Cadillac’s hopes of scoring a victory within the Daytona 24 Hours took an enormous blow, with the #40 V-Sequence.R entered by Wayne Taylor Racing stranded on monitor after a mullti-car crash within the eighth hour.
After the fourth course yellow of the race was retreated, Louis Deletraz was battling with the #60 Meyer Shank Acura of Tom Blomqvist for sixth place within the GTP class.
However the Swiss driver seemingly spun on his personal on the strategy to Flip 2 on the restart, hitting the obstacles on the exit of the nook earlier than spinning again on monitor.
Chris Cumming was unable to keep away from the Cadillac within the #73 Pratt Miller ORECA 07-Gibson because the LMP2 subject arrived on the scene, triggering a multi-car incident at the hours of darkness in Florida.
Nick Boulle was seen exiting the #2 United Autosports ORECA after the incident, whereas the #8 Tower Motorsport LMP2 entry of Sebastien Bourdais additionally sustained injury.
Various GT automobiles too had been caught up within the melee, together with the #48 Paul Miller BMW, the #77 AO Racing Porsche and the #9 Pfaff Lamborghini.
The #40 Cadillac LMDh that triggered the incident was placed on the again of a flat-bed monitor later within the hour, seemingly signalling the automobile’s exit from the race.
The automobile was main the GTP class within the arms of Kamui Kobayashi shortly after the sixth hour of the race.
The opposite two Caddys within the subject sit in first and third positions, with Jack Aitken on the entrance within the #31 Motion Specific Racing-entered machine.
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