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Unofficial Race Report Rolex 24 At Daytona Daytona International Speedway / 3.56 miles January 21 - 25, 2015 / Daytona Beach, Florida TUDOR United SportsCar Championship Unofficial Race Report Class Car No Total Best In Pos Pos Class No Drivers Laps Diff Time Time Lap Make Status 1 1 P 02 (Dixon*)/Kanaan/Larson/McMurr 740 -.--- 24:00:57.667 1:39.736 358 Ford EcoBoost DP Running 2 2 P 5 (Barbosa*)/Fittipaldi/Bourdais 740 1.333 24:00:59.000 1:39.986 482 Corvette DP Running 3 3 P 10 J.Taylor/(R.Taylor*)/Angelelli 740 1:07.074 24:02:04.741 1:39.684 374 Corvette DP Running 4 4 P 90 (Westbrook*)/Valiante/Rockenfell 734 6 Laps 24:02:00.940 1:40.280 495 Corvette DP Running 5 1 GTLM 3 (Magnussen*)/Garcia/Briscoe 725 15 Laps 24:01:19.513 1:43.942 ‡ 52 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Running 6 2 GTLM 25 (Auberlen*)/Werner/Farfus/Spen 725 15 Laps 24:01:19.991 1:44.334 231 BMW Z4 GTE Running 7 5 P 31 Curran/Cameron/(Papis*)/P.Kee 721 19 Laps 24:01:00.211 1:39.879 342 Corvette DP Running 8 3 GTLM 4 (Gavin*)/Milner/Pagenaud 718 22 Laps 24:01:32.376 1:44.284 184 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Running 9 1 PC 52 Guasch/Novich/Palmer/(Kimber- 714 26 Laps 24:02:25.548 1:44.202 286 ORECA FLM09 Running 10 2 PC 16 (Mowlem*)/Papadopoulos/Drissi/ 713 27 Laps 24:01:26.786 1:43.478 384 ORECA FLM09 Running 11 6 P 60 Pew/(Negri Jr.*)/Allmendinger/M 705 35 Laps 23:39:08.902 1:39.576 598 Honda HPD Ligier JS P2 Not Running 12 3 PC 54 Bennett/(Braun*)/Wilkins/Gue 704 36 Laps 23:37:30.131 1:43.518 287 ORECA FLM09 Not Running 13 1 GTD 93 (Keating)/D.Farnbacher/Carter/W 704 36 Laps 24:01:43.398 1:47.018 500 Dodge Viper SRT Running 14 2 GTD 22 MacNeil/(L.Keen*)/A.Davis/van 704 36 Laps 24:01:50.986 1:48.049 278 Porsche 911 GT America Running 15 3 GTD 58 Ma.Snow/(Heylen*)/Dempsey/En 702 38 Laps 24:02:43.815 1:47.691 405 Porsche 911 GT America Running 16 4 GTLM 24 (J.Edwards*)/Luhr/Klingmann/Ra 701 39 Laps 24:01:30.317 1:44.559 104 BMW Z4 GTE Running 17 4 PC 85 Goikhberg/C.Miller/(Simpson*)/M 701 39 Laps 24:01:52.560 1:43.900 353 ORECA FLM09 Running 18 4 GTD 49 Lathouras/Rugolo/Aguas/(Griffin* 701 39 Laps 24:02:31.168 1:46.994 ‡ 399 Ferrari 458 Italia Running 19 5 GTD 48 (Haase*)/B.Miller/von Moltke/Ras 695 45 Laps 24:01:59.869 1:47.508 375 Audi R8 LMS Running 20 6 GTD 63 Sweedler/(To.Bell*)/Lazzaro/Seg 691 49 Laps 23:55:12.338 1:47.464 186 Ferrari 458 Italia Not Running 21 7 GTD 81 (Faulkner*)/Giermaziak/Skeen/B 687 53 Laps 24:02:24.667 1:47.938 314 Porsche 911 GT America Running 22 8 GTD 009 (DeBoer)/Riddle/Salazar/K.Wilso 678 62 