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2006 24 Hours of Daytona
The 2006 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series 24-hour endurance sports car race held on January 28–29, 2006 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the first round of the 2006 Rolex Sports Car Series. The overall winner of the race was the No. 02 Chip Ganassi/Felix Sabates owned Lexus-Riley Mk XI driven by Scott Dixon, Dan Wheldon, and Casey Mears. The GT class was won by No. 36 Porsche 996 GT3 Cup from TPC Racing, driven by Randy Pobst, Spencer Pumpelly, Michael Levitas, and Ian Baas.
Track map of Daytona International Speedway
Race results
Class winners in bold.
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | ||||||
| 1 | DP | 02 | Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates | Scott Dixon Dan Wheldon Casey Mears | Riley Mk XI | 734 |
| Lexus 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 2 | DP | 60 | Michael Shank Racing | Oswaldo Negri Jr. Mark Patterson A. J. Allmendinger Justin Wilson | Riley Mk XI | 733 |
| Lexus 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 3 | DP | 23 | Alex Job Racing/Emory Motorsports | Patrick Long Mike Rockenfeller Lucas Luhr | Crawford DP03 | 731 |
| Porsche 3.9 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 4 | DP | 58 | Brumos Racing | David Donohue Darren Law Sascha Maassen | Fabcar FDSC/03 | 730 |
| Porsche 3.9 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 5 | DP | 75 | Krohn Racing | Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Jörg Bergmeister Colin Braun | Riley Mk XI | 717 |
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 6 | DP | 19 | Playboy/Uniden Racing | Memo Gidley Michael McDowell Alex Barron | Crawford DP03 | 716 |
| Ford 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 7 | DP | 77 | Feeds The Need/Doran Racing | Forest Barber Terry Borcheller Michel Jourdain Jr. Harrison Brix | Doran JE4 | 703 |
| Ford 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 8 | DP | 7 | CITGO Racing/SAMAX Motorsport | Dario Franchitti Milka Duno Marino Franchitti Kevin McGarrity | Riley Mk XI | 695 |
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 9 | GT | 36 | TPC Racing | Randy Pobst Spencer Pumpelly Michael Levitas Ian Baas | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 691 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 10 | GT | 65 | The Racer's Group | Andy Lally Marc Bunting R. J. Valentine Johnny O'Connell | Pontiac GTO.R | 688 |
| Pontiac LS2 6.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 11 | DP | 28 | Finlay Motorsports | Michael Valiante Rob Finlay Bryan Herta Buddy Rice | Crawford DP03 | 684 |
| Ford 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 12 | GT | 82 | Farnbacher Loles Racing | Dirk Werner Dieter Quester Philipp Peter Luca Riccitelli | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 683 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 13 | GT | 66 | The Racer's Group | Stéphane Ortelli Robert Nearn Cyrille Sauvage Steve Johnson | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 678 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 14 | DP | 16 | Howard-Boss Motorsports | Chris Dyson Rob Dyson Oliver Gavin Guy Smith | Crawford DP03 | 675 |
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 15 | GT | 83 | Farnbacher Loles Racing | Dominik Farnbacher Mike Fitzgerald Pierre Ehret Marc Basseng | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 671 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 16 | GT | 72 | Tafel Racing | Wolf Henzler Robin Liddell Johannes van Overbeek Graham Rahal | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 670 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 17 DNF | DP | 39 | Cheever Racing | Christian Fittipaldi Eddie Cheever Patrick Carpentier | Crawford DP03 | 669 |
