Daytona 24 hour race

The 24 Hours of Daytona , official Rolex 24 at Daytona , is since 1966 on the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach , Florida be transmitted sports car racing , which is currently part of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is.

The event

Track layout of the 24-hour race

The race takes place in late January / early February, so the night is much longer than in mid-June at the more famous Le Mans 24-hour race . The mixture of the steep curves of the four kilometer long oval and the sections in the infield is unique for long-distance races.

Sports car races were held in Daytona as early as 1962. The distance varied from three hours (1962–1963) to 2000 kilometers (1964–1965).

The race has been sponsored by Rolex since 1991 , and the class winners receive a Rolex Daytona watch.

Remarkable

After the triple victory in 1967 against the GT40 competing vehicle from Ford, Ferrari gave the 365 GTB / 4 road sports car the nickname Daytona .

Depending on the count, Porsche vehicles have won a total of 20 times, in 2003 even the drivers Jörg Bergmeister and Timo Bernhard achieved overall victory with a Porsche 996 GT3 RS for the team The Racer's Group, which competes in the GT class . A success against the Daytona prototypes , which first appeared in 2003 , which the organizers did not like to see, so that the starting conditions for the GT-Porsches were drastically difficult in 2004, but they were able to stand up to the Daytona prototypes .

Auto, motor und sport editor Marcus Schurig summarized the consequences of the unexpected 2003 overall success in ams issue 4/2004 as follows: "(...). History almost repeated itself: In 2003 Jörg Bergmeister and Timo Bernhard were able to do one Porsche 911 GT3 won the race, in 2004 the Orbit Porsche took second place overall with Robin Lidell, Jonny Mowlem, Mike Fitzgerald, Joe and Jay Policastro. And that although the organizer had slowed the 911 down dramatically compared to 2003: The tank volume shrank from 100 to 64 liters , the rear spoiler was made smaller, and narrower tires were prescribed. “And we had to pack 90 kilograms of weight,” complained Porsche driver Jörg Bergmeister. The organizers obviously knew what they were doing: They were simply afraid of another GT-Porsche victory (...) "

