Rolex 24 Hour 9: Ganassi BMWs running 1-2
No. 02 driven by Juan Montoya |
Hour 9 came and went at Daytona Speedway with the Chip Ganassi BMW No. 02 currently driven by Juan Montoya, leading the sister No.01 car of Scott Pruett in the 50th running of the Rolex 24. Darren Law was over 50 seconds behind in the Action Express Corvette DP. Also on the lead lap was Jan Magnussen in the Spirit of Daytona Corvette DP with Jorge Goncalvez in the Michael Shank Ford rounding out the top-5.
In GT the #23 Alex Job WeatherTech Porsche 911 GT3 Cup with Emmanuel Collard/Cooper MacNeil/Marco Holzer/Butch Leitzinger aboard took the lead from the Stevenson Camero on lap 265 after the Camaro was penalized for speeding on pit lane. Rene Rast (Germany), sharing the #44 Magnus Porsche 911 GT3 Cup with John Potter/Andy Lally/Richard Lietz is now second, with the #59 Brumos Porsche (Keen/Haywood/Davis/Lieb) now third.
Hour 9 Standings
Pos |
No. | PIC | Driver | Laps | Behind | Gap | Team |
1 | 02 | 1 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 291 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates BMW / Riley |
2 | 01 | 2 | Scott Pruett | 291 | 2.724 | 2.724 | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates BMW / Riley |
3 | 5 | 3 | Darren Law | 291 | 56.598 | 53.874 | Action Express Racing Corvette DP |
4 | 90 | 4 | Jan Magnussen | 291 | 1:26.568 | 29.970 | Spirit of Daytona Corvette DP |
5 | 6 | 5 | Jorge Goncalvez | 291 | 1:37.991 | 11.423 | Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Ford / Riley |
6 | 8 | 6 | Lucas Luhr | 290 | 1 LAP | 1 LAP | Starworks Motorsport Ford / Riley |
7 | 60 | 7 | Justin Wilson | 290 | 1 LAP | 21.929 | Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Ford / Riley |
8 | 76 | 8 | Nic Jonsson | 290 | 1 LAP | 27.967 | Krohn Racing Ford / Lola |
9 | 9 | 9 | Joao Barbosa | 289 | 2 LAPS | 1 LAP | Action Express Racing Corvette DP |
10 | 99 | 10 | Memo Gidley | 288 | 3 LAPS | 1 LAP | GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Corvette DP |
11 | 2 | 11 | Scott Mayer | 286 | 5 LAPS | 2 LAPS | Starworks Motorsport Ford / Riley |
12 | 77 | 12 | Burt Frisselle | 284 | 7 LAPS | 2 LAPS | Doran Racing Ford / Dallara |
13 | 59 | 1 | Leh Keen | 281 | 10 LAPS | 3 LAPS | Brumos Racing Porsche GT3 |
14 | 44 | 2 | Potter/ Lally/ Lietz/ Rast | 281 | 10 LAPS | 12.353 | Magnus Racing Porsche GT3 |
15 | 67 | 3 | Wolf Henzler | 281 | 10 LAPS | 59.330 | TRG Porsche GT3 |
16 | 23 | 4 | Marco Holzer | 280 | 11 LAPS | 1 LAP | Alex Job Racing Porsche GT3 |
17 | 88 | 5 | Matthew Marsh | 280 | 11 LAPS | 20.527 | Autohaus Motorsports Camaro GT.R |
18 | 57 | 6 | John Edwards | 280 | 11 LAPS | 1:05.251 | Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GT.R |
19 | 70 | 7 | Marino Franchitti | 280 | 11 LAPS | 8.019 | SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 |
20 | 63 | 8 | Olivier Beretta | 279 | 12 LAPS | 1 LAP | Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 |
21 | 32 | 9 | Nicolas Armindo | 279 | 12 LAPS | 1.090 | Orbit/GMG Porsche GT3 |
22 | 66 | 10 | Dominik Farnbacher | 279 | 12 LAPS | 50.243 | TRG Porsche GT3 |
23 | 69 | 11 | Jeff Segal | 279 | 12 LAPS | 31.292 | AIM Autosport Team FXDD Racing with Ferrari Ferrari 458 |
