AF Corse leads at the halfway point at Indy

Frederik Schandorff leads the way as we reach halfway at the Indianapolis 8 Hours, Schandorff aboard his no.12 AF Corse Ferrari leads the way ahead of Maxime Martin aboard his no.34 JMF Mercedes. Schandorff held a 12.135 second advantage over Martin and if the race were to end this way it would give Martin the IGTC Championship. The two cars swapped positions during the pit stops in the fourth hour seeing Michai Stephens hold off Nicklas Nielsen. The no.29 Turner Motorsports BMW of Robby Foley ran third four hours into the race. Porsche factory ace Laurin Heinrich holds command of the Pro-Am lead aboard the no.31 Wright Motorsports Porsche ahead of Aaron Telitz and Robert Renauer in there Archangel Motorsports and Herbeth Motorsports entries. Pro-Am runner GMG Racing’s no.32 are in contention running on an alternate strategy. In the AM class the no.163 AF Corse Ferrari of Benny Simonsen leads at halfway. As it stands at halfway 3 cars have retired from the race that includes the no.80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes who retired in the opening hour due to crash damage. The no.6 Dollahite Mustang retired in the second hour after Scott Dollahite damaged the cars left front suspension after going over a curve. The JMF no.27 Mercedes of Jason Daskalos race ends early with a gearbox failure that brought out the race fourth full course yellow.