Daytona 24 Hours 2003 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Rolex 24 At Daytona		Date: 2.2.2003
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 5.729 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 24 Hours
Grand-American Road Racing Championship (round 1)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	1/2 13:05
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	55
Practiced:	45
Qualified:	45
Started:	44
Finished:	20

Classes:	Pract	Start
Daytona Prototypes	6	6
SportsRacing Prototypes II	5	5
Grand Touring Sport	14	14
Grand Touring	20	19

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Qualifying 1 Lap Times

Race notes:
10 full-course cautions for 29 laps, 131 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
5 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 325 minutes on 30-31/1
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 35 minutes on 30-31/1

Winners:
Overall:	66	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Buckler / Schrom / Bernhard / Bergmeister
Daytona Prototypes:	88	Multimatic MDP1 Ford Focus	Maxwell / Brabham / Empringham
SportsRacing Prototypes II:	5	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Bentley / Kitch / Pruskowski / Pruskowski
Grand Touring Sport:	24	Mosler MT900R	Policand / Barbosa / Neugarten / Wallace
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	59	Fabcar FDSC/03 Porsche	Scott Sharp (USA)	1:50.6180	186.4554 km/h	lap 521
SportsRacing Prototypes II:	97	Lucchini SR2002 Nissan	Piergiuseppe Peroni (I)	1:54.2940	180.4590 km/h	lap 236
Grand Touring Sport:	7	Saleen S7-R	Airton Dare (BR)	1:50.6500	186.4023 km/h	lap 437
Grand Touring:	66	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Timo Bernhard (D)	1:52.3540	183.5746 km/h	lap 482
Pole Positions:
Overall:	88	Multimatic MDP1 Ford Focus	Scott Maxwell (CDN)	1:50.5120	186.6340 km/h
SportsRacing Prototypes II:	5	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Ross Bentley (CDN)	1:56.8980	176.4388 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	40	Chevrolet Corvette C5	Justin Bell (GB)	1:49.3940	188.5427 km/h
Grand Touring:	43	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Marc Lieb (D)	1:53.3860	181.9041 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (15), Ferrari (5), Chevrolet (5), Mosler (4), Fabcar (3), Lola (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (17), Chevrolet (10), Ferrari (5), Ford (4), Nissan (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (9), Ferrari 360 Modena (5), Porsche 996 GT3-R (4), Mosler MT900 (4), Chevrolet Corvette (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (93), I (15), GB (14), CDN (10), D (8), F (7), A (4), BR (4), NL (4), B (3), CH (3)
Most used colours:	white (28%), blue (21%), yellow (14%), red (13%), black (9%), silver (8%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (47%), rear-engined (34%), front-engined (19%)
Average engine size:	4232 cc (with regard to 2% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4265 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Larry Schumacher (67), Dieter Quester (64), Joe Policastro (62)
Youngest known drivers:	Augusto Farfus (20), Gunnar Jeannette (21), Walter Lechner, Jr. (22)

Official Race Programme:

Cover	Entry List	Schedule	Track Map