2014 24 Hours of Daytona explained

The 52nd Rolex 24 at Daytona was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida, from 23 to 26 January 2014. The 52nd running of the 24 Hours of Daytona was also the inaugural race for the Tudor United SportsCar Championship as well as the newly merged International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) sanctioning body. As part of the new series, Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans GT Endurance-style cars were eligible to participate for the first time in over a decade.

The race was won by Action Express Racing, who led a sweep of the top four positions for Corvettes in the Prototype category. Brazilian Christian Fittipaldi and Portuguese João Barbosa became two-time race winners, while Frenchman Sébastien Bourdais won his first Rolex 24 after holding off the Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette by a second and a half at the finish. The GTLM was won by Porsche North America, whose 911 RSR beat out the Team RLL BMW. The Prototype Challenge category was led by CORE Autosport ahead of 8Star Motorsports.^[1] The GTD class victory was originally awarded to the Flying Lizard Motorsports Audi following a post-race penalty for Level 5 Motorsports' Ferrari, but IMSA later rescinded the penalty, promoting the Ferrari to first place in class.^[2]

An incident marred the race during its third hour when Memo Gidley's GAINSCO Corvette ran into the back of the slowed Risi Ferrari of Matteo Malucelli. Officials halted the race for approximately one hour while both drivers were extracted from their cars. Both were held at Halifax Medical Center for several days.^[3]

Background

Preview

NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., who built Daytona International Speedway in 1959, conceived of the 24 Hours of Daytona to attract European sports-car endurance racing to the United States and provide international exposure to the speedway.^[4] It is informally considered part of the Triple Crown of Endurance Racing, with the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[5]

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed that the race was part of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship schedule in September 2013.^[6] It was the first year that the race was part of the series calendar, and the 62nd 12 Hours of Sebring. The race was the first of 2014's thirteen scheduled IMSA automobile endurance races, and the first of four North American Endurance Cup (NAEC) events. The race take place at the 12-turn 3.56miles Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida from January 25 to 26.

Qualifying

!!Class!!Team!Time!!

1	P	99	GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing	1:38.270	_	1
2	P	90	Spirit of Daytona Racing	1:38.487	+0.217	2
3	P	5	Action Express Racing	1:38.658	+0.388	3
4	P	9	Action Express Racing	1:38.838	+0.568	4
5	P	02	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	1:38.948	+0.678	5
6	P	10	Wayne Taylor Racing	1:39.023	+0.753	6
7	P	0	DeltaWing Racing Cars	1:39.270	+1.000	7
8	P	01	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	1:39.424	+1.154	8
9	P	60	Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian	1:39.761	+1.491	9
10	P	6	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	1:39.829	+1.519	10
11	P	31	Marsh Racing	1:40.570	+2.300	11
12	P	50	Highway to Help	1:41.587	+3.317	12
13	PC	54	CORE Autosport	1:41.777	+3.507	13
14	PC	8	Starworks Motorsport	1:41.815	+3.545	14
15	P	2	Extreme Speed Motorsports	1:41.885	+3.615	15
16	PC	09	RSR Racing	1:41.932	+3.662	16
17	PC	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	1:42.053	+3.783	17
18	P	1	Extreme Speed Motorsports	1:42.157	+3.887	18
19	PC	08	RSR Racing	1:42.187	+3.917	19
20	PC	87	BAR1 Motorsports	1:42.416	+4.146	20
21	PC	52	PR1/Mathiesen Motorsports	1:43.156	+4.886	21
22	P	42	OAK Racing	1:43.420	+5.150	22
23	PC	7	Starworks Motorsport	1:44.126	+5.856	23
24	GTLM	91	SRT Motorsports	1:44.506	+6.236	24
25	GTLM	911	Porsche North America	1:44.582	+6.312	25
26	GTLM	93	SRT Motorsports	1:44.617	+6.347	26
27	GTLM	4	Corvette Racing	1:44.729	+6.459	27
28	GTLM	912	Porsche North America	1:44.746	+6.476	28
29	GTLM	97	Aston Martin Racing	1:45.439	+7.169	29
30	GTLM	55	BMW Team RLL	1:45.657	+7.397	30
31	GTLM	56	BMW Team RLL	1:45.672	+7.402	31
32	GTLM	57	Krohn Racing	1:46.863	+8.593	32
33	GTD	63	Scuderia Corsa	1:47.028	+8.758	33
34	GTD	65	Scuderia Corsa	1:47.052	+8.782	34
35	GTD	007	TRG-AMR	1:47.055	+8.785	35
36	GTD	555	Level 5 Motorsports	1:47.062	+8.792	36
37	GTD	33	Riley Motorsports	1:47.255	+8.985	37
38	GTD	556	Level 5 Motorsports	1:47.348	+9.078	38
39	GTD	71	Park Place Motorsports	1:47.354	+9.084	39
40	GTD	72	SMP/ESM Racing	1:47.361	+9.091	40
41	GTD	009	TRG-AMR	1:47.404	+9.134	41
42	GTD	94	Turner Motorsport	1:47.418	+9.148	42
43	GTD	27	Dempsey Racing	1:47.490	+9.220	43
44	GTD	18	Mühlner Motorsports America	1:47.561	+9.291	44
45	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	1:47.572	+9.302	45
46	GTD	22	Alex Job Racing	1:47.647	+9.377	46
47	GTD	58	Snow Racing	1:47.649	+9.379	47
48	GTD	30	NGT Motorsport	1:47.742	+9.472	48
49	GTD	73	Park Place Motorsports	1:47.749	+9.479	49
50	GTD	23	Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing	1:47.952	+9.682	50
51	GTD	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	1:48.045	+9.775	51
52	GTD	81	GB Autosport	1:48.049	+9.779	52
53	GTD	35	Flying Lizard Motorsports	1:48.140	+9.870	53
54	GTD	32	GMG Racing	1:48.381	+10.111	54
55	GTD	51	Spirit of Race	1:48.438	+10.168	55
56	GTD	28	Dempsey Racing	1:48.741	+10.471	56
57	GTD	64	Scuderia Corsa	1:48.758	+10.488	57
58	GTD	19	Mühlner Motorsports America	1:48.821	+10.551	58
59	P	70	Speedsource	1:49.734	+11.464	59
60	P	07	Speedsource	1:50.251	+11.981	60
61	GTLM	62	Risi Competizione	Did not participate		61
62	GTLM	3	Corvette Racing	Did not participate		62
63	PC	25	8Star Motorsports	Did not participate		63
64	GTD	49	Spirit of Race	Did not participate		64
65	P	78	Starworks Motorsport	Did not participate		65
66	GTD	48	Paul Miller Racing	Did not participate		66
67	GTD	46	Fall-Line Motorsports	Did not participate		67
Sources:^[7] ^[8]

