Pedro Lamy and the No. 10 Ford Dallara led the Rolex 24 At Daytona at the halfway point - the 12-hour mark - at Daytona International Speedway early Sunday morning.
Lamy, in his first-ever Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Rolex 24, took the lead for the first time in the race on Lap 358. He became the third driver on the team to lead a lap - joining co-drivers Brian Frisselle and Max Angelelli - and the 17th overall.
It was also the 33rd overall lead change, which is on pace to tie the record-number of lead changes in a Rolex Series race at Daytona, set at 64 last year.
Ganassi, seeking a fourth consecutive victory in the twice-around-the-clock classic, has had three of its six drivers - former Rolex 24 and Indianapolis 500 winners Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti and Juan Pablo Montoya, the two-time defending race winner with Scott Pruett - lead.
In the GT class, the No. 66 Porsche GT3 of Spencer Pumpelly, Ted Ballou, Tim George Jr., Richard Lietz and Emmanuel Collard sat out front for much of the two hours leading to the halfway point, and the team at one point climbed into the top 10 overall.
However, it was Kevin Roush and the No. 86 Porsche GT3 team which had wrested the point away, and Roush ran ninth overall.
Despite attrition coming into play, only five cars had officially retired from the event, and the 12 caution periods had slowed the race to an average speed of 107.736 mph. The race record, under Grand-Am sanction, was 108.826 mph, set in 2006.
The Rolex 24 At Daytona is scheduled to end at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
Lamy, in his first-ever Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Rolex 24, took the lead for the first time in the race on Lap 358. He became the third driver on the team to lead a lap - joining co-drivers Brian Frisselle and Max Angelelli - and the 17th overall.
It was also the 33rd overall lead change, which is on pace to tie the record-number of lead changes in a Rolex Series race at Daytona, set at 64 last year.
Ganassi, seeking a fourth consecutive victory in the twice-around-the-clock classic, has had three of its six drivers - former Rolex 24 and Indianapolis 500 winners Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti and Juan Pablo Montoya, the two-time defending race winner with Scott Pruett - lead.
In the GT class, the No. 66 Porsche GT3 of Spencer Pumpelly, Ted Ballou, Tim George Jr., Richard Lietz and Emmanuel Collard sat out front for much of the two hours leading to the halfway point, and the team at one point climbed into the top 10 overall.
However, it was Kevin Roush and the No. 86 Porsche GT3 team which had wrested the point away, and Roush ran ninth overall.
Despite attrition coming into play, only five cars had officially retired from the event, and the 12 caution periods had slowed the race to an average speed of 107.736 mph. The race record, under Grand-Am sanction, was 108.826 mph, set in 2006.
The Rolex 24 At Daytona is scheduled to end at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.