The2008 Rolex 24 at Daytona was the first round of the2008 Rolex Sports Car Series season and the 46th running of the24 Hours of Daytona. It took place atDaytona International Speedway between January 26–27, 2008.

In theDaytona Prototype class, pole position was taken byOswaldo Negri Jr. in the #60Michael Shank RacingFord poweredRiley Mk XI with a laptime of 1:40.793. TeammateA. J. Allmendinger locked out the front row forMichael Shank Racing. In the Grand Touring class, the #70 SpeedSourceMazda RX-8 GT with Sylvain Tremblay was fastest with a laptime of 1:50.788. The #56 MastercarFerrari F430 Challenge qualified 2nd in the team's debut at Daytona.^[1]

The #01Telmex Chip Ganassi Racing withFelix SabatesLexus-poweredRiley ofScott Pruett,Memo Rojas,Dario Franchitti, andJuan Pablo Montoya led 252 laps and gave Chip Ganassi racing their 3rd successive win at the Daytona 24 Hours. The #01 team took the overall victory by a margin of 2 laps over the #99GAINSCO/Bob Stallings RacingPontiac-poweredRiley entry. At the start, many cars (including the eventual race winner) had to start from pit lane after changing their tires from wets to slicks.^[2] The #70 SpeedSourceMazda RX-8 GT of Sylvain Tremblay, Nick Ham, David Haskell, andRaphael Matos were the winners in GT, completing 664 laps and finishing 9th overall. The overall pace of the race was slowed due to wet weather during the night.^[3]

A total of 22 safety car periods neutralized the race for 112 laps.

