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Many get some side effects from the shot, whether they've actually gotten the bug or not—we had to provision for that with our daily attestation app. Which shot leads to the most side effects depends on which vaccine is being used.

I'm hoping to experience this for myself before my birthday comes around in May—we'll see.

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Agreed.

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I was tired this morning—55 pictures. Best.

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The back is a very poor design—as bad as the knees.

Good afternoon, all.

We have snow, too.

Gris, 55 words.

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We're all too old for this weather …

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Hang in there, Tom. We're still hoping to take Ivelis' deferred 50th birthday cruise next January. Agreed about turning off the phone.

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Results of a merger. Their plants are staying open.

Checkered flag!

DPi: Acura #10, Cadillac #48, Mazda #55

LMP2: Oreca #18 (6th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #82

LMP3: Ligier #74 (18th overall), Ligier #33, Duquene #6

GTLM: Corvette #3 (11th overall), Corvette #4, BMW #24

GTD: Mercedes-Benz #57 (22nd overall), Mercedes-Benz #75, Lamborghini #1

A great day for the Taylors and a solid, interesting race—despite all the cautions.

15 minutes.

DPi: still Acura #10, Cadillac #01, Mazda #55

LMP2: still Oreca #8 (6th overall), Oreca #18, Oreca #82

LMP3: still Ligier #74 (18th overall), Ligier #33, Duquene #6

GTLM: now Corvette #3 (Taylor/11th overall), Corvette #4 (Milner), BMW #24

GTD: still Mercedes-Benz #57 (22nd overall), Mercedes-Benz #75, Lamborghini #1

The #62 Ferrari pits. #3 Corvette to the lead in class. 18 minutes to go.

Half an hour remains.

DPi: now Acura #10, Cadillac #01, Mazda #55

LMP2: still Oreca #8 (6th overall), Oreca #18, Oreca #82

LMP3: still Ligier #74 (18th overall), Ligier #33, Duquene #6

GTLM: now Ferrari #62 (11th overall), Corvette #3 (Taylor), Corvette #4 (Milner)

GTD: now Mercedes-Benz #57 (22nd overall), Mercedes-Benz #75, Lamborghini #1

—it is believed the Ferrari #62 still needs to pit. We'll see.

The GTLM cars have made their last pit stops.

One hour to go. Tense.

DPi: now Acura #10, Mazda #55, Cadillac #01

LMP2: now Oreca #8 (6th overall), Oreca #18, Oreca #82

LMP3: still Ligier #74 (18th overall), Ligier #33, Duquene #6

GTLM: now Corvette #3 (Taylor/11th overall), BMW #24, Corvette #4 (Milner)

GTD: now Mercedes-Benz #57 (23rd overall), Mercedes-Benz #75, Lamborghini #1

Another yellow as a Ferrari drives through the Rolex signs.

Two hours to go.

DPi: now Acura #10, Mazda #55 (suddenly!), Cadillac #48

LMP2: still Oreca #18 (6th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #82

LMP3: still Ligier #74 (18th overall), Ligier #33, Duquene #6

GTLM: now Corvette #4 (Sims/11th overall), BMW #24, Ferrari #62, Corvette #3 (Catsburg)

GTD: still Mercedes-Benz #57 (23rd overall), Mercedes-Benz #75, Porsche #16

Following the pit stop, the #3 Corvette has a lot of trouble refiring. They finally get going, but that's a big bowl of not good. At least it was under yellow.

And than the #3 gets penalized for pssing cars in the pit commit area …

Full course caution—the eleventh—as the #01 Cadillac cuts down a tire.

Three hours to go.

DPi: now Acura #10, Cadillac #48, Cadillac #01

LMP2: still Oreca #18 (6th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #82

LMP3: still Ligier #74 (18th overall), Ligier #33, Duquene #6

GTLM: still Corvette #3 (Catsburg/12th overall), Corvette #4 (Sims), BMW #24

GTD: still Mercedes-Benz #57 (22nd overall), Mercedes-Benz #75, Porsche #16

Four hours to go.

DPi: still Acura #10, Cadillac #48, Acura #60

LMP2: now Oreca #18 (6th overall), Oreca #8, Oreca #82

LMP3: still Ligier #74 (18th overall), Ligier #33, Duquene #6

GTLM: now Corvette #3 (Catsburg/12th overall), Corvette #4 (Sims), BMW #24

GTD: now Mercedes-Benz #57 (22nd overall), Mercedes-Benz #75, Porsche #16

43 of the original 49 cars are still in it by my criteria. The Corvettes continue to lead, but it is far from a comfortable one.

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You are correct—this is the last year for GTLM. The replacement class for 2022 will be GTD Pro—like the GTD cars, but with all pro drivers and (likely) some more power.

