2010 24 Hours of Daytona

The 2010 Rolex 24 at Daytona was the 48th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona and was the first round of the 2010 Rolex Sports Car Series season. It took place between January 30–31, 2010.

Rule changes

• With the increased field size for the 24 Hours of Daytona as compared to other events in the season, some full-time teams had expressed concern that a poor finish in the race could be a serious detriment in their pursuit of the points championship. In response, the sanctioning body decided to place a minimum on the points a driver/team will receive in the race. Thus, any driver/team finishing 15th or worse in class will receive 15th place points (16 points).^[1]

Results

• The Daytona Prototype Action Express Racing Riley-Porsche took the overall win with drivers João Barbosa, Terry Borcheller, Mike Rockenfeller and Ryan Dalziel. This was unusual since the Riley-Porsche was powered by a Porsche Cayenne SUV based 5.0 liter V8. Porsche refused to develop the V8 for Grand-Am competition and was, instead, built by the Texas-based Lozano Brothers. Since it was not officially sanctioned by Porsche, the company will not technically claim the win.^[2]
• Second place in the prototype class was one of the two Chip Ganassi Racing cars. Level 5 Racing's Riley-BMW's finished third overall while the SpeedSource Castrol Mazda RX-8 placed first in the GT class for their 2 win in 3 years for the S. Florida based team, with drivers Sylvain Tremblay, David Haskell, Nick Ham and Jonathan Bomarito.
• Rockenfeller eventually became the first driver since 1988 to win both the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the same season, with his win aboard an Audi R15 TDI plus (#9 with Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas), setting a new Le Mans distance record (race report); the Dutch Jan Lammers and the British Andy Wallace of Tom Walkinshaw Racing were the last two drivers to do the same feat.

