Daytona 3 Hours 1962 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Daytona Continental 3 Hour Grand Touring and Sports Car Race		Date: 11.2.1962
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.132 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 3 Hours
World Sportscar Championship (round 1)

Weather:	cool, dry
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	3 hours
Attendance:	14000

Entered:	62
Practiced:	54
Qualified:	50
Started:	50
Finished:	34
Classified:	34

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Class SP 15 - Sports +5000	4	4	3
Class SP 14 - Sports 5000	1	1	1
Class SP 12 - Sports 3000	6	4	3
Class SP 11 - Sports 2500	5	5	3
Class SP 10 - Sports 2000	4	3	3
Class SP 9 - Sports 1600	2	2	2
Class GT 15 - Grant Touring +5000	12	11	5
Class GT 13 - Grant Touring 4000	4	4	2
Class GT 12 - Grant Touring 3000	5	5	4
Class GT 10 - Grant Touring 2000	1	1	1
Class GT 9 - Grant Touring 1600	4	4	1
Class GT 8 - Grant Touring 1300	6	6	6

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results

Race notes:
1st lap run on the 4.023 km trioval

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 480 minutes on 7-8/2
1 practice session held for a total of 360 minutes on 9/2

Winners:
Overall:	96	Lotus 19 Climax	Dan Gurney
Class SP 15 - Sports +5000:	66	Chaparral 1 Chevrolet	Jim Hall
Class SP 12 - Sports 3000:	49	Ferrari 250 TR 59/60	George Constantine
Class SP 10 - Sports 2000:	14	Porsche 718 RSK	Bob Holbert
Class SP 9 - Sports 1600:	23	Porsche 718 RS 61	Bob Donner
Class GT 15 - Grant Touring +5000:	11	Chevrolet Corvette	Thompson
Class GT 13 - Grant Touring 4000:	62	Jaguar XKE	Walt Hansgen
Class GT 12 - Grant Touring 3000:	18	Ferrari 250 GT SWB EXP	Stirling Moss
Class GT 9 - Grant Touring 1600:	44	Porsche 356B 1600	Corrigan
Class GT 8 - Grant Touring 1300:	83	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	Charlie Kolb
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Ferrari Dino 246 SP	Ricardo Rodriguez (MEX)	2:06.000	175.188 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Ferrari (9), Porsche (9), Chevrolet (9), Lotus (5), Pontiac (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (14), Ferrari (10), Porsche (9), Climax (6), Pontiac (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Chevrolet Corvette (9), Ferrari 250 GT (5), Pontiac Tempest (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (43), GB (4), MEX (3)
Engine positions:	front-engined (73%), mid-engined (17%), rear-engined (10%)
Average engine size:	3285 cc
Average age of cars:	1 year old (average year manufactured: 1961)
Oldest known drivers:	George Constantine (44), Walt Hansgen (43), Rodger Ward (41)
Youngest known drivers:	Peter Ryan (20), Ricardo Rodriguez (20), Pedro Rodriguez (22)

Official Race Programme:

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