SEBRING, Fla. — After struggling for two days to find speed in the No. With his car out of shape and suddenly two seconds a lap off pace, Bourdais’ relatively comfortable lead over Tincknell dissolved into a nose-to-tail chase over Sebring Int’l Raceway’s 17-turn, 3.74-mile circuit. 5 car led only 28 laps – all of them within the final 31 laps of the race – as Bourdais held off Tincknell, who co-drove the No. Dixon, who had a healthy lead in DPi at the time, and De Phillippi’s No. “I was trying to get back to pit road and there was a car there. I was getting a little nervous (near the end of the race).

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