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.
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Rule changes edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
Class winners in bold.
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | ||||||
| 1 | DP | 9 |  Action Express Racing
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 João Barbosa Terry Borcheller Ryan Dalziel Mike Rockenfeller
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Riley Mk. XI | 755 |
| Porsche 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 2 | DP | 01 | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
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 Max Papis Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Justin Wilson
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Riley Mk. XI | 755 |
| BMW 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 3 | DP | 95 | Level 5 Motorsports
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 Christophe Bouchut Ryan Hunter-Reay Lucas Luhr Scott Tucker Richard Westbrook
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Riley Mk. XI | 751 |
| BMW 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 4 | DP | 75 | Krohn Racing
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Colin Braun Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn Ricardo Zonta
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Proto-Auto Lola B08/70 | 735 |
| Ford 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 5 | DP | 60 | Michael Shank Racing
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Burt Frisselle Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew Mark Wilkins
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Riley Mk. XI | 726 |
| Ford 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 6 | DP | 10 | SunTrust Racing
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Max Angelelli Pedro Lamy Ricky Taylor Wayne Taylor
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Dallara DP01 | 711 |
| Ford 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 7 DNF |
DP | 6 | Michael Shank Racing
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A. J. Allmendinger Brian Frisselle Mark Patterson Michael Valiante
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Riley Mk. XI | 707 |
| Ford 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 8 | GT | 70 | SpeedSource
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Jonathan Bomarito Nick Ham David Haskell Sylvain Tremblay
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Mazda RX-8 | 707 |
| Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor | ||||||
| 9 | GT | 67 | The Racer's Group/Flying Lizard Motorsports
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Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Seth Neiman Johannes van Overbeek
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Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 703 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 10 | GT | 66 | The Racer's Group
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Ted Ballou Kelly Collins Patrick Flanagan Wolf Henzler Andy Lally
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Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 691 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 11 | GT | 57 | Stevenson Motorsports
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Andrew Davis Robin Liddell Jan Magnussen
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Chevrolet Camaro GT.R | 683 |
| GM 6.0L V8 | ||||||
| 12 | GT | 44 | Magnus Racing
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 Jeroen Bleekemolen Richard Lietz John Potter Craig Stanton
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Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 683 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 13 | GT | 40 | Dempsey Racing
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Patrick Dempsey Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Scott Maxwell
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Mazda RX-8 | 682 |
| Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor | ||||||
| 14 | GT | 43 | Team Sahlen
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Joe Nonnamaker Wayne Nonnamaker Will Nonnamaker Joe Sahlen
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Mazda RX-8 | 682 |
| Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor | ||||||
| 15 | GT | 94 | Turner Motorsport
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Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana Joey Hand Boris Said
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BMW M6 | 675 |
| BMW 5.0L V10 | ||||||
| 16 | GT | 71 | The Racer's Group
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Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Tim George Jr. Bobby Labonte Spencer Pumpelly
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Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 668 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 17 | GT | 97 | Stevenson Motorsports
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Matt Bell Mike Borkowski Brady Refenning Gunter Schaldach
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Chevrolet Camaro GT.R | 661 |
| GM 6.0L V8 | ||||||
| 18 | GT | 32 | Corsa Team PR1
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Rob Finlay Max Hyatt Thomas Merrill Jeff Westphal
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BMW M6 | 657 |
| BMW 5.0L V10 | ||||||
| 19 | GT | 23 | Alex Job Racing
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Jack Baldwin Claudio Burtin Dominik Farnbacher Mitch Pagerey Martin Ragginger
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Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 656 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 20 | GT | 22 | Bullet Racing
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Ross Bentley Sean McIntosh Kees Nierop Darryl O'Young
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Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 632 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 21 DNF |
DP | 99 | GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing
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Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney Jimmie Johnson Jimmy Vasser
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Riley Mk. XI | 630 |
| Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 22 | GT | 41 | Dempsey Racing/Team Seattle
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James Gue Leh Keen Don Kitch Jr. Dave Lacey
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Mazda RX-8 | 620 |
| Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor | ||||||
| 23 DNF |
DP | 55 | Crown Royal/NPN Racing
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Christophe Bouchut Sébastien Bourdais Emmanuel Collard Sascha Maassen Scott Tucker
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Riley Mk. XI | 619 |
| BMW 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 24 | DP | 77 | Doran Racing
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Memo Gidley Fabrizio Gollin Brad Jaeger Derek Johnston
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Dallara DP01 | 612 |
| Ford 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 25 | GT | 14 | Autometrics Motorsports
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Cory Friedman Glen Gatlin Daniel Graeff Seth Thomas Ron Yarab Jr.
