The 2008 Rolex 24 at Daytona was the first round of the 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series season and the 46th running of the 24 Hours of Daytona. It took place at Daytona International Speedway between January 26–27, 2008.

Qualifying In the Daytona Prototype class, pole position was taken by Oswaldo Negri Jr. in the #60 Michael Shank Racing Ford powered Riley Mk XI with a laptime of 1:40.793. Teammate A. J. Allmendinger locked out the front row for Michael Shank Racing. In the Grand Touring class, the #70 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 GT with Sylvain Tremblay was fastest with a laptime of 1:50.788. The #56 Mastercar Ferrari F430 Challenge qualified 2nd in the team's debut at Daytona.

Race The #01 Telmex Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Lexus-powered Riley of Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Dario Franchitti, and Juan Pablo Montoya led 252 laps and gave Chip Ganassi racing their 3rd successive win at the Daytona 24 Hours. The #01 team took the overall victory by a margin of 2 laps over the #99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac-powered Riley entry. At the start, many cars (including the eventual race winner) had to start from pit lane after changing their tires from wets to slicks. The #70 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 GT of Sylvain Tremblay, Nick Ham, David Haskell, and Raphael Matos were the winners in GT, completing 664 laps and finishing 9th overall. The overall pace of the race was slowed due to wet weather during the night.

A total of 22 safety car periods neutralized the race for 112 laps.

