1999 24 Hours of Daytona

The 1999 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a 24-hour endurance sports car race held on January 30-31, 1999 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the opening round of the 1999 United States Road Racing Championship. It was the second and final year that the race was sanctioned by the SCCA before being taken over by Grand-Am.

Victory overall and in the Can-Am class went to the No. 20 Dyson Racing Team, Inc. Riley & Scott Mk III driven by Butch Leitzinger, Andy Wallace, Elliot Forbes-Robinson, and Rob Dyson. Victory in the GT2 class went to the No. 83 Roock Racing Porsche 911 GT2 driven by André Ahrlé, Raffaele Sangiuolo, David Warnock, and Hubert Haupt. The GT3 class was won tbe the No. 23 Alex Job Racing Porsche 993 Carrera RSR driven by Kelly Collins, Cort Wagner, Anthony Lazzaro, and Darryl Havens. Finally, the GTT class was won by the No. 19 SK Group Motorsports Ford Mustang Cobra driven by Kyle McIntyre, Gary Stewart, Andy Petery, Craig Carter, and Les Delano.

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Tire	Laps
1	CA	20	Dyson Racing Team, Inc.	Butch Leitzinger Andy Wallace Elliot Forbes-Robinson Rob Dyson	Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford	G	708
2	CA	7	Doyle-Risi Racing	Allan McNish Didier de Radiguès Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor	Ferrari 333 SP	P	706
3	CA	36	Matthews Racing	Max Papis Stefan Johansson Jimmy Vasser Jim Matthews	Ferrari 333 SP	M	694
4	CA	00	Autosport Racing	Enzo Calderari Angelo Zadra Lilian Bryner Carl Rosenblad	Ferrari 333 SP	P	679
5	CA	8	Transatlantic Racing	Eliseo Salazar Duncan Dayton Henry Camferdam Scott Schubot	Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford	G	643
6	GT3	23	Alex Job Racing	Kelly Collins Cort Wagner Anthony Lazzaro Darryl Havens	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	Y	639
7	GT2	83	Roock Racing	André Ahrlé Raffaele Sangiuolo David Warnock Hubert Haupt	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	634
8	CA	72	Doran Racing	Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard Arie Luyendyk Mauro Baldi	Ferrari 333 SP	M	632
9	GT3	02	Reiser/Callas Rennsport	David Murry Johnny Mowlem Joel Reiser Grady Willingham	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	?	632
10	GT2	99	Schumacher Racing	Dirk Müller Martin Snow John O'Steen Larry Schumacher	Porsche 911 GT2	M	626
11	GT3	07	G&W Motorsports	Darren Law Steve Marshall Patrick Huisman Sylvain Tremblay Danny Marshall	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	P	625
12	GT3	18	Millennium Motorsports	David Friedman Chris Miller Vic Rice Geoff Auberlen Beran Peter	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Y	623
13	GT3	17	T. C. Kline Racing	Shane Lewis Randy Pobst Bob Mazzuoccola Mark Raccaro	BMW M3 E36	Y	622
14	GT3	68	The Racer's Group	Kevin Buckler Mike Conte Nick Holt Bruno Lambert	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	G	617
15	CA	62	Downing/Atlanta, Inc.	Ermano Ronchi Ben Treadway Fabio Montani Dennis Spencer	Kudzu DLM-Mazda	G	611
16	GT3	66	M.A.C. Racing	Massimo Morini Angelo Scarpetta Luca Cattaneo Luciano Tamburini Antonio de Castro	Porsche 993 Cup	?	605
17	GT3	54	Bell Motorsports	Tony Kester Matt Drendel Terry Borcheller Jim Kenton Scott Neuman	BMW M3 E36	Y	602
18	GT2	2	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Chris Kneifel John Paul, Jr.	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	600
19	GT2	77	Seikel Motorsport	Andrew Bagnall Renato Mastropietro Tony Burgess Michel Neugarten	Porsche 911 GT2	D	597
20 DNF	GT2	49	Freisinger Motorsport	Michael Irmgratz Manfred Jurasz Eric van der Vyver Klaus Horn	Porsche 911 GT2	M	595
