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The 27th Annual SunBank 24 at Daytona, Daytona International Speedway
5 february 1989
Winners average : 167,377km/h
67 starters
Time : 24:01:39:925
| 1 | 67 | PORSCHE 962 108C/C02 | Bob Wollek-Darin Brassfield-John Andretti | 621 Laps | 1.GTP |
| 2 | 61 | JAGUAR XJR9D TWR-J12C-388 | Price Cobb-John Nielsen-Andy Wallace-Jan Lammers | 621 Laps | 2.GTP |
| 3 | 3 | PORSCHE 962C 002BM | Oscar Larrauri-Walter Brun-Hans Stuck | 603 Laps | 3.GTP |
| 4 | 86 | PORSCHE 962 139 | Klaus Ludwig-James Weaver-Sarel Van der Merwe | 600 Laps | 4.GTP |
| 5 | 77 | MAZDA 767B 001 | Yoshimi Katayama-Takashi Yorino-Elliot Forbes Robinson | 559 Laps | 5.GTP |
| 6 | 16 | MERCURY COUGAR XR7 | Pete Halsmer-Bob Earl-Mark Martin-Paul Stewart | 554 Laps | 1.GTO |
| 7 | 11 | MERCURY COUGAR XR7 | Wally Dallenbach Jr-Dorsey Schroeder-Mark Martin | 534 Laps | 2.GTO |
| 8 | 9 | TIGA GT288 Buick 367 | Charles Morgan-John Morrison-Tom Hessert | 530 Laps | 1.Lights |
| 9 | 92 | MERCURY CAPRI | Bob Zeeb-Jeff Purner-Bobby Akin | 530 Laps | 3.GTO |
| 10 | 90 | MERCURY CAPRI | Andy Peterey-Les Delano-Craig Carter | 528 Laps | 4.GTO |
| 11 | 38 | MAZDA RX7 | Roger Mandeville-Kelly Marsh-Brian Redman | 528 Laps | 5.GTO |
| 12 | 17 | MAZDA RX7 | Al Bacon-Bob Reed-Rod Millen | 526 Laps | 1.GTU |
| 13 | 95 | NISSAN 240SX | Bob Leitzinger-Chuck Kurtz-Butch Leitzinger | 517 Laps | 2.GTU |
| 14 | 71 | MAZDA RX7 | Amos Johnson-Dennis Shaw-Buddy Lazier | 516 Laps | 3.GTU |
| 15 | 8 | FABCAR Chevrolet 001 | Tim McAdam-Bill Adam-Chip Mead | 515 Laps | 6.GTP |
| 16 | 89 | PORSCHE 911 | Jack Refenning-Rusty Scott-Freddy Baker-Peter Uria | 511 Laps | 4.GTU |
| 17 | 03 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Tom Kendall-Max Jones-Buz McCall-Jack Baldwin | 498 Laps | 6.GTO |
| 18 | 64 | PORSCHE 962 HR2 | Bernard Jourdain-Oscar Manautou-Allen Berg-Andres Contreras | 485 Laps | 7.GTP |
| 19 | 62 | PORSCHE 911 | Terry Wolters-Chris Kraft-Rusty Bond-Alex Job | 485 Laps | 5.GTU |
| 20 | 10 | PORSCHE 962 HR5/F02 | John Hotschkis-Jim Adams-John Hotschkis Jr | 483 Laps | 8.GTP |
| 21 | 82 | MAZDA RX7 | Dick Greer-Mike Mees-John Finger | 478 Laps | 6.GTU |
| 22 | 40 | TIGA GT286 Ferrari 341 | Martino Finotto-Paolo Guatamacchi-Uli Bieri | 475 Laps | 2.Lights |
| 23 | 55 | SPICE FIREBIRD PSGTPL2 | Dan Marvin-Alan Freed-Mike Allison-Scott Liebler | 471 Laps | 3.Lights |
| 24 | 5 | FORD MUSTANG PROBE | Jean Pierre Frey-Marty Roth-Albert Naon Jr | 465 Laps | 9.GTP |
| 25 | 26 | ARGO JM19 Mazda 106 | Dave Cowart-Scott Brayton-Mike Meyer-Jim Fowells | 460 Laps | 4.Lights |
