De 24 uur van Daytona 2006 was de 44e editie van deze endurancerace. De race werd verreden op 28 en 29 januari 2006 op de Daytona International Speedway nabij Daytona Beach, Florida.
De race werd gewonnen door de Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates #02 van Scott Dixon, Dan Wheldon en Casey Mears, die allemaal hun eerste Daytona-zege behaalden. De GT-klasse werd gewonnen door de TPC Racing #36 van Randy Pobst, Spencer Pumpelly, Michael Levitas en Ian Baas.
Race Winnaars in hun klasse zijn vetgedrukt.
Pos. Klasse No. Team Coureurs Chassis Banden Ronden Motor 1 DP 02 Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Dixon Dan Wheldon Casey Mears Riley Mk. XI 734 Lexus 5.0 L V8 2 DP 60 Michael Shank Racing Oswaldo Negri jr. Mark Patterson A.J. Allmendinger Justin Wilson Riley Mk. XI 733 Lexus 5.0 L V8 3 DP 23 Alex Job Racing/Emory Motorsports Patrick Long Mike Rockenfeller Lucas Luhr Crawford DP03 731 Porsche 3.9 L Flat-6 4 DP 58 Brumos Racing David Donohue Darren Law Sascha Maassen Fabcar FDSC/03 730 Porsche 3.9 L Flat-6 5 DP 75 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Jörg Bergmeister Colin Braun Riley Mk. XI 717 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 6 DP 19 Playboy/Uniden Racing Memo Gidley Michael McDowell Alex Barron Crawford DP03 716 Ford 5.0 L V8 7 DP 77 Feeds the Need/Doran Racing Forest Barber Terry Borcheller Michel Jourdain Jr. Harrison Brix Doran JE4 703 Ford 5.0 L V8 8 DP 7 CITGO Racing/SAMAX Motorsport Dario Franchitti Milka Duno Marino Franchitti Kevin McGarrity Riley Mk. XI 695 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 9 GT 36 TPC Racing Randy Pobst Spencer Pumpelly Michael Levitas Ian Baas Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 691 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 10 GT 65 The Racer's Group Andy Lally Marc Bunting R. J. Valentine Johnny O'Connell Pontiac GTO.R 688 Pontiac LS2 6.0 L V8 11 DP 28 Finlay Motorsports Michael Valiante Rob Finlay Bryan Herta Buddy Rice Crawford DP03 684 Ford 5.0 L V8 12 GT 82 Farnbacher Loles Racing Dirk Werner Dieter Quester Philipp Peter Luca Riccitelli Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 683 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 13 GT 66 The Racer's Group Stéphane Ortelli Robert Nearn Cyrille Sauvage Steve Johnson Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 678 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 14 DP 16 Howard-Boss Motorsports Chris Dyson Rob Dyson Oliver Gavin Guy Smith Crawford DP03 675 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 15 GT 83 Farnbacher Loles Racing Dominik Farnbacher Mike Fitzgerald Pierre Ehret Marc Basseng Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 671 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 16 GT 72 Tafel Racing Wolf Henzler Robin Liddell Johannes van Overbeek Graham Rahal Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 670 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF DP 39 Cheever Racing Christian Fittipaldi Eddie Cheever Patrick Carpentier Crawford DP03 669 Lexus 5.0 L V8 18 GT 17 SAMAX Motorsport Johnny Mowlem Lance David Arnold Bryan Sellers David Shep Jan Seyffarth Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 663 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 19 GT 00 TZ Motorsports Ronald Zitza James Thomason jr. Tim Lewis jr. Kevin Wheeler Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 655 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 20 GT 41 Team Sahlen Wayne Nonnamaker Joe Nonnamaker Will Nonnamaker Victor Gonzalez jr. Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 653 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 21 GT 22 Fiorano Racing Jean-François Dumoulin Nick Longhi Emil Assentato Lonnie Pechnik Jep Thornton Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 651 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 22 DP 51 Cheever Racing Stefan Johansson Warren Hughes Thomas Erdos Crawford DP03 645 Lexus 5.0 L V8 23 GT 93 TPC Racing Tony Ave Rob Stewart Dave Stewart Bob Gilbert Gary Stewart Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 636 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 24 DP 99 GAINSCO/Blackhawk Racing Alex Gurney Bob Stallings Jimmy Vasser Rocky Moran Jr. Riley Mk. XI 635 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 25 GT 74 Tafel Racing Andrew Davis Charles Espenlaub Eric Lux Jim Tafel Michael Cawley Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 634 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 26 GT 64 The Racer's Group Paul Edwards Kelly Collins Andy Pilgrim Jan Magnussen Pontiac GTO.R 633 Pontiac LS2 6.0 L V8 27 GT 67 The Racer's Group Patrick Flanagan Bohdan Kroczek Bill Keith Marc Bullock Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 625 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 28 GT 46 Michael Baughman Racing Ray Mason Michael Baughman John Connolly Frank Del Vecchio Bryan Collyer Chevrolet Corvette C5 623 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 29 DP 40 Derhaag Motorsports Ron Fellows Randy Ruhlman Chris Bingham Justin Bell Riley Mk. XI 620 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 30 DP 4 Howard-Boss Motorsports Andy Wallace Butch Leitzinger Tony Stewart Crawford DP03 593 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 31 GT 05 Sigalsport BMW Bill Auberlen Matthew Alhadeff Tommy Milner Justin Marks Gene Sigal BMW