Farnbacher Loles Racing continued its strong performance at the Rolex 24 At Daytona on Sunday. The No. 86 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car, driven by Dominik Farnbacher, Eric Lux, Matthew Marsh and Kevin Roush, was fastest of the team cars, holding second in the GT class after 18 hours. The No. 88 Porsche was a solid seventh in class, driven by Steve Johnson, Dave Lacey, Robert Nearn, James Sofronas and Richard Westbrook.
The No. 87 Porsche (Wolf Henzler, Leh Keen, Dirk Werner and Westbrook) had regained 10th place by the three-quarter race mark, the No. 89 Porsche was 17th (Pierre Kaffer, Giacomo Petrobelli, Gabrio Rosa, Giorgio Rosa and Alan Simonsen) and the No. 85 Children's Tumor Foundation car (driven by Richard Campollo, Michael Gomez, Daniel Graeff, Henzler and Yarab) was 18th, with six hours remaining.
GT class race positions
car start 6h 12h 18h 24h reason out
64 12 24 out driveshaft
85 5 11 17 18
86 9 4 1 2
87 6 2 11 10
88 18 9 6 7
89 16 26 19 17
GT class race report
car time driver action
85 12h9 Gomez back on track
12h14 Gomez pit – fuel
13h16 change pit – Yarab in, four tires, fuel
14h Yarab garage – replaced right-rear upright
14h45 Yarab back on track
15h5 change pit – Graeff in, four tires, fuel
16h23 Graeff pit – four tires, fuel
17h6 change pit – Campollo in, four tires, fuel
86 12h34 Roush pit – four tires, fuel
13h16 change pit – Lux in, four tires, fuel
14h24 change pit – Farnbacher in, four tires, fuel
15h47 Farnbacher pit – four tires, fuel
16h50 change pit – Marsh in, four tires, fuel
87 12h27 Henzler pit – four tires, fuel
13h17 change pit – Werner in, four tires, fuel
14h26 Werner pit – four tires, fuel
14h55 Werner pit – front tires, front brake pads, fuel
15h8 Werner pit – replaced brake line
16h4 change pit – Keen in, four tires, fuel
17h9 change pit – Henzler in, four tires, fuel
88 12h4 change pit – Lacey in, four tires, fuel
12h58 change pit – Westbrook in, four tires, fuel
14h06 change pit – Nearn in, four tires, fuel
14h45 Nearn pit – fuel
15h42 change pit – Sofronas in, four tires, fuel
15h50 Sofronas pit – fuel
16h53 change pit – Johnson in, four tires, fuel
16h58 Johnson pit – repaired broken steering wheel
17h18 Johnson back on track
89 12h35 Simonsen pit – fuel, front brake pads
13h17 change pit – Petrobelli in, fuel
14h23 Petrobelli pit – four tires, fuel
14h29 change garage – Giorgio Rosa in, replaced driveshaft
15h12 Giorgio Rosa back on track
16h3 change pit – Gabrio Rosa in, four tires, fuel
17h7 change pit – Kaffer in, four tires, fuel
Gabrio Rosa, No. 89: "This morning, unfortunately, we had a problem about three hours into the race. The clutch broke and we lost a lot of laps. But other than that, everyone is going well! It's very interesting to race with Giorgio because we work together very well. And it's fun!"
Eric Lux, No. 86: "With the race start changing from 1:30 to 3:30, it's different. When it was a 1:30 ending, the drivers prepared to really go 100 per cent around 10:30. Now it's a 3:30 ending, so when you see the sun rise, you can't begin pushing as early as you normally feel like you should. So you have to hold yourself back until 1:30 or 1 o'clock to really open it up and go for it. All my teammates in the car have done a great job and the team has given us a great car for this race."