2000 24 Hours of Daytona

2000 24 Hours of Daytona

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Track map of Daytona International Speedway

The 2000 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series 24-hour endurance sports car race held on February 5–6, 2000 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The event was the first round of the inaugural Rolex Sports Car Series season. Victory overall and in the GTO class went to the No. 91 Viper Team Oreca Dodge Viper GTS-R piloted by Olivier Beretta, Karl Wendlinger, and Dominique Dupuy. Victory in the SR class went to the No. 20 Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk III piloted by James Weaver, Rob Dyson, Max Papis, and Elliott Forbes-Robinson. Victory in the GTU category went to the No. 56 Haberthur Racing Porsche 996 GT3-R piloted by Luca Drudi, Gabrio Rosa, Fabio Rosa, and Fabio Babini. Finally, the AGT class was won by the No. 84 Comer Racing, Inc. Chevrolet Camaro piloted by John Finger, Doug Mills, Richard Maugeri, Andy McNeil, and Ronald Zitza.

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps
					Engine
1	GTO	91	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Dominique Dupuy	Dodge Viper GTS-R	M	723
					Dodge 8.0 L V10
2	GTO	3	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Justin Bell Chris Kneifel	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	723
					Chevrolet LS1 7.0 L V8
3	GTO	93	Viper Team Oreca	David Donohue Ni Amorim Jean-Philippe Belloc Tommy Archer	Dodge Viper GTS-R	M	719
					Dodge 8.0 L V10
4	SR	20	Dyson Racing	James Weaver Rob Dyson Max Papis Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Riley & Scott Mk III	G	717
					Ford-Lincoln 5.5 L V8
5	GTO	92	Viper Team Oreca	Tommy Archer Marc Duez Vincent Vosse Jean-Philippe Belloc	Dodge Viper GTS-R	M	691
					Dodge 8.0 L V10
6	GTO	45	Team Viper West	Stephen Watson Christian Vann Raffaele Sangiuolo Allison Duncan	Dodge Viper GTS-R	D	665
					Dodge 8.0 L V10
7	GTO	46	Team Viper West	Toni Seiler Erik Messley Walter Brun Hans Hugenholtz	Dodge Viper GTS-R	D	659
					Dodge 8.0 L V10
8	GTU	56	Haberthur Racing	Luca Drudi Gabrio Rosa Fabio Rosa Fabio Babini	Porsche 996 GT3-R	P	658
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
9	GTO	72	Freisinger Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Ernst Palmberger Lance Stewart	Porsche 911 GT2	D	657
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
10	GTU	7	RWS Motorsport	Dieter Quester Philipp Peter Hans Willems Hans-Jörg Hofer Luca Riccitelli	Porsche 996 GT3-R	M	657
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
11	GTO	99	Schumacher Racing	Martin Snow John O'Steen Stu Hayner Larry Schumacher	Porsche 911 GT2	M D P	654
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 Turbo
12	GTU	07	G&W Motorsports	Mike Fitzgerald Greg Merril Steve Marshall Danny Marshall Chris MacAllister Darren Law	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	P	651
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
13 DNF	SR	6	Team Cadillac	Butch Leitzinger Andy Wallace Franck Lagorce	Cadillac Northstar LMP	P	637
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L V8
14	SR	5	Team Cadillac	Wayne Taylor Max Angelelli Eric van de Poele	Cadillac Northstar LMP	P	637
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L V8
15	GTU	67	Westward Ho Casino/The Racer's Group	Wade Gaughran Philip Collin Dale White Kevin Buckler Michael Petersen	Porsche 996 GT3-R	P	623
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
