2008 24 Hours of Daytona

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 teams debut at Daytona.^[1]

Race

The #01 Telmex Chip Ganassi Racing 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 pitlane 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	Telmex Chip Ganassi Racing	Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Dario Franchitti Juan Pablo Montoya	Riley Mk. XI	695
					Lexus 5.0L V8
2	DP	99	Gainsco Bob Stallings Racing	Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney Jimmy Vasser Jimmie Johnson	Riley Mk. XI	693
					Pontiac 5.0L V8
3	DP	9	Penske-Taylor Racing	Ryan Briscoe Hélio Castroneves Kurt Busch	Riley Mk. XI	689
					Pontiac 5.0L V8
4	DP	76	Krohn Racing	Darren Turner Niclas Jönsson Ricardo Zonta	Proto-Auto Lola B08/70	688
					Pontiac 5.0L V8
5	DP	10	SunTrust Racing	Wayne Taylor Ricky Taylor Michael Valiante Max Angelelli	Riley Mk. XI	687
					Pontiac 5.0L V8
6	DP	60	Michael Shank Racing	Mark Patterson Graham Rahal Oswaldo Negri, Jr. Justin Wilson	Riley Mk. XI	680
					Ford 5.0L V8
7	DP	75	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Eric van de Poele Oliver Gavin	Proto-Auto Lola B08/70	678
					Pontiac 5.0L V8
8	DP	91	Bob Stallings Racing	Jim Matthews Johnny O'Connell Ryan Hunter-Reay Marc Goossens	Riley Mk. XI	676
					Pontiac 5.0L V8
9	GT	70	SpeedSource	David Haskell Nick Ham Sylvain Tremblay Raphael Matos	Mazda RX-8 GT	664
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
10	GT	66	The Racer's Group	Bryce Miller Ted Ballou Andy Lally Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	657
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
11	GT	67	The Racer's Group	Tim George, Jr. Spencer Pumpelly Bryan Sellers Romain Dumas Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	657
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12	GT	64	The Racer's Group	Jim Lowe Jim Pace Johannes van Overbeek R. J. Valentine Tim Sudgen	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	656
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
13	GT	69	SpeedSource	Emil Assentato Jeff Segal Nick Longhi Lonnie Pechnik	Mazda RX-8 GT	653
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
14	DP	6	Michael Shank Racing	John Pew A. J. Allmendinger Burt Frisselle Ian James	Riley Mk. XI	652
					Ford 5.0L V8
15	DP	09	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Guy Cosmo Michael McDowell Marc-Antoine Camirand	Fabcar FDSC/03	652
					Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
16	GT	80	Synergy Racing	Mark Greenberg Damien Faulkner Jan Heylen Lance David Arnold	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	651
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17	GT	07	Banner Racing	Paul Edwards Kelly Collins Jan Magnussen	Pontiac GXP.R	647
					Pontiac 6.0L V8
18	GT	87	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Dominik Farnbacher Pierre Ehret Timo Bernhard Dirk Werner	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	646
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19	GT	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Andrew Davis Randy Pobst Gunnar Jeannette Robin Liddell	Pontiac GXP.R	644
					Pontiac 6.0L V8
20	GT	30	Racers Edge Motorsports	Ken Dobson Robert Thorne Drew Staveley Craig Stone	Mazda RX-8 GT	642
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
21	GT	74	Autometrics Motorsports	Bransen Patch Jim Hamblin Joe Safina David Murry Derek Skea	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	638
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
22	GT	88	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Pierre Kaffer Frank Stippler Dave Lacey Greg Wilkins Eric Curran	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	637
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
23	DP	59	Brumos Racing	Hurley Haywood J. C. France Terry Borcheller João Barbosa	Riley Mk. XI	622
					Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
24	GT	84	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Chris Bingham Don Pickering Bill Cotter Chris Pennington	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	637
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25	DP	03	Vision Racing	Ed Carpenter A. J. Foyt IV John Andretti Vitor Meira Tony George	Crawford DP08	615
					Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
26	GT	44	Bullet Racing	Zach Arnold Dyrk van Zanten, Jr. Steve Paquette Glenn Nixon	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	615
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
27	DP	58	Brumos Racing	Darren Law David Donohue Buddy Rice	Riley Mk. XI	611
					Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
28	DP	7	Sigalsport	Matt Plumb Quentin Wahl Stéphan Grégoire Michael Cullen Paddy Shovlin	Riley Mk. XI	601
					BMW 5.0L V8
29	GT	17	Terra Firma Motorsports	Ron Zitza Gary Jensen Mark Jensen Jordan Taylor	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	599
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
30	GT	72	Autohaus Motorsports	Max Papis Tim Lewis, Jr. Craig Stanton Lawson Aschenbach	Pontiac GXP.R	590
					Pontiac 6.0L V8
31	GT	34	Orbit Racing	Lance Willsey Mike Fitzgerald Tom Papadopoulos Johnny Mowlem	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	589
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
32	GT	65	The Racer's Group	Russ Oasis Tom Atherton Jim Stout Jason Daskalos Tommy Archer	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	585
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
