The 2005 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series 24-hour endurance sports car race held on February 5–6, 2005 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the first round of the 2005 Rolex Sports Car Series. For the first time, all cars used a standard tire; as the series mandated, all cars use Hoosier tires. The overall winner of the race was the No. 10 SunTrust Racing Riley Mk XI driven by Max Angelelli, Wayne Taylor, and Emmanuel Collard. The GT class was won by the No. 71 Farnbacher Racing USA Porsche 996 GT3 Cup driven by Wolf Henzler, Dominik Farnbacher, Perre Ehret, and Shawn Price.
Race results Class winners in bold. Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps Engine 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 9DNF 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 18DNF 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 Flanagan 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 Porsche3.6 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 Miro Konôpka Troy Hanson Nikolas Konstant Jay Wilton Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 599 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 27DNF 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 33DNF DP 2 Howard-Boss Motorsports Dario Franchitti Milka Duno Marino Franchitti Dan Wheldon Crawford DP03 528 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 34DNF 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 36DNF 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 38DNF 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 43DNF DP 29 Brumos Racing Josh Vargo Jake Vargo Tim Vargo Brady Refenning Fabcar FDSC/03 463 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 44DNF 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 45DNF GT 51 Red Bull Ebimotors Karl Wendlinger Dieter Quester Johnny Mowlem Vincent Vosse Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 409 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 46DNF 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 49DNF DP 54 Kodak-Bell Motorsports Christian Fittipaldi Paul Tracy Terry Borcheller Ralf Kelleners Forest Barber Doran JE4 328 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 50DNF 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 51DNF DP 79 Newman/Haas Racing/Silverstone Racing Cristiano da Matta Sébastien Bourdais Paul Newman Mike Brockman Crawford DP03 290 Ford 5.0 L V8 52DNF 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 53DNF GT 00 Aussie Assault Craig Baird Paul Morris Marcos Ambrose John Teulan Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 271 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 54DNF DP 39 Orbit Racing Marc Goossens Guy Smith Scott Sharp Jim Matthews Riley Mk XI 239 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 55DNF DP 50 Blackforest Motorsports Jeff Bucknum Tom Nastasi Henry Zogaib Doug Peterson Travis Duder Multimatic MDP1 223 Ford 5.0 L V8 56DNF GT 48 Xtreme Racing Group Toni Seiler Hans Hauser Anthony Puelo Robert Dubler Chevrolet Corvette 218 Chevrolet 5.7 L V8 57DNF GT 21 Prototype Technology Group, Inc. Bill Auberlen Joey Hand Ian James Chris Gleason BMW M3 E46 199 BMW 3.2 L I6 58DNF DP 09 Spirit of Daytona Racing Doug Goad Stéphane Grégoire Roberto Moreno Bob Ward Crawford DP03 194 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 59DNF GT 22 Prototype Technology Group, Inc. Justin Marks Tommy Milner Kelly Collins R. J. Valentine BMW M3 E46 168 BMW 3.2 L I6 60DNF DP 86 Synergy Racing Peyton Sellers Arthur Urciuoli Jason Workman Steve Marshall Picchio DP2 134 BMW 5.0 L V8 61DNF 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 62DNF GT 46 Michael Baughman Racing Michael Baughman Mike Yeakle Chevrolet Corvette 20 Chevrolet 5.7 L V8
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