Notes:

• The No. 78 Starworks Motorsport entry was sent to the rear of the Prototype field for violating competition rules regarding the car's ride height. Additionally, the car had an unapproved aerodynamic device.^[9]
• The No. 48 Paul Miller Racing Audi R8 was sent to the rear of the GTD field for violating competition rules regarding the car's rear wing.
• The No. 46 Fall-Line Motorsports Audi R8 was sent to the rear of the GTD field for violating competition rules regarding the car's ride height.

Race

Finish

Results

Race result

!rowspan=2 Class Team Drivers Chassis Tire Time/Retired Engine 1 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Sébastien Bourdais Chevrolet Corvette DP 695 24:00:34.760 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 2 P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Wayne Taylor Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor Max Angelelli Chevrolet Corvette DP 695 + 1.461 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 3 P 9 Action Express Racing Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle Fabien Giroix John Martin Chevrolet Corvette DP 695 + 19.489 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 4 P 90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook Mike Rockenfeller Chevrolet Corvette DP 693 + 2 Laps Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 5 P 6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr Alex Brundle Oreca 03 692 + 3 Laps Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 6 GTLM 911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy Richard Lietz Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 RSR 679 + 16 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 7 GTLM 55 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Joey Hand Andy Priaulx Maxime Martin BMW Z4 GTE 679 + 16 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 8 P 42 OAK Racing Olivier Pla Roman Rusinov Gustavo Yacamán Oliver Webb Morgan LMP2 678 + 17 Laps Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 9 PC 54 CORE Autosport Colin Braun Jon Bennett James Gue Mark Wilkins Oreca FLM09 678 + 17 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 10 PC 25 8Star Motorsports Enzo Potolicchio Tom Kimber-Smith Robert Huff Michael Marsal Oreca FLM09 677 + 18 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 11 P 2 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Anthony Lazzaro Simon Pagenaud HPD ARX-03b 676 + 19 Laps Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 12 GTLM 91 SRT Motorsports Dominik Farnbacher Marc Goossens Ryan Hunter-Reay SRT Viper GTS-R 675 + 20 Laps SRT 8.0 L V10 13 PC 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Tomy Drissi David Ostella Raphael Matos Gabriel Casagrande Júlio Campos Oreca FLM09 669 + 26 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 14 GTLM 56 BMW Team RLL Graham Rahal John Edwards Dirk Müller Dirk Werner BMW Z4 GTE 668 + 27 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 15 DNF P 02 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Tony Kanaan Scott Dixon Kyle Larson Marino Franchitti Riley MkXXVI 667 Mechanical Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 16 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner Oliver Gavin Robin Liddell Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 666 + 29 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 17 DNF PC 52 PR1/Mathiesen Motorsports Mike Gausch Frankie Montecalvo Gunnar Jeannette David Cheng Oreca FLM09 662 + 33 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 18 GTD 555 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Jeff Segal Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 662 + 33 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 19 GTD 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly Tim Pappas Nelson Canache Jr. Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS 662 + 33 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 20 GTD 58 Snow Racing Jan Heylen Madison Snow Marco Seefried Porsche 911 GT America 662 + 33 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 21 GTD 72 SMP/ESM Racing Sergey Zlobin Boris Rotenberg Mikhail Aleshin Maurizio Mediani Mika Salo Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 662 + 33 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 22 GTD 35 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman Dion von Moltke Alessandro Latif Filipe Albuquerque Audi R8 LMS 661 + 34 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 23 GTD 556 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Mike LaMarra Terry Borcheller Guy Cosmo Emilio Valverde Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 661 + 34 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 