Miller Barrett Racing - Rolex 24 6h

Miller Barrett Racing enjoyed a strong start to the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
Bryce Miller of Summit, N.J., started the No. 48 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car
from 13th on the GT grid, but quickly moved up to fifth in class, despite
heavy rain. He stopped for tires and fuel, but stayed in the top 10 for the
rest of his stint. Kevin Roush of Upland, Calif., drove the second double
stint, taking over at 1h42. Hits from both a prototype and a GT car affected
the car's alignment and dropped it back to 15th, but Roush regained four
positions before handing off to Luke Hines of Essex, England, at 3h49. Hines
also encountered trouble - a left-front tire puncture. He pitted at 5h30 for
a driver change to Peter Ludwig of New Paltz, N.Y. He was 13th at the
six-hour mark.

 

GT class race position

 

start             6h             12h          18h          24h

 

13                 13

 

GT class race report

 

time         driver             action

 

start          Miller

53m          Miller               pit - four rain tires, fuel

1h42         change           pit - Roush in, four dry tires, fuel

2h35         Roush             hit by prototype

2h49         Roush             pit - four tires, fuel

3h08         Roush             hit by GT car

3h49         change           pit - Hines in, four tires, fuel

4h48         Hines              pit - four tires, fuel

5h30         Hines              left front tire puncture

                 change           pit - Ludwig in, four tires, fuel

 

Luke Hines:  "We struggled a little bit with the toe in the back end when
the car was knocked in the back. It made it hard for me - every time I
braked, it started. I was struggling to keep it on the track more than
anything. But I'm happy I've got the monkey off my back now. We'll push on.
The team's now got the back end stable so it should be good."

 

Kevin Roush:  "The team's done a good job getting the car back in shape.
They made a few adjustments and hopefully got it going straight. The bad
news is our position has been exacerbated by three times when we pitted, the
yellow [caution] came out within one or two laps, so we've lost three laps
under yellows in a row. We're going to have to get lucky on some yellows and
play some strategy to get back in there."

 

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Sylvia Proudfoot

sylvia@spurcom.ca

403 287 3945