James Allen says he wasn't breathing when he passed Ban Hanley for LMP2 victory at the finish line for the Rolex24 at Daytona. 'It was such a crazy moment for me. '
, clearing the latter with just seven minutes left on the clock before setting after Hanley.
"Honestly, I didn't really think we were in with much of a shot," reflected Allen, who was previously teammates with Hanley at DragonSpeed in 2019."I was behind the AF Corse car for quite a while, and I could see the Crowdstrike car was building a gap more and more, so by the time I did get past the AF Corse car, there was quite a distance.
"I did came out of the Bus Stop [chicane] thinking, 'Have I done this properly? Do I have enough time? Have I got an exit good enough?' And luckily I did, and just got him right below the line. I don't think I was breathing coming out of Speedway [Turn] 4 up to the start line! Team owner Christian Ried said he was"super-proud" that his team was able to recover from such a setback to win on its prototype debut.
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