The 2001 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series 24-hour endurance sports car race held on February 3–4, 2001 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the first round of the 2001 Rolex Sports Car Series. The race saw increased media attention due to Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr. competing together for Corvette Racing. The father-son duo finished the race 4th overall. Earnhardt died several weeks later in the 2001 Daytona 500.

Victory overall and in the GTS class went to the No. 2 Chevrolet Corvette C5-R from Corvette Racing, driven by Johnny O'Connell, Ron Fellows, Chris Kneifel, and Franck Fréon. The GT class was won by the No. 31 Porsche 996 GT3-RS from White Lightning Racing, driven by Christian Menzel, Randy Pobst, Mike Fitzgerald, and Lucas Luhr. The SRP class was won by the No. 63 Kudzu DLY from Downing/Atlanta Racing, driven by Howard Katz, Chris Ronson, A. J. Smith, and Jim Downing. The SRP II class was won by the No. 21 Archangel Motorsport Services Lola B2K/40, driven by Andy Lally, Paul Macey, Martin Henderson, and Peter Seldon. Finally, the AGT class was won by the No. 11 Hamilton Safe Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro, driven by Ken Bupp, Dick Greer, Doug Mills, and Simon Gregg.

Class winners in bold.^[1][2]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps
					Engine
1	GTS	2	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Ron Fellows Chris Kneifel Franck Fréon	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	656
					Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
2	GT	31	White Lightning Racing	Christian Menzel Randy Pobst Mike Fitzgerald Lucas Luhr	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	D	648
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
3	GT	86	Freisinger Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Lance Stewart Cyril Chateau Paco Orti	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Y	644
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
4	GTS	3	Corvette Racing	Dale Earnhardt Dale Earnhardt Jr. Andy Pilgrim Kelly Collins	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	642
					Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
5	GT	56	Seikel Motorsport	Gabrio Rosa Fabio Rosa Fabio Babini Alex Caffi	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Y	637
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
6	GTS	01	Bytzek Motorsport	Larry Schumacher Harry Bytzek John Brenner James Holtom	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	D	632
					Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
7	GT	43	Orbit Racing	Peter Baron Kyle Petty Gian Luigi Buitoni Leo Hindery Tony Kester	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	D	630
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
8	GT	81	G&W Motorsports	Darren Law Matt Drendel David Murry Cort Wagner	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Y	629
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
9	GT	10	Genesis Racing	Bill Auberlen Chris Gleason Rick Fairbanks Chris Miller	BMW M3 E46	Y	627
					BMW 3.2 L I6
10	GT	39	White Lightning Racing	Hugh Plumb Kimberly Hiskey Michael Culver Michael Petersen	Porsche 996 GT3-R	D	627
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
11	SRP	63	Downing/Atlanta Racing	Howard Katz Chris Ronson A. J. Smith Jim Downing	Kudzu DLY	G	624
					Mazda 4-Rotor
12	GT	50	AASCO-Boduck	Craig Stanton Andy Hajducky Takashi Suzuki	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Y	618
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
13	SRP II	21	Archangel Motorsport Services	Andy Lally Paul Macey Martin Henderson Peter Seldon	Lola B2K/40	A	600
					Nissan 3.0 L V6
14 DNF	SRP	16	Dyson Racing	James Weaver Butch Leitzinger Andy Wallace	Riley & Scott Mk III	G	598
					Ford 6.0 L V8
15	GT	34	Spencer Pumpelly Racing	Spencer Pumpelly Stevan Ivankovich Tom Pumpelly Rick Dilorio	Porsche 996 GT3-R	D	595
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
16	GT	40	MAC Racing	Antonio De Castro Luca Cattaneo Renato Bicciato Franco Bugané	Porsche 996 GT3-R	D	593
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
17	GT	57	Seikel Motorsport	Stefano Buttiero Philip Collin Andrew Bagnall Tony Burgess	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Y	590
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
18	GT	71	Freisinger Motorsport	Yukihiro Hane Kurt Thiel Klaus Horn Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Y	585
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
19	SRP	20	Dyson Racing	Elliott Forbes-Robinson Rob Dyson Max Papis Niclas Jönsson	Riley & Scott Mk III	G	584
					Ford 6.0 L V8
