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2001 24 Hours of Daytona
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Track map of Daytona International Speedway

The 2001 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series 24-hour endurance sports car race held on February 3–4, 2001 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the first round of the 2001 Rolex Sports Car Series. The race saw increased media attention due to Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr. competing together for Corvette Racing. The father-son duo finished the race 4th overall. Earnhardt died several weeks later in the 2001 Daytona 500.

Victory overall and in the GTS class went to the No. 2 Chevrolet Corvette C5-R from Corvette Racing, driven by Johnny O'Connell, Ron Fellows, Chris Kneifel, and Franck Fréon. The GT class was won by the No. 31 Porsche 996 GT3-RS from White Lightning Racing, driven by Christian Menzel, Randy Pobst, Mike Fitzgerald, and Lucas Luhr. The SRP class was won by the No. 63 Kudzu DLY from Downing/Atlanta Racing, driven by Howard Katz, Chris Ronson, A. J. Smith, and Jim Downing. The SRP II class was won by the No. 21 Archangel Motorsport Services Lola B2K/40, driven by Andy Lally, Paul Macey, Martin Henderson, and Peter Seldon. Finally, the AGT class was won by the No. 11 Hamilton Safe Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro, driven by Ken Bupp, Dick Greer, Doug Mills, and Simon Gregg.

Race results

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Class winners in bold.[1][2]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps
Engine
1 GTS 2 United States Corvette Racing United States Johnny O'Connell
Canada Ron Fellows
United States Chris Kneifel
France Franck Fréon
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 656
Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
2 GT 31 United States White Lightning Racing Germany Christian Menzel
United States Randy Pobst
United States Mike Fitzgerald
Germany Lucas Luhr
Porsche 996 GT3-RS D 648
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
3 GT 86 Germany Freisinger Motorsport Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann
United States Lance Stewart
France Cyril Chateau
Spain Paco Orti
Porsche 996 GT3-RS Y 644
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
4 GTS 3 United States Corvette Racing United States Dale Earnhardt
United States Dale Earnhardt Jr.
United States Andy Pilgrim
United States Kelly Collins
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 642
Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
5 GT 56 Germany Seikel Motorsport Italy Gabrio Rosa
Italy Fabio Rosa
Italy Fabio Babini
Italy Alex Caffi
Porsche 996 GT3-RS Y 637
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
6 GTS 01 Canada Bytzek Motorsport United States Larry Schumacher
Canada Harry Bytzek
Canada John Brenner
Canada James Holtom
Porsche 911 GT1 Evo D 632
Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
7 GT 43 United States Orbit Racing United States Peter Baron
United States Kyle Petty
United States Gian Luigi Buitoni
United States Leo Hindery
United States Tony Kester
Porsche 996 GT3-RS D 630
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
8 GT 81 United States G&W Motorsports United States Darren Law
United States Matt Drendel
United States David Murry
United States Cort Wagner
Porsche 996 GT3-R Y 629
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
9 GT 10 United States Genesis Racing United States Bill Auberlen
United States Chris Gleason
United States Rick Fairbanks
United States Chris Miller
BMW M3 E46 Y 627
BMW 3.2 L I6
10 GT 39 United States White Lightning Racing United States Hugh Plumb
United States Kimberly Hiskey
Canada Michael Culver
United States Michael Petersen
Porsche 996 GT3-R D 627
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
11 SRP 63 United States Downing/Atlanta Racing United States Howard Katz
United States Chris Ronson
United States A. J. Smith
United States Jim Downing
Kudzu DLY G 624
Mazda 4-Rotor
12 GT 50 United States AASCO-Boduck United States Craig Stanton
United States Andy Hajducky
Japan Takashi Suzuki
Porsche 996 GT3-R Y 618
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
13 SRP II 21 United States Archangel Motorsport Services United States Andy Lally
Canada Paul Macey
United Kingdom Martin Henderson
United Kingdom Peter Seldon
Lola B2K/40 A 600
Nissan 3.0 L V6
14
DNF
SRP 16 United States Dyson Racing United Kingdom James Weaver
United States Butch Leitzinger
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
Riley & Scott Mk III G 598
