The 1998 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a 24-hour endurance sports car race held on February 1, 1998 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 by 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.
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 711 2 GT1 01 Rohr Motorsport Allan McNish Danny Sullivan Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Dirk Müller Porsche 911 GT1 Evo 703 3 GT1 00 Larbre Compétition Christophe Bouchut Patrice Goueslard Carl Rosenblad André Ahrlé Porsche 911 GT1 667 4 GT2 97 Konrad Motorsport Toni Seiler Wido Rössler Peter Kitchak Angelo Zadra Franz Konrad Porsche 911 GT2 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 657 7 GT3 23 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Mike Conte Bruno Lambert Nick Holt Darryl Havens Porsche 993 Carrera RSR 639 8 CA 63 Downing/Atlanta Racing Yojiro Terada Howard Katz John O'Steen Jim Downing Franck Fréon Kudzu DLM-4 636 9 GT3 55 AASCO Performance Charles Slater Tim Ralston Tom Peterson Jorge Trejos Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 629 10 GT3 73 Jack Lewis Enterprises Ltd. Jack Lewis Tony Burgess Anthony Lazzaro Kurt Matthewson Porsche 993 Carrera RSR 626 11DNF 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 619 15DNF CA 16 Dyson Racing James Weaver Rob Dyson Dorsey Schroeder Elliott Forbes-Robinson Riley & Scott Mk III 616 16 GT3 7 Prototype Technology Group, Inc. Ross Bentley Les Delano Andy Petery Derek Hill BMW M3 E36 616 17DNF CA 20 Dyson Racing Butch Leitzinger John Paul Jr. Perry McCarthy Rob Dyson Riley & Scott Mk III 615 18 GT3 07 G&W Motorsports Price Cobb Danny Marshall Peter Chambers Ulrich Gallade Martyn Konig Porsche 993 ? 615 19DNF GT1 38 Champion Motors Thierry Boutsen Andy Pilgrim Ralf Kelleners Porsche 911 GT1 Evo 614 20DNF CA 3 Scandia Engineering Yannick Dalmas Bob Wollek Max Papis Ron Fellows Ferrari 333 SP 610 21 GT2 21 Dener Motorsport Stuttgart Sportscar André Lara-Resende Régis Schuch Flávio Trindale Maurizio Sandro Sala Porsche 911 GT2 604 22 CA 62 Downing/Atlanta Racing John Mirro Ralph Thomas Douglas Campbell Dennis Spencer Rich Grupp Kudzu DLM 591 23 GT3 67 The Racer's Group Chris Ronson Brian Pelke Steve Pelke Bruce Busby Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 567 24 GT3 09 Spirit of Daytona Racing Craig Conway Eric van Cleef Todd Flis Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX 563 25DNF CA 95 TRV Motorsport Jeret Schroeder Tom Volk Lyn St. James Pete Halsmer Kudzu DL-4 557 26DNF CA 39 Colucci/Matthews Racing David Murry Hurley Haywood Derek Bell Jim Matthews Riley & Scott Mk III 550 27 GT1 29 Overbagh Motor Racing Fabio Rosa Giovanni Vigano Gabrio Rosa Pierangelo Masselli C. J. Johnson Chevrolet Camaro 547 28 GT2 71 Pettit Racing Cameron Worth Nick Vitucci Bill Lester Scott Sansone Brian Richards Mazda RX-7 Turbo 539 29 GT2 69 Proton Competition Denis Lay Gerd Ruch Will Langhorne Gerold Ried Porsche 911 GT2 ? 498 30DNF CA 8 Transatlantic Racing/Support Net Racing Johnny O'Connell Henry Camferdam Scott Schubot Riley & Scott Mk III 497 31 GT1 40 Rankin Racing, Inc. David Rankin Hank Scott Eric Jensen Toto Lassally Nort Northam Chevrolet Camaro 494 32DNF GT1 99 Panoz-Visteon Racing Éric Bernard David Brabham Jamie Davies Panoz GTR-1 472 33DNF GT3 54 Bell Motorsports Stu Hayner Henry Taleb Scott Neuman Terry Borcheller BMW M3 E36 455 34 GT3 24 Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Don Kitch Jr. Byron Sanborn Angelo Cilli Kim Wolfkill Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 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 437 38DNF GT1 0 Multimatic Motorsports Scott Maxwell Jason Priestley David Empringham