unhindered after relieving fittipaldi in the final two hours, albuquerque took the chequered flag for mustang sampling racing in a record-breaking distance of 808 laps and . this surpassed the previous record held by john paul jr., john paul sr. and rolf stommelen in a porsche 935 at the 1982 race. it was barbosa and fittipaldi's third outright victory at daytona and albquqerue's first. middleton's no. 31 whelen engineering car followed 1 minute and 10.544 seconds later in second, and braun in the no. 54 core oreca was the highest-placed lmp2 vehicle in third. in gtlm, the no. 67 ford of briscoe, dixon and westbrook passed the sister no. 66 ford of hand, dirk müller and bourdais in its final pit stop. it crossed the start-finish line after 783 laps to clinch chip ganassi racing's 200th motor racing victory, and the team's second consecutive win, by 11.180 seconds after leading all but nine laps. dixon had his third victory at daytona, briscoe's was his second, and it was hand's first. the no. 3 corvette of garcia, magnussen and mike rockenfeller completed the class podium in third. bleekemolen's no. 33 riley mercedes-amg closed to within a second of bortolotti's no. 11 grt lamborghini in the final half hour. a pit stop for fuel for bleekemolen with 15 minutes left allowed bortolotti to claim victory in gtd and lamborghini's maiden 24 hour race win. parente got the no. 86 michael shank acura nsx to second and paul miller's no. 23 lamborghini took third with andrea caldarelli driving its final stint.