Ford 6.0 L V8
15 GT 34 United States Spencer Pumpelly Racing United States Spencer Pumpelly
United States Stevan Ivankovich
United States Tom Pumpelly
United States Rick Dilorio
Porsche 996 GT3-R D 595
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
16 GT 40 Italy MAC Racing Italy Antonio De Castro
Italy Luca Cattaneo
Italy Renato Bicciato
Italy Franco Bugané
Porsche 996 GT3-R D 593
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
17 GT 57 Germany Seikel Motorsport Italy Stefano Buttiero
United States Philip Collin
New Zealand Andrew Bagnall
Canada Tony Burgess
Porsche 996 GT3-R Y 590
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
18 GT 71 Germany Freisinger Motorsport Japan Yukihiro Hane
United States Kurt Thiel
Germany Klaus Horn
Austria Manfred Jurasz
Porsche 996 GT3-R Y 585
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
19 SRP 20 United States Dyson Racing United States Elliott Forbes-Robinson
United States Rob Dyson
Italy Max Papis
Sweden Niclas Jönsson
Riley & Scott Mk III G 584
Ford 6.0 L V8
20 SRP II 62 United States Team Spencer Motorsports United States Rich Grupp
United States Ryan Hampton
United States Dennis Spencer
Kudzu DLM G 577
Mazda 3-Rotor
21 SRP 37 United States Intersport Racing United States Jon Field
Sweden Carl Rosenblad
United States Joel Field
United States Clint Field
Lola B2K/10 G 566
Judd 4.0 L V10
22
DNF
SRP 74 United States Robinson Racing United States Jack Baldwin
United States George Robinson
United States Irv Hoerr
United States Buddy Lazier
Riley & Scott Mk III G 563
Judd 4.0 L V10
23 GT 14 United States Autometrics Motorsports United States Cory Friedman
United States Adam Merzon
United Kingdom Basil Demeroutis
United States Lynn Wilson
Porsche 993 Carrera RSR D 563
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
24 GTS 24 Netherlands Marcos Racing International Netherlands Cor Euser
United Kingdom Calum Lockie
Netherlands Herman Buurman
Marcos Mantara LM600 D 562
Chevrolet 6.9 L V8
25 GT 41 Italy MAC Racing Italy Fabio Mancini
Italy Gianni Collini
Italy Paolo Rapetti
Belgium Michel Neugarten
Porsche 996 GT3-RS D 561
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
26 GT 67 United States The Racer's Group United States Don Kitch Jr.
United States Dave Gaylord
United States Dave Parker
United States Mike Oberholtzer
Porsche 996 GT3-R G 560
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
27 GTS 25 Netherlands Marcos Racing International Spain Miguel Ángel de Castro
Netherlands Peter van der Kolk
El Salvador Toto Lassally
Marcos Mantara LM600 D 557
Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
28 AGT 11 United States Hamilton Safe Motorsports United States Ken Bupp
United States Dick Greer
Canada Doug Mills
United States Simon Gregg
Chevrolet Camaro G 553
Chevrolet 5.9 L V8
29 GT 66 United States The Racer's Group United States Wade Gaughran
United States Justin Marks
United States Steve Miller
Japan Kiichi Takahashi
Porsche 996 GT3-R G 547
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
30 GT 55 Japan Club: Yellow Magic Japan Toshio Suzuki
Japan Tsuyoshi Takahashi
Japan Syougo Mitsuyama
Japan Shinichi Yamaji
Ferrari F355 Y 543
Ferrari F129B 3.9 L V8
31 GTS 114 United Kingdom Chamberlain Motorsports Italy Stefano Zonca
Italy Raffaele Sangiuolo
Venezuela Milka Duno
United Kingdom David Gooding
Dodge Viper GTS-R D 530
Dodge 8.0 L V10
32 GT 52 United States Safina Racing United States Scooter Gabel
United States Joseph Safina
United States Doc Lowman
United States Carlos de Quesada
BMW M3 Y 530
BMW 3.2 L I6
33 AGT 09 United States Team X1-R United States Craig Conway
United States Erik Messley
United States Doug Goad
United States Richard Maugeri
Chevrolet Camaro G 528
Chevrolet 5.9 L V8
34 GT 9 United States Genesis Racing United States Marc Bunting
United States Emil Assentato
United States Philip Schearer
United States Steve Ahlgrim
BMW M3 Y 510
BMW 3.2 L I6
35
DNF
GT 05 Switzerland Haberthur Racing Spain Francesc Gutiérrez
United Kingdom Nigel Smith
France Patrick Vuillaume
France Jean-Charles Cartier
Porsche 996 GT3-R D 505
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
36 GTS 30 Italy Mastercar Italy Fabian Peroni
Sweden Tony Ring
Russia Sergey Zlobin
Italy Andrea Montermini
Ferrari F355 K 505
Ferrari F129B 3.9 L V8
37
DNF
SRP II 26 United States Northstar Racing United States Cass Whitehead
United States B. J. Zacharias
United States Jeff Giangrande
United Kingdom Chris Hall
Lola B2K/40 A 498
Nissan 3.0 L V6
38 GTS 69 Germany Proton Competition Austria Horst Felbermayr
Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr.