20	SRP II	62	Team Spencer Motorsports	Rich Grupp Ryan Hampton Dennis Spencer	Kudzu DLM	G	577
					Mazda 3-Rotor
21	SRP	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Carl Rosenblad Joel Field Clint Field	Lola B2K/10	G	566
					Judd 4.0 L V10
22 DNF	SRP	74	Robinson Racing	Jack Baldwin George Robinson Irv Hoerr Buddy Lazier	Riley & Scott Mk III	G	563
					Judd 4.0 L V10
23	GT	14	Autometrics Motorsports	Cory Friedman Adam Merzon Basil Demeroutis Lynn Wilson	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	D	563
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
24	GTS	24	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Calum Lockie Herman Buurman	Marcos Mantara LM600	D	562
					Chevrolet 6.9 L V8
25	GT	41	MAC Racing	Fabio Mancini Gianni Collini Paolo Rapetti Michel Neugarten	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	D	561
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
26	GT	67	The Racer's Group	Don Kitch Jr. Dave Gaylord Dave Parker Mike Oberholtzer	Porsche 996 GT3-R	G	560
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
27	GTS	25	Marcos Racing International	Miguel Ángel de Castro Peter van der Kolk Toto Lassally	Marcos Mantara LM600	D	557
					Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
28	AGT	11	Hamilton Safe Motorsports	Ken Bupp Dick Greer Doug Mills Simon Gregg	Chevrolet Camaro	G	553
					Chevrolet 5.9 L V8
29	GT	66	The Racer's Group	Wade Gaughran Justin Marks Steve Miller Kiichi Takahashi	Porsche 996 GT3-R	G	547
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
30	GT	55	Club: Yellow Magic	Toshio Suzuki Tsuyoshi Takahashi Syougo Mitsuyama Shinichi Yamaji	Ferrari F355	Y	543
					Ferrari F129B 3.9 L V8
31	GTS	114	Chamberlain Motorsports	Stefano Zonca Raffaele Sangiuolo Milka Duno David Gooding	Dodge Viper GTS-R	D	530
					Dodge 8.0 L V10
32	GT	52	Safina Racing	Scooter Gabel Joseph Safina Doc Lowman Carlos de Quesada	BMW M3	Y	530
					BMW 3.2 L I6
33	AGT	09	Team X1-R	Craig Conway Erik Messley Doug Goad Richard Maugeri	Chevrolet Camaro	G	528
					Chevrolet 5.9 L V8
34	GT	9	Genesis Racing	Marc Bunting Emil Assentato Philip Schearer Steve Ahlgrim	BMW M3	Y	510
					BMW 3.2 L I6
35 DNF	GT	05	Haberthur Racing	Francesc Gutiérrez Nigel Smith Patrick Vuillaume Jean-Charles Cartier	Porsche 996 GT3-R	D	505
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
36	GTS	30	Mastercar	Fabian Peroni Tony Ring Sergey Zlobin Andrea Montermini	Ferrari F355	K	505
					Ferrari F129B 3.9 L V8
37 DNF	SRP II	26	Northstar Racing	Cass Whitehead B. J. Zacharias Jeff Giangrande Chris Hall	Lola B2K/40	A	498
					Nissan 3.0 L V6
38	GTS	69	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr Horst Felbermayr Jr. Christian Ried Gerold Ried	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	495
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
39 DNF	GT	54	JET Motorsports	Toney Jennings Terry Borcheller Boris Said Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW M3 E46 GTR	Y	490
					BMW 5.0 L V8
40 DNF	AGT	44	Team Amick Motorsports	Joe Varde David Amick Lyndon Amick Bill Lester	Chevrolet Corvette	G	488
					Chevrolet 6.1 L V8
41	GTS	0	Bytzek Motorsport	Scott Maxwell David Empringham Richard Spenard Klaus Bytzek	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	D	479
					Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
42	GT	65	Cirtek Motorsport	Claudia Hürtgen Robert Orcutt Jürgen Lornez Heinrich Langfermann	Porsche 996 GT3-R	D	477
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
43 DNF	SRP II	89	Porschehaus Racing	Greg Pootmans Bruno St. Jacques Robert Julian Bob Woodman	Lola B2K/40	G	473
					Nissan 3.0 L V6
44 DNF	GT	60	PK Sport	Geoff Lister Mike Youles Fred Moss Matt Turner	Porsche 996 GT3-R	D	471
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
45 DNF	GTS	07	G&W Motorsports	Steve Marshall Danny Marshall Johannes van Overbeek Tim Holt	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	470
					Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
46 DNF	SRP	12	Risi Competizione	Ralf Kelleners Allan McNish David Brabham Eric van de Poele	Ferrari 333 SP	G	462
					Ferrari F310E 4.0 L V12
47 DNF	SRP II	22	Archangel Motorsport Services	Andrew Davis Tony Dudek Mike Durand Jeff Clinton	Lola B2K/40	A	460
					Nissan 3.0 L V6
48	AGT	96	Tropic Zone Racing	Dave Bacher Anthony Puleo Hans Hauser Robert Dubler	Oldsmobile Cutlass	G	407
					Chevrolet 6.1 L V8
49	GT	68	The Racer's Group	Kevin Buckler Jim Michaelian Stephen Earle Dilantha Malagamuwa	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Y	354
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
50	GT	32	Goldin Bros Racing	Steve Goldin Keith Goldin Scott Finlay Dave Rankin	Mazda RX-7	G	351
