De 24 uur van Daytona 2011 was de 49e editie van deze endurancerace. De race werd verreden op 29 en 30 januari 2011 op de Daytona International Speedway nabij Daytona Beach, Florida.
De race werd gewonnen door de Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates #01 van Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Graham Rahal en Joey Hand. Voor Pruett was het zijn vierde Daytona-zege, voor Rojas zijn tweede, terwijl Rahal en Hand allebei hun eerste overwinning behaalden. De GT-klasse werd gewonnen door de The Racer's Group #67 van Steven Bertheau, Brendan Gaughan, Wolf Henzler, Andy Lally en Spencer Pumpelly.
Race Winnaars in hun klasse zijn vetgedrukt.
Pos. Klasse No. Team Coureurs Chassis Banden Ronden Motor 1 DP 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Memo Rojas Graham Rahal Joey Hand Riley 721 BMW 5.0L V8 2 DP 02 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Scott Dixon Juan Pablo Montoya Dario Franchitti Jamie McMurray Riley 721 BMW 5.0L V8 3 DP 9 Action Express Racing Terry Borcheller J. C. France João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Max Papis Riley 721 Porsche (LBP) 5.0L V8 4 DP 23 United Autosports with Michael Shank Racing Zak Brown Mark Patterson Mark Blundell Martin Brundle Riley 721 Ford 5.0L V8 5 DP 10 SunTrust Racing Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor Ryan Briscoe Dallara 720 Chevrolet 5.0L V8 6 DP 76 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Ricardo Zonta Nicolas Minassian Lola B08/70 720 Ford 5.0L V8 7 DP 6 Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian A.J. Allmendinger Michael McDowell Justin Wilson Dallara 719 Ford 5.0L V8 8 DP 55 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut Luis Díaz Mark Wilkins Riley 717 BMW 5.0L V8 9 DP 5 Action Express Racing Darren Law David Donohue Buddy Rice Burt Frisselle Riley 706 Porsche (LBP) 5.0L V8 10 DP 60 Michael Shank Racing John Pew Oswaldo Negri jr. Marc Goossens Michael Valiante Riley 706 Ford 5.0L V8 11 DP 95 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Ryan Hunter-Reay Richard Westbrook Raphael Matos Riley 703 BMW 5.0L V8 12 GT 67 The Racer's Group Steven Bertheau Brendan Gaughan Wolf Henzler Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 685 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 13 GT 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller Tim Sugden Bryan Sellers Rob Bell Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 684 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 14 GT 40 Dempsey Racing Joe Foster Patrick Dempsey Charles Espenlaub Tom Long Mazda RX-8 681 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor 15 DP 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Jon Fogarty Alex Gurney Jimmie Johnson Riley 679 Chevrolet 5.0L V8 16 GT 44 Magnus Racing John Potter Craig Stanton Richard Lietz Marco Holzer Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 675 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 17 GT 59 Brumos Racing Hurley Haywood Andrew Davis Leh Keen Marc Lieb Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 673 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 18 GT 70 SpeedSource John Edwards Sylvain Tremblay Adam Christodoulou Jonathan Bomarito Mazda RX-8 670 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor 19 GT 42 Team Sahlen Will Nonnamaker Wayne Nonnamaker Joe Nonnamaker Memo Gidley Mazda RX-8 661 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor 20 GT 4 The Racer's Group Ryan Eversley Daniel Graeff Kenny Wallace Ron Yarab jr. Richard Zahn jr. Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 659 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 21 GT 18 Mühlner Motorsports America Mark Thomas Peter Ludwig Dion von Moltke Cory Friedman Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 655 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 DNF DP 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister Seth Neiman Johannes van Overbeek Riley Mk. XI 654 Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 23 GT 41 Dempsey Racing James Gue Dane Cameron Ian James Dave Lacey Mazda RX-8 650 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor DNF DP 90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Antonio García Paul Edwards Sascha Maassen Coyote 649 Chevrolet 5.0L V8 25 GT 47 Rick Ware Racing Jeffrey Earnhardt Scott Monroe Doug Harrington Maurice Hull Brett Sandberg Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 635 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 26 GT 57 Stevenson Motorsports Robin Liddell Ronnie Bremer Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Camaro GT.R 629 Chevrolet 6.0L V8 DNF GT 66 The Racer's Group Dominik Farnbacher Tim George jr. Ben Keating Lucas Luhr Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 612 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 28 GT 88 Autohaus Motorsports Jordan Taylor Bill Lester Johnny O'Connell Matthew Marsh Chevrolet Camaro GT.R 607 Chevrolet 6.0L V8 29 GT 81 DragonSpeed Cort Wagner Fred Poordad Doug Baron Nick Jones Ferrari F430 Challenge 588 Ferrari 4.3L V8 DNF GT 54 The Racer's Group/Black Swan Racing/GMG Racing Jeroen Bleekemolen Tim Pappas Patrick Pilet James Sofronas Bret Curtis Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 578 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 31 DP 2 Starworks Motorsport Enzo Potolicchio Alex Popow Romain Iannetta Ernesto Viso Riley 577 Ford 5.0L V8 32 GT 94 Turner Motorsport Bill Auberlen Boris Said Paul Dalla Lana Matt Plumb BMW M3 565 BMW 5.0L V8 DNF DP 8 Starworks Motorsport Mike Forest Ryan Dalziel Jim Lowe Colin Braun Tomáš Enge Riley 552 Ford 5.0L V8 34 GT 63 Team Spencer Motorsports Rich Grupp David Murry Jim Downing Owen Trinkler Mazda RX-8 544 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor 35 GT 65 Chris Smith Racing Bill Sweedler Shane Lewis Tom Sheehan Mitch Pagerey Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 495 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 DNF GT 30 Racer's Edge Motorsports Scott Rettich Mark Jensen Michael Marsal Gary Jensen Jade Buford Mazda RX-8 453 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor 37 GT 53 The Racer's Group/Nadeau Motorsports Jim Michaelian Bob Doyle Coulter Mulligan Joe Castellano Ken Dobson Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 423 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 DNF GT 32 PR1 Motorsports David Cheng Tom Papadopoulos Ryan Lewis Max Hyatt BMW M6 402 BMW 5.0L V8 DNF GT 07 Banner Racing Bruce Ledoux Eric Curran Gunter Schaldach Oliver Gavin Chevrolet Camaro GT.R 398 Chevrolet 6.0L V8 DNF GT 17 Burtin Racing Claudio Burtin Martin Ragginger Nick Tandy Nicolas Armindo Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 378 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 DNF GT 22 Bullet Racing Darryl O'Young James Walker Brian Wong Eric Lux Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 328 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 DNF DP 77 Doran Racing Brian Frisselle Henri Richard Matt Bell Ross Kaiser Dallara 312 Ford 5.0L V8 43 GT 56 Bennett Racing Mike Skeen Jean-François Dumoulin Michael Davidson Glynn Geddie Dan Harrington Ferrari F430 Challenge 286 Ferrari 4.3L V8 DNF DP 7 Starworks Motorsport Doug Peterson R. J. Valentine Jared Beyer Scott Mayer Jan Heylen Riley 215 Ford 5.0L V8 DNF GT 69 SpeedSource Emil Assentato Jeff Segal Nick Ham Anthony Lazzaro Mazda RX-8 202 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor DNF GT 43 Team Sahlen Joe Sahlen Joe Nonnamaker Will Nonnamaker Wayne Nonnamaker Memo Gidley Mazda RX-8 124 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor DNF GT 36 Yellow Dragon Motorsports Taylor Hacquard Chris Cumming Mikel Miller Justin Marks Mazda RX-8 122 Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor DNF GT 86 Mitchum Motorsports Joey Atterbury Cooper MacNeil Randy Pobst Derek Whitis Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 121 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 DNS GT 11 TPN Racing/Blackforest David Empringham Scott Maxwell Tom Nastasi Dave Russell Ford Mustang Boss 302 0 Ford 5.0L V8 DNS GT 00 Aten Motorsports Gabriel Abergel Emmanuel Collard Davy Jones Steve Lisa Xavier Pompidou Ferrari F430 Challenge 0 Ferrari 4.3L V8
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