2015 24 Hours of Daytona

2015 24 Hours of Daytona
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The Daytona International Speedway road course

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 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr. 1:39.194 _ 1‡
2 P 02 United States Chip Ganassi Racing New Zealand Scott Dixon 1:39.302 +0.108 2
3 P 01 United States Chip Ganassi Racing United States Scott Pruett 1:39.309 +0.115 3
4 P 5 United States Action Express Racing Portugal João Barbosa 1:39.568 +0.374 4
5 P 0 United States DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone Colombia Gabby Chaves 1:39.625 +0.431 5
6 P 57 United States Krohn Racing France Olivier Pla 1:39.683 +0.489 6
7 P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing United States Ricky Taylor 1:39.888 +0.694 7
8 P 7 United States Starworks Motorsport Brazil Rubens Barrichello 1:40.260 +1.066 8
9 P 31 United States Action Express Racing Italy Max Papis 1:40.322 +1.128 9
10 P 90 United States VisitFlorida.com Racing United Kingdom Richard Westbrook 1:40.330 +1.136 241
11 P 66 United States RG Racing United States Shane Lewis 1:42.070 +2.876 10
12 PC 16 United States BAR1 Motorsports United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem 1:42.318 +3.124 11‡
13 P 2 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Johannes van Overbeek 1:42.390 +3.196 12
14 PC 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Colin Braun 1:42.498 +3.304 13
15 PC 52 United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports United Kingdom Tom Kimber-Smith 1:42.829 +3.635 14
16 PC 8 United States Starworks Motorsport Netherlands Renger van der Zande 1:43.322 +4.128 15
17 PC 61 United States BAR1 Motorsports United Kingdom Martin Plowman 1:43.442 +4.248 16
18 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin 1:43.488 +4.294 25‡
19 PC 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports South Africa Stephen Simpson 1:43.514 +4.320 17
20 P 70 United States SpeedSource United States Jonathan Bomarito 1:43.782 +4.588 18
21 GTLM 51 Italy AF Corse Italy Gianmaria Bruni 1:43.830 +4.636 26
22 GTLM 98 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Portugal Pedro Lamy 1:43.960 +4.766 27
23 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards 1:43.966 +4.772 28
24 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen 1:43.976 +4.782 29
25 GTLM 62 United States Risi Competizione Germany Pierre Kaffer 1:43.986 +4.792 30
26 PC 11 United States RSR Racing Canada Chris Cumming 1:43.992 +4.798 19
27 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen 1:44.024 +4.830 31
28 GTLM 911 United States Porsche North America United Kingdom Nick Tandy 1:44.082 +4.888 32
29 P 50 United States Fifty Plus Racing United States Jim Pace 1:44.423 +5.229 20
30 GTLM 17 United States Team Falken Tire United States Bryan Sellers 1:44.465 +5.271 33
31 PC 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States James French 1:44.473 +5.279 21
32 GTLM 912 United States Porsche North America France Frédéric Makowiecki 1:44.759 +5.565 34
33 GTD 007 United States TRG-AMR North America Australia James Davison 1:47.272 +8.078 35‡
34 P 07 United States SpeedSource United States Tom Long 1:47.320 +8.126 22
35 GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:47.424 +8.230 36
36 GTD 28 Austria Konrad Motorsport Austria Christopher Zöchling 1:47.451 +8.257 37
37 GTD 58 United States Wright Motorsports Belgium Jan Heylen 1:47.535 +8.341 38
38 GTD 64 United States Scuderia Corsa Brazil Daniel Serra 1:47.805 +8.611 39
39 GTD 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports Germany Markus Winkelhock 1:47.813 +8.619 40
40 GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports United States Spencer Pumpelly 1:47.860 +8.666 41
41 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally 1:48.099 +8.905 42
42 GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Townsend Bell 1:48.117 +8.923 43
43 GTD 22 United States Alex Job Racing United States Leh Keen 1:48.200 +9.006 44
44 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing Germany Christopher Haase 1:48.202 +9.008 45
45 GTD 49 Italy AF Corse Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin 1:48.614 +9.420 46
46 GTD 23 United States Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing Germany Mario Farnbacher 1:48.683 +9.489 47
47 GTD 19 Belgium Mühlner Motorsports America United States Connor De Phillippi 1:49.035 +9.841 48
48 GTD 18 Belgium Mühlner Motorsports America Germany Marc Basseng 1:49.291 +10.097 49
49 GTD 93 United States Riley Motorsports Canada Kuno Wittmer 1:49.512 +10.318 532
50 GTD 97 United States Turner Motorsport Finland Markus Palttala 1:50.213 +11.019 50
51 GTD 81 United States GB Autosport Republic of Ireland Damien Faulkner No Time Established 51
52 P 1 United States Tequila Patrón ESM No Time Established 23
53 GTD 009 United States 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

