2010 24 Hours of Daytona
Introduction Track map of Daytona International SpeedwayThe '''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).
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. *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 Niclas 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 Jr. 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 7DNF 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  The Racer's Group/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 21DNF 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 23DNF 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 26DNF DP 59  Brumos Racing  David Donohue Hurley Haywood Darren Law Butch Leitzinger Raphael Matos Riley Mk. XI 582 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 27DNF DP 7  Starworks Motorsport  Mike Forest Ian James Bill Lester Dion von Moltke Riley Mk. XI 549 BMW 5.0L V8 28DNF GT 69  SpeedSource  Emil Assentato Anthony Lazzaro Nick Longhi Jeff Segal Mazda RX-8 488 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor 29DNF GT 88  Orbit Racing  John Baker Guy Cosmo Johnny Mowlem Tom Papadopoulos Lance Willsey Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 444 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 30DNF GT 48  Miller Barrett Racing  Luke Hines Peter Ludwig Bryce Miller Kevin Roush Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 411 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 31DNF GT 18  The Racer's Group/Guardian Angel  Bob Doyle Bruce Ledoux David Quinlan Tom Sheehan Dan Watkins Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 386 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 32DNF 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 34DNF DP 2  Beyer Racing  Jared Beyer Dane Cameron Romeo Kapudija Jan-Dirk Lueders Cort Wagner Crawford DP08 319 Chevrolet 5.0L V8 35DNF GT 19  MCM/Black Flag Racing  Sean Paul Breslin Riccardo Romagnoli Diego Romanini Jason Vinkemulder Chevrolet Corvette C6 316 GM 6.0L V8 36DNF GT 20  Matt Connolly Motorsports  Christophe Lapierre Jos Menten Markus Palttala Oskar Slingerland Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 276 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 37DNF 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 38DNF GT 07  Godstone Ranch Motorsports  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 40DNF GT 46  Autohaus Motorsports  Peter Collins Romain Iannetta Shane Lewis Richard Zahn Pontiac GXP.R 125 GM 6.0L V8 41DNF GT 52  Wil Mar Racing  Joe Castellano Bob Michaelian Jim Michaelian Jay Wilton Filippo Marchino Nathan Swatzbaugh Ferrari 430 Challenge 112 Ferrari 4.3L V8 42DNF GT 64  JLowe Racing  Jim Lowe Eric Lux Jim Pace Tim Sugden James Walker Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 100 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 43DNF GT 30  Racer's Edge Motorsports  Glenn Bocchino Jade Buford John Edwards Todd Lamb Jordan Taylor Mazda RX-8 69 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor 44DNF GT 42  Team Sahlen  Joe Nonnamaker Wayne Nonnamaker Will Nonnamaker Joe Sahlen Mazda RX-8 27 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor DNS GT 08  Sigalsport  Fred Poordad Gene Sigal Rusty West Roger Yasukawa Ferrari F430 Challenge - Ferrari 4.3L V8
References
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