Germany Christian Ried
Germany Gerold Ried
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 495
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
39
DNF
GT 54 United States JET Motorsports United States Toney Jennings
United States Terry Borcheller
United States Boris Said
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck
BMW M3 E46 GTR Y 490
BMW 5.0 L V8
40
DNF
AGT 44 United States Team Amick Motorsports United States Joe Varde
United States David Amick
United States Lyndon Amick
United States Bill Lester
Chevrolet Corvette G 488
Chevrolet 6.1 L V8
41 GTS 0 Canada Bytzek Motorsport Canada Scott Maxwell
Canada David Empringham
Canada Richard Spenard
Canada Klaus Bytzek
Porsche 911 GT1 Evo D 479
Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
42 GT 65 United Kingdom Cirtek Motorsport Germany Claudia Hürtgen
United States Robert Orcutt
Germany Jürgen Lornez
Germany Heinrich Langfermann
Porsche 996 GT3-R D 477
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
43
DNF
SRP II 89 Canada Porschehaus Racing Canada Greg Pootmans
Canada Bruno St. Jacques
Canada Robert Julian
United States Bob Woodman
Lola B2K/40 G 473
Nissan 3.0 L V6
44
DNF
GT 60 United Kingdom PK Sport United Kingdom Geoff Lister
United Kingdom Mike Youles
United Kingdom Fred Moss
United States Matt Turner
Porsche 996 GT3-R D 471
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
45
DNF
GTS 07 United States G&W Motorsports United States Steve Marshall
United States Danny Marshall
United States Johannes van Overbeek
United States Tim Holt
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 470
Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
46
DNF
SRP 12 United States Risi Competizione Germany Ralf Kelleners
United Kingdom Allan McNish
Australia David Brabham
Belgium Eric van de Poele
Ferrari 333 SP G 462
Ferrari F310E 4.0 L V12
47
DNF
SRP II 22 United States Archangel Motorsport Services United States Andrew Davis
United States Tony Dudek
United States Mike Durand
United States Jeff Clinton
Lola B2K/40 A 460
Nissan 3.0 L V6
48 AGT 96 United States Tropic Zone Racing United States Dave Bacher
United States Anthony Puleo
Switzerland Hans Hauser
Switzerland Robert Dubler
Oldsmobile Cutlass G 407
Chevrolet 6.1 L V8
49 GT 68 United States The Racer's Group United States Kevin Buckler
United States Jim Michaelian
United States Stephen Earle
Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa
Porsche 996 GT3-RS Y 354
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
50 GT 32 United States Goldin Bros Racing United States Steve Goldin
United States Keith Goldin
United States Scott Finlay
United States Dave Rankin
Mazda RX-7 G 351
Mazda 2-Rotor
51
DNF
SRP 4 United States Philip Creighton Motorsports United States Duncan Dayton
United Kingdom John Burton
United States Rick Sutherland
United States Scott Schubot
Lola B2K/10 G 347
Ford 6.0 L V8
52
DNF
GT 35 Germany Jürgen Alzen Motorsports Germany Ulli Richter
Switzerland Enzo Calderari
Switzerland Lilian Bryner
Germany Jürgen Alzen
Porsche 996 GT3-R Y 315
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
53
DNF
GT 17 Germany RWS Motorsports Italy Luca Riccitelli
Austria Dieter Quester
Belgium Marc Duez
Austria Hans-Jörg Hofer
Porsche 996 GT3-R D 310
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
54
DNF
SRP II 79 Sweden Sportscar Racing Team Sweden Sweden Thed Björk
Sweden Niklas Loven
Sweden Stanley Dickens
United States Larry Oberto
Lola B2K/40 A 241
Nissan 3.0 L V6
55
DNF
AGT 18 United States Comer Racing United States Jack Willes
United States Andy McNeil
United States Jon Leavy
United States Les Vallarano
Chevrolet Corvette G 238
Chevrolet 5.9 L V8
56
DNF
GT 47 United States Evil Eye Racing United States Joe Foster
United States Gary Schultheis
United States Scott Neumann
United States Ross Bleustein
Porsche 996 GT3-RS D 233
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
57
GT 7 United States Broadfoot Racing Spain Jesús Diez de Villarroel
Spain Paco Orti
United States John Warner
United States Ronald Zitza
Porsche 996 GT3-R D 222
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
58
DNF
SRP II 48 United States Pilbeam Racing America United States Shane Lewis
Belgium Bruno Lambert
Switzerland Toni Seiler
Pilbeam MP84 A 216
Nissan 3.0 L V6
59
DNF
SRP 38 United States Champion Racing United States Dorsey Schroeder
France Bob Wollek
United States Hurley Haywood
Germany Sascha Maassen
Lola B2K/10 G 209
Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
