24 Hours at Daytona begins under a steady rain
January 30, 2010
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (AP)—A rain-soaked 24 Hours of Daytona is under way.
The first five laps were under caution on a slick Daytona InternationalSpeedway on Saturday before the rain began to subside. The race was thengreen-flagged, but conditions for the annual sports car endurance race wereexpected to be wet for the first few hours of the twice-around-the-clock event.
Max Angelelli was on the pole and Ozz Negri started outside of him on rowone when the race began. Scott Dixon began fourth for a star-studded ChipGanassi Racing team that includes fellow Indianapolis 500 winners Juan PabloMontoya and Dario Franchitti, and NASCAR’s Jamie McMurray.
The 44-car field included 29 of the slower GT class cars competing alongsidethe Daytona Prototypes.
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