DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — IMSA officials confirmed in a statement Monday afternoon that the 62nd running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona at Daytona Int’l Speedway was checkered flagged prematurely.
“Due to an officiating error in race control, IMSA inadvertently announced and subsequently displayed the white flag with under three minutes remaining in the race. At the end of the lap, the race-leading No. 7 GTP car then received the checkered flag with 1 minute, 35.277 seconds still remaining, ending the race short of the planned 24 hours by effectively one lap,” said the statement.
“Based on Article 49 of the 2024 IMSA Sporting Regulations and Standard Supplementary Regulations, should the checkered flag be inadvertently or otherwise displayed before the leading car completes the scheduled number of laps or before the prescribed time has been completed, the race is nevertheless deemed ended when the flag is displayed.”
The race was won by the No. 7 Penske Motorsports Porsche, which led the Action Express Cadillac when the race was flagged after 791 laps.