2007 24 Hours of Daytona

2007 24 Hours of Daytona

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Track map of Daytona International Speedway

The 2007 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series 24-hour endurance sports car race held on January 27–28, 2007 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The overall winner of the race was the Chip Ganassi/Felix Sabates-owned #01 car, a Lexus-powered Riley MkXI, driven by Juan Pablo Montoya, Salvador Durán, and Scott Pruett. The GT class was won by the #22 Alegra Motorsports/Fiorano Racing Porsche GT3 Cup car driven by driver/owner Carlos de Quesada, Jean-François Dumoulin, Scooter Gabel, and Porsche factory driver Marc Basseng.

Prelude

GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing driver Alex Gurney took the pole, his fourth in Rolex Series competition, with a lap of 1:43.475 at an average speed of 123.856 mph (199.327 km/h).

Race

At the green flag, which fell just past 1:30 p.m. Eastern time, Gurney jumped into the lead and the field made its way around the first lap cleanly. But after only seven laps of the 24-hour race, Gurney crashed into the back of a slower GT car which had lost its hood and unexpectedly slowed dramatically. The team would make repairs, but Gurney's GAINSCO Auto Insurance-sponsored Pontiac-powered Riley, which was co-driven by Jon Fogarty and Jimmy Vasser, would never again be in contention for the win.

On January 28, an early morning wreck of the #82 Porsche GT3 Cup, driven by Chris Pallis, damaged part of the outer retaining wall, causing the race stewards to display the red flag for only the third time in the history of the 24 Hours of Daytona, temporarily suspending the race while repairs took place. An exciting battle took place between three different teams with a diverse group of drivers. The DP class fight was between eventual winner Telmex Chip Ganassi Racing's Juan Pablo Montoya and Scott Pruett, SunTrust Racing's Max Angelelli and SAMAX Motorsport's Patrick Carpentier. Polesitter Alex Gurney's hopes for victory were dashed when his GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley was damaged in a first-hour accident.

1,000,000th lap

At 11:11 a.m. on the morning of January 28, British-born female Champ Car driver Katherine Legge made history by completing the one millionth lap of the Rolex Daytona 24 hour race, since its inception. Legge, driving the #84 Robinson Racing Pontiac-powered Riley DP car, passed the finish line with less than 2 and a half hours left in the race, completing the 30,419th lap of the 2007 running of the race. Legge was lying in the 31st position at the time.

3 women competed at this years race. Valerie Limoges of Canada, Katherine Legge of Great Britain & Milka Duno of Venezuela.

Juan Pablo Montoya became the first racer in history to have won a Formula One race, the Indianapolis 500, a Champ Car title, and the 24 Hours of Daytona. Mario Andretti also won a Formula One race, a Champ Car title and an endurance sports car race at Daytona, but Andretti's victory came in the 1972 event alongside co-driver Jacky Ickx in a six-hour event.

