2022 24 Hours of Daytona

NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., who built Daytona International Speedway in 1959, conceived of the 24 Hours of Daytona to attract European sports-car endurance racing to the United States and provide international exposure to the speedway.^[2] It is informally considered part of the Triple Crown of Endurance Racing, with the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[3]

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2021. It was the ninth consecutive year it was part of the IMSA SCC, and 60th 24 Hours of Daytona.^[4] The 24 Hours of Daytona was the first of twelve scheduled sports car endurance races of 2022 by IMSA, and the first of four races of the Michelin Endurance Cup (MEC).^[5] It took place at the 12-turn, 3.56-mile (5.73 km) Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida from January 29 to 30.^[6]

The list of entries for the 24-hour race consisted of 61 cars across five classes, the largest field for the 24 Hours of Daytona since the inception of the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2014. There were seven entries in Daytona Prototype International (DPi), 10 entries in Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), nine entries in LMP3, and 35 entries across both GT Daytona classes, with 12 entered in GTD Pro, and 23 entered in GTD.^[7]

After the demise of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class at the end of the 2021 Season, the International Motor Sports Association replaced the class with an all-pro version of the existing GT Daytona (GTD) class, known as GTD-Pro. The class would run under the same balance of performance restrictions as the existing GTD class, after the two classes had their regulations aligned in August 2021.^[8][9] The aligned Balance of Performance and sporting regulations was a key factor in the record 35 car field, helping to drum up major interest in an all-pro version of an already popular class.

Two of the drivers who won the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans overall, Kamui Kobayashi (pictured in 2011) and José María López (pictured in 2014), took part in the race with an Action Express Racing-entered Cadillac DPi-V.R.

In the Daytona Prototype International class, Chip Ganassi Racing expanded to a two-car full-season Cadillac operation, after just running a single car for 2021. Action Express Racing continued to run an extra car for the race, with Toyota Gazoo Racing driver José María López in place of Meyer-Shank Racing-bound Simon Pagenaud.^[10] Mazda Motorsports withdrew after the 2021 season had drawn to a close, leaving only two brands in the class, Cadillac and Acura. This edition of the Daytona is also set to be the final one to include the DPi class before the introduction of LMDh for 2023.

After the demise of GTLM, Corvette Racing and BMW Team RLL moved to the GTD Pro class. The former de-tuned their designed-for-GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R to GT3 specification, whilst the latter entered the class with the brand-new BMW M4 GT3. Both organizations have one full-season team and one extra car for Endurance races.

The Motul Pole Award 100 was held on January 23. It was a qualifying race, awarding qualifying points and determining the starting lineup for the 24 Hours of Daytona.

Class winners denoted in bold and with ‡.

