Daytona 24 Hours 1978 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 17th Annual 24 Hours of Daytona, Championship of Makes		Date: 5.2.1978
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.180 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 24 Hours
World Championship for Makes (round 1) Camel GT Challenge (round 1) FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 1) IMSA GTO (round 1) IMSA GTU (round 1) International Motor Sport Association (round 1)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	0	Danny Ongais / Ted Field / Milt Minter	Porsche 935/77A	Interscope Racing	2:00.1520
2^nd	12	Bob Wollek / Henri Pescarolo / Didier Jaunet	Porsche 935/77A	Porsche Kremer Racing	2:00.3980
3^rd	2	David Hobbs / Ronnie Peterson	BMW 320i Turbo	McLaren North America	2:00.5780
4^th	99	Rolf Stommelen / Toine Hezemans / Peter Gregg	Porsche 935/77A	JMS Brumos Porsche	2:03.0970
5^th	3	Martino Finotto / Carlo Facetti	Porsche 935	Jolly Club	2:04.9100
6^th	59	Peter Gregg / Claude Ballot-Léna / Brad Frisselle	Porsche 935	JMS Brumos Porsche	2:05.9510
7^th	21	Franz Konrad / Reinhold Jöst / Volkert Merl	Porsche 935	Joest	2:06.7510
8^th	6	Dick Barbour / Manfred Schurti / Johnny Rutherford	Porsche 935/77A	Dick Barbour Performance	2:06.9000
9^th	13	Hal Shaw, Jr. / Jim Busby / Howard Meister	Porsche 935	Bankrupt Inc Racing	2:10.9390
10^th	14	Josef Brambring / Dieter Schornstein / "John Winter"	Porsche 935 K2	Kremer Porsche Racing	2:13.9720
11^th	7	Ludwig Heimrath / Jacques Bienvenue / Norm Ridgely	Porsche 935	Heimrath Racing	1:55.4030
12^th	09	Gary Belcher / Doc Bundy / Al Holbert	Porsche 934/5	Belcher Racing	1:56.8280
13^th	19	Chris Cord / Jim Adams	Chevrolet Monza	Chris Cord Racing	1:59.1000
14^th	33	Bonky Fernandez / John Paul / Phil Currin	Porsche Carrera RSR	Boricua Racing	2:01.9560
15^th	20	Richard Bostyan / Jerry Thompson / Don Yenko	Chevrolet Corvette	Richard Bostyan	2:03.3600
16^th	65	John Morton / Tony Adamowicz / Hal Sahlman / Bobby Carradine	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Carradine/Dan Ward Racing	2:04.0210
17^th	5	François Migault / Lucien Guitteny / Gregg Young	Ferrari 365 GT4/BB	Grand Competition Cars Inc.	2:04.3290
18^th	32	Steve Earle / Bob Akin / Rick Knoop	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Earle/Akin Racing Associates Inc.	2:05.4910
19^th	24	Tom Frank / Bob Bergstrom	Porsche Carrera RSR	Executive Industries	2:05.9690
20^th	73	Clark Howey / Dale Koch / David Crabtree	Chevrolet Camaro	Howey Farms	2:06.9610
21^st	58	Diego Febles / Alec Poole	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0	Diego Febles Racing	2:07.2350
22^nd	72	Carl Thompson / Billy Hagan / Rusty Schmidt	Chevrolet Corvette	Bill Arnold Racing	2:07.2710
23^rd	56	Richard Valentine / Craig Carter / Murray Edwards	Chevrolet Camaro	Carter Bros. Racing	2:07.4770
