The ninth caution reset the fight in the LMP2 class, with the Tower Motorsport by Starworks Oreca and Era Motorsport Oreca put on the same lap.
Gabriel Aubry in the Tower car was tasked with holding off Era counterpart Kyle Tilley, and the Frenchman was able to build enough of an advantage to hand over to fellow countryman Matthieu Vaxiviere with the lead in tact.
With six hours of the race left, Vaxiviere was just two seconds ahead of Tilley, while the DragonSpeed Oreca was third but a lap down in the hands of Christopher Mies.
Riley Motorsports continued its untroubled run towards victory in the LMP3 division with a slightly reduced margin of four laps over the Sean Creech Motorsports squad.
