O norte-americano Ryan Dalziel (Starworks Motorsport / Ford Riley) marcou nesta quinta-feira (26/01), a pole-position para a 50ª edição das 24 Horas de Daytona, no Daytona International Speedway, etapa de abertura da GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series. Dalziel fez o tempo de 1m41s119. Ele tem como parceiros de equipe Allan McNish, Lucas Luhr, Alex Popow e Enzo Potolicchio.
O trio Max Angelelli / Ryan Briscoe / Ricky Taylor (SunTrust Racing / Corvette) complete a primeira fila. O quarteto Scott Dixon / Dario Franchitti / Jamie McMurray / Juan Pablo Montoya (Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / BMW Riley) alinha em 3º, seguido pelo trio Jon Fogarty / Memo Gidley / Alex Gurney (GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing / Corvette DP).
O melhor brasileiro no grid é Oswaldo Negri Jr. (Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian / Ford Riley) em 6º. Felipe Nasr (Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian / Ford Riley) sai em 8º, Ricardo Zonta (Krohn Racing / Ford Lola) 12º, Christian Fittipaldi (Action Express Racing / Corvette DP) 14º, e Raphael Matos (Risi Competizione / Ferrari) 19º.
Grid:
1 DP 1 Dalziel / Luhr / McNish / Popow / Potolicchio Starworks Motorsport / Ford Riley 1:41.119 Â Â Â
2 DP 2 Angelelli / Briscoe / Taylor SunTrust Racing / Corvette DP 1:41.240 Â Â Â
3 DP 3 Dixon / Franchitti / McMurray / Montoya    Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / BMW Riley 1:41.463   Â
4 DP 4 Fogarty / Gidley / Gurney GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing / Corvette DP 1:41.519 Â Â Â
5 DP 5 Garcia / Gavin / Magnussen / Westbrook Spirit of Daytona / Corvette DP 1:41.611
6 DP 6 Allmendinger / Negri / Pew / Wilson Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian / Ford Riley 1:41.662
7 DP 7 Barbosa / Borcheller / France / Papis Action Express Racing / Corvette DP 1:42.074 Â Â Â
8 DP 8 Goncalvez / McDowell / Nasr / Yacaman Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian / Ford Riley 1:42.414
9 DP 9 Hunter-Reay / Luhr / Mayer / Potolicchio / Scala    Starworks Motorsport / Ford Riley 1:42.657
10 DP 10 Frisselle / Frisselle / Lowe / Tracy Doran Racing / Ford Dallara    1:42.773   Â
11 DP 11 Defoor / Forbes-Robinson / Johnson / Pace / de Quesada 50+Predator/Alegra / BMW Riley 1:43.723
12 DP 12 Braun / Jonsson / Krohn / Zonta Krohn Racing / Ford Lola 1:44.433 Â Â Â
13Â DP 14 Hand / Pruett / Rahal / Rojas Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / BMW Riley sem tempo
14 DP 13 Donohue / Fittipaldi / Law Action Express Racing / Corvette DP sem tempo
15 GT 1 Davis / Haywood / Keen / Lieb Brumos Racing / Porsche GT3 1:49.342 Â Â Â
16 GT 2 Assentato / Lazzaro / Longhi / Segal AIM Autosport Team FXDD Racing with Ferrari / Ferrari 458 Â Â Â 1:49.357
17 GT 3 Lally / Lietz / Potter / Rast    Magnus Racing / Porsche GT3 1:49.388   Â
18 GT 4 Bergmeister / Long / Neiman / Rockenfeller Flying Lizard Motorsports with Wright Motorsports / Porsche GT3 Â Â Â 1:49.550 Â Â Â
19 GT 5 Bruni / Fisichella / Matos Risi Competizione / Ferrari 458 1:49.661 Â Â Â
20 GT 6 Cameron / Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 1:49.700
21 GT 7 Collard / Holzer / Leitzinger / MacNeil Alex Job Racing / Porsche GT3 1:49.766 Â Â Â
22 GT 8 Edwards / Marsh / Milner / Taylor Autohaus Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 1:49.773 Â Â Â
23 GT 9 Asch / Baldwin / Burtin / Ragginger / Sellers Burtin Racing with Goldcrest Motorsports / Porsche GT3 1:49.891 Â Â Â
24 GT 10 Bell / Maassen / Miller / Wilkins Paul Miller Racing / Porsche GT3 Â Â Â 1:50.044
