The 53rd Rolex 24 at Daytona was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida from 22–25 January 2015. The 53rd running of the 24 Hours of Daytona was also the first race for the 2015 United SportsCar Championship season.
Qualifying
Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by . P stands for Prototype, PC (Prototype Challenge), GTLM (Grand Touring Le Mans) and GTD (Grand Touring Daytona). ClassTeamDriverTime1P60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Oswaldo Negri Jr.1:39.194_12P02 Chip Ganassi Racing Scott Dixon1:39.302 +0.10823P01 Chip Ganassi Racing Scott Pruett1:39.309 +0.11534P5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa1:39.568 +0.37445P0 DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone Andy Meyrick1:39.625 +0.43156P57 Krohn Racing Olivier Pla1:39.683 +0.48967P10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor1:39.888 +0.69478P7 Starworks Motorsport Rubens Barrichello1:40.260 +1.06689P31 Action Express Racing Max Papis1:40.322 +1.128910P90 VisitFlorida.com Racing Richard Westbrook1:40.330 +1.1362411P66 RG Racing Shane Lewis1:42.070 +2.8761012PC16 BAR1 Motorsports Johnny Mowlem1:42.318+3.1241113P2 Tequila Patrón ESM Johannes van Overbeek1:42.390 +3.1961214PC54 CORE Autosport Colin Braun1:42.498 +3.3041315PC52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Tom Kimber-Smith1:42.829 +3.6351416PC8 Starworks Motorsport Renger van der Zande1:43.322 +4.1281517PC61 BAR1 Motorsports Martin Plowman1:43.442 +4.2481618GTLM4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin1:43.488+4.2942519PC85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Stephen Simpson1:43.514 +4.3201720P70 SpeedSource Jonathan Bomarito1:43.782 +4.5881821GTLM51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni1:43.830 +4.6362622GTLM98 Aston Martin Racing Pedro Lamy1:43.960 +4.7662723GTLM24 BMW Team RLL John Edwards1:43.966 +4.7722824GTLM3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen1:43.976 +4.7822925GTLM62 Risi Competizione Pierre Kaffer1:43.986 +4.7923026PC11 RSR Racing Chris Cumming1:43.992 +4.7981927GTLM25 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen1:44.024 +4.8303128GTLM911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy1:44.082 +4.8883229P50 Fifty Plus Racing Jim Pace1:44.423 +5.2292030GTLM17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers1:44.465 +5.2713331PC38 Performance Tech Motorsports James French1:44.473 +5.2792132GTLM912 Porsche North America Frédéric Makowiecki1:44.759 +5.5653433GTD007 TRG-AMR North America James Davison1:47.272+8.0783534P07 SpeedSource Tom Long1:47.320 +8.1262235GTD33 Riley Motorsports Jeroen Bleekemolen1:47.424 +8.2303636GTD28 Konrad Motorsport Christopher Zöchling1:47.451 +8.2573737GTD58 Wright Motorsports Jan Heylen1:47.535 +8.3413838GTD64 Scuderia Corsa Daniel Serra1:47.805 +8.6113939GTD45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Markus Winkelhock1:47.813 +8.6194040GTD73 Park Place Motorsports Spencer Pumpelly1:47.860 +8.6664141GTD44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally1:48.099 +8.9054242GTD63 Scuderia Corsa Townsend Bell1:48.117 +8.9234343GTD22 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen1:48.200 +9.0064444GTD48 Paul Miller Racing Christopher Haase1:48.202 +9.0084545GTD49 AF Corse Matt Griffin1:48.614 +9.4204646GTD23 Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing Mario Farnbacher1:48.683 +9.4894747GTD19 Mühlner Motorsports America Connor De Phillippi1:49.035 +9.8414848GTD18 Mühlner Motorsports America Marc Basseng1:49.291 +10.0974949GTD93 Riley Motorsports Kuno Wittmer1:49.512 +10.3185350GTD97 Turner Motorsport Markus Palttala1:50.213 +11.0195051GTD81 GB Autosport Damien FaulknerNo Time Established5152P1 Tequila Patrón ESMNo Time Established2353GTD009 TRG-AMR North AmericaNo Time Established52Sources:
The No. 90 VFR entry was moved to the back of the Prototype grid The No. 93 Riley Motorsports Dodge had its fastest lap deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session and as per 40.1.5 of the Sporting regulations (Starting driver change).
