A caution after 8hr20min for the spun CORE autosport LMP3 car compressed an already thrilling battle for DPi honors. Alex Lynn in the #02 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac and Kamui Kobayashi in Action Express Racing’s similar Ally Racing car had been dueling for the lead, before Kobayashi handed off to Jose Maria Lopez.
Under caution, the top six DPi cars pitted and they re-emerged in the order of Lynn, Tom Blomqvist in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05, and Tristan Vautier in the JDC Miller MotorSports Cadillac.
Next up was reigning IndyCar champion Alex Palou in the second Ganassi car in fourth followed by Lopez, while Pipo Derani had fallen back to sixth as AXR changed the brake rotors on the Whelen Engineering Caddy.
Wayne Taylor Racing delayed its stop in order to get back on the lead lap before pitting, and a brilliant restart and subsequent charge from Ricky Taylor saw him vault from seventh to second before the caution flew just before the ninth hour was complete. He…
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