1992 24 Hours of Daytona explained

The 1992 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a 24-hour endurance sports car race held on February 1–2,^[1] 1992 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the opening round of the 1992 IMSA GT Championship.

Victory overall and in the LM class went to the No. 23 Nissan Motorsport International Nissan R91CP driven by Masahiro Hasemi, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Toshio Suzuki.^{[2] [3]} Victory in the GTP class went to the No. 2 Jaguar Racing Jaguar XJR-12 driven by Davy Jones, Scott Pruett, David Brabham, and Scott Goodyear. Victory in the Lights class went to the No. 49 Comptech Racing Spice SE91P driven by Parker Johnstone, Steve Cameron, Jimmy Vasser, and Dan Marvin. The GTS class was won by the No. 15 Roush Racing Ford Mustang driven by Dorsey Schroeder, Wally Dallenbach Jr., and Robby Gordon. Finally, the GTU class was won by the No. 82 Dick Greer Racing Mazda RX-7 driven by Al Bacon, Dick Greer, Mike Mees, and Peter Uria. Notably, the GTU class winner finished 7th overall, ahead of GTS class winner, one of the best finishes for a GTU entry during that era.

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LM	23	Nissan Motorsport International	Masahiro Hasemi Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki	Nissan R91CP		762
					Nissan 3.5L V8 Turbo
2	GTP	2	Jaguar Racing	Davy Jones Scott Pruett David Brabham Scott Goodyear	Jaguar XJR-12		753
					Jaguar 6.5L V12 N/A
3	GTP	52	Team 0123	Roland Ratzenberger Hurley Haywood Eje Elgh Scott Brayton	Porsche 962		749
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Twin-Turbo
4	GTP	98	All American Racers	P. J. Jones Rocky Moran Mark Dismore	Eagle MkIII		739
					Toyota 2.1L I4 Twin-Turbo
5	Lights	49	Comptech Racing	Parker Johnstone Steve Cameron Jimmy Vasser Dan Marvin	Spice SE91P		681
					Acura 3.0L V6 N/A
6	Lights	44	Scandia Engineering	Fermín Vélez Andy Evans Lon Bender Dominic Dobson	Kudzu DG-1		654
					Buick 3.4L V6 N/A
7	GTU	82	Dick Greer Racing	Al Bacon Dick Greer Mike Mees Peter Uria	Mazda RX-7		636
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
8	LM	27	Nova Engineering		Nissan R91CK		635
					Nissan 3.5L V8 Twin-Turbo
9 DNF	GTS	15	Roush Racing	Dorsey Schroeder Wally Dallenbach Jr. Robby Gordon	Ford Mustang		614
					Ford 6.0L V8 N/A
10	GTS	51	Rocketsports Racing	Jeff Kline George Robinson Darin Brassfield Paul Gentilozzi	Oldsmobile Cutlass		590
					Oldsmobile 6.0L V8 N/A
11	GTP	99	All American Racers	Juan Manuel Fangio II Andy Wallace Kenny Acheson	Eagle MkIII		584
					Toyota 2.1L I4 Twin-Turbo
12	GTU	24	Alberti Motorsports Team Peru	Juan Dibos Eduardo Dibós Chappuis Raúl Orlandini	Mazda MX-6		573
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
13	GTU	95	Leitzinger Racing	Chuck Kurtz Bob Leitzinger David Loring	Nissan 240SX		566
					Nissan 3.0L V6 N/A
14	GTS	11	Roush Racing	Mark Martin Jim Stevens Robbie Buhl Calvin Fish	Ford Mustang		539
					Ford 6.0L V8 N/A
15	GTU	96	Leitzinger Racing	Don Knowles David Loring Chuck Kurtz Dan Robson	Nissan 240SX		538
					Nissan 3.0L V6 N/A
16	GTS	75	Cunningham Racing	John Morton Jeremy Dale Johnny O'Connell	Nissan 300ZX Turbo		531
					Nissan 3.0L V6 Twin-Turbo
17	GTS	50	Overbagh Racing	Oma Kimbrough Mark Montgomery Robert McElheny Gary Swanander Jon Lewis Raan Rodriguez Hoyt Overbagh	Chevrolet Camaro		529
					Chevrolet 6.1L V8 N/A
18	GTU	26	Alex Job Racing	Joe Pezza Alex Padilla John Sheldon Jack Refenning	Porsche 911		506
					Porsche 3.2L Flat 6 N/A
19 DNF	GTP	30	Joest Racing	Hans-Joachim Stuck Frank Jelinski Giampiero Moretti Henri Pescarolo	Porsche 962		503
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Twin-Turbo
20	GTU	0	Full Time Racing	John Fergus Bobby Akin Neil Hanneman	Dodge Daytona		471
					Dodge 2.4L I4 N/A
21 DNF	GTU	37	Botero Racing Team	Rob Wilson Lucio Bernal Felipe Solano Miguel Morejon	Mazda MX-6		465
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
22 DNF	GTS	21	Kent Painter	Robert Kahn John Annis John Macaluso Robert Borders	Chevrolet Camaro		465
					Chevrolet 5.5L V8 N/A
