2012 24 Hours of Daytona

The 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a long-distance motor race for sports cars conforming to the regulations of the Grand-Am Road Racing series. The race was held over a duration of 24 hours, starting at 3:30pm on Saturday, January 28, finishing at 3:30pm the following day. The race was held on the sports car version of Daytona International Speedway, which includes only a portion of the NASCAR Superspeedway course and a loop of circuit which winds through the infield of the speedway.

2012 was the 50th running of the race which had begun as a three-hour duration sports car race in 1962. The race was also the opening round of the 2012 Rolex Sports Car Series season. A field of 14 Daytona Prototypes took the start of the race along with a grid of 44 of the slower roadcar-based Grand Touring class cars.

This race also was part of the inaugural North American Endurance Championship.

Qualifying

Pole position for the race was taken by British racing driver Ryan Dalziel driving the Starworks Motorsport run Riley Technologies Mk.XXVI Daytona Prototype sports car recording a lap time of 1:41.119.

In the Grand Touring class, pole was claimed by the Brumos Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup driven by American driver Andrew Davis.

Winners

The Michael Shank Racing entry of A. J. Allmendinger, Justin Wilson, Oswaldo Negri, and John Pew took victory in their No. 60 Riley Mk. XXVI Ford, completing 761 laps over the course of the 24-hour race. They enjoyed a spirited battle with the No. 8 Starworks Motorsport Riley Mk. XXVI Ford of Ryan Dalziel, Lucas Luhr, Allan McNish, Enzo Potolicchio and Alex Popow, which led the most laps and posted the quickest time of the race, but suffered a minor accident in the 17th hour.

In GT, Magnus Racing earned its first-ever Rolex Sports Car Series victory, with the lineup of Richard Lietz, Andy Lally, René Rast, and John Potter in the No. 44 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car. It was Lally's fourth Rolex 24 class victory, and the first for the other three drivers.

