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 .

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