Rolex 24 is ON!!!!

[Mark in Oshawa]

The race has started, and already some guy in a Porsche GT3 almost took out a few of his competitors two corners in by just over cooking it in the chicane in the infield. It always amazes me the trouble people can get into within one lap at a 24 hour race!!!

Anyhow, Fox and later Speed will have the whole race on for the entire 24 hours. For those in Europe...alas I have no idea if anyone would pick up the coverage....

It isn't LeMans, but the different drivers from all different fields of the sport including NASCAR makes it a real interesting experiment, especially with the goofy Daytona Prototypes, since they make for very equal racing...

[El Sween]

Gurney is in trouble already

[FormerFF]

Mark - TV coverage is:
Fox - Start to 2:30 PM
Speed - 2:30 PM to 6 PM
Speed - 8 PM to 10 PM
Speed - 6 AM to finish

Man, Fox shows a lot of commercials. I can see what the NASCAR fans are complaining about.

There was some pretty shaggy driving at the start. Glad to see it's cleaned up since then.

[Mark in Oshawa]

Lots of shaggy driving....you have the best drivers outside of f1 and yet within that, a lot of well moneyed and less talented weekend warriors.

Gurney had a crap sandwich with that Porsche losing the hood pins right where he did....but the good news is if they run hard and have no more issues, they can make up a lot of ground. People have come from 20 laps down to get back to the lead in this race before....

[Mark in Oshawa]

As for FOX and their commercials, they are selling the time, so in a way, it is good for the sport.

I find it a good thing that FOX is paying any attention to it, and they are not blowing up the NASCAR guys and their roles here. In this form of racing, they are the guys learning....well with the exception of Tony Stewart, he can race anything anywhere, any time...

[Mark in Oshawa]

Allmendinger just put his car in the lead with some pretty amazing driving, I guess no one sent him a memo this race has another 22 hours and 45 mins to go....

[FormerFF]

Did you just hear Katherine Legge describing her ride:

"It's big, it's heavy, it's slow..."

[Mark in Oshawa]

FF...if you drove a Champ Car, you would say that too...lol.

[beachgirl]

Exactly, Mark. Her comment was in response to the question "how does this car compare to your Champ Car?" I'd say big, heavy and slow, too! And she said it with a smile.

[FormerFF]

Looks like we won't have to worry about Tony George or AJ the fourth taking anyone out. It appears their car has retired.