The 2007 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series 24-hour endurance sports car race held on January 27–28, 2007 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The overall winner of the race was the Chip Ganassi/Felix Sabates-owned #01 car, a Lexus-powered Riley MkXI, driven by Juan Pablo Montoya, Salvador Durán, and Scott Pruett. The GT class was won by the #22 Alegra Motorsports/Fiorano Racing Porsche GT3 Cup car driven by driver/owner Carlos de Quesada, Jean-François Dumoulin, Scooter Gabel, and Porsche factory driver Marc Basseng.

Prelude GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing driver Alex Gurney took the pole, his fourth in Rolex Series competition, with a lap of 1:43.475 at an average speed of .

Race At the green flag, which fell just past 1:30 p.m. Eastern time, Gurney jumped into the lead and the field made its way around the first lap cleanly. But after only seven laps of the 24-hour race, Gurney crashed into the back of a slower GT car which had lost its hood and unexpectedly slowed dramatically. The team would make repairs, but Gurney's GAINSCO Auto Insurance-sponsored Pontiac-powered Riley, which was co-driven by Jon Fogarty and Jimmy Vasser, would never again be in contention for the win.

On January 28, an early morning wreck of the #82 Porsche GT3 Cup, driven by Chris Pallis, damaged part of the outer retaining wall, causing the race stewards to display the red flag for only the third time in the history of the 24 Hours of Daytona, temporarily suspending the race while repairs took place. An exciting battle took place between three different teams with a diverse group of drivers. The DP class fight was between eventual winner Telmex Chip Ganassi Racing's Juan Pablo Montoya and Scott Pruett, SunTrust Racing's Max Angelelli and SAMAX Motorsport's Patrick Carpentier. Polesitter Alex Gurney's hopes for victory were dashed when his GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley was damaged in a first-hour accident.

1,000,000th lap At 11:11a.m. on the morning of January 28, British-born female Champ Car driver Katherine Legge made history by completing the one millionth lap of the Rolex Daytona 24 hour race, since its inception. Legge, driving the #84 Robinson Racing Pontiac-powered Riley DP car, passed the finish line with less than 2 and a half hours left in the race, completing the 30,419th lap of the 2007 running of the race. Legge was lying in the 31st position at the time.

3 women competed at this years race. Valerie Limoges of Canada, Katherine Legge of Great Britain & Milka Duno of Venezuela.

Juan Pablo Montoya became the first racer in history to have won a Formula One race, the Indianapolis 500, a Champ Car title, and the 24 Hours of Daytona. Mario Andretti also won a Formula One race, a Champ Car title and an endurance sports car race at Daytona, but Andretti's victory came in the 1972 event alongside co-driver Jacky Ickx in a six-hour event.