33	GT	86	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Eric Lux Leh Keen Sascha Maassen Wolf Henzler Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	580
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
34	GT	52	Mastercar	Joe Castellano Fred Machado Ma Chi Min Roberto Ragazzi Constantino Bertuzzi	Ferrari F430 Challenge	578
					Ferrari 4.3L V8
35	GT	85	Farnbacher Loles Racing Team Seattle	Don Kitch, Jr. Steve Miller Chris Pallis Ross Bentley	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	572
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
36	DP	23	Alex Job Racing	Bill Auberlen Joey Hand Patrick Long Andy Wallace	Crawford DP08	569
					Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
37	GT	06	Banner Racing	Leighton Reese Robert Nearn Marc Bunting Andy Pilgrim	Pontiac GXP.R	564
					Pontiac 6.0L V8
38	GT	81	Synergy Racing	Steve Johnson Patrick Huisman Robert Doornbos Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	558
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
39	GT	40	Dempsey Racing	Joe Foster Patrick Dempsey Charles Espenlaub Romeo Kapudija Scott Maxwell	Mazda RX-8 GT	552
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
40	GT	68	The Racer's Group	Michael Gomez Michael Auriemma John Mayes Scott Schroeder Brent Milner	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	550
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
41	DP	77	Doran Racing	Memo Gidley Fabrizio Gollin Gabriele Gardel Brad Jaeger	Doran JE4	546
					Ford 5.0L V8
42	DP	3	Southard Motorsports	Shane Lewis Bill Lester Ted Christopher Alex Barron	Riley Mk. XI	527
					Lexus 5.0L V8
43	GT	14	Autometrics Motorsports	Cory Friedman Mac McGehee Anthony Lazzaro Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	524
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
44	DP	02	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dan Wheldon Scott Dixon Alex Lloyd Salvador Durán	Riley Mk. XI	515
					Lexus 5.0L V8
45	GT	21	Matt Connolly Motorsports	Hal Prewitt Spencer Trenery Vic Rice Diego Alessi Karl Reindler	Pontiac GTO.R	513
					Pontiac 6.0L V8
46	GT	62	The Racer's Group	Claudio Burtin Jack Baldwin Scott Tucker Ed Zabinski Martin Ragginger	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	511
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
47	GT	27	O'Connell Racing	Kevin O'Connell Kevin Roush Kris Wilson Hugh Plumb	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	473
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
48	DP	61	AIM Autosport	Colin Braun Brian Frisselle Mark Wilkins Andrew Ranger	Riley Mk. XI	448
					Ford 5.0L V8
49	GT	29	Alegra Motorsport	Jake Rosenzweig Bob Woodman Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Scooter Gabel Chris Gleason	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	418
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
50	GT	43	Team Sahlen	Will Nonnamaker Wayne Nonnamaker Joe Nonnamaker Joe Sahlen	Mazda RX-8 GT	401
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
51	GT	83	Farnbacher Loles Racing	C. R. Crews Russell Walker Peter Ludwig Ben McCrackin Tim Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	397
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
52	GT	26	Gotham Competition	Jerome Jacalone Joe Jacalone Jim Michaelian Bob Michaelian Scooter Gabel	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	364
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
53	GT	89	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Luca Drudi Raffaele Giammaria Gabrio Rosa Giacomo Petrobelli Jörg Hardt	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	284
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
54	GT	50	Blackforest Motorsports	John Farano Carl Jensen John Cloud Boris Said James Bradley	Ford Mustang	255
					Ford 5.0L V8
55	DP	2	SAMAX Motorsport	Henri Zogaib Mike Rockenfeller Lucas Luhr Allan McNish	Riley Mk. XI	233
					Pontiac 5.0L V8
56	DP	31	Matt Connolly Motorsports	Seth Ingram Mirco Schultis Bob Frost Miroslav Konopka Ettore Contini	Chase CCE	231
					Pontiac 5.0L V8
57	GT	15	Blackforest Motorsports	David Empringham Jean-François Dumoulin Tom Nastasi Boris Said	Ford Mustang	177
					Ford 5.0L V8
58	DP	16	Cheever Racing	Matteo Bobbi Antonio García Stéphane Ortelli Fabio Babini	Coyote CC/08	170
					Pontiac 5.0L V8
59	GT	90	Automatic Racing	Jep Thornton Tom Long Joe Varde David Russell	BMW M6	163
					BMW 5.0L V10
60	GT	22	Alegra Motorsports	Carlos de Quesada Nathan Swartzbaugh Patrick Pilet Marc Basseng	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	149
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
61	DP	11	SAMAX Motorsport	Tomáš Enge Milka Duno Harold Primat Ryan Dalziel	Riley Mk. XI	97
					Pontiac 5.0L V8
62	GT	08	Goldin Motorsports	Steve Goldin Keith Goldin Jim Meassick Squeak Kennedy	Mazda RX-8 GT	83
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
63	DP	12	RVO Motorsports	Derek Bell Justin Bell Tõnis Kasemets Paul Dallenbach Roger Schramm	Riley Mk. XI	65
					Pontiac 5.0L V8
64	GT	56	Mastercar	Matthew Marsh Christian Montanari Thomas Biagi Fabio Venier Luis Monzon	Ferrari F430 Challenge	55
					Ferrari 4.3L V8
65	DP	51	Cheever Racing	Tom Kimber-Smith Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Scott Mayer Brent Sherman	Coyote CC/08	45
					Pontiac 5.0L V8
66	GT	63	The Racer's Group	Pierre Borque Hima Maher Duncan Ende 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.

External links

• Official race results
• Race results