2008 24 Hours of Daytona

2008 24 Hours of Daytona
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The 2008 Rolex 24 at Daytona was the first round of the 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series season and the 46th running of the 24 Hours of Daytona. It took place at Daytona International Speedway between January 26–27, 2008.

Qualifying

In the Daytona Prototype class, pole position was taken by Oswaldo Negri Jr. in the #60 Michael Shank Racing Ford powered Riley Mk. XI with a laptime of 1:40.793. Teammate A. J. Allmendinger locked out the front row for Michael Shank Racing. In the Grand Touring class, the #70 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 GT with Sylvain Tremblay was fastest with a laptime of 1:50.788. The #56 Mastercar Ferrari F430 Challenge qualified 2nd in the team's debut at Daytona.[1]

Race

The #01 Telmex Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Lexus-powered Riley of Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Dario Franchitti, and Juan Pablo Montoya led 252 laps and gave Chip Ganassi racing their 3rd successive win at the Daytona 24 Hours. The #01 team took the overall victory by a margin of 2 laps over the #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac-powered Riley entry. At the start, many cars (including the eventual race winner) had to start from pit lane after changing their tires from wets to slicks.[2] The #70 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 GT of Sylvain Tremblay, Nick Ham, David Haskell, and Raphael Matos were the winners in GT, completing 664 laps and finishing 9th overall. The overall pace of the race was slowed due to wet weather during the night.[3]

A total of 22 safety car periods neutralized the race for 112 laps.