Race results Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps Engine 1 DP 01 Telmex Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Salvador Durán Juan Pablo Montoya Riley Mk XI 668 Lexus 5.0 L V8 2 DP 11 SAMAX Motorsport Milka Duno Patrick Carpentier Darren Manning Ryan Dalziel Riley Mk XI 668 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 3 DP 10 SunTrust Racing Wayne Taylor Max Angelelli Jeff Gordon Jan Magnussen Riley Mk XI 666 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 4 DP 59 Brumos Racing J. C. France Hurley Haywood João Barbosa Roberto Moreno David Donohue Riley Mk XI 662 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 5 DP 61 Exchange Traded Gold AIM Autosport Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle Mark Wilkins David Empringham Riley Mk XI 657 Lexus 5.0 L V8 6 DP 7 SAMAX Motorsport Chris Festa Tomáš Enge Christian Montanari Roger Yasukawa Kris Szekeres Riley Mk XI 655 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 7 DP 77 Feeds The Need/Doran Racing Memo Gidley Fabrizio Gollin Michel Jourdain Jr. Oriol Servià Doran JE4 655 Ford 5.0 L V8 8 DP 47 TruSpeed Motorsports Charles Morgan Rob Morgan Timo Bernhard B. J. Zacharias Riley Mk XI 636 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 9 DP 60 Michael Shank Racing Mark Patterson Oswaldo Negri Jr. Hélio Castroneves Sam Hornish Jr. Riley Mk XI 628 Lexus 5.0 L V8 10DNF DP 19 Finlay Motorsports Rob Finlay Michael Valiante Michael McDowell Bobby Labonte Crawford DP03 627 Ford 5.0 L V8 11 GT 22 Alegra Motorsports/Fiorano Racing Carlos de Quesada Jean-François Dumoulin Scooter Gabel Marc Basseng Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 626 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 12 GT 07 Banner Racing Paul Edwards Kelly Collins Andy Pilgrim Johnny O'Connell Pontiac GXP.R 626 Pontiac LS2 6.0 L V8 13 GT 64 The Racer's Group Jim Lowe Jim Pace Johannes van Overbeek Ralf Kelleners Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 625 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 14 GT 06 Banner Racing Leighton Reese Tim Lewis Jr. Johnny O'Connell Paul Edwards Pontiac GXP.R 624 Pontiac LS2 6.0 L V8 15 GT 70 SpeedSource David Haskell Sylvain Trembley Nick Ham Randy Pobst Mazda RX-8 624 Mazda 1.3 L 3-Rotor 16 GT 73 Tafel Racing Lars Nielsen Dieter Quester Brent Martini Philipp Peter Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 617 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 17 DP 75 Krohn Racing Colin Braun Max Papis JJ Lehto Riley Mk XI 615 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 18 DP 23 Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Jörg Bergmeister Romain Dumas Patrick Long Crawford DP03 615 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 19 GT 69 SpeedSource Emil Assentato Nick Longhi Jeff Segal Matt Plumb Mazda RX-8 612 Mazda 1.3 L 3-Rotor 20 GT 17 Doncaster Racing Dave Lacey Greg Wilkins Johnny Mowlem Tom Papadopoulos Lance David Arnold Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 611 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 21 DP 76 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Boris Said Riley Mk XI 607 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 22 GT 35 Playboy Racing/Unitech Tommy Constantine Mike Borkowski David Murry Hal Prewitt Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 606 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 23 GT 27 O'Connell Racing Kevin O'Connell Mike Speakman Jason Bowles Kevin Roush Lonnie Pechnik Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 605 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 24 DP 39 Cheever Racing Christian Fittipaldi Eddie Cheever Emmanuel Collard Sascha Maassen Crawford DP03 601 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 25 DP 84 Robinson Racing George Robinson Wally Dallenbach Jr. Paul Dallenbach Katherine Legge Riley Mk XI 596 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 26 DP 6 Michael Shank Racing Henry Zogaib Ian James Paul Tracy A. J. Allmendinger Riley Mk XI 595 Lexus 5.0 L V8 27 GT 81 Synergy Racing Steve Johnson Richard Westbrook Richard Lietz Patrick Huisman Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 590 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 28 GT 67 The Racer's Group Tom Cloet Pierre Bourque Mike Solley Auston Harris Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 588 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 29DNF DP 00 Vision Racing Ed Carpenter Tomas Scheckter Tony George A. J. Foyt IV Stéphane Grégoire Crawford DP03 587 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 30 GT 65 The Racer's Group Murray Marden Brent Milner John Peterson Michael Gomez Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 583 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 31DNF GT 85 Farnbacher Loles Racing Leh Keen Pierre Ehret Dirk Werner Jörg Hardt Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 579 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 32 DP 51 Cheever Racing Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Harrison Brix Eddie Cheever Fabcar FDSC/03 579 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 33 GT 68 The Racer's Group Ted Ballou Rocco DeSimone II Brad Jaeger Chris Gleason Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 578 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 34 GT 14 Autometrics Motorsports Bransen Patch Mac McGehee Wes Allen Jim Hamblin Cory Friedman Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 572 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 35 GT 66 The Racer's Group Spencer Pumpelly R. J. Valentine Andy Lally Mark Greenberg Kevin Buckler Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 563 