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Another Daytona has been and gone. It was, in the end, a good race with some excellent wheel to wheel racing, especially at the end (that lead GTD battle!), despite the fog and extended safety car caution period.
The race started off in bright sunshine, almost perfect conditions for racing; bright and clear but also not too hot.
The sun started to go down producing some excellent sunset shots, which you can see below.
Then the darkness came and the fog set in, gradually getting thicker and lower.
#04 Crowdstrike by APR driver, and now Daytona 24 hours (class) winner Malthe Jakobsen described the fog when he was in the car after the race, to media including Only Endurance.
"You're coming down the back straight turning into the Bus Stop, and all you could see was your braking marks, and you didn't quite know where the curb was going to arrive," said the young Dane.
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As the fog got worse a caution was called, which ended up lasting 6 and a half hours.
But once the sun rose the fog quickly burnt off and the field went green again for an immense run to the flag with lead battles in every single class.
Felipe Nasr and Jack Aitken's battle for the lead with well under an hour to go may go down in history as one of the best lead battles at Daytona. Lap after lap, Aitken hounded Nasr, but the Brazilian, ever with an experienced head on his shoulders having won the event the last two years, resisted him until Aitken's tyres went off and he had to back off.
This gave Nasr the overall win and only the third driver to win 3 in a row.
Enjoy a selection of shots from the race from OE photographer Griffith Bean. Go give him a follow on Instagram – @endurance_photography!
Later this week we will have some deep-dive analysis, and mobile-ready wallpapers from Griffith, so stay tuned for those.
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All images including feature: credit Griffth Bean / @endurance_photography for Only Endurance