21	CA	95	TRV Motorsport	Jeret Schroeder Tom Volk Peter Debban Richard Valentine	Riley & Scott Mk III-Chevrolet	G	595
22	CA	16	Dyson Racing Team, Inc.	James Weaver Rob Dyson Dorsey Schroeder Stu Hayner	Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford	G	593
23	CA	3	DLW Racing Inc.	Hurley Haywood Don Whittington Dale Whittington Danny Sullivan	Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford	G	590
24	CA	63	Downing/Atlanta, Inc.	Howard Katz Youjirou Terada Chris Ronson Jim Downing	Kudzu DLY-Mazda	G	586
25	GT2	82	Roock Racing	Stéphane Ortelli Enrico Bertaggia Claudia Hürtgen Robert Nearn	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	581
26	GT3	44	Specter Werks Sports	Jeff Nowicki R. K. Smith Rick Mancuso Tom Murphy Mike Farmer	Chevrolet Corvette	H	578
27	GT3	39	Pumpelly/Mitchum Motorsports	Spencer Pumpelly Chris Mitchum David Kicak Bill Lester Pascal Dro	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	?	575
28	GTT	19	SK Group Motorsports	Kyle McIntyre Gary Stewart Andy Petery Craig Carter Les Delano	Ford Mustang Cobra	G	550
29	GT3	73	Jack Lewis Enterprises/Autosport South	Kevin Wheeler Jack Lewis Ludovico Manfredi Kiichi Takahashi Ron Henriksen	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	?	540
30	GT2	75	Pettit Racing	Cameron Worth Scott Sansone Steve Pfiefer Ryan Hampton	Mazda RX-7	H	535
31	CA	47	RaceStar Motorsports	Todd Vallancourt Ian James John G. Thomas	Spice SE90-Chevrolet	G	528
32	GT3	42	Supertech S. B. Racing	Pierangelo Masselli Marco de Iturbe Gianluca de Lorenzi Gianni Biava Franco Scarpini	Ferrari F355	P	517
33	CA	60	Kopf Precision Race Products	Kris Wilson Tim Moser Barry Waddell	Keiler KII-Ford	G	510
34	GT2	55	Proton Competition	Toni Seiler Gerold Ried Patrick Vuillaume Gerd Ruch	Porsche 911 GT2	D	502
35	GT3	27	Goldin Brothers Racing	Keith Goldin Steve Goldin Scott Finlay Dave Russell	Mazda RX-7	H	484
36	GT3	45	Bell Motorsports	Peter Baron James McCormick Barry Graham Leo Hindery Brian Till	BMW M3 E36	Y	467
37	GT3	89	Broadfoot Racing	Neil Crilly Caroline Wright Phillipe Lenain Mike Borkowski Steve Bove	Porsche 944 Turbo	D	465
38	GTT	40	Rankin Racing	Hank Scott Toto Lasally C. Peter Pope David Rankin Richard McDill	Chevrolet Camaro	?	461
39	GT3	09	Spirit of Daytona	Craig Conway Eric van Cleef Todd Flis	Mitsubishi Eclipse	?	455
40 DNF	GT2	33	Konrad Motorsport	Altfrid Heger Peter Kitchak Charles Slater Franz Konrad	Porsche 911 GT2	D	452
41	GTT	79	Maugeri Motorsports	Richard Maugeri Anthony Puleo Sim Penton Doug Mills Ron Zitza	Chevrolet Camaro	?	418
42 DNF	CA	28	Intersport Wheel Works	Jon Field Ryan Jones Sam Hornish, Jr. Michael Shank	Lola B98/10-Ford	G	399
43	GT2	03	NP Racing	Bret Parker Kevin Allen Neil Hanneman Larry Parker	Dodge Viper GTS-R	D	390
44 DNF	GT2	48	Freisinger Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Michel Ligonnet Lance Stewart	Porsche 911 GT2	M	386
45 DNF	GT3	56	Manthey Racing	Hans Willems Olaf Manthey Marc Gindorf Ulrich Gallade Ulli Richter	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	?	377
46	GT2	4	Corvette Racing	Scott Sharp Andy Pilgrim John Heinricy	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	366
47 DNF	CA	15	Hybrid Racing	Ross Bentley Chris Bingham Didier André Franck Fréon	Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford	Y	349
48 DNF	GT3	04	Schmidt Motorsports	Max Schmidt Rusty Schmidt Jeff Conkel Scott Harrington	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	?	343
49	GT3	57	Kryderacing	Reed Kryder Christian Heinkélé Steve Ahlgrim	Nissan 240SX	G	341
50	GTT	53	Diablo Racing	Tom Scheuren Mayo T. Smith John McNaughton John Halbing III Bobby Jones	Chevrolet Camaro	G	340
