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Honda’s luxury and performance brand finished third and 10th at the former airfield track

Acura Team Penske retained its advantage at the head of the field with two hours down in the Rolex 24 at Daytona as Fernando Alonso embarked on his opening stint for Wayne Taylor Racing.

Juan Pablo Montoya moved into the lead of the Rolex 24 at Daytona through the opening hour of the race, heading up a one-two for Acura Team Penske ahead of the pole-sitting Mazda entry.

Oliver Jarvis led Mazda to pole position for the Rolex 24 at Daytona on Thursday with a new track record at Daytona International Speedway.

Alexander Rossi will make his first appearance in the Rolex 24 at Daytona since 2014 after being announced as Acura Team Penske's sixth and final driver for the endurance classic.

Action Express Racing sits in control of the Rolex 24 at Daytona entering the final third of the race after seeing the rival Acura-Penske cars drop out of contention for victory following reliability issues through the night.

Ricky Taylor flew the nest from his family-run team over the winter to join Penske's new sports car effort with Acura.

Despite spending time in Formula One, taking numerous victories at Le Mans and becoming one of the leading drivers in the American Le Mans Series, David Brabham has conceded that his time spent racing in the British Touring Car Championship came closest to matching his stellar 2008 ALMS season, p