Rolex 24 at Daytona: Recap, results from 24-hour race

Rolex 24 at Daytona: Recap, results from 24-hour race

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 piloted by Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque, Alexander Rossi and Helio Castroneves in the DPi class won the 2021 Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway. Albuquerque was the one to ultimately capture the checkered flag after an entire day and night’s worth of competition.

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The No. 18 Era Motorsport ORECA LMP2 07 won the LMP2 class race with Kyle Tilley, Dwight Merriman, Paul-Loup Chatin and Ryan Dalziel taking turns behind the wheel. The No. 18 finished sixth overall.

In the GTLM class, the No. 3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R driven by Nicky Catsburg, Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor was victorious. They wound up 11th out of the entire field.

Gar Robinson, Spencer Pigot, Scott Andrews and Oliver Askew steered the No. 74 Riley Motorsports Ligier JS P320 to a LMP3 win and 18th-place finish.

The No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3’s 22nd-place run granted Russell Ward, Philip Ellis, Indy Dontje and Maro Engel the GTD trophy.

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Here’s how NASCAR drivers who competed in the Rolex 24 fared:

— Jimmie Johnson’s No. 48 Ally Cadillac Racing Cadillac DPi finished second overall and second in its class.

— Chase Elliott’s No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi finished eighth overall and sixth in its class.

— Austin Dillon’s No. 51 RWR-Eurasia Ligier LMP2 finished 10th overall and fourth in its class.

— AJ Allmendinger’s No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian Acura DPi finished fourth overall and fourth in its class.

This story will be updated.

Chase Elliott beats himself up on “terrible” Rolex 24 debut

Elliott is making his sportscar debut with Action Express Racing in the #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R, sharing with Felipe Nasr, Pipo Derani and Mike Conway. The car led the race early on in Nasr’s hands, but lost time when he was forced for emergency service when the pits were closed.

Elliott then took over the car as darkness descended at Daytona, but was highly self-critical about his stint, which the team ended early to install Conway – and the car dropped off the lead lap in the fifth hour.

“Terrible, terrible, way off the pace” Elliott told NBCSN about his stint. “I just never could get in a good rhythm or find a good pace to run. I felt way better in the final practice [on Friday night] – I just couldn’t find that [feeling]. I need to go to work here and try to be better prepared and go faster than this next stint.

“I put these guys way, way, way too far behind. Hopefully Mike can get after it here, and Pipo gets in after him and can keep pushing, obviously still a long way to go, but I hate to put them in the box like that.”

When asked where he was losing time, Elliott replied: “It’s a little bit everywhere. I felt like probably [Turn] 6 and the Bus Stop were my worst places for me on track. I didn’t do a good job there at all, in finding a rhythm and getting going, I need to step up here next time around.”

Even worse, he believed that he had damaged the car by striking a curb early in his stint.

“I hit the curbs pretty hard there early in that run, and I was really worried that I’d damaged the underneath [of the car],” he admitted. “We need to look at that under the next caution. Bottom line is, I can’t be doing stuff like that.”

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