1998 24 Hours of Daytona
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The 1998 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a 24-hour endurance sports car race held on February 1, 1998[1] at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the opening round of the 1998 United States Road Racing Championship. It was the first year that the race was sanctioned by the SCCA.

Victory overall and in the Can-Am class went to the No. 30 Doran/Moretti Racing Ferrari 333 SP driven by Giampiero Moretti, Arie Luyendyk, Mauro Baldi, and Didier Theys. Victory in the GT1 class went to the No. 01 Rohr Motorsport Porsche 911 GT1 driven by Allan McNish, Danny Sullivan, Jörg Müller, Uwe Alzen, and Dirk Müller. The GT2 class was won by the No. 97 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 driven by Toni Seiler, Wido Rössler, Peter Kitchak, Angelo Zadra, and Franz Konrad. Finally, the GT3 class was won by the No. 10 Prototype Technology Group, Inc. BMW M3 E36 driven by Bill Auberlen, Marc Duez, Boris Said, and Peter Cunningham.[1][2]

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Tire Laps
1 CA 30 Italy Doran/Moretti Racing Italy Giampiero Moretti
Netherlands Arie Luyendyk
Italy Mauro Baldi
Belgium Didier Theys
Ferrari 333 SP Y 711
2 GT1 01 United States Rohr Motorsport United Kingdom Allan McNish
United States Danny Sullivan
Germany Jörg Müller
Germany Uwe Alzen
Germany Dirk Müller
Porsche 911 GT1 Evo M 703
3 GT1 00 France Larbre Competition France Christophe Bouchut
France Patrice Goueslard
Sweden Carl Rosenblad
Germany André Ahrlé
Porsche 911 GT1 M 667
4 GT2 97 Austria Konrad Motorsport Switzerland Toni Seiler
Germany Wido Rössler
United States Peter Kitchak
Italy Angelo Zadra
Austria Franz Konrad
Porsche 911 GT2 P 660
5 GT2 04 United States C. J. Motorsports United States John Morton
Canada John Graham
Netherlands Patrick Huisman
Netherlands Duncan Huisman
Porsche 911 GT2  ? 659
6 GT3 10 United States Prototype Technology Group, Inc. United States Bill Auberlen
Belgium Marc Duez
United States Boris Said
United States Peter Cunningham
BMW M3 E36 Y 657
7 GT3 23 United States Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing United States Mike Conte
Belgium Bruno Lambert
United Kingdom Nick Holt
United States Darryl Havens
Porsche 993 Carrera RSR P 639
8 CA 63 United States Downing/Atlanta Racing Japan Yojiro Terada
United States Howard Katz
United States John O'Steen
United States Jim Downing
France Franck Fréon
Kudzu DLM-4 G 636
9 GT3 55 United States AASCO Performance United States Charles Slater
United States Tim Ralston
United States Tom Peterson
Costa Rica Jorge Trejos
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR P 629
10 GT3 73 United States Jack Lewis Enterprises Ltd. United States Jack Lewis
Canada Tony Burgess
United States Anthony Lazzaro
United States Kurt Matthewson
Porsche 993 Carrera RSR G 626
11
DNF
GT1 4 United States Tom Gloy Racing United States Mike Borkowski
Brazil Tony Kanaan
United States Robbie Buhl
Ford Mustang Cobra  ? 624
12 GT3 25 Germany RWS-Brun Motorsport Austria Hans-Jörg Hofer
Italy Luca Riccitelli
Italy Raffaele Sanguiolo
Germany Günther Blieninger
Porsche 993 Cup  ? 624
13 GT3 77 United States Grey Cliff Racing United States John Drew
United States David Friedman
United States Beran Peter
United States James Nelson
United States Mark Greenburg
Porsche 993 Carrera RSR  ? 622
14 GT2 81 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering United States Chris Gleason
Australia Ray Lintott
United States Matt Turner
United Kingdom Ashley Ward
Chrysler Viper GTS-R G 619
15
DNF
CA 16 United States Dyson Racing United Kingdom James Weaver
United States Rob Dyson
United States Dorsey Schroeder
United States Elliott Forbes-Robinson
Riley & Scott Mk III G 616
16 GT3 7 United States Prototype Technology Group, Inc. Canada Ross Bentley
United States Les Delano
United States Andy Petery
United States Derek Hill
BMW M3 E36 Y 616
17
DNF
CA 20 United States Dyson Racing United States Butch Leitzinger
United States John Paul Jr.
