Rolex 24 at Daytona gets underway

The 57th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona is underway, marking the start of the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.

Poleman Oliver Jarvis held the lead into Turn 1 at the wheel of the #77 Mazda RT24-P, and led the first lap ahead of the two Acura Penske cars – with Juan Pablo Montoya in the #6 ARX-05 passing teammate Ricky Taylor for second.

Action Express driver Felipe Nasr gained a position in the #5 Cadillac DPi-V.R to run fourth ahead of the #55 Mazda of Jonathan Bomarito, while Jordan Taylor held sixth in the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing car.

There was early drama for Juncos Racing, as Agustin Canapino pitted on the warm-up lap in the #50 Cadillac.

James Allen held on to the lead of the LMP2 class in the #81 DragonSpeed entry, while Nick Tandy also maintained his advantage of the top of the GT Le Mans division in the Brumos Racing-liveried #911 Porsche 911 RSR.

In GT Daytona, Ben Keating took the lead in the #33 Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 ahead of class polesitter Marcos Gomes in the #13 Via Italia Racing Ferrari 488 GT3.

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