60
DNF
GT 80 United States G&W Motorsports United States John Morton
United States Michael Schrom
United States Bob Mazzuoccola
United States Stu Hayner
Porsche 996 GT3-R Y 185
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
61
DNF
SRP 27 United States Lista Doran Racing Belgium Didier Theys
Switzerland Fredy Lienhard
Canada Ross Bentley
Italy Mauro Baldi
Crawford SSC2K Y 181
Judd 4.0 L V10
62
DNF
SRP 78 United States Sezio Florida Racing Team France Patrice Roussel
United States John Macaluso
France Edouard Sezionale
France Georges Forgeois
Norma M2000-01 G 179
Mader (BMW) 4.0 L V8
63
DNF
SRP II 6 United States TRP Racing United States Jeff Bucknum
United States Brent Sherman
United States Travis Duder
United States Gary Tiller
Lola B2K/40 G 138
Nissan 3.0 L V6
64
DNF
AGT 53 United States Diablo Racing United States Eric Curran
United States Mayo T. Smith
United States Todd Snyder
United States Tom Scheuren
Chevrolet Camaro G 125
Chevrolet 5.1 L V8
65 AGT 46 United States ACP Motorsports United States Kerry Hitt
United States Jerry Thompson
United States Joe Nagle
United States Rodger Bogusz
Chevrolet Corvette H 117
Chevrolet 5.8 L V8
66
DNF
SRP 06 United States Jacobs Motorsports United States Todd Snyder
United States Peter Argetsinger
United States Nick Longhi
United States Michael Jacobs
Riley & Scott Mk III D 112
Ford 6.0 L V8
67
DNF
GT 92 United States Cirtek Motorsport Germany Hubert Haupt
Belgium Anthony Kumpen
United States Vic Rice
United States John Young
Porsche 996 GT3-R D 108
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
68
DNF
GT 36 Germany Jürgen Alzen Racing Italy Angelo Zadra
Portugal Pedro Couceiro
Germany Ulrich Gallade
Netherlands Duncan Huisman
Porsche 996 GT3-RS Y 106
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
69
DNF
SRP 8 Germany Konrad Motorsport Austria Franz Konrad
Australia Alan Heath
United States Charles Slater
Brazil Gualter Salles
Lola B2K/10 G 96
Ford 6.0 L V8
70
DNF
SRP 83 United States Bob Akin Motorsports Germany Norman Simon
United States Mark Simo
United States Brian DeVries
Germany Michael Lauer
Riley & Scott Mk III Y 92
Ford 6.0 L V8
71 AGT 23 United States Gwen Racing United States Mark Montgomery
United States Sim Penton
France Pascal Dro
France Patrick Cachet
Chevrolet Camaro P 67
Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
72
DNF
SRP 28 United States Intersport Racing United States Spencer Trenery
United States Frank Emmett
United States Bruce Trenery
Belgium Patrick van Schoote
Riley & Scott Mk III G 62
Ford 5.1 L V8
73
DNF
GT 02 United States Morrison/Mosler Racing Portugal João Barbosa
United States Scott Deware
United States John Heinricy
United States Jim Minneker
Mosler MT900 R D 61
Chevrolet 5.7 L V8
74
DNF
GTS 5 United States Rocketsports Racing United States Paul Gentilozzi
United States Scott Pruett
United States Johnny Miller
United States Anthony Lazzaro
Saleen S7-R G 50
Ford 6.9 L V8
75
DNF
GTS 91 United Kingdom Cirtek Motorsport United Kingdom David Warnock
United States Ugo Colombo
Portugal Bernardo Sá Nogueira
Australia Christian D'Agostin
Porsche 911 GT2 D 48
Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
76
DNF
GTS 15 United Kingdom Chamberlain Motorsports United Kingdom Christian Vann
United States Chris Bingham
Japan Seiji Ara
United Kingdom Robert Nearn
Dodge Viper GTS-R D 45
Dodge 8.0 L V10
77
DNF
GT 42 United States Orbit Racing Republic of Ireland Tommy Byrne
United States Richard Millman
United States Tony Kester
United States Michael Collucci
Porsche 996 GT3-RS D 37
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
78
DNF
GTS 76 United States Gunnar Racing United States Gunnar Jeannette
United States Wayne Jackson
United States Paul Newman
United States Mike Brockman
Porsche 911 GT1 Evo D 37
Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
79
DNF
SRP 95 United States TRV Motorsports United States Jeret Schroeder
United States Tom Volk
United States John Mirro
United States Barry Waddell
Riley & Scott Mk III G 3
Chevrolet 5.0 L V8
DNS SRP II 49 United States Pilbeam Racing America United States Phil Harris Pilbeam MP84 A -
Nissan 3.0 L V6

References

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  1. ^ "2001 Rolex 24 at Daytona". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "Official Results" (PDF). Rolex Sports Car Series. February 4, 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
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