Daytona 24 Hours 1997 - Race Results

Event: Rolex 24 at Daytona		Date: 2.2.1997
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 5.729 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 24 Hours
International Motor Sport Association (round 1) IMSA GTS (round 1) International Motor Sport Association (round 1)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	20	Forbes-Robinson / Schneider / Dyson / Paul, Jr. / Leitzinger / Wallace / Weaver	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford	Dyson Racing	690	3953.192 kms	164.623		1^st	WSC
2^nd	3	Velez / Evans / Morgan / Morgan	Ferrari 333 SP	Team Scandia	689				2^nd	WSC
3^rd	4	Dibos / Pace / Waddell	Riley & Scott Mk III Oldsmobile	Dibos Racing	672				3^rd	WSC
4^th	99	Kelleners / Hürtgen / Goueslard / Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	665				1^st	GTS-2
5^th	01	Rohr / Pilgrim / Grohs / Meier	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	Rohr Corp.	663				1^st	GTS-1
6^th	74	Stuck / Adam / Boutsen	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	Champion Porsche	661				2^nd	GTS-1
7^th	30	Moretti / Hermann / Bell / Theys	Ferrari 333 SP	Moretti Racing	660				4^th	WSC
8^th	03	de Craene / Brown / Layer / Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT2	Roock Racing	651				2^nd	GTS-2
9^th	10	Quiros / Hill / Said / Auberlen / Hessert	BMW M3	Prototype Technology Group	640				1^st	GTS-3
10^th	39	Matthews / Haywood / Murry / Bundy	Porsche 911	Jim Mathews Racing	638				2^nd	GTS-3
11^th	76	Collins / Doolin / Peeler / Wagner	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	Team A.R.E.	638				3^rd	GTS-3
12^th	31	Wollek / Dalmas / Rössler / Konrad	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsport	637				3^rd	GTS-2
13^th	69	Ralston / Gamroth / Trejos / Shelton	Porsche 911	Jorge Trejos	632				4^th	GTS-3
14^th	26	Lazzaro / Bretzel / Conte / Cilli	Porsche 911	Alex Job Racing	631				5^th	GTS-3
15^th	94	Beretta / Archer / Dupuy	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	628				3^rd	GTS-1
16^th	98	Schumacher / O'Steen / Pace / Nearn	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Schumacher Racing	627				4^th	GTS-2
17^th	25	Purner / Lingner / Groff / Slater	Porsche 964 Carrera RSR	Alex Job Racing	624				6^th	GTS-3
18^th	6	Fergus / Finger / Marvin / Said / Hill	BMW M3	Prototype Technology Group	622				7^th	GTS-3
19^th	46	Lees / Needell / Reid	Lister Storm GTS	Lister Storm Racing	615				4^th	GTS-1
20^th	53	Rohr / Michelotti / Lay / Sick	Porsche 964 Carrera RSR 3.8	Rohr Corp.	615				8^th	GTS-3
21^st	04	Johnson / Johnson / Schmidt / Schmidt	Porsche 911	Max Schmidt	609				9^th	GTS-3
22^nd	55	Bryner / Calderari / Lohr / Richter	Porsche 911	Stadler Motorsport	607				10^th	GTS-3
23^rd	40	Thiers / Schoysman / Hemroulle / Cohen	Porsche 911	Paul Kumpen	602				11^th	GTS-3
24^th	54	Spenard / Ruther / Lane / Trott / Baldwin / Willingham	Porsche 993 Cup 3.8 RSR	Doug Trott	600				12^th	GTS-3
25^th	56	Snow / Kitchak / Lintott / Ollila	Porsche 911 GT2	Martin Snow	591				5^th	GTS-2
26^th	63	McAdam / Terada / Castellano / Downing	Kudzu DLM Mazda	Downing/Atlanta Racing	569				5^th	WSC
27^th	96	Reis / Augustin / Jurasz / Ried / Bodis	Porsche 911 GT2	Proton Competition	565				13^th	GTS-3
28^th	97	Dören / Van Sande / Scheer / Neutag	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	Klaus Scheer	560				5^th	GTS-1
29^th	78	Velasquez / Blackman / Dente / Gray	Porsche 964 Carrera RSR	Team A.R.E.	554				14^th	GTS-3
