2013 24 Hours of Daytona

2013 24 Hours of Daytona

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The Daytona International Speedway road course (2003-present)

The 2013 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a long-distance motor race for sports cars conforming to the regulations of the Grand-Am Road Racing series. The 51st edition was raced between January 26 and 27. Michael Shank Racing is the defending champion in DP class and Magnus Racing in GT class. It was also the debut of the GX class for "purpose built, series produced and modified replicas of series produced automobiles that are not eligible for the GT class." ^[1] It was the last time the 24 Hours of Daytona was part of the Rolex Sports Car Series.

The "Roar Before the Rolex 24"

Canadian driver Michael Valiante made the fastest lap of the "Roar" in the final session (1:42.058). Valiante raced in the #6 Ford/Riley of Michael Shank Racing. Dane Cameron in the Sahlen's #42 BMW/Riley set the second time in 1:42.101. In the GT the #73 Porsche GT3 was the fastest and clocked a 1:48.569. Shane Lewis was the fastest in the new GX category. 1:56.167 was the time for Lewis in a Porsche Cayman. ^[2]

Session	Day	DP			GT			GX
		Car	Drivers	Best Time	Car	Drivers	Best Time	Car	Drivers	Best Time
1	January 4	#02 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Riley-BMW	Scott Dixon Dario Franchitti Joey Hand Jamie McMurray	2:01.852	#32 Konrad Motorsport/Orbit Racing Porsche GT3	Michael Christensen Christian Engelhart Nick Tandy	2:05.183	#38 BGB Motorsports Porsche Cayman	Lee Davis Ryan Eversley Eric Foss Jeff Mosing	2:13.408
2	January 4	#60 Michael Shank Racing Riley-Ford	A. J. Allmendinger Marcos Ambrose Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew Justin Wilson	1:42.918	#44 Magnus Racing Porsche GT3	Nicolas Armindo Andy Lally Richard Lietz John Potter	1:49.322	#16 Napleton Racing Porsche Cayman	Nelson Canache Jr. David Donohue Shane Lewis Jim Norman	1:57.466
3	January 5	#42 Team Sahlen Riley-BMW	Dane Cameron Wayne Nonnamaker	1:42.101	#73 Park Place Motorsports Porsche GT3	Daniel Graeff Jason Hart Patrick Lindsey Patrick Long Spencer Pumpelly	1:48.569	#16 Napleton Racing Porsche Cayman	Nelson Canache Jr. David Donohue Shane Lewis Jim Norman	1:56.167
4	January 5	#6 Michael Shank Racing Riley-Ford	Chris Cumming Jorge Goncalvez Michael Valiante Gustavo Yacamán	1:42.160	#44 Magnus Racing Porsche GT3	Nicolas Armindo Andy Lally Richard Lietz John Potter	1:49.128	#16 Napleton Racing Porsche Cayman	Nelson Canache Jr. David Donohue Shane Lewis Jim Norman	1:56.451
5	January 5	#60 Michael Shank Racing Riley-Ford	A. J. Allmendinger Marcos Ambrose Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew Justin Wilson	1:42.296	#32 Konrad Motorsport/Orbit Racing Porsche GT3	Michael Christensen Christian Engelhart Nick Tandy	1:49.420	#16 Napleton Racing Porsche Cayman	Nelson Canache Jr. David Donohue Shane Lewis Jim Norman	1:56.222
6	January 5	#2 Starworks Motorsport Riley-Ford	Sébastien Bourdais Ryan Dalziel Allan McNish Alex Popow	1:42.644	#32 Konrad Motorsport/Orbit Racing Porsche GT3	Michael Christensen Christian Engelhart Nick Tandy	1:49.090	#16 Napleton Racing Porsche Cayman	Nelson Canache Jr. David Donohue Shane Lewis Jim Norman	1:56.401
7	January 6	#6 Michael Shank Racing Riley-Ford	Chris Cumming Jorge Goncalvez Michael Valiante Gustavo Yacamán	1:42.058	#45 Magnus Racing Porsche GT3	Mark Boden Al Carter Charles Espenlaub Hugh Plumb Charles Putman	1:49.592	#38 BGB Motorsports Porsche Cayman	Lee Davis Ryan Eversley Eric Foss Jeff Mosing	1:56.492
8	January 6	#6 Michael Shank Racing Riley-Ford	Chris Cumming Jorge Goncalvez Michael Valiante Gustavo Yacamán	1:42.488	#23 Alex Job Racing Porsche GT3	Jeroen Bleekemolen Damien Faulkner Marco Holzer Cooper MacNeil	1:49.812	#16 Napleton Racing Porsche Cayman	Nelson Canache Jr. David Donohue Shane Lewis Jim Norman	1:56.399