| Lexus 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 18 | GT | 17 | SAMAX Motorsport | Johnny Mowlem Lance David Arnold Bryan Sellers David Shep Jan Seyffarth | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 663 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 19 | GT | 00 | TZ Motorsports | Ronald Zitza James Thomason Jr. Tim Lewis Jr. Kevin Wheeler | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 655 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 20 | GT | 41 | Team Sahlen | Wayne Nonnamaker Joe Nonnamaker Will Nonnamaker Victor Gonzalez Jr. | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 653 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 21 | GT | 22 | Fiorano Racing | Jean-François Dumoulin Nick Longhi Emil Assentato Lonnie Pechnik Jep Thornton | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 651 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 22 | DP | 51 | Cheever Racing | Stefan Johansson Warren Hughes Thomas Erdos | Crawford DP03 | 645 |
| Lexus 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 23 | GT | 93 | TPC Racing | Tony Ave Rob Stewart Dave Stewart Bob Gilbert Gary Stewart | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 636 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 24 | DP | 99 | GAINSCO/Blackhawk Racing | Alex Gurney Bob Stallings Jimmy Vasser Rocky Moran Jr. | Riley Mk XI | 635 |
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 25 | GT | 74 | Tafel Racing | Andrew Davis Charles Espenlaub Eric Lux Jim Tafel Michael Cawley | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 634 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 26 | GT | 64 | The Racer's Group | Paul Edwards Kelly Collins Andy Pilgrim Jan Magnussen | Pontiac GTO.R | 633 |
| Pontiac LS2 6.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 27 | GT | 67 | The Racer's Group | Patrick Flanagan Bohdan Kroczek Bill Keith Marc Bullock | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 625 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 28 | GT | 46 | Michael Baughman Racing | Ray Mason Michael Baughman John Connolly Frank Del Vecchio Bryan Collyer | Chevrolet Corvette C5 | 623 |
| Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 29 | DP | 40 | Derhaag Motorsports | Ron Fellows Randy Ruhlman Chris Bingham Justin Bell | Riley Mk XI | 620 |
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 30 | DP | 4 | Howard-Boss Motorsports | Andy Wallace Butch Leitzinger Tony Stewart | Crawford DP03 | 593 |
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 31 | GT | 05 | Sigalsport BMW | Bill Auberlen Matthew Alhadeff Tommy Milner Justin Marks Gene Sigal | BMW M3 E46 | 592 |
| BMW 3.2 L I6 | ||||||
| 32 | GT | 81 | Synergy Racing | John Pew Steve Marshall Hal Prewitt Danny Marshall Ben McCrackin | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 589 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 33 | GT | 06 | Banner Racing | Tommy Archer Leighton Reese Russ Oasis Dino Crescentini | Chevrolet Corvette C6 | 589 |
| Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 34 DNF | DP | 5 | Essex Racing | Duncan Dayton Rick Knoop Brian DeVries Jim Matthews James Gue | Crawford DP03 | 585 |
| Ford 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 35 DNF | DP | 09 | Spirit of Daytona Racing | Bobby Labonte Doug Goad Harold Primat Larry Oberto | Crawford DP03 | 572 |
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 36 DNF | DP | 59 | Brumos Racing | J. C. France João Barbosa Ted Christopher Hurley Haywood | Fabcar FDSC/03 | 559 |
| Porsche 3.9 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 37 | GT | 68 | The Racer's Group | Jim Lowe Revere Greist Jim Pace | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 555 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 38 | DP | 3 | Southard Motorsports | Shane Lewis Kris Szekeres Randy LaJoie Tony Burgess | Riely Mk XI | 548 |
| BMW 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 39 DNF | DP | 01 | CompUSA Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates | Scott Pruett Luis Díaz Max Papis | Riley Mk XI | 510 |
| Lexus 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 40 | GT | 87 | Synergy Racing | Dave Gaylord Wes Hill Ken Hill Will Diefenbach | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 503 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 41 | GT | 43 | Team Sahlen | Wes Allen Eddie Hennessy Jim Michaelian Manuel Matos Wayne Nonnamaker | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 435 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 42 DNF | DP | 11 | Tuttle Team Racing | Brian Tuttle Kyle Petty Boris Said | Riley Mk XI | 415 |
| BMW 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 43 DNF | DP | 84 | Robinson Racing | Wally Dallenbach Jr. George Robinson Paul Dallenbach Darin Brassfield | Riley Mk XI | 413 |