United Kingdom Perry McCarthy
United States Rob Dyson
Riley & Scott Mk III G 615
18 GT3 07 United States G&W Motorsports United States Price Cobb
United States Danny Marshall
United Kingdom Peter Chambers
Germany Ulrich Gallade
United Kingdom Martyn Konig
Porsche 993  ? 615
19
DNF
GT1 38 United States Champion Motors Belgium Thierry Boutsen
United States Andy Pilgrim
Germany Ralf Kelleners
Porsche 911 GT1 Evo P 614
20
DNF
CA 3 United States Scandia Engineering France Yannick Dalmas
France Bob Wollek
Italy Max Papis
Canada Ron Fellows
Ferrari 333 SP G 610
21 GT2 21 Germany Dener Motorsport Stuttgart Sportscar Brazil André Lara-Resende
Brazil Régis Schuch
Brazil Flávio Trindale
Brazil Maurizio Sandro Sala
Porsche 911 GT2 P 604
22 CA 62 United States Downing/Atlanta Racing United States John Mirro
United States Ralph Thomas
United States Douglas Campbell
United States Dennis Spencer
United States Rich Grupp
Kudzu DLM G 591
23 GT3 67 United States The Racer's Group United States Chris Ronson
United States Brian Pelke
United States Steve Pelke
United States Bruce Busby
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR G 567
24 GT3 09 United States Spirit of Daytona Racing United States Craig Conway
United States Eric van Cleef
United States Todd Flis
Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX T 563
25
DNF
CA 95 United States TRV Motorsport United States Jeret Schroeder
United States Tom Volk
United States Lyn St. James
United States Pete Halsmer
Kudzu DL-4 G 557
26
DNF
CA 39 United States Colucci/Matthews Racing United States David Murry
United States Hurley Haywood
United Kingdom Derek Bell
United States Jim Matthews
Riley & Scott Mk III P 550
27 GT1 29 United States Overbagh Motor Racing Italy Fabio Rosa
Italy Giovanni Vigano
Italy Gabrio Rosa
Italy Pierangelo Masselli
United States C. J. Johnson
Chevrolet Camaro G 547
28 GT2 71 United States Pettit Racing United States Cameron Worth
United States Nick Vitucci
United States Bill Lester
United States Scott Sansone
United States Brian Richards
Mazda RX-7 Turbo H 539
29 GT2 69 Germany Proton Competition Switzerland Denis Lay
Germany Gerd Ruch
United States Will Langhorne
Germany Gerold Ried
Porsche 911 GT2  ? 498
30
DNF
CA 8 United States Transatlantic Racing/Support Net Racing United States Johnny O'Connell