16 DNF	GTU	23	Alex Job Racing	Randy Pobst Bruno Lambert Mike Conte	Porsche 996 GT3-R	M	620
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
17	GTU	66	Team Seattle/The Racer's Group	Don Kitch Jr. Steve Miller Kiichi Takahashi Dave Gaylord	Porsche 996 GT3-R	P	617
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
18	GTU	41	L. R. Organisation	Peter Hardman Philippe Favre Stanislas De Sadeleer Nicolaus Springer	Porsche 996 GT3-R	D	606
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
19	GTO	73	Freisinger Motorsport	Ulrich Gallade Ray Lintott Manfred Jurasz Klaus Horn Allan Ziegelman	Porsche 911 GT2	D	604
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 Turbo
20 DNF	GTU	90	Larbre Compétition	Christophe Bouchut André Ahrlé Jean-Luc Chéreau Patrice Goueslard	Porsche 996 GT3-R	M	597
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
21	GTU	62	Safina Racing	Hugh Plumb Mark Hillestad Carlos de Quesada Ross Bluestein Joseph Safina	BMW M3 E36	P	597
					BMW 3.2 L I6
22	GTU	97	Schmidt Brothers	Max Schmidt Rusty Schmidt Jeff Conkel Bob Woodman	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	P	594
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
23	SR	36	Johansson-Matthews Racing	Stefan Johansson Guy Smith Jim Matthews Memo Gidley	Reynard 2KQ	Y	576
					Judd 4.0 L V10
24 DNF	GTO	4	Corvette Racing	Kelly Collins Andy Pilgrim Franck Fréon	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	573
					Chevrolet LS1 7.0 L V8
25	GTU	58	MAC Racing	Massimo Morini Antonio De Castro Luca Cattaneo Renato Bicciato Massimo Frigerio	Porsche 996 GT3-R	P	570
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
26	GTU	34	Autohaus Harrisburg, Inc.	Spencer Pumpelly Emil Assentato John Steinmetz Gregor Fisken	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	G	549
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
27	AGT	84	Comer Racing, Inc.	John Finger Doug Mills Richard Maugeri Andy McNeil Ronald Zitza	Chevrolet Camaro	P	546
					Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
28 DNF	GTU	10	Jurgen/Alzen Motorsport	Ulli Richter Wilhelm Kern Axel Rohr Jürgen Alzen	Porsche 996 GT3-R	P	542
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
29 DNF	GTU	44	PK Sport	Peter Chambers Paul Fuller Mike Youles Marcus Fothergill Adam Simmons	Porsche 996 GT3-R	D	542
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
30 DNF	GTU	2	MCR/Aspen Knolls	Shane Lewis Bob Mazzuoccola Mike Bavaro Cort Wagner	Porsche 996 GT3-R	P	540
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
31 DNF	GTU	81	G&W Motorsports	Uwe Alzen Duncan Huisman Patrick Huisman Darren Law	Porsche 996 GT3-R	M	525
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
32	GTU	01	Reiser Callas Rennsport	Grady Willingham Chris Pennington Joel Reiser Simon Sobrero Craig Stanton	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Y	523
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
33	SR	47	RaceStar Motorsports	Richard McDill Todd Vallancourt John G. Thomas Les Vallarano Ken Stiver	Spice SE90	P	522
					Chevrolet 5.0 L V8
34	GTU	57	Haberthur Racing	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Pascal Fabre Bernard Chauvin Patrick Cruchet Claude Vorilhon	Porsche 996 GT3-R	D	519
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
35	SR	74	74 Ranch Resort	George Robinson Jack Baldwin Hurley Haywood Irv Hoerr	Riley & Scott Mk III	G	495
					Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
36 DNF	GTU	88	MCR/Nygmatech	Peter Baron Gian Luigi Buitoni Tony Kester Leo Hindery Mike Borkowski	Porsche 996 GT3-R	P	470