24 | 68 | 12 | Carlos Gomez | 278 | 13 LAPS | 1 LAP | TRG Porsche GT3 |
25 | 26 | 13 | Carlos Kauffmann | 278 | 13 LAPS | 47.502 | NGT Motorsport Porsche GT3 |
26 | 03 | 14 | Guy Cosmo | 277 | 14 LAPS | 1 LAP | Extreme Speed Motorsports Ferrari 458 |
27 | 93 | 15 | Dirk Werner | 277 | 14 LAPS | 23.877 | Turner Motorsport BMW M3 |
28 | 24 | 16 | Cort Wagner | 277 | 14 LAPS | 54.008 | Alex Job Racing Porsche GT3 |
29 | 45 | 17 | Mike Rockenfeller | 277 | 14 LAPS | 0.650 | Flying Lizard Motorsports with Wright Motorsports Porsche GT3 |
30 | 40 | 18 | Tom Long | 276 | 15 LAPS | 1 LAP | Dempsey Racing Mazda RX-8 |
31 | 42 | 19 | Will Nonnamaker | 274 | 17 LAPS | 2 LAPS | Team Sahlen Mazda RX-8 |
32 | 56 | 20 | Robert Kauffman | 274 | 17 LAPS | 14.983 | AF – Waltrip Ferrari 458 |
33 | 22 | 21 | Randy Blaylock | 274 | 17 LAPS | 9.379 | Bullet Racing Porsche GT3 |
34 | 4 | 22 | Justin Bell | 272 | 19 LAPS | 2 LAPS | Magnus Racing Porsche GT3 |
35 | 64 | 23 | Emilio DiGuida | 270 | 21 LAPS | 2 LAPS | TRG Porsche GT3 |
36 | 55 | 24 | Tony Kester | 270 | 21 LAPS | 14.663 | Acumen Motorsport Porsche GT3 |
37 | 65 | 25 | Spencer Cox | 268 | 23 LAPS | 2 LAPS | TRG Porsche GT3 |
38 | 82 | 26 | Owen Trinkler | 263 | 28 LAPS | 5 LAPS | Dick Greer Racing Porsche GT3 |
39 | 75 | 27 | Matt Bell | 256 | 35 LAPS | 7 LAPS | Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GT.R |
40 | 20 | 28 | Gunter Schaldach | 247 | 44 LAPS | 9 LAPS | Liqui Moly Team Englster/Mitchum Motorsports Porsche Porsche GT3 |
41 | 18 | 29 | Mark Thomas | 238 | 53 LAPS | 9 LAPS | Muehlner Motorsports America, LLC Porsche GT3 |
42 | 15 | 30 | Doug Harrington | 236 | 55 LAPS | 2 LAPS | Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang |
43 | 36 | 31 | John Andretti | 228 | 63 LAPS | 8 LAPS | Yellow Dragon Motorsports Mazda RX-8 |
44 | 17 | 32 | Martin Ragginger | 226 | 65 LAPS | 2 LAPS | Burtin Racing with Goldcrest Motorsports Porsche GT3 |
45 | 48 | 33 | Mark Wilkins | 224 | 67 LAPS | 2 LAPS | Paul Miller Racing Porsche GT3 |
46 | 50 | 13 | Brian Johnson | 224 | 67 LAPS | 49:21.280 | 50+Predator/Alegra BMW / Riley |
47 | 19 | 34 | Scott Dollahite | 219 | 72 LAPS | 5 LAPS | Muehlner Motorsports America, LLC Porsche GT3 |
48 | 34 | 35 | Miro Konopka | 214 | 77 LAPS | 5 LAPS | Orbit/GMG Porsche GT3 |
49 | 51 | 36 | Nelson Canache | 213 | 78 LAPS | 1 LAP | APR Motorsport Audi R8 Grand-Am |
50 | 41 | 37 | Don Kitch Jr | 197 | 94 LAPS | 16 LAPS | Dempsey Racing Mazda RX-8 |
51 | 12 | 38 | Hal Prewitt | 188 | 103 LAPS | 9 LAPS | Alliance Autosport Porsche GT3 |
52 | 46 | 39 | Ray Mason | 164 | 127 LAPS | 24 LAPS | Michael Baughman Racing Corvette |
53 | 62 | 40 | Gianmaria Bruni | 154 | 137 LAPS | 10 LAPS | Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 |
54 | 74 | 41 | Saeed Al Mehairi | 106 | 185 LAPS | 48 LAPS | Oryx Racing Audi R8 Grand-Am |
55 | 87 | 42 | Emilio Valverde | 101 | 190 LAPS | 5 LAPS | Racers Edge Motorsports Dodge Viper |
56 | 94 | 43 | Billy Johnson | 86 | 205 LAPS | 15 LAPS | Turner Motorsport BMW M3 |
57 | 43 | 44 | Will Nonnamaker | 21 | 270 LAPS | 65 LAPS | Team Sahlen Mazda RX-8 |
58 | 10 | 14 | Max Angelelli | 14 | 277 LAPS | 7 LAPS | SunTrust Racing Corvette DP |