Daytona 24 Hours 1980 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: 18th Annual 24 Hour Pepsi Challenge		Date: 3.2.1980
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.180 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 24 Hours
World Championship for Makes (round 1) IMSA GT Series (round 1) FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 1) IMSA GTO (round 1) IMSA GTU (round 1)

Weather:	cold
Start time:	2/2
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	40000

Entered:	95
Practiced:	78
Qualified:	72
Started:	68
Finished:	28

Classes:	Pract	Start
IMSA GTX	26	23
IMSA GTO	28	26
IMSA GTU	20	19

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
1 full-course caution for 13 minutes

Winners:

Overall:	2	Porsche 935J	Jöst / Stommelen / Merl
IMSA GTO:	54	Porsche Carrera RSR	Garcia / Vadia / Herman
IMSA GTU:	62	Porsche 914/6	Koll / Cook / LaCava

Fastest Laps:

Overall:	93	Porsche 935 K3	Bill Whittington (USA)	1:47.964	206.065 km/h	lap 25
IMSA GTO	99	Chevrolet Corvette	Phil Currin (USA)	1:59.120	186.766 km/h	lap 27
IMSA GTU	23	Datsun 280ZX	Don Devendorf (USA)	2:04.537	178.656 km/h	lap 21

Pole Positions:

Overall:	93	Porsche 935 K3	Don Whittington (USA)	1:44.110	213.693 km/h
IMSA GTO	99	Chevrolet Corvette	Phil Currin (USA)	1:58.757	187.337 km/h
IMSA GTU	17	Mazda RX-7	Jeff Kline (USA)	2:02.323	181.875 km/h

Notes of interest:

Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (35), Chevrolet (11), Mazda (9), BMW (4), Lancia (2), Ferrari (2), Datsun (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (35), Chevrolet (11), Mazda (9), BMW (4), Ferrari (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR (10), Porsche 935 K3 (8), Mazda RX-7 (8)
Driver nationalities:	USA (139), PR (8), CDN (8), D (6), CO (5), I (4), ES (4), B (4), F (3), GB (3)
Most used colours:	white (39%), red (23%), blue (11%), yellow (10%), black (5%), orange (5%)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (47%), front-engined (38%), middle-engined (15%)
Oldest known drivers:	Maurice Carter (56), Harro Zitza (53), Carlo Facetti (45)
Youngest known drivers:	Kees Nierop (22), Jean-Paul Libert (25), Doug Zitza (26)
Woman drivers:	Christine Beckers, Kathy Rude, Lyn St. James

Official Race Programme:

Cover	Entry List	Schedule	Track Map

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