The 2013 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a long-distance motor race for sports cars conforming to the regulations of the Grand-Am Road Racing series. The 51st edition was raced between January 26 and 27. Michael Shank Racing is the defending champion in DP class and Magnus Racing in GT class. It was also the debut of the GX class for "purpose built, series produced and modified replicas of series produced automobiles that are not eligible for the GT class." It was the last time the 24 Hours of Daytona was part of the Rolex Sports Car Series.

The "Roar Before the Rolex 24" Canadian driver Michael Valiante made the fastest lap of the "Roar" in the final session (1:42.058). Valiante raced in the #6 Ford/Riley of Michael Shank Racing. Dane Cameron in the Sahlen's #42 BMW/Riley set the second time in 1:42.101. In the GT the #73 Porsche GT3 was the fastest and clocked a 1:48.569. Shane Lewis was the fastest in the new GX category. 1:56.167 was the time for Lewis in a Porsche Cayman.

SessionDayDPGTGXCarDriversBest TimeCarDriversBest TimeCarDriversBest Time1January 4#02 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix SabatesRiley-BMW Scott Dixon Dario Franchitti Joey Hand Jamie McMurray2:01.852#32 Konrad Motorsport/Orbit RacingPorsche GT3 Michael Christensen Christian Engelhart Nick Tandy2:05.183#38 BGB MotorsportsPorsche Cayman Lee Davis Ryan Eversley Eric Foss Jeff Mosing2:13.4082January 4#60 Michael Shank RacingRiley-Ford A. J. Allmendinger Marcos Ambrose Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew Justin Wilson1:42.918#44 Magnus RacingPorsche GT3 Nicolas Armindo Andy Lally Richard Lietz John Potter1:49.322#16 Napleton RacingPorsche Cayman Nelson Canache Jr. David Donohue Shane Lewis Jim Norman1:57.4663January 5#42 Team SahlenRiley-BMW Dane Cameron Wayne Nonnamaker1:42.101#73 Park Place MotorsportsPorsche GT3 Daniel Graeff Jason Hart Patrick Lindsey Patrick Long Spencer Pumpelly1:48.569#16 Napleton RacingPorsche Cayman Nelson Canache Jr. David Donohue Shane Lewis Jim Norman1:56.1674January 5#6 Michael Shank RacingRiley-Ford Chris Cumming Jorge Goncalvez Michael Valiante Gustavo Yacamán1:42.160#44 Magnus RacingPorsche GT3 Nicolas Armindo Andy Lally Richard Lietz John Potter1:49.128#16 Napleton RacingPorsche Cayman Nelson Canache Jr. David Donohue Shane Lewis Jim Norman1:56.4515January 5#60 Michael Shank RacingRiley-Ford A. J. Allmendinger Marcos Ambrose Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew Justin Wilson1:42.296#32 Konrad Motorsport/Orbit RacingPorsche GT3 Michael Christensen Christian Engelhart Nick Tandy1:49.420#16 Napleton RacingPorsche Cayman Nelson Canache Jr. David Donohue Shane Lewis Jim Norman1:56.2226January 5#2 Starworks MotorsportRiley-Ford Sébastien Bourdais Ryan Dalziel Allan McNish Alex Popow1:42.644#32 Konrad Motorsport/Orbit RacingPorsche GT3 Michael Christensen Christian Engelhart Nick Tandy1:49.090#16 Napleton RacingPorsche Cayman Nelson Canache Jr. David Donohue Shane Lewis Jim Norman1:56.4017January 6#6 Michael Shank RacingRiley-Ford Chris Cumming Jorge Goncalvez Michael Valiante Gustavo Yacamán1:42.058#45 Magnus RacingPorsche GT3 Mark Boden Al Carter Charles Espenlaub Hugh Plumb Charles Putman1:49.592#38 BGB MotorsportsPorsche Cayman Lee Davis Ryan Eversley Eric Foss Jeff Mosing1:56.4928January 6#6 Michael Shank RacingRiley-Ford Chris Cumming Jorge Goncalvez Michael Valiante Gustavo Yacamán1:42.488#23 Alex Job RacingPorsche GT3 Jeroen Bleekemolen Damien Faulkner Marco Holzer Cooper MacNeil1:49.812#16 Napleton RacingPorsche Cayman Nelson Canache Jr. David Donohue Shane Lewis Jim Norman1:56.399

Qualifying The qualifying was performed this Thursday, 24. DP session started at 15:40 EST and finished at 15:55 ET. GT and GX qualified between 16:10 ET and 16:25 ET.