Class winners inbold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps
					Engine
1	DP	01	Telmex Chip Ganassi Racing withFelix Sabates	Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Dario Franchitti Juan Pablo Montoya	Riley Mk XI	695
					Lexus 5.0LV8
2	DP	99	GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing	Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney Jimmy Vasser Jimmie Johnson	Riley Mk XI	693
					Pontiac 5.0LV8
3	DP	9	Penske-Taylor Racing	Ryan Briscoe Hélio Castroneves Kurt Busch	Riley Mk XI	689
					Pontiac 5.0LV8
4	DP	76	Krohn Racing	Darren Turner Niclas Jönsson Ricardo Zonta	Proto-Auto Lola B08/70	688
					Pontiac 5.0LV8
5	DP	10	SunTrust Racing	Wayne Taylor Ricky Taylor Michael Valiante Max Angelelli	Riley Mk XI	687
					Pontiac 5.0LV8
6	DP	60	Michael Shank Racing	Mark Patterson Graham Rahal Oswaldo Negri Jr. Justin Wilson	Riley Mk XI	680
					Ford 5.0LV8
7	DP	75	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Eric van de Poele Oliver Gavin	Proto-Auto Lola B08/70	678
					Pontiac 5.0LV8
8	DP	91	GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing	Jim Matthews Johnny O'Connell Ryan Hunter-Reay Marc Goossens	Riley Mk XI	676
					Pontiac 5.0LV8
9	GT	70	SpeedSource	David Haskell Nick Ham Sylvain Tremblay Raphael Matos	Mazda RX-8 GT	664
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
10	GT	66	The Racer's Group	Bryce Miller Ted Ballou Andy Lally Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	657
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
11	GT	67	The Racer's Group	Tim George Jr. Spencer Pumpelly Bryan Sellers Romain Dumas Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	657
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12	GT	64	The Racer's Group	Jim Lowe Jim Pace Johannes van Overbeek R. J. Valentine Tim Sudgen	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	656
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
13	GT	69	SpeedSource	Emil Assentato Jeff Segal Nick Longhi Lonnie Pechnik	Mazda RX-8 GT	653
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
14	DP	6	Michael Shank Racing	John Pew A. J. Allmendinger Burt Frisselle Ian James	Riley Mk XI	652
					Ford 5.0LV8
15	DP	09	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Guy Cosmo Michael McDowell Marc-Antoine Camirand	Fabcar FDSC/03	652
					Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
16	GT	80	Synergy Racing	Mark Greenberg Damien Faulkner Jan Heylen Lance David Arnold	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	651
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17	GT	07	Banner Racing	Paul Edwards Kelly Collins Jan Magnussen	Pontiac GXP.R	647
					Pontiac 6.0LV8
18	GT	87	Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing	Dominik Farnbacher Pierre Ehret Timo Bernhard Dirk Werner	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	646
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19	GT	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Andrew Davis Randy Pobst Gunnar Jeannette Robin Liddell	Pontiac GXP.R	644
					Pontiac 6.0LV8
20	GT	30	Racer's Edge Motorsports	Ken Dobson Robert Thorne Drew Staveley Craig Stone	Mazda RX-8 GT	642
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
21	GT	74	Autometrics Motorsports	Bransen Patch Jim Hamblin Joe Safina David Murry Derek Skea	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	638
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
22	GT	88	Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing	Pierre Kaffer Frank Stippler Dave Lacey Greg Wilkins Eric Curran	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	637
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
23	DP	59	Brumos Racing	Hurley Haywood J. C. France Terry Borcheller João Barbosa	Riley Mk XI	622
					Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
24 DNF	GT	84	Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing	Chris Bingham Don Pickering Bill Cotter Chris Pennington	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	637
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25 DNF	DP	03	Vision Racing	Ed Carpenter A. J. Foyt IV John Andretti Vítor Meira Tony George	Crawford DP08	615
					Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
26	GT	44	Bullet Racing	Zach Arnold Dyrk van Zanten Jr. Steve Paquette Glenn Nixon	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	615
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
27	DP	58	Brumos Racing	Darren Law David Donohue Buddy Rice	Riley Mk XI	611
					Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
28	DP	7	Sigalsport	Matt Plumb Quentin Wahl Stéphan Grégoire Michael Cullen Paddy Shovlin	Riley Mk XI	601
					BMW 5.0LV8
29	GT	17	Terra Firma Motorsports	Ronald Zitza Gary Jensen Mark Jensen Jordan Taylor	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	599
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
30	GT	72	Autohaus Motorsports	Max Papis Tim Lewis Jr. Craig Stanton Lawson Aschenbach	Pontiac GXP.R	590
					Pontiac 6.0LV8
31	GT	34	Orbit Racing	Lance Willsey Mike Fitzgerald Tom Papadopoulos Johnny Mowlem	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	589
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
32	GT	65	The Racer's Group	Russ Oasis Tom Atherton Jim Stout Jason Daskalos Tommy Archer	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	585
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
33	GT	86	Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing	Eric Lux Leh Keen Sascha Maassen Wolf Henzler Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	580