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps
					Engine
1	DP	01	Telmex Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Scott Pruett Salvador Durán Juan Pablo Montoya	Riley Mk XI	668
					Lexus 5.0 L V8
2	DP	11	SAMAX Motorsport	Milka Duno Patrick Carpentier Darren Manning Ryan Dalziel	Riley Mk XI	668
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
3	DP	10	SunTrust Racing	Wayne Taylor Max Angelelli Jeff Gordon Jan Magnussen	Riley Mk XI	666
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
4	DP	59	Brumos Racing	J. C. France Hurley Haywood João Barbosa Roberto Moreno David Donohue	Riley Mk XI	662
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
5	DP	61	Exchange Traded Gold AIM Autosport	Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle Mark Wilkins David Empringham	Riley Mk XI	657
					Lexus 5.0 L V8
6	DP	7	SAMAX Motorsport	Chris Festa Tomáš Enge Christian Montanari Roger Yasukawa Kris Szekeres	Riley Mk XI	655
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
7	DP	77	Feeds The Need/Doran Racing	Memo Gidley Fabrizio Gollin Michel Jourdain Jr. Oriol Servià	Doran JE4	655
					Ford 5.0 L V8
8	DP	47	TruSpeed Motorsports	Charles Morgan Rob Morgan Timo Bernhard B. J. Zacharias	Riley Mk XI	636
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
9	DP	60	Michael Shank Racing	Mark Patterson Oswaldo Negri Jr. Hélio Castroneves Sam Hornish Jr.	Riley Mk XI	628
					Lexus 5.0 L V8
10 DNF	DP	19	Finlay Motorsports	Rob Finlay Michael Valiante Michael McDowell Bobby Labonte	Crawford DP03	627
					Ford 5.0 L V8
11	GT	22	Alegra Motorsports/Fiorano Racing	Carlos de Quesada Jean-François Dumoulin Scooter Gabel Marc Basseng	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	626
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
12	GT	07	Banner Racing	Paul Edwards Kelly Collins Andy Pilgrim Johnny O'Connell	Pontiac GXP.R	626
					Pontiac LS2 6.0 L V8
13	GT	64	The Racer's Group	Jim Lowe Jim Pace Johannes van Overbeek Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	625
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
14	GT	06	Banner Racing	Leighton Reese Tim Lewis Jr. Johnny O'Connell Paul Edwards	Pontiac GXP.R	624
					Pontiac LS2 6.0 L V8
15	GT	70	SpeedSource	David Haskell Sylvain Trembley Nick Ham Randy Pobst	Mazda RX-8	624
					Mazda 1.3 L 3-Rotor
16	GT	73	Tafel Racing	Lars Nielsen Dieter Quester Brent Martini Philipp Peter	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	617
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
17	DP	75	Krohn Racing	Colin Braun Max Papis JJ Lehto	Riley Mk XI	615
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
18	DP	23	Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing	Jörg Bergmeister Romain Dumas Patrick Long	Crawford DP03	615
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
19	GT	69	SpeedSource	Emil Assentato Nick Longhi Jeff Segal Matt Plumb	Mazda RX-8	612
					Mazda 1.3 L 3-Rotor
20	GT	17	Doncaster Racing	Dave Lacey Greg Wilkins Johnny Mowlem Tom Papadopoulos Lance David Arnold	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	611
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
21	DP	76	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Boris Said	Riley Mk XI	607
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
22	GT	35	Playboy Racing/Unitech	Tommy Constantine Mike Borkowski David Murry Hal Prewitt	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	606
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
23	GT	27	O'Connell Racing	Kevin O'Connell Mike Speakman Jason Bowles Kevin Roush Lonnie Pechnik	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	605
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
24	DP	39	Cheever Racing	Christian Fittipaldi Eddie Cheever Emmanuel Collard Sascha Maassen	Crawford DP03	601
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
25	DP	84	Robinson Racing	George Robinson Wally Dallenbach Jr. Paul Dallenbach Katherine Legge	Riley Mk XI	596
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
26	DP	6	Michael Shank Racing	Henry Zogaib Ian James Paul Tracy A. J. Allmendinger	Riley Mk XI	595
					Lexus 5.0 L V8
27	GT	81	Synergy Racing	Steve Johnson Richard Westbrook Richard Lietz Patrick Huisman	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	590
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
28	GT	67	The Racer's Group	Tom Cloet Pierre Bourque Mike Solley Auston Harris	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	588
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
29 DNF	DP	00	Vision Racing	Ed Carpenter Tomas Scheckter Tony George A. J. Foyt IV Stéphane Grégoire	Crawford DP03	587
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
30	GT	65	The Racer's Group	Murray Marden Brent Milner John Peterson Michael Gomez	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	583
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
31 DNF	GT	85	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Leh Keen Pierre Ehret Dirk Werner Jörg Hardt	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	579
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
32	DP	51	Cheever Racing	Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Harrison Brix Eddie Cheever	Fabcar FDSC/03	579
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
33	GT	68	The Racer's Group	Ted Ballou Rocco DeSimone II Brad Jaeger Chris Gleason	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	578
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
34	GT	14	Autometrics Motorsports	Bransen Patch Mac McGehee Wes Allen Jim Hamblin Cory Friedman	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	572
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
35	GT	66	The Racer's Group	Spencer Pumpelly R. J. Valentine Andy Lally Mark Greenberg Kevin Buckler	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	563
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
