. I was demoted to 3rd place. On lap 7, a former F1 racer preceded Votier. Tom Blomqvist was fourth in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura ahead of two Ganassi Cadillacs, Sebastien Bode and Earl Bamber, and Pipoderani was seventh in the Wellen Engineering AXR Cadillac. However, Blomqvist fell behind the class on the opening five laps. In the LMP2 field, where the front row consisted of two PR1 Matthiasen Motorsports Oreca, John Falve entered the G Drive race in the APR # 69 Car Vault ahead of Ben Keating and Stephen Thomas, but he ...