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps
Engine
1 DP 01 United States Telmex Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates United States Scott Pruett
Mexico Memo Rojas
United Kingdom Dario Franchitti
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 		Riley Mk. XI 695
Lexus 5.0L V8
2 DP 99 United States GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing United States Jon Fogarty
United States Alex Gurney
United States Jimmy Vasser
United States Jimmie Johnson 		Riley Mk. XI 693
Pontiac 5.0L V8
3 DP 9 United States Penske-Taylor Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe
Brazil Hélio Castroneves
United States Kurt Busch 		Riley Mk. XI 689
Pontiac 5.0L V8
4 DP 76 United States Krohn Racing United Kingdom Darren Turner
Sweden Niclas Jönsson
Brazil Ricardo Zonta 		Proto-Auto Lola B08/70 688
Pontiac 5.0L V8
5 DP 10 United States SunTrust Racing South Africa Wayne Taylor
United States Ricky Taylor
Canada Michael Valiante
Italy Max Angelelli 		Riley Mk. XI 687
Pontiac 5.0L V8
6 DP 60 United States Michael Shank Racing United States Mark Patterson
United States Graham Rahal
Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.
United Kingdom Justin Wilson 		Riley Mk. XI 680
Ford 5.0L V8
7 DP 75 United States Krohn Racing United States Tracy Krohn
Belgium Eric van de Poele
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin 		Proto-Auto Lola B08/70 678
Pontiac 5.0L V8
8 DP 91 United States GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing United States Jim Matthews
United States Johnny O'Connell
United States Ryan Hunter-Reay
Belgium Marc Goossens 		Riley Mk. XI 676
Pontiac 5.0L V8
9 GT 70 United States SpeedSource United States David Haskell
United States Nick Ham
Canada Sylvain Tremblay
Brazil Raphael Matos 		Mazda RX-8 GT 664
Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
10 GT 66 United States The Racer's Group United States Bryce Miller
United States Ted Ballou
United States Andy Lally
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 657
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
11 GT 67 United States The Racer's Group United States Tim George Jr.
United States Spencer Pumpelly
United States Bryan Sellers
France Romain Dumas
France Emmanuel Collard 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 657
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12 GT 64 United States The Racer's Group United States Jim Lowe
United States Jim Pace
United States Johannes van Overbeek
United States R. J. Valentine
United Kingdom Tim Sudgen 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 656
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
13 GT 69 United States SpeedSource United States Emil Assentato
United States Jeff Segal
United States Nick Longhi
United States Lonnie Pechnik 		Mazda RX-8 GT 653
Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
14 DP 6 United States Michael Shank Racing United States John Pew
United States A. J. Allmendinger
United States Burt Frisselle
United Kingdom Ian James 		Riley Mk. XI 652
Ford 5.0L V8
15 DP 09 United States Spirit of Daytona Racing United States Guy Cosmo
United States Michael McDowell
Canada Marc-Antoine Camirand 		Fabcar FDSC/03 652
Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
16 GT 80 United States Synergy Racing United States Mark Greenberg
Republic of Ireland Damien Faulkner
Belgium Jan Heylen
Germany Lance David Arnold 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 651
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17 GT 07 United States Banner Racing United States Paul Edwards
United States Kelly Collins
Denmark Jan Magnussen 		Pontiac GXP.R 647
Pontiac 6.0L V8
18 GT 87 United States Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing Germany Dominik Farnbacher
Germany Pierre Ehret
Germany Timo Bernhard
Germany Dirk Werner 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 646
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19 GT 57 United States Stevenson Motorsports United States Andrew Davis
United States Randy Pobst
United States Gunnar Jeannette
United Kingdom Robin Liddell 		Pontiac GXP.R 644
Pontiac 6.0L V8
20 GT 30 United States Racer's Edge Motorsports United States Ken Dobson
United States Robert Thorne
United States Drew Staveley
United States Craig Stone 		Mazda RX-8 GT 642
Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
21 GT 74 United States Autometrics Motorsports United States Bransen Patch
United States Jim Hamblin
United States Joe Safina
United States David Murry
United States Derek Skea 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 638
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
22 GT 88 United States Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing Germany Pierre Kaffer
Germany Frank Stippler
Canada Dave Lacey
Canada Greg Wilkins
United States Eric Curran 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 637
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
23 DP 59 United States Brumos Racing United States Hurley Haywood
United States J. C. France
United States Terry Borcheller
Portugal João Barbosa 		Riley Mk. XI 622
Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
24
DNF 		GT 84 United States Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing United States Chris Bingham