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
37 DNF	GTU	22	Seikel Motorsport	Kurt Matthewson Tony Burgess Paolo Rapetti Michel Neugarten	Porsche 996 GT3-R	D	443
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
38	GTO	38	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr Horst Felbermayr Jr. Christian Ried Gerold Ried	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	405
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 Turbo
39 DNF	GTU	70	Skea Racing International	David Murry Lloyd Hawkins Rohan Skea Johnny Mowlem	Porsche 996 GT3-R	P	400
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
40 DNF	AGT	09	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Craig Conway Troy Flis Todd Flis Doug Goad	Chevrolet Camaro	P	397
					Chevrolet 5.9 L V8
41	SR	95	TRV Motorsports	Barry Waddell Peter Boss R. J. Valentine Tom Volk	Riley & Scott Mk III	G	380
					Chevrolet 5.0 L V8
42 DNF	GTU	68	The Racer's Group	Ron Herrerias Mike Smith Tom McGlynn Ludovico Manfredi Kevin Buckler	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	P G	373
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
43 DNF	SR	17	Hybrid Motorsports	Chris Bingham Boris Said Mark Simo Rick Sutherland	Riley & Scott Mk III	Y	352
					Ford 5.1 L V8
44 DNF	GTU	33	MAC Racing	Marc Schoonbroodt Luciano Tamburini Franco Bugané Kurt Thiel Roberto Bonuomo	Porsche 996 GT3-R	P	321
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
45 DNF	GTU	59	Brumos Racing	Jürgen Barth Roland Bervillé Michel Ligonnet Ferdinand de Lesseps	Porsche 996 GT3-R	M	314
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
46 DNF	GTU	51	Dick Barbour Racing	Dirk Müller Bob Wollek Lucas Luhr	Porsche 996 GT3-R	M	312
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
47 DNF	GTU	50	Genesis Racing	Bill Auberlen Rick Fairbanks Nick Ham Chris Gleason	BMW M3 E36	Y	312
					BMW 3.2 L I6
48 DNF	SR	63	Downing/Atlanta Racing	Howard Katz Chris Ronson Steve Pelke Jim Downing Rich Grupp	Kudzu DLY	G	303
					Mazda 4-Rotor
49 DNF	AGT	53	Diablo Racing	Tom Scheuren Eric Curran Rick Dilorio Todd Snyder Mayo T. Smith	Chevrolet Camaro	G	303
					Chevrolet 5.1 L V8
50 DNF	SR	9	Bobby Brown Motorsports	Bobby Brown Norman Goldrich Randy Lenz Brian DeVries	Spice HC94	P	292
					Chevrolet 5.0 L V8
51 DNF	AGT	13	DM Motorsports	Martin Shuster Mark Montgomery Anthony Puleo	Chevrolet Camaro	G	289
					Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
52 DNF	GTO	48	Haberthur Racing	Mauro Casadei Stefano Bucci Andrea Garbagnati Renato Mastropietro	Porsche 911 GT2	D	279
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 Turbo
53	SR	60	Jacobs Motorsports	Steven Lynn Ray Snowdon Steve Algrin Richard Geck Michael Jacobs Frank Del Vecchio	Kudzu DLM-4	P	277
					Chevrolet 5.1 L V8
54 DNF	GTO	14	Jack Cauley Chevrolet	R. K. Smith Jeff Norwicki Bill Lester John Heinricy	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	P	261
					Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
55 DNF	GTO	03	Roock Racing	Claudia Hürtgen Hubert Haupt Hisashi Wada Robert Nearn Nigel Smith Stephen Earle	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	259
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 Turbo
56 DNF	GTO	32	Konrad Motorsport	Jürgen von Gartzen Charles Slater Peter Kitchak Calum Lockie Franz Konrad	Porsche 911 GT2	D	248
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 Turbo
57 DNF	AGT	40	Rankin Racing	David Rankin Dorian Foyil Toto Lassally Hank Scott Ian James	Chevrolet Camaro	G	240
					Chevrolet 5.8 L V8