Race result

Class Winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps
					Engine
1	DP	60	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	A. J. Allmendinger  Oswaldo Negri  John Pew  Justin Wilson	Riley Mk. XXVI	761
					Ford 5.0L V8
2	DP	8	Starworks Motorsport	Ryan Dalziel  Lucas Luhr  Allan McNish  Alex Popow  Enzo Potolicchio	Riley Mk. XXVI	761
					Ford 5.0L V8
3	DP	6	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Jorge Goncalvez  Michael McDowell  Felipe Nasr  Gustavo Yacamán	Riley Mk. XX	761
					Ford 5.0L V8
4	DP	02	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Scott Dixon  Dario Franchitti  Jamie McMurray  Juan Pablo Montoya	Riley Mk. XXVI	760
					BMW 5.0L V8
5	DP	5	Action Express Racing	David Donohue  Christian Fittipaldi  Darren Law	Corvette DP (Coyote CPM)	758
					Chevrolet 5.0L V8
6	DP	01	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Joey Hand  Scott Pruett  Graham Rahal  Memo Rojas	Riley Mk. XXVI	757
					BMW 5.0L V8
7	DP	77	Doran Racing	Brian Frisselle  Burt Frisselle  Billy Johnson  Jim Lowe  Paul Tracy	Dallara DP-01	748
					Ford 5.0L V8
8	DP	90	Spirit of Daytona	Antonio García  Oliver Gavin  Jan Magnussen  Richard Westbrook	Corvette DP (Coyote CPM)	746
					Chevrolet 5.0L V8
9	DP	9	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa  Terry Borcheller  J. C. France  Max Papis	Corvette DP (Coyote CPM)	739
					Chevrolet 5.0L V8
10	DP	2	Starworks Motorsport	Marco Andretti  Ryan Hunter-Reay  Scott Mayer  Michael Valiante	Riley Mk. XX	736
					Ford 5.0L V8
11	GT	44	Magnus Racing	Andy Lally  Richard Lietz  John Potter  René Rast	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	727
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
12	GT	67	TRG	Steven Bertheau  Jeroen Bleekemolen  Marc Goossens  Wolf Henzler  Spencer Pumpelly	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	727
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
13	GT	59	Brumos Racing	Andrew Davis  Hurley Haywood  Leh Keen  Marc Lieb	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	726
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
14	GT	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Ronnie Bremer  John Edwards  Robin Liddell	Chevrolet Camaro GT.R	726
					Chevrolet 6.0L V8
15	GT	63	Risi Competizione	Olivier Beretta  Andrea Bertolini  Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia	726
					Ferrari 4.5L V8
16	GT	70	SpeedSource	Jonathan Bomarito  Marino Franchitti  James Hinchcliffe  Sylvain Tremblay	Mazda RX-8	722
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
17	GT	66	TRG	Dominik Farnbacher  Ben Keating  Patrick Pilet  Allan Simonsen	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	721
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
18	GT	69	AIM Autosport/Team FXDD Racing with Ferrari	Emil Assentato  Anthony Lazzaro  Nick Longhi  Jeff Segal	Ferrari 458 Italia	716
					Ferrari 4.5L V8
19	DP	76	Krohn Racing	Colin Braun  Niclas Jönsson  Tracy Krohn  Ricardo Zonta	Lola B08/70	713
					Ford 5.0L V8
20	GT	88	Autohaus Motorsports	Paul Edwards  Matthew Marsh  Tommy Milner  Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet Camaro GT.R	713
					Chevrolet 6.0L V8
21	GT	40	Dempsey Racing	Patrick Dempsey  Charles Espenlaub  Joe Foster  Tom Long  Charles Putman	Mazda RX-8	713
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
22	GT	32	Orbit/GMG	Nicolas Armindo  Bret Curtis  Shane Lewis  James Sofronas  Lance Willsey	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	713
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
23	GT	42	Team Sahlen	Dane Cameron  Joe Nonnamaker  Wayne Nonnamaker  Will Nonnamaker	Mazda RX-8	711
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
24	GT	03	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ed Brown  Guy Cosmo  Scott Sharp  Johannes van Overbeek	Ferrari 458 Italia	707
					Ferrari 4.5L V8
25	GT	24	Alex Job Racing	Michael Avenatti  Bob Faieta  Fred Poordad  Bill Sweedler  Cort Wagner	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	707
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
26	GT	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports with Wright Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister  Patrick Long  Seth Neiman  Mike Rockenfeller	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	706
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
27	GT	93	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen  Paul Dalla Lana  Michael Marsal  Dirk Müller  Dirk Werner	BMW M3	691
					BMW 5.0L V8
28	GT	23	Alex Job Racing	Emmanuel Collard  Marco Holzer  Butch Leitzinger  Cooper MacNeil	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	689
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
29	GT	26	NGT Motorsport	Henrique Cisneros  Sean Edwards  Carlos Kauffmann  Nick Tandy	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	688
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