United States Don Pickering
United States Bill Cotter
United States Chris Pennington 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 637
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25
DNF 		DP 03 United States Vision Racing United States Ed Carpenter
United States A. J. Foyt IV
United States John Andretti
Brazil Vítor Meira
United States Tony George 		Crawford DP08 615
Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
26 GT 44 United States Bullet Racing United States Zach Arnold
United States Dyrk van Zanten Jr.
Canada Steve Paquette
Canada Glenn Nixon 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 615
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
27 DP 58 United States Brumos Racing United States Darren Law
United States David Donohue
United States Buddy Rice 		Riley Mk. XI 611
Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
28 DP 7 United States Sigalsport United States Matt Plumb
United States Quentin Wahl
France Stéphan Grégoire
Republic of Ireland Michael Cullen
Republic of Ireland Paddy Shovlin 		Riley Mk. XI 601
BMW 5.0L V8
29 GT 17 United States Terra Firma Motorsports United States Ronald Zitza
United States Gary Jensen
United States Mark Jensen
United States Jordan Taylor 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 599
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
30 GT 72 United States Autohaus Motorsports Italy Max Papis
United States Tim Lewis Jr.
United States Craig Stanton
United States Lawson Aschenbach 		Pontiac GXP.R 590
Pontiac 6.0L V8
31 GT 34 United States Orbit Racing United States Lance Willsey
United States Mike Fitzgerald
United States Tom Papadopoulos
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 589
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
32 GT 65 United States The Racer's Group United States Russ Oasis
United States Tom Atherton
United States Jim Stout
United States Jason Daskalos
United States Tommy Archer 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 585
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
33 GT 86 United States Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing United States Eric Lux
United States Leh Keen
Germany Sascha Maassen
Germany Wolf Henzler
Germany Jörg Bergmeister 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 580
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
34 GT 52 Italy Mastercar Italy Joe Castellano
United States Fred Machado
Hong Kong Ma Chi Min
Italy Roberto Ragazzi
Italy Constantino Bertuzzi 		Ferrari F430 Challenge 578
Ferrari 4.3L V8
35 GT 85 United States Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing United States Don Kitch Jr.
United States Steve Miller
United States Chris Pallis
Canada Ross Bentley 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 572
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
36
DNF 		DP 23 United States Alex Job Racing United States Bill Auberlen
United States Joey Hand
United States Patrick Long
United Kingdom Andy Wallace 		Crawford DP08 569
Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
37 GT 06 United States Banner Racing United States Leighton Reese
United Kingdom Robert Nearn
United States Marc Bunting
United States Andy Pilgrim 		Pontiac GXP.R 564
Pontiac 6.0L V8
38 GT 81 United States Synergy Racing United States Steve Johnson
Netherlands Patrick Huisman
Netherlands Robert Doornbos
Austria Richard Lietz 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 558
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
39 GT 40 United States Dempsey Racing United States Joe Foster
United States Patrick Dempsey
United States Charles Espenlaub
United States Romeo Kapudija
Canada Scott Maxwell 		Mazda RX-8 GT 552
Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
40 GT 68 United States The Racer's Group United States Michael Gomez
United States Michael Auriemma
United States John Mayes
United States Scott Schroeder
United States Brent Milner 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 550
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
41 DP 77 United States Doran Racing United States Memo Gidley
Italy Fabrizio Gollin
Switzerland Gabriele Gardel
United States Brad Jaeger 		Doran JE4 546
Ford 5.0L V8
42
DNF 		DP 3 United States Southard Motorsports United States Shane Lewis
United States Bill Lester
United States Ted Christopher
United States Alex Barron 		Riley Mk. XI 527
Lexus 5.0L V8
43
DNF 		GT 14 United States Autometrics Motorsports United States Cory Friedman
United States Mac McGehee
United States Anthony Lazzaro
Germany Ralf Kelleners 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 524
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
44
DNF 		DP 02 United States Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates United Kingdom Dan Wheldon
New Zealand Scott Dixon
United Kingdom Alex Lloyd
Mexico Salvador Durán 		Riley Mk. XI 515
Lexus 5.0L V8
45 GT 21 United States Matt Connolly Motorsports United States Hal Prewitt
United States Spencer Trenery
United States Vic Rice
Italy Diego Alessi
Australia Karl Reindler 		Pontiac GTO.R 513
Pontiac 6.0L V8
46
DNF 		GT 62 United States The Racer's Group United States Claudio Burtin
United States Jack Baldwin
United States Scott Tucker
United States Ed Zabinski
