The 2006 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series 24-hour endurance sports car race held on January 28–29, 2006 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the first round of the 2006 Rolex Sports Car Series. The overall winner of the race was the No. 02 Chip Ganassi/Felix Sabates owned Lexus-Riley Mk XI driven by Scott Dixon, Dan Wheldon, and Casey Mears. The GT class was won by No. 36 Porsche 996 GT3 Cup from TPC Racing, driven by Randy Pobst, Spencer Pumpelly, Michael Levitas, and Ian Baas.

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps
					Engine
1	DP	02	Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Scott Dixon Dan Wheldon Casey Mears	Riley Mk XI	734
					Lexus 5.0 L V8
2	DP	60	Michael Shank Racing	Oswaldo Negri Jr. Mark Patterson A. J. Allmendinger Justin Wilson	Riley Mk XI	733
					Lexus 5.0 L V8
3	DP	23	Alex Job Racing/Emory Motorsports	Patrick Long Mike Rockenfeller Lucas Luhr	Crawford DP03	731
					Porsche 3.9 L Flat-6
4	DP	58	Brumos Racing	David Donohue Darren Law Sascha Maassen	Fabcar FDSC/03	730
					Porsche 3.9 L Flat-6
5	DP	75	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Jörg Bergmeister Colin Braun	Riley Mk XI	717
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
6	DP	19	Playboy/Uniden Racing	Memo Gidley Michael McDowell Alex Barron	Crawford DP03	716
					Ford 5.0 L V8
7	DP	77	Feeds The Need/Doran Racing	Forest Barber Terry Borcheller Michel Jourdain Jr. Harrison Brix	Doran JE4	703
					Ford 5.0 L V8
8	DP	7	CITGO Racing/SAMAX Motorsport	Dario Franchitti Milka Duno Marino Franchitti Kevin McGarrity	Riley Mk XI	695
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
9	GT	36	TPC Racing	Randy Pobst Spencer Pumpelly Michael Levitas Ian Baas	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	691
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
10	GT	65	The Racer's Group	Andy Lally Marc Bunting R. J. Valentine Johnny O'Connell	Pontiac GTO.R	688
					Pontiac LS2 6.0 L V8
11	DP	28	Finlay Motorsports	Michael Valiante Rob Finlay Bryan Herta Buddy Rice	Crawford DP03	684
					Ford 5.0 L V8
12	GT	82	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Dirk Werner Dieter Quester Philipp Peter Luca Riccitelli	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	683
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
13	GT	66	The Racer's Group	Stéphane Ortelli Robert Nearn Cyrille Sauvage Steve Johnson	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	678
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
14	DP	16	Howard-Boss Motorsports	Chris Dyson Rob Dyson Oliver Gavin Guy Smith	Crawford DP03	675
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
15	GT	83	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Dominik Farnbacher Mike Fitzgerald Pierre Ehret Marc Basseng	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	671
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
16	GT	72	Tafel Racing	Wolf Henzler Robin Liddell Johannes van Overbeek Graham Rahal	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	670
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
17 DNF	DP	39	Cheever Racing	Christian Fittipaldi Eddie Cheever Patrick Carpentier	Crawford DP03	669
					Lexus 5.0 L V8
18	GT	17	SAMAX Motorsport	Johnny Mowlem Lance David Arnold Bryan Sellers David Shep Jan Seyffarth	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	663
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
19	GT	00	TZ Motorsports	Ronald Zitza James Thomason Jr. Tim Lewis Jr. Kevin Wheeler	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	655
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
20	GT	41	Team Sahlen	Wayne Nonnamaker Joe Nonnamaker Will Nonnamaker Victor Gonzalez Jr.	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	653
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
21	GT	22	Fiorano Racing	Jean-François Dumoulin Nick Longhi Emil Assentato Lonnie Pechnik Jep Thornton	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	651
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
22	DP	51	Cheever Racing	Stefan Johansson Warren Hughes Thomas Erdos	Crawford DP03	645
					Lexus 5.0 L V8
23	GT	93	TPC Racing	Tony Ave Rob Stewart Dave Stewart Bob Gilbert Gary Stewart	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	636
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
24	DP	99	GAINSCO/Blackhawk Racing	Alex Gurney Bob Stallings Jimmy Vasser Rocky Moran Jr.	Riley Mk XI	635
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
25	GT	74	Tafel Racing	Andrew Davis Charles Espenlaub Eric Lux Jim Tafel Michael Cawley	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	634
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
26	GT	64	The Racer's Group	Paul Edwards Kelly Collins Andy Pilgrim Jan Magnussen	Pontiac GTO.R	633
					Pontiac LS2 6.0 L V8
27	GT	67	The Racer's Group	Patrick Flanagan Bohdan Kroczek Bill Keith Marc Bullock	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	625
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
28	GT	46	Michael Baughman Racing	Ray Mason Michael Baughman John Connolly Frank Del Vecchio Bryan Collyer	Chevrolet Corvette C5	623
					Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
29	DP	40	Derhaag Motorsports	Ron Fellows Randy Ruhlman Chris Bingham Justin Bell	Riley Mk XI	620
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
30	DP	4	Howard-Boss Motorsports	Andy Wallace Butch Leitzinger Tony Stewart	Crawford DP03	593
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
31	GT	05	Sigalsport BMW	Bill Auberlen Matthew Alhadeff Tommy Milner Justin Marks Gene Sigal	BMW M3 E46	592
