A caution period to extract a GTC car from the gravel trap has slowed the field as it nears the half point which it will reach at lap 197.

Nicolas Prost was behind the wheel of the race leading Rebellion Racing Lola Toyota as the Petit Le Mans race leaders approach the 500 mile mark, connoting half distance in the 1000 mile/10 Hours race.

The race pace has been quite strong with the difference as much as five seconds between clear laps and laps in traffic.

Martin Plowman in the Conquest Endurance Morgan Nissan runs second overall and first in the P2 class, just ahead of the #055 of Dario and Marino Franchitti with Scott Tucker

The Nissan DeltaWing currently runs fourth overall with Gunnar Jeannette.

Ryan Dalziel in the CORE autosport #06 leads PC.

In GT, Toni Vilander in the pole winning Extreme Speed Motorsports #01 Ferrari leads from Corvette Racing’s #4 Richard Westbrook and the #45 Flying Lizard Porsche of Joerg Bergmeister.

They are followed by #3 Corvette’s Antonio Garcia and the #44 Flying Lizard of Marco Holzer.

Incredibly, none of the 42 starters have retired at the mid-point of the race.