Drivers Memo Gidley and Matteo Malucelli were transported to hospital following a two-car crash around the three-hour mark of the Rolex 24 at Daytona on Saturday.
Mexico's Gidley, driving for the pole-winning GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing team, had to be cut from the No.99 Corvette in Florida.
The incident occurred when Gidley smashed into the slower Ferrari, from the GT Le Mans class, driven by Italian Malucelli.
The cars were heading into the kink in the infield portion of Daytona International Speedway and driving into the glare of the sun.
Malucelli's car had lost power - he was definitely off the pace - and his team said he radioed he was pulling out of the way as the cars headed into a high-speed turn.
The race was red-flagged as emergency workers tended to both drivers.
They were placed onto stretchers, loaded into ambulances and taken to Halifax Health Medical Center.
Olivier Beretta, Malucelli's teammate on the Risi Competizione team, saw a replay of the accident and wondered if the glare played a role in the wreck.
"It's difficult to say because it's the sun going down, and in this corner you don't see very well," Beretta said.
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