					BMW 3.2 L I6
32	GT	81	Synergy Racing	John Pew Steve Marshall Hal Prewitt Danny Marshall Ben McCrackin	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	589
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
33	GT	06	Banner Racing	Tommy Archer Leighton Reese Russ Oasis Dino Crescentini	Chevrolet Corvette C6	589
					Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
34 DNF	DP	5	Essex Racing	Duncan Dayton Rick Knoop Brian DeVries Jim Matthews James Gue	Crawford DP03	585
					Ford 5.0 L V8
35 DNF	DP	09	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Bobby Labonte Doug Goad Harold Primat Larry Oberto	Crawford DP03	572
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
36 DNF	DP	59	Brumos Racing	J. C. France João Barbosa Ted Christopher Hurley Haywood	Fabcar FDSC/03	559
					Porsche 3.9 L Flat-6
37	GT	68	The Racer's Group	Jim Lowe Revere Greist Jim Pace	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	555
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
38	DP	3	Southard Motorsports	Shane Lewis Kris Szekeres Randy LaJoie Tony Burgess	Riely Mk XI	548
					BMW 5.0 L V8
39 DNF	DP	01	CompUSA Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Scott Pruett Luis Díaz Max Papis	Riley Mk XI	510
					Lexus 5.0 L V8
40	GT	87	Synergy Racing	Dave Gaylord Wes Hill Ken Hill Will Diefenbach	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	503
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
41	GT	43	Team Sahlen	Wes Allen Eddie Hennessy Jim Michaelian Manuel Matos Wayne Nonnamaker	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	435
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
42 DNF	DP	11	Tuttle Team Racing	Brian Tuttle Kyle Petty Boris Said	Riley Mk XI	415
					BMW 5.0 L V8
43 DNF	DP	84	Robinson Racing	Wally Dallenbach Jr. George Robinson Paul Dallenbach Darin Brassfield	Riley Mk XI	413
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
44 DNF	DP	89	Pacific Coast Motorsports	Ryan Dalziel Jon Fogarty Alex Figge David Empringham	Riley Mk XI	301
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
45	GT	80	Synergy Racing	David Murry Leh Keen Craig Stanton Xavier Pompidou	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	299
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
46 DNF	GT	69	The Racer's Group	Josh Vargo Jake Vargo Mark Herrington Brady Refenning	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	287
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
47 DNF	GT	70	Speedsource	Sylvain Tremblay David Haskell Jeff Altenburg Nick Ham	Mazda RX-8	284
					Mazda 1.3 L RENESIS
48 DNF	GT	71	SAMAX Motorsport/Doncaster Racing	Dave Lacey Brent Martini Greg Wilkins Mark Wilkins Johnny Mowlem	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	278
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
49 DNF	GT	57	Stevenson Motorsports	Vic Rice Tommy Riggins John Stevenson Spencer Trenery Dominic Cicero II	Chevrolet Corvette C6	278
					Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
50 DNF	DP	2	Howard-Boss Motorsports	Jan Lammers Danica Patrick Allan McNish Rusty Wallace	Crawford DP03	273
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
51 DNF	DP	8	Synergy Racing	Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle Clint Field Patrick Huisman	Doran JE4	206
					Porsche 3.9 L Flat-6
52 DNF	DP	12	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrián Fernández Mário Haberfeld Scott Sharp	Riley Mk XI	187
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
53 DNF	GT	48	WTF Engineering	Toni Seiler Robert Dubler Hans Hauser Michael DeFontes Kurt Thiel	Chevrolet Corvette C5	174
					Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
54 DNF	DP	6	Graydon Elliott Fusion Racing with Michael Shank Racing	Paul Tracy Paul Mears Jr. Mike Borkowski Ken Wilden	Riley Mk XI	168
					Lexus 5.0 L V8
55 DNF	GT	21	Matt Connolly Motorsports	Gerald Van Uitert Matt Connolly Carlos de Quesada Rick Sutherland Tom Sutherland	BMW M3 E46	159
					BMW 3.2 L I6
56 DNF	DP	78	Doran Racing	B. J. Zacharias Sébastien Bourdais Raul Boesel	Doran JE4	156
			Ford 5.0 L V8
57 DNF	DP	10	SunTrust Racing	Wayne Taylor Emmanuel Collard Max Angelelli Ryan Briscoe	Riley Mk XI	123
					Pontiac 5.0 L V8
58 DNF	GT	52	Mastercar	Constantino Bertuzzi Luis Monzón Bo McCormick Philipp Baron	Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge	118
					Ferrari 3.6 L V8
59 DNF	GT	15	Autometrics Motorsports	Cory Friedman Patrick Small Mac McGehee Bill Martin Tony Herring	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	104
		Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
60 DNF	GT	55	ASC Motorsports	Zach Arnold John Miller Eric Koselke Jay Poscente Mark Montgomery	Chevrolet Corvette C6	103
					Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
61 DNF	GT	24	Matt Connolly Motorsports	Brian O'Shaughnessy Bill Cotter Tom Malloy Jacob Shalit Billy Johnson	BMW M3 E46	101
					BMW 3.2 L I6
62 DNF	GT	63	Team Spencer Motorsports	Dennis Spencer Scott Spencer Roger Mandeville Rich Grupp Gary Drummond	Mazda RX-8	101
					Mazda 1.3 L RENESIS
63 DNF	GT	08	Goldin Brothers Racing	Steve Goldin Keith Goldin Scott Finlay Scott Richards Kurt Thiel	Mazda RX-8	48
					Mazda 1.3 L RENESIS
64 DNF	GT	04	Sigalsport BMW	Gene Sigal Peter MacLeod Miroslav Konôpka Blake Rosser	BMW M3 E46	34
					BMW 3.2 L I6
65 DNF	GT	86	Synergy Racing	Don Kitch Jr. Chris Pennington Don Gagne Chris Pallis	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	17
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
66 DNF	DP	50	Blackforest Motorsports	Henry Zogaib Ian James Tom Nastasi Chris Gleason	Crawford DP03	5
					Ford 5.0 L V8