30	GT	64	TRG	Gaetano Ardagna  Eduardo Costabal  Emilio Di Guida  Santiago Orjuela  Eliseo Salazar	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	688
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
31	GT	22	Bullet Racing	Randy Blaylock  Darryl O'Young  Kevin Roush  Brett Van Blankers  Joe White	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	681
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
32	DP	50	50+Predator/Alegra	Byron DeFoor  Elliott Forbes-Robinson  Brian Johnson  Jim Pace  Carlos de Quesada	Riley Mk. XI	672
					BMW 5.0L V8
33	DP	99	GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing	Jon Fogarty  Memo Gidley  Alex Gurney	Corvette DP (Riley XXVI)	672
					Chevrolet 5.0L V8
34	GT	82	Dick Greer Racing	John Fergus  John Finger  Dick Greer  Mark Hotchkis  Owen Trinkler	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	665
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
35	GT	56	AF Corse/Michael Waltrip Racing	Rui Águas  Robert Kauffman  Travis Pastrana  Michael Waltrip	Ferrari 458 Italia	645
					Ferrari 4.5L V8
36	GT	65	TRG	Joe Castellano  Spencer Cox  Mike Hedlund  Jack McCarthy, Jr.  Jim Michaelian	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	643
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
37	GT	68	TRG	Chris Cumming  Kévin Estre  Damien Faulkner  Carlos Gomez  Ben Keating	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	640
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
38	GT	55	Acumen Motorsport	Frank Del Vecchio  Doug Grunnet  Tony Kester  Scott McKee  Randy Pobst	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	626
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
39	GT	18	Mühlner Motorsports America	Davy Jones  Bill Lester  John McCutchen  Mark Thomas	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	609
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
40	GT	41	Dempsey Racing	Ian James  Rick Johnson  Don Kitch, Jr.  Scott Maxwell  Dan Rogers	Mazda RX-8	608
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
41	GT	12	Alliance Autosport	Jon Miller  Hal Prewitt  Scott Rettich  Matt Schneider  Darryl Shoff	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	604
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
42	GT	19	Mühlner Motorsports America	Scott Dollahite  Ian Nater  Rhett O'Doski  Marco Seefried  Derek Whitis	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	599
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
43	GT	75	Stevenson Motorsports	Matt Bell  Al Carter  Eric Curran  Hugh Plumb	Chevrolet Camaro GT.R	577
					Chevrolet 6.0L V8
44	GT	51	APR Motorsport	Ian Baas  Nelson Canache, Jr.  Jim Norman  Emanuele Pirro  Dion von Moltke	Audi R8	447
					Audi 5.2L V10
45	GT	74	Oryx Racing	Humaid Al Masaood  Saeed Al Mehairi  Steven Kane	Audi R8	202
					Audi 5.2L V10
46	GT	17	Burtin Racing with Goldcrest Motorsports	Sebastian Asch  Jack Baldwin  Claudio Burtin  Martin Ragginger  Bryan Sellers	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	424
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
47	GT	20	Liqui Moly Team Engstler/Mitchum Motorsports	Jade Buford  Franz Engstler  David Murry  Gunter Schaldach	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	416
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
48	GT	34	Orbit/GMG	Michael DeFontes  Phil Fogg  Miroslav Konopka  Jan Vonka  Ronald van de Laar	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	383
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
49	GT	4	Magnus Racing	Justin Bell  Ryan Eversley  Daniel Graeff  Ron Yarab, Jr.	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	310
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
50	GT	36	Yellow Dragon Motorsports	Jarett Andretti  John Andretti  Taylor Hacquard  Anders Krohn	Mazda RX-8	270
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
51	GT	15	Rick Ware Racing	Chris Cook  Jeffrey Earnhardt  Doug Harrington  Timmy Hill  John Ware, Jr.	Ford Mustang	256
					Ford 5.0L V8
52	GT	48	Paul Miller Racing	Robert Bell  Sascha Maassen  Bryce Miller  Mark Wilkins	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	224
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
53	GT	46	Michael Baughman Racing	Michael Baughman  Ivo Breukers  Armand Fumal  Ray Mason  Jeff Nowicki	Chevrolet Corvette	172
					Chevrolet 6.2L V8
54	GT	62	Risi Competizione	Gianmaria Bruni  Giancarlo Fisichella  Raphael Matos	Ferrari 458 Italia	154
					Ferrari 4.5L V8
55	GT	87	Racers Edge Motorsports	Tony Ave  Jan Heylen  Doug Peterson  Maxime Soulet  Emilio Valverde	Dodge Viper	101
					Dodge 8.0L V10
56	GT	94	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen  Paul Dalla Lana  Billy Johnson  Dirk Müller  Boris Said	BMW M3	86
					BMW 5.0L V8
57	GT	43	Team Sahlen	Joe Nonnamaker  Wayne Nonnamaker  Will Nonnamaker	Mazda RX-8	21
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
58	DP	10	SunTrust Racing	Max Angelelli  Ryan Briscoe  Ricky Taylor	Corvette DP (DallaraDP01)	14
					Chevrolet 5.0L V8

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