Austria Martin Ragginger 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 511
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
47
DNF 		GT 27 United States O'Connell Racing United States Kevin O'Connell
United States Kevin Roush
United States Kris Wilson
United States Hugh Plumb 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 473
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
48
DNF 		DP 61 United States AIM Autosport United States Colin Braun
United States Brian Frisselle
Canada Mark Wilkins
Canada Andrew Ranger 		Riley Mk. XI 448
Ford 5.0L V8
49
DNF 		GT 29 United States Alegra Motorsport United States Jake Rosenzweig
United States Bob Woodman
Canada Louis-Philippe Dumoulin
United States Scooter Gabel
United States Chris Gleason 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 418
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
50
DNF 		GT 43 United States Team Sahlen United States Will Nonnamaker
United States Wayne Nonnamaker
United States Joe Nonnamaker
United States Joe Sahlen 		Mazda RX-8 GT 401
Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
51
DNF 		GT 83 United States Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing United States C. R. Crews
United States Russell Walker
United States Peter Ludwig
United States Ben McCrackin
Germany Tim Bergmeister 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 397
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
52
DNF 		GT 26 United States Gotham Competition United States Jerome Jacalone
United States Joe Jacalone
United States Jim Michaelian
United States Bob Michaelian
United States Scooter Gabel 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 364
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
53
DNF 		GT 89 United States Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing Italy Luca Drudi
Italy Raffaele Giammaria
Italy Gabrio Rosa
Italy Giacomo Petrobelli
Germany Jörg Hardt 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 284
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
54
DNF 		GT 50 United States Blackforest Motorsports Canada John Farano
United States Carl Jensen
United States John Cloud
United States Boris Said
United States James Bradley 		Ford Mustang 255
Ford 5.0L V8
55
DNF 		DP 2 United States SAMAX Motorsport United States Henri Zogaib
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Germany Lucas Luhr
United Kingdom Allan McNish 		Riley Mk. XI 233
Pontiac 5.0L V8
56
DNF 		DP 31 United States Matt Connolly Motorsports United States Seth Ingram
Germany Mirco Schultis
United States Bob Frost
Czech Republic Miroslav Konopka
Italy Ettore Contini 		Chase CCE 231
Pontiac 5.0L V8
57
DNF 		GT 15 United States Blackforest Motorsports Canada David Empringham
Canada Jean-François Dumoulin
United States Tom Nastasi
United States Boris Said 		Ford Mustang 177
Ford 5.0L V8
58
DNF 		DP 16 United States Cheever Racing Italy Matteo Bobbi
Spain Antonio García
France Stéphane Ortelli
Italy Fabio Babini 		Coyote CC/08 170
Pontiac 5.0L V8
59
DNF 		GT 90 United States Automatic Racing United States Jep Thornton
United States Tom Long
United States Joe Varde
United States David Russell 		BMW M6 163
BMW 5.0L V10
60
DNF 		GT 22 United States Alegra Motorsports United States Carlos de Quesada
United States Nathan Swartzbaugh
France Patrick Pilet
Germany Marc Basseng 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 149
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
61
DNF 		DP 11 United States SAMAX Motorsport Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Venezuela Milka Duno
Switzerland Harold Primat
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel 		Riley Mk. XI 97
Pontiac 5.0L V8
62
DNF 		GT 08 United States Goldin Motorsports United States Steve Goldin
United States Keith Goldin
United States Jim Meassick
United States Squeak Kennedy 		Mazda RX-8 GT 83
Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
63
DNF 		DP 12 United States RVO Motorsports United Kingdom Derek Bell
United Kingdom Justin Bell
Estonia Tõnis Kasemets
United States Paul Dallenbach
United States Roger Schramm 		Riley Mk. XI 65
Pontiac 5.0L V8
64
DNF 		GT 56 Italy Mastercar Hong Kong Matthew Marsh
San Marino Christian Montanari
Italy Thomas Biagi
Switzerland Fabio Venier
Spain Luis Monzon 		Ferrari F430 Challenge 55
Ferrari 4.3L V8
65
DNF 		DP 51 United States Cheever Racing United Kingdom Tom Kimber-Smith
United Kingdom Mike Newton
Brazil Thomas Erdos
United States Scott Mayer
United States Brent Sherman 		Coyote CC/08 45
Pontiac 5.0L V8
66
DNF 		GT 63 United States The Racer's Group Canada Pierre Bourque
Canada Hima Maher
United States Duncan Ende
United States Ron Yarab Jr. 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 31
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

References

  1. ^ "Negri, Allmendinger Give Michael Shank Racing Front Row Sweep For Saturday's Rolex 24 At Daytona". grand-am.com. January 24, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  2. ^ "Rolex 24 At Daytona is Underway!". grand-am.com. January 26, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  3. ^ "Chip Ganassi Racing With Felix Sabates Wins Third Straight Rolex 24 At Daytona". grand-am.com. January 27, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2012.