30^th	35	McDill / Juckette / Biava / McDill	Chevrolet Camaro	Richard McDill	540				6^th	GTS-1
31^st	09	Kong / Miller / Rice / Neville	Pontiac Grand Prix	Rice Racing	534				7^th	GTS-1
32^nd	37	Casadei / Bucci / Ciani / Garbagnati	Chevrolet Camaro	Hoyt Overbagh	507				8^th	GTS-1
33^rd	81	Sherwood / Millard / Hardman / Greensall	Pro Sport 3000 Spyder Ford	Graham Williams	498				6^th	WSC
34^th	8	Camferdam / O'Connell / Schubot / Mandeville	Hawk C-8 Chevrolet	Support Net Racing	494			DNF	7^th	WSC
35^th	90	Petery / Delano / O'Kennedy / Carter	Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme	Road Circuit Technology	490				9^th	GTS-1
36^th	91	Schramm / Hayner / Heinricy / Miller	Chevrolet Camaro	Rock Valley Oil & Chemical Co.	468			DNF	10^th	GTS-1
37^th	77	Cohen / Halsmer / Morton / Tremblay	BMW M3	Mattco Racing	440			DNF	15^th	GTS-3
38^th	1	Taylor / Sharp / van de Poele	Riley & Scott Mk III Oldsmobile	Doyle Racing/Riley & Scott	427			Engine	8^th	WSC
39^th	42	Freeman / Gregg / Duffy	Porsche 911	Jarett Freeman	422			DNF	16^th	GTS-3
40^th	87	Annis / Toombs / Tilbor / Funk / Scharf / Donovan	Chevrolet Camaro	John Annis	404				11^th	GTS-1
41^st	85	Gleason / Tromans / Gratton / MacQuillan	Porsche 911 GT2	Chamberlain Engineering	400			DNF	6^th	GTS-2
42^nd	24	Kitch / Bingham / Hanauer / Lyford / Sanborn	Porsche 911	Alex Job Racing/Team Seattle	400				17^th	GTS-3
43^rd	68	Buckler / Nearburg / Rees / Seipp	Porsche 911	The Racers Group	393				18^th	GTS-3
44^th	29	Caffi / Capelli / Montani / Rosa	Riley & Scott Mk III Oldsmobile	Target 24	390			Engine	9^th	WSC
45^th	83	Brancatelli / Drudi / Pagotto / Mastropietro / Margueron	Porsche 911	GT Racing Team	387			DNF	19^th	GTS-3
46^th	47	Longhi / Kohler / Turner / Safina / Smith / Lapcevich	Ford Saleen Mustang	T-F Racing	377				7^th	GTS-2
47^th	05	Hays / Eisenlohr / Rebeil / Stitt / Wheeler	Porsche 911	Auto Sport South	374			DNF	20^th	GTS-3
48^th	7	Quester / Duez / Oestreich / Said	BMW M3	Prototype Technology Group	373			DNF	21^st	GTS-3
49^th	75	Robinson / Hoerr / Baldwin / Sifton	Oldsmobile Aurora	Robinson Racing	368			DNF	12^th	GTS-1
50^th	27	Polani / Giarotti / Rosa / Johnson / De Iturbe	Chevrolet Camaro	Hoyt Overbagh	353				13^th	GTS-1
51^st	58	Collin / Brouchier / Borella / Cattaneo / Shalala / Tradd	Porsche 911	Protechnik Racing	353				22^nd	GTS-3
52^nd	60	Trinkler / Quintanilla / Ward	Keiler KII Ford	Kopf Precision Race Products Team	348				10^th	WSC
53^rd	64	Butt / Higgs / McTureous / King	Chevrolet Camaro	Mel A. Butt	339			DNF	14^th	GTS-1
54^th	71	Said / Unser / Bertaggia / Fellows	Callaway C7R	Johnny Unser	331			DNF	15^th	GTS-1
55^th	44	Stewart / Creger / Bourassa / Finger	Mazda RX 7	Brad Creger	310				23^rd	GTS-3
56^th	70	Dujardyn / Wauters / Wauters / Herreman	Porsche 911 GT2	AD Sport	304			DNF	8^th	GTS-2
57^th	19	Montgomery / Davin / Brickell	Argo - P BMW	Davin Racing	279				11^th	WSC
58^th	67	Cobb / Andrews / Rizzo / Warnock / Schirle / Allen	Ford Saleen Mustang	Saleen Allen Speedlab	274				9^th	GTS-2
59^th	92	Boissoneau / Goebel / Pettigrew / Loring / Argetsinger	Mazda RX-7	RAE Motorsports	271			DNF	24^th	GTS-3
60^th	16	Wallace / Paul, Jr. / Leitzinger / Weaver	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford	Dyson Racing	227			DNF	12^th	WSC
61^st	80	Maugeri / Penton / Debartelobeu / Perelle	Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme	David Perelle	219			DNF	16^th	GTS-1
62^nd	73	Taleb / Lluch / Mathewson / Knollenberg	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Jack Lewis Enterprises	209			DNF	25^th	GTS-3