Qualifying

The qualifying was performed this Thursday, 24. DP session started at 15:40 EST and finished at 15:55 ET. GT and GX qualified between 16:10 ET and 16:25 ET. ^[3]

Scott Pruett took the pole position in the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Riley-BMW. Nick Tandy in the GT performed the fastest lap in a Porsche GT3. Shane Lewis made the first pole in the GX category with a Porsche Cayman. ^[4]

Pole positions in each class are denoted in bold.

Scott Pruett won the pole position

Pos	No.	Team	Car	Class	Qualifying	Gap	Grid
1	01	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Riley / BMW	DP	1:40.553		1
2	02	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Riley / BMW	DP	1:40.646	+0.093	2
3	42	Team Sahlen	Riley / BMW	DP	1:41.213	+0.660	3
4	6	Michael Shank Racing	Riley / Ford	DP	1:41.236	+0.683	4
5	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Corvette	DP	1:41.844	+1.291	5
6	60	Michael Shank Racing	Riley / Ford	DP	1:41.905	+1.352	6
7	2	Starworks with Alex Popow	Riley / Ford	DP	1:41.920	+1.367	4
8	99	GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing	Corvette	DP	1:42.032	+1.479	8
9	3	8 Star Motorsports	Corvette	DP	1:42.160	+1.607	9
10	50	Highway to Help	Riley / BMW	DP	1:42.205	+1.652	10
11	5	Action Express Racing	Corvette	DP	1:42.392	+1.839	11
12	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Corvette	DP	1:42.547	+1.994	12
13	9	Action Express Racing	Corvette	DP	1:42.749	+2.196	13
14	77	Doran Racing	Dallara / Ford	DP	1:42.869	+2.316	14
15	8	Starworks Motorsport	Riley / Ford	DP	1:43.291	+2.738	15
16	43	Team Sahlen	Riley / BMW	DP	1:45.370	+4.817	16
17	32	Konrad Motorsport/Orbit Racing	Porsche GT3	GT	1:47.631	+7.078	17
18	44	Magnus Racing	Porsche GT3	GT	1:47.828	+7.275	18
19	30	MOMO/NGT Motorsport	Porsche GT3	GT	1:48.007	+7.454	19
20	73	Park Place Motorsports	Porsche GT3	GT	1:48.137	+7.584	20
21	63	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 458	GT	1:48.260	+7.707	21
22	24	Audi Sport Customer Racing/Alex Job Racing	Audi R8 Grand-Am	GT	1:48.282	+7.729	22
23	62	Snow Racing/Wright Motorsports	Porsche GT3	GT	1:48.319	+7.766	23
24	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Camaro GT-R	GT	1:48.330	+7.777	24
25	64	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 458	GT	1:48.521	+7.968	25
26	69	AIM Autosport Team FXDD with Ferrari	Ferrari 458	GT	1:48.577	+8.024	26
27	52	Audi Sport Customer Racing/APR Motorsport Ltd. UK	Audi R8 Grand-Am	GT	1:48.581	+8.028	27
28	61	R. Ferri/AIM Motorsport Racing with Ferrari	Ferrari 458	GT	1:48.643	+8.090	28
29	66	The Racer's Group	Porsche GT3	GT	1:48.643	+8.090	29
30	59	Brumos Racing	Porsche GT3	GT	1:48.711	+8.158	30
31	23	Alex Job Racing	Porsche GT3	GT	1:48.716	+8.163	31
32	13	Audi Sport Customer Racing/Rum Bum Racing	Audi R8 Grand-Am	GT	1:48.865	+8.212	32
33	56	AF - Waltrip	Ferrari 458	GT	1:49.065	+8.512	33
34	93	Turner Motorsport	BMW M3	GT	1:49.067	+8.514	34
35	45	Magnus Racing	Porsche GT3	GT	1:49.304	+8.751	35
36	67	The Racer's Group	Porsche GT3	GT	1:49.611	+9.058	36
37	87	Vehicle Technologies	SRT Viper	GT	1:49.612	+9.059	37
38	94	Turner Motorsport	BMW M3	GT	1:49.719	+9.166	38
39	31	Marsh Racing	Corvette	GT	1:49.827	+9.274	39
40	18	Mühlner Motorsports America	Porsche GT3	GT	1:49.850	+9.297	40
41	21	Dener Motorsport	Porsche GT3	GT	1:49.924	+9.371	41
42	03	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ferrari 458	GT	1:49.936	+9.383	42
43	51	APR Motorsport Ltd. UK	Ferrari 458	GT	1:49.937	+9.384	43
44	80	TruSpeed Motorsports	Porsche GT3	GT	1:50.502	+9.949	44
45	20	Dener Motorsport	Porsche GT3	GT	1:50.823	+10.270	45