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 36DNF DP 91 Lowe's Riley-Matthews Motorsports Jim Matthews Marc Goossens Jimmie Johnson Ryan Hunter-Reay Riley Mk XI 560 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 37 GT 72 Tafel Racing Andrew Davis Nathan Swartzbaugh Robin Liddell Dirk Müller Jim Tafel Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 555 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 38 GT 87 Farnbacher Loles Racing Christian Zugel John Burke Gunnar Jeannette Ryan Eversley Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 545 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 39DNF GT 74 Tafel Racing Eric Lux Wolf Henzler Dominik Farnbacher Jim Tafel Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 544 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 40 DP 58 Brumos Racing David Donohue Darren Law Buddy Rice Scott Sharp Hurley Haywood Riley Mk XI 542 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 41DNF DP 02 Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Dixon Dan Wheldon Memo Rojas Riley Mk XI 538 Lexus 5.0 L V8 42 GT 43 Team Sahlen Joe Sahlen Joe Nonnamaker Will Nonnamaker Wayne Nonnamaker Chevrolet Corvette 530 Chevrolet LS2 6.0 L V8 43 GT 42 Team Sahlen Michael Auriemma John Mayes David Kaemmer Chris Willcox Matt Varsha Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 514 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 44 GT 89 Autometrics Motorsports Fraser Wellon Barry Ellis Frank Rossi Michael Grande Owen Trinkler Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 512 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 45 GT 83 Synergy Racing Dave Gaylord Don Pickering Hal Hilton Ben McCrackin Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 508 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 46DNF DP 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Alex Gurney Jon Fogarty Jimmy Vasser Bob Stallings Riley Mk XI 493 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 47DNF DP 12 RVO Motorsports Roger Schramm Jack Baldwin Bill Lester Justin Bell John Heinricy Riley Mk XI 458 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 48DNF DP 20 Howard Motorsports Andy Wallace Butch Leitzinger Tony Stewart Crawford DP03 450 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 49 GT 57 Stevenson Motorsports Dominic Cicero II Marc Bunting James Gue John Stevenson Lou Gigliotti Chevrolet Corvette Z06 444 Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8 50DNF GT 88 Farnbacher Loles Racing Craig Stanton Bryce Miller Antonín Charouz Justin Jackson Tom Pank Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 434 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 51 GT 97 Stevenson Motorsports Vic Rice Tommy Riggins John Stevenson Spencer Trenery Lou Gigliotti Chevrolet Corvette Z06 414 Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8 52DNF DP 05 Luggage Express Team Sigalsport BMW Bill Auberlen Matthew Alhadeff Gene Sigal Karl Wendlinger Riley Mk XI 367 BMW 5.0 L V8 53DNF GT 30 Racer's Edge Motorsports Lawson Aschenbach Justin Lofton Ross Smith Mark Pavan Pontiac GXP.R 359 Pontiac LS2 6.0 L V8 54DNF GT 41 Team Sahlen Robb Brent Tom Malloy Jim Michaelian Bob Michaelian Ernie Becker Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 316 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 55DNF DP 16 Howard Motorsports Chris Dyson Rob Dyson Guy Smith Oliver Gavin Crawford DP03 295 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 56DNF GT 24 Matt Connolly Motorsports Matt Pickett Bill Cotter Mark Montgomery Todd Hanson Rich Walker BMW M3 E46 276 BMW 3.2 L I6 57DNF GT 82 Synergy Racing Don Kitch Jr. Chris Pennington Chris Pallis Tony Bawcutt Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 250 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 58DNF DP 18 VICI Racing Uwe Alzen Robert Renauer Terry Borcheller Gastón Mazzacane Fabcar FDSC/03 240 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 59DNF GT 15 Blackforest Motorsports Tom Nastasi Alex Tagliani Guy Cosmo Valerie Limoges Ford Mustang Cobra GT 235 Ford 4.6 L V8 60 GT 86 Farnbacher Loles Racing Larry Bowman Don Bell Lance Willsley Shawn Price Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 232 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 61DNF GT 45 Howard Motorsports Rob Wilson John Lewis Bryan Sellers Joey Hand Infiniti G35 230 Infiniti 3.7 L V6 62DNF DP 3 Southard Motorsports Shane Lewis Randy Ruhlman Graham Rahal Elliott Forbes-Robinson Riley Mk XI 214 Lexus 5.0 L V8 63DNF GT 28 At Speed Motorsports Ian Baas Joel Feinberg Bruce McQuiston Joseph Safina Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 196 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 64DNF GT 46 Michael Baughman Racing Michael Baughman Bryan Collyer John Connolly Mike Yeakle Frank Del Vecchio Chevrolet Corvette 186 Chevrolet 5.7 L V8 65DNF GT 08 Goldin Brothers Racing Steve Goldin Keith Goldin John Finger Ronald Zitza Mazda RX-8 163 Mazda 1.3 L 3-Rotor 66DNF GT 21 Matt Connolly Motorsports Matt Connolly Adam Pecorari Jason Workman Ray Mason Romeo Kapudija BMW M3 E46 153 BMW 3.2 L I6 67DNF GT 48 WTF Engineering Hans Hauser Robert Dubler Ed Magner Michael DeFontes Chevrolet Corvette 89 Chevrolet 5.7 L V8 68DNF GT 52 Mastercar Luca Drudi Gabrio Rosa Andrea Ceccato Pierangelo Masselli Andrea Montermini Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge 83 Ferrari 3.6 L V8 69DNF GT 63 Team Spencer Motorsports Dennis Spencer Scott Spencer Rich Grupp Gary Drummond Charles Espenlaub Mazda RX-8 74 Mazda 1.3 L 3-Rotor DNS GT 49 Team Sahlen Joe Sahlen Joe Nonnamaker Will Nonnamaker Wayne Nonnamaker Chevrolet Corvette - Chevrolet LS2 6.0 L V8

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