The two Roger Penske cars were running 1 and 2 and battled late for the lead. They ended up first and third, with an Acura grabbing second.
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Penske Porsche Motorsport has won the 24 Hours of Daytona for the second year in a row, extending Porsche's record of overall wins in the race to 20. Felipe Nasr secured the win for No. 7 963 teammates Laurens Vanthoor and Nick Tandy by passing the team's No. 6 car on track with less than 30 minutes remaining in the race.
It could be an entrée to seeing even more in the future of Nasr. In the final 40 minutes, he passed pole-sitter Dries Vanthoor, outdueled teammate Matt Campbell in a fierce battle for the lead and then fended off two-time Rolex 24 winner Tom Blomqvist.
Porsche, Cadillac, and BMW have all led the race for stretches, but the story of the first twelve hours is the heavy top-class attrition.
Porsche secured back-to-back wins in the 24 Hours of Daytona with the 963 LMDh, while the Mustang GT3 claimed its maiden GTD victory.
As he always does, the billionaire who turns 88 next month stayed awake and sat with the team on the timing stand for the entire 24 hours.