Race
Start and early hours
Night
Morning
Finish
Post-race
Results
Race +Final race classificationClassTeamDriversChassisTireTime/Retired Engine 1 P 02 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Dixon Tony Kanaan Kyle Larson Jamie McMurray Riley MkXXVI 740 24:00:57.667 Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 P 5 Action Express Racing João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Sébastien Bourdais Chevrolet Corvette DP 740 + 1.333 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 3 P 90 VisitFlorida.com Racing Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook Mike Rockenfeller Guy Cosmo Chevrolet Corvette DP 734 + 6 Laps Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 4 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio Garcia Ryan Briscoe Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 725 + 15 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 5 GTLM 25 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Dirk Werner Augusto Farfus Bruno Spengler BMW Z4 GTE 725 + 15 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 6 P 31 Action Express Racing Eric Curran Dane Cameron Max Papis Phil Keen Chevrolet Corvette DP 721 + 19 Laps Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 7 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner Oliver Gavin Simon Pagenaud Chevrolet Corvette C7.R 718 + 22 Laps Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V88 PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Mike Guasch Andrew Novich Andrew Palmer Tom Kimber-Smith Oreca FLM09 714 + 26 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 9 DNF P 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian John Pew Oswaldo Negri A. J. Allmendinger Matt McMurry Ligier JS P2 705 a-arm Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 10 DNF PC 54 CORE Autosport Colin Braun Jon Bennett Mark Wilkins James Gue Oreca FLM09 704 crash Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 11 GTD 93 Riley Motorsports Ben Keating Dominik Farnbacher Kuno Wittmer Cameron Lawrence Al Carter Dodge Viper GTS-R 704 + 36 Laps Dodge 8.0 L V10 12 GTD 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen Andrew Davis Shane van Gisbergen Porsche 911 GT America 704 + 36 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GTD 58 Wright Motorsports Jan Heylen Madison Snow Patrick Dempsey Philipp Eng Porsche 911 GT America 702 + 38 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 14 GTLM 24 BMW Team RLL John Edwards Lucas Luhr Jens Klingmann Graham Rahal BMW Z4 GTE 701 + 39 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 15 PC 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Rusty Mitchell Stephen Simpson Misha Goikhberg Chris Miller Tristan Vautier Oreca FLM09 701 + 39 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 16 GTD 49 AF Corse Pasin Lathouras Michele Rugolo Rui Águas Matt Griffin Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 701 + 39 Laps Ferrari 4.5 L V8 17 GTD 48 Paul Miller Racing Dion von Moltke Christopher Haase René Rast Bryce Miller Audi R8 LMS 695 + 45 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 18 DNF GTD 63 Scuderia Corsa Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Anthony Lazzaro Jeff Segal Jeff Westphal Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 691 clutch Ferrari 4.5 L V8 19 GTD 81 GB Autosport Damien Faulkner Kuba Giermaziak Mike Skeen Rory Butcher Michael Avenatti Porsche 911 GT America 687 + 53 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 20 GTD 009 TRG-AMR Derek DeBoer Max Riddle Eliseo Salazar Kris Wilson Brandon Davis Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 678 + 62 Laps Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 21 DNF GTD 33 Riley Motorsports Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Al Carter Marc Goossens Dodge Viper GTS-R 674 did not finish Dodge 8.0 L V10 22 GTD 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Marcus Winkelhock Robert Thorne Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Audi R8 LMS 670 + 70 Laps Audi 5.2 L V10 23 DNF P 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Joey Hand Charlie Kimball Sage Karam Riley MkXXVI 669 clutch Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 24 P 66 RG Racing Robert Gewirtz Shane Lewis Mark Kvamme David Cheng Riley MkXXVI 644 + 96 Laps Dinan-BMW 5.0 L V8 25 GTLM 911 Porsche North America Nick Tandy Patrick Pilet Marc Lieb Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR 640 + 100 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26 GTLM 98 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Mathias Lauda Pedro Lamy Paul Dalla Lana Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE 632 + 108 Laps Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 