Daytona 24 Hours 1966 - Race Results

Event: Fifth Annual Daytona 24 Hour Continental		Date: 6.2.1966
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.132 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 24 Hours
World Sportscar Championship (round 1)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	98	Miles / Ruby	Ford Mk II	Shelby American Inc.	678	4157.2251 kms	173.0930	1^st	P+2.0
2^nd	97	Gurney / Grant	Ford Mk II	Shelby American Inc.	670			2^nd	P+2.0
3^rd	95	Hansgen / Donohue	Ford Mk II	Holman & Moody	669			3^rd	P+2.0
4^th	21	Rodriguez / Andretti	Ferrari 365 P2	North American Racing Team	664			4^th	P+2.0
5^th	96	Amon / McLaren	Ford Mk II	Shelby American Inc.	651			5^th	P+2.0
6^th	15	Herrmann / Linge	Porsche 906	Porsche System Engineering	623	3800.0000 kms	160.0000	1^st	P2.0
7^th	16	Mitter / Buzzetta	Porsche 904 GTS	Porsche System Engineering	612	3720.0000 kms	157.0000	1^st	S2.0
8^th	17	Klass / Schütz	Porsche 904 GTS	Porsche System Engineering	610	3710.0000 kms	156.5000	2^nd	S2.0
9^th	22	Rindt / Bondurant	Ferrari 250 LM	North American Racing Team	591			6^th	P+2.0
10^th	14	Gregg / Drolsom	Porsche 904 GTS	Brumos Porsche Florida	589			3^rd	S2.0
11^th	20	Posey / Haynes / Theodoracopulos	Porsche 904 GTS	Sam Posey	577			4^th	S2.0
12^th	6	Guldstrand / Moore / Wintersteen	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray coupé	Roger Penske	575			1^st	GT+3.0
13^th	23	Konig / Clarke / Hurt	Ferrari 250 LM	Peter Clarke	574			7^th	P+2.0
14^th	86	Sutcliffe / Grossman	Ford GT40	Ford Advanced Vehicles	571			1^st	S+3.0
15^th	27	Piper / Attwood	Ferrari 250 LM	David Piper	556			8^th	P+2.0
16^th	18	Ryan / Coleman / Bencker	Porsche 911	RBM Motors	548			1^st	GT2.0
17^th	92	Revson / Gregory / Lowther	Ford GT40	Essex Wire Corporation	531			2^nd	S+3.0
18^th	90	Kearney / Reina	Shelby GT350	Michael Reina	527			2^nd	GT+3.0
19^th	30	Perkins / Slottag	Ferrari 250 GTO	Jack Slottag	526			1^st	S3.0
20^th	67	Cornelius / Boo / Brown	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	Cannon Auto	501			3^rd	GT+3.0
21^st	56	Maxwell / Martin	Volvo P1800	William J. Martin	496			5^th	S2.0
22^nd	41	Kleinpeter / Fry / Parsons	Triumph LM	E. P. Drescher	490			2^nd	P2.0
23^rd	43	Kelder / Dube / Wilson	Triumph TR4A	Cannon Auto	487			1^st	GT3.0
24^th	45	Byrne / Vega	Triumph TR4A	John Kingham	482			2^nd	GT3.0
25^th	84	Scott / Flanagan / Chastain	Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint	Pompano Sports Cars	474			1^st	GT1.6
26^th	54	Stoutenburg / Jones / Isley	Plymouth Barracuda	Raymond Stoutenburg	466			4^th	GT+3.0
27^th	75	Riley / MacGrotty	Yenko Stinger	McMillan Ring Free Oil Co.	448			9^th	P+2.0
28^th	40	Waltman / Swanson / Cone	Triumph TR4	Genser Forman	432			3^rd	GT3.0
29^th	7	Bolander / Winkelmann / Olson	Ford Cortina GT	John Olson	416				P2.0
30^th	78	Smith / Drolet	Sunbeam Alpine	Autosport	416		107.5042		S2.0
31^st	73	McKemie / Petmecky / Opert	Elva Courier Mk IV	Fred Opert	391				S2.0
32^nd	80	Mims / Guthrie / Dietrich	Sunbeam Alpine	Autosport	389				S1.6

