Gordon’s Hummer finished the Puerto Madryn-to-Jacobacci, 694-kilometer stage in 4 hours, 43 minutes and 2 seconds. Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah won the stage in a BMW. Spain’s Carlos Sainz remains the overall leader, with Gordon 34:32 behind. Tuesday’s stage four is 488 kilometers, as the competitors travel from Jacobacci to Neuquen.

Gaughan assumes the ride—formerly the No. 64—driven by David Stremme and Max Papis to a top-ten finish in the 2008 standings. The car number change—from No. 64 to No. 62—further establishes Rusty Wallace Racing’s family-owned heritage. The No. 62 was chosen in honor of Gaughan’s family racing background, which includes eight Truck Series wins while driving vehicles fielded by his family-owned No. 62 Orleans Racing team.

Gordon completed the Santa Rosa de la Pampa-to-Puerto Madryn stage in 2 hours, 5 minutes and 38 seconds. He is 21:32 behind leader Carlos Sainz of Spain. The third of 15 stages is slated for Monday, from Puerto Madryn to Jacobacci, a 551-kilimoter race.

Mears was a co-driver for the winning team that earned the overall victory in the 2006 Rolex 24, becoming the first full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver to do so. He was named in August 2008 as the driver of Richard Childress Racing’s No. 07 Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet team for the 2009 Sprint Cup Series season. "I had a great time running this race in 2006 so I jumped at the chance to drive for Childress-Howard this year," said Mears.

Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas will unite to form the driver lineup in the No. 01 TELMEX/Target Daytona Prototype, while Team Target IndyCar pilots Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti join Alex Lloyd in the No. 02 Target/TELMEX Daytona Prototype. Last year, the team became the first in history to win three consecutive overall titles in the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Franchitti is the first driver to ever capture the 12 Hours of Sebring, the Indianapolis 500, an open wheel title and the Rolex 24 At Daytona consecutively, accomplishing the feat in less than a year. Mario Andretti and A.J. Foyt are the only others to win the four titles, but neither did so in succession.

Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas will unite to form the driver lineup in the No. 01 TELMEX/Target Daytona Prototype, while Team Target IndyCar pilots Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti join Alex Lloyd in the No. 02 Target/TELMEX Daytona Prototype. Last year, the team became the first in history to win three consecutive overall titles in the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Last year’s victory added to Pruett's already all-time best eight class victories at the Rolex 24 and record 15th overall Rolex Series wins.

Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas will unite to form the driver lineup in the No. 01 TELMEX/Target Daytona Prototype, while Team Target IndyCar pilots Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti join Alex Lloyd in the No. 02 Target/TELMEX Daytona Prototype. Last year, the team became the first in history to win three consecutive overall titles in the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Pruett and Montoya’s back-to-back wins marked the first time drivers earned repeat victories in the race since 1986 and 1987.