| 26 | 4 | SPICE SE88P Buick 002 | Linda Ludemann-Scott Schubot-John Williams | 456 Laps | 5.Lights |
| 27 | 83 | NISSAN ZX Tc GTP 88-01 | Arie Luyendijk-Chip Robinson-Geoff Brabham-Michael Roe | 453 Laps | 10.GTP |
| 28 | 33 | SPICE FIREBIRD 001 | Costas Los-Dieter Quester-Jeff Kline | 427 Laps | 11.GTP |
| 29 | 09 | SPICE SE88P Buick | Steve Durst-Jay Cochran-Mike Brockman-Tony Belcher | 426 Laps | 12.GTP |
| 30 | 63 | ARGO JM19 Mazda 107 | Howard Katz-Jim Downing-John O'steen-John Maffucci | 412 Laps | 6.Lights |
| 31 | 43 | FABCAR Porsche FEP-002 | John Higgins-Lorenzo Lamas-Buddy Lazier-Justus Reid | 395 Laps | 7.Lights |
| 32 | 75 | BADGER BB Mazda | Max Schmidt-Todd Brayton-Rusty Schmidt-Jack Engelhardt | 391 Laps | 8.Lights |
| 33 | 35 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Craig Rutright-Jean Paul Libert-Kermit Upton | 360 Laps | 7.GTO |
| 34 | 04 | PORSCHE 911 | Gary Auberlen-Bill Auberlen-Cary Eisenlohr-Monte Shelton | 351 Laps | 7.GTU |
| 35 | 05 | ROYALE RP40 Porsche 1 | Tato Ferrer-Rolando Falgueras-Manuel Villa-Mandy Gonzalez | 349 Laps | 9.Lights |
| 36 | 85 | PORSCHE 962 121 | Bruce Leven-Rob Dyson-Dominic Dobson-John Paul Jr | 347 Laps | 13.GTP |
| 37 | 0 | PORSCHE 962C 129 | Frank Jelinski-Claude Ballot Léna-Jean Louis Ricci | 346 Laps | 14.GTP |
| 38 | 87 | MAZDA RX7 | Lance Stewart-Ron Cortez-Jeff Alkazian-Chet FerrariLightsip | 344 Laps | 8.GTU |
| 39 | 51 | BUICK SOMERSET | Jack Boxstrom-Dale Kreider-Mark Porcaro-Carson Hurley | 341 Laps | 8.GTO |
| 40 | 32 | BUICK SOMERSET | Ric Moore-Pieter L.Baljet-Randy McDonald | 335 Laps | 9.GTO |
| 41 | 74 | PONTIAC FIERO | George Robinson-Bart Kendall-Johnny Unser | 323 Laps | 9.GTU |
| 42 | 91 | TIGA GT285 Mazda | David LaCroix-David Seatroke-Buzzy Smith-Tommy Johnson | 310 Laps | 10.Lights |
| 43 | 60 | JAGUAR XJR9D TWR-J12C-288 | Jan Lammers-Davy Jones-Raul Boesel | 288 Laps | 15.GTP |
| 44 | 53 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Richard McDill-Robert Whitaker-Bill McDill | 287 Laps | 10.GTO |
| 45 | 94 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Henry Brosnaham-Steve Burgner-Ken Bupp-Rob Peters-Mark Montgomery | 269 Laps | 11.GTO |
| 46 | 28 | TIGA GT286 Mazda | tony Adamowicz-Albert Rocca-Tomas Lopez-Aurelio Lopez | 266 Laps | 11.Lights |
| 47 | 68 | PORSCHE 962 HR7 | Mario Andretti-Michael Andretti | 237 Laps | 16.GTP |
| 48 | 02 | SPICE FIREBIRD PSGTPL1 | Parker Johnstone-Frnak Everett-Ron Nelson | 229 Laps | 12.Lights |
