{"id":15182819,"date":"2026-06-27T16:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/first-lap-crash-eliminates-five-cars-from-spa-24-hours\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T17:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T21:00:30","slug":"first-lap-crash-eliminates-five-cars-from-spa-24-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/first-lap-crash-eliminates-five-cars-from-spa-24-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"First lap crash eliminates five cars from Spa 24 Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five cars were eliminated from contention in a major pile-up following a chaotic start to the Spa 24 Hours on Saturday.<br \/>On the opening lap, three cars were completely knocked out of the race and another two dropped out of the lead lap as drivers arrived at the Pouhon double left-handers.<br \/>The incident was triggered when Jamie Day in the #34 Walkenhorst Aston Martin and Ariel Levi in the #66 &#8230;<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/gtwce-endurance\/news\/first-lap-crash-eliminates-five-cars-from-spa-24-hours\/10834111\/?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=RSS-ALL&amp;utm_term=News&amp;utm_content=www\">Keep reading<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/gtwce-endurance\/news\/first-lap-crash-eliminates-five-cars-from-spa-24-hours\/10834111\/?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=RSS-ALL&amp;utm_term=News&amp;utm_content=www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Autos \u2013 Motorsports.com Photos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five cars were eliminated from contention in a major pile-up following a chaotic start to the Spa 24 Hours on Saturday.On the opening lap, three cars were completely knocked out of the race and another two dropped out of 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