2006 24 Hours of Daytona
The 2006 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series 24-hour endurance sports car race held on January 28–29, 2006 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the first round of the 2006 Rolex Sports Car Series. The overall winner of the race was the No. 02 Chip Ganassi/Felix Sabates owned Lexus-Riley Mk XI driven by Scott Dixon, Dan Wheldon, and Casey Mears. The GT class was won by No. 36 Porsche 996 GT3 Cup from TPC Racing, driven by Randy Pobst, Spencer Pumpelly, Michael Levitas, and Ian Baas.

Track map of Daytona International Speedway
Race results
    
Class winners in bold.
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Laps | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | ||||||
| 1 | DP | 02 |  Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates |  Scott Dixon  Dan Wheldon  Casey Mears | Riley Mk XI | 734 | 
| Lexus 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 2 | DP | 60 |  Michael Shank Racing |  Oswaldo Negri Jr.  Mark Patterson  A. J. Allmendinger  Justin Wilson | Riley Mk XI | 733 | 
| Lexus 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 3 | DP | 23 |  Alex Job Racing/Emory Motorsports |  Patrick Long  Mike Rockenfeller  Lucas Luhr | Crawford DP03 | 731 | 
| Porsche 3.9 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 4 | DP | 58 |  Brumos Racing |  David Donohue  Darren Law  Sascha Maassen | Fabcar FDSC/03 | 730 | 
| Porsche 3.9 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 5 | DP | 75 |  Krohn Racing |  Tracy Krohn  Niclas Jönsson  Jörg Bergmeister  Colin Braun | Riley Mk XI | 717 | 
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 6 | DP | 19 |  Playboy/Uniden Racing |  Memo Gidley  Michael McDowell  Alex Barron | Crawford DP03 | 716 | 
| Ford 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 7 | DP | 77 |  Feeds The Need/Doran Racing |  Forest Barber  Terry Borcheller  Michel Jourdain Jr.  Harrison Brix | Doran JE4 | 703 | 
| Ford 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 8 | DP | 7 |  CITGO Racing/SAMAX Motorsport |  Dario Franchitti  Milka Duno  Marino Franchitti  Kevin McGarrity | Riley Mk XI | 695 | 
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 9 | GT | 36 |  TPC Racing |  Randy Pobst  Spencer Pumpelly  Michael Levitas  Ian Baas | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 691 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 10 | GT | 65 |  The Racer's Group |  Andy Lally  Marc Bunting  R. J. Valentine  Johnny O'Connell | Pontiac GTO.R | 688 | 
| Pontiac LS2 6.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 11 | DP | 28 |  Finlay Motorsports |  Michael Valiante  Rob Finlay  Bryan Herta  Buddy Rice | Crawford DP03 | 684 | 
| Ford 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 12 | GT | 82 |  Farnbacher Loles Racing |  Dirk Werner  Dieter Quester  Philipp Peter  Luca Riccitelli | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 683 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 13 | GT | 66 |  The Racer's Group |  Stéphane Ortelli  Robert Nearn  Cyrille Sauvage  Steve Johnson | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 678 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 14 | DP | 16 |  Howard-Boss Motorsports |  Chris Dyson  Rob Dyson  Oliver Gavin  Guy Smith | Crawford DP03 | 675 | 
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 15 | GT | 83 |  Farnbacher Loles Racing |  Dominik Farnbacher  Mike Fitzgerald  Pierre Ehret  Marc Basseng | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 671 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 16 | GT | 72 |  Tafel Racing |  Wolf Henzler  Robin Liddell  Johannes van Overbeek  Graham Rahal | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 670 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 17 DNF | DP | 39 |  Cheever Racing |  Christian Fittipaldi  Eddie Cheever .svg.png.webp) Patrick Carpentier | Crawford DP03 | 669 | 
| Lexus 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 18 | GT | 17 |  SAMAX Motorsport |  Johnny Mowlem  Lance David Arnold  Bryan Sellers .svg.png.webp) David Shep  Jan Seyffarth | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 663 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 19 | GT | 00 |  TZ Motorsports |  Ronald Zitza  James Thomason Jr.  Tim Lewis Jr.  Kevin Wheeler | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 655 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 20 | GT | 41 |  Team Sahlen |  Wayne Nonnamaker  Joe Nonnamaker  Will Nonnamaker  Victor Gonzalez Jr. | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 653 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 21 | GT | 22 |  Fiorano Racing | .svg.png.webp) Jean-François Dumoulin  Nick Longhi  Emil Assentato  Lonnie Pechnik  Jep Thornton | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 651 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 22 | DP | 51 |  Cheever Racing |  Stefan Johansson  Warren Hughes  Thomas Erdos | Crawford DP03 | 645 | 