Overall winner

year	team	Overall winner	vehicle	Distance (in km)	championship
1966	Shelby-American Inc.	Ken Miles Lloyd Ruby	Ford GT40 Mk.II	4157.222	Sports car world championship
1967	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Lorenzo Bandini Chris Amon	Ferrari 330P4	4083,646	Sports car world championship
1968	Porsche System Engineering	Vic Elford Jochen Neerpasch Rolf Stommelen Hans Herrmann Joseph Siffert	Porsche 907LH	4126,567	Sports car world championship
1969	Roger Penske Sunoco Racing	Mark Donohue Chuck Parsons	Lola T70 Mk.IIIB	3838,382	Sports car world championship
1970	JW Engineering	Pedro Rodríguez Leo Kinnunen Brian Redman	Porsche 917K	4439.279	Sports car world championship
1971	JW Automotive Engineering	Pedro Rodríguez Jackie Oliver	Porsche 917K	4218,542	Sports car world championship
1972	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Jacky Ickx Mario Andretti	Ferrari 312PB	1189.531	Sports car world championship
1973	Brumo's Porsche	Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood	Porsche Carrera RSR	4108.172	Sports car world championship
1975	Brumo's Porsche	Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood	Porsche Carrera RSR	4194.015	Sports car world championship IMSA GT championship
1976	BMW of North America	Peter Gregg John Fitzpatrick Brian Redman	BMW 3.0 CSL	3368,035	IMSA GT Championship
1977	Ecurie Escargot	John Graves Hurley Haywood Dave Helmick	Porsche Carrera RSR	4208.499	Sports car world championship IMSA GT championship
1978	Brumo's Porsche	Peter Gregg Toine Hezemans Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 935/77	4202,319	Sports car world championship IMSA GT championship
1979	Interscope Racing	Ted Field Hurley Haywood Danny Ongais	Porsche 935/79	4227.039	Sports car world championship IMSA GT championship
1980	L&M Joest Racing	Volkert Merl Reinhold Joest Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 935J	4418.615	Sports car world championship IMSA GT championship
1981	Garretson Racing Style Car	Bobby Rahal Bob Garretson Brian Redman	Porsche 935K3	4375,355	Sports car world championship IMSA GTP championship
1982	JLP Racing	John Paul senior John Paul junior Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 935-JLP3	4443,334	IMSA GTP championship
1983	Henn's Swap Shop Racing	AJ Foyt Claude Ballot-Léna Bob Wollek Preston Henn	Porsche 935L	3819.167	IMSA GTP championship
1984	Kreepy Krauly Racing	Sarel van der Merwe Tony Martin Graham Duxbury	March 83G	3986.023	IMSA GTP championship
1985	Henn's Swap Shop Racing	AJFoyt Al Our Bob Wollek Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 962	4027.673	IMSA GTP championship
1986	Löwenbräu Holbert Racing	Al Holbert Derek Bell Al Unser junior	Porsche 962	4079.236	IMSA GTP championship
1987	Löwenbräu Holbert Racing	Al Holbert Derek Bell Al Our junior Chip Robinson	Porsche 962	4314.136	IMSA GTP championship
1988	Jaguar Racing	Raul Boesel Jan Lammers Martin Brundle John Nielsen	Jaguar XJR-9	4359.970	IMSA GTP championship
1989	Miller BFGoodrich Busby Racing	John Andretti Derek Bell Bob Wollek	Porsche 962	3557.873	IMSA GTP championship
1990	Jaguar Racing	Andy Wallace Jan Lammers Davy Jones	Jaguar XJR-12D	4359.970	IMSA GTP championship
1991	Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Hurley Haywood Bob Wollek Henri Pescarolo Louis Krages	Porsche 962C	4119,341	IMSA GTP championship
1992	Nissan Motorsports International	Masahiro Hasemi Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki	Nissan R91CP	4365,700	IMSA GTP championship
1993	All American Racers	PJ Jones Mark Dismore Rocky Moran	Eagle MkIII	3999,027	IMSA GTP championship
1994	Cunningham Racing	Paul Gentilozzi Butch Leitzinger Scott Pruett Steve Millen	Nissan 300ZX	3050.090	IMSA GT Championship
1995	Kremer Racing	Jürgen Lässig Christophe Bouchut Giovanni Lavaggi Marco Werner	Kremer K8 Spyder	3953.192	IMSA GT Championship
1996	Doyle Racing	Wayne Taylor Scott Sharp Jim Pace	Riley & Scott Mk III	3992.298	IMSA GT Championship
1997	Dyson Racing	Andy Wallace Butch Leitzinger John Paul junior James Weaver Rob Dyson Elliott Forbes-Robinson John Schneider	Riley & Scott Mk III	3953.192	IMSA GT Championship
1998	Doran-Moretti Racing	Didier Theys Mauro Baldi aria Luyendyk Giampiero Moretti	Ferrari 333SP	4073.507	USA Road Racing Championship
1999	Dyson Racing Team Inc.	Andy Wallace Butch Leitzinger Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Riley & Scott Mk III	4056,319	USA Road Racing Championship
2000	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy Karl Wendlinger	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	4142.258	Grand-Am Sports Car Series
2001	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Chris Kneifel Franck Fréon Johnny O'Connell	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	3758,398	Grand-Am Sports Car Series
2002	Doran Lista Racing	Didier Theys Mauro Baldi Fredy Lienhard Massimiliano Papis	Dallara SP1	4102.153	Grand-Am Sports Car Series
2003	The Racer's Group	Kevin Buckler Michael Schrom Timo Bernhard Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	3981.839	Grand-Am Sports Car Series
2004	Bell Motorsports	Christian Fittipaldi Terry Borcheller Forest Barber Andy Pilgrim	Doran JE4	3013,980	Grand-Am Sports Car Series
2005	Wayne Taylor Racing	Wayne Taylor Max Angelelli Emmanuel Collard	Riley Mk.XI	4068,300	Grand-Am Sports Car Series
2006	Target Ganassi Racing	Scott Dixon Dan Wheldon Casey Mears	Riley Mk.XI	4205.820	Grand-Am Sports Car Series
2007	Telmex Ganassi Racing	Juan Pablo Montoya Salvador Durán Scott Pruett	Riley Mk.XI	3826,972	Grand-Am Sports Car Series
2008	Telmex Ganassi Racing	Juan Pablo Montoya Dario Franchitti Scott Pruett Memo Rojas	Riley Mk.XI	3981.839	Grand-Am Sports Car Series
2009	Brumos Racing	David Donohue Antonio García Darren Law Buddy Rice	Riley Mk.XI	4211.009	Grand-Am Sports Car Series
2010	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Terry Borcheller Ryan Dalziel Mike Rockenfeller	Riley Mk.XI	4326.150	Grand-Am Sports Car Series
2011	Telmex Chip Ganassi Racing	Joey Hand Graham Rahal Scott Pruett Memo Rojas	Riley Mk.XX	4125,600	Grand-Am Sports Car Series
2012	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	AJ Allmendinger Oswaldo Negri John Pew Justin Wilson	Riley Mk.XXVI	4359.970	Grand-Am Sports Car Series
2013	Chip Ganassi Racing	Juan-Pablo Montoya Charlie Kimball Scott Pruett Memo Rojas	Riley Mk.XXVI	4359.970	Grand-Am Sports Car Series
2014	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Sebastien Bourdais Burt Frisselle	Corvette DP	3,982.35	United SportsCar Championship
2015	Chip Ganassi Racing	Scott Dixon Tony Kanaan Kyle Larson Jamie McMurray	Riley DP	4,239.656	United SportsCar Championship
2016	Tequila Patrón ESM	Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Scott Sharp Luís Felipe Derani	Ligier JS P2	4,216,739	IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2017	Wayne Taylor Racing	Max Angelelli Jeff Gordon Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor	Dallara-Cadillac DPi-VR	3,776.07	IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2018	Mustang Sampling Racing	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Filipe Albuquerque	Cadillac DPI	4,602.36	IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Remarks

