Daytona 24 Hours Opening Lap Carnage as Porsche Storm Into Lead

Porsche lead 1-2 at Daytona after chaotic first hour

Porsche’s Felipe Nasr leads from his teammate Kevin Estre with an hour gone at Daytona, but it’s been a chaotic first hour with two full course cautions already. Nasr, in the #7 Porsche, started third with polesitter Renger van der Zande initially keeping the lead from Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac’s Louis Deletraz and Nasr. The first full course caution was called within seconds from the start, with chaos in LMP2. Tobi Lutze in the #11 TDS Oreca…

Porsche Penske Dominates Rolex 24 Opening Hour

Photo: Sam Cobb/BMW Porsche Penske Motorsport dominated the opening hour of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, which featured a multi-car LMP2 incident on the opening lap. Felipe Nasr’s No. 7 Porsche 963 led the sister car of Kevin Estre, with Renger van der Zande following in third aboard the polesitting No. 93 Acura ARX-06. Van der Zande was overtaken by Nasr on the opening lap of the race, which then quickly fell under caution when multiple LMP2 cars c…

Rolex 24 Hour 1: Porsche 1-2 After Early LMP2, GTD Drama

Rolex 24 Hour 1: Porsche 1-2 After Early LMP2, GTD Drama

Daytona 24 Hours erupts in chaos: five-car crash ignites thrilling battle for Porsche lead

Daytona 24 Hours Erupts into Chaos: Dramatic Opening Lap Sees Five-Car Pile-Up as Porsche Takes Charge! The 64th edition of the iconic Daytona 24 Hours kicked off with a bang, plunging into absolute mayhem within moments of the green flag. As the high-stakes race commenced, spectators were left breathless by a catastrophic five-car collision at the very first corner of the LMP2 class, prompting officials to wave a full course yellow almost insta…

Daytona 24 Hours opening lap carnage as Porsche storm into lead