2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona
Race 1 of 13
Daytona (road)
761 laps
Time of race: 24:00:36.793
Average speed of winner: 112.834 mph
Margin of victory: 5.198 sec.
Lead changes: 53 among 22 drivers
Cautions: 14 for 64 laps
Fastest lap: Ryan Dalziel 1:41.470
Lap leaders: Dalziel 1-25, Pruett 26-27, Potolicchio 28-30, Gurney 31-38, Negri 39-51, Pruett 52-55, Dixon 56, Pruett 57-66, Valiante 67-73, Gidley 74-83, Wilson 84-90, Barbosa 91-93, Wilson 94, Luhr 95-103, McNish 104-131, Hunter-Reay 132-141, Allmendinger 142-146, Hunter-Reay 147, McNish 148-161, D. Franchitti 162, Fogarty 163, Allmendinger 164-174, Gavin 175-188, Hand 189-190, Gavin 191-203, Dalziel 204-212, Braun 213, Negri 214-232, Dalziel 233-269, Pruett 270, Montoya 271-294, Pruett 295-297, Rahal 298-301, Dixon 302-321, Rahal 322-325, Dixon 326-331, McNish 332-349, Allmendinger 350-351, McNish 352-415, Dalziel 416-490, Wilson 491-574, Hand 575-579, Pruett 580-634, Negri 635-669, Rahal 670-671, Allmendinger 672-673, McNish 674-686, Allmendinger 687, Pruett 688-690, Allmendinger 691-716, Pruett 717, Allmendinger 718-736, Nasr 737, Allmendinger 738-761
Video links: Part 1 (Start), Part 2, Part 3 (Finish)
| Finish | Start | Class | Class Rank | Drivers | Car # | Team | Engine | Owner | Qualifying Time | Laps | X Led | Laps Led | Points |
| 1 | 6 | DP | 1 | John Pew | 60 | Liveon.com | Ford Riley | Shank | 1:41.662 | 761 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Oswaldo Negri, Jr. | 3 | 67 | |||||||||||
| A.J. Allmendinger | 8 | 90 | |||||||||||
| Justin Wilson | 3 | 92 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | DP | 2 | Enzo Potolicchio | 8 | Motorola | Ford Riley | Starworks | 1:41.119 | 761 | 1 | 3 | 32 |
| Ryan Dalziel | 4 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Alex Popow | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lucas Luhr | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Allan McNish | 5 | 137 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 8 | DP | 3 | Michael McDowell | 6 | Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Ford Riley | Shank | 1:42.414 | 761 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Felipe Nasr | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jorge Goncalvez | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gustavo Yacamán | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | DP | 4 | Scott Dixon | 02 | Target/TELMEX | BMW Riley | Ganassi | 1:41.463 | 760 | 3 | 27 | 28 |
| Juan Pablo Montoya | 1 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Dario Franchitti | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jamie McMurray | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 14 | DP | 5 | Darren Law | 5 | Action Express Racing | Chevrolet Corvette DP | Action Express | no time | 758 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| David Donohue | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Christian Fittipaldi | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 13 | DP | 6 | Scott Pruett | 01 | TELMEX/Target | BMW Riley | Ganassi | no time | 757 | 8 | 79 | 25 |
| Memo Rojas | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Graham Rahal | 3 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Joey Hand | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 10 | DP | 7 | Brian Frisselle | 77 | COMBOS/Circle K | Ford Dallara | Doran | 1:42.773 | 748 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Burt Frisselle | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jim Lowe | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Paul Tracy | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Billy Johnson | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 5 | DP | 8 | Antonio García | 90 | Spirit of Daytona Racing | Chevrolet Corvette DP | Spirit of Daytona | 1:41.611 | 746 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Richard Westbrook | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Oliver Gavin | 2 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Jan Magnussen | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 9 | 7 | DP | 9 | Terry Borcheller | 9 | Action Express Racing | Chevrolet Corvette DP | Action Express | 1:42.074 | 739 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| JC France | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| João Barbosa | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Max Papis | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 10 | 9 | DP | 10 | Michael Valiante | 2 | Motorola | Ford Riley | Starworks | 1:42.657 | 736 | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| Ryan Hunter-Reay | 2 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Marco Andretti | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Scott Mayer | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 17 | GT | 1 | John Potter | 44 | Magnus Racing | Porsche GT3 Cup | Magnus | 1:49.388 | 727 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Andy Lally | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Richard Lietz | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| René Rast | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 53 | GT | 2 | Steve Bertheau | 67 | Sargent & Lundy | Porsche GT3 Cup | TRG | 1:54.347 | 727 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Marc Goossens | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Wolf Henzler | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Spencer Pumpelly | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jeroen Bleekemolen | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 15 | GT | 3 | Leh Keen | 59 | The Brumos Companies | Porsche GT3 Cup | Brumos | 1:49.342 | 726 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Andrew Davis | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Hurley Haywood | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Marc Lieb | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 14 | 29 | GT | 4 | Robin Liddell | 57 | Stevenson Auto Group | Chevrolet Camaro GT.R | Stevenson | 1:50.426 | 726 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| John Edwards | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ronnie Bremer | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 15 | 24 | GT | 5 | Toni Vilander | 63 | Risi Competizione with American Canadian | Ferrari 458 | Risi | 1:50.191 | 726 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Olivier Beretta | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Andrea Bertolini | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 16 | 38 | GT | 6 | James Hinchcliffe | 70 | Mazda/Mazdaspeed/ModSpace/Castrol | Mazda RX-8 | SpeedSource | 1:51.022 | 722 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Sylvain Tremblay | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jonathan Bomarito | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Marino Franchitti | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 17 | 31 | GT | 7 | Dominik Farnbacher | 66 | Viper Exchange | Porsche GT3 Cup | TRG | 1:50.557 | 721 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Ben Keating | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Patrick Pilet | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Allan Simonsen | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 18 | 16 | GT | 8 | Emil Assentato | 69 | FXDD | Ferrari 458 | AIM | 1:49.357 | 716 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Jeff Segal | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Nick Longhi | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Lazzaro | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 19 | 12 | DP | 11 | Tracy Krohn | 76 | Krohn Racing | Ford Lola | Krohn | 1:44.433 | 713 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Nic Jönsson | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ricardo Zonta | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Colin Braun | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 20 | 21 | GT | 9 | Jordan Taylor | 88 | Autohaus/Flex-Box | Chevrolet Camaro GT.R | Autohaus | 1:49.773 | 713 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Paul Edwards | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Matthew Marsh | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Milner | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 21 | 40 | GT | 10 | Joe Foster | 40 | Visit Florida | Mazda RX-8 | Dempsey | 1:51.416 | 713 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Patrick Dempsey | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tom Long | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Charles Espenlaub | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Charles Putman | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 22 | 34 | GT | 11 | Nicolas Armindo | 32 | Positive Output/JustSync.com/GMG/Spectra Resources | Porsche GT3 Cup | Orbit | 1:50.605 | 713 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Shane Lewis | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bret Curtis | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Sofronas | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 23 | 19 | GT | 12 | Dane Cameron | 42 | Theracesite.com | Mazda RX-8 | Sahlen | 1:49.700 | 711 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Wayne Nonnamaker | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe Nonnamaker | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Will Nonnamaker | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 24 | 25 | GT | 13 | Scott Sharp | 03 | Tequila Patrón | Ferrari 458 | Extreme Speed | 1:50.197 | 707 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Johannes van Overbeek | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ed Brown | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Guy Cosmo | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 25 | 37 | GT | 14 | Michael Avenatti | 24 | McKenna Porsche/Battery Tender/Kensington/Koss Stereophones | Porsche GT3 Cup | Job | 1:50.824 | 707 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Bob Faieta | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Cort Wagner | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Sweedler | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Fred Poordad | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 26 | 18 | GT | 15 | Jörg Bergmeister | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports with Wright Motorsports | Porsche GT3 Cup | Flying Lizard | 1:49.550 | 706 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Patrick Long | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mike Rockenfeller | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Seth Neiman | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 27 | 33 | GT | 16 | Bill Auberlen | 93 | Turner Motorsport | BMW M3 | Turner | 1:50.582 | 691 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Paul Dalla Lana | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Michael Marsal | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dirk Werner | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dirk Müller | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 28 | 20 | GT | 17 | Cooper MacNeil | 23 | WeatherTech | Porsche GT3 Cup | Job | 1:49.766 | 689 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Butch Leitzinger | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Emmanuel