# 24 uur van Daytona 1997

De 24 uur van Daytona 1997 was de 35e editie van deze endurancerace. De race werd verreden op 1 en 2 februari 1997 op de Daytona International Speedway nabij Daytona Beach, Florida.
De race werd gewonnen door de Dyson Racing #20 van Elliott Forbes-Robinson, John Schneider, Rob Dyson, John Paul jr., Butch Leitzinger, Andy Wallace en James Weaver. Voor Paul, Leitzinger en Wallace was het hun tweede Daytona-zege, terwijl Forbes-Robinson, Schneider, Dyson en Weaver hun eerste overwinning behaalden. De GTS-2-klasse werd gewonnen door de Roock Racing #99 van Ralf Kelleners, Claudia Hürtgen, Patrice Goueslard en André Ahrlé. De GTS-1-klasse werd gewonnen door de Rohr Corp. #01 van Jochen Rohr, Andy Pilgrim, Harald Grohs en Arnd Meier. De GTS-3-klasse werd gewonnen door de Prototype Technology Group, Inc. #10 van Javier Quiros, Derek Hill, Boris Said, Bill Auberlen en Tom Hessert jr.

## Race

Winnaars in hun klasse zijn vetgedrukt.
| Pos. | Klasse | No. | Team | Coureurs | Chassis | Banden | Ronden |
| 1 | WSC | 20 | Dyson Racing | Elliott Forbes-Robinson John Schneider Rob Dyson John Paul jr. Butch Leitzinger Andy Wallace James Weaver | Riley & Scott Mk. III | G | 690 |
| 2 | WSC | 3 | Team Scandia | Fermín Vélez Andy Evans Charles Morgan Rob Morgan | Ferrari 333 SP | G | 689 |
| 3 | WSC | 4 | Dibos Racing | Eduardo Dibós Chappuis Jim Pace Barry Waddell | Riley & Scott Mk. III | P | 672 |
| 4 | GTS-2 | 99 | Roock Racing | Ralf Kelleners Claudia Hürtgen Patrice Goueslard André Ahrlé | Porsche 911 GT2 | M | 665 |
| 5 | GTS-1 | 01 | Rohr Corp. | Jochen Rohr Andy Pilgrim Harald Grohs Arnd Meier | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 663 |
| 6 | GTS-1 | 74 | Champion Porsche | Hans-Joachim Stuck Bill Adam Thierry Boutsen | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 661 |
| 7 | WSC | 30 | Moretti Racing | Gianpiero Moretti Antônio Hermann Derek Bell Didier Theys | Ferrari 333 SP | Y | 660 |
| 8 | GTS-2 | 03 | Roock Racing | Philippe de Craene Zak Brown Dirk Layer Michel Ligonnet | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 651 |
| 9 | GTS-3 | 10 | Prototype Technology Group, Inc. | Javier Quiros Derek Hill Boris Said Bill Auberlen Tom Hessert jr. | BMW M3 E36 | Y | 640 |
| 10 | GTS-3 | 39 | Jim Mathews Racing | Jim Matthews Hurley Haywood David Murry Doc Bundy | Porsche 993 | P | 638 |
| 11 | GTS-3 | 76 | Team A.R.E. | Kelly Collins Mike Doolin Scott Peeler Cort Wagner | Porsche 993 Carrera RSR | Y | 638 |
| 12 | GTS-2 | 31 | Konrad Motorsport | Bob Wollek Yannick Dalmas Wido Rössler Franz Konrad | Porsche 911 GT2 | M | 637 |
| 13 | GTS-3 | 69 | Jorge Trejos | Tim Ralston Jeff Gamroth Jorge Trejos Monte Shelton | Porsche 993 | ? | 632 |
| 14 | GTS-3 | 26 | Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing | Anthony Lazzaro Eric Bretzel Mike Conte Angelo Cilli | Porsche 993 | Y | 631 |
| 15 | GTS-1 | 94 | Viper Team Oreca | Olivier Beretta Tommy Archer Dominique Dupuy | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 628 |
| 16 | GTS-2 | 98 | Schumacher Racing | Larry Schumacher John O'Steen Will Pace Robert Nearn | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | P | 627 |
| 17 | GTS-3 | 25 | Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing | Jeff Purner Terry Lingner Robbie Groff Charles Slater | Porsche 964 Carrera RSR | P | 624 |