25 GT 11 Beretta / Bertolini / Vilander    Risi Competizione / Ferrari 458 1:50.191   Â
26 GT 12 Brown / Cosmo / Sharp / van Overbeek Extreme Speed Motorsports / Ferrari 458 1:50.197 Â Â Â
27 GT 13 Bell / Carter / Curran / Plumb Stevenson Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 1:50.273 Â Â Â
28 GT 14 Cisneros / Edwards / Kauffmann / Tandy NGT Motorsport / Porsche GT3 1:50.298 Â Â Â
29 GT 15 Al Masaood / Al Mehairi / Kane Oryx Racing / Audi R8 Grand-Am 1:50.312 Â Â Â Â
30 GT 16 Bremer / Edwards / Liddell    Stevenson Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 1:50.426   Â
31 GT 17 Bell / Eversley / Graeff / Yarab Jr. Magnus Racing / Porsche GT3 1:50.456 Â Â Â
32 GT 18 Farnbacher / Keating / Pilet / Simonsen TRG / Porsche GT3 1:50.557 Â Â Â
33 GT 19 Blaylock / O’Young / Roush / Van Blankers / White Bullet Racing / Porsche GT3 1:50.572 Â Â Â
34 GT 20 Auberlen / Dalla Lana / Marsal / Muller / Muller    Turner Motorsport / BMW M3 1:50.582   Â
35 GT 21 Armindo / Curtis / Lewis / Sofronas / Willsey Orbit/GMG / Porsche GT3 1:50.605 Â Â Â
36 GT 22 Baas / Canache / Norman / Pirro / von Moltke APR Motorsport / Audi R8 Grand-Am 1:50.749 Â Â Â
37 GT 23 Cook / Earnhardt / Harrington / Hill / Ware Rick Ware Racing / Ford Mustang 1:50.762 Â Â Â
38 GT 24 Avenatti / Faieta / Poordad / Sweedler / Wagner Alex Job Racing / Porsche GT3 1:50.824
39 GT 25 Bomarito / Franchitti / Hinchcliffe / Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 1:51.022 Â Â Â
40 GT 26 Aguas / Kauffman / Pastrana / Waltrip AF – Waltrip / Ferrari 458 1:51.105
41 GT 27 Dempsey / Espenlaub / Foster / Long    Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 1:51.416   Â
42 GT 28 Heylen / Peterson / Soulet / Valverde    Racers Edge Motorsports / Dodge Viper 1:51.555
43 GT 29 Del Vecchio / Grunnet / Jester / McKee / Pobst    Acumen Motorsport / Porsche GT3 1:51.575   Â
44 GT 30 Auberlen / Dalla Lana / Johnson / Said / Werner Turner Motorsport / BMW M3 1:51.680 Â Â Â
45 GT 31Miller / Prewitt / Rettich / Schneider / Shoff Alliance Autosport / Porsche GT3 Â Â Â 1:51.727
46 GT 32 Jones / Lester / McCutchen / Thomas    Muehlner Motorsports America, LLC / Porsche GT3 1:52.250    Â
47 GT 33 Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker    Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8    1:52.541    113.878    Theracesite.com
48 GT 34 Englster / Murry / Safina / Schaldach    Liqui Moly Team Englster/Mitchum Motorsports Porsche / Porsche GT3    1:52.641
49 GT 35 Ardagna / Costabal / Di Guida / Orjuela / Salazar TRG / Porsche GT3 1:52.679
50 GT 36 James / Johnson / Kitch Jr / Maxwell / Rogers Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 1:52.998 Â Â Â
51 GT 37 Fergus / Finger / Greer / Hotchkis / Trinkler Dick Greer Racing / Porsche GT3 1:53.161 Â Â Â
52 GT 38 Andretti / Andretti / Hacquard / Krohn    Yellow Dragon Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 1:53.202   Â
53 GT 39 Castellano / Cox / Hedlund / McCarthy / Michaelian TRG / Porsche GT3 1:53.919 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
54 GT 40 Bertheau / Bleekemolen / Goossens / Henzler / Pumpelly TRG / Porsche GT3 1:54.347 Â Â Â
55 GT 41 DeFontes / Fogg / Konopka / Vonka    Orbit/GMG / Porsche GT3 1:54.402
56 GT 42 Breukers / Fumal / Nowicki    Michael Baughman Racing / Corvette 1:55.577   Â
57 GT Cumming / Estre / Faulkner / Gomez / Keating TRG / Porsche GT3 sem tempo
58 GT Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 sem tempo
59 GT Dollahite / Nater / O’Doski / Seefried / Whitis Muehlner Motorsports America, LLC / Porsche GT3 sem tempo  Â