23	GTU	72	Kjoller Motorsport	Steve Volk Robin Boone Jay Kjoller	Porsche 911		432
					Porsche 3.2L Flat 6 N/A
24 DNF	Lights	36	Downing/Atlanta Racing	Howard Katz John Grooms Jim Downing Frank Jellinek	Kudzu DG-1		426
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
25	GTS	67	Mazkar Racing	Steve Burgner Paul Mazzacane Henry Brosnaham Bobby Scolo	Chevrolet Camaro		389
					Chevrolet 5.5L V8 N/A
26 DNF	LM	13	Courage Competition	Pascal Fabre Lionel Robert Bob Wollek	Courage C82S		387
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Twin-Turbo
27 DNF	Lights	33	Bieri Racing	Uli Bieri Heinz Wirth Vito Scavone Andrew Hepworth	Tiga GT287		349
					Ferrari 3.0L V8 N/A
28	GTU	57	Kryderacing	Frank Del Vecchio Joe Danaher Mark Kent Bill Sargis Reed Kryder	Nissan 240SX		345
					Nissan 3.0L V6 N/A
29 DNF	GTP	7	Joest Racing	Bernd Schneider Massimo Sigala Oscar Larrauri "John Winter"	Porsche 962		327
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Twin-Turbo
30	GTU	58	Maria Shalala	Tim McAdam Charles Monk Sam Shalala Andre Toennis Dan Pastorini	Porsche 911		313
					Porsche 3.2L Flat 6 N/A
31 DNF	GTS	41	Rocketsports Racing	Jack Baldwin Irv Hoerr Paul Gentilozzi	Oldsmobile Cutlass		312
					Oldsmobile 6.5L V8 N/A
32 DNF	GTS	25	Dale Kreider	Bill Adams John Duke Jon Gooding Dale Kreider	Oldsmobile Cutlass		289
					Oldsmobile 6.0L V8 N/A
33 DNF	Lights	6	MAB Racing	Ronald Zitza Rob Robertson Mel Butt Tommy Johnson	Tiga GT287		279
					Buick 3.0L V6 N/A
34 DNF	GTP	83T	Nissan Performance Technology	Geoff Brabham Chip Robinson Arie Luyendyk Bob Earl	Nissan R90CK		272
					Nissan 3.0L V8 Turbo
35 DNF	GTP	12	Courage Competition	François Migault David Tennyson Tomas Lopez	Courage C28S		220
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Twin-Turbo
36 DNF	GTU	05	Support Net Racing	Henry Camferdam Phil Krueger Gary Drummond	Mazda MX-6		214
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
37 DNF	GTP	4	Tom Milner Racing	Wayne Taylor Jeff Purner Hugh Fuller Hideshi Matsuda	Spice SE89P		213
					Chevrolet 6.3L V8 N/A
38	GTS	35	Bill McDill	Richard McDill Chris Schneider Bill McDill Tom Juckette	Chevrolet Camaro		204
					Chevrolet 6.1L V8 N/A
39 DNF	GTU	69	North Coast Racing	Brad Hoyt Andy Pilgrim John Petrick Don Wallace	Mazda RX-7		195
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
40 DNF	Lights	48	Comptech Racing	Kazuo Shimizu Ruggero Melgrati Bob Lesnett Costas Los Steve Cameron Doug Peterson	Spice SE90P		168
					Acura 3.0L V6 N/A
41 DNF	GTP	84	Nissan Performance Technology	Derek Daly Steve Millen Gary Brabham	Nissan R90CK		150
					Nissan 3.0L V8 Turbo
42 DNF	GTS	76	Cunningham Racing	Johnny O'Connell John Morton Jeremy Dale	Nissan 300ZX Turbo		144
					Nissan 3.0L V6 Twin-Turbo
43 DNF	Lights	9	Essex Racing Service	Charles Morgan Jim Pace Ken Knott	Kudzu DG-1		129
					Buick 3.0L V6 N/A
44 DNF	Lights	17	Carlos Bobeda Racing	Kaming Ko Ken Parschauer Carlos Bobeda	Spice SE90P		125
					Buick 3.4L V6 N/A
45 DNF	GTU	73	Jack Lewis Enterprises Ltd.	Jack Lewis Bill Ferran Taylor Robertson	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR		115
					Porsche 3.2L Flat 6 N/A
46 DNF	GTU	55	Bob Schader	Bob Schader Phil Mahre Steve Mahre John Finger	Mazda MX-6		94
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
47 DNF	GTU	71	Oldsmobile Motorsports	Amos Johnson Scott Hoerr Dennis Shaw	Oldsmobile Achieva		89
					Oldsmobile 2.3L I4 N/A
48 DNF	Lights	40	Bieri Racing	Johnny Unser John Graham Andrew Hepworth Uli Bieri	Alba AR20		47
					Ford 3.0L V6 N/A
49 DNF	GTS	22	J&B Motorsports	Luis Sereix Daniel Urrutia Jorge Polanco	Chevrolet Camaro		32
					Chevrolet 5.7L V8 N/A
DNS	GTP	3	Jaguar Racing	Davy Jones Scott Goodyear David Brabham Scott Pruett	Jaguar XJR-16		-
					Jaguar 3.0L V6 Twin-Turbo
DNS	GTP	83		Geoff Brabham Chip Robinson Arie Luyendyk	Nissan R90CK		-
					Nissan 3.0L V8 Turbo
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Notes and References

1. Web site: 1992-02-02. Daytona 24 Hours. racingsportscars.com.
2. Web site: 1992 Daytona 24 Hours | Motorsport Database.
3. Web site: 1992-02-02. Daytona 24 Hours. racingsportscars.com.