Sebastien Bourdais (#01 Ganassi Cadillac) took lead at the start of the second hour, passing opening-hour pacesetter Ricky Taylor (#10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura) with ease into Turn 1, the Acura then falling back as it paid the penalty of its short energy fill and double-stint on tires.
The #6 Penske Porsche 963 of Tandy charged up from last in GTP to fourth but gave up that spot to Richard Westbrook in the customer JDC-Miller Motorsports 963. Westbrook then passed poleman Pipo Derani (Action Express Caddy) for third but clipped Gar Robinson’s LMP2-class #74 Riley ORECA as they ran three-wide approaching Turn 1.