1. ↑ The race was interrupted with a red flag for 1:26 hours after an accident

statistics

Porsche has achieved the most overall victories in the Daytona 24-hour race. Eleven of them happened in direct succession from 1977 to 1987. ²

space	constructor	Victory (s)	Year (s)
1	Porsche	18th	1968, 1970–71, 1973, 1975, 1977–83, 1985–87, 1989, 1991, 2003
2	Riley Technologies	10	2005–13, 2015
3	Ferrari	3	1967, 1972, 1998
	Riley & Scott		1996-97, 1999
5	jaguar	2	1988, 1990
	Nissan		1992, 1994
	Chevrolet		2001, 2014
8th	ford	1	1966
	Lola Cars		1969
	BMW		1975
	March engineering		1984
	Toyota		1993
	Kremer Racing		1995
	Dodge		2000
	Dallara		2002
	Doran Racing		2004
	Cadillac		2017

The US racing driver Hurley Haywood has achieved the most overall victories in the Daytona 24-hour race - all with vehicles from the Porsche brand. With his 2013 win, Scott Pruett drew level.

space	driver	Victories	Years
1	Hurley Haywood	5	1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1991
	Scott Pruett		1994, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013
3	Peter Gregg	4th	1973, 1975, 1976, 1978
	Rolf Stommelen		1968, 1978, 1980, 1982
	Bob Wollek		1983, 1985, 1989, 1991
6th	Derek Bell	3	1986, 1987, 1989
	Butch Leitzinger		1994, 1997, 1999
	Juan Pablo Montoya		2007, 2008, 2013
	Brian Redman		1970, 1976, 1981
	Memo Rojas		2008, 2011, 2013
	Andy Wallace		1990, 1997, 1999

² The statistics only start after the 24-hour race; so from 1966.

Web links

• 24 hours from Daytona
• Grand-Am series
• Results of the Daytona 24-hour race

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Monster Racer's Group GT3 RS Porsche Brings Home An Historic Win At The Rolex 24 Hours Of Daytona ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: www.monstercable.com . January 2, 2007, 9:10 am
2. ↑ Schurig, Marcus: Wasser marsch - summary of the 24-hour race of Daytona 2004. In: “ auto, motor und sport ”, issue 4, February 4, 2004, pp. 152–155.