Collard | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Marco Holzer | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 29 | 27 | GT | 18 | Sean Edwards | 26 | MOMO | Porsche GT3 Cup | NGT | 1:50.298 | 688 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Carlos Kauffmann | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Henrique Cisneros | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Nick Tandy | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 30 | 48 | GT | 19 | Gaetano Ardagna | 64 | TRG | Porsche GT3 Cup | TRG | 1:52.679 | 688 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Eduardo Costabal | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Emilio Di Guida | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Eliseo Salazar | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Santiago Orjuela | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 31 | 32 | GT | 20 | Kevin Roush | 22 | The Ridge Motorsport Park/Guard Transmission | Porsche GT3 Cup | Bullet | 1:50.572 | 681 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Randy Blaylock | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe White | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Darryl O'Young | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Brett Van Blankers | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 32 | 11 | DP | 12 | Byron DeFoor | 50 | 50+Predator/Alegra | BMW Riley | Alegra | 1:43.723 | 672 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Brian Johnson | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Elliott Forbes-Robinson | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jim Pace | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Carlos de Quesada | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 33 | 4 | DP | 13 | Jon Fogarty | 99 | GAINSCO Auto Insurance | Chevrolet Corvette DP | Stallings | 1:41.519 | 672 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Alex Gurney | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Memo Gidley | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 34 | 50 | GT | 21 | John Fergus | 82 | Wendy's | Porsche GT3 Cup | Dick Greer | 1:53.161 | 665 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Dick Greer | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Finger | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mark Hotchkis | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Owen Trinkler | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 35 | 39 | GT | 22 | Robert Kauffman | 56 | RK Motors | Ferrari 458 | Michael Waltrip | 1:51.105 | 645 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Michael Waltrip | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Travis Pastrana | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Rui Águas | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 36 | 52 | GT | 23 | Spencer Cox | 65 | TRG | Porsche GT3 Cup | TRG | 1:53.919 | 643 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Mike Hedlund | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jack McCarthy, Jr. | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jim Michaelian | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe Castellano | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 37 | 57 | GT | 24 | Chris Cumming | 68 | TRG | Porsche GT3 Cup | TRG | no time | 640 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Ben Keating | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Damien Faulkner | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Carlos Gómez | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Kevin Estre | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 38 | 42 | GT | 25 | Douglas Grunnet | 55 | ALM Materials Handling | Porsche GT3 Cup | Acumen | 1:51.575 | 626 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Frank del Vecchio | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Scott McKee | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Randy Pobst | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tony Kester | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 39 | 45 | GT | 26 | Mark Thomas | 18 | Muehlner Motorsports | Porsche GT3 Cup | Muehlner | 1:52.250 | 609 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Bill Lester | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John McCutchen | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Davy Jones | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 40 | 49 | GT | 27 | Don Kitch, Jr. | 41 | Fishingcapital.com/Bass2BillFish/Team Seattle | Mazda RX-8 | Dempsey | 1:52.998 | 608 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Daniel Rogers | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Rick Johnson | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Scott Maxwell | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ian James | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 41 | 44 | GT | 28 | Scott Rettich | 12 | PDI Communications Systems | Porsche GT3 Cup | Alliance | 1:51.727 | 604 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Jon Miller | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Hal Prewitt | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Matt Schneider | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Darryl Shoff | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 42 | 56 | GT | 29 | Derek Whitis | 19 | Muehlner Motorsports America | Porsche GT3 Cup | Muehlner | no time | 599 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Rhett O'Doski | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ian Nater | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Scott Dollahite | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Marco Seefried | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 43 | 26 | GT | 30 | Al Carter | 75 | Stevenson Auto Group | Chevrolet Camaro GT.R | Stevenson | 1:50.273 | 577 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Hugh Plumb | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Matt Bell | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Eric Curran | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 44 | 35 | GT | 31 | Ian Baas | 51 | APR Tuned/Parathyroid.com/PR Newswire/South African Airways/Motul | Audi R8 Grand-Am | APR | 1:50.749 | 447 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Dion von Moltke | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jim Norman | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Nelson Canache | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Emanuele Pirro | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 45 | 28 | GT | 32 | Humaid Al Masaood | 74 | Oryx Racing | Audi R8 Grand-Am | Oryx | 1:50.312 | 432 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Steven Kane | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Saeed Al Mehairi | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 46 | 22 | GT | 33 | Martin Ragginger | 17 | Foametix | Porsche GT3 Cup | Burtin | 1:49.891 | 424 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Jack Baldwin | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Claudio Burtin | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bryan Sellers | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Sebastian Asch | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 47 | 47 | GT | 34 | David Murry | 20 | Liqui Moly | Porsche GT3 Cup | Mitchum | 1:52.641 | 416 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Gunter Schaldach | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Franz Engstler | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jade Buford | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 48 | 54 | GT | 35 | Michael DeFontes | 34 | GlobalBarterCorp.com/Matt Connolly Motorsports | Porsche GT3 Cup | Orbit | 1:54.402 | 383 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Miro Konôpka | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Phil Fogg, Jr. | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jan Vonka | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ronald van de Laar | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 49 | 30 | GT | 36 | Ron Yarab, Jr. | 4 | eBay Motors/Children's Tumor Foundation/Racing4Research | Porsche GT3 Cup | Magnus | 1:50.456 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Daniel Graeff | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ryan Eversley | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Justin Bell | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 50 | 51 | GT | 37 | Taylor Hacquard | 36 | Window World/PMFirst.com/Mazdaspeed | Mazda RX-8 | Yellow Dragon | 1:53.202 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Jarett Andretti | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Anders Krohn | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Andretti | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 51 | 36 | GT | 38 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 15 | Poynt | Ford Mustang GT | Ware | 1:50.762 | 256 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Chris Cook | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Doug Harrington | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Timmy Hill | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Ware, Jr. | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 52 | 23 | GT | 39 | Bryce Miller | 48 | Chopard | Porsche GT3 Cup | Paul Miller | 1:50.044 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Sascha Maassen | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Rob Bell | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mark Wilkins | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 53 | 55 | GT | 40 | Ray Mason | 46 | Dynamat/Hub Garage/Columbus Truck & Equipment Co./Alliance Pole Supply/Mobil 1 | Chevrolet Corvette | Baughman | 1:55.577 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Michael Baughman | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Armand Fumal | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ivo Breukers | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jeff Nowicki | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 54 | 58 | GT | 41 | Gianmaria Bruni | 62 | Risi Competizione | Ferrari 458 | Risi | no time | 154 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Raphael Matos | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 55 | 41 | GT | 42 | Maxime Soulet | 87 | 3-Dimensional.com | Dodge Viper | Racers Edge | 1:51.555 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Milo Valverde | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jan Heylen | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tony Ave | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 56 | 43 | GT | 43 | Paul Dalla Lana | 94 | Turner Motorsport | BMW M3 | Turner | 1:51.680 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Boris Said | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Billy Johnson | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 57 | 46 | GT | 44 | Will Nonnamaker | 43 | Theracesite.com | Mazda RX-8 | Sahlen | 1:52.541 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 58 | 2 | DP | 14 | Max Angelelli | 10 | SunTrust | Chevrolet Corvette DP | Wayne Taylor | 1:41.240 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
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