					Mazda 2-Rotor
51 DNF	SRP	4	Philip Creighton Motorsports	Duncan Dayton John Burton Rick Sutherland Scott Schubot	Lola B2K/10	G	347
					Ford 6.0 L V8
52 DNF	GT	35	Jürgen Alzen Motorsports	Ulli Richter Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner Jürgen Alzen	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Y	315
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
53 DNF	GT	17	RWS Motorsports	Luca Riccitelli Dieter Quester Marc Duez Hans-Jörg Hofer	Porsche 996 GT3-R	D	310
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
54 DNF	SRP II	79	Sportscar Racing Team Sweden	Thed Björk Niklas Loven Stanley Dickens Larry Oberto	Lola B2K/40	A	241
					Nissan 3.0 L V6
55 DNF	AGT	18	Comer Racing	Jack Willes Andy McNeil Jon Leavy Les Vallarano	Chevrolet Corvette	G	238
					Chevrolet 5.9 L V8
56 DNF	GT	47	Evil Eye Racing	Joe Foster Gary Schultheis Scott Neumann Ross Bleustein	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	D	233
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
57	GT	7	Broadfoot Racing	Jesús Diez de Villarroel Paco Orti John Warner Ronald Zitza	Porsche 996 GT3-R	D	222
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
58 DNF	SRP II	48	Pilbeam Racing America	Shane Lewis Bruno Lambert Toni Seiler	Pilbeam MP84	A	216
					Nissan 3.0 L V6
59 DNF	SRP	38	Champion Racing	Dorsey Schroeder Bob Wollek Hurley Haywood Sascha Maassen	Lola B2K/10	G	209
					Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
60 DNF	GT	80	G&W Motorsports	John Morton Michael Schrom Bob Mazzuoccola Stu Hayner	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Y	185
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
61 DNF	SRP	27	Lista Doran Racing	Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard Ross Bentley Mauro Baldi	Crawford SSC2K	Y	181
					Judd 4.0 L V10
62 DNF	SRP	78	Sezio Florida Racing Team	Patrice Roussel John Macaluso Edouard Sezionale Georges Forgeois	Norma M2000-01	G	179
					Mader (BMW) 4.0 L V8
63 DNF	SRP II	6	TRP Racing	Jeff Bucknum Brent Sherman Travis Duder Gary Tiller	Lola B2K/40	G	138
					Nissan 3.0 L V6
64 DNF	AGT	53	Diablo Racing	Eric Curran Mayo T. Smith Todd Snyder Tom Scheuren	Chevrolet Camaro	G	125
					Chevrolet 5.1 L V8
65	AGT	46	ACP Motorsports	Kerry Hitt Jerry Thompson Joe Nagle Rodger Bogusz	Chevrolet Corvette	H	117
					Chevrolet 5.8 L V8
66 DNF	SRP	06	Jacobs Motorsports	Todd Snyder Peter Argetsinger Nick Longhi Michael Jacobs	Riley & Scott Mk III	D	112
					Ford 6.0 L V8
67 DNF	GT	92	Cirtek Motorsport	Hubert Haupt Anthony Kumpen Vic Rice John Young	Porsche 996 GT3-R	D	108
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
68 DNF	GT	36	Jürgen Alzen Racing	Angelo Zadra Pedro Couceiro Ulrich Gallade Duncan Huisman	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Y	106
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
69 DNF	SRP	8	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Alan Heath Charles Slater Gualter Salles	Lola B2K/10	G	96
					Ford 6.0 L V8
70 DNF	SRP	83	Bob Akin Motorsports	Norman Simon Mark Simo Brian DeVries Michael Lauer	Riley & Scott Mk III	Y	92
					Ford 6.0 L V8
71	AGT	23	Gwen Racing	Mark Montgomery Sim Penton Pascal Dro Patrick Cachet	Chevrolet Camaro	P	67
					Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
72 DNF	SRP	28	Intersport Racing	Spencer Trenery Frank Emmett Bruce Trenery Patrick van Schoote	Riley & Scott Mk III	G	62
					Ford 5.1 L V8
73 DNF	GT	02	Morrison/Mosler Racing	João Barbosa Scott Deware John Heinricy Jim Minneker	Mosler MT900 R	D	61
					Chevrolet 5.7 L V8
74 DNF	GTS	5	Rocketsports Racing	Paul Gentilozzi Scott Pruett Johnny Miller Anthony Lazzaro	Saleen S7-R	G	50
					Ford 6.9 L V8
75 DNF	GTS	91	Cirtek Motorsport	David Warnock Ugo Colombo Bernardo Sá Nogueira Christian D'Agostin	Porsche 911 GT2	D	48
					Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
76 DNF	GTS	15	Chamberlain Motorsports	Christian Vann Chris Bingham Seiji Ara Robert Nearn	Dodge Viper GTS-R	D	45
					Dodge 8.0 L V10
77 DNF	GT	42	Orbit Racing	Tommy Byrne Richard Millman Tony Kester Michael Collucci	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	D	37
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
78 DNF	GTS	76	Gunnar Racing	Gunnar Jeannette Wayne Jackson Paul Newman Mike Brockman	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	D	37
					Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
79 DNF	SRP	95	TRV Motorsports	Jeret Schroeder Tom Volk John Mirro Barry Waddell	Riley & Scott Mk III	G	3
					Chevrolet 5.0 L V8
DNS	SRP II	49	Pilbeam Racing America	Phil Harris	Pilbeam MP84	A	-
					Nissan 3.0 L V6

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