Ford Mustang Cobra 435 39DNF GT1 5 Panoz-Visteon Racing Andy Wallace Scott Pruett Raul Boesel Doc Bundy Panoz GTR-1 433 40DNF CA 28 Intersport Racing Jon Field Rick Sutherland Butch Brickell Enrico Bertaggia Alex Padilla Riley & Scott Mk III 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 385 43DNF GT3 96 Olive Garden Racing Ronald Zitza Kevin Wheeler Mike Davies Porsche 993 381 44DNF CA 88 Dollahite Racing Anthony Lazzaro Bill Dollahite Paul Dallenbach Spice BDG-02 371 45DNF CA 59 Intersport Racing Simon Gregg Oliver Kuttner Joaquin DeSoto Tim Holt Spice SC95 344 46DNF GT3 52 Team Protosport GT Dave Russell William Stitt Mark Hillstead Paul Arnold Neil Crilly Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 342 47DNF GT3 41 Technodyne Cort Wagner Chris Cervelli Marc Basseng Kelly Collins Porsche 993 Carrera RSR 335 48DNF CA 36 Colucci/Matthews Racing Eliseo Salazar Jim Pace Barry Waddell Riley & Scott Mk III 300 49 GT3 33 Phoenix American Motorsport Mike Weinberg Jim Michaelian Bob Rockwood Steve McNeely Pontiac Firebird Formula 295 50 CA 19 Davin Racing A. J. Smith Mark Montgomery Edd Davin Kudzu DLM 287 51 GT3 27 Goldin Brother Racing Steve Goldin John G. Thomas Todd Vallancourt Keith Goldin Mazda RX-7 277 52 GT3 86 G&W Motorsports Brian Redman Steve Marshall Arthur Urciuoli Robert Amren Price Cobb Porsche 993 Carrera RSR ? 272 53DNF GT2 50 Johnson Autosport Racing J. Robert Johnson Tom McGlynn James Oppenheimer George Balbach Erik Johnson Porsche 911 Turbo 248 54DNF GT2 98 Konrad Motorsport Larry Schumacher Robert Nearn Franz Konrad Nick Ham Porsche 911 GT2 245 55DNF CA 17 Doyle-Risi Racing Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele Fermín Vélez Ferrari 333 SP 225 56 GT1 53 Diablo Racing Tom Scheuren Spencer Pumpelly Gerry Green Bobby Jones Chevrolet Camaro 195 57DNF GT3 57 Kryderacing Reed Kryder Steve Ahlgrim Dave Deen Frank Del Vecchio Ryan Hampton Nissan 240SX ? 191 58DNF GT1 74 Robinson Racing George Robinson Jack Baldwin Irv Hoerr Jon Gooding Oldsmobile Aurora 183 59DNF GT3 45 GLPK Racing Leaders Stéphane Cohen Paul Kumpen Marc Schoonbroodt Michael Funke Porsche 911 GT2 ? 182 60DNF GT2 90 AD Sport Kris Wauters Koen Wauters Franco La Rosa Bert Longin Albert Vanierschot Porsche 911 GT2 173 61DNF GT1 2 Mosler Automotive Shane Lewis Vic Rice Brian Hornkohl Chris Neville Mosler Raptor ? 169 62DNF GT3 37 GTR Motorsports Dave White Jim Loftis Bob Strange Richard Howe Porsche 968 GTR 154 63DNF GT3 76 Team A.R.E. Mike Doolin Scott Peeler John Ruther Martin Snow Porsche 993 Carrera RSR 154 64DNF GT3 68 The Racer's Group Kevin Buckler Philip Collin Eric Bretzel Duncan Dayton Porsche 993 Carrera RSR 142 65DNF GT3 75 On the Edge Racing Max Schmidt Chris Bingham Nigel Smith Scott Harrington Porsche 993 Carrera RSR ? 115 66DNF GT2 58 Broadfoot Racing Pascal Dro Martin Shuster Phillipe Lenain Porsche 944 Turbo 114 67DNF GT3 6 Prototype Technology Group, Inc. Mark Simo Dieter Quester Peter Cunningham BMW M3 E36 87 68DNF GT2 05 Prova Motorsports Cor Euser Masamitsu Ishihara Katsunori Iketani Porsche 911 GT2 79 69DNF CA 60 Kopf Precision Race Products Shane Donley Kris Wilson Tim Moser Keiler KII 50 70DNF GT1 46 Newcastle United Storm Racing Julian Bailey Tiff Needell Craig Baird Richard Dean Lister Storm GTL 45 71DNF GT1 72 Banks Motorsport Tim Banks Todd Sprinkle Kerry Hitt Chevrolet Corvette ? 38 72DNF GT3 32 Phoenix American Motorsport John Heinricy Stu Hayner Scott Harrington Don Knowles Pontiac Firebird Formula ? 9 73DNF GT3 44 GLPK Racing Leaders Harald Grohs Hans Willems Vincent Dupont Alfons Taels Porsche 911 8 74DNF 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:
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