1998 24 Hours of Daytona

The 1998 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a 24-hour endurance sports car race held on February 1, 1998[1] at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the opening round of the 1998 United States Road Racing Championship. It was the first year that the race was sanctioned by the SCCA.

Victory overall and in the Can-Am class went to the No. 30 Doran/Moretti Racing Ferrari 333 SP driven by Giampiero Moretti, Arie Luyendyk, Mauro Baldi, and Didier Theys. Victory in the GT1 class went to the No. 01 Rohr Motorsport Porsche 911 GT1 driven by Allan McNish, Danny Sullivan, Jörg Müller, Uwe Alzen, and Dirk Müller. The GT2 class was won tbe the No. 97 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 driven by Toni Seiler, Wido Rössler, Peter Kitchak, Angelo Zadra, and Franz Konrad. Finally, the GT3 class was won by the No. 10 Prototype Technology Group, Inc. BMW M3 E36 driven by Bill Auberlen, Marc Duez, Boris Said, and Peter Cunningham.[1][2]

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Tire	Laps
1	CA	30	Doran/Moretti Racing	Giampiero Moretti Arie Luyendyk Mauro Baldi Didier Theys	Ferrari 333 SP	Y	711
2	GT1	01	Rohr Motorsport	Allan McNish Danny Sullivan Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Dirk Müller	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	M	703
3	GT1	00	Larbre Competition	Christophe Bouchut Patrice Goueslard Carl Rosenblad André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT1	M	667
4	GT2	97	Konrad Motorsport	Toni Seiler Wido Rössler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra Franz Konrad	Porsche 911 GT2	P	660
5	GT2	04	C. J. Motorsports	John Morton John Graham Patrick Huisman Duncan Huisman	Porsche 911 GT2	?	659
6	GT3	10	Prototype Technology Group, Inc.	Bill Auberlen Marc Duez Boris Said Peter Cunningham	BMW M3 E36	Y	657
7	GT3	23	Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing	Mike Conte Bruno Lambert Nick Holt Darryl Havens	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	P	639
8	CA	63	Downing/Atlanta Racing	Yojiro Terada Howard Katz John O'Steen Jim Downing Franck Fréon	Kudzu DLM-4	G	636
9	GT3	55	AASCO Performance	Charles Slater Tim Ralston Tom Peterson Jorge Trejos	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	P	629
10	GT3	73	Jack Lewis Enterprises Ltd.	Jack Lewis Tony Burgess Anthony Lazzaro Kurt Matthewson	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	G	626
11 DNF	GT1	4	Tom Gloy Racing	Mike Borkowski Tony Kanaan Robbie Buhl	Ford Mustang Cobra	?	624
12	GT3	25	RWS-Brun Motorsport	Hans-Jörg Hofer Luca Riccitelli Raffaele Sanguiolo Günther Blieninger	Porsche 993 Cup	?	624
13	GT3	77	Grey Cliff Racing	John Drew David Friedman Beran Peter James Nelson Mark Greenburg	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	?	622
14	GT2	81	Chamberlain Engineering	Chris Gleason Ray Lintott Matt Turner Ashley Ward	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	G	619
15 DNF	CA	16	Dyson Racing	James Weaver Rob Dyson Dorsey Schroeder Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Riley & Scott Mk III	G	616
16	GT3	7	Prototype Technology Group, Inc.	Ross Bentley Les Delano Andy Petery Derek Hill	BMW M3 E36	Y	616
17 DNF	CA	20	Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger John Paul Jr. Perry McCarthy Rob Dyson	Riley & Scott Mk III	G	615
18	GT3	07	G&W Motorsports	Price Cobb Danny Marshall Peter Chambers Ulrich Gallade Martyn Konig	Porsche 993	?	615
19 DNF	GT1	38	Champion Motors	Thierry Boutsen Andy Pilgrim Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	P	614