Race results

Class Winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps
					Engine
1	DP	9	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Terry Borcheller Ryan Dalziel Mike Rockenfeller	Riley Mk. XI	755
					Porsche 5.0L V8
2	DP	01	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Max Papis Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Justin Wilson	Riley Mk. XI	755
					BMW 5.0L V8
3	DP	95	Level 5 Motorsports	Christophe Bouchut Ryan Hunter-Reay Lucas Luhr Scott Tucker Richard Westbrook	Riley Mk. XI	751
					BMW 5.0L V8
4	DP	75	Krohn Racing	Colin Braun Nic Jönsson Tracy Krohn Ricardo Zonta	Proto-Auto Lola B08/70	735
					Ford 5.0L V8
5	DP	60	Michael Shank Racing	Burt Frisselle Oswaldo Negri John Pew Mark Wilkins	Riley Mk. XI	726
					Ford 5.0L V8
6	DP	10	SunTrust Racing	Max Angelelli Pedro Lamy Ricky Taylor Wayne Taylor	Dallara DP01	711
					Ford 5.0L V8
7 (DNF)	DP	6	Michael Shank Racing	A.J. Allmendinger Brian Frisselle Mark Patterson Michael Valiante	Riley Mk. XI	707
					Ford 5.0L V8
8	GT	70	SpeedSource	Jonathan Bomarito Nick Ham David Haskell Sylvain Tremblay	Mazda RX-8	707
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
9	GT	67	TRG/Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Seth Neiman Johannes van Overbeek	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	703
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
10	GT	66	The Racer's Group	Ted Ballou Kelly Collins Patrick Flanagan Wolf Henzler Andy Lally	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	691
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
11	GT	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Andrew Davis Robin Liddell Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Camaro GT.R	683
					GM 6.0L V8
12	GT	44	Magnus Racing	Jeroen Bleekemolen Richard Lietz John Potter Craig Stanton	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	683
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
13	GT	40	Dempsey Racing	Patrick Dempsey Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Scott Maxwell	Mazda RX-8	682
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
14	GT	43	Team Sahlen	Joe Nonnamaker Wayne Nonnamaker Will Nonnamaker Joe Sahlen	Mazda RX-8	682
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
15	GT	94	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana Joey Hand Boris Said	BMW M6	675
					BMW 5.0L V10
16	GT	71	The Racer's Group	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Tim George, Jr. Bobby Labonte Spencer Pumpelly	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	668
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17	GT	97	Stevenson Motorsports	Matt Bell Mike Borkowski Brady Refenning Gunter Schaldach	Chevrolet Camaro GT.R	661
					GM 6.0L V8
18	GT	32	Corsa Team PR1	Rob Finlay Max Hyatt Thomas Merrill Jeff Westphal	BMW M6	657
					BMW 5.0L V10
19	GT	23	Alex Job Racing	Jack Baldwin Claudio Burtin Dominik Farnbacher Mitch Pagerey Martin Ragginger	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	656
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20	GT	22	Bullet Racing	Ross Bentley Sean McIntosh Kees Nierop Darryl O'Young	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	632
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
21 (DNF)	DP	99	GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing	Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney Jimmie Johnson Jimmy Vasser	Riley Mk. XI	630
					Chevrolet 5.0L V8
22	GT	41	Dempsey Racing/Team Seattle	James Gue Leh Keen Don Kitch, Jr. Dave Lacey	Mazda RX-8	620
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
23 (DNF)	DP	55	Crown Royal/NPN Racing	Christophe Bouchut Sébastien Bourdais Emmanuel Collard Sascha Maassen Scott Tucker	Riley Mk. XI	619
					BMW 5.0L V8
24	DP	77	Doran Racing	Memo Gidley Fabrizio Gollin Brad Jaeger Derek Johnston	Dallara DP01	612
					Ford 5.0L V8
25	GT	14	Autometrics Motorsports	Cory Friedman Glen Gatlin Daniel Graeff Seth Thomas Ron Yarab, Jr.	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	611
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
26 (DNF)	DP	59	Brumos Racing	David Donohue Hurley Haywood Darren Law Butch Leitzinger Raphael Matos	Riley Mk. XI	582
					Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
27 (DNF)	DP	7	Starworks Motorsport	Mike Forest Ian James Bill Lester Dion von Moltke	Riley Mk. XI	549
					BMW 5.0L V8
28 (DNF)	GT	69	SpeedSource	Emil Assentato Anthony Lazzaro Nick Longhi Jeff Segal	Mazda RX-8	488
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
29 (DNF)	GT	88	Orbit Racing	John Baker Guy Cosmo Johnny Mowlem Tom Papadopoulos Lance Willsey	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	444
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
30 (DNF)	GT	48	Miller Barrett Racing	Luke Hines Peter Ludwig Bryce Miller Kevin Roush	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	411
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
31 (DNF)	GT	18	TRG / Guardian Angel	Bob Doyle Bruce Ledoux David Quinlan Tom Sheehan Dan Watkins	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	386
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
32 (DNF)	DP	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Antonio García Darren Manning Paul Menard Buddy Rice	Coyote CC/09	346
					Porsche 5.0L V8
33	GT	63	The Racer's Group	Zak Brown Richard Dean Henri Richard Mark Thomas Rene Villeneuve	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	335
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
34 (DNF)	DP	2	Beyer Racing	Jared Beyer Dane Cameron Romeo Kapudija Jan-Dirk Lueders Cort Wagner	Crawford DP08	319
					Chevrolet 5.0L V8
35 (DNF)	GT	19	MCM/Black Flag Racing	Sean Breslin Sean Paul Breslin Riccardo Romagnoli Diego Romanini Jason Vinkemulder	Chevrolet Corvette C6	316
					GM 6.0L V8
36 (DNF)	GT	20	Matt Connolly Motorsports	Christophe Lapierre Jos Menten Markus Palttala Oskar Slingerland	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	276
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
37 (DNF)	DP	02	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Scott Dixon Dario Franchitti Jamie McMurray Juan Pablo Montoya	Riley Mk. XI	249
					BMW 5.0L V8
38 (DNF)	GT	07	Godstone Ranch Motorsports / Team MBR	Paul Edwards Davy Jones John McCutchen Leighton Reese Scott Russell	Chevrolet Corvette C6	201
					GM 6.0L V8
39	GT	21	Matt Connolly Motorsports	Jim Briody Toto Lassally Gabrio Rosa Tomas Steuer Spencer Trenery	Pontiac GTO.R	153
					GM 6.0L V8
40 (DNF)	GT	46	Autohaus Motorsports	Peter Collins Romain Ianetta Shane Lewis Richard Zahn	Pontiac GXP.R	125
					GM 6.0L V8
41 (DNF)	GT	52	Wil Mar Racing	Giuseppe Carlo Castellano Bob Michaelian Jim Michaelian Jay Wilton Filippo Marchino Nathan Swatzbaugh	Ferrari 430 Challenge	112
					Ferrari 4.3L V8
42 (DNF)	GT	64	JLowe Racing	Jim Lowe Eric Lux Jim Pace Tim Sugden James Walker	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	100
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
43 (DNF)	GT	30	Racers Edge Motorsports	Glenn Bocchino Jade Buford John Edwards Todd Lamb Jordan Taylor	Mazda RX-8	69
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
44 (DNF)	GT	42	Team Sahlen	Joe Nonnamaker Wayne Nonnamaker Will Nonnamaker Joe Sahlen	Mazda RX-8	27
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
45 (DNS)	GT	08	Sigalsport	Fred Poordad Gene Sigal Rusty West Roger Yasukawa	Ferrari F430 Challenge	0
					Ferrari 4.3L V8

References

1. Pruett, Marshall (January 6, 2010). "GRAND-AM: New Season Brings New Rules". speedtv.com. Speed. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
2. Smith, Steven (February 1, 2010). "Action Express pulls off a stunning win at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona". AutoWeek. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

External links

• Entry List