Race results Class winners in bold. Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps Engine 1 DP 01 Telmex Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Dario Franchitti Juan Pablo Montoya Riley Mk XI 695 Lexus 5.0L V8 2 DP 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney Jimmy Vasser Jimmie Johnson Riley Mk XI 693 Pontiac 5.0L V8 3 DP 9 Penske-Taylor Racing Ryan Briscoe Hélio Castroneves Kurt Busch Riley Mk XI 689 Pontiac 5.0L V8 4 DP 76 Krohn Racing Darren Turner Niclas Jönsson Ricardo Zonta Proto-Auto Lola B08/70 688 Pontiac 5.0L V8 5 DP 10 SunTrust Racing Wayne Taylor Ricky Taylor Michael Valiante Max Angelelli Riley Mk XI 687 Pontiac 5.0L V8 6 DP 60 Michael Shank Racing Mark Patterson Graham Rahal Oswaldo Negri Jr. Justin Wilson Riley Mk XI 680 Ford 5.0L V8 7 DP 75 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn Eric van de Poele Oliver Gavin Proto-Auto Lola B08/70 678 Pontiac 5.0L V8 8 DP 91 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Jim Matthews Johnny O'Connell Ryan Hunter-Reay Marc Goossens Riley Mk XI 676 Pontiac 5.0L V8 9 GT 70 SpeedSource David Haskell Nick Ham Sylvain Tremblay Raphael Matos Mazda RX-8 GT 664 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor 10 GT 66 The Racer's Group Bryce Miller Ted Ballou Andy Lally Richard Westbrook Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 657 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 11 GT 67 The Racer's Group Tim George Jr. Spencer Pumpelly Bryan Sellers Romain Dumas Emmanuel Collard Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 657 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 12 GT 64 The Racer's Group Jim Lowe Jim Pace Johannes van Overbeek R. J. Valentine Tim Sudgen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 656 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 13 GT 69 SpeedSource Emil Assentato Jeff Segal Nick Longhi Lonnie Pechnik Mazda RX-8 GT 653 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor 14 DP 6 Michael Shank Racing John Pew A. J. Allmendinger Burt Frisselle Ian James Riley Mk XI 652 Ford 5.0L V8 15 DP 09 Spirit of Daytona Racing Guy Cosmo Michael McDowell Marc-Antoine Camirand Fabcar FDSC/03 652 Porsche 3.99L Flat-6 16 GT 80 Synergy Racing Mark Greenberg Damien Faulkner Jan Heylen Lance David Arnold Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 651 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 17 GT 07 Banner Racing Paul Edwards Kelly Collins Jan Magnussen Pontiac GXP.R 647 Pontiac 6.0L V8 18 GT 87 Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing Dominik Farnbacher Pierre Ehret Timo Bernhard Dirk Werner Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 646 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 19 GT 57 Stevenson Motorsports Andrew Davis Randy Pobst Gunnar Jeannette Robin Liddell Pontiac GXP.R 644 Pontiac 6.0L V8 20 GT 30 Racer's Edge Motorsports Ken Dobson Robert Thorne Drew Staveley Craig Stone Mazda RX-8 GT 642 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor 21 GT 74 Autometrics Motorsports Bransen Patch Jim Hamblin Joe Safina David Murry Derek Skea Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 638 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 22 GT 88 Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing Pierre Kaffer Frank Stippler Dave Lacey Greg Wilkins Eric Curran Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 637 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 23 DP 59 Brumos Racing Hurley Haywood J. C. France Terry Borcheller João Barbosa Riley Mk XI 622 Porsche 3.99L Flat-6 24DNF GT 84 Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing Chris Bingham Don Pickering Bill Cotter Chris Pennington Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 637 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 25DNF DP 03 Vision Racing Ed Carpenter A. J. Foyt IV John Andretti Vítor Meira Tony George Crawford DP08 615 Porsche 3.99L Flat-6 26 GT 44 Bullet Racing Zach Arnold Dyrk van Zanten Jr. Steve Paquette Glenn Nixon Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 615 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 27 DP 58 Brumos Racing Darren Law David Donohue Buddy Rice Riley Mk XI 611 Porsche 3.99L Flat-6 28 DP 7 Sigalsport Matt Plumb Quentin Wahl Stéphan Grégoire Michael Cullen Paddy Shovlin Riley Mk XI 601 BMW 5.0L V8 29 GT 17 Terra Firma Motorsports Ronald Zitza Gary Jensen Mark Jensen Jordan Taylor Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 599 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 30 GT 72 Autohaus Motorsports Max Papis Tim Lewis Jr. Craig Stanton Lawson Aschenbach Pontiac GXP.R 590 Pontiac 6.0L V8 31 GT 34 Orbit Racing Lance Willsey Mike Fitzgerald Tom Papadopoulos Johnny Mowlem Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 589 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 32 GT 65 The Racer's Group Russ Oasis Tom Atherton Jim Stout Jason Daskalos Tommy Archer Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 585 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 33 GT 86 Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing Eric Lux Leh Keen Sascha Maassen Wolf Henzler Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 580 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 34 GT 52 Mastercar Joe Castellano