2015 24 Hours of Daytona
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The 53rd Rolex 24 at Daytona was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida from 22–25 January 2015. The 53rd running of the 24 Hours of Daytona was also the first race for the 2015 United SportsCar Championship season.
Qualifying
Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡. P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona).
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 60 | Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian | Oswaldo Negri Jr. | 1:39.194 | _ | 1‡ |
| 2 | P | 02 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Scott Dixon | 1:39.302 | +0.108 | 2 |
| 3 | P | 01 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Scott Pruett | 1:39.309 | +0.115 | 3 |
| 4 | P | 5 | Action Express Racing | João Barbosa | 1:39.568 | +0.374 | 4 |
| 5 | P | 0 | DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone | Gabby Chaves | 1:39.625 | +0.431 | 5 |
| 6 | P | 57 | Krohn Racing | Olivier Pla | 1:39.683 | +0.489 | 6 |
| 7 | P | 10 | Wayne Taylor Racing | Ricky Taylor | 1:39.888 | +0.694 | 7 |
| 8 | P | 7 | Starworks Motorsport | Rubens Barrichello | 1:40.260 | +1.066 | 8 |
| 9 | P | 31 | Action Express Racing | Max Papis | 1:40.322 | +1.128 | 9 |
| 10 | P | 90 | VisitFlorida.com Racing | Richard Westbrook | 1:40.330 | +1.136 | 241 |
| 11 | P | 66 | RG Racing | Shane Lewis | 1:42.070 | +2.876 | 10 |
| 12 | PC | 16 | BAR1 Motorsports | Johnny Mowlem | 1:42.318 | +3.124 | 11‡ |
| 13 | P | 2 | Tequila Patrón ESM | Johannes van Overbeek | 1:42.390 | +3.196 | 12 |
| 14 | PC | 54 | CORE Autosport | Colin Braun | 1:42.498 | +3.304 | 13 |
| 15 | PC | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Tom Kimber-Smith | 1:42.829 | +3.635 | 14 |
| 16 | PC | 8 | Starworks Motorsport | Renger van der Zande | 1:43.322 | +4.128 | 15 |
| 17 | PC | 61 | BAR1 Motorsports | Martin Plowman | 1:43.442 | +4.248 | 16 |
| 18 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin | 1:43.488 | +4.294 | 25‡ |
| 19 | PC | 85 | JDC-Miller MotorSports | Stephen Simpson | 1:43.514 | +4.320 | 17 |
| 20 | P | 70 | SpeedSource | Jonathan Bomarito | 1:43.782 | +4.588 | 18 |
| 21 | GTLM | 51 | AF Corse | Gianmaria Bruni | 1:43.830 | +4.636 | 26 |
| 22 | GTLM | 98 | Aston Martin Racing | Pedro Lamy | 1:43.960 | +4.766 | 27 |
| 23 | GTLM | 24 | BMW Team RLL | John Edwards | 1:43.966 | +4.772 | 28 |
| 24 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing | Jan Magnussen | 1:43.976 | +4.782 | 29 |
| 25 | GTLM | 62 | Risi Competizione | Pierre Kaffer | 1:43.986 | +4.792 | 30 |
| 26 | PC | 11 | RSR Racing | Chris Cumming | 1:43.992 | +4.798 | 19 |
| 27 | GTLM | 25 | BMW Team RLL | Bill Auberlen | 1:44.024 | +4.830 | 31 |
| 28 | GTLM | 911 | Porsche North America | Nick Tandy | 1:44.082 | +4.888 | 32 |
| 29 | P | 50 | Fifty Plus Racing | Jim Pace | 1:44.423 | +5.229 | 20 |
| 30 | GTLM | 17 | Team Falken Tire | Bryan Sellers | 1:44.465 | +5.271 | 33 |
| 31 | PC | 38 | Performance Tech Motorsports | James French | 1:44.473 | +5.279 | 21 |
| 32 | GTLM | 912 | Porsche North America | Frédéric Makowiecki | 1:44.759 | +5.565 | 34 |
| 33 | GTD | 007 | TRG-AMR North America | James Davison | 1:47.272 | +8.078 | 35‡ |
| 34 | P | 07 | SpeedSource | Tom Long | 1:47.320 | +8.126 | 22 |
| 35 | GTD | 33 | Riley Motorsports | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 1:47.424 | +8.230 | 36 |
| 36 | GTD | 28 | Konrad Motorsport | Christopher Zöchling | 1:47.451 | +8.257 | 37 |
| 37 | GTD | 58 | Wright Motorsports | Jan Heylen | 1:47.535 | +8.341 | 38 |
| 38 | GTD | 64 | Scuderia Corsa | Daniel Serra | 1:47.805 | +8.611 | 39 |
| 39 | GTD | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Markus Winkelhock | 1:47.813 | +8.619 | 40 |
| 40 | GTD | 73 | Park Place Motorsports | Spencer Pumpelly | 1:47.860 | +8.666 | 41 |
| 41 | GTD | 44 | Magnus Racing | Andy Lally | 1:48.099 | +8.905 | 42 |
| 42 | GTD | 63 | Scuderia Corsa | Townsend Bell | 1:48.117 | +8.923 | 43 |
| 43 | GTD | 22 | Alex Job Racing | Leh Keen | 1:48.200 | +9.006 | 44 |
| 44 | GTD | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Christopher Haase | 1:48.202 | +9.008 | 45 |
| 45 | GTD | 49 | AF Corse | Matt Griffin | 1:48.614 | +9.420 | 46 |
| 46 | GTD | 23 | Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing | Mario Farnbacher | 1:48.683 | +9.489 | 47 |
| 47 | GTD | 19 | Mühlner Motorsports America | Connor De Phillippi | 1:49.035 | +9.841 | 48 |
| 48 | GTD | 18 | Mühlner Motorsports America | Marc Basseng | 1:49.291 | +10.097 | 49 |
| 49 | GTD | 93 | Riley Motorsports | Kuno Wittmer | 1:49.512 | +10.318 | 532 |
| 50 | GTD | 97 | Turner Motorsport | Markus Palttala | 1:50.213 | +11.019 | 50 |
| 51 | GTD | 81 | GB Autosport | Damien Faulkner | No Time Established | 51 | |
| 52 | P | 1 | Tequila Patrón ESM | No Time Established | 23 | ||
| 53 | GTD | 009 | TRG-AMR North America | No Time Established | 52 | ||
| Sources:[1][2] | |||||||
- 1 The No. 90 VFR entry was moved to the back of the Prototype grid
- 2 The No. 93 Riley Motorsports Dodge had its fastest lap deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session and as per 40.1.5 of the Sporting regulations (Starting driver change).
Race
Start and early hours
Night
Morning
Finish
Post-race
Results
Race
Footnotes
Standings after the race
References
- ^ "Qualifying" (PDF). IMSA. January 22, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
- ^ "Official Grid" (PDF). IMSA. January 24, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 16, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
- ^ Dagys, John (January 30, 2015). "WTR Loses Rolex 24 Podium Finish, Points Over Drive Time Infraction". Sportscar365.com. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ^ Di Zinno, Tony (February 3, 2015). "WTR Loses Rolex 24 Podium Finish, Points Over Drive Time Infraction". Sportscar365.com.