Laps 24:02:16.938 1:49.885 597 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Running 23 9 GTD 33 Keating/(J.Bleekemolen*)/Carter/ 674 66 Laps 23:29:33.840 1:47.216 542 Dodge Viper SRT Not Running 24 10 GTD 45 (Winkelhock*)/Thorne/Hoshino/F 670 70 Laps 24:01:59.832 1:48.024 344 Audi R8 LMS Running 25 7 P 01 (Pruett*)/Hand/Kimball/Karam 669 71 Laps 22:25:07.201 1:40.064 406 Ford EcoBoost DP Not Running 26 8 P 66 Gewirtz/(S.Lewis*)/Kvamme/D.C 644 96 Laps 24:01:48.912 1:43.402 159 BMW Power Riley DP Running 27 5 GTLM 911 (Tandy*)/Pilet/Lieb/Christensen 640 100 Laps 24:01:40.003 1:44.366 93 Porsche 911 RSR Running 28 6 GTLM 98 (Lamy*)/Dalla Lana/Turner/Muck 632 108 Laps 24:01:36.342 1:44.620 484 Aston Martin Vantage V8 Running 29 11 GTD 44 Potter/(Lally*)/Seefried/Ragginge 616 124 Laps 24:01:58.659 1:47.891 344 Porsche 911 GT America Running 30 12 GTD 97 Marsal/(Palttala*)/Priaulx/Said 604 136 Laps 24:02:11.309 1:48.945 369 BMW Z4 Running 31 13 GTD 007 Nielsen/(J.Davison*)/Nygaard/B. 593 147 Laps 24:02:16.925 1:48.482 478 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Running 32 9 P 50 (Pace*)/DeFoor/Hinton/Schroede 590 150 Laps 24:02:12.337 1:43.796 341 BMW Power Riley DP Running 33 7 GTLM 912 Bergmeister/Bamber/(Makowieck 581 159 Laps 20:08:15.782 1:44.416 228 Porsche 911 RSR Not Running 34 14 GTD 64 Longo/(Serra*)/Gomes/Bertolini 545 195 Laps 18:45:12.435 1:47.371 384 Ferrari 458 Italia Not Running 35 15 GTD 18 (Basseng*)/M.Beretta/O'Young/D 539 201 Laps 24:02:21.087 1:49.700 307 Porsche 911 GT America Running 36 5 PC 11 (Cumming*)/Junqueira/Hawkswo 535 205 Laps 19:43:05.860 1:43.248 339 ORECA FLM09 Not Running 37 16 GTD 73 Lindsey/(Pumpelly*)/Norman/Ca 532 208 Laps 19:16:27.568 1:47.903 180 Porsche 911 GT America Not Running 38 8 GTLM 17 Henzler/(Sellers*)/P.Long 530 210 Laps 17:44:38.540 1:44.599 289 Porsche 911 RSR Not Running www.imsa.com 1/25/2015 2:54:23 PM Class Car No Total Best In Pos Pos Class No Drivers Laps Diff Time Time Lap Make Status 39 10 P 7 Hartley/(Barrichello*)/Hunter-Rea 426 314 Laps 14:06:27.409 1:41.141 361 BWM Power Riley DP Not Running 40 17 GTD 19 J.Michaelian/Lira/Flores/(De Phill 414 326 Laps 24:01:00.241 1:50.013 55 Porsche 911 GT America Running 41 11 P 1 Sharp/(Dalziel*)/Heinemeier Han 389 351 Laps 13:11:13.352 1:41.003 50 Honda HPD ARX Not Running 42 6 PC 61 (Plowman*)/Drumwright/Breuker 361 379 Laps 14:36:16.841 1:44.304 52 ORECA FLM09 Not Running 43 12 P 07 Joel.Miller/(T.Long*)/Devlin/Trem 348 392 Laps 12:00:54.473 1:43.647 295 Mazda Prototype Not Running 44 9 GTLM 62 (Kaffer*)/Rigon/Fisichella/O.Bere 310 430 Laps 10:24:19.267 1:44.211 287 