Not classified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.
79	Richards / Cuomo	Austin-Healey Sprite	Autosport	491			Last lap too slow	P2.0

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason	Gr.
91	Thompson / Scott / Revson	Ford GT40	Essex Wire Corporation	500	Brakes	S+3.0
32	Follmer / Wester / Hawkins	Ferrari 250 LM	North American Racing Team	428	Generator	P+2.0
44	Croucher / Glenn / Eve	MGB	Kenneth G. Chambliss	426	Con rod	GT2.0
29	Hawkins / Epstein	Ferrari 250 LM	Epstein Enterprises Ltd.	425	Gearbox	S+3.0
94	Noseda / Clark / Thorpe / Heuer	Shelby Cobra	Ralph Noseda	419	Unknown	S+3.0
55	Weaver / Fraim / Freeman	Lotus Elan	J. Randall	383	DNF	GT1.6
93	Keck / Koveleski / Lowther	Shelby Cobra	Scuderia Bear	371	Drive shaft	S+3.0
87	Ginther / Bucknum	Ford Mk II	Holman & Moody	329	Gearbox	P+2.0
89	Gerber / Johnson / Lerch	Shelby Cobra	Dan Gerber	328	Overheating	S+3.0
65	Bonnier / Hill	Chaparral 2D Chevrolet	Chaparral Cars Inc.	318	Wheel	P+2.0
36	Pickett / Bean	Alfa Romeo Giulia Zagato	Cannon Auto	278	Withdrawn	S1.6
42	Hughes / Salo / Addison	Triumph TR4	John Addison	244	Rocker arm	GT3.0
59	Yenko / Forte / Riley	Volvo P1800	Art Riley	216	Unknown	S2.0
31	Fulp / Rutan / Jennings	Ferrari 330 P	John Fulp	193	Wheel bearing	P+2.0
88	Wonder / Wetanson	Ford GT40	Bill Wonder	178	Wheel	S+3.0
25	Bianchi / Langlois van Ophem / "Beurlys"	Ferrari 365 P2	Ecurie Francorchamps	171	Piston	P+2.0
99	West / Macon	Ford Mustang	Joe Treadwell	168	Rod bolts => engine	GT+3.0
24	Ireland / Hailwood / Drummond	Ferrari 250 LM	Drummond Racing Organisation	90	Gearbox	P+2.0
26	"Eldé" / Ickx	Ferrari 250 LM	Ecurie Francorchamps	80	Transmission	P+2.0
19	Forlong / Dieas / McClain	Porsche 356B Super 90	Dave McClain	80	Gearbox	GT1.6
74	Hess / Hess	Rambler Marlin	Queen City Rambler	80	Overheating/steering	P+2.0
47	Lane / Sesslar	Porsche 904 GTS	David Lane	74	Overheating	S2.0
77	Bentley / Hill	Sunbeam Tiger	Space Science	71	Oil pressure, suspension	GT+3.0
5	May / Allison	Chevrolet Corvair	Robert Harper	63	Fuel pipe	GT3.0
28	Hulme / Wilson	Ferrari 250 LM	Team Chamaco Collect	53	Gearbox	P+2.0
12	Hull / Byrne / Kingham	Jaguar E-type	Jaguar of Florida	41	Unknown	GT+3.0

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
85	Clark / Crow / Arutunoff	Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint	Anatoly Arutunoff	Head gasket	GT1.6

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
10	Fulp / Kolb / Jennings / Rutan	Porsche 904/8 Bergspyder	John Fulp	P2.0
11	Victor Merino	Porsche 904 GTS	Victor Merino	S2.0
33	Hayes / Muther	Ferrari 275 P	Don Fong	P+2.0
34	Drolsom / Mahoney	Porsche 904 GTS	George Drolsom	S2.0
58	Baggely / Robson / Buchman / Buchman	Jaguar E-type	Richard Robson	GT+3.0
83	Dibos / Colabattisti	Alfa Romeo Giulia	Eduardo Dibos	GT1.6