36 DNF	DP	91	Lowe's Riley-Matthews Motorsports	Jim Matthews Marc Goossens Jimmie Johnson Ryan Hunter-Reay	Riley Mk XI	560
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
37	GT	72	Tafel Racing	Andrew Davis Nathan Swartzbaugh Robin Liddell Dirk Müller Jim Tafel	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	555
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
38	GT	87	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Christian Zugel John Burke Gunnar Jeannette Ryan Eversley	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	545
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
39 DNF	GT	74	Tafel Racing	Eric Lux Wolf Henzler Dominik Farnbacher Jim Tafel	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	544
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
40	DP	58	Brumos Racing	David Donohue Darren Law Buddy Rice Scott Sharp Hurley Haywood	Riley Mk XI	542
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
41 DNF	DP	02	Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Scott Dixon Dan Wheldon Memo Rojas	Riley Mk XI	538
					Lexus 5.0 L V8
42	GT	43	Team Sahlen	Joe Sahlen Joe Nonnamaker Will Nonnamaker Wayne Nonnamaker	Chevrolet Corvette	530
					Chevrolet LS2 6.0 L V8
43	GT	42	Team Sahlen	Michael Auriemma John Mayes David Kaemmer Chris Willcox Matt Varsha	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	514
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
44	GT	89	Autometrics Motorsports	Fraser Wellon Barry Ellis Frank Rossi Michael Grande Owen Trinkler	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	512
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
45	GT	83	Synergy Racing	Dave Gaylord Don Pickering Hal Hilton Ben McCrackin	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	508
		Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
46 DNF	DP	99	GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing	Alex Gurney Jon Fogarty Jimmy Vasser Bob Stallings	Riley Mk XI	493
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
47 DNF	DP	12	RVO Motorsports	Roger Schramm Jack Baldwin Bill Lester Justin Bell John Heinricy	Riley Mk XI	458
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
48 DNF	DP	20	Howard Motorsports	Andy Wallace Butch Leitzinger Tony Stewart	Crawford DP03	450
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
49	GT	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Dominic Cicero II Marc Bunting James Gue John Stevenson Lou Gigliotti	Chevrolet Corvette Z06	444
					Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8
50 DNF	GT	88	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Craig Stanton Bryce Miller Antonín Charouz Justin Jackson Tom Pank	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	434
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
51	GT	97	Stevenson Motorsports	Vic Rice Tommy Riggins John Stevenson Spencer Trenery Lou Gigliotti	Chevrolet Corvette Z06	414
					Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8
52 DNF	DP	05	Luggage Express Team Sigalsport BMW	Bill Auberlen Matthew Alhadeff Gene Sigal Karl Wendlinger	Riley Mk XI	367
					BMW 5.0 L V8
53 DNF	GT	30	Racer's Edge Motorsports	Lawson Aschenbach Justin Lofton Ross Smith Mark Pavan	Pontiac GXP.R	359
					Pontiac LS2 6.0 L V8
54 DNF	GT	41	Team Sahlen	Robb Brent Tom Malloy Jim Michaelian Bob Michaelian Ernie Becker	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	316
		Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
55 DNF	DP	16	Howard Motorsports	Chris Dyson Rob Dyson Guy Smith Oliver Gavin	Crawford DP03	295
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
56 DNF	GT	24	Matt Connolly Motorsports	Matt Pickett Bill Cotter Mark Montgomery Todd Hanson Rich Walker	BMW M3 E46	276
					BMW 3.2 L I6
57 DNF	GT	82	Synergy Racing	Don Kitch Jr. Chris Pennington Chris Pallis Tony Bawcutt	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	250
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
58 DNF	DP	18	VICI Racing	Uwe Alzen Robert Renauer Terry Borcheller Gastón Mazzacane	Fabcar FDSC/03	240
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
59 DNF	GT	15	Blackforest Motorsports	Tom Nastasi Alex Tagliani Guy Cosmo Valerie Limoges	Ford Mustang Cobra GT	235
					Ford 4.6 L V8
60	GT	86	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Larry Bowman Don Bell Lance Willsley Shawn Price	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	232
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
61 DNF	GT	45	Howard Motorsports	Rob Wilson John Lewis Bryan Sellers Joey Hand	Infiniti G35	230
					Infiniti 3.7 L V6
62 DNF	DP	3	Southard Motorsports	Shane Lewis Randy Ruhlman Graham Rahal Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Riley Mk XI	214
					Lexus 5.0 L V8
63 DNF	GT	28	At Speed Motorsports	Ian Baas Joel Feinberg Bruce McQuiston Joseph Safina	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	196
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
64 DNF	GT	46	Michael Baughman Racing	Michael Baughman Bryan Collyer John Connolly Mike Yeakle Frank Del Vecchio	Chevrolet Corvette	186
					Chevrolet 5.7 L V8
65 DNF	GT	08	Goldin Brothers Racing	Steve Goldin Keith Goldin John Finger Ronald Zitza	Mazda RX-8	163
					Mazda 1.3 L 3-Rotor
66 DNF	GT	21	Matt Connolly Motorsports	Matt Connolly Adam Pecorari Jason Workman Ray Mason Romeo Kapudija	BMW M3 E46	153
					BMW 3.2 L I6
67 DNF	GT	48	WTF Engineering	Hans Hauser Robert Dubler Ed Magner Michael DeFontes	Chevrolet Corvette	89
					Chevrolet 5.7 L V8
68 DNF	GT	52	Mastercar	Luca Drudi Gabrio Rosa Andrea Ceccato Pierangelo Masselli Andrea Montermini	Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge	83
					Ferrari 3.6 L V8
69 DNF	GT	63	Team Spencer Motorsports	Dennis Spencer Scott Spencer Rich Grupp Gary Drummond Charles Espenlaub	Mazda RX-8	74
					Mazda 1.3 L 3-Rotor
DNS	GT	49	Team Sahlen	Joe Sahlen Joe Nonnamaker Will Nonnamaker Wayne Nonnamaker	Chevrolet Corvette	-
					Chevrolet LS2 6.0 L V8