Racing Sports Cars - Daytona 6 Hours 1972 (Photo Archive)

Programme cover

Event: The Daytona 24, Three Great Races In 24 Hours

Date: 6/2/1972

Track: Daytona International Speedway (USA), 6.132 kms

Distance: 6 hours

Attendance: 35000

Daytona 6 Hours 1972

World Championship for Makes (round 2)

Start time: unknown; Grid: unknown, Weather: warm; light mid-race rain

Entry: 72

Practiced: 60

Started: 56

Classified: 21

Sports 3000 (S3.0) : P:12, ST:11, CL:5

Sports 2000 (S2.0) : P:6, ST:6, CL:2

Grand Touring +2500 (GT+2.5) : P:11, ST:11, CL:3

Grand Touring 2500 (GT2.5) : P:14, ST:12, CL:5

Touring 5000 (T5.0) : P:16, ST:15, CL:6

Touring 2500 (T2.5) : P:1, ST:1, CL:0

Entry list

Photos by courtesy of: Louis Galanos and Jacky Ickx Jacky-Ickx-Fan.net

Race added to RSC Photo Archive: 11.3.2005

Last photo update on this page: 28.12.2007


2	Ferrari 312 PB #0888 – Ferrari 312 F12 2991cc N/A				S3.0
	Spa Ferrari SEFAC (I)			Open bodywork
				Mid-engined
	Colors: red (+yellow)		Tyres: Firestone
	Sponsors: Shell/Firestone/HEUER
Driven by: Mario Andretti (USA)/Jacky Ickx (B)		Result: winner - 194 laps (197.338 kph), margin: 2 laps Grid: 1^st(1:44.22)
Photo updated: 11.3.2005	Photo by: Jacky Ickx Jacky-Ickx-Fan.net


4	Ferrari 312 PB #0890 – Ferrari 312 F12 2991cc N/A				S3.0
	Spa Ferrari SEFAC (I)			Open bodywork
				Mid-engined
	Colors: red (+white)		Tyres: Firestone
	Sponsors: Shell/Firestone/HEUER
Driven by: Clay Regazzoni (CH)/Brian Redman (GB)		Result: 4^th (15 laps behind the winner) Grid: 2^nd(1:44.96)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


5	Alfa Romeo T33/TT/3 #11572-002 – Alfa Romeo 300 V8 4v DOHC 2992cc N/A				S3.0
	Autodelta SpA (I)			Open bodywork
				Mid-engined
	Colors: red (+green)		Tyres: Firestone
	Sponsors: Shell/Alfa Romeo
Driven by: Vic Elford (GB)/Helmut Marko (A)		Result: 3^rd (4 laps behind the winner) Grid: 6^th(1:48.06)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


6	Ferrari 312 PB #0892 – Ferrari 312 F12 2991cc N/A				S3.0
	Spa Ferrari SEFAC (I)			Open bodywork
				Mid-engined
	Colors: red (+dark blue)		Tyres: Firestone
	Sponsors: Shell/Firestone/HEUER
Driven by: Tim Schenken (AUS)/Ronnie Peterson (S)		Result: 2^nd (2 laps behind the winner) Grid: 3^rd(1:46.04)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


7	Alfa Romeo T33/TT/3 #11572-003 – Alfa Romeo 300 V8 4v DOHC 2992cc N/A				S3.0
	Autodelta SpA (I)			Open bodywork
				Mid-engined
	Colors: red		Tyres: Goodyear
	Sponsors: Shell/Alfa Romeo
Driven by: Peter Revson (USA)/Rolf Stommelen (D)		Result: did not finish (Engine) - 108 laps Grid: 5^th(1:46.77)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


9	Alfa Romeo T33/3 #75080-023 – Alfa Romeo 300 V8 4v DOHC 2998cc N/A				S3.0
	Autodelta SpA (I)			Open bodywork
				Mid-engined
	Colors: red (+white)		Tyres: Firestone
	Sponsors: Shell/Alfa Romeo
Driven by: Nanni Galli (I)/Andrea de Adamich (I) DNS: Nino Vaccarella (I), Toine Hezemans (NL)		Result: 5^th (19 laps behind the winner) Grid: 8^th(1:49.03)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


11	Chevrolet Corvette – Chevrolet 510 V8 8357cc				GT+2.5
	Daytona Beach Corvette Club			Open bodywork
				Front-engined
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: unknown
	Sponsors: CIBIÉ
Driven by: Jerry Thompson (USA)/Ron Weaver (USA)/Tony DeLorenzo (USA)		Result: did not finish (Puncture, accident) - 21 laps Grid: 10^th(1:58.50)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


12	Lola T280 #HU2 – Ford Cosworth DFV V8/90° 4v DOHC 2993cc N/A				S3.0
	BIP Bonnier (CH)			Open bodywork
				Mid-engined
	Colors: yellow (+white/red)		Tyres: Goodyear
	Sponsors: Shell/CIBIÉ
Driven by: Reine Wisell (S)/Jo Bonnier (S) DNS: Gérard Larrousse (F), Nestor Garcia-Veiga (RA)		Result: not classified (101 laps behind the winner) Grid: 4^th(1:46.12)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


