After 24 Hours Of Racing At Daytona, The GTLM Class Win Was Decided By A Photo Finish

Oliver Gavin and Antonio Garcia battled right to the very end of the Daytona 24 for the GTLM class win, with the two Corvettes producing a stunning photo finish

Jack Leslie

31 Jan 2016

After 24 hrs, the #GTLM race was THIS close...are you kidding me!?!?!? 😱 What a race @CorvetteRacing! #Rolex24 🏁 pic.twitter.com/XDQeJEkVJ4
— Erik Valdez (@erikvaldez) January 31, 2016

The Tequila Patron ESM car of Pipo Derani, Scott Sharp, Johannes van Overbeek and Ed Brown claimed the overall win, with the Ligier JS P2 Honda finishing over 26 seconds clear of the Ligier JS P2 Honda.

In the PC class, JDC-Miller Motorsports claimed victory, with Chris Miller, Mikhail Goikhberg, Stephen Simpson and Kenton Koch sharing driving duties with the No. 85 Oreca FLM09.

In GTLM the amazing photo finish between the two Corvettes saw the No.4 of Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner and Marcel Fassler triumph. Finally in GTD, the No. 44 Magnus Racing Audi R8 LMS won with drivers Rene Rast, Andy Lally, John Potter and Marco Seefried.

Comments

That race was amazing lots of failures plagued the pc class and the fords

The GT classes (my favorite) are so fun to watch. Im glad the two corvettes were really racing to the end, and were able to do it with respect to the other and not complete ruin someones day. Throughout the entire race, all GT cars were very close and competitive. Some just had more issues than others(Ford’s teething issues). Let’s just hope the BoP doesn’t ruin everything like it did last year. IMSA/NASCAR learned a lot from last years mistakes, and learned a lot in the off season. We will see if it pays off.