27 GTD 44 Magnus Racing Andy Lally John Potter Marco Seefried Martin Ragginger Porsche 911 GT America 616 + 124 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 28 GTD 94 Turner Motorsport Markus Palttala Michael Marsal Boris Said Andy Priaulx BMW Z4 GT3 604 + 136 Laps BMW 4.4 L V8 29 GTD 007 TRG-AMR James Davison Christina Nielsen Christoffer Nygaard Brandon Davis Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 593 + 147 Laps Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 30 P 50 Highway to Help Dorsey Schroeder Jim Pace Byron DeFoor David Hinton Doug Smith Riley MkXXVI 590 + 150 Laps Dinan-BMW 5.0 L V8 31 DNF GTLM 912 Porsche North America Jörg Bergmeister Earl Bamber Frédéric Makowiecki Michael Christensen Porsche 911 RSR 581 crash Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 32 DNF GTD 64 Scuderia Corsa Francisco Longo Daniel Serra Marcos Gomes Andrea Bertolini Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 545 crash Ferrari 4.5 L V8 33 GTD 18 Mühlner Motorsports America Darryl O'Young Matteo Beretta Marc Basseng Connor De Phillippi Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Porsche 911 GT America 539 + 201 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 34 DNF PC 11 RSR Racing Jack Hawksworth Chris Cumming Bruno Junqueira Gustavo Menezes Oreca FLM09 535 water pump Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 35 DNF GTD 73 Park Place Motorsports Kévin Estre Patrick Lindsey Jim Norman Spencer Pumpelly Nelson Canache, Jr. Porsche 911 GT America 532 gearbox Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 36 DNF GTLM 17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler Patrick Long Porsche 911 RSR 530 drive train Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 37 DNF P 7 Starworks Motorsport Rubens Barrichello Brendon Hartley Tor Graves Ryan Hunter-Reay Scott Mayer Riley MkXXVI 426 engine Dinan-BMW 5.0 L V8 38 GTD 19 Mühlner Motorsports America Jim Michaelian Michael Lira Ricardo Flores, Jr. Connor De Phillippi Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Porsche 911 GT America 414 + 326 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 39 DNF P 1 Tequila Patrón ESM Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel David Heinemeier Hansson HPD ARX-04b 389 gearbox Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 40 DNF PC 61 BAR1 Motorsports Shelby Blackstock Ivo Breukers Marc Drumwright Martin Plowman Remo RuscittiOreca FLM09 361 engine Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 41 DNF P 07 SpeedSource Tom Long Joel Miller Ben Devlin Sylvain Tremblay Mazda Prototype 348 overheating Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4(Diesel) 42 DNF GTLM 62 Risi Competizione Giancarlo Fisichella Pierre Kaffer Davide Rigon Olivier Beretta Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 310 electrical Ferrari 4.5 L V8 43 DNF PC 8 Starworks Motorsport Renger van der Zande Mirco Schultis Mike Hedlund Alex Popow Filipe Albuquerque Oreca FLM09 299 engine Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 44 DNF PC 38 Performance Tech Motorsports James French Jerome Mee James Vance Sean Johnston Oreca FLM09 238 crash Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 45 DNF GTD 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Ian James Mario Farnbacher Alex Riberas Porsche 911 GT America 233 engine Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 46 DNF GTLM 51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 211 crash Ferrari 4.5 L V8 47 DNF P 70 SpeedSource Sylvain Tremblay Tristan Nunez Jonathan Bomarito James Hinchcliffe Mazda Prototype 198 oil pressure Mazda Skyactiv-D 2.2 L Turbo I4(Diesel) 48 DNF GTD 28 Konrad Motorsport Klaus Bachler Christopher Zöchling Christian Engelhart Lance Willsey Rolf Ineichen Porsche 911 GT America 176 did not finish Porsche 4.0 L Flat-649 DNF P 57 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Alex Brundle Olivier Pla Ligier JS P2 172 engine Judd HK 3.6 L V8 50 DNF P 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Jon Fogarty HPD ARX-04b 49 oil pressure Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 51 DNF P 0 DeltaWing Racing Cars with Claro/TracFone Andy Meyrick Katherine Legge Memo Rojas Gabby Chaves DeltaWing DWC13 42 transmission Élan 1.9 L Turbo I4 DQ P 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor Max Angelelli Chevrolet Corvette DP 740 + 1:07.074 Chevrolet LS9 5.5 L V8 DQ PC 16 BAR1 Motorsports Johnny Mowlem Tom Papadopoulos Tomy Drissi Brian Alder Martin Plowman Oreca FLM09 713 + 27 Laps Chevrolet 6.2 L V8+ Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer Continental Michelin Falken Tire
Footnotes
Standings after the race
References
Provisional Race results