United States Henry Camferdam
United States Scott Schubot
Riley & Scott Mk III D 497
31 GT1 40 United States Rankin Racing, Inc. United States David Rankin
United States Hank Scott
Canada Eric Jensen
El Salvador Toto Lassally
United States Nort Northam
Chevrolet Camaro G 494
32
DNF
GT1 99 United States Panoz-Visteon Racing France Éric Bernard
Australia David Brabham
United Kingdom Jamie Davies
Panoz GTR-1 M 472
33
DNF
GT3 54 United States Bell Motorsports United States Stu Hayner
Ecuador Henry Taleb
United States Scott Neuman
United States Terry Borcheller
BMW M3 E36 Y 455
34 GT3 24 United States Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing United States Don Kitch Jr.
United States Byron Sanborn
Italy Angelo Cilli
United States Kim Wolfkill
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR P 448
35 GT1 56 Argentina Team Argentina Argentina Gaston Aguirre
Argentina Francisco Castillo
Argentina Horacio Paolucci
Argentina Facundo Gilbicella
Oldsmobile Cutlass  ? 445
36 GT1 87 United States John Annis Racing United States John Annis
United States Lee Hill
United States Bill Ladoniczki
United States Steve Ladoniczki
United States Randy Pobst
Chevrolet Camaro  ? 438
37 GT1 35 United States McDill Racing Italy Stefano Bucci
Italy Mauro Casadei
Italy Francesco Ciani
Italy Andrea Garbagnati
Chevrolet Camaro Y 437
38
DNF
GT1 0 Canada Multimatic Motorsports Canada Scott Maxwell
Canada Jason Priestley
Canada David Empringham
Ford Mustang Cobra D 435
39
DNF
GT1 5 United States Panoz-Visteon Racing United Kingdom Andy Wallace
United States Scott Pruett
Brazil Raul Boesel
United States Doc Bundy
Panoz GTR-1 M 433
40
DNF
CA 28 United States Intersport Racing United States Jon Field
United States Rick Sutherland
United States Butch Brickell
Italy Enrico Bertaggia
United States Alex Padilla
Riley & Scott Mk III G 432
41 CA 51 United States Fantasy Junction-Coys Racing United States Bruce Trenery
United States Spencer Trenery
United Kingdom Grahame Bryant
United States Steve Pfeifer
United States Kent Painter
Cannibal  ? 414
42 GT1 89 United States Maugeri Motorsports United States Richard Maugeri
United States Anthony Puleo
United States Sim Penton
United States Daniel Urrutia
Chevrolet Camaro G 385
43
DNF
GT3 96 United States Olive Garden Racing United States Ronald Zitza
United States Kevin Wheeler
United States Mike Davies
Porsche 993 P 381
44
DNF
CA 88 United States Dollahite Racing United States Anthony Lazzaro
United States Bill Dollahite
United States Paul Dallenbach
Spice BDG-02 P 371
45
DNF
CA 59 United States Intersport Racing United States Simon Gregg
Germany Oliver Kuttner
United States Joaquin DeSoto
United States Tim Holt
Spice SC95 G 344
46
DNF
GT3 52 United States Team Protosport GT United States Dave Russell
United States William Stitt
United States Mark Hillstead
United States Paul Arnold
Germany Neil Crilly
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Y 342
47
DNF
GT3 41 United States Technodyne United States Cort Wagner
United States Chris Cervelli
Germany Marc Basseng
United States Kelly Collins
Porsche 993 Carrera RSR P 335
48
DNF
CA 36 United States Colucci/Matthews Racing Chile Eliseo Salazar
United States Jim Pace
United States Barry Waddell
Riley & Scott Mk III P 300
49 GT3 33 United States Phoenix American Motorsport United States Mike Weinberg
United States Jim Michaelian
United States Bob Rockwood
United States Steve McNeely
Pontiac Firebird Formula H 295
50 CA 19 United States Davin Racing United States A. J. Smith
United States Mark Montgomery
United States Edd Davin
Kudzu DLM G 287
51 GT3 27 United States Goldin Brother Racing United States Steve Goldin
United States John G. Thomas
United States Todd Vallancourt
United States Keith Goldin
Mazda RX-7 H 277
52 GT3 86 United States G&W Motorsports United Kingdom Brian Redman
United States Steve Marshall
United States Arthur Urciuoli
Sweden Robert Amren
United States Price Cobb
Porsche 993 Carrera RSR  ? 272
53
DNF
GT2 50 United States Johnson Autosport Racing United States J. Robert Johnson
United States Tom McGlynn
United States James Oppenheimer
United States George Balbach
United States Erik Johnson
Porsche 911 Turbo D 248