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
34	GT	52	Mastercar	Joe Castellano Fred Machado Ma Chi Min Roberto Ragazzi Constantino Bertuzzi	Ferrari F430 Challenge	578
					Ferrari 4.3LV8
35	GT	85	Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing	Don Kitch Jr. Steve Miller Chris Pallis Ross Bentley	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	572
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
36 DNF	DP	23	Alex Job Racing	Bill Auberlen Joey Hand Patrick Long Andy Wallace	Crawford DP08	569
					Porsche 3.99L Flat-6
37	GT	06	Banner Racing	Leighton Reese Robert Nearn Marc Bunting Andy Pilgrim	Pontiac GXP.R	564
					Pontiac 6.0LV8
38	GT	81	Synergy Racing	Steve Johnson Patrick Huisman Robert Doornbos Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	558
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
39	GT	40	Dempsey Racing	Joe Foster Patrick Dempsey Charles Espenlaub Romeo Kapudija Scott Maxwell	Mazda RX-8 GT	552
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
40	GT	68	The Racer's Group	Michael Gomez Michael Auriemma John Mayes Scott Schroeder Brent Milner	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	550
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
41	DP	77	Doran Racing	Memo Gidley Fabrizio Gollin Gabriele Gardel Brad Jaeger	Doran JE4	546
					Ford 5.0LV8
42 DNF	DP	3	Southard Motorsports	Shane Lewis Bill Lester Ted Christopher Alex Barron	Riley Mk XI	527
					Lexus 5.0LV8
43 DNF	GT	14	Autometrics Motorsports	Cory Friedman Mac McGehee Anthony Lazzaro Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	524
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
44 DNF	DP	02	Target Chip Ganassi Racing withFelix Sabates	Dan Wheldon Scott Dixon Alex Lloyd Salvador Durán	Riley Mk XI	515
					Lexus 5.0LV8
45	GT	21	Matt Connolly Motorsports	Hal Prewitt Spencer Trenery Vic Rice Diego Alessi Karl Reindler	Pontiac GTO.R	513
					Pontiac 6.0LV8
46 DNF	GT	62	The Racer's Group	Claudio Burtin Jack Baldwin Scott Tucker Ed Zabinski Martin Ragginger	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	511
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
47 DNF	GT	27	O'Connell Racing	Kevin O'Connell Kevin Roush Kris Wilson Hugh Plumb	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	473
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
48 DNF	DP	61	AIM Autosport	Colin Braun Brian Frisselle Mark Wilkins Andrew Ranger	Riley Mk XI	448
					Ford 5.0LV8
49 DNF	GT	29	Alegra Motorsport	Jake Rosenzweig Bob Woodman Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Scooter Gabel Chris Gleason	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	418
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
50 DNF	GT	43	Team Sahlen	Will Nonnamaker Wayne Nonnamaker Joe Nonnamaker Joe Sahlen	Mazda RX-8 GT	401
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
51 DNF	GT	83	Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing	C. R. Crews Russell Walker Peter Ludwig Ben McCrackin Tim Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	397
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
52 DNF	GT	26	Gotham Competition	Jerome Jacalone Joe Jacalone Jim Michaelian Bob Michaelian Scooter Gabel	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	364
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
53 DNF	GT	89	Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing	Luca Drudi Raffaele Giammaria Gabrio Rosa Giacomo Petrobelli Jörg Hardt	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	284
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
54 DNF	GT	50	Blackforest Motorsports	John Farano Carl Jensen John Cloud Boris Said James Bradley	Ford Mustang	255
					Ford 5.0LV8
55 DNF	DP	2	SAMAX Motorsport	Henri Zogaib Mike Rockenfeller Lucas Luhr Allan McNish	Riley Mk XI	233
					Pontiac 5.0LV8
56 DNF	DP	31	Matt Connolly Motorsports	Seth Ingram Mirco Schultis Bob Frost Miroslav Konopka Ettore Contini	Chase CCE	231
					Pontiac 5.0LV8
57 DNF	GT	15	Blackforest Motorsports	David Empringham Jean-François Dumoulin Tom Nastasi Boris Said	Ford Mustang	177
					Ford 5.0LV8
58 DNF	DP	16	Cheever Racing	Matteo Bobbi Antonio García Stéphane Ortelli Fabio Babini	Coyote CC/08	170
					Pontiac 5.0LV8
59 DNF	GT	90	Automatic Racing	Jep Thornton Tom Long Joe Varde David Russell	BMW M6	163
					BMW 5.0L V10
60 DNF	GT	22	Alegra Motorsports	Carlos de Quesada Nathan Swartzbaugh Patrick Pilet Marc Basseng	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	149
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
61 DNF	DP	11	SAMAX Motorsport	Tomáš Enge Milka Duno Harold Primat Ryan Dalziel	Riley Mk XI	97
					Pontiac 5.0LV8
62 DNF	GT	08	Goldin Motorsports	Steve Goldin Keith Goldin Jim Meassick Squeak Kennedy	Mazda RX-8 GT	83
					Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor
63 DNF	DP	12	RVO Motorsports	Derek Bell Justin Bell Tõnis Kasemets Paul Dallenbach Roger Schramm	Riley Mk XI	65
					Pontiac 5.0LV8
64 DNF	GT	56	Mastercar	Matthew Marsh Christian Montanari Thomas Biagi Fabio Venier Luis Monzon	Ferrari F430 Challenge	55
					Ferrari 4.3LV8
65 DNF	DP	51	Cheever Racing	Tom Kimber-Smith Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Scott Mayer Brent Sherman	Coyote CC/08	45
					Pontiac 5.0LV8
66 DNF	GT	63	The Racer's Group	Pierre Bourque Hima Maher Duncan Ende Ron Yarab Jr.	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	31
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

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