Start of the 2011 Rolex 24 at Daytona.
Prototypes run at the 2011 Rolex 24 at Daytona.
The 2011 Rolex 24 at Daytona, ran on Saturday and Sunday, January 29–30, 2011 at the Daytona International Speedway, was the 49th running of the 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race. The first race of the 2011 Rolex Sports Car Series season, it was broadcast on Speed Channel, with fourteen hours of live coverage, in addition to a considerable attendance.
Qualifying[]
Pole position for the race was won by Jörg Bergmeister of Germany, driving the #45 Daytona Prototype of Flying Lizard Motorsports, a Riley Technologies chassis powered by a Porsche engine, with a lap time of 1 minute 40.099 seconds. Pole for the Grand Touringcategory was won by Dominik Farnbacher in the #66 TRG Motorsports Porsche 911, with a lap time of 1 minute 48.781 seconds.
Results[]
Winning the race overall was the Daytona Prototype team of Chip Ganassi Racing, with drivers Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Graham Rahal and Joey Hand driving the #01 Riley & Scott-BMW defeating Chip Ganassi Racing's second team, consisting of IndyCar drivers Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti, and Sprint Cup teammates Jamie McMurray and Juan Pablo Montoya in the #02 Riley & Scott-BMW by just over two seconds in a one-lap sprint following a late caution flag. The win was Pruett's fourth overall victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona, and the fourth of four major auto racing wins by Ganassi in the last year, following victories in the 2010 Daytona 500, 2010 Indianapolis 500 and 2010 Brickyard 400; co-driver Rahal's victory came 30 years after his father, Bobby Rahal, won the race in 1981.
The GT division victory was claimed by TRG Motorsports, the #67 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup driven by Andy Lally, Spencer Pumpelly, Brendan Gaughan, Wolf Henzler and Steven Bertheau winning by a margin of one lap.
Although there were no serious accidents during the race, dense fog in the early morning hours resulted in a caution period lasting nearly three hours.
Race results[]
Class Winners in bold.
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | ||||||
| 1 | DP | 01 | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates | Scott Pruett Memo Rojas |
Riley | 721 |
| BMW 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 2 | DP | 02 | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates | Scott Dixon Juan Pablo Montoya |
Riley | 721 |
| BMW 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 3 | DP | 9 | Action Express Racing | Terry Borcheller J.C. France |
Riley | 721 |
| Porsche (LBP) 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 4 | DP | 23 | United Autosports with Michael Shank Racing | Zak Brown Mark Patterson |
Riley | 721 |
| Ford 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 5 | DP | 10 | SunTrust Racing | Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor |
Dallara | 720 |
| Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 6 | DP | 76 | Krohn Racing | Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson |
Lola B08/70 | 720 |
| Ford 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 7 | DP | 6 | Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian | A. J. Allmendinger Michael McDowell |
Dallara | 719 |
| Ford 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 8 | DP | 55 | Level 5 Motorsports | Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut |
Riley | 717 |
| BMW 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 9 | DP | 5 | Action Express Racing | Darren Law David Donohue |
Riley | 706 |
| Porsche (LBP) 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 10 | DP | 60 | Michael Shank Racing | John Pew Oswaldo Negri, Jr. |
Riley | 706 |
| Ford 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 11 | DP | 95 | Level 5 Motorsports | Scott Tucker Ryan Hunter-Reay |
Riley | 703 |
| BMW 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 12 | GT | 67 | TRG Motorsports | Steven Bertheau Brendan Gaughan |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 685 |
| Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 13 | GT | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Bryce Miller Tim Sugden |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 684 |
| Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 14 | GT | 40 | Dempsey Racing | Joe Foster Patrick Dempsey |
Mazda RX-8 | 681 |
| Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor | ||||||
| 15 | DP | 99 | GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing | Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney |
Riley | 679 |
| Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 16 | GT | 44 | Magnus Racing | John Potter Craig Stanton |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 675 |
| Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 17 | GT | 59 | Brumos Racing | Hurley Haywood Andrew Davis |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 673 |
| Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 18 | GT | 70 | SpeedSource | John Edwards Sylvain Tremblay |
Mazda RX-8 | 670 |
| Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor | ||||||
| 19 | GT | 42 | Team Sahlen | Will Nonnamaker Wayne Nonnamaker |
Mazda RX-8 | 661 |
| Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor | ||||||
| 20 | GT | 4 | TRG Motorsports | Ryan Eversley Daniel Graeff |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 659 |
| Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 21 | GT | 18 | Mühlner Motorsports America | Mark Thomas Peter Ludwig |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 655 |
| Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 22 | DP | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister |
Riley Mk. XI | 654 |
| Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 23 | GT | 41 | Dempsey Racing | James Gue Dane Cameron |
Mazda RX-8 | 650 |
| Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor | ||||||
| 24 | DP | 90 | Spirit of Daytona Racing | Antonio García Paul Edwards |
Coyote | 649 |
| Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 25 | GT | 47 | Rick Ware Racing | Jeffrey Earnhardt Scott Monroe |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 635 |
| Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 26 | GT | 57 | Stevenson Motorsports | Robin Liddell Ronnie Bremer |
Chevrolet Camaro GT.R | 629 |
| Chevrolet 6.0L V8 | ||||||
| 27 | GT | 66 | TRG Motorsports | Dominik Farnbacher Tim George, Jr. |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 612 |
| Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 28 | GT | 88 | Autohaus Motorsports | Jordan Taylor Bill Lester |
Chevrolet Camaro GT.R | 607 |
| Chevrolet 6.0L V8 | ||||||
| 29 | GT | 81 | DragonSpeed | Cort Wagner Fred Poordad |
Ferrari F430Challenge | 588 |
| Ferrari 4.3L V8 | ||||||
| 30 | GT | 54 | TRG Motorsports/Black Swan Racing/GMG Racing | Jeroen Bleekemolen Tim Pappas |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 578 |
| Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 31 | DP | 2 | Starworks Motorsport | Enzo Potolicchio Alex Popow |
Riley | 577 |
| Ford 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 32 | GT | 94 | Turner Motorsport | Bill Auberlen Boris Said |
BMW M3 | 565 |
| BMW 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 33 | DP | 8 | Starworks Motorsport | Mike Forest Ryan Dalziel |
Riley | 552 |
| Ford 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 34 | GT | 63 | Team Spencer Motorsports | Rich Grupp David Murry |
Mazda RX-8 | 544 |
| Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor | ||||||
| 35 | GT | 65 | Chris Smith Racing | Bill Sweedler Shane Lewis |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 495 |
| Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 36 | GT | 30 | Racers Edge Motorsports | Scott Rettich Mark Jensen |
Mazda RX-8 | 453 |
| Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor | ||||||
| 37 | GT | 53 | TRG Motorsports/Nadeau Motorsports | Jim Michaelian Bob Doyle |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 423 |
| Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 38 | GT | 32 | PR1 Motorsports | David Cheng Tom Papadopoulos |
BMW M6 | 402 |
| BMW 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 39 | GT | 07 | Banner Racing | Bruce Ledoux Eric Curran |
Chevrolet Camaro GT.R | 398 |
| Chevrolet 6.0L V8 | ||||||
| 40 | GT | 17 | Burtin Racing | Claudio Burtin Martin Ragginger |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 378 |
| Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 41 | GT | 22 | Bullet Racing | Darryl O'Young James Walker |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 328 |
| Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 42 | DP | 77 | Doran Racing | Brian Frisselle Henri Richard |
Dallara | 312 |
| Ford 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 43 | GT | 56 | Bennett Racing | Mike Skeen Jean-François Dumoulin |
Ferrari F430Challenge | 286 |
| Ferrari 4.3L V8 | ||||||
| 44 | DP | 7 | Starworks Motorsport | Doug Peterson R.J. Valentine |
Riley | 215 |
| Ford 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 45 | GT | 69 | SpeedSource | Emil Assentato Jeff Segal |
Mazda RX-8 | 202 |
| Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor | ||||||
| 46 | GT | 43 | Team Sahlen | Joe Sahlen Joe Nonnamaker |
Mazda RX-8 | 124 |
| Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor | ||||||
| 47 | GT | 36 | Yellow Dragon Motorsports | Taylor Hacquard Chris Cumming |
Mazda RX-8 | 122 |
| Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor | ||||||
| 48 | GT | 86 | Mitchum Motorsports | Joey Atterbury Cooper MacNeil |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 121 |
| Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 |
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