24^th	82	Carm Solomone / Fred Lang / Buzz Fyhrie	Chevrolet Camaro	Carm Solomone	2:07.4970
25^th	86	Janet Guthrie / Hugh Kleinpeter / Jef Stevens	De Tomaso Pantera GT4K	Team Pantera FL	2:07.8150
26^th	01	Dave White / Gary Mesnick / J. Dana Roehrig	Porsche 911 S	Roehrig Racing	2:07.8390
27^th	48	John Carusso / Emory Donaldson / Luis Sereix	Chevrolet Corvette	Autodyne	2:08.1980
28^th	52	Yoshimi Katayama / Yojiro Terada / Roger Mandeville	Mazda RX-3	Mazda Auto Tokyo Co. Ltd.	2:08.7790
29^th	38	Bill McDill / Mike Meldeau	Chevrolet Camaro	Meldeau Tire Co.	2:08.8930
30^th	80	Herb Adams / Pat Bedard / Marv Thomson	Oldsmobile Cutlass	Herb Adams	2:08.9110
31^st	94	Preston Henn / Hal Sahlman / Sandy Satullo	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Swap Shops	2:08.9110
32^nd	4	Dino Mallet / Bob Bondurant / Sergio Romolotti	Ferrari 308 GTB	Jolly Club	2:08.9360
33^rd	8	Felice Besenzoni / Luciano Dal Ben / Byron Wever	Ferrari 308 GTB	Jolly Club	2:09.1800
34^th	60	John Thomas / Ren Tilton / Rusty Bond	Porsche 911	R&R Racing	2:09.4100
35^th	29	Richard Weiss / Bill Alsup / Bill Follmer	Porsche 911 S	Richard C. Weiss Racing Ent.	2:09.9470
36^th	46	Mauricio DeNarvaez / Albert Naon / Tony Garcia	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Mauricio DeNarvaez	2:10.7250
37^th	71	Francisco Romero / Ernesto Soto / Hardie Beloff	Porsche 911 S	Bill Scott Racing	2:11.7110
38^th	54	John Tunstall / Stephen Behr / Lou Timolat	Porsche Carrera RSR	T&C/Big Apple Racing	2:11.7320
39^th	76	Frank Thomas / Lee Mueller / Logan Blackburn	Porsche 911	Quality Inn of Boise, ID	2:12.3060
40^th	17	Sam Fillingham / Tim Chitwood / K. P. Jones	Chevrolet Nova	Tim Chitwood	2:14.2370
41^st	77	Amos Johnson / Dennis Shaw / Charles Woodward	AMC Hornet AMX	Levi's Team Highball	2:14.4090
42^nd	53	Jim Downing / Stu Fisher / Walt Bohren / Roger Mandeville	Mazda RX-3	Mazda Auto Tokyo Co. Ltd.	2:14.5990
43^rd	02	Dick Neland / Al Levenson / Tom Brown	Chevrolet Corvette	Al Levenson	2:14.7090
44^th	61	Taku Akaike / Al Cosentino	Mazda RX-3	Faza Squadra	2:14.7830
45^th	37	Bob Buchler / Eddie Johnson / Clay Young	Chevrolet Camaro	Clay Young	2:15.5150
46^th	36	Ron Case / Dave Panaccione	Porsche 911	Case Racing	2:15.5340
47^th	85	John Hulen / Ron Coupland / Nick Engels	Porsche 914/6	John E. Hulen	2:16.3630
48^th	15	Bruno Beilcke / Sepp Grinbold / Alf Gebhardt	BMW 3.0 CSL	Bavarian Motors Inc.	2:16.3930
49^th	22	Bill Harriss / Volker Bruckmann	Porsche 911 E	Music City P&A	2:16.4680
50^th	18	Dick Gauthier / Jack Swanson / Brad West	Chevrolet Camaro	Ours & Hours Racing	2:16.6740
51^st	05	Stephen Bond / Dale Kreider / Philip Dann	Chevrolet Monza	Dale Kreider Racing	2:17.1720
52^nd	78	Bobby Hillin / William Henderson / Richard Turner	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Western Motor Works	2:17.3570
53^rd	9	Brian Goellnicht / José Marina / Jack May / Anatoly Arutunoff	Lancia Stratos	Automobiles International	2:17.4920