54
DNF
GT2 98 Austria Konrad Motorsport United States Larry Schumacher
United Kingdom Robert Nearn
Austria Franz Konrad
United States Nick Ham
Porsche 911 GT2 P 245
55
DNF
CA 17 United States Doyle-Risi Racing South Africa Wayne Taylor
Belgium Eric van de Poele
Spain Fermín Vélez
Ferrari 333 SP P 225
56 GT1 53 United States Diablo Racing United States Tom Scheuren
United States Spencer Pumpelly
United States Gerry Green
United States Bobby Jones
Chevrolet Camaro G 195
57
DNF
GT3 57 United States Kryderacing United States Reed Kryder
United States Steve Ahlgrim
United States Dave Deen
United States Frank Del Vecchio
United States Ryan Hampton
Nissan 240SX  ? 191
58
DNF
GT1 74 United States Robinson Racing United States George Robinson
United States Jack Baldwin
United States Irv Hoerr
United States Jon Gooding
Oldsmobile Aurora G 183
59
DNF
GT3 45 Belgium GLPK Racing Leaders Belgium Stéphane Cohen
Belgium Paul Kumpen
Belgium Marc Schoonbroodt
Germany Michael Funke
Porsche 911 GT2  ? 182
60
DNF
GT2 90 Belgium AD Sport Belgium Kris Wauters
Belgium Koen Wauters
Belgium Franco La Rosa
Belgium Bert Longin
Belgium Albert Vanierschot
Porsche 911 GT2 G 173
61
DNF
GT1 2 United States Mosler Automotive United States Shane Lewis
United States Vic Rice
United States Brian Hornkohl
United States Chris Neville
Mosler Raptor  ? 169
62
DNF
GT3 37 United States GTR Motorsports United States Dave White
United States Jim Loftis
United States Bob Strange
United States Richard Howe
Porsche 968 GTR D 154
63
DNF
GT3 76 United States Team A.R.E. United States Mike Doolin
United States Scott Peeler
United States John Ruther
United States Martin Snow
Porsche 993 Carrera RSR Y 154
64
DNF
GT3 68 United States The Racer's Group United States Kevin Buckler
United States Philip Collin
United States Eric Bretzel
United States Duncan Dayton
Porsche 993 Carrera RSR G 142
65
DNF
GT3 75 United States On the Edge Racing United States Max Schmidt
United States Chris Bingham
United Kingdom Nigel Smith
United States Scott Harrington
Porsche 993 Carrera RSR  ? 115
66
DNF
GT2 58 United States Broadfoot Racing France Pascal Dro
United States Martin Shuster
France Phillipe Lenain
Porsche 944 Turbo G 114
67
DNF
GT3 6 United States Prototype Technology Group, Inc. United States Mark Simo
Austria Dieter Quester
United States Peter Cunningham
BMW M3 E36 Y 87
68
DNF
GT2 05 United States Prova Motorsports Netherlands Cor Euser
Japan Masamitsu Ishihara
Japan Katsunori Iketani
Porsche 911 GT2 D 79
69
DNF
CA 60 United States Kopf Precision Race Products United States Shane Donley
United States Kris Wilson
United States Tim Moser
Keiler KII D 50
70
DNF
GT1 46 United Kingdom Newcastle United Storm Racing United Kingdom Julian Bailey
United Kingdom Tiff Needell
New Zealand Craig Baird
United Kingdom Richard Dean
Lister Storm GTL M 45
71
DNF
GT1 72 United States Banks Motorsport United States Tim Banks
United States Todd Sprinkle
United States Kerry Hitt
Chevrolet Corvette  ? 38
72
DNF
GT3 32 United States Phoenix American Motorsport United States John Heinricy
United States Stu Hayner
United States Scott Harrington
United States Don Knowles
Pontiac Firebird Formula  ? 9
73
DNF
GT3 44 Belgium GLPK Racing Leaders Germany Harald Grohs
Belgium Hans Willems
Belgium Vincent Dupont
Belgium Alfons Taels
Porsche 911 P 8
74
DNF
CA 11 United States Genesis Racing National Paintball United States Rick Fairbanks
United States Michael DeFontes
United States Chuck Goldsborough
United States Dan Lewis
United States Mark Newhaus
Hawk MD3R  ? 5
DNS GT2 65 United States Saleen/Allen RRR Speedlab United States Steve Saleen
United States Ron Johnson
United Kingdom Will Hoy
Saleen S281  ? -
DNS GT2 15 United States Kevin Jeannette United States Jay Cochran
United States Michel Aouate
Porsche 993  ? -
Source:[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "02/01/1998 race: 24 Hours of Daytona (GA) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info.
  2. "Daytona 24 Hours 1998 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".
  3. "Daytona 24 Hours 1998 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".
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