De 24 uur van Daytona 2005 was de 43e editie van deze endurancerace. De race werd verreden op 5 en 6 februari 2005 op de Daytona International Speedway nabij Daytona Beach, Florida.
De race werd gewonnen door de SunTrust Racing #10 van Max Angelelli, Wayne Taylor en Emmanuel Collard. Voor Taylor was het zijn tweede Daytona-zege, terwijl Angelelli en Collard hun eerste overwinning behaalden. De GT-klasse werd gewonnen door de Farnbacher Racing USA #71 van Wolf Henzler, Dominik Farnbacher, Pierre Ehret en Shawn Price.
Race Winnaars in hun klasse zijn vetgedrukt.
Pos. Klasse No. Team Coureurs Chassis Banden Ronden Motor 1 DP 10 SunTrust Racing Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor Emmanuel Collard Riley Mk. XI 710 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 2 DP 4 Howard-Boss Motorsports Butch Leitzinger Elliott Forbes-Robinson Jimmie Johnson Crawford DP03 699 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 3 DP 20 Howard-Boss Motorsports Andy Wallace Jan Lammers Tony Stewart Crawford DP03 699 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 4 DP 02 New Century Mortgage Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Stefan Johansson Cort Wagner Jamie McMurray Riley Mk. XI 698 Lexus 4.3 L V8 5 DP 77 Doran Racing Fabrizio Gollin Matteo Bobbi Didier Theys Doran JE4 697 Lexus 4.3 L V8 6 DP 03 Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Dixon Casey Mears Darren Manning Riley Mk. XI 694 Lexus 4.3 L V8 7 DP 01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Luis Díaz Ryan Briscoe Riley Mk. XI 688 Lexus 4.3 L V8 8 DP 58 Brumos Racing David Donohue Darren Law Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen Fabcar FDSC/03 680 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF DP 44 Doran Racing Jan Magnussen Terry Labonte Bobby Labonte Bryan Herta Doran JE4 675 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 10 GT 71 Farnbacher Racing USA Wolf Henzler Dominik Farnbacher Pierre Ehret Shawn Price Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 664 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 11 GT 37 TPC Racing Mike Fitzgerald Manuel Matos Emil Assentato Nick Longhi Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 661 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 12 GT 61 The Racer's Group Robert Nearn Mark Wilkins Dave Lacey David Shep Greg Wilkins Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 659 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 13 GT 73 Baldwin-Tafel Racing Robin Liddell Jack Baldwin Craig Stanton Jim Tafel Andrew Davis Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 659 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 14 GT 65 The Racer's Group Andy Lally Marc Bunting Hugh Plumb Carlos de Quesada Kevin Buckler Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 656 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 15 GT 14 Autometrics Motorsports Leh Keen Cory Friedman Al Bacon Steve Johnson Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 654 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 16 DP 66 Krohn Racing/The Racer's Group Max Papis Jörg Bergmeister Oliver Gavin Riley Mk. XI 653 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 17 GT 16 The Racer's Group Ross Bentley Colin Braun Adrian Carrio Brad Coleman Kevin Buckler Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 650 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF DP 67 Krohn Racing/The Racer's Group Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn Buddy Rice Boris Said Jimmy Morales Riley Mk. XI 642 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 19 DP 74 Robinson Racing Wally Dallenbach jr. Paul Dallenbach George Robinson Johnny Unser Riley Mk. XI 641 Lexus 4.3 L V8 20 GT 63 The Racer's Group Dave Master Patrick Flanigan Marc Sluszny Derek Clark Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 639 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 21 GT 43 Team Sahlen Ronald Zitza Bradley Blum Eric Lux Wes Allen Victor Gonzalez jr. Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 637 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 22 DP 5 Essex Racing Chris Dyson Harrison Brix Rob Dyson James Gue Crawford DP03 630 Ford 5.0 L V8 23 DP 3 Cegwa Sport/Southard Motorsports Darius Grala Mark Patterson Quentin Wahl Bohdan Kroczek Shane Lewis Fabcar FDSC/03 630 Lexus 4.3 L V8 24 GT 52 Mastercar Luca Drudi Gabrio Rosa Luis Monzón María de Villota Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge 627 Ferrari 3.6 L V8 25 GT 11 JMB Racing Matt Plumb David Gooding Peter Boss Jim Michaelian Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge 623 Ferrari 3.6 L V8 26 GT 04 Sigalsport Gene Sigal Miroslav Konôpka Troy Hanson Nikolas Konstant Jay Wilton Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 599 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF DP 49 Multimatic Motorsports Scott Maxwell Kurt Busch Matt Kenseth Greg Biffle Multimatic MDP1 588 Ford 5.0 L V8 28 GT 75 Flying Lizard Motorsports Lonnie Pechnik Seth Neiman Johannes van Overbeek Patrick Long Jon Fogarty Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 582 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 29 GT 80 Team Seattle/Synergy Racing Don Kitch jr. Don Gagne Don Pickering Chris Pallis Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 582 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 