14	Lola T280 #HU1 – Ford Cosworth DFV V8/90° 4v DOHC 2993cc N/A				S3.0
	BIP Bonnier (CH)			Open bodywork
				Mid-engined
	Colors: yellow (+white/red)		Tyres: Goodyear
	Sponsors: Shell
Driven by: Gérard Larrousse (F)/Chris Craft (GB)/Nestor Garcia-Veiga (RA)		Result: did not finish (Electrics) - 0 laps Grid: 7^th(1:48.77)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


18	Ferrari 365 GTB/4 #14485 – Ferrari V12 4390cc N/A				GT+2.5
	Ring Free Oil			Closed bodywork
				Front-engined
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: Goodyear
	Sponsors: CIBIÉ/Ring Free MOTOR OIL
Driven by: Charles Reynolds (USA)/Clive Baker (GB) DNS: Bob Grossman (USA)		Result: 15^th (42 laps behind the winner) Grid: 36^th(2:11.49)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


21	Ferrari 312 P #0872 – Ferrari 312 V12/60° 4v 3000cc N/A				S3.0
	North American Racing Team (USA)			Open bodywork
				Mid-engined
	Colors: red (+white/blue)		Tyres: Goodyear
	Sponsors: CIBIÉ/Shell
Driven by: Luigi Chinetti, Jr. (USA)/George Eaton (CDN)		Result: did not finish (Holed fuel tank) - 7 laps Grid: 16^th(2:02.82)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


22	Ferrari 365 GTB/4 #12467 – Ferrari V12 4390cc N/A				GT+2.5
	North American Racing Team			Closed bodywork
				Front-engined
	Colors: red (+white/blue)		Tyres: Goodyear
	Sponsors: CIBIÉ
Driven by: Sam Posey (USA)/Ronnie Bucknum (USA)/Luigi Chinetti, Jr. (USA)		Result: did not finish (Accident damage (Steering)) - 119 laps Grid: 23^rd(2:06.90)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


26	Chevron B19 – Ford Cosworth FVC/Hart L4 N/A				S2.0
	Shierson-Opert Racing			Open bodywork
				Mid-engined
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: Goodyear
	Sponsors: MARATHON Special
Driven by: Nick Craw (USA)/Bill Barber (USA) listed, never drove: Fred van Beuren, Jr. (MEX), Rodolfo Junco (MEX)		Result: did not finish (Withdrawn: Auxiliary battery used in pits) - 49 laps Grid: 14^th(2:01.39)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


32	Abarth Osella SE-021 – Abarth 2000cc				S2.0
	Abarth-Osella (I)			Open bodywork
				Mid-engined
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: Firestone
	Sponsors: FIAT ABARTH/Firestone
Driven by: Arturo Merzario (I)/Alex Soler-Roig (E)		Result: disqualified (Push-start) (28 laps behind the winner) Grid: 9^th(1:52.07)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


54	Abarth 2000 SP – Abarth 2000cc				S2.0
	Brian Goellnicht			Open bodywork
				Mid-engined
	Colors: red		Tyres: Firestone
	Sponsors: AUTOMOBILES INTERNATIONAL
Driven by: Brian Goellnicht (USA)/Bill Pryor (USA)		Result: not classified (72 laps behind the winner) Grid: 29^th(2:09.17)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


55	Lola T212 #HU37 – Ford Cosworth FVC L4 N/A				S2.0
	Roger McCaig			Open bodywork
				Mid-engined
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: unknown
	Sponsors: UNION/CHAMPION
Driven by: Roger McCaig (CDN)/Maurice McCaig (CDN)		Result: 9^th (33 laps behind the winner) Grid: 17^th(2:03.10)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


56	Lola T212 – Ford Cosworth FVC L4 N/A				S2.0
	Hugh Kleinpeter			Open bodywork
				Mid-engined
	Colors: yellow		Tyres: Goodyear
	Sponsors: UNION/CHAMPION
Driven by: Tom Waugh (USA)/Hugh Kleinpeter (USA)		Result: 6^th 1^st in S2.0 (28 laps behind the winner) Grid: 26^th(2:07.93)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


62	Porsche 908/03 #013 – Porsche 908 F8 2997cc N/A				S3.0
	Escuderia Montjuich			Open bodywork
				Mid-engined
	Colors: yellow (+green)		Tyres: Goodyear
	Sponsors: TERGAL/GOODYAER
Driven by: Jorge de Bagration (E)/Juan Fernandez (E)		Result: did not finish (Gear selectors) - 100 laps Grid: 15^th(2:01.50)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


82	Porsche 908/02 #015 – Porsche 908 F8 3000cc N/A				S3.0
	A. G. Dean (GB)			Open bodywork
				Mid-engined
	Colors: violet (+silver)		Tyres: Firestone
	Sponsors: A.G. DEAN LTD/STP
Driven by: Tony Dean (GB)/Bobby Brown (USA) listed, never drove: Peter Gethin (GB)		Result: did not finish (Engine) - 151 laps Grid: 11^th(1:59.08)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos


99	Chevrolet Corvette – Chevrolet V8 N/A				GT+2.5
	Phil Currin			Closed bodywork
				Front-engined
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: Firestone
	Sponsors: unknown
Driven by: Robert Whitaker (USA)/Phil Currin (USA)		Result: 21^st (64 laps behind the winner) Grid: 57^th(no time)
Photo updated: 28.12.2007	Photo by: Louis Galanos

Cars not available on a photo:

Alfa Romeo T33/TT/3

S3.0

Chevrolet Camaro

T5.0

Porsche 911 S

GT2.5

Chevrolet Camaro

T5.0

Porsche 914/6

GT2.5

Ford Escort RS 1600

T2.5

Chevron B19

S2.0

Porsche 911 S

GT2.5

Porsche 911 S

GT2.5

Chevrolet Corvette

GT+2.5

Porsche 911 S

GT2.5

Porsche 911 S

GT2.5

Chevrolet Camaro

T5.0

Chevrolet Camaro

T5.0

Chevrolet Camaro

T5.0

Chevrolet Corvette

GT+2.5

Chevrolet Corvette

GT+2.5

Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray

GT+2.5

Chevrolet Camaro

T5.0

Chevrolet Corvette

GT+2.5

Chevrolet Corvette

GT+2.5

Porsche 914/6

GT2.5

Porsche 911 S

GT2.5

Chevrolet Camaro

T5.0

Porsche 911 S

GT2.5

Porsche 911 S

GT2.5

Chevrolet Camaro

T5.0

Porsche 914/6

GT2.5

Ford Mustang

T5.0

Datsun 510

GT2.5

Porsche 911 T

GT2.5

Chevrolet Camaro

T5.0

Chevrolet Camaro

T5.0

Porsche 914/6

GT2.5

Pontiac Firebird

T5.0

Pontiac Firebird

T5.0

Chevrolet Corvette

GT+2.5

Chevrolet Camaro

T5.0

Shelby GT350

T5.0

Chevrolet Camaro

T5.0

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Cars that did not arrive:


20	Porsche 917 – Porsche 912 F12 N/A				S3.0
	Jochen J. Weisse			-
				Mid-engined
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: unknown
	Sponsors: unknown
Drivers listed: Jochen J. Weisse (USA)/Gerhard Whiffin (GB)		Result: did not arrive


23	Ferrari 365 GTB/4 – Ferrari V12 4390cc N/A				GT+2.5
	North American Racing Team			-
				Front-engined
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: unknown
	Sponsors: unknown
Drivers listed: Ronnie Bucknum (USA)		Result: did not arrive


37	Ford Mustang – Ford				T5.0
	Danny L. Moore			-
				Front-engined
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: unknown
	Sponsors: unknown
Drivers listed: Dan Moore (USA)/Gary Bishop (USA)		Result: did not arrive


39	Porsche 910 – Porsche N/A				S3.0
	Rainer Brezinka (CDN)			-
				Mid-engined
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: unknown
	Sponsors: unknown
Drivers listed: Rainer Brezinka (CDN)/Rudy Bartling (CDN)/Roman Pechmann (CDN)		Result: did not arrive


46	Mazda R100 – Mazda				T2.5
	Bob Armstrong			-
				-
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: unknown
	Sponsors: unknown
Drivers listed: Bob Armstrong (CDN)/Rod Bremner (CDN)		Result: did not arrive


64	Chevrolet Corvette – Chevrolet V8				GT+2.5
	Robert Beachle			-
				Front-engined
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: unknown
	Sponsors: unknown
Drivers listed: Bob Baechle (USA)/Roger Burdick (USA)		Result: did not arrive


77	Fiat 124 – Fiat N/A				GT2.5
	Alfred Cosentino			-
				-
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: unknown
	Sponsors: unknown
Drivers listed: Jerry Lustig (USA)/William Baldwin (USA)/Craig Fisher (CDN)		Result: did not arrive


78	Ford Mustang – Ford				T5.0
	Muniz/Izquierdo			-
				Front-engined
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: unknown
	Sponsors: unknown
Drivers listed: Daniel Muniz (MEX)/Juan Izquierdo (MEX)		Result: did not arrive


92	Shelby GT350 – Ford				T5.0
	Gordon Barkley			-
				-
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: unknown
	Sponsors: unknown
Drivers listed: Gordon Barkley (USA)/William Stroud (USA)		Result: did not arrive


96	Chevrolet Camaro – Chevrolet V8 N/A				T5.0
	Gene Felton (USA)			-
				Front-engined
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: unknown
	Sponsors: unknown
Drivers listed: Gene Felton (USA)		Result: did not arrive


98	Ford Mustang – Ford				T5.0
	Ed Matthews			-
				Front-engined
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: unknown
	Sponsors: unknown
		Result: did not arrive


99	Ferrari 365 GTB/4 – Ferrari V12 4390cc N/A				GT+2.5
	Ed Matthews			-
				Front-engined
	Colors: unknown		Tyres: unknown
	Sponsors: unknown
Drivers listed: Ed Matthews (USA)		Result: did not arrive

More photos from this race:

Photos by: Louis Galanos

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Updated: 26.9.2008

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