| 18 | GTS-3 | 6 | Prototype Technology Group, Inc. | John Fergus Ron Finger Dan Marvin Boris Said Derek Hill | BMW M3 E36 | Y | 622 |
| 19 | GTS-1 | 46 | Lister Storm Racing | Geoff Lees Tiff Needell Anthony Reid | Lister Storm GTL | M | 615 |
| 20 | GTS-3 | 53 | Rohr Corp. | Axel Rohr Bruno Michelotti Denis Lay Uwe Sick | Porsche 964 Carrera RSR | P | 615 |
| 21 | GTS-3 | 04 | Max Schmidt | Mike Johnson Duke Johnson Max Schmidt Rusty Schmidt | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | P | 609 |
| 22 | GTS-3 | 55 | Stadler Motorsport | Lilian Bryner Enzo Calderari Ellen Lohr Ulli Richter | Porsche 964 | P | 607 |
| 23 | GTS-3 | 40 | Paul Kumpen | Kurt Thiers Dirk Schoysman Jean-François Hemroulle Stéphane Cohen | Porsche 911 | ? | 602 |
| 24 | GTS-3 | 54 | Doug Trott | Richard Spenard John Ruther Spencer Lane Doug Trott Tom Baldwin Grady Willingham | Porsche 993 | ? | 600 |
| 25 | GTS-2 | 56 | Martin Snow | Martin Snow Peter Kitchak Ray Lintott Terry Olilla | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 591 |
| 26 | WSC | 63 | Downing/Atlanta Racing | Tim McAdam Yojiro Terada Joe Castellano Jim Downing | Kudzu DLM | G | 569 |
| 27 | GTS-3 | 96 | Proton Competition | Helmut Reis Karl Augustin Manfred Jurasz Gerold Ried Kalman Bodis | Porsche 911 GT2 | ? | 565 |
| 28 | GTS-1 | 97 | Klaus Scheer | Edgar Dören Léo Van Sande Klaus Scheer Berndt Neutag | Porsche 911 GT2 | G | 560 |
| 29 | GTS-3 | 78 | Team A.R.E. | Steve Velasquez Gary Blackman Steve Dente Richard Gray | Porsche 964 Carrera RSR | Y | 554 |
| 30 | GTS-1 | 35 | Bill McDill | Richard McDill Tom Juckette Gianni Biava Bill McDill | Chevrolet Camaro | Y | 540 |
| 31 | GTS-1 | 09 | Rice Racing | Ray Kong Tommy Miller Vic Rice Chris Neville | Pontiac Grand Prix | ? | 534 |
| 32 | GTS-1 | 37 | Hoyt Overbagh | Mauro Casadei Stefano Bucci Francesco Ciani Andrea Garbagnati | Chevrolet Camaro | G | 507 |
| 33 | WSC | 81 | Graham Williams | Kevin Sherwood Mike Millard Peter Hardman Nigel Greensall | ProSport 3000 Spyder | D | 498 |
| DNF | WSC | 8 | Support Net Racing | Henry Camferdam Johnny O'Connell Scott Schubot Roger Mandeville | Hawk C-8 | Y | 494 |
| 35 | GTS-1 | 90 | Road Circuit Technology | Andy Petery Les Delano Tim O'Kennedy Craig Carter | Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme | ? | 490 |
| DNF | GTS-1 | 91 | Rock Valley Oil & Chemical Co. | Roger Schramm Stu Hayner John Heinricy Marty Miller | Chevrolet Camaro | G | 468 |
| DNF | GTS-3 | 77 | Mattco Racing | Matthew Cohen Pete Halsmer John Morton Sylvain Tremblay | BMW M3 E36 | Y | 440 |
| DNF | WSC | 1 | Doyle Racing/Riley & Scott | Wayne Taylor Scott Sharp Eric van de Poele | Riley & Scott Mk. III | P | 427 |
| DNF | GTS-3 | 42 | Jarett Freeman | Jarett Freeman Simon Gregg Michael Duffy | Porsche 993 | Y | 422 |
| 40 | GTS-1 | 87 | John Annis | John Annis Kelly Toombs Neil Tilbor Chris Funk Keith Scharf David Donovan | Chevrolet Camaro | ? | 404 |
| DNF | GTS-2 | 85 | Chamberlain Engineering | Chris Gleason Grant Thomas Jack Gratton Gerard MacQuillan | Porsche 911 GT2 | G | 400 |
| 42 | GTS-3 | 24 | Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing | Don Kitch jr. Chris Bingham Chip Hanauer Chuck Lyford Byron Sanborn | Porsche 911 | G | 400 |