| 49 | 31 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Wayne Akers-Kent Painter-Anthony Puleo-David Donner | 217 Laps | 12.GTO |
| 50 | 98 | TOYOTA 88C 87C-007 | Drake Olson-Chris Cord-Steve Bren | 180 Laps | 17.GTP |
| 51 | 88 | ARGO JM19B Ferrari 118 | Tom Philips-Steve Johnson-Bob Lesnett | 165 Laps | 13.Lights |
| 52 | 46 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Daniel Urrutia-Gene Whipp-Gary Smith-Jack Swanson | 160 Laps | 13.GTO |
| 53 | 07 | DODGE DAYTONA | Tommy Riggins-Joe Varde-Kal Showket | 156 Laps | 10.GTU |
| 54 | 57 | NISSAN 300ZX | Reed Kryder-Zoltan Polony-Brian Goodwin-Craig Shafer | 142 Laps | 11.GTU |
| 55 | 6 | FORD MUSTANG PROBE | Tom Pumpelly-Ruggero Melgrati-Jack Baldwin | 117 Laps | 18.GTP |
| 56 | 36 | ARGO JM16 Mazda | John Grooms-John Fergus-Frank Jellinek-Charles Monk | 111 Laps | 14.Lights |
| 57 | 47 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | JimBurt-Nort Northam-Chaunce Wallace | 111 Laps | 14.GTO |
| 58 | 27 | OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS | Scott Pruett-Jerry Clinton-Les Lindley-Paul Gentilozzi | 101 Laps | 15.GTO |
| 59 | 20 | TIGA GT285 Mazda | Fred Phillips-Ron McKay-Randy Pobst | 92 Laps | 15.Lights |
| 60 | 30 | PORSCHE 962 003BM | Massimo Sigala-Mauro Baldi-Gianpiero Moretti-Stanley Dickens | 80 Laps | 19.GTP |
| 61 | 84 | NISSAN ZX Tc GTP 88-03 | Michael Roe-Geoff Brabham-Chip Robinson-Arie Luyendijk | 51 Laps | 20.GTP |
| 62 | 12 | PONTIAC FIREBIRD | Ken Bupp-Rob Peters-Del Taylor-Mark Montgomery-Paul Goral | 50 Laps | 16.GTO |
| 63 | 29 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Oma Kimtrough-Robert Kahn-Hoyt Overbagh-Robert Siegal-Rob Peters | 31 Laps | 17.GTO |
| 64 | 58 | LOLA T616 Mazda | Bill Bean-Michael Dow-Gary Wonzer | 19 Laps | 16.Lights |
| 65 | 96 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Paul Reisman-Bob Hebert-Tom Gaffney-Doug Mills | 4 Laps | 18.GTO |
| 66 | 72 | PORSCHE 911 | Jay Kjoller-Patrick Mooney-Robin Boone-Bob Dotson | 2 Laps | 12.GTU |
| 67 | 66 | JAGUAR XJR9D TWR-J12C-188 | Derek Daly-Martin Donnelly-Patrick Tambay | 1 Lap | 21.GTP |
| 7 | FORD MUSTANG PROBE | Lyn St James-David Loring-Marty Roth | GTP | ||
| 79 | SPICE FIREBIRD 003 | Jim Rothbarth-Mike Ciasulli-Kenper Miller-Gene Felton | Lights | ||
| 00 | DODGE DAYTONA | Kal Showket-Neil Hanneman-P.J Jones | GTU | ||
| 01 | SPICE FIREBIRD 001 | Don Bell-George Wilkie-Hendrick ten Cate | Lights | ||
| 69 | JAGUAR XJR9 | GTP | |||
| 99 | EAGLE HF89 Toyota | Willy T.Ribbs-Juan Fangio II-Rocky Moran | GTP |
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