Pos	Class	No.	Team / Entrant	Drivers	Chassis	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	DPi	10	Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque	Acura ARX-05	61	1:40:45.641‡
					Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
2	DPi	5	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Tristan Vautier Richard Westbrook	Cadillac DPi-V.R	61	+7.900
					Cadillac 5.5 L V8
3	DPi	48	Ally Cadillac	Kamui Kobayashi Jimmie Johnson	Cadillac DPi-V.R	61	+9.569
					Cadillac 5.5 L V8
4	DPi	60	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Oliver Jarvis Tom Blomqvist	Acura ARX-05	61	+15.643
					Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
5	DPi	01	Cadillac Racing	Renger van der Zande Sébastien Bourdais	Cadillac DPi-V.R	61	+22.680
					Cadillac 5.5 L V8
6	DPi	02	Cadillac Racing	Earl Bamber Alex Lynn	Cadillac DPi-V.R	61	+25.550
					Cadillac 5.5 L V8
7	DPi	31	Whelen Engineering Racing	Pipo Derani Tristan Nunez	Cadillac DPi-V.R	61	+56.737
					Cadillac 5.5 L V8
8	LMP2	52	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Ben Keating Mikkel Jensen	Oreca 07	60	+1 Lap‡
					Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
9	LMP2	11	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	Steven Thomas Jonathan Bomarito	Oreca 07	60	+1 Lap
					Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
10	LMP2	68	G-Drive Racing by APR	François Heriau René Rast	Aurus 01	60	+1 Lap
					Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
11	LMP2	20	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen Fabio Scherer	Oreca 07	60	+1 Lap
					Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
12	LMP2	81	DragonSpeed USA	Eric Lux Devlin DeFrancesco	Oreca 07	60	+1 Lap
					Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
13	LMP2	29	Racing Team Nederland	Frits van Eerd Dylan Murry	Oreca 07	60	+1 Lap
					Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
14	LMP2	69	G-Drive Racing by APR	John Falb James Allen	Aurus 01	59	+2 Laps
					Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
15	LMP2	8	Tower Motorsport	John Farano Louis Delétraz	Oreca 07	59	+2 Laps
					Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
16	LMP2	22	United Autosports	James McGuire Will Owen	Oreca 07	59	+2 Laps
					Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
17	LMP3	36	Andretti Autosport	Jarett Andretti Josh Burdon	Ligier JS P320	57	+4 Laps‡
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
18	LMP3	6	Mühlner Motorsports America	Mortiz Kranz Ayrton Ori	Duqueine M30 - D08	56	+5 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
19	LMP3	13	AWA	Orey Fidani Kuno Wittmer	Duqueine M30 - D08	56	+5 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
20	GTD Pro	63	TR3 Racing	Andrea Caldarelli Mirko Bortolotti	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	56	+5 Laps‡
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
21	GTD Pro	9	Pfaff Motorsports	Mathieu Jaminet Felipe Nasr	Porsche 911 GT3 R	56	+5 Laps
					Porsche MA1.76/MDGG.G 4.0 L Flat 6
22	GTD	57	Winward Racing	Russell Ward Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	56	+5 Laps‡
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
23	GTD	59	Crucial Motorsports	Jon Miller Paul Holton	McLaren 720S GT3	56	+5 Laps
					McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8
24	GTD Pro	15	Proton USA	Dirk Müller Austin Cindric	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	56	+5 Laps
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
25	GTD Pro	23	Heart of Racing Team	Ross Gunn Alex Riberas	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	55	+6 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
26	GTD Pro	14	VasserSullivan	Ben Barnicoat Kyle Kirkwood	Lexus RC F GT3	55	+6 Laps
					Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
27	GTD	12	VasserSullivan	Frankie Montecalvo Townsend Bell	Lexus RC F GT3	55	+6 Laps
					Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8
28	GTD	75	SunEnergy1	Kenny Habul Raffaele Marciello	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	55	+6 Laps
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
29	GTD	32	Gilbert Korthoff Racing	Mike Skeen Guy Cosmo	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	55	+6 Laps
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
30	GTD Pro	3	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD	55	+6 Laps
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
31	GTD	28	Alegra Motorsports	Michael de Quesada Linus Lundqvist	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	55	+6 Laps
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
32	GTD	70	Inception Racing	Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy	McLaren 720S GT3	55	+6 Laps
					McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
33	LMP3	7	Forty7 Motorsports	Mark Kvamme Antoine Doquin	Duqueine M30 - D08	55	+6 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
34	GTD	39	CarBahn with Peregrine Racing	Robert Megennis Sandy Mitchell	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	55	+6 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
35	GTD Pro	4	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner Marco Sørensen	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD	55	+6 Laps
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
36	GTD Pro	79	WeatherTech Racing	Julien Andlauer Alessio Picariello	Porsche 911 GT3 R	55	+6 Laps1
					Porsche MA1.76/MDGG.G 4.0 L Flat 6
37	GTD Pro	97	WeatherTech Racing	Maro Engel Jules Gounon	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	55	+6 Laps2
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
38	GTD	44	Magnus Racing	John Potter Andy Lally	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	55	+6 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
39	GTD	98	Northwest AMR	Paul Dalla Lana David Pittard	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	55	+6 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
40	GTD Pro	2	KCMG	Patrick Pilet Alexandre Imperatori	Porsche 911 GT3 R	55	+6 Laps
					Porsche MA1.76/MDGG.G 4.0 L Flat 6
41	GTD	16	Wright Motorsports	Ryan Hardwick Jan Heylen	Porsche 911 GT3 R	55	+6 Laps3
					Porsche MA1.76/MDGG.G 4.0 L Flat 6
42	GTD	47	Cetilar Racing	Roberto Lacorte Alessio Rovera	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	55	+6 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
43	GTD Pro	62	Risi Competizione	Daniel Serra Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	55	+6 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
44	GTD Pro	25	BMW Team RLL	Connor De Phillippi John Edwards	BMW M4 GT3	55	+6 Laps
					BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6
45	GTD	19	TR3 Racing	John Megrue Jeff Segal	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	55	+6 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
46	GTD Pro	24	BMW Team RLL	Nick Yelloly Sheldon van der Linde	BMW M4 GT3	55	+6 Laps
					BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
47	GTD	99	Team Hardpoint	Stefan Wilson Nick Boulle	Porsche 911 GT3 R	55	+6 Laps
					Porsche MA1.76/MDGG.G 4.0 L Flat 6
48	GTD	34	GMG Racing	Kyle Washington Klaus Bachler	Porsche 911 GT3 R	55	+6 Laps
					Porsche MA1.76/MDGG.G 4.0 L Flat 6
49	GTD	66	Gradient Racing	Kyffin Simpson Till Bechtolsheimer	Acura NSX GT3 Evo22	55	+6 Laps
					Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6
50	GTD	21	AF Corse	Luís Pérez Companc Toni Vilander	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	54	+7 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
51	LMP3	33	Sean Creech Motorsport	João Barbosa Lance Willsey	Ligier JS P320	54	+7 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
52	GTD	42	NTE Sport	Don Yount Benjamín Hites	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	53	+8 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
53	LMP3	26	Mühlner Motorsports America	Cameron Shields Ugo de Wilde	Duqueine M30 - D08	53	+8 Laps
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
54 DNF	GTD	64	Team TGM	Ted Giovanis Owen Trinkler	Porsche 911 GT3 R	45	Not running
					Porsche MA1.76/MDGG.G 4.0 L Flat 6
55 DNF	LMP2	18	Era Motorsport	Dwight Merriman Paul-Loup Chatin	Oreca 07	38	Not running
					Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8
56 DNF	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Robby Foley Bill Auberlen	BMW M4 GT3	28	Not running
					BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
57 DNF	GTD	27	Heart of Racing Team	Roman De Angelis Tom Gamble	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	27	Not running
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
58 DNF	LMP3	38	Performance Tech Motorsports	Hikaru Abe Nico Pino	Ligier JS P320	22	Not running
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
59 DNF	GTD	71	T3 Motorsport North America	Franck Perera Misha Goikhberg	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	16	Not running
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
60 DNF	LMP3	74	Riley Motorsports	Gar Robinson Felipe Fraga	Ligier JS P320	5	Not running
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
DNS	LMP3	54	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett George Kurtz	Ligier JS P320	0	Did not start
					Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8
[11]

• ¹ The #79 WeatherTech Racing entry received a post-race 50 second time penalty for failure to adhere to mandated tire operational requirements.^[12]
• ² The #97 WeatherTech Racing entry received a post-race 50 second time penalty for failure to adhere to mandated tire operational requirements.^[13]
• ³ The #16 Wright Motorsports entry received a post-race 50 second time penalty for failure to adhere to mandated tire operational requirements.^[14]