| 43 | GTS-3 | 68 | The Racer's Group | Kevin Buckler Charlie Nearburg Steve Rees Fred Seipp | Porsche 993 | ? | 393 |
| DNF | WSC | 29 | Target 24 | Alex Caffi Ivan Capelli Fabio Montani Gabrio Rosa | Riley & Scott Mk. III | P | 390 |
| DNF | GTS-3 | 83 | GT Racing Team | Gianfranco Brancatelli Luca Drudi Luigino Pagotto Renato Mastropietro Charles Margueron | Porsche 911 | P | 387 |
| 46 | GTS-2 | 47 | TF Racing | Nick Longhi John Kohler Matt Turner Joseph Safina Gary R. Smith Jeff Lapcevich | Saleen Mustang | ? | 377 |
| DNF | GTS-3 | 05 | Auto Sport South | Jeff Hays Cary Eisenlohr Steve Rebeil William Stitt Kevin Wheeler | Porsche 993 | Y | 374 |
| DNF | GTS-3 | 7 | Prototype Technology Group, Inc. | Dieter Quester Marc Duez Markus Oestreich Boris Said | BMW M3 E36 | Y | 373 |
| DNF | GTS-1 | 75 | Robinson Racing | George Robinson Irv Hoerr Jack Baldwin Victor Sifton | Oldsmobile Aurora | G | 368 |
| 50 | GTS-1 | 27 | Hoyt Overbagh | Marco Polani Silvino Giarotti Fabio Rosa C. J. Johnson Marco de Iturbe | Chevrolet Camaro | G | 353 |
| 51 | GTS-3 | 58 | Protechnik Racing | Philip Collin Lew Brouchier Mauro Barella Luca Cattaneo Sam Shalala Alex Tradd | Porsche 993 | ? | 353 |
| 52 | WSC | 60 | Kopf Precision Race Products Team | Owen Trinkler Roberto Quintanilla Jeff Ward | Keiler KII | G | 348 |
| DNF | GTS-1 | 64 | Mel A. Butt | Mel Butt Jim Higgs Dave McTureous Dennis King | Chevrolet Camaro | G | 339 |
| DNF | GTS-1 | 71 | Johnny Unser | Boris Said Johnny Unser Enrico Bertaggia Ron Fellows | Callaway C7-R | G | 331 |
| 55 | GTS-3 | 44 | Brad Creber | Lance Stewart Brad Creber John Bourassa John Finger | Mazda RX-7 | Y | 310 |
| DNF | GTS-2 | 70 | AD Sport | Kurt Dujardyn Kris Wauters Koen Wauters Jean-Paul Herreman | Porsche 911 GT2 | P | 304 |
| 57 | WSC | 19 | Davin Racing | Mark Montgomery Edd Davin Butch Brickell | Argo P | G | 279 |
| 58 | GTS-2 | 67 | Saleen Allen Speedlab | Price Cobb Phil Andrews Rob Rizzo David Warnock Robert Schirle Tim Allen | Saleen Mustang | ? | 274 |
| DNF | GTS-3 | 92 | RAE Motorsports | Raymond Boissoneau Peter Gobel J. W. Pettigrew David Loring Peter Argetsinger | Mazda RX-7 | ? | 271 |
| DNF | WSC | 16 | Dyson Racing | Andy Wallace John Paul jr. Butch Leitzinger James Weaver | Riley & Scott Mk. III | G | 227 |
| DNF | GTS-1 | 80 | David Perelle | Richard Maugeri Sim Penton Rob Debartelobeu Dave Perelle | Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme | G | 219 |
| DNF | GTS-3 | 73 | Jack Lewis Enterprises Ltd. | Henry Taleb Edison Lluch Kurt Mathewson Scott Knollenberg | Porsche 993 Carrera RSR | ? | 209 |
| 63 | WSC | 28 | FAB Factory Motorsport | Jon Field A. J. Smith Ralph Thomas John Mirro Rick Ferguson | Spice SE95 | G | 182 |
| 64 | GTS-1 | 62 | Diablo Racing | Tom Scheuren Kerry Hitt Bobby Jones Gerry Green | Chevrolet Camaro | ? | 181 |
| DNF | WSC | 2 | Screaming Eagles Racing | Craig T. Nelson Case Montgomery Dan Clark Darin Brassfield | Riley & Scott Mk. III | Y | 158 |
| DNF | GTS-3 | 41 | Team Technodyne | Chris Cervelli Bruce Busby Mark Anderson | Porsche 993 Carrera RSR | P | 138 |
| DNF | WSC | 95 | TRV Motorsports | Tom Volk Don Bell Bill Cooper Franck Fréon | Kudzu DL-4 | ? | 121 |
| 68 | GTS-2 | 65 | Saleen Allen Speedlab | Robert Schirle Steve Saleen David Warnock Tim Allen | Saleen Mustang | ? | 109 |