24 PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Renger van der Zande Eric Lux Sam Bird Mirco Schultis Oreca FLM09 659 + 36 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 25 GTD 94 Turner Motorsport Paul Dalla Lana Dane Cameron Augusto Farfus Markus Palttala BMW Z4 GT3 659 + 36 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 26 GTD 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen Shane Lewis Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Shane van Gisbergen Porsche 911 GT America 656 + 39 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 27 GTLM 93 SRT Motorsports Jonathan Bomarito Kuno Wittmer Rob Bell SRT Viper GTS-R 653 + 42 Laps SRT 8.0 L V10 28 GTD 30 NGT Motorsport Henrique Cisneros Kuba Giermaziak Christina Nielsen Nicki Thiim Porsche 911 GT America 652 + 43 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 29 GTD 65 Scuderia Corsa Francisco Longo Daniel Serra Xandinho Negrão Marcos Gomes Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 649 + 46 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 30 GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Jeff Westphal Alessandro Balzan Lorenzo Casé Toni Vilander Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 647 + 48 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 31 GTD 44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally John Potter Wolf Henzler Jean-François Dumoulin Porsche 911 GT America 645 + 50 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 32 GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Kévin Estre Patrick Lindsey Connor De Phillippi Jason Hart Mike Vess Porsche 911 GT America 645 + 50 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 33 GTD 64 Scuderia Corsa Rod Randall Ken Wilden John Farano David Empringham Billy Johnson Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 645 + 50 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 34 GTD 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Ian James Mario Farnbacher Marco Holzer Alex Riberas Porsche 911 GT America 639 + 56 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 35 DNF P 50 Highway to Help Byron DeFoor Jim Pace Frank Beck David Hinton Riley MkXXVI 631 Retired Dinan-BMW 5.0 L V8 36 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller Matthew Bell René Rast Christopher Haase Audi R8 LMS 626 + 69 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 37 GTLM 57 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Andrea Bertolini Peter Dumbreck Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 625 + 70 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 38 GTD 51 Spirit of Race Matt Griffin Marco Cioci Michele Rugolo Jack Gerber Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 620 + 75 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 39 GTD 49 Spirit of Race Piergiuseppe Perazzini Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti Davide Rigon Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 618 + 77 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 40 GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Ben Keating Emmanuel Collard SRT Viper GT3-R 615 + 80 Laps SRT 8.0 L V10 41 P 31 Marsh Racing Eric Curran Boris Said Max Papis Bradley Smith Chevrolet Corvette DP 613 + 82 Laps Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 42 DNF PC 7 Starworks Motorsport Pierre Kaffer Alex Popow Kyle Marcelli Martín Fuentes Isaac Tutumlu Oreca FLM09 612 Fire Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 43 DNF P 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Jamie McMurray Sage Karam Riley MkXXVI 610 Mechanical Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 44 GTLM 97 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke Darren Turner Richie Stanaway Pedro Lamy Paul Dalla Lana Aston Martin Vantage GTE 610 + 85 Laps Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 45 GTD 19 Mühlner Motorsports America Jim Taggart Mark Kvamme Jim Michaelian Robert Gewirtz Bob Doyle Randy Pobst Porsche 911 GT America 603 + 92 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 46 DNF GTD 28 Dempsey Racing Klaus Bachler Christian Engelhart Rolf Ineichen Lance Willsey Porsche 911 GT America 601 Retired Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 47 P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew Oswaldo Negri Jr. A. J. Allmendinger Justin Wilson Riley MkXXVI 599 + 96 Laps Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 48 GTD 007 TRG-AMR James Davison Al Carter David Block Brandon Davis Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 580 + 115 Laps Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 49 GTD 71 Park Place Motorsports Jim Norman Craig Stanton Norbert Siedler