58 DNF	GTO	15	Kreider Motorsports	Gaston Aguirre Scott Watkins Daniel Urrutia Rene Villeneuve Dale Kreider	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	239
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
59 DNF	GTU	24	Goldin Brothers Racing	Scott Finlay Steve Goldin Keith Goldin	Mazda RX-7	H G	239
					Mazda 2-Rotor
60 DNF	GTU	35	Franco Scapini Motorsport	Pierangelo Masselli Franco Scapini Erich Prinoth Ivan Capelli Giuseppe Pellin	Ferrari F355	P	228
					Ferrari F129B 3.5 L V8
61 DNF	GTU	21	Aasco Performance	John Rutherford IV Andy Hajducky Dave Geremia Bobby Oneglia Ken Fengler Bobby Carradine	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Y	227
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
62 DNF	GTU	75	Champion Racing	Mike Brockman Paul Newman Michael Lauer Gunnar Jeannette	Porsche 996 GT3-R	M	225
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
63 DNF	SR	31	Konrad Motorsport	Jan Lammers Sascha Maassen Franz Konrad	Lola B98/10	D	209
					Ford 6.0 L V8
64 DNF	SR	00	Autosport Racing	Enzo Calderari Angelo Zadra Marco Zadra Carl Rosenblad Lilian Bryner	Ferrari 333 SP	P	203
					Ferrari F310E 4.0 L V12
65 DNF	GTU	89	MCR/Nygmatech	James McCormick Kevin Crowder Tim Robertson Kurt Baumann	Porsche 996 GT3-R	P	192
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
66 DNF	SR	29	Intersport Racing	Andy Petery Craig Carter Gerry Green John Mirro	Riley & Scott Mk III	G	175
					Ford 5.1 L V8
67 DNF	SR	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Dale Whittington Don Whittington	Lola B98/10	G	164
					Ford 5.1 L V8
68 DNF	GTU	28	Yellow Magic	Toshio Suzuki Anders Olofsson Tsuyoshi Takahashi Van Peter Hanson Tommy Riggins	Ferrari F355	Y	164
					Ferrari F129B 3.5 L V8
69 DNF	SR	12	Risi Competizione	Alex Caffi Allan McNish Ralf Kelleners Domenico Schiattarella	Ferrari 333 SP	P	162
					Ferrari F310E 4.0 L V12
70 DNF	GTU	55	Genesis Racing	Felipe Rezk Shareef Malnik Dennis Crowley Chris Miller Rick Fairbanks	BMW M3 E36	Y	133
					BMW 3.2 L I6
71 DNF	SR	27	Doran Enterprises, Inc.	Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard Ross Bentley Mauro Baldi	Ferrari 333 SP	M	132
					Ferrari F310E 4.0 L V12
72 DNF	GTO	04	Roock Racing	Zak Brown David Warnock Spencer Trenery Vic Rice Stephen Earle	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	113
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 Turbo
73 DNF	SR	06	Multimatic Motorsports	Scott Maxwell John Graham Harri Toivonen	Lola B98/10	P	110
					Ford-Cosworth XB 2.6 L V8 Turbo
74 DNF	GTU	69	EMKA Racing	Derek Bell Tim Sugden Stephen Day Steve O'Rourke	Porsche 996 GT3-R	P	75
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
75 DNF	SR	42	EBRT/Schroeder Motorsport	Rob Wilson Martin Henderson Martyn Konig Jake Ulrich	Pilbeam MP84	D	51
					Nissan 3.0 L V6
76 DNF	GTO	49	Haberthur Racing	Patrick Vuillaume Ugo Colombo Dieter Faller Anssi Muenz	Porsche 911 GT2	D	49
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 Turbo
77 DNF	SR	8	Philip Creighton Motorsports Ltd.	Scott Schubot Henry Camferdam Duncan Dayton John Burton	Riley & Scott Mk III	G	45
					Ford 6.0 L V8
78 DNF	AGT	94	Associated General Kinetics	Paul Jenkins Steve Lisa Don Arpin Bill Beilharz Mark Reed	Chevrolet Camaro	G	40
					Chevrolet 6.1 L V8
79 DNF	SR	78	Sezio Florida Racing	Patrice Roussel Edouard Sezionale A. J. Smith	Norma M2000-01	P	13
					BMW 4.0 L V8
DNS	GTU	54	Bell Motorsports	Matt Drendel Scott Neuman Ron Johnson Hans-Joachim Stuck Peter Cunningham	BMW M3 E36	Y	-
					BMW 3.2 L I6

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