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Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 611 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 26 DNF |
DP | 59 | Brumos Racing
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David Donohue Hurley Haywood Darren Law Butch Leitzinger Raphael Matos
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Riley Mk. XI | 582 |
| Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 27 DNF |
DP | 7 | Starworks Motorsport
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Mike Forest Ian James Bill Lester Dion von Moltke
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Riley Mk. XI | 549 |
| BMW 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 28 DNF |
GT | 69 | SpeedSource
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Emil Assentato Anthony Lazzaro Nick Longhi Jeff Segal
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Mazda RX-8 | 488 |
| Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor | ||||||
| 29 DNF |
GT | 88 | Orbit Racing
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John Baker Guy Cosmo Johnny Mowlem Tom Papadopoulos Lance Willsey
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Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 444 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 30 DNF |
GT | 48 | Miller Barrett Racing
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Luke Hines Peter Ludwig Bryce Miller Kevin Roush
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Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 411 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 31 DNF |
GT | 18 | The Racer's Group/Guardian Angel
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Bob Doyle Bruce Ledoux David Quinlan Tom Sheehan Dan Watkins
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Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 386 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 32 DNF |
DP | 90 | Spirit of Daytona Racing
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 Antonio García Darren Manning Paul Menard Buddy Rice
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Coyote CC/09 | 346 |
| Porsche 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 33 | GT | 63 | The Racer's Group
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Zak Brown Richard Dean Henri Richard Mark Thomas Rene Villeneuve
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Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 335 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 34 DNF |
DP | 2 | Beyer Racing
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Jared Beyer Dane Cameron Romeo Kapudija Jan-Dirk Lueders Cort Wagner
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Crawford DP08 | 319 |
| Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 35 DNF |
GT | 19 | MCM/Black Flag Racing
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 Sean Paul Breslin Riccardo Romagnoli Diego Romanini Jason Vinkemulder
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Chevrolet Corvette C6 | 316 |
| GM 6.0L V8 | ||||||
| 36 DNF |
GT | 20 | Matt Connolly Motorsports
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Christophe Lapierre Jos Menten Markus Palttala Oskar Slingerland
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Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 276 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 37 DNF |
DP | 02 | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
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 Scott Dixon Dario Franchitti Jamie McMurray Juan Pablo Montoya
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Riley Mk. XI | 249 |
| BMW 5.0L V8 | ||||||
| 38 DNF |
GT | 07 | Godstone Ranch Motorsports
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Paul Edwards Davy Jones John McCutchen Leighton Reese Scott Russell
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Chevrolet Corvette C6 | 201 |
| GM 6.0L V8 | ||||||
| 39 | GT | 21 | Matt Connolly Motorsports
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Jim Briody Toto Lassally Gabrio Rosa Tomas Steuer Spencer Trenery
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Pontiac GTO.R | 153 |
| GM 6.0L V8 | ||||||
| 40 DNF |
GT | 46 | Autohaus Motorsports
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Peter Collins Romain Iannetta Shane Lewis Richard Zahn
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Pontiac GXP.R | 125 |
| GM 6.0L V8 | ||||||
| 41 DNF |
GT | 52 | Wil Mar Racing
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Joe Castellano Bob Michaelian Jim Michaelian Jay Wilton Filippo Marchino Nathan Swatzbaugh
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Ferrari 430 Challenge | 112 |
| Ferrari 4.3L V8 | ||||||
| 42 DNF |
GT | 64 | JLowe Racing
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Jim Lowe Eric Lux Jim Pace Tim Sugden James Walker
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Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 100 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 43 DNF |
GT | 30 | Racer's Edge Motorsports
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Glenn Bocchino Jade Buford John Edwards Todd Lamb Jordan Taylor
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Mazda RX-8 | 69 |
| Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor | ||||||
| 44 DNF |
GT | 42 | Team Sahlen
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Joe Nonnamaker Wayne Nonnamaker Will Nonnamaker Joe Sahlen
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Mazda RX-8 | 27 |
| Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor | ||||||
| DNS | GT | 08 | Sigalsport
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Fred Poordad Gene Sigal Rusty West Roger Yasukawa
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Ferrari F430 Challenge | - |
| Ferrari 4.3L V8 |
References edit
- ^ Pruett, Marshall (January 6, 2010). "GRAND-AM: New Season Brings New Rules". speedtv.com. Speed. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ Smith, Steven (February 1, 2010). "Action Express pulls off a stunning win at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona". AutoWeek. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
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