20 DNF	CA	3	Scandia Engineering	Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek Max Papis Ron Fellows	Ferrari 333 SP	G	610
21	GT2	21	Dener Motorsport Stuttgart Sportscar	André Lara-Resende Régis Schuch Flávio Trindale Maurizio Sandro Sala	Porsche 911 GT2	P	604
22	CA	62	Downing/Atlanta Racing	John Mirro Ralph Thomas Douglas Campbell Dennis Spencer Rich Grupp	Kudzu DLM	G	591
23	GT3	67	The Racer's Group	Chris Ronson Brian Pelke Steve Pelke Bruce Busby	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	G	567
24	GT3	09	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Craig Conway Eric van Cleef Todd Flis	Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX	T	563
25 DNF	CA	95	TRV Motorsport	Jeret Schroeder Tom Volk Lyn St. James Pete Halsmer	Kudzu DL-4	G	557
26 DNF	CA	39	Colucci/Matthews Racing	David Murry Hurley Haywood Derek Bell Jim Matthews	Riley & Scott Mk III	P	550
27	GT1	29	Overbagh Motor Racing	Fabio Rosa Giovanni Vigano Gabrio Rosa Pierangelo Masselli C. J. Johnson	Chevrolet Camaro	G	547
28	GT2	71	Pettit Racing	Cameron Worth Nick Vitucci Bill Lester Scott Sansone Brian Richards	Mazda RX-7 Turbo	H	539
29	GT2	69	Proton Competition	Denis Lay Gerd Ruch Will Langhorne Gerold Ried	Porsche 911 GT2	?	498
30 DNF	CA	8	Transatlantic Racing/Support Net Racing	Johnny O'Connell Henry Camferdam Scott Schubot	Riley & Scott Mk III	D	497
31	GT1	40	Rankin Racing, Inc.	David Rankin Hank Scott Eric Jensen Toto Lassally Nort Northam	Chevrolet Camaro	G	494
32 DNF	GT1	99	Panoz-Visteon Racing	Éric Bernard David Brabham Jamie Davies	Panoz GTR-1	M	472
33 DNF	GT3	54	Bell Motorsports	Stu Hayner Henry Taleb Scott Neuman Terry Borcheller	BMW M3 E36	Y	455
34	GT3	24	Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing	Don Kitch Jr. Byron Sanborn Angelo Cilli Kim Wolfkill	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	P	448
35	GT1	56	Team Argentina	Gaston Aguirre Francisco Castillo Horacio Paolucci Facundo Gilbicella	Oldsmobile Cutlass	?	445
36	GT1	87	John Annis Racing	John Annis Lee Hill Bill Ladoniczki Steve Ladoniczki Randy Pobst	Chevrolet Camaro	?	438
37	GT1	35	McDill Racing	Stefano Bucci Mauro Casadei Francesco Ciani Andrea Garbagnati	Chevrolet Camaro	Y	437
38 DNF	GT1	0	Multimatic Motorsports	Scott Maxwell Jason Priestley David Empringham	Ford Mustang Cobra	D	435
39 DNF	GT1	5	Panoz-Visteon Racing	Andy Wallace Scott Pruett Raul Boesel Doc Bundy	Panoz GTR-1	M	433
40 DNF	CA	28	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Rick Sutherland Butch Brickell Enrico Bertaggia Alex Padilla	Riley & Scott Mk III	G	432
41	CA	51	Fantasy Junction-Coys Racing	Bruce Trenery Spencer Trenery Grahame Bryant Steve Pfeifer Kent Painter	Cannibal	?	414
42	GT1	89	Maugeri Motorsports	Richard Maugeri Anthony Puleo Sim Penton Daniel Urrutia	Chevrolet Camaro	G	385
43 DNF	GT3	96	Olive Garden Racing	Ronald Zitza Kevin Wheeler Mike Davies	Porsche 993	P	381
44 DNF	CA	88	Dollahite Racing	Anthony Lazzaro Bill Dollahite Paul Dallenbach	Spice BDG-02	P	371
45 DNF	CA	59	Intersport Racing	Simon Gregg Oliver Kuttner Joaquin DeSoto Tim Holt	Spice SC95	G	344
46 DNF	GT3	52	Team Protosport GT	Dave Russell William Stitt Mark Hillstead Paul Arnold Neil Crilly	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Y	342
47 DNF	GT3	41	Technodyne	Cort Wagner Chris Cervelli Marc Basseng Kelly Collins	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	P	335
48 DNF	CA	36	Colucci/Matthews Racing	Eliseo Salazar Jim Pace Barry Waddell	Riley & Scott Mk III	P	300
