The 2006 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a

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Rolex Sports Car Series 24-hour

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sports car race held on January 28–29, 2006 at the

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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 Floyd Ganassi Jr. (born May 24, 1958) better known as Chip Ganassi, is a US businessman, former racing driver, current team owner and member of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. He has been involved with the North American auto racing scen ...

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owned

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- Riley Mk XI driven by

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Dan Wheldon Daniel Clive Wheldon (22 June 1978 – 16 October 2011) was a British motor racing driver who won the 2005 IndyCar Series season, 2005 IndyCar Series Drivers' Championship for Andretti Autosport, Andretti Green Racing (AGR). He won the Indiana ...

, and

Casey Mears Casey James Mears (born March 12, 1978) is an American professional off-road and stock car racing driver. He has raced in IndyCar, NASCAR's three national series including 15 seasons in the Cup Series, SCORE International, and the Stadium Super T ...

. The GT class was won by No. 36

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Cup from TPC Racing, driven by

Randy Pobst Randy Franklin Pobst (born June 26, 1957, in Dayton, Ohio), also known as "RFP" or "The Rocket," is an American race car driver and journalist for ''Motor Trend'' magazine. Active in the SCCA World Challenge GT series and the Grand American s ...

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, Michael Levitas, and

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Race results

Class winners in bold.

External links

Official Results

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