The race

The race started at 3:30 (EST) on Saturday, January 26, 2013, and ended at 3:30 (EST) on Sunday, January 27, 2013. The first two hours were dominated by #01 Chip Ganassi, driven by Scott Pruett.

This race had the first mother/son pairing in the race's history as Utah native Madison Snow teamed with his mother, Melanie.

Race results

Class winners in bold. ^[5]

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps
					Engine
1	DP	01	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Charlie Kimball Juan Pablo Montoya Scott Pruett Memo Rojas	Riley Mk. XXVI	709
					BMW 5.0L V8
2	DP	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	Max Angelelli Ryan Hunter-Reay Jordan Taylor	Corvette DP (Dallara)	709
					Chevrolet 5.0L V8
3	DP	60	Michael Shank Racing	A. J. Allmendinger Marcos Ambrose Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew Justin Wilson	Riley Mk. XXVI	709
					Ford 5.0L V8
4	DP	9	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Burt Frisselle Mike Rockenfeller	Corvette DP (Coyote)	708
					Chevrolet 5.0L V8
5	DP	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Antonio García Oliver Gavin Ricky Taylor Richard Westbrook	Corvette DP (Coyote)	697
					Chevrolet 5.0L V8
6	DP	2	Starworks with Alex Popow	Sébastien Bourdais Ryan Dalziel Allan McNish Alex Popow	Riley Mk. XXVI	696
					Ford 5.0L V8
7	DP	99	GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing	Jon Fogarty Memo Gidley Alex Gurney Darren Law	Corvette DP (Riley XXVI)	695
					Chevrolet 5.0L V8
8	DP	5	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Brian Frisselle Felipe Nasr Nelson Piquet Jr.	Corvette DP (Coyote)	688
					Chevrolet 5.0L V8
9	GT	24	Audi Sport Customer Racing/Alex Job Racing	Filipe Albuquerque Oliver Jarvis Edoardo Mortara Dion von Moltke	Audi R8	678
					Audi 5.2L V10
10	GT	52	Audi Sport Customer Racing/APR Motorsport Ltd. UK	Ian Baas Marc Basseng René Rast Frank Stippler	Audi R8	678
					Audi 5.2L V10
11	GT	69	AIM Autosport Team FXDD with Ferrari	Emil Assentato Craig Stanton Anthony Lazzaro Nick Longhi Mark Wilkins	Ferrari 458 Italia Grand-Am	678
					Ferrari 4.5L V8
12	GT	63	Scuderia Corsa	Alessandro Balzan Olivier Beretta Marco Frezza Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 458 Italia Grand-Am	678
					Ferrari 4.5L V8
13	GT	44	Magnus Racing	Nicolas Armindo Andy Lally Richard Lietz John Potter	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	678
					Porsche 4.0L F6
14	GT	23	Alex Job Racing	Jeroen Bleekemolen Damien Faulkner Marco Holzer Cooper MacNeil	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	678
					Porsche 4.0L F6
15	GT	13	Audi Sport Customer Racing/Rum Bum Racing	Frank Biela Christopher Haase Matt Plumb Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8	677
					Audi 5.2L V10
16	GT	56	AF - Waltrip	Rui Águas Clint Bowyer Robert Kauffman Michael Waltrip	Ferrari 458 Italia Grand-Am	677
					Ferrari 4.5L V8
17	GT	03	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ed Brown Mike Hedlund Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek	Ferrari 458 Italia Grand-Am	673
					Ferrari 4.5L V8
18	GT	17	Burtin Racing with Goldcrest Motorsports	Jack Baldwin Claudio Burtin Mario Farnbacher Martin Ragginger Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	672