49	GT3	33	Phoenix American Motorsport	Mike Weinberg Jim Michaelian Bob Rockwood Steve McNeely	Pontiac Firebird Formula	H	295
50	CA	19	Davin Racing	A. J. Smith Mark Montgomery Edd Davin	Kudzu DLM	G	287
51	GT3	27	Goldin Brother Racing	Steve Goldin John G. Thomas Todd Vallancourt Keith Goldin	Mazda RX-7	H	277
52	GT3	86	G&W Motorsports	Brian Redman Steve Marshall Arthur Urciuoli Robert Amren Price Cobb	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	?	272
53 DNF	GT2	50	Johnson Autosport Racing	J. Robert Johnson Tom McGlynn James Oppenheimer George Balbach Erik Johnson	Porsche 911 Turbo	D	248
54 DNF	GT2	98	Konrad Motorsport	Larry Schumacher Robert Nearn Franz Konrad Nick Ham	Porsche 911 GT2	P	245
55 DNF	CA	17	Doyle-Risi Racing	Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele Fermín Vélez	Ferrari 333 SP	P	225
56	GT1	53	Diablo Racing	Tom Scheuren Spencer Pumpelly Gerry Green Bobby Jones	Chevrolet Camaro	G	195
57 DNF	GT3	57	Kryderacing	Reed Kryder Steve Ahlgrim Dave Deen Frank Del Vecchio Ryan Hampton	Nissan 240SX	?	191
58 DNF	GT1	74	Robinson Racing	George Robinson Jack Baldwin Irv Hoerr Jon Gooding	Oldsmobile Aurora	G	183
59 DNF	GT3	45	GLPK Racing Leaders	Stéphane Cohen Paul Kumpen Marc Schoonbroodt Michael Funke	Porsche 911 GT2	?	182
60 DNF	GT2	90	AD Sport	Kris Wauters Koen Wauters Franco La Rosa Bert Longin Albert Vanierschot	Porsche 911 GT2	G	173
61 DNF	GT1	2	Mosler Automotive	Shane Lewis Vic Rice Brian Hornkohl Chris Neville	Mosler Raptor	?	169
62 DNF	GT3	37	GTR Motorsports	Dave White Jim Loftis Bob Strange Richard Howe	Porsche 968 GTR	D	154
63 DNF	GT3	76	Team A.R.E.	Mike Doolin Scott Peeler John Ruther Martin Snow	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	Y	154
64 DNF	GT3	68	The Racer's Group	Kevin Buckler Philip Collin Eric Bretzel Duncan Dayton	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	G	142
65 DNF	GT3	75	On the Edge Racing	Max Schmidt Chris Bingham Nigel Smith Scott Harrington	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	?	115
66 DNF	GT2	58	Broadfoot Racing	Pascal Dro Martin Shuster Phillipe Lenain	Porsche 944 Turbo	G	114
67 DNF	GT3	6	Prototype Technology Group, Inc.	Mark Simo Dieter Quester Peter Cunningham	BMW M3 E36	Y	87
68 DNF	GT2	05	Prova Motorsports	Cor Euser Masamitsu Ishihara Katsunori Iketani	Porsche 911 GT2	D	79
69 DNF	CA	60	Kopf Precision Race Products	Shane Donley Kris Wilson Tim Moser	Keiler KII	D	50
70 DNF	GT1	46	Newcastle United Storm Racing	Julian Bailey Tiff Needell Craig Baird Richard Dean	Lister Storm GTL	M	45
71 DNF	GT1	72	Banks Motorsport	Tim Banks Todd Sprinkle Kerry Hitt	Chevrolet Corvette	?	38
72 DNF	GT3	32	Phoenix American Motorsport	John Heinricy Stu Hayner Scott Harrington Don Knowles	Pontiac Firebird Formula	?	9
73 DNF	GT3	44	GLPK Racing Leaders	Harald Grohs Hans Willems Vincent Dupont Alfons Taels	Porsche 911	P	8
74 DNF	CA	11	Genesis Racing National Paintball	Rick Fairbanks Michael DeFontes Chuck Goldsborough Dan Lewis Mark Newhaus	Hawk MD3R	?	5
DNS	GT2	65	Saleen/Allen RRR Speedlab	Steve Saleen Ron Johnson Will Hoy	Saleen S281	?	-
DNS	GT2	15	Kevin Jeannette	Jay Cochran Michel Aouate	Porsche 993	?	-
Source: [1][3]

References

1. "02/01/1998 race: 24 Hours of Daytona (GA) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info.
2. "Daytona 24 Hours 1998 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".
3. "Daytona 24 Hours 1998 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".

External links

• Car Information & Images
• RacingReference.com
• Race Results