Meyer Shank Racing Acura leads the opening hour of the Rolex24Hours as BMW becomes the first GTP manufacturer to hit trouble: IMSA Rolex24
From the pole, Blomqvist led the field at the start in the #60 MSR Acura ARX-06, while Sebastien Bourdais managed to moved up from fourth to second aboard the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-LMDh heading through the first sequence of corners.
When action resumed, Blomqvist quickly established a three-second lead at the front, while Taylor briefly swapped positions with the #6 Porsche of Nick Tandy, which had started at the rear of the field, in the battle for fourth. At the one-hour mark, Alex Lynn was up to fourth in the second of the Ganassi Cadillacs, followed by the two Porsches of Tandy and Nasr, who slipped from third to sixth.
WeatherTech Racing's Maro Engel maintained the lead in the GT Daytona Pro class after passing the two GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3s that had started ahead, the #75 SunEnergy1 car of Kenny Habul and the #32 Team Korthoff Motorsports machine of Mike Skeen.
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