30 GT 78 Farnbacher Racing USA Paul Bonham Bruce Phillips Paul Orwicz Ray Williams Paul Fairchild Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 581 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 31 GT 53 Mastercar Roberto Ragazzi Jesús Diez de Villarroel Giuseppe Chiminelli Constantino Bertuzzi Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge 553 Ferrari 3.6 L V8 32 GT 41 Team Sahlen Wayne Nonnamaker Joe Nonnamaker Will Nonnamaker James Jakes Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 544 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF DP 2 Howard-Boss Motorsports Dario Franchitti Milka Duno Marino Franchitti Dan Wheldon Crawford DP03 528 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 DNF DP 8 Synergy Racing Brian Frisselle Thomas Erdos Burt Frisselle Mike Newton Doran JE4 523 BMW 4.3 L V8 35 GT 55 ASC Motorsports Zach Arnold Kurt Thiel John Stevenson Ken MacAlpine Scott Turner Chevrolet Corvette 507 Chevrolet 5.7 L V8 DNF GT 36 TPC Racing Randy Pobst Spencer Pumpelly Jean-François Dumoulin Michael Levitas John Littlechild Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 495 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 37 DP 9 Hyper Sport B. J. Zacharias David Donner Joe Foster Rick Skelton Blake Rosser Doran JE4 493 Infiniti 4.3 L V8 DNF GT 06 Bernheim Porsche Racing Dwain Derment Jack Lewis Anders Hainer Kevin Roush Steven Bernheim Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 488 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 39 GT 81 Team Seattle/Synergy Racing Dave Gaylord Mae Van Wijk David Murry Rod Emory Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 477 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 40 GT 23 Horizon Motorsports LLC Charles Espenlaub Kris Szekeres Todd Hanson Al Villamil Frank Del Vecchio Pontiac GTO 476 Pontiac 5.7 L V8 41 GT 62 The Racer's Group Takashi Inoue Akria Fujita Hiroshi Wada Akira Hirakawa Kiichi Takahashi Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 468 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 42 DP 19 Ten Motorsports Memo Gidley Michael McDowell Michael Valiante Jonathan Bomarito Riley Mk. XI 465 BMW 5.0 L V8 DNF DP 29 Brumos Racing Josh Vargo Jake Vargo Tim Vargo Brady Refenning Fabcar FDSC/03 463 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF DP 59 Brumos Racing J. C. France Hurley Haywood Timo Bernhard Mike Rockenfeller Romain Dumas Fabcar FDSC/03 432 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF GT 51 Red Bull Ebimotors Karl Wendlinger Dieter Quester Johnny Mowlem Vincent Vosse Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 409 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF DP 6 Michael Shank Racing Mike Borkowski Paul Mears jr. Larry Connor Duncan Dayton Riley Mk. XI 399 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 47 GT 85 Condor Motorsports Grant Phipps Mike Hardage Eddie Nahir Don Mayer Armando Trentini Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 355 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 48 GT 08 Goldin Brothers Racing Keith Goldin Scott Finlay Steve Goldin Martin Shuster Mazda RX-8 336 Mazda 1.3 L 3-Rotar RENESIS DNF DP 54 Kodak-Bell Motorsports Christian Fittipaldi Paul Tracy Terry Borcheller Ralf Kelleners Forest Barber Doran JE4 328 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 DNF DP 18 Chase Competition Engineering/CB Motorsports John Miller Chris Bingham Steven Ivankovich Tony Burgess Vic Rice Chase CCE-001 297 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 DNF DP 79 Newman/Haas Racing/Silverstone Racing Cristiano da Matta Sébastien Bourdais Paul Newman Mike Brockman Crawford DP03 290 Ford 5.0 L V8 DNF GT 64 The Racer's Group Pedro Courceiro Cyrille Sauvage Miguel Amaral Joe Policastro Joe Policastro jr. Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 276 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF GT 00 Aussie Assault Craig Baird Paul Morris Marcos Ambrose John Teulan Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 271 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF DP 39 Orbit Racing Marc Goossens Guy Smith Scott Sharp Jim Matthews Riley Mk. XI 239 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 DNF DP 50 Blackforest Motorsports Jeff Bucknum Tom Nastasi Henry Zogaib Doug Peterson Travis Duder Multimatic MDP1 223 Ford 5.0 L V8 DNF GT 48 Xtreme Racing Group Toni Seiler Hans Hauser Anthony Puelo Robert Dubler Chevrolet Corvette 218 Chevrolet 5.7 L V8 DNF GT 21 Prototype Technology Group, Inc. Bill Auberlen Joey Hand Ian James Chris Gleason BMW M3 E46 199 BMW 3.2 L I6 DNF DP 09 Spirit of Daytona Racing Doug Goad Stéphane Grégoire Roberto Moreno Bob Ward Crawford DP03 194 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 DNF GT 22 Prototype Technology Group, Inc. Justin Marks Tommy Milner Kelly Collins R. J. Valentine BMW M3 E46 168 BMW 3.2 L I6 DNF DP 86 Synergy Racing Peyton Sellers Arthur Urciuoli Jason Workman Steve Marshall Picchio DP2 134 BMW 5.0 L V8 DNF GT 93 TPC Racing Guy Cosmo Dave Stewart Rob Stewart Gary Stewart Bob Gilbert Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 85 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 DNF GT 46 Michael Baughman Racing Michael Baughman Mike Yeakle Chevrolet Corvette 20 Chevrolet 5.7 L V8
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