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The 1993 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a 24-hour
The 1993 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a 24-hour endurance
Endurance (also related to sufferance, resilience, constitution, fortitude, and hardiness) is the ability of an organism to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time, as well as its ability to resist, withstand, recover from a ...
sports car race held on January 30–31, 1993 at the Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious race in NASCAR as well as its season opening event. In addition to NA ...
road course. The race served as the opening round of the 1993 IMSA GT Championship.
Victory overall and in the GTP class went to the No. 98 All American Racers
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Eagle MkIII
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driven by P. J. Jones
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, Rocky Moran
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Moran also teamed ...
, and Mark Dismore
Mark Dismore (born October 12, 1956 in Greenfield, Indiana) is a former driver in the Indy Racing League and the 1990 Toyota Pacific champion as well as the winner of the 1993 24 Hours of Daytona with Dan Gurney's All American Racers in a Toyot ...
. Victory in the LM class went to the No. 2 Jaguar Racing
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Jaguar XJR-12
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Weighing 900 kg and pow ...
driven by Scott Goodyear
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Goodyear qualified for eleven runnings of th ...
, Scott Pruett
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Pruett started racing go ...
, and Davy Jones. Victory in the GTS class went to the No. 11 Roush Racing Roush is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Ford Mustang
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driven by Wally Dallenbach Jr., Robby Gordon
Robert Wesley Gordon (born January 2, 1969) is an American auto racing driver. He has raced in NASCAR, CART, the IndyCar Series, the Trans-Am Series, IMSA, IROC and the Dakar Rally. He is active in top-tier off road motorsports such as BITD, NO ...
, Robbie Buhl
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, and Tommy Kendall
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. Victory in the Lights class went to the No. 36 Erie Scientific Company Kudzu DG-1 driven by John Grooms, Frank Jellinek, Jim Downing
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, and Tim McAdam. Victory in the GTU class went to the No. 82 Wendy's Racing Team Mazda RX-7
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driven by Dick Greer, Al Bacon, Peter Uria, and Mike Mees. Finally, victory in the INV GT class went to the No. 28 Cigarette Racing Porsche 964 Carrera driven by Enzo Calderari, Luigino Pagotto, Sandro Angelastri, and Ronny Meixner.
Race results
Class winners in bold.References
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