Daytona 24 Hours 2000 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Rolex 24 at Daytona		Date: 6.2.2000
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 5.729 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 24 Hours
Grand-American Road Racing Championship (round 1)

Weather:	cold, clear
Start time:	5/2 13:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left, rolling start
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	102
Practiced:	90
Qualified:	80
Started:	79
Finished:	30

Classes:	Pract	Start
Sportsracer	21	21
GTO	23	18
GTU	37	34
AGT	9	6

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

Race notes:
8 full-course cautions for 32 laps

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 35 minutes on 3-4/2
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 220 minutes on 3-4/2

Winners:
Overall:	91	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Beretta / Wendlinger / Dupuy
Sportsracer:	20	Riley & Scott Mk III Lincoln	Weaver / Dyson / Papis / Forbes-Robinson
GTU:	56	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Drudi / Babini / Rosa / Rosa
AGT:	84	Chevrolet Camaro	Finger / Mills / Maugeri / McNeil / Zitza
Leaders:
laps 113-114:	20	Riley & Scott Mk III
laps 115-132:	27	Ferrari 333SP
laps 1-21:	20	Riley & Scott Mk III
laps 133-162:	20	Riley & Scott Mk III
laps 163-229:	5	Cadillac Northstar LMP
lap 22:	31	Lola B98/10
laps 230-663:	20	Riley & Scott Mk III
laps 23-24:	6	Cadillac Northstar LMP
laps 25-26:	5	Cadillac Northstar LMP
laps 27-46:	27	Ferrari 333SP
laps 47-53:	5	Cadillac Northstar LMP
laps 54-70:	27	Ferrari 333SP
laps 664-723:	91	Dodge Viper GTS-R
lap 71:	31	Lola B98/10
laps 72-86:	27	Ferrari 333SP
lap 87:	31	Lola B98/10
laps 88-112:	27	Ferrari 333SP
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	20	Riley & Scott Mk III Lincoln	James Weaver (GB)	1:42.5410	201.1423 km/h	lap 9
GTO:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Ron Fellows (CDN)	1:47.9170	191.1225 km/h
GTU:	51	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Dirk Müller (D)	1:53.9050	181.0753 km/h
AGT:	84	Chevrolet Camaro	John Finger (USA)	1:58.4230	174.1664 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	20	Riley & Scott Mk III Lincoln	James Weaver (GB)	1:41.0020	204.2064 km/h
GTO:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Ron Fellows (CDN)	1:45.8890	194.7821 km/h
GTU:	51	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Dirk Müller (D)	1:52.0280	184.1090 km/h
AGT:	09	Chevrolet Camaro	Craig Conway (USA)	1:54.0750	180.8050 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (37), Chevrolet (10), Riley & Scott (6), Dodge (5), Ferrari (5)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (37), Chevrolet (15), Ford (7), Dodge (5), Ferrari (5)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-R (23), Porsche 993 GT2 (9), Riley & Scott Mk III (6), Chevrolet Camaro (6)
Driver nationalities:	USA (167), I (33), GB (27), D (23), F (19), CDN (9), A (9), B (9), CH (6), J (4)
Most used colours:	white (42%), red (14%), black (11%), blue (9%), silver (9%), yellow (7%)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (46%), mid-engined (29%), front-engined (25%)
Average engine size:	4500 cc (with regard to 15% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4770 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Paul Newman (75), Larry Schumacher (64), R. K. Smith (63)
Youngest known drivers:	Gunnar Jeannette (18), Lucas Luhr (21), Christian Ried (21)
Female drivers:	Lilian Bryner, Allison Duncan, Claudia Hürtgen

Official Race Programme:

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