This change is likely a good thing, as GTD cars conform to the FIA GT3 specification and thus translate easily to the many cars and marques they run in Europe. It's little known, but Corvette Racing has to make a laundry list of changes to the cars when they take them to Le Mans every year. In 2022, they'll probably only need to change the numbers and add some decals.

Things are starting to get crazy again—lots of contact.

Wheel rotation penalty on the Cadillac #01—stop and go from the lead. Five hours to go.

DPi: now Acura #10, Cadillac #48, Acura #60

LMP2: still Oreca #18 (6th overall), Oreca #82, Oreca #8

LMP3: still Ligier #74 (18th overall), Ligier #33, Duquene #6

GTLM: still Corvette #4 (Tandy/12th overall), Corvette #3 (Taylor), BMW #24

GTD: now Mercedes-Benz #57 (20th overall), Ferrari #21, Mercedes-Benz #75

Good morning, all.

They're predicting 10 to 15 inches of snow in the area over the next two days, which is a lot for us. I took a break from my Rolex coverage ( ) to make my regularly scheduled grocery run and (as expected) it was bonkers.

Gris, with a name like Mulhern I get the references.

Full course yellow—another debris caution.

Gearbox problem with the #31 Cadillac DPi—they are in the garage.

Six hours to go. Cut and paste has been letting me down—my apologies.

DPi: now Acura #10, Cadillac #01, Cadillac #31

LMP2: still Oreca #8 (7th overall), Oreca #18, Oreca #82

LMP3: still Ligier #74 (17th overall), Ligier #33, Duquene #6—and the #74 is a couple of laps ahead. I think LMP3 is over unless the #74 has a major issue.

GTLM: now Corvette #4 (Tandy/12th overall), Corvette #3 (Taylor), BMW #24

GTD: now Ferrari #21 (21st overall), Mercedes-Benz #57, Lamborghini #1

Dawn has come to Daytona and eight hours remain.

DPi: now Cadillac #01, Acura #10, Acura #60

LMP2: now Oreca #8 (7th overall), Oreca #18, Oreca #82

LMP3: still Ligier #74 (17th overall), Ligier #33, Duquene #6

GTLM: now Corvette #4 (Milner/11th overall), Corvette #3 (Garcia), BMW #25 (11th overall)

GTD: now Mercedes-Benz #57 (21st overall), Ferrari #21, Mercedes-Benz #75

—I'll be away for a couple of hours.

Wild driving from the DPi's. Tight battle between the #01 and the #48, and the #48 spins.

Now in the single digits—nine hours remain. Just returrned to green.

DPi: now Cadillac #01, Acura #10, Cadillac #31

LMP2: now Oreca #8 (7th overall), Oreca #82, Oreca #18

LMP3: still Ligier #74 (17th overall), Ligier #33, Duquene #6

GTLM: now BMW #25 (11th overall), Corvette #3 (Garcia), Corvette #4 (Milner)

GTD: now Mercedes-Benz #57 (21st overall), Mercedes-Benz #75, Ferrari #21

Full course yellow for debris—not sure from which car(s).

Ten hours remain.

DPi: now Cadillac #01, Cadillac #31, Acura #10

LMP2: still Oreca #8 (7th overall), Dallara #47, Orec #82

LMP3: still Ligier #74 (18th overall), Ligier #33, Duquene #6

GTLM: still Corvette #4 (Sims/12th overall), Corvette #3 (Catsburg), BMW #25

GTD: still Mercedes-Benz #57 (21st overall), Ferrari #21, Mercedes-Benz #75

It's hard to tell how many cars are actually retired. Four are more than 100 laps behind their class leader. i also think the Lexus #12 is done.

Good morning, all.

10:40 to go and in a full course yellow.

DPi: now Cadillac #48, Cadillac #31, Cadillac #01

LMP2: now Oreca #8 (7th overall), Dallara #47, Orec #82

LMP3: now Ligier #74 (20th overall), Ligier #33, Duquene #6

GTLM: now Corvette #4 (Sims/12th overall), Corvette #3 (Catsburg), BMW #25

GTD: now Mercedes-Benz #57 (23rd overall), Ferrari #21, Mercedes-Benz #75

I'm going to get some sleep—I expect to check in fairly early tomorrow morning.

Eight hours in, one-third complete.

DPi: now Cadillac #48, Cadillac #01, Acura #60

LMP2: still Oreca #11 (8th overall), Oreca #8, Dallara #47

LMP3: now Duqueine #6 (20th overall), Ligier #33, Ligier #74

GTLM: now Corvette #3 (Garcia/14th overall), Corvette #4 (Milner), Ferrari #62

GTD: now Ferrari #21 (23rd overall), Lamborghini #1, Porsche #9

Seven hours in.

