The 2009 Rolex 24 at Daytona Presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 was the first round of the 2009 Rolex Sports Car Series season. It took place at Daytona International Speedway between January 24–25, 2009. David Donohue won the race 40 years after his father won by holding off a furious charge from NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya in the closest finish in race history by 0.167 seconds after overtaking Montoya in the final hour, beating the previous record of 30.879 seconds from 2000. It was Brumos Racing's first Rolex Sports Car Series win since 2003 and prevented Chip Ganassi Racing from securing a fourth successive 24 Hours of Daytona victory.

Race results Class winners in bold. Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps Engine 1 DP 58 Brumos Racing Darren Law David Donohue Buddy Rice Antonio García Riley Mk. XI 735 Porsche 3.99L Flat-6 2 DP 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Juan Pablo Montoya Riley Mk. XX 735 Lexus 5.0L V8 3 DP 59 Brumos Racing J. C. France João Barbosa Terry Borcheller Hurley Haywood Riley Mk. XI 735 Porsche 3.99L Flat-6 4 DP 10 SunTrust Racing Wayne Taylor Max Angelelli Brian Frisselle Pedro Lamy Dallara DP01 735 Ford 5.0L V8 5 DP 02 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Dixon Dario Franchitti Alex Lloyd Riley Mk. XI 731 Lexus 5.0L V8 6 DP 16 Penske Racing Romain Dumas Timo Bernhard Ryan Briscoe Riley Mk. XX 717 Porsche 3.99L Flat-6 7 DP 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney Jimmy Vasser Jimmie Johnson Riley Mk. XX 714 Pontiac 5.0L V8 8 DP 2 Childress-Howard Motorsports Andy Wallace Rob Finlay Danica Patrick Casey Mears Crawford DP08 702 Pontiac 5.0L V8 9 GT 67 The Racer's Group Justin Marks Andy Lally R. J. Valentine Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 695 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 10 GT 66 The Racer's Group Ted Ballou Spencer Pumpelly Tim George Jr. Emmanuel Collard Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 694 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 11 GT 33 Wright Motorsports Phillip Martien B. J. Zacharias Sascha Maassen Patrick Pilet Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 691 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 12 GT 07 Banner Racing Paul Edwards Kelly Collins Jan Magnussen Pontiac GXP.R 689 Pontiac 6.0L V8 13 GT 86 Farnbacher Loles Racing Dominik Farnbacher Eric Lux Matthew Marsh Kevin Roush Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 688 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 14 GT 57 Stevenson Motorsports Robin Liddell Andrew Davis Jeff Bucknum Pontiac GXP.R 684 Pontiac 6.0L V8 15 GT 88 Farnbacher Loles Racing Steve Johnson Dave Lacey Robert Nearn Richard Westbrook James Sofronas Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 680 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 16 GT 87 Farnbacher Loles Racing Leh Keen Dirk Werner Wolf Henzler Richard Westbrook Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 676 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 17 GT 69 SpeedSource Emil Assentato Jeff Segal Nick Longhi Matt Plumb Mazda RX-8 GT 675 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor 18 GT 26 Gotham Competition Jerome Jacalone Joe Jacalone Randy Pobst Gerardo Bonilla Shane Lewis Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 675 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 19 DP 55 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Ed Zabinski Christophe Bouchut Raphael Matos Riley Mk. XX 665 BMW 5.0L V8 20DNF DP 13 Beyer Racing Ricky Taylor Jared Beyer David Martínez Jordan Taylor Riley Mk. XI 662 Pontiac 5.0L V8 21 GT 32 PR1 Motorsports Mike Forest Thomas Merrill Al Salvo Jeff Westphal Pontiac GXP.R 656 Pontiac 6.0L V8 22 GT 97 Stevenson Motorsports James Gue Tom Long Ryan Eversley Galen Bieker Chevrolet Corvette C6 650 Chevrolet 5.7L V8 23 DP 09 Spirit of Daytona Racing Guy Cosmo Scott Russell Jason Pridmore Jeff Ward Coyote CC/08 649 Porsche 5.0L V8 24 GT 30 Racer's Edge Motorsports Dion von Moltke Bryan Sellers Doug Peterson Dane Cameron Mazda RX-8 GT 647 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor 25 GT 68 The Racer's Group José Gutiérrez Chris Pallis Steve Miller Scott Schroeder Duncan Ende Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 