M3 E46 592 BMW 3.2 L I6 32 GT 81 Synergy Racing John Pew Steve Marshall Hal Prewitt Danny Marshall Ben McCrackin Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 589 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 33 GT 06 Banner Racing Tommy Archer Leighton Reese Russ Oasis Dino Crescentini Chevrolet Corvette C6 589 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 DNF DP 5 Essex Racing Duncan Dayton Rick Knoop Brian DeVries Jim Matthews James Gue Crawford DP03 585 Ford 5.0 L V8 DNF DP 09 Spirit of Daytona Racing Bobby Labonte Doug Goad Harold Primat Larry Oberto Crawford DP03 572 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 DNF DP 59 Brumos Racing J. C. France João Barbosa Ted Christopher Hurley Haywood Fabcar FDSC/03 559 Porsche 3.9 L Flat-6 37 GT 68 The Racer's Group Jim Lowe Revere Greist Jim Pace Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 555 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 38 DP 3 Southard Motorsports Shane Lewis Kris Szekeres Randy LaJoie Tony Burgess Riley Mk. XI 548 BMW 5.0 L V8 DNF DP 01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Luis Díaz Max Papis Riley Mk. XI 510 Lexus 5.0 L V8 40 GT 87 Synergy Racing Dave Gaylord Wes Hill Ken Hill Will Diefenbach Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 503 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 41 GT 43 Team Sahlen Wes Allen Eddie Hennessy Jim Michaelian Manuel Matos Wayne Nonnamaker Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 435 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF DP 11 Tuttle Team Racing Brian Tuttle Kyle Petty Boris Said Riley Mk. XI 415 BMW 5.0 L V8 DNF DP 84 Robinson Racing Wally Dallenbach jr. George Robinson Paul Dallenbach Darin Brassfield Riley Mk. XI 413 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 DNF DP 89 Pacific Coast Motorsports Ryan Dalziel Jon Fogarty Alex Figge David Empringham Riley Mk. XI 301 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 45 GT 80 Synergy Racing David Murry Leh Keen Craig Stanton Xavier Pompidou Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 299 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF GT 69 The Racer's Group Josh Vargo Jake Vargo Mark Herrington Brady Refenning Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 287 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF GT 70 SpeedSource Sylvain Tremblay David Haskell Jeff Altenburg Nick Ham Mazda RX-8 284 Mazda 1.3 L RENESIS DNF GT 71 SAMAX Motorsport/Doncaster Racing Dave Lacey Brent Martini Greg Wilkins Mark Wilkins Johnny Mowlem Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 278 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF GT 57 Stevenson Motorsports Vic Rice Tommy Riggins John Stevenson Spencer Trenery Dominic Cicero II Chevrolet Corvette C6 278 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 DNF DP 2 Howard-Boss Motorsports Jan Lammers Danica Patrick Allan McNish Rusty Wallace Crawford DP03 273 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 DNF DP 8 Synergy Racing Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle Clint Field Patrick Huisman Doran JE4 206 Porsche 3.9 L Flat-6 DNF DP 12 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrián Fernández Mário Haberfeld Scott Sharp Riley Mk. XI 187 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 DNF GT 48 WTF Engineering Toni Seiler Robert Dubler Hans Hauser Michael DeFontes Kurt Thiel Chevrolet Corvette C5 174 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 DNF DP 6 Graydon Elliott Fusion Racing with Michael Shank Racing Paul Tracy Paul Mears jr. Mike Borkowski Ken Wilden Riley Mk. XI 168 Lexus 5.0 L V8 DNF GT 21 Matt Connolly Motorsports Gerald Van Uitert Matt Connolly Carlos de Quesada Rick Sutherland Tom Sutherland BMW M3 E46 159 BMW 3.2 L I6 DNF DP 78 Doran Racing B. J. Zacharias Sébastien Bourdais Raul Boesel Doran JE4 156 Ford 5.0 L V8 DNF DP 10 SunTrust Racing Wayne Taylor Emmanuel Collard Max Angelelli Ryan Briscoe Riley Mk. XI 123 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 DNF GT 52 Mastercar Constantino Bertuzzi Luis Monzón Bo McCormick Philipp Baron Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge 118 Ferrari 3.6 L V8 DNF GT 15 Autometrics Motorsports Cory Friedman Patrick Small Mac McGehee Bill Martin Tony Herring Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 104 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF GT 55 ASC Motorsports Zach Arnold John Miller Eric Koselke Jay Poscente Mark Montgomery Chevrolet Corvette C6 103 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 DNF GT 24 Matt Connolly Motorsports Brian O'Shaughnessy Bill Cotter Tom Malloy Jacob Shalit Billy Johnson BMW M3 E46 101 BMW 3.2 L I6 DNF GT 63 Team Spencer Motorsports Dennis Spencer Scott Spencer Roger Mandeville Rich Grupp Gary Drummond Mazda RX-8 101 Mazda 1.3 L RENESIS DNF GT 08 Goldin Brothers Racing Steve Goldin Keith Goldin Scott Finlay Scott Richards Kurt Thiel Mazda RX-8 48 Mazda 1.3 L RENESIS DNF GT 04 Sigalsport BMW Gene Sigal Peter MacLeod Miroslav Konôpka Blake Rosser BMW M3 E46 34 BMW 3.2 L I6 DNF GT 86 Synergy Racing Don Kitch jr. Chris Pennington Don Gagne Chris Pallis Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 17 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF DP 50 Blackforest Motorsports Henry Zogaib Ian James Tom Nastasi Chris Gleason Crawford DP03 5 Ford 5.0 L V8
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