In the GT class, the No. 70 SpeedSource Mazda and drivers Jonathan Bomarito, Nick Ham, David Haskell and Sylvain Tremblay took top honors and eighth overall by a four-lap margin over the No. 67 TRG/Flying Lizards Porsche GT3 and drivers Jim Lowe, Eric Lux, Jim Pace, Tim Sugden and James Walker. Tremblay started third in the No. 70, but wasn't able to stay up front early.

In the motor sports underdog story of the year, a team that made it’s first public appearance in December 2009 has won the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. Action Express Racing defeated perennial favorites Brumos Porsche and Ganassi Racing, with a well used Riley chassis running a bastardized privateer motor that began life in a Porsche Cayenne. Since Porsche neither builds the motor nor sanctions it for racing, they will not claim the win as a victory for Porsche.