51 DNF	GT3	22	Alex Job Racing	Don Kitch, Jr. Kim Wolfkill John Hill Wade Gaughran	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	Y	327
52 DNF	GT3	76	Team A.R.E.	Peter Argetsinger Richard Polidori Steve Hill John McCaig	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	Y	326
53 DNF	GT3	24	Michael Jacobs	Michael Jacobs George Biskup John Steinmetz Michael DeFontes Frank Del Vecchio	Ferrari 348	P	326
54 DNF	GT3	67	The Racer's Group	Steve Pelke Brian Pelke Ron Herrerias Pat DiGiovanni	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	G	312
55 DNF	CA	74	Robinson Racing	George Robinson Jack Baldwin Irv Hoerr Jon Gooding	Riley & Scott Mk III-Chevrolet	G	299
56 DNF	GT2	81	Chamberlain Engineering	Chris Gleason Christian Gläsel Brian Hornkohl Hans Hugenholtz	Dodge Viper GTS-R	D	297
57	GTT	96	Entropy Racing	Gerry Green Scott Brunk Rich Bell Keith Fisher Tony Tola	Chevrolet Camaro	G	273
58 DNF	GTT	87	John Annis	John Annis John Kohler Bill Ladoniczki Steve Ladoniczki Mark Kennedy	Chevrolet Camaro	?	263
59 DNF	GT2	52	Easton Properties Corp.	Paul Arnold William Stitt Victor Sifton Simon Gregg	Acura NSX	P	261
60 DNF	GT3	6	Prototype Technology Group	Dieter Quester Boris Said Peter Cunningham Mark Simo Ernie Irvan	BMW M3 E36	Y	247
61 DNF	GT2	70	Marcos Racing	Cor Euser Herman Buurman Peter van der Kolk Christian Vann	Marcos LM600	D	242
62 DNF	GT3	10	Prototype Technology Group	Bill Auberlen Brian Cunningham Johannes van Overbeek Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW M3 E36	Y	238
63 DNF	CA	29	Intersport Wheel Works	Sam Brown Butch Brickell Jacek Mucha John Mirro	Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford	G	225
64 DNF	CA	12	Genesis Racing	Chuck Goldsborough Kurt Baumann Jeff Altenburg Rick Fairbanks Anthony Cafik	Hawk MD3R-Chevrolet	?	225
65 DNF	GT2	50	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Tommy Archer David Donohue	Dodge Viper GTS-R	M	188
66 DNF	CA	88	Dollahite Racing	Mike Davies Bill Dollahite Doc Bundy Paul Dallenbach	Ferrari 333 SP	P	168
67 DNF	GTT	13	DM Motorsports	Mark Montgomery Martin Shuster Bruce Trenery Spencer Trenery Dick Greer	Chevrolet Camaro	?	167
68 DNF	GT2	21	Haberthur Racing	Gabrio Rosa Fabio Rosa Roberto Mangifesta Stefano Zonca	Porsche 911 GT2	D	128
69 DNF	CA	78	SBF Racing	Patrice Roussel Edouard Sezionale Sylvain Boulay	Norma M14-Buick	?	128
70 DNF	GT2	08	G&W Motorsports	Rob Wilson Martyn Konig Jake Ulrich Michael Pickup	Porsche 911 GT2	D	89
71 DNF	CA	32	Konrad Motorsport	Jan Lammers Franz Konrad Vincenzo Sospiri	Lola B98/10-Lotus	D	43
72 DNF	GT3	58	Petersen Racing	Angelo Cilli John Ruther Tommy Miller Dale White Michael Petersen	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	Y	22
73 DNF	GT3	25	RWS-Brun Motorsport	Hans-Jörg Hofer Luca Riccitelli Günter Blieninger Fabio Mancini	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	M	14
74 DNF	GT3	92	Reiser/Callas Rennsport	Johnny Mowlem Joel Reiser Grady Willingham David Murry	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	?	11
75 DNF	GT2	31	Haberthur Racing	Mauro Casadei Francesco Ciani Stefano Bucci Andrea Garbagnati	Porsche 911 GT2	D	9
76 DNF	GT3	69	Perspective Racing	Bob Wollek Thierry Perrier Jean-Louis Ricci Gérard Larrousse Jean-Paul Richard	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	P	7
77 DNF	GT3	01	Greycliff Racing	James Nelson John Drew Beran Peter Jim Michaelian Mark Greenberg	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	?	3
78 DNF	GT3	93	Saeta Airlines Racing	Henry Taleb Jean-Pierre Michelet Marcelo Darquea Walter Jimenez	Nissan 240SX	Y	0

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