63^rd	28	Field / Smith / Thomas / Mirro / Ferguson	Spice SC95 Oldsmobile	FAB Factory Motorsport	182				13^th	WSC
64^th	62	Scheuren / Hitt / Jones / Green	Chevrolet Camaro	Diablo Racing	181				17^th	GTS-1
65^th	2	Nelson / Montgomery / Clark / Brassfield	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford	Screaming Eagles Racing	158			DNF	14^th	WSC
66^th	41	Cervelli / Busby / Anderson	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Team Technodyne	138			DNF	26^th	GTS-3
67^th	95	Volk / Bell / Cooper / Fréon	Kudzu DL-4 Chevrolet	TRV Motorsports	121			DNF	15^th	WSC
68^th	65	Schirle / Saleen / Warnock / Allen	Ford Saleen Mustang	Saleen Allen Speedlab	109				10^th	GTS-2
69^th	51	Trenery / Bryant / Pattinson / van Schoote	Chevrolet Monte Carlo	Fantasy Junction	101			DNF	18^th	GTS-1
70^th	45	Goodyear / Davies / Luyendyk	Porsche 911 Turbo	Davies Motorsports	95			DNF	19^th	GTS-1
71^st	38	Schroeder / Cunningham / Green	Acura NSX	Mark Hein	90			DNF	27^th	GTS-3
72^nd	88	Bentley / Sullivan / Jones	Riley & Scott Mk III Chevrolet	MSI Racing	72			Gearbox	16^th	WSC
73^rd	22	Reisman / Reisman	Chevrolet Camaro	Paul Reisman	57			DNF	28^th	GTS-3
74^th	15	Gschwender / Puleo	Chevrolet Camaro	Anthony Puleo	46			DNF	20^th	GTS-1
75^th	50	Taels / Cremer	Porsche 911	Paul Kumpen	39			DNF	29^th	GTS-3
76^th	61	Euser	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsport	23			DNF	11^th	GTS-2
77^th	00	Coppelli	Callaway Corvette LM600	Agusta Racing	23			DNF	12^th	GTS-2
78^th	34	Vallancourt / Corbin	Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme	Todd Vallancourt	22			DNF	21^st	GTS-1
79^th	49	Shaver	Chevrolet Camaro	Dan Shaver	16			DNF	22^nd	GTS-1
80^th	9	Ekblom	Courage C41 Chevrolet	Courage Competition	12			Engine	17^th	WSC

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
02	Dan Clark	Spice SE90 Lexus	Screaming Eagles Racing		WSC
84	Meloni / Van Sande	Porsche 911	Luigino Pagotto		GTS-3

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
17	Pilla / Kimbrough / Kicak	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	Art Pilla	GTS-1
86	Marshall / Urciuoli / Chambers / Konig	Porsche 993 Carrera Cup	G & W Motorsports	GTS-3
5	Dean / Baldwin / Burgess / Willingham	Porsche 911	Doug Trott	GTS-3
07	Worth / Potolicchio / Brown / Bogusz	Mazda RX-7	Pettit Racing	GTS-3
32	Goldin / Goldin / Montgomery / Shuster	Mazda RX 7	Steve Goldin	GTS-3
12	Fairbanks / Ham / Cottrell / Neuhaus / Gleason	Porsche 911	Rick Fairbanks	GTS-3
82	Collins / Hilliar / Moon / Drew / Crilly	Porsche 911		GTS-3
52	Kryder / Del Vecchio / Heinkélé / Green	Nissan 240SX	Kryderacing	GTS-3
36	Hayner / Heinricy / Miller / Michaelian	Pontiac Firebird	Phoenix American Motorsports	GTS-3
57	Kryder / Beck / Reuscher / Holtkamp / Morrison	Nissan 240SX	Kryderacing	GTS-3
79	Tim Banks	Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme	Tim Banks	GTS-1
66	Marshall / Marshall	Porsche 911	G & W Motorsports	GTS-3
72	Tim Banks	Chevrolet Corvette	Tim Banks	GTS-1
33	Mirro / Kuttner / Thomas / Smith / Ferguson	Kudzu DG-2 Buick	FAB Factory Motorsport	WSC

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
11	Cohen / Halsmer / Morton	BMW M3	Mattco Racing	GTS-3
31	Borella / Cattaneo / Brambilla / Painter	Chevrolet Monte Carlo LM	Devlin/FACI Europe	GTS-1
89	Dittmer / Dittmer / Grant / Gagliardo	Porsche 911	Tag Racing	GTS-3
93		Dodge Viper GTS-R	Viper Team Oreca	GTS-1
		Porsche 911 GT2	Roock/Rohr	GTS-2