| DNF | GTS-1 | 51 | Fantasy Junction | Bruce Trenery Grahame Bryant Jeffrey Pattinson Patrick van Schoote | Chevrolet Monte Carlo | ? | 101 |
| DNF | GTS-1 | 45 | Davies Motorsports | Scott Goodyear Ed Davies Arie Luyendyk | Porsche 964 Turbo | G | 95 |
| DNF | GTS-3 | 38 | Mark Hein | Dorsey Schroeder Peter Cunningham John Green Mark Hein Greg Loebel | Acura NSX | Y | 90 |
| DNF | WSC | 88 | MSI Racing | Ross Bentley Danny Sullivan Jeff Jones Robbie Buhl | Riley & Scott Mk. III | G | 72 |
| DNF | GTS-3 | 22 | Paul Reisman | Paul Reisman John Reisman Shane Lewis Buddy Norton | Chevrolet Camaro | ? | 57 |
| DNF | GTS-1 | 15 | Anthony Puleo | Ernst Gschwender Anthony Puleo Mark Kennedy Daniel Urrutia | Chevrolet Camaro | ? | 46 |
| DNF | GTS-3 | 50 | Paul Kumpen | Alfons Taels Georges Cremer Paul Kumpen Albert Vanierschot | Porsche 911 | ? | 39 |
| DNF | GTS-2 | 61 | Konrad Motorsport | Cor Euser Bernd Netzeband Bert Ploeg Wolfgang Kaufmann | Porsche 911 GT2 | M | 23 |
| DNF | GTS-2 | 00 | Agusta Racing | Almo Coppelli Rocky Agusta Carl Rosenblad | Chevrolet Corvette | D | 23 |
| DNF | GTS-1 | 34 | Todd Vallancourt | Todd Vallancourt Hal Corbin Bill Evans Toto Lasally | Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme | H | 22 |
| DNF | GTS-1 | 49 | Dan Shaver | Dan Shaver Jack Willes Joe Varde | Chevrolet Camaro | ? | 16 |
| DNF | WSC | 9 | Courage Competition | Fredrik Ekblom Didier Cottaz Jérôme Policand | Courage C41 | M | 12 |
| DNS | WSC | 02 | Screaming Eagles Racing | Dan Clark | Spice SE90 | ? | 0 |
| DNS | GTS-3 | 84 | Luigino Pagotto | Walter Meloni Léo Van Sande | Porsche 911 | ? | 0 |
| DNQ | GTS-1 | 17 | Art Pilla | Arthur Pilla Oma Kimbrough David Kicak | Porsche 911 GT2 | G | 0 |
| DNQ | GTS-3 | 86 | G&W Motorsports | Danny Marshall Arthur Urciuoli Peter Chambers Martyn Konig | Porsche 993 Cup | D | 0 |
| DNQ | GTS-3 | 5 | Doug Trott | Tom Dean Tom Baldwin Tony Burgess Grady Willingham | Porsche 911 | T | 0 |
| DNQ | GTS-3 | 07 | Pettit Racing | Cameron Worth Enzo Potolicchio John Brown Rodger Bogusz | Mazda RX-7 Turbo | H | 0 |
| DNQ | GTS-3 | 32 | Steve Goldin | Steve Goldin Keith Goldin Mark Montgomery Martin Shuster | Mazda RX-7 | H | 0 |
| DNQ | GTS-3 | 12 | Rick Fairbanks | Rick Fairbanks Nick Ham Chuck Cottrell Mark Neuhaus Chris Gleason | Porsche 911 | ? | 0 |
| DNQ | GTS-3 | 82 | | Rob Collins Trevor Hilliar Dan Moon John Drew Neil Crilly | Porsche 911 | D | 0 |
| DNQ | GTS-3 | 52 | Kryderacing | Reed Kryder Frank Del Vecchio Christian Heinkélé David Green | Nissan 240SX | ? | 0 |
| DNQ | GTS-3 | 36 | Phoenix American Motorsports | Stu Hayner John Heinricy Marty Miller Jim Michaelian | Pontiac Firebird | ? | 0 |
| DNQ | GTS-3 | 57 | Kryderacing | Reed Kryder Willie Beck Helmut Reuscher Gred Holtkamp Alistair Morrison | Nissan 240SX | ? | 0 |
| DNQ | GTS-1 | 79 | Tim Banks | Tim Banks | Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme | ? | 0 |
| DNQ | GTS-3 | 66 | G&W Motorsports | Danny Marshall Steve Marshall | Porsche 964 | G | 0 |
| DNQ | GTS-1 | 72 | Tim Banks | Tim Banks | Chevrolet Corvette | D | 0 |
| DNQ | WSC | 33 | FAB Factory Motorsport | John Mirro Oliver Kuttner Ralph Thomas A. J. Smith Rick Ferguson | Kudzu DG-2 WSC | ? | 0 |
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