Final race classification
Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P 02 United States Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates New Zealand Scott Dixon
Brazil Tony Kanaan
United States Kyle Larson
United States Jamie McMurray
Riley MkXXVI C 740 24:00:57.667
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
2 P 5 United States Action Express Racing Portugal João Barbosa
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
France Sébastien Bourdais
Chevrolet Corvette DP C 740 + 1.333
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
3 P 90 United States VisitFlorida.com Racing Canada Michael Valiante
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
United States Guy Cosmo
Chevrolet Corvette DP C 734 + 6 Laps
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
4 GTLM 3 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen
Spain Antonio Garcia
Australia Ryan Briscoe
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 725 + 15 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
5 GTLM 25 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen
Germany Dirk Werner
Brazil Augusto Farfus
Canada Bruno Spengler
BMW Z4 GTE M 725 + 15 Laps
BMW 4.4 L V8
6 P 31 United States Action Express Racing United States Eric Curran
United States Dane Cameron
Italy Max Papis
United Kingdom Phil Keen
Chevrolet Corvette DP C 721 + 19 Laps
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
7 GTLM 4 United States Corvette Racing United States Tommy Milner
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
France Simon Pagenaud
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 718 + 22 Laps
Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
8 PC 52 United States PR1/Mathiesen Motorsports United States Mike Guasch
United States Andrew Novich
United States Andrew Palmer
United Kingdom Tom Kimber-Smith
Oreca FLM09 C 714 + 26 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
9

DNF

P 60 United States Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian United States John Pew
Brazil Oswaldo Negri
United States A. J. Allmendinger
United States Matt McMurry
Ligier JS P2 C 705 a-arm
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
10

DNF

PC 54 United States CORE Autosport United States Colin Braun
United States Jon Bennett
Canada Mark Wilkins
United States James Gue
Oreca FLM09 C 704 crash
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
11 GTD 93 United States Riley Motorsports United States Ben Keating
Germany Dominik Farnbacher
Canada Kuno Wittmer
United States Cameron Lawrence
United States Al Carter
Dodge Viper GTS-R C 704 + 36 Laps
Dodge 8.0 L V10
12 GTD 22 United States Alex Job Racing United States Cooper MacNeil
United States Leh Keen
United States Andrew Davis
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen
Porsche 911 GT America C 704 + 36 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GTD 58 United States Wright Motorsports Belgium Jan Heylen
United States Madison Snow
United States Patrick Dempsey
Austria Philipp Eng
Porsche 911 GT America C 702 + 38 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14 GTLM 24 United States BMW Team RLL United States John Edwards
Germany Lucas Luhr
Germany Jens Klingmann
United States Graham Rahal
BMW Z4 GTE M 701 + 39 Laps
BMW 4.4 L V8
15 PC 85 United States JDC-Miller MotorSports United States Rusty Mitchell
South Africa Stephen Simpson
Canada Misha Goikhberg
United States Chris Miller
France Tristan Vautier
Oreca FLM09 C 701 + 39 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
16 GTD 49 Italy AF Corse Thailand Pasin Lathouras
Italy Michele Rugolo
Portugal Rui Águas
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 701 + 39 Laps
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
17 GTD 48 United States Paul Miller Racing South Africa Dion von Moltke
Germany Christopher Haase
Germany René Rast
United States Bryce Miller
Audi R8 LMS C 695 + 45 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
18

