With Cadillac DPi-V.Rs making up five of the seven cars in the top Daytona Prototype international class following Mazda’s exit, the odds were stacked against Acura, the Japanese manufacturer only represented by one-car efforts from defending winner WTR and Meyer Shank Racing.
However, both Ganassi Cadillacs dropped out of contention with mechanical gremlins and Action Express Racing’s enduro-only Ally entry suffered heavy damage in an incident with a GT car, leaving an even fight between the two Acuras and the remaining Caddys of AXR and JDC-Miller in the final quarter of the race.
The battle between the four cars remained finely poised until both AXR and JDC-Miller pitted under the race’s final full course-yellow for extra fuel, leaving MSR and WTR to race for the win.
Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves did enough to resist the advances of WTR’s Ricky Taylor to secure MSR’s first victory at Daytona since 2012, Taylor having to settle for second in the…
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