Daytona Finale 250 Miles 1978 - Grid

Event: 1978 Championship Finals Daytona		Date: 26.11.1978
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.180 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona Finale 250 Miles
Camel GT Challenge (round 14) IMSA GTO (round 14) IMSA GTU (round 14) International Motor Sport Association (round 14)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
1^st	59	Peter Gregg	Porsche 935/77A	Brumos Porsche-Audi
2^nd	94	Bill Whittington	Porsche 935/77A	Whittington Bros.
3^rd	2	David Hobbs	BMW 320i Turbo	McLaren, N.A.
4^th	7	Ludwig Heimrath / Carlos Moran	Porsche 935	Heimrath Racing
5^th	30	Gianpiero Moretti / Hurley Haywood	Porsche 935	Electrodyne
6^th	28	Clif Kearns / Milt Minter	Porsche 935	Desperado Racing
7^th	0	Ted Field	Porsche 935/77A	Interscope Racing
8^th	18	John Paul	Porsche 935 JLP-1	JLP Racing
10^th	66	Tom Bagley	Chevrolet Monza	Phillips Racing
11^th	00	Danny Ongais	Porsche 935/77A	Interscope Racing
12^th	93	Don Whittington	Porsche 935	Whittington Bros.
13^th	25	Kenper Miller	BMW 3.5 CSL	Deren Automotive
14^th	99	Phil Currin	Chevrolet Corvette	The Tune-Up Shop
15^th	5	Javier Garcia	Chevrolet Corvette	Javier Garcia Ent.
16^th	41	Herb Jones, Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro	Jones Ind. Racing
17^th	12	Ford Smith	Chevrolet Corvette	Ed Macon
18^th	44	Bob Tullius / Brian Fuerstenau	Jaguar XJS	British Leyland/Quaker State
19^th	3	Jose Gonzalez / Luis Sereix	Chevrolet Camaro	Jose I. Gonzalez
20^th	24	Carmen Lista	Chevrolet Corvette	Debra Tribiano
21^st	61	Lamar Mann / Guido Levetto	Chevrolet Corvette	Lamar Mann
22^nd	9	Dick Whittington / Dale Whittington	Porsche 935	Whittington Bros.
23^rd	09	Gary Belcher	Porsche 934/5	Belcher Racing
24^th	46	Mauricio DeNarvaez	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Mauricio DeNarvaez
25^th	58	Diego Febles	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Diego Febles Racing
26^th	96	Gene Felton	Buick Skylark	Performance Assoc.
27^th	04	Rick Thompkins	Chevrolet Corvette	Rick Thompkins
28^th	38	Bonky Fernandez / Mandy Gonzalez	Porsche Carrera RSR	Boricua Motors
29^th	89	Francisco Romero / Ernesto Soto	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Orland Rasco
30^th	07	Dave Cowart / Howard Meister	Porsche Carrera RSR	Morrison's
31^st	76	Norm Ridgely	Porsche Carrera	Ridgely Racing
32^nd	8	Bob Beasley	Porsche Carrera RSR	Bob Beasley
34^th	72	Murray Edwards	Chevrolet Corvette	Murray Edwards
35^th	29	Hoyt Overbagh / Ron Reed	Chevrolet Monza	Hoyt Overbagh
37^th	20	Gene Rutherford / Tom Wallace	Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon	Chesrown Oldsmobile
38^th	47	Tim Chitwood / Sam Fillingham / Joie Chitwood	Chevrolet Nova	Tim Chitwood
39^th	10	Clay Young	Pontiac Grand Am	Clay Young
40^th	42	Tom Ashby / Bill Bean	Porsche 911	Bullwinkele Racing
41^st	50	Fritz Hochreuter / Rainer Brezinka	Porsche 911	Fritz Hochreuter
42^nd	67	Glenn Bunch	Dodge Challenger	Glenn Bunch
43^rd	54	Jack Swanson / Dick Gauthier	Chevrolet Camaro	Ours & Hours Racing
45^th	84	Bob Speakman	Datsun Z	Speakman Racing
46^th	36	Ron Case / Dave Panaccione	Porsche 911	Case Racing
48^th	88	Joseph Hamilton / Rob Hoskins / Chuck Wade	Porsche 911	Hamilton House Racing
49^th	80	Herb Adams / Pat Bedard	Oldsmobile Cutlass	Adams Associates
50^th	11	Don Yenko	Chevrolet Nova	Phillips Racing
51^st	79	Richard Kendrick / Scott Hoerr	Datsun Z	Kendrick Racing
52^nd	65	Richard Valentine	Chevrolet Corvette	RJV Enterprises
53^rd	82	Carm Solomone / Fred Lang	Chevrolet Camaro Turbo	Carm Solomone Racing
54^th	23	Charlie Kemp	Ford Cobra II	Kemp Motor Racing
55^th	27	Ray Mummery / Tom Sheehy	Porsche 911	Miami Auto Racing
56^th	34	George Drolsom	Porsche 911 S	Drolsom Racing
57^th	02	Dave White	Porsche 911 S	Roehrig Racing
58^th	81	David Crabtree	Ford Granada	David Crabtree
60^th	14	Dick Neland	Chevrolet Camaro
62^nd	08	Terry Wolters / Wayne Miller	Porsche 911	Terry Wolters
63^rd	05	Al Levenson / Tom Brown	Chevrolet Corvette	Al Levenson
64^th	75	Mike Ramirez / Manuel Villa	Porsche 911	Mike Ramirez
66^th	33	Richard Aten / Peter Welter	Porsche 911	Peter Welter
67^th	21	Vince DiLella / Manuel Cueto	Porsche 914/4	DiLella Racing
68^th	15	Robert LaMay / Larry Parker	Ford Mustang
69^th	19	Fred Werl / Jimmy Spencer	Ford Mustang
70^th	26	Ernie Smith	Alfa Romeo
75^th	40	Steve Southard / William Koch	Porsche 914/6	Performance Specialists
77^th	68	Luis Mendez	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
01	Dave White	Porsche 911 S	Roehrig Racing
1	Dave Heinz	Chevrolet Monza	McLaren Budweiser Racing Team
4	Rudy Bartling / Klaus Bytzek	Porsche Carrera	Bytzek Automotive
6	Al Cosentino	Mazda RX-7	Faza Squadra
16	Charles Pelz	Buick Skylark	Pelz Jewelers
17	Dan Furey	Chevrolet Vega	Dan Furey Racing
22	Bruce Westcott	Chevrolet Corvette	Westcott Racing
49	Buzz Cason	AMC Concord	Doell Assoc.
55	Howard Meister	Porsche Carrera RSR	Andial Porsche/Meister Homes
62	Bill Koll	Porsche 914/6	Koll Motor Sports
64	Dennis Aase	Porsche 911 S	Dennis Aase
68	Rick Hay	Chevrolet Corvette	Rick Hay
70	John Zuccarelli III	Chevrolet Camaro	John Zuccarelli Racing
77	Vern Smith	Chevrolet Malibu	Vern Smith
78	Tico Almeida / Ignacio Gonzalez	Chevrolet Camaro	Ignacio Gonzales
86	Hugh Kleinpeter	De Tomaso Pantera	H. I. Kleinpeter
90	Bob Lee / Rick Kumph	AMC AMX	Bob's Speed Products