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 26 th , followed by his co-drivers Boris Said and Kyle Petty, who moved up to 10 th in the first quarter of the race. Tuttle started his second stint and was holding 12 th 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 11 th place at 6h. Dave Lacey raced the No. 71 SAMAX/Doncaster Porsche from 13 th 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 13 th 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."

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 4 th
                 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 6 th
                  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