					Porsche 4.0L F6
19	GT	62	Snow Racing/Wright Motorsports	Klaus Bachler Sascha Maassen Marco Seefried Madison Snow Melanie Snow	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	668
					Porsche 4.0L F6
20	GT	51	APR Motorsport Ltd. UK	Matt Bell David Empringham John Farano Alex Figge Dave Lacey	Audi R8	667
					Audi 5.2L V10
21	DP	42	Team Sahlen	Dane Cameron Bruno Junqueira Wayne Nonnamaker Simon Pagenaud	Riley Mk. XXVI	664
					BMW 5.0L V8
22 DNF	GT	59	Brumos Racing	Andrew Davis Leh Keen Marc Lieb Bryan Sellers	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	663
					Porsche 4.0L F6
23	GT	72	Park Place Motorsports	Chuck Cole Jean-François Dumoulin Grant Phipps Mike Skeen Mike Vess	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	657
					Porsche 4.0L F6
24	GT	45	Magnus Racing	Mark Boden Al Carter Charles Espenlaub Hugh Plumb Charles Putman	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	656
					Porsche 4.0L F6
25	GT	73	Park Place Motorsports	Daniel Graeff Jason Hart Patrick Lindsey Patrick Long Spencer Pumpelly	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	653
					Porsche 4.0L F6
26	GX	16	Napleton Racing	Nelson Canache Jr. David Donohue Shane Lewis Jim Norman	Porsche Cayman S	635
					Porsche 3.8L F6
27	GT	78	Racer's Edge Motorsports	Rudy Camarillo Martin Fuentes Carlos Peralta Ricardo Pérez de Lara	Mazda RX-8	634
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
28	GT	94	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana Billy Johnson Maxime Martin Boris Said	BMW M3	631
					BMW 5.0L V8
29	GT	80	TruSpeed Motorsports	Kelly Collins Phil Fogg Tom Haacker Jim Walsh	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	627
					Porsche 4.0L F6
30	GX	22	Bullet Racing	James Clay Darryl O'Young Daniel Rogers Seth Thomas Karl Thomson	Porsche Cayman S	625
					Porsche 3.8L F6
31	GT	66	The Racer's Group	Jörg Bergmeister Dominik Farnbacher Ben Keating Kuno Wittmer	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	622
					Porsche 4.0L F6
32 DNF	GT	61	R. Ferri/AIM Motorsport Racing with Ferrari	Giancarlo Fisichella Max Papis Jeff Segal Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia Grand-Am	614
					Ferrari 4.5L V8
33	GX	38	BGB Motorsports	Lee Davis Ryan Eversley Eric Foss Jeff Mosing John Tecce	Porsche Cayman GX.R	614
					Porsche 3.8L F6
34 DNF	DP	3	8 Star Motorsports	Anthony Davidson Pedro Lamy Nicolas Minassian Enzo Potolicchio Stéphane Sarrazin	Corvette DP (Coyote)	612
					Chevrolet 5.0L V8
35	GT	19	Mühlner Motorsports America	Eduardo Costabal Mark Thomas Eliseo Salazar	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	610
					Porsche 4.0L F6
36 DNF	GT	57	Stevenson Motorsports	John Edwards Robin Liddell Jan Magnussen Tommy Milner	Chevrolet Camaro GT.R	595
					Chevrolet 6.2L V8
37 DNF	DP	02	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Scott Dixon Dario Franchitti Joey Hand Jamie McMurray Scott Pruett	Riley Mk. XXVI	594
					BMW 5.0L V8
38	GT	64	Scuderia Corsa	Francisco Longo Raphael Matos Xandinho Negrão Daniel Serra	Ferrari 458 Italia Grand-Am	576
					Ferrari 4.5L V8
39 DNF	GT	30	MOMO/NGT Motorsport	Henrique Cisneros Sean Edwards Kuba Giermaziak Patrick Pilet	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	535
					Porsche 4.0L F6