| Lexus 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 23 | GT | 93 |  TPC Racing |  Tony Ave  Rob Stewart  Dave Stewart  Bob Gilbert  Gary Stewart | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 636 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 24 | DP | 99 |  GAINSCO/Blackhawk Racing |  Alex Gurney  Bob Stallings  Jimmy Vasser  Rocky Moran Jr. | Riley Mk XI | 635 | 
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 25 | GT | 74 |  Tafel Racing |  Andrew Davis  Charles Espenlaub  Eric Lux  Jim Tafel  Michael Cawley | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 634 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 26 | GT | 64 |  The Racer's Group |  Paul Edwards  Kelly Collins  Andy Pilgrim  Jan Magnussen | Pontiac GTO.R | 633 | 
| Pontiac LS2 6.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 27 | GT | 67 |  The Racer's Group |  Patrick Flanagan  Bohdan Kroczek  Bill Keith  Marc Bullock | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 625 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 28 | GT | 46 |  Michael Baughman Racing |  Ray Mason  Michael Baughman  John Connolly  Frank Del Vecchio  Bryan Collyer | Chevrolet Corvette C5 | 623 | 
| Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 29 | DP | 40 |  Derhaag Motorsports | .svg.png.webp) Ron Fellows  Randy Ruhlman  Chris Bingham  Justin Bell | Riley Mk XI | 620 | 
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 30 | DP | 4 |  Howard-Boss Motorsports |  Andy Wallace  Butch Leitzinger  Tony Stewart | Crawford DP03 | 593 | 
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 31 | GT | 05 |  Sigalsport BMW |  Bill Auberlen  Matthew Alhadeff  Tommy Milner  Justin Marks  Gene Sigal | BMW M3 E46 | 592 | 
| BMW 3.2 L I6 | ||||||
| 32 | GT | 81 |  Synergy Racing |  John Pew  Steve Marshall  Hal Prewitt  Danny Marshall  Ben McCrackin | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 589 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 33 | GT | 06 |  Banner Racing |  Tommy Archer  Leighton Reese  Russ Oasis  Dino Crescentini | Chevrolet Corvette C6 | 589 | 
| Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 34 DNF | DP | 5 |  Essex Racing |  Duncan Dayton  Rick Knoop  Brian DeVries  Jim Matthews  James Gue | Crawford DP03 | 585 | 
| Ford 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 35 DNF | DP | 09 |  Spirit of Daytona Racing |  Bobby Labonte  Doug Goad  Harold Primat  Larry Oberto | Crawford DP03 | 572 | 
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 36 DNF | DP | 59 |  Brumos Racing |  J. C. France  João Barbosa  Ted Christopher  Hurley Haywood | Fabcar FDSC/03 | 559 | 
| Porsche 3.9 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 37 | GT | 68 |  The Racer's Group |  Jim Lowe  Revere Greist  Jim Pace | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 555 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 38 | DP | 3 |  Southard Motorsports |  Shane Lewis  Kris Szekeres  Randy LaJoie .svg.png.webp) Tony Burgess | Riely Mk XI | 548 | 
| BMW 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 39 DNF | DP | 01 |  CompUSA Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates |  Scott Pruett  Luis Díaz  Max Papis | Riley Mk XI | 510 | 
| Lexus 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 40 | GT | 87 |  Synergy Racing |  Dave Gaylord  Wes Hill  Ken Hill  Will Diefenbach | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 503 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 41 | GT | 43 |  Team Sahlen |  Wes Allen  Eddie Hennessy  Jim Michaelian  Manuel Matos  Wayne Nonnamaker | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 435 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 42 DNF | DP | 11 |  Tuttle Team Racing |  Brian Tuttle  Kyle Petty  Boris Said | Riley Mk XI | 415 | 
| BMW 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 43 DNF | DP | 84 |  Robinson Racing |  Wally Dallenbach Jr.  George Robinson  Paul Dallenbach  Darin Brassfield | Riley Mk XI | 413 | 