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 44 DNF | DP | 89 | Pacific Coast Motorsports | Ryan Dalziel Jon Fogarty Alex Figge David Empringham | Riley Mk XI | 301 |
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 45 | GT | 80 | Synergy Racing | David Murry Leh Keen Craig Stanton Xavier Pompidou | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 299 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 46 DNF | GT | 69 | The Racer's Group | Josh Vargo Jake Vargo Mark Herrington Brady Refenning | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 287 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 47 DNF | GT | 70 | Speedsource | Sylvain Tremblay David Haskell Jeff Altenburg Nick Ham | Mazda RX-8 | 284 |
| Mazda 1.3 L RENESIS | ||||||
| 48 DNF | GT | 71 | SAMAX Motorsport/Doncaster Racing | Dave Lacey Brent Martini Greg Wilkins Mark Wilkins Johnny Mowlem | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 278 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 49 DNF | GT | 57 | Stevenson Motorsports | Vic Rice Tommy Riggins John Stevenson Spencer Trenery Dominic Cicero II | Chevrolet Corvette C6 | 278 |
| Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 50 DNF | DP | 2 | Howard-Boss Motorsports | Jan Lammers Danica Patrick Allan McNish Rusty Wallace | Crawford DP03 | 273 |
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 51 DNF | DP | 8 | Synergy Racing | Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle Clint Field Patrick Huisman | Doran JE4 | 206 |
| Porsche 3.9 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 52 DNF | DP | 12 | Lowe's Fernández Racing | Adrián Fernández Mário Haberfeld Scott Sharp | Riley Mk XI | 187 |
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 53 DNF | GT | 48 | WTF Engineering | Toni Seiler Robert Dubler Hans Hauser Michael DeFontes Kurt Thiel | Chevrolet Corvette C5 | 174 |
| Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 54 DNF | DP | 6 | Graydon Elliott Fusion Racing with Michael Shank Racing | Paul Tracy Paul Mears Jr. Mike Borkowski Ken Wilden | Riley Mk XI | 168 |
| Lexus 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 55 DNF | GT | 21 | Matt Connolly Motorsports | Gerald Van Uitert Matt Connolly Carlos de Quesada Rick Sutherland Tom Sutherland | BMW M3 E46 | 159 |
| BMW 3.2 L I6 | ||||||
| 56 DNF | DP | 78 | Doran Racing | B. J. Zacharias Sébastien Bourdais Raul Boesel | Doran JE4 | 156 |
| Ford 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 57 DNF | DP | 10 | SunTrust Racing | Wayne Taylor Emmanuel Collard Max Angelelli Ryan Briscoe | Riley Mk XI | 123 |
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 58 DNF | GT | 52 | Mastercar | Constantino Bertuzzi Luis Monzón Bo McCormick Philipp Baron | Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge | 118 |
| Ferrari 3.6 L V8 | ||||||
| 59 DNF | GT | 15 | Autometrics Motorsports | Cory Friedman Patrick Small Mac McGehee Bill Martin Tony Herring | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 104 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 60 DNF | GT | 55 | ASC Motorsports | Zach Arnold John Miller Eric Koselke Jay Poscente Mark Montgomery | Chevrolet Corvette C6 | 103 |
| Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 61 DNF | GT | 24 | Matt Connolly Motorsports | Brian O'Shaughnessy Bill Cotter Tom Malloy Jacob Shalit Billy Johnson | BMW M3 E46 | 101 |
| BMW 3.2 L I6 | ||||||
| 62 DNF | GT | 63 | Team Spencer Motorsports | Dennis Spencer Scott Spencer Roger Mandeville Rich Grupp Gary Drummond | Mazda RX-8 | 101 |
| Mazda 1.3 L RENESIS | ||||||
| 63 DNF | GT | 08 | Goldin Brothers Racing | Steve Goldin Keith Goldin Scott Finlay Scott Richards Kurt Thiel | Mazda RX-8 | 48 |
| Mazda 1.3 L RENESIS | ||||||
| 64 DNF | GT | 04 | Sigalsport BMW | Gene Sigal Peter MacLeod Miroslav Konôpka Blake Rosser | BMW M3 E46 | 34 |
| BMW 3.2 L I6 | ||||||
| 65 DNF | GT | 86 | Synergy Racing | Don Kitch Jr. Chris Pennington Don Gagne Chris Pallis | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 17 |
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 66 DNF | DP | 50 | Blackforest Motorsports | Henry Zogaib Ian James Tom Nastasi Chris Gleason | Crawford DP03 | 5 |
| Ford 5.0 L V8 |
External links
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