SAMAX - Rolex 24 6h
The SAMAX Motorsport cars posted solid results during the first six hours of
the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Brian Tuttle started the No. 11 Tuttle Team
Racing/SAMAX BMW-powered Riley Mk XI 26th, followed by his co-drivers Boris
Said and Kyle Petty, who moved up to 10th in the first quarter of the race.
Tuttle started his second stint and was holding 12th place at 6h.
The No. 17 SAMAX Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car charged from ninth to fourth in GT
in the first five minutes of the race, with Johnny Mowlem at the wheel. An
expected "waveby" didn't happen during the first caution and two penalties
dropped him back a lap, but he and Bryan Sellers, Lance David Arnold and Jan
Seyffarth regained 11th place at 6h. Dave Lacey raced the No. 71
SAMAX/Doncaster Porsche from 13th to sixth in GT early in the race. He, Mark
Wilkins, Brent Martini and Greg Wilkins drove consistent stints to hold
ninth at 6h.
Kyle Petty (No. 11): "With that many cars out there, surprisingly everybody
is driving really well and giving everyone a lot of room. I tell you what,
Boris did a great job setting this car up – an idiot could drive it! It's
just been a lot of fun so far."
Bryan Sellers (No. 17): "We had a good strategy going in and it looked like
things were going to fall in the right direction for us, but we got caught
with an waveby that didn't happen. But we're still running six hours in and
the car seems to be able to run pretty decent times. As long as we stay
where we are, the nighttime could fall our way."
Greg Wilkins (No. 71): "We've cycled through all the drivers now and the
times have been pretty consistent, which was the plan. We've moved up from
13th to ninth and there's still a long way to go. We just did a double stint
on the tires and we're still running consistent times, so we'll probably
double-stint through the night."
GT race position
car start 6h
11 26 12
17 9 11
71 13 9
race report
car time driver action
11 start Tuttle
40m pit – fuel
1h49 Said in pit – driver
change, tires, fuel
2h55 pit – tires,
fuel
3h46 Petty in pit – driver
change, tires, fuel
4h15 pit – fuel
5h25 Tuttle in pit – driver
change, tires, fuel
17 start Mowlem
5m GT 4th
43m pit – tires,
fuel
49m stop/go
penalty for passing pace car under caution
1h29 stop/go
penalty for contact
1h56 Sellers in pit – driver
change, tires, fuel
2h42 Arnold in pit – driver
change, tires, fuel
3h51 Seyffarth in pit – driver
change, tires, fuel
4h12 pit – fuel
5h29 Mowlem in pit – driver
change, tires, fuel
71 start Lacey
35m pit – fuel
1h GT 6th
1h40 M Wilkins in pit – driver
change, tires, fuel
2h40 Martini in pit – driver
change, tires, fuel
3h49 G Wilkins in pit – driver
change, tires, fuel
5h27 Lacey in pit – driver
change, tires, fuel
