Joao Barbosa was first to the checkered flag today in his #9 Porsche Riley, bringing himself and his Action Express Racing teammates, Terry Borcheller, Ryan Dalziel, and Mike Rockenfeller, the overall victory for the Grand-Am’s Rolex 24 at Daytona. Just 50.494 seconds behind him and still on the lead lap was the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing entry piloted by Max Papis, Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, and Justin Wilson.

Taking the GT Class win and finishing 8th overall were Jonathan Bomarito, Nick Ham, David Haskell, and Sylvain Tremblay, in their #70 SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8. This marked the team’s second Rolex 24 class victory in the past three years.

Top Finishers of the 2010 Grand-Am Rolex 24 at Daytona:

Pos   No  Class  Car             Drivers
  1   #9     DP  Porsche Riley   Joao Barbosa
                                 Terry Borcheller
                                 Ryan Dalziel
                                 Mike Rockenfeller

  2  #01     DP  BMW Riley       Max Papis
                                 Scott Pruett
                                 Memo Rojas
                                 Justin Wilson

  3  #95     DP  BMW Riley       Christophe Bouchut
                                 Ryan Hunter-Reay
                                 Lucas Luhr
                                 Scott Tucker
                                 Richard Westbrook

  4  #75     DP  Ford Lola       Colin Braun
                                 Nic Jonsson
                                 Tracy Krohn
                                 Ricardo Zonta

  5  #60     DP  Ford Riley      Burt Frisselle
                                 Ozz Negri
                                 John Pew
                                 Mark Wilkins

  6  #10     DP  Ford Dallara    Max Angelelli
                                 Pedro Lamy
                                 Ricky Taylor
                                 Wayne Taylor

  7   #6     DP  Ford Riley      AJ Allmendinger
                                 Brian Frisselle
                                 Mark Patterson
                                 Michael Valiante

  8  #70     GT  Mazda RX-8      Jonathan Bomarito
                                 Nick Ham
                                 David Haskell
                                 Sylvain Tremblay

  9  #67     GT  Porsche GT3     Jorg Bergmeister
                                 Patrick Long
                                 Seth Neiman
                                 Johannes van Overbeek

 10  #66     GT  Porsche GT3     Ted Ballou
                                 Kelly Collins
                                 Patrick Flanagan
                                 Wolf Henzler
                                 Andy Lally

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Rum Bum Racing’s Gian Bacardi and Matt Plumb took the overall victory in today’s Fresh From Florida 200 at Daytona International Speedway. The pair beat out fellow BMW M3 drivers, Charles Putman and Charles Espenlaub of Fall-Line Motorsports, by just 0.107 seconds.

Andy Pilgrim, also of Fall-Line Motorsports, was today’s top lap leader, leading the field for a total of 29 laps, in the 66 lap race. Despite this, he and teammate, Mark Boden, only managed an 11th place finish.

In the ST Class, it was Compass360 Racing’s David Thilenius and Lawson Aschenbach who came out on top in their Honda Civic Si.

Results:

POS   NO. CL  DRIVERS
  1   13  GS  Bacardi / Plumb
  2   48  GS  Espenlaub / Putman
  3   41  GS  Miller / Pumpelly
  4   37  GS  Gue / Seafuse
  5    6  GS  Bell / Bucknum
  6   45  GS  Borcheller / Hendricks
  7   60  GS  Mason / Winchester
  8    9  GS  Carter / Plumb
  9   59  GS  Caddell / Wilden
 10    6  GS  Musser / Orr
 11   46  GS  Boden / Pilgrim
 12   23  GS  Carroll / Ende
 13   97  GS  Hand / Marsal
 14   88  GS  Ellis / Wellon
 15   35  GS  Aquilante / Spaude
 16   17  GS  Ackley / DiPippo
 17   11  GS  Panzer / Snyder
 18    7  GS  Heath / Potter
 19    1  GS  Baas / White
 20   52  GS  Finlay / Michaelian
 21   79  GS  Hall / Prusinski
 22   83  GS  Cosmo / Tetreault
 23   89  GS  Abello / Armengol
 24   74  ST  Aschenbach / Thilenius
 25   81  ST  Heumann / Thomas
 26   26  ST  Carbonell / O'Doski
 27   77  ST  Theetge / Theetge
 28   75  ST  Eversley / Lutz
 29   92  ST  Gilsinger / Johnson / Schmitt
 30   42  ST  Leroux / Leroux
 31   18  ST  Battle / Dayton
 32   24  ST  Schultz / Straus
 33   28  ST  Ellis / Hacquard
 34   49  ST  Novich / Pobst
 35    8  ST  Schroeder / Smith
 36   43  ST  Nonnamaker / Sahlen
 37   67  ST  Becker / Tallman
 38  181  ST  Hurley / Stadtlander
 39  171  ST  Halpin / Sweeney
 40   25  ST  Long / Whitis
 41    0  GS  Sellers / Willsey
 42   69  ST  Harding / Milarcik
 43    5  GS  James / Nastasi
 44   12  ST  Burrows / Hopwood
 45   50  ST  Hart / Lira
 46   66  ST  Riley / Riley
 47   27  ST  Dempsey / Edwards
 48   51  ST  Buras / Corthell / Wilson
 49   16  GS  Jeannette / Montecalvo
 50   29  GS  Buford / Empringham
 51   39  ST  Collyer / Conway
 52   22  ST  Lepper / Schmidt
 53   68  GS  Kozarov / Ortiz
 54   55  GS  Atterbury / Cates
 55  197  ST  Cattaneo / Mirzayan
 56   15  GS  Foster / Maxwell
 57   54  GS  Anthony Jr. / Edwards
 58   80  ST  Clay / White
 59   76  ST  Combs / Liefooghe
 60   38  GS  Jenkins / Stanton
 61   99  GS  Hillestad / Waddell
 62   36  ST  Brown / Olson
 63   53  GS  Click / McGovern
 64   40  GS  Gutierrez / Llano
 65   57  GS  Longhi / Masessa
 66   61  GS  Johnson / Roush Jr.
 67  196  ST  Smalley / Trinkler
 68   10  ST  Jonsson / Lally
 69   86  ST  Prey / Sigal
 70   21  ST  Danyliw / Holtom
 71   30  ST  Bocchino / Lamb
 72    8  ST  Mosing / Saini
 73   96  GS  Auberlen / Dalla Lana
 74    5  GS  Altenburg / Nowicki
 75   34  ST  Giovanis / Kennedy
 76    2  GS  Click / McGovern
 77    4  GS  Kelly / Said
 78    7  GS  Hickham Jr
 79   72  GS  Longhi / Masessa
 80   78  GS  DiLeo / Foss
 81   56  GS  Click / McGovern