40 DNF	DP	50	Highway to Help	Frank Beck Carlos de Quesada Byron DeFoor Ian James Jim Pace	Riley Mk. XXVI	517
					BMW 5.0L V8
41 DNF	DP	6	Michael Shank Racing	Chris Cumming Jorge Goncalvez Michael Valiante Gustavo Yacamán	Riley Mk. XXVI	508
					Ford 5.0L V8
42 DNF	GT	67	The Racer's Group	Emmanuel Collard Romain Dumas Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	451
					Porsche 4.0L F6
43 DNF	DP	8	Starworks Motorsport	Gaetano Ardagna Ivan Bellarosa Brendon Hartley Scott Mayer Jan Charouz	Riley Mk. XXVI	441
					Ford 5.0L V8
44 DNF	DP	43	Team Sahlen	Tomy Drissi Bruno Junqueira Joe Nonnamaker Will Nonnamaker Joe Sahlen	Riley Mk. XXVI	422
					BMW 5.0L V8
45 DNF	GT	20	Dener Motorsport	Nonô Figueiredo Constantino Júnior Clemente Lunardi Ricardo Maurício Marcel Visconde	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	386
					Porsche 4.0L F6
46 DNF	GT	21	Dener Motorsport	Rubens Barrichello Nonô Figueiredo Felipe Giaffone Tony Kanaan Ricardo Maurício	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	352
					Porsche 4.0L F6
47 DNF	DP	27	BTE Sport	Emmanuel Anassis Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Tõnis Kasemets Anthony Massari	Riley Mk. XX	304
					Ford 5.0L V8
48 DNF	DP	77	Doran Racing	Jon Bennett Colin Braun Jim Lowe Paul Tracy	Dallara (Riley Mk. XXVI)	286
					Ford 5.0L V8
49 DNF	GT	68	The Racer's Group	Ivo Breukers Brad Lewis Jim Michaelian Ronald van de Laar Dennis van de Laar	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	284
					Porsche 4.0L F6
50 DNF	GT	18	Mühlner Motorsports America	Kévin Estre Mark Thomas Norbert Siedler	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	228
					Porsche 4.0L F6
51 DNF	GT	32	Konrad Motorsport/Orbit Racing	Michael Christensen Christian Engelhart Nick Tandy Lance Willsey	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	181
					Porsche 4.0L F6
52 DNF	GT	31	Marsh Racing	Lawson Aschenbach Eric Curran Brandon Davis Boris Said	Chevrolet Corvette	136
					Chevrolet 6.2L V8
53 DNF	GX	70	Mazdaspeed/Speedsource	Jonathan Bomarito Marino Franchitti James Hinchcliffe Sylvain Tremblay	Mazda6 GX	51
					Mazda 2.2L I4 Diesel
54 DNF	GX	25	Freedom Autosport/Speedsource	Andrew Carbonell Tom Long Rhett O'Doski Derek Whitis	Mazda6 GX	45
					Mazda 2.2L I4 Diesel
55 DNF	GT	87	Vehicle Technologies	Tony Ave Jan Heylen Doug Peterson Moses Smith	SRT Viper	44
					Dodge 8.0L V10
56 DNF	GX	00	Visit Florida Racing/Speedsource/Yellow Dragon Motorsports	Joel Miller Tristan Nunez Spencer Pigot Yojiro Terada Tristan Vautier	Mazda6 GX	33
					Mazda 2.2L I4 Diesel
DNS	GT	93	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen Michael Marsal Maxime Martin Andy Priaulx Gunter Schaldach	BMW M3	-
					BMW 5.0L V8

References

1. "2013 GX General Class Rules" (PDF). Grand-Am. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
2. "GRAND-AM Cooldown Lap: Roar Before the Rolex 24". Grand Am. January 6, 2013.
3. "Rolex 24 At Daytona 2013 – Official Schedule" (PDF). Grand Am. January 17, 2013.
4. "Pruett on Pole In Chase For Fifth Rolex 24 Overall Win". Grand Am. January 24, 2013.
5. "Rolex 24 At Daytona". Grand-Am. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.

Preceded by 2012 Championship Weekend

Rolex Sports Car Series 2013

Succeeded by 2013 Grand-Am of The Americas