24 Hours of Catalunya July 5 and 6, 2008 Suzuki Catalá 2 Leads with Five Hours to Go in 24 Hours of Catalunya Just into the fourteenth hour of the 24 Hours of Catalunya Pedro Vallcaneras crashed the leading Folch Yamaha and damaged the crankcases in the gravel. When he returned to the pits where the team was unable to make repairs. That left the two Catalá Suzukis in the lead with the number 2 machine leading the number 3 bike by nine laps and with the third place Probarna Honda trailing the second place team by another four laps. With no eminent threat on the horizon the Catalá Suzuki team went into a conservative “holding pattern” with riders on both bikes slowing to run in the 1´53 to 1´55 range. The lead Catala Suzuki had been lapping between 1´50 and 1´52 during stints up to the crash of the Folch Yamaha. Then, just minutes into the nineteeth hour Diego Lozano crashed the leading Suzuki at high speed on the brakes for the Caixa right-hander and was taken to the clinic. Now Catalá Suzuki number 2 leads the Performance Suzuki of Casas, Cabana, Gomez and Olmos by 12 laps with just five hours to go. At this time the details of the crash are unknown. 1 . (3) Oliver/Hernandez/Cordoba/Port Suzuki Catalá GSX-R 1000 2. (26) Casas/Cabana/Gomez/Olmos Bruno Perform. Suzuki GSX-R 100 -11 laps 3. (88) Garcia/Graciano/Marchan/Torras Mossos d´Esquadra Yamaha YZR-R1 -14 4. (27) Busquets/Busquets/Lindner/Nion HP2 Sports BMW 1170 -20 5. (33) Cuzin/Gilles/Fastre T.E. 33 Yamaha YZR-R1 1000 -20 43 of original 57 teams still running