Fred Machado Ma Chi Min Roberto Ragazzi Constantino Bertuzzi Ferrari F430 Challenge 578 Ferrari 4.3L V8 35 GT 85 Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing Don Kitch Jr. Steve Miller Chris Pallis Ross Bentley Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 572 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 36DNF DP 23 Alex Job Racing Bill Auberlen Joey Hand Patrick Long Andy Wallace Crawford DP08 569 Porsche 3.99L Flat-6 37 GT 06 Banner Racing Leighton Reese Robert Nearn Marc Bunting Andy Pilgrim Pontiac GXP.R 564 Pontiac 6.0L V8 38 GT 81 Synergy Racing Steve Johnson Patrick Huisman Robert Doornbos Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 558 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 39 GT 40 Dempsey Racing Joe Foster Patrick Dempsey Charles Espenlaub Romeo Kapudija Scott Maxwell Mazda RX-8 GT 552 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor 40 GT 68 The Racer's Group Michael Gomez Michael Auriemma John Mayes Scott Schroeder Brent Milner Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 550 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 41 DP 77 Doran Racing Memo Gidley Fabrizio Gollin Gabriele Gardel Brad Jaeger Doran JE4 546 Ford 5.0L V8 42DNF DP 3 Southard Motorsports Shane Lewis Bill Lester Ted Christopher Alex Barron Riley Mk XI 527 Lexus 5.0L V8 43DNF GT 14 Autometrics Motorsports Cory Friedman Mac McGehee Anthony Lazzaro Ralf Kelleners Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 524 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 44DNF DP 02 Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dan Wheldon Scott Dixon Alex Lloyd Salvador Durán Riley Mk XI 515 Lexus 5.0L V8 45 GT 21 Matt Connolly Motorsports Hal Prewitt Spencer Trenery Vic Rice Diego Alessi Karl Reindler Pontiac GTO.R 513 Pontiac 6.0L V8 46DNF GT 62 The Racer's Group Claudio Burtin Jack Baldwin Scott Tucker Ed Zabinski Martin Ragginger Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 511 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 47DNF GT 27 O'Connell Racing Kevin O'Connell Kevin Roush Kris Wilson Hugh Plumb Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 473 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 48DNF DP 61 AIM Autosport Colin Braun Brian Frisselle Mark Wilkins Andrew Ranger Riley Mk XI 448 Ford 5.0L V8 49DNF GT 29 Alegra Motorsport Jake Rosenzweig Bob Woodman Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Scooter Gabel Chris Gleason Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 418 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 50DNF GT 43 Team Sahlen Will Nonnamaker Wayne Nonnamaker Joe Nonnamaker Joe Sahlen Mazda RX-8 GT 401 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor 51DNF GT 83 Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing C. R. Crews Russell Walker Peter Ludwig Ben McCrackin Tim Bergmeister Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 397 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 52DNF GT 26 Gotham Competition Jerome Jacalone Joe Jacalone Jim Michaelian Bob Michaelian Scooter Gabel Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 364 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 53DNF GT 89 Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing Luca Drudi Raffaele Giammaria Gabrio Rosa Giacomo Petrobelli Jörg Hardt Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 284 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 54DNF GT 50 Blackforest Motorsports John Farano Carl Jensen John Cloud Boris Said James Bradley Ford Mustang 255 Ford 5.0L V8 55DNF DP 2 SAMAX Motorsport Henri Zogaib Mike Rockenfeller Lucas Luhr Allan McNish Riley Mk XI 233 Pontiac 5.0L V8 56DNF DP 31 Matt Connolly Motorsports Seth Ingram Mirco Schultis Bob Frost Miroslav Konopka Ettore Contini Chase CCE 231 Pontiac 5.0L V8 57DNF GT 15 Blackforest Motorsports David Empringham Jean-François Dumoulin Tom Nastasi Boris Said Ford Mustang 177 Ford 5.0L V8 58DNF DP 16 Cheever Racing Matteo Bobbi Antonio García Stéphane Ortelli Fabio Babini Coyote CC/08 170 Pontiac 5.0L V8 59DNF GT 90 Automatic Racing Jep Thornton Tom Long Joe Varde David Russell BMW M6 163 BMW 5.0L V10 60DNF GT 22 Alegra Motorsports Carlos de Quesada Nathan Swartzbaugh Patrick Pilet Marc Basseng Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 149 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 61DNF DP 11 SAMAX Motorsport Tomáš Enge Milka Duno Harold Primat Ryan Dalziel Riley Mk XI 97 Pontiac 5.0L V8 62DNF GT 08 Goldin Motorsports Steve Goldin Keith Goldin Jim Meassick Squeak Kennedy Mazda RX-8 GT 83 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor 63DNF DP 12 RVO Motorsports Derek Bell Justin Bell Tõnis Kasemets Paul Dallenbach Roger Schramm Riley Mk XI 65 Pontiac 5.0L V8 64DNF GT 56 Mastercar Matthew Marsh Christian Montanari Thomas Biagi Fabio Venier Luis Monzon Ferrari F430 Challenge 55 Ferrari 4.3L V8 65DNF DP 51 Cheever Racing Tom Kimber-Smith Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Scott Mayer Brent Sherman Coyote CC/08 45 Pontiac 5.0L V8 66DNF GT 63 The Racer's Group Pierre Bourque Hima Maher Duncan Ende Ron Yarab Jr. Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 31 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

References

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