2024 24 Hours of Daytona
The event was the 62nd running of the 24 Hours of Daytona since its inception in 1962, and the first of 11 races across multiple classes in the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship, as well as the first of five rounds in the 2024 Michelin Endurance Cup.
[15] Ford led GTD Pro with Christopher Mies' lap of 1 minute 46.494 seconds, followed by James Calado's No.
4 Corvette led in GTD Pro with a 1:45.844 lap during the morning session while Eddie Cheever III's No.
[26] Rossi's 1:47.144 lap led the GTD Pro class in Pfaff's car, 0.164 seconds faster than Daniel Serra's Risi Ferrari; Laurin Heinrich's No.
Porsche paced GTD with MDK's 911 of Larry ten Voorde lapping at 1:47.075, ahead of Danny Formal's No.
[31] Jensen led in LMP2 for TDS Racing with a 1-minute, 39.078 lap, from AF Corse's Matthieu Vaxivière and Era Motorsport's Ryan Dalziel.
60 Lamborghini paced GTD Pro with a 1:47.239 lap, 0.147 seconds faster than Serra's Risi Ferrari.
31 Cadillac broke the Daytona International Speedway Road Course lap record to clinch pole position with a time of 1-minute, 32.656 seconds.
[35] The Proton Competition Porsche did not participate in qualifying after Neel Jani crashed the car during the final Roar session.
[37] In the GT session, Sebastian Priaulx set a new qualifying track record for GTD Pro to take pole position for AO Racing, with a lap of 1:44.382.
92 Kellymoss Porsche failed to record a time after David Brule crashed at turn three on his outlap.
Racing began just past 1:40 p.m. EST, with movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer acting as the honorary starter.
The restart from the caution period was chaotic; three cars from the LMP2 class spun at the Le Mans Chicane.
14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus, causing a heavy collision between the two cars and bringing out another full course caution.
33 Sean Creech Motorsports Ligier caused another full-course caution when it spun in turn 6 and stalled.
9 Pfaff Motorsports McLaren in the GTD Pro class was forced into the garage area by a failure in a wheel hub on the car.
88 Richard Mille AF Corse Oreca also went into the garage with mechanical issues and retired from the race shortly thereafter.
10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura - which was running in third place at the time - came to a halt on track with a major electrical failure, with driver Filipe Albuquerque reporting a burning smell in the car.
01 Cadillac saw problems during the ninth hour after suffering a puncture and falling a lap behind the leader while limping back to the pit lane.
27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin suffered electrical issues that cause it to stop on track briefly before ultimately restarting and heading to the garage area.
25 BMW that had briefly led the race fell several laps behind the leaders as it was forced into the garage for mechanical issues.
31 retook the lead with a pass at turn 1, with the Cadillac seeming to handle the higher temperatures of daytime running better than the Porsche.
1 BMW, which had been in the lead fight most of the race, suffered brake issues, resulting in a loose wheel and an off-track incident that put it two laps behind the no.
18 Era Motorsport Oreca took victory after pulling out a sizeable lead over its competition in the final green flag run.
The series also confirmed that by IMSA's rulebook, results would be taken from the time of the checkered flag ending the race being displayed.
[59] On February 23, 2024, IMSA finalized the official results and standings for the race, with penalties applied for BMW and Ferrari entries in the GTD classes.
[61] Ryan Dalziel, Merriman, Rasmussen, and Zilisch led the LMP2 points standings, ahead of Braun, Jakobsen, Kurtz, and Sowery.
[61] Calado, Pier Guidi, Rigon, and Serra held the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship lead over Michael Christensen, Heinrich, and Prialux.
[61] In GTD, Dontje, Ellis, Morad, and Ward led the class points standings over Cozzolino, Heriau, Mann, and Molina.
[61] Porsche Penske, Era, Risi Competizione and Winward Racing became the leaders of their respective Teams' Championships.
