David Donohue Powers to Daytona Win!

After a grueling 24 hours for drivers of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, we race fans can truly say that this year's Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona was one to remember!

After racing all night and all morning, the action on the race track was still very tight.

Juan Pablo Montoya, after taking control from Scott Pruett of the Chip Ganassi Daytona Prototype, passed David Donohue of the Brumos Porsche Racing Team as he tried to grab Ganassi's fourth consecutive Daytona victory.

But the job was certainly not over, as both the Brumos racing machines were on a charge. Joao Barbosa put the pressure on Montoya until his teammate, David Donohue, zoomed by him.

Donohue, having the faster car, pressured Montoya even harder and did all he could to overtake him.

With only 39 minutes remaining, going through the bus stop chicane, Donohue took advantage of the slower traffic and carried momentum heading into the final high banked corners.

Montoya, who was unable to gain momentum, could do nothing to stop Donohue in his Porsche as he watched the lead go away.

Montoya put on pressure to regain the lead but just was not fast enough to do so.

After threats of maybe not having enough fuel to make it to the finish, David Donohue crossed the finish line in the No. 1 position on the 40th anniversary of his father's victory in the 24 hours of Daytona in 1969.

Donohue finished .167 seconds ahead of Montoya to make it the closest finish in the race's history.

Joining Donohue in the win were Buddy Rice, Darren Law and Antonio Garcia to give Brumos Racing its first Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series victory since 2003.

“These guys have put a lot of effort into this,” Donohue said. “I’m glad to be able to carry the flag. The Brumos team is just a tenacious bunch of guys, they never give up and today proves the point. We came here ready to run and we ran hard the whole time.”

“Every corner it was 110 percent everywhere,” said Montoya, who drove for Ganassi in the team’s 2007 and 2008 victories. “And it was fun, because we drove like that the last two hours. And we didn’t make any mistakes. I gave it 110 percent, and I know I couldn’t go any faster if I had done anything different.”

Joao Barbosa finished third in the No. 59 Brumos Racing Porsche Riley shared by JC France, Hurley Haywood, and Terry Borcheller, 5.504 seconds back.

Max Angelelli took fourth in the No. 10 SunTrust Racing Ford Dallara co-driven by Wayne Taylor, Pedro Lamy and Brian Frisselle, 10.589 seconds behind.

This race was one that broke many records, such as: the closest margin of victory, most finishers on the lead lap and most cautions, 25 for 117 laps.

The top four finishers completed 735 laps; most in the Daytona prototype era.

The exciting final hour was run entirely under green flag conditions with the top four cars running nose to tail most of the time.

TRG Porsche notched a 1-2 finish in the GT class, with Andy Lally, RJ Valentine, Jorg Bergmeister, Justin Marks, and Patrick Long winning in the No. 67 Porsche GT3.

Second, one lap behind, was the TRG No. 66 driven by Spencer Pumpelly, Tim George Jr., Richard Leitz, and Emmanuel Collard.