The 8th hour of the Rolex 24 At Daytona started under yellow and soon saw another restart, one that claimed six cars in a chaotic incident as cars entered the infield.

Louis Deletraz in the No. 40 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R lost control exiting Turn 2, twitched and spun off into the barrier to his right, the car’s momentum then carrying him back across the track into traffic.

Nick Boulle couldn’t avoid the stranded Cadillac and struck Deletraz, before Chris Cumming hit both the No. 40 and the No. 2 United Autosports ORECA of Boulle. Trying to avoid that pileup, Jordan Pepper in the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini ran into the side of the No. 48 Paul Miller Racing BMW of Max Hesse.

The No. 8 Tower Motorsports ORECA LMP2 of Sebastien Bourdais also suffered damage in the incident after getting brushed by the other LMP2s. Despite appearing to have been collected at first, the No. 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R was able to stop and avoid damage. Both drove away from the incident.

All other drivers were able to walk away from their respective cars without any apparent injuries.

The race resumed after a 25-minute full course yellow. Leading GTP at the moment is the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R of Jack Aitken, followed by the No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 of Nick Tandy and the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 of Tom Blomqvist.

Sheldon van der Linde spun out in Turn 2 after contact by Neel Jani, but the No. 25 BMW M Hybrid V8 was able to drive away and the race remained green.

Paul Di Resta and United Autosports USA’s sole surviving No. 22 ORECA leads LMP2 from Paul-Loup Chatin in the No. 18 ERA Motorsport car, followed by Jonny Edgar in the No. 99 AO Racing “Spike” car.

In GTD PRO, Ford Multimatic is back in the front, running 1-3 with the No. 65 Mustang of Frederic Vervisch leading and the No. 64 of Mike Rockenfeller just behind the second-place No. 69 GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Fabian Schiller.

Franck Perera leads GTD for Forte Racing, the No. 78 Lamborghini out in front of the No. 27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin of Mattia Drudi and the No. 19 Van der Steur Racing Aston Martin of Anthony McIntosh.

Heart of Racing is down to one contending car after the No. 007 GTD PRO car lost its left-rear wheel as Roman de Angelis was contending for a place in the top five. This brought out the FCY which preceded the multi-car accident that followed.

HOUR 8 STANDINGS

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