DPi: now Cadillac #48, Cadillac #01, Acura #10

LMP2: now Oreca #11 (8th overall), Oreca #8, Dallara #47

LMP3: now Ligier #33 (20th overall), Duqueine #6, Ligier #74

GTLM: still Corvette #4 (Milner/14th overall), Corvette #3 (Garcia), BMW #25

GTD: still Porsche #16 (23rd overall), Lamborghini #1, Aston Martin #23

Seeing Ollie Gavin now with Lexus gives me a pang of regret—and reinforces what a pro he is.

A wild restart—back to green.

The #19 Lamborghini has had somewhat of a fire and stopped on the track—full course yellow (number five).

Now it's going up on the rollback … and they're having some challenges with that.

Lost count. Now it's six hours in.

DPi: now Cadillac #5, Cadillac #01, Acura #10

LMP2: now Oreca #11 (8th overall), Oreca #82, Oreca #8

LMP3: now Ligier #74 (19th overall), Ligier #33, Duqueine #6

GTLM: still Corvette #4 (Sims/14th overall), Corvette #3 (Catsburg), BMW #25

GTD: now Porsche #16 (24th overall), Lamborghini #1, Aston Martin #23

Two more cars have been retired—46 remain.

Six hours in.

DPi: now Cadillac #01, Cadillac #5, Cadillac #48

LMP2: now Oreca #52 (8th overall), Oreca #11, Oreca #8

LMP3: still Ligier #74 (20th overall), Ligier #33, Ligier #54

GTLM: still Corvette #4 (Sims/15th overall), Corvette #4 (Catsburg), BMW #25

GTD: now Lamborghini #1 (24th overall), Porsche #16, Ferrari #21—GTD has been completely unpredictable

Still only one car actually retired out of the 49 that took the green, but a few additional cars are pretty well toast.

Four hours in, with things settling down at least a bit.

DPi: now Cadillac #5, Cadillac #01, Acura #10

LMP2: now Oreca #11 (8th overall), Oreca #52, Oreca #8

LMP3: now Ligier #74 (20th overall), Ligier #33, Ligier #54

GTLM: now Corvette #3 (Jordan Taylor/15th overall), Corvette #4 (Tandy), BMW #25

GTD: now Mercedes-Benz #57 (23rd overall), Lexus #14, Porsche #16

The #26 GTD BMW leaves the pits before the fuel line is detached. No fire, but fuel splashing everywhere. That'll be a penalty—I'm hoping no one was hurt.

Three hours in and night has fallen.

DPi: now Cadillac #5, Acura #10, Cadillac #01 (Kevin Magnussen, Jan's soon)

LMP2: now Oreca #18 (8th overall), Oreca #52, Oreca #8

LMP3: now Ligier #33 (20th overall), Ligier #74, Ligier #54

GTLM: now Corvette #4 (Tandy/15th overall), Corvette #3 (Jordan Taylor), BMW #24

GTD: now Lexus #14 (23rd overall), Aston Martin #23, Porsche #16

Three cars are being worked on in the pits. The #81 LMP2 car has been retired, so "the Sharpie of death" has come out. The tools:

Argy bargy with the #62 Ferrari GTLM and the #38 Ligier LMP3 car. Full course caution—that would be number four.

Back to green with a little over two hours in.

DPi: now Cadillac #01, Cadillac #31, Cadillac #5

LMP2: now Dallara #47 (8th overall), Oreca #82, Oreca #52

LMP3: now Ligier #38 (20th overall), Ligier #33, Ligier #74

GTLM: now Corvette #4 (Milner/15th overall), Ferrari #62, BMW #24, Corvette #3 (Garcia)

GTD: now Lexus #14 (23rd overall), Lamborghini #10, Porsche #16

Here we go again—the #29 LMP2 car has crashed heavily. Full course yellow after just a few minutes of green flag racing.

Back to green after a rather long yellow.

Back to another full course yellow as one of the LMP2 cars has issues.

One hour in.

DPi: now Cadillac #31, Cadillac #01, Cadillac #5

LMP2: still Oreca #52 (8th overall), Dallara #47, Oreca #20

LMP3: now Ligier #38 (23rd overall), Ligier #74, Ligier #33

GTLM: now Corvette #3 (Garcia/17th overall), Corvette #4 (Milner), Ferrari #62

GTD: now Lexus #14 (26th overall), Lamborghini #1, Porsche #16

Milner is reporting a shifting problem in the #4 car, but he's been able to reset the electronics.

Many drivers are driving like this is the last hour—not the first.