Scott Pruett took the pole position in the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Riley-BMW. Nick Tandy in the GT performed the fastest lap in a Porsche GT3. Shane Lewis made the first pole in the GX category with a Porsche Cayman.

Pole positions in each class are denoted in bold.

Pos No. Team Car Class Qualifying Gap Grid 1 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Riley / BMW DP 1:40.553 1 2 02 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Riley / BMW DP 1:40.646 +0.093 2 3 42 Team Sahlen Riley / BMW DP 1:41.213 +0.660 3 4 6 Michael Shank Racing Riley / Ford DP 1:41.236 +0.683 4 5 90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Corvette DP 1:41.844 +1.291 5 6 60 Michael Shank Racing Riley / Ford DP 1:41.905 +1.352 6 7 2 Starworks with Alex Popow Riley / Ford DP 1:41.920 +1.367 4 8 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Corvette DP 1:42.032 +1.479 8 9 3 8 Star Motorsports Corvette DP 1:42.160 +1.607 9 10 50 Highway to Help Riley / BMW DP 1:42.205 +1.652 10 11 5 Action Express Racing Corvette DP 1:42.392 +1.839 11 12 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP 1:42.547 +1.994 12 13 9 Action Express Racing Corvette DP 1:42.749 +2.196 13 14 77 Doran Racing Dallara / Ford DP 1:42.869 +2.316 14 15 8 Starworks Motorsport Riley / Ford DP 1:43.291 +2.738 15 16 43 Team Sahlen Riley / BMW DP 1:45.370 +4.817 16 17 32 Konrad Motorsport/Orbit Racing Porsche GT3 GT 1:47.631 +7.078 17 18 44 Magnus Racing Porsche GT3 GT 1:47.828 +7.275 18 19 30 MOMO/NGT Motorsport Porsche GT3 GT 1:48.007 +7.454 19 20 73 Park Place Motorsports Porsche GT3 GT 1:48.137 +7.584 20 21 63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 GT 1:48.260 +7.707 21 22 24 Audi Sport Customer Racing/Alex Job Racing Audi R8 Grand-Am GT 1:48.282 +7.729 22 23 62 Snow Racing/Wright Motorsports Porsche GT3 GT 1:48.319 +7.766 23 24 57 Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GT-R GT 1:48.330 +7.777 24 25 64 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 GT 1:48.521 +7.968 25 26 69 AIM Autosport Team FXDD with Ferrari Ferrari 458 GT 1:48.577 +8.024 26 27 52 Audi Sport Customer Racing/APR Motorsport Ltd. UK Audi R8 Grand-Am GT 1:48.581 +8.028 27 28 61 R. Ferri/AIM Motorsport Racing with Ferrari Ferrari 458 GT 1:48.643 +8.090 28 29 66 The Racer's Group Porsche GT3 GT 1:48.643 +8.090 29 30 59 Brumos Racing Porsche GT3 GT 1:48.711 +8.158 30 31 23 Alex Job Racing Porsche GT3 GT 1:48.716 +8.163 31 32 13 Audi Sport Customer Racing/Rum Bum Racing Audi R8 Grand-Am GT 1:48.865 +8.212 32 33 56 AF - Waltrip Ferrari 458 GT 1:49.065 +8.512 33 34 93 Turner Motorsport BMW M3 GT 1:49.067 +8.514 34 35 45 Magnus Racing Porsche GT3 GT 1:49.304 +8.751 35 36 67 The Racer's Group Porsche GT3 GT 1:49.611 +9.058 36 37 87 Vehicle Technologies SRT Viper GT 1:49.612 +9.059 37 38 94 Turner Motorsport BMW M3 GT 1:49.719 +9.166 38 39 31 Marsh Racing Corvette GT 1:49.827 +9.274 39 40 18 Mühlner Motorsports America Porsche GT3 GT 1:49.850 +9.297 40 41 21 Dener Motorsport Porsche GT3 GT 1:49.924 +9.371 41 42 03 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ferrari 458 GT 1:49.936 +9.383 42 43 51 APR Motorsport Ltd. UK Ferrari 458 GT 1:49.937 +9.384 43 44 80 TruSpeed Motorsports Porsche GT3 GT 1:50.502 +9.949 44 45 20 Dener Motorsport Porsche GT3 GT 1:50.823 +10.270 45

The race

The race started at 3:30 (EST) on Saturday, January 26, 2013, and ended at 3:30 (EST) on Sunday, January 27, 2013. The first two hours were dominated by #01 Chip Ganassi, driven by Scott Pruett.

This race had the first mother/son pairing in the race's history as Utah native Madison Snow teamed with his mother, Melanie.

Race results Class winners in bold.