625 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 26 GT 89 Farnbacher Loles Racing Gabrio Rosa Pierre Kaffer Giacomo Petrobelli Allan Simonsen Giorgio Rosa Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 622 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 27 GT 85 Farnbacher Loles Racing Michael Gomez Daniel Graff Wolf Henzler Ron Jarab Jr. Richard Campollo Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 604 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 28 GT 70 SpeedSource David Haskell Sylvain Tremblay Nick Ham Jonathan Bomarito Mazda RX-8 GT 591 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor 29 GT 63 The Racer's Group David Quinlan Bruce Ledoux Dan Watkins Steve Zadig Kurt Kossmann Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 572 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 30 GT 44 Bullet Racing Ross Bentley Keith Carter Daniel Herrington Glenn Nixon Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 519 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 31DNF DP 77 Doran Racing Memo Gidley Brad Jaeger Fabrizio Gollin Matteo Bobbi Dallara DP01 504 Ford 5.0L V8 32DNF GT 35 Orbit Racing Lawson Aschenbach Emilio Valverde Lance Willsey Omar Rodriguez Hiram Cruz Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 454 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 33DNF GT 65 Riegel/Stanton/The Racer's Group Craig Stanton John Potter Bryce Miller Marco Holzer Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 379 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 34DNF DP 75 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn Eric van de Poele Oliver Gavin Proto-Auto Lola B08/70 374 Pontiac 5.0L V8 35DNF GT 40 Dempsey Racing Joe Foster Patrick Dempsey Charles Espenlaub Tim Lewis Jr. Jep Thornton Mazda RX-8 GT 343 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor 36DNF GT 56 Mastercar-Coast 2 Costa Racing Luca Drudi César Campaniço Max Papis Nathan Swartzbaugh Ferrari F430 Challenge 324 Ferrari 4.3L V8 37DNF GT 21 Battery Tender/MCM Racing Jason Daskalos Pepe Montaño Diego Alessi Jason Vinkemulder Pontiac GTO.R 321 Pontiac 6.0L V8 38DNF DP 61 AIM Autosport Burt Frisselle Mark Wilkins John Farano Alex Figge Riley Mk. XX 301 Ford 5.0L V8 39DNF DP 22 Alegra Motorsports Carlos de Quesada Ryan Dalziel Tomáš Enge Chapman Ducote Riley Mk. XI 292 BMW 5.0L V8 40DNF GT 52 Mastercar-Coast 2 Costa Racing Joe Castellano Constantino Bertuzzi Luca Pirri Ardizzone Christian Montanari Cort Wagner Ferrari F430 Challenge 292 Ferrari 4.3L V8 41DNF DP 60 Michael Shank Racing Mark Patterson Oswaldo Negri Jr. Ryan Hunter-Reay Colin Braun Riley Mk. XX 262 Ford 5.0L V8 42DNF GT 14 Autometric Motorsports Claudio Burtin Jack Baldwin Mac McGehee Cory Friedman Martin Ragginger Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 259 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 43DNF GT 31 Battery Tender/MCM Racing Jim Michaelian Bob Michaelian Romeo Kapudija John McMullen Jr. John Lewis Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 245 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 44DNF DP 45 Orbit Racing Darren Manning Bill Lester Leo Hindery Kyle Petty Riley Mk. XI 216 BMW 5.0L V8 45DNF GT 64 JLowe Racing Jim Lowe Jim Pace Johannes van Overbeek Tim Sugden Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 201 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 46DNF DP 76 Krohn Racing Niclas Jönsson Ricardo Zonta Darren Turner Proto-Auto Lola B08/70 159 Pontiac 5.0L V8 47DNF DP 6 Michael Shank Racing Michael Valiante Ian James A. J. Allmendinger John Pew Riley Mk. XX 153 Ford 5.0L V8 48DNF GT 15 Blackforest Motorsports Boris Said Owen Kelly Paul Morris Tom Nastasi Ford Mustang FR500 52 Ford 5.0L V8 49DNF GT 42 Team Sahlen Wayne Nonnamaker Joe Nonnamaker Will Nonnamaker Joe Sahlen Chevrolet Corvette C6 24 Chevrolet 5.7L V8 DNS GT 34 Orbit Racing Lawson Aschenbach Hiram Cruz Omar Rodriguez Emilio Valverde Lance Willsey Porsche 997 GT3 Cup - Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 DNS GT 43 Team Sahlen Wayne Nonnamaker Joe Nonnamaker Will Nonnamaker Joe Sahlen Chevrolet Corvette C6 - Chevrolet 5.7L V8 DNS DP 7 Penske Racing Timo Bernhard Ryan Briscoe Riley Mk. XX - Porsche 3.99L Flat-6

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