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 44 DNF | DP | 89 |  Pacific Coast Motorsports |  Ryan Dalziel  Jon Fogarty  Alex Figge .svg.png.webp) David Empringham | Riley Mk XI | 301 | 
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 45 | GT | 80 |  Synergy Racing |  David Murry  Leh Keen  Craig Stanton  Xavier Pompidou | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 299 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 46 DNF | GT | 69 |  The Racer's Group |  Josh Vargo  Jake Vargo  Mark Herrington  Brady Refenning | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 287 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 47 DNF | GT | 70 |  Speedsource | .svg.png.webp) Sylvain Tremblay  David Haskell  Jeff Altenburg  Nick Ham | Mazda RX-8 | 284 | 
| Mazda 1.3 L RENESIS | ||||||
| 48 DNF | GT | 71 |  SAMAX Motorsport/Doncaster Racing | .svg.png.webp) Dave Lacey  Brent Martini .svg.png.webp) Greg Wilkins .svg.png.webp) Mark Wilkins  Johnny Mowlem | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 278 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 49 DNF | GT | 57 |  Stevenson Motorsports |  Vic Rice  Tommy Riggins  John Stevenson  Spencer Trenery  Dominic Cicero II | Chevrolet Corvette C6 | 278 | 
| Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 50 DNF | DP | 2 |  Howard-Boss Motorsports |  Jan Lammers  Danica Patrick  Allan McNish  Rusty Wallace | Crawford DP03 | 273 | 
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 51 DNF | DP | 8 |  Synergy Racing |  Brian Frisselle  Burt Frisselle  Clint Field  Patrick Huisman | Doran JE4 | 206 | 
| Porsche 3.9 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 52 DNF | DP | 12 |  Lowe's Fernández Racing |  Adrián Fernández  Mário Haberfeld  Scott Sharp | Riley Mk XI | 187 | 
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 53 DNF | GT | 48 |  WTF Engineering |  Toni Seiler  Robert Dubler  Hans Hauser  Michael DeFontes  Kurt Thiel | Chevrolet Corvette C5 | 174 | 
| Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 54 DNF | DP | 6 |  Graydon Elliott Fusion Racing with Michael Shank Racing | .svg.png.webp) Paul Tracy  Paul Mears Jr.  Mike Borkowski .svg.png.webp) Ken Wilden | Riley Mk XI | 168 | 
| Lexus 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 55 DNF | GT | 21 |  Matt Connolly Motorsports |  Gerald Van Uitert  Matt Connolly  Carlos de Quesada  Rick Sutherland  Tom Sutherland | BMW M3 E46 | 159 | 
| BMW 3.2 L I6 | ||||||
| 56 DNF | DP | 78 |  Doran Racing |  B. J. Zacharias  Sébastien Bourdais  Raul Boesel | Doran JE4 | 156 | 
| Ford 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 57 DNF | DP | 10 |  SunTrust Racing |  Wayne Taylor  Emmanuel Collard  Max Angelelli .svg.png.webp) Ryan Briscoe | Riley Mk XI | 123 | 
| Pontiac 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 58 DNF | GT | 52 |  Mastercar |  Constantino Bertuzzi  Luis Monzón  Bo McCormick  Philipp Baron | Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge | 118 | 
| Ferrari 3.6 L V8 | ||||||
| 59 DNF | GT | 15 |  Autometrics Motorsports |  Cory Friedman  Patrick Small  Mac McGehee  Bill Martin  Tony Herring | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 104 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 60 DNF | GT | 55 |  ASC Motorsports |  Zach Arnold  John Miller  Eric Koselke  Jay Poscente  Mark Montgomery | Chevrolet Corvette C6 | 103 | 
| Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 61 DNF | GT | 24 |  Matt Connolly Motorsports |  Brian O'Shaughnessy  Bill Cotter  Tom Malloy  Jacob Shalit  Billy Johnson | BMW M3 E46 | 101 | 
| BMW 3.2 L I6 | ||||||
| 62 DNF | GT | 63 |  Team Spencer Motorsports |  Dennis Spencer  Scott Spencer  Roger Mandeville  Rich Grupp  Gary Drummond | Mazda RX-8 | 101 | 
| Mazda 1.3 L RENESIS | ||||||
| 63 DNF | GT | 08 |  Goldin Brothers Racing |  Steve Goldin  Keith Goldin  Scott Finlay  Scott Richards  Kurt Thiel | Mazda RX-8 | 48 | 
| Mazda 1.3 L RENESIS | ||||||
| 64 DNF | GT | 04 |  Sigalsport BMW |  Gene Sigal  Peter MacLeod  Miroslav Konôpka  Blake Rosser | BMW M3 E46 | 34 | 
| BMW 3.2 L I6 | ||||||
| 65 DNF | GT | 86 |  Synergy Racing |  Don Kitch Jr.  Chris Pennington  Don Gagne  Chris Pallis | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 17 | 
| Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 66 DNF | DP | 50 |  Blackforest Motorsports |  Henry Zogaib  Ian James  Tom Nastasi  Chris Gleason | Crawford DP03 | 5 | 
| Ford 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
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