DNF

GTD 63 United States Scuderia Corsa United States Bill Sweedler
United States Townsend Bell
United States Anthony Lazzaro
United States Jeff Segal
United States Jeff Westphal
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 691 clutch
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
19 GTD 81 United States GB Autosport Republic of Ireland Damien Faulkner
Poland Kuba Giermaziak
United States Mike Skeen
United Kingdom Rory Butcher
United States Michael Avenatti
Porsche 911 GT America C 687 + 53 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20 GTD 009 United States TRG-AMR United States Derek DeBoer
Canada Max Riddle
Chile Eliseo Salazar
United States Kris Wilson
United States Brandon Davis
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 678 + 62 Laps
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
21

DNF

GTD 33 United States Riley Motorsports United States Ben Keating
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Netherlands Sebastiaan Bleekemolen
United States Al Carter
Belgium Marc Goossens
Dodge Viper GTS-R C 674 did not finish
Dodge 8.0 L V10
22 GTD 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports Germany Marcus Winkelhock
United States Robert Thorne
Japan Satoshi Hoshino
Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Audi R8 LMS C 670 + 70 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
23

DNF

P 01 United States Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates United States Scott Pruett
United States Joey Hand
United States Charlie Kimball
United States Sage Karam
Riley MkXXVI C 669 clutch
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
24 P 66 United States RG Racing United States Robert Gewirtz
United States Shane Lewis
United States Mark Kvamme
China David Cheng
Riley MkXXVI C 644 + 96 Laps
Dinan-BMW 5.0 L V8
25 GTLM 911 United States Porsche North America United Kingdom Nick Tandy
France Patrick Pilet
Germany Marc Lieb
Denmark Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR M 640 + 100 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 GTLM 98 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Darren Turner
Germany Stefan Mücke
Austria Mathias Lauda
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 632 + 108 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
27 GTD 44 United States Magnus Racing United States Andy Lally
United States John Potter
Germany Marco Seefried
Austria Martin Ragginger
Porsche 911 GT America C 616 + 124 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28 GTD 94 United States Turner Motorsport Finland Markus Palttala
United States Michael Marsal
United States Boris Said
United Kingdom Andy Priaulx
BMW Z4 GT3 C 604 + 136 Laps
BMW 4.4 L V8
29 GTD 007 United States TRG-AMR Australia James Davison
Denmark Christina Nielsen
Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
United States Brandon Davis
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 C 593 + 147 Laps
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
30 P 50 United States Highway to Help United States Dorsey Schroeder
United States Jim Pace
United States Byron DeFoor
United States David Hinton
United States Doug Smith
Riley MkXXVI C 590 + 150 Laps
Dinan-BMW 5.0 L V8
31

DNF

GTLM 912 United States Porsche North America Germany Jörg Bergmeister
New Zealand Earl Bamber
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Denmark Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR M 581 crash
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32

DNF

GTD 64 United States Scuderia Corsa Brazil Francisco Longo
Brazil Daniel Serra
Brazil Marcos Gomes
Italy Andrea Bertolini
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 C 545 crash
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
33 GTD 18 United States Mühlner Motorsports America Hong Kong Darryl O'Young
Italy Matteo Beretta
Germany Marc Basseng
United States Connor De Phillippi
Austria Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
Porsche 911 GT America C 539 + 201 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
34

DNF

PC 11 United States RSR Racing United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
Canada Chris Cumming
Brazil Bruno Junqueira
United States Gustavo Menezes
Oreca FLM09 C 535 water pump
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
35

DNF

GTD 73 United States Park Place Motorsports France Kévin Estre
United States Patrick Lindsey
United States Jim Norman
United States Spencer Pumpelly
Venezuela Nelson Canache, Jr.
Porsche 911 GT America C 532 gearbox
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
36

DNF

GTLM 17 United States Team Falken Tire United States Bryan Sellers
Germany Wolf Henzler
United States Patrick Long
Porsche 911 RSR F 530 drive train
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
37

