{"id":17881,"date":"2018-01-28T14:44:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T19:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=17881"},"modified":"2018-01-28T14:47:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T19:47:17","slug":"mustang-sampling-racing-wins-rolex-24-complete-results-from-daytona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2018\/01\/28\/mustang-sampling-racing-wins-rolex-24-complete-results-from-daytona\/","title":{"rendered":"Mustang Sampling Racing wins Rolex 24, Complete Results from Daytona"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"
\nThe No. 5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac of Action Express Racing has captured the 56th running of the Rolex 24. Despite engine concerns the team of Filipe Albuquerque, Joao Barbosa, and Christian Fittipaldi were able to earn themselves the much sought after Rolex watch for winning this years event in Protype.<\/p>\n

Held annually at Daytona International Speedway, the Rolex 24 began on Saturday at 2:40 pm ET. The 24 hour event, formerly known as the 24 Hours of Daytona, is just that a 24 hour endurance race.<\/p>\n

Prototype was not the only division of car competing at the Rolex 24.<\/p>\n

Winning in GTLM was Richard Westbrook, Ryan Briscoe and Scott Dixon who drove the No. 67 Ford GT for Chip Ganassi Racing. They finished just ahead of another Ganassi car, the No. 66 Ford GT. The win was Ganassi’s 200th.<\/p>\n

The winner in the GTD class was the No. 11 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 which featured drivers Mirko Bortolotti, Rolf Ineichen, Ezequiel Perez Companc, Christian Engelhart. This marked Lamborghini’s first 24 race win.<\/p>\n