54^th	27	Pierre Honegger / Bill Scott / Mark Hutchins	Mazda RX-3	Z&W Enterprises	2:17.6490
55^th	08	Terry Wolters / Jack Refenning / Ray Mummery	Porsche 911 S	Terry Wolters	2:17.9950
56^th	84	Chris Doyle / John Maffucci / Bob Speakman	Datsun 260Z	World Parts	2:18.4140
57^th	34	George Drolsom / Hugh Davenport / Mark Greb	Porsche 911 S	Drolsom Racing Inc.	2:18.4260
58^th	55	Emiliano Rodriguez / Hiram Cruz	Lotus Europa Ford	Emiliano Rodriguez	2:18.8830
59^th	39	Greg Pickett / Neil Bonnet / Bruce Canepa	Porsche Carrera RSR	Pickett Racing	2:22.9750
60^th	95	Hurley Haywood / Bob Hagestad / Doc Bundy	Porsche 935	Bob Hagestad	no time
61^st	07	Dave Cowart / Charles Mendez / Joe Castellano	Porsche Carrera RSR	Morrison's Porsche	no time
62^nd	10	Guy Church / Rick Kump / Bob Lee	AMC AMX	Bob's Speed Products	2:23.9990
63^rd	51	John Hotchkis / Robert Kirby / Dennis Aase	Porsche 911	Wynn's International	2:24.8500
64^th	25	Kenper Miller / Paul Miller	BMW 3.5 CSL	KWM Racing	2:25.4390
65^th	91	Bob Bondurant / Steve Cook / Ron Southern	Datsun 260Z	Bondurant School	2:25.6620
66^th	68	Luis Mendez / Mandy Gonzalez / Tato Ferrer	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0	Luis Mendez	2:26.0130
67^th	87	Pedro Vazquez / Ron Oyler / Joseph Hamilton / Gunter Hamilton / Gunter Seipolt	Porsche 911	Pedro Vazquez	2:58.9800
68^th	50	Charles Kleinschmidt / Lee Culpepper	MGB GT	Native Tan	2:41.1670
69^th	03	Dan Rice / Guido Levetto	Chevrolet Camaro	Guido Levetto	no time

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
66	Don Devendorf / Tony Adamowicz / Jeff Kline	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Carradine/Dan Ward Racing
88	Joseph Hamilton / Chuck Wade / Marty Hinze	Porsche 911	Hamilton House Racing

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
11	Rob Hoskins / Jeffrey Brooks / Van McDonald	Triumph TR7	Robert Hoskins III
23	Cliff Gottlob / Danny Terrill	Chevrolet Corvette	Cliff Gottlob
26	Ernie Smith / Gene Budd	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce	Eleven-Tenths Racing
35	Sepp Grinbold / Alf Gebhardt / Bruno Beilcke	BMW 2002 Schnitzer	Team Beilcke
41	Ted Schumacher / Robert Hubbard / John Kelly	Triumph GT6	Ted Schumacher Racing
42	William Harris / Ted Kempgens / Greg Donohue	Ford Pinto	W. G. Harris
43	Don Pike / Byron Wever / Allan Bodoh	Porsche Carrera	Allan F. Bodoh
45	Gary Steele / Bob Zulkowski / Jim Gaeta	Porsche Carrera	Vann's Auto Body Shop
47	Robert LaMay / Mike Powell / Eric Orberg	Ford Mustang	Robert V. LaMay
63	Charles Pelz / Wiley Doran / David L. Cunningham	Chevrolet Camaro	Charles F. Pelz II
70	M. L. Speer / Windle Turley / Bobby Hillin / Steve Anderson	Porsche 911 S	Race Car Inc.
75	Paul May / Logan Blackburn / Ken McNicol	Datsun 510	Paul B. May
89	Turner Woodard / Don Parish / Dave Causey	Porsche Carrera	Barrick Motor Racing