DNF

P 7 United States Starworks Motorsport Brazil Rubens Barrichello
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Thailand Tor Graves
United States Ryan Hunter-Reay
United States Scott Mayer
Riley MkXXVI C 426 engine
Dinan-BMW 5.0 L V8
38 GTD 19 United States Mühlner Motorsports America United States Jim Michaelian
United States Michael Lira
Peru Ricardo Flores, Jr.
United States Connor De Phillippi
Austria Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
Porsche 911 GT America C 414 + 326 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
39

DNF

P 1 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Scott Sharp
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
HPD ARX-04b C 389 gearbox
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
40

DNF

PC 61 United States BAR1 Motorsports United States Shelby Blackstock
Netherlands Ivo Breukers
United States Marc Drumwright
United Kingdom Martin Plowman
Canada Remo Ruscitti
Oreca FLM09 C 361 engine
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
41

DNF

P 07 United States SpeedSource United States Tom Long
United States Joel Miller
United Kingdom Ben Devlin
Canada Sylvain Tremblay
Mazda Prototype C 348 overheating
Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4
(Diesel)
42

DNF

GTLM 62 United States Risi Competizione Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Germany Pierre Kaffer
Italy Davide Rigon
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 310 electrical
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
43

DNF

PC 8 United States Starworks Motorsport Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Germany Mirco Schultis
United States Mike Hedlund
Venezuela Alex Popow
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Oreca FLM09 C 299 engine
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
44

DNF

PC 38 United States Performance Tech Motorsports United States James French
United States Jerome Mee
Canada James Vance
United States Sean Johnston
Oreca FLM09 C 238 crash
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
45

DNF

GTD 23 United States Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing United Kingdom Ian James
Germany Mario Farnbacher
Spain Alex Riberas
Porsche 911 GT America C 233 engine
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
46

DNF

GTLM 51 Italy AF Corse Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Finland Toni Vilander
France François Perrodo
France Emmanuel Collard
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 211 crash
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
47

DNF

P 70 United States SpeedSource Canada Sylvain Tremblay
United States Tristan Nunez
United States Jonathan Bomarito
Canada James Hinchcliffe
Mazda Prototype C 198 oil pressure
Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4
(Diesel)
48

DNF

GTD 28 Austria Konrad Motorsport Austria Klaus Bachler
Austria Christopher Zöchling
Germany Christian Engelhart
United States Lance Willsey
Switzerland Rolf Ineichen
Porsche 911 GT America C 176 did not finish
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
49

DNF

P 57 United States Krohn Racing United States Tracy Krohn
Sweden Niclas Jönsson
United Kingdom Alex Brundle
France Olivier Pla
Ligier JS P2 C 172 engine
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
50

DNF

P 2 United States Tequila Patrón ESM United States Ed Brown
United States Johannes van Overbeek
United States Jon Fogarty
HPD ARX-04b C 49 oil pressure
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
51

DNF

P 0 United States DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone United Kingdom Andy Meyrick
United Kingdom Katherine Legge
Mexico Memo Rojas
Colombia Gabby Chaves
DeltaWing DWC13 C 42 transmission
Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4
DQ P 10 United States Wayne Taylor Racing[N 1] United States Ricky Taylor
United States Jordan Taylor
Italy Max Angelelli
Chevrolet Corvette DP C 740 + 1:07.074
Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8
DQ PC 16 United States BAR1 Motorsports[N 2] United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
United States Tom Papadopoulos
United States Tomy Drissi
United States Brian Alder
United Kingdom Martin Plowman
Oreca FLM09 C 713 + 27 Laps
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
C Continental
M Michelin
F Falken Tire

Footnotes

  1. ^ Car finished 3rd on track but was disqualified after breaching rules on maximum driving time for a single driver.[3]
  2. ^ Car finished 9th on track (2nd in class) but was disqualified after breaching rules on maximum driving time for a single driver.[4]

Standings after the race

References

  1. ^ "Qualifying" (PDF). IMSA. 22 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Official Grid" (PDF). IMSA. 24 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  3. ^ Dagys, John (30 January 2015). "WTR Loses Rolex 24 Podium Finish, Points Over Drive Time Infraction". Sportscar365.com. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  4. ^ Di Zinno, Tony (3 February 2015). "WTR Loses Rolex 24 Podium Finish, Points Over Drive Time Infraction". Sportscar365.com.


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