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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Paul di Resta grabbed the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters victory at Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona on Sunday. The Mercedes C-Klasse of di Resta crossed the finish line 4.5 seconds ahead of the field. Following behind him were four German drivers: Timo Scheider, Bernd Schneider, Martin Tomczyk, and Mike Rockenfeller respectively.

Use the following link to view the full results from this race:

2008 DTM at Barcelona Results

The standings have been updated and are available at this location:

2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) Standings

Today’s qualifying sessions for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters were cut short because of a torrential downpour. It was following the cleanup for Mike Rockenfeller’s accident that officials decided not to continue with the qualifying sessions for safety reasons. The call was made during the second of the three scheduled qualifying sessions.

By DTM rules, the starting grid for Sunday’s race will use the results from the first qualifying heat. This means that Tom Kristensen will be starting from the pole position at Nurburgring.

“Indeed, it is a little bit strange to be on pole after such a qualifying,” Kristensen said once the qualifying sessions were officially announced as over. “But that is what the rules are like.”

The top qualifiers included:

1. Tom Kristensen
2. Mike Rockenfeller
3. Martin Tomczyk
4. Gary Paffett
5. Mattias Ekstrom