Angelelli led on two occasions during the opening hours of the race before handing the car over to Ricky Taylor, who was making his Rolex Series career debut alongside his father. The younger Taylor joined the race in 13th position at the 1-hour, 50-minute mark, and over the course of an error-free stint, was able to work his way into the lead by the time he pitted at the 3-hour, 20-minute mark to hand the car over to Valiante.
Valiante kept the SunTrust car at the front during his opening stint before handing it over to Wayne Taylor shortly after the five-hour mark. However, as he was attempting to leave the pit lane, Taylor radioed that the car had lost all power and would not restart. Although the engine fired back into life as the team got it back to the garage, he slipped four laps off the pace.
By the twelve-hour mark, the team had worked their way back into the top-ten, making up a lap in the process, and were about to gain back another lap when the second major setback occurred – a loss of brakes costing the team another six laps.
The third major set-back came when a blown radiator dropped the car a total of 14 laps off the pace and out of contention.
Less than two hours later – at the 13-hour, 45-minute mark – came the third major setback for the SunTrust team, this time in the form of a blown radiator as a result of overheating conditions under the engine cover.
For the third time, the team headed to the garage to replace the radiator, costing another 30 minutes of track time that didn't drop the SunTrust car out of the 10th position, but did drop it a total of 14 laps off the lead lap.
Although the team battled back to within eight laps of the lead, a lack of problems for cars ahead meant the quartet had to settle for fifth place at the flag.
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