Timo Bernhard Porsche 911 GT America 566 + 129 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 50 GTD 27 Dempsey Racing Patrick Dempsey Joe Foster Andrew Davis Marc Lieb Porsche 911 GT America 566 + 129 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 51 GTD 81 GB Autosport Bob Faieta Michael Avenatti Damien Faulkner Patrick Huisman Porsche 911 GT America 560 + 135 Lpas Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 52 GTD 009 TRG-AMR Jonathan Adam Calum Lockie Pete McIntosh II Robert Nimkoff Max Riddle Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 516 + 179 Laps Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 53 DNF GTD 18 Mühlner Motorsports America Bardley Blum Ronald Zitza Earl Bamber Alexandre Imperatori Eugenio Amos Porsche 911 GT America 492 Crash Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 54 DNF GTLM 912 Porsche North America Patrick Long Michael Christensen Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 911 RSR 489 Mechanical Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 55 PC 87 BAR1 Motorsports Sean Rayhall Doug Bielefeld Gaston Kearby Tõnis Kasemets James Kovacic Oreca FLM09 460 + 235 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 56 DNF P 07 SpeedSource Tristan Nunez Joel Miller Tristan Vautier Mazda Prototype 445 Retired Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel) 57 DNF P 70 SpeedSource Sylvain Tremblay James Hinchcliffe Tom Long Mazda Prototype 369 Mechanical Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4 (Diesel) 58 DNF PC 08 RSR Racing Chris Cumming Alex Tagliani Rusty Mitchell Conor Daly Oreca FLM09 361 Crash Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 59 DNF P 1 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel David Brabham HPD ARX-03b 359 Mechanical Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 60 DNF GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Ryan Briscoe Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 329 Overheating Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 61 DNF P 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars Andy Meyrick Katherine Legge Alexander Rossi Gabby Chaves DeltaWing DWC13 288 Mechanical Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4 62 DNF P 78 Starworks Motorsport Alex Popow E. J. Viso Sebastián Saavedra Scott Mayer Brendon Hartley Riley MkXXVI 238 Mechanical Dinan-BMW 5.0 L V8 63 DNF PC 09 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira Duncan Ende Gustavo Menezes David Heinemeier Hansson Oreca FLM09 177 Collision damage Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 64 DNF GTD 32 GMG Racing Alex Welch James Sofronas Frank Stippler Marc Basseng Audi R8 LMS 151 Crash Audi 5.2 L V10 65 DNF P 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Alex Gurney Jon Fogarty Darren Law Memo Gidley Chevrolet Corvette DP 92 Contact Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 66 DNF GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Gianmaria Bruni Giancarlo Fisichella Matteo Malucelli Olivier Beretta Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 88 Contact Ferrari 4.5 L V8 67 DNF GTD 46 Fall-Line Motorsports Charles Espenlaub Charlie Putnam James Walker Oliver Jarvis Audi R8 LMS 5 Crash Audi 5.2 L V10

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Notes and References

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3. Web site: Gidley, Malucelli Awake and Alert Following Horrific Accident . Sportscar365.com . Dagys . John . 25 January 2014 . 29 January 2014.
4. Web site: Edelstein . Stephen . January 27, 2016 . Daytona 101: Everything you need to know about America's 24-hour endurance race . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160610054608/http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/everything-to-know-daytona-24-hour/ . June 10, 2016 . 25 February 2024 . Digital Trends.
5. Web site: Pose . Sam . December 7, 2011 . 24 Hours of Daytona: A short history of a long race . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151003111712/http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/news/a17729/24-hours-of-daytona/ . October 3, 2015 . 25 February 2024 . Road & Track.
6. Web site: Dagys . John . 20 September 2013 . 2014 USCC Schedule Released . 25 February 2024 . sportscar365.com.
7. Web site: ResultsQuery . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201191900/https://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/TUDOR%20Daytona%20Grid%20Provisional.pdf . 1 February 2014 . 1 March 2024.
8. Web site: Daytona-2014-01-26.html . 1 March 2024 . racingsportscars.com.
9. Web site: DiZinno . Tony . 24 January 2014 . Penalties Issued, One Rescinded after Inspection . 1 March 2024 . sportscar365.com.