Daytona 24 Hours 2004 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Rolex 24 At Daytona		Date: 1.2.2004
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 5.729 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 24 Hours
Grand-American Road Racing Championship (round 1)

Weather:	rain
Start time:	31/1 13:15
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	66
Practiced:	55
Qualified:	54
Started:	53
Finished:	35

Classes:	Pract	Start
Daytona Prototypes	17	17
GT	23	22
SGS	15	14

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Race notes:
9 full-course cautions for 72 laps, 308 minutes
race was red-flagged for 172 minutes and then restarted

Pre-race sessions:
5 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 315 minutes on 29-30/1
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 35 minutes on 29-30/1

Winners:
Overall:	54	Doran JE4 Pontiac	Pilgrim / Borcheller / Fittipaldi / Barber
GT:	44	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Fitzgerald / Liddell / Mowlem / Policastro / Policastro, Jr.
SGS:	91	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Dumoulin / Lieb / Julien / Pootmans
Leaders:
laps 101-120:	10		Collard
laps 11-11:	2		Wallace
laps 121-125:	01		Dixon
laps 12-13:	4		Leitzinger
laps 126-162:	54		Fittipaldi
laps 1-4:	54		Borcheller
laps 14-14:	6		Collins
laps 15-17:	4		Leitzinger
laps 163-165:	2		Stewart
laps 166-185:	10		Angelelli
laps 18-30:	54		Borcheller
laps 186-202:	2		Stewart
laps 203-276:	2		Wallace
laps 277-349:	2		Earnhardt
laps 31-39:	10		Angelelli
laps 350-399:	2		Stewart
laps 400-473:	2		Wallace
laps 40-46:	59		Haywood
laps 474-519:	2		Stewart
laps 47-47:	5		Maxwell
laps 48-52:	01		Pruett
laps 5-10:	10		Angelelli
laps 520-524:	54		Pilgrim
laps 525-526:	54		Barber
laps 53-60:	54		Pilgrim
laps 61-67:	2		Wallace
laps 68-68:	10		Taylor
laps 69-74:	59		France
laps 75-77:	58		Law
laps 78-100:	54		Pilgrim
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	10	Riley Mk XI Pontiac	Max Angelelli (I)	1:48.6310	189.8656 km/h	lap 6
GT:	74	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Mike Rockenfeller (D)	1:53.9040	181.0770 km/h	lap 3
SGS:	16	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Craig Stanton (USA)	1:58.3840	174.2244 km/h	lap 6
Pole Positions:
Overall:	01	Riley Mk XI Lexus	Scott Pruett (USA)	1:45.7830	194.9785 km/h
GT:	74	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Johannes Van Overbeek (USA)	1:53.3570	181.9508 km/h
SGS:	38	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Randy Pobst (USA)	1:57.5170	175.5102 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (25), Ferrari (4), Fabcar (4), Multimatic (4), Doran (3), Crawford (3), Chevrolet (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (28), Chevrolet (5), Ferrari (4), BMW (4), Ford (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup (16), Porsche 996 GT3-RS (7), Ferrari 360 Modena (4), Fabcar FDSC/03 (4), Multimatic MDP1 (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (145), I (15), CDN (12), GB (12), D (8), CH (4), A (4), P (4), NL (3), F (3)
Team nationalities:	USA (44), CDN (2), GB (2), I (2)
Most used colours:	white (37%), blue (20%), red (16%), silver (9%), black (8%), yellow (4%)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (47%), mid-engined (39%), front-engined (14%)
Average engine size:	4105 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Paul Newman (79), Dieter Quester (65), Joe Policastro (63)
Youngest known drivers:	Ferdinando Monfardini (20), Mike Rockenfeller (21), Gunnar Jeannette (22)
Female drivers:	Milka Duno

Official Race Programme:

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