Ferrari F458 Italia Not Running 45 7 PC 8 Schultis/(van der Zande*)/Popow 299 441 Laps 11:58:36.637 1:44.333 140 ORECA FLM09 Not Running 46 8 PC 38 (French*)/Mee/Vance/Johnston 238 502 Laps 9:00:07.540 1:44.674 89 ORECA FLM09 Not Running 47 18 GTD 23 James/(M.Farnbacher*)/Riberas 233 507 Laps 8:06:33.771 1:48.373 203 Porsche 911 GT America Not Running 48 10 GTLM 51 Perrodo/Collard/(Bruni*)/Vilander 211 529 Laps 7:06:13.421 1:44.270 146 Ferrari 458 Italia Not Running 49 13 P 70 (Bomarito*)/Nunez/Hinchcliffe/Tr 198 542 Laps 6:34:55.057 1:44.562 158 Mazda Prototype Not Running 50 19 GTD 28 Bachler/(Zoechling*)/Engelhart/ 176 564 Laps 7:57:08.940 1:48.950 51 Porsche 911 GT America Not Running 51 14 P 57 T.Krohn/(Pla*)/Jonsson/Brundle 172 568 Laps 5:26:41.908 1:40.530 158 Ligier JS P2 Judd Not Running 52 15 P 2 Brown/(van Overbeek*)/Fogarty 49 691 Laps 1:40:42.753 1:42.422 22 Honda HPD ARX Not Running 53 16 P 0 Rojas/Legge/Chaves/(Meyrick*) 42 698 Laps 1:21:55.380 1:41.021 22 DeltaWing DWC13 Not Running www.imsa.com 1/25/2015 2:54:23 PM Class Car No Total Best In Pos Pos Class No Drivers Laps Diff Time Time Lap Make Status *Qualifying Driver (Starting Driver) Time of race: 24:00:57.667 / Margin of victory: 1.333 ‡ New race lap record Fastest Drivers: DEKRA Green Challenge Award Lap Leaders: Cautions Laps Reason P AJ Allmendinger GTLM #3, Corvette Racing 1-24 02 25-26 7 31 - 35 Car 45, off course GTLM Jan Magnussen 27-57 02 43 - 46 Car 31, off course PC Jack Hawksworth 58-60 90 98 - 101 Car 19, off course 61-61 7 GTD Rui Aguas 62-62 07 178 - 182 Car 44, slow on course 63-98 02 197 - 205 Car 7, off course 99-99 60 219 - 223 Cars 51, 007, contact 100-102 10 269 - 272 Car 5, off course 103-124 01 125-126 10 280 - 281 Car 38, off course 127-149 01 347 - 351 Car 911, off course 150-152 10 376 - 380 Car 1, off course 153-174 01 175-179 10 383 - 384 Car 1, contact 180-198 01 434 - 437 Car 7, spin 199-199 60 470 - 473 Car 73, off course 200-220 01 526 - 530 Car 33, off course 221-221 60 222-228 5 544 - 547 Oil cleanup 229-247 10 574 - 578 Car 64, off course 248-248 01 631 - 634 Car 009, off course 249-269 10 270-270 60 732 - 734 Car 54, contact 271-294 10 295-295 02 296-297 10 298-299 02 300-300 1 301-325 02 326-375 10 376-376 01 377-380 10 381-404 02 405-407 01 408-430 02 431-431 01 432-461 02 462-485 10 486-486 01 487-497 02 498-512 01 513-522 02 523-527 01 528-544 10 545-570 5 571-572 01 573-598 5 599-599 02 600-602 01 603-624 10 625-625 02 626-627 01 628-651 10 652-655 02 656-677 10 678-681 02 682-703 10 704-740 02 www.imsa.com 1/25/2015 2:54:23 PM.
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