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Winward’s dream run in GTD ends
On a restart with 35m left in the Rolex 24 At Daytona, Philip Ellis, trying to charge and make a move for the lead, had contact with the GTD PRO No. 3 Corvette, resulting in a broken suspension.
It ended an amazing story that started with Ellis putting the car on pole last weekend then went sour with Lucas Auer crashing the polesitting car in the first official practice for the Rolex 24, destroying the car and breaking his back.
The team brought another chassis from Houston, had an overnight thrash to get it ready for the race, and started at the back, bringing in Daniel Morad to driver in Auer's place. Russell Ward had a monster first stint to put the car in contention, where it remained for 23 hours until the contact.
Richard S. James
Richard James is motorsports journalist living in Orange County, Calif, who has been involved in the sport to some degree for three decades. He covers primarily sports car racing as a writer and photographer, with occasional forays into off-road and other forms of racing. A former editor of the SCCA’s publication, SportsCar, he has a special love for the grass-roots side of the sport and participates as a driver in amateur road racing.
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