Daytona 2000 Kilometres 1965 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Fourth Annual Daytona Continental		Date: 28.2.1965
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.132 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 2000 Kilometres
World Sportscar Championship (round 1)

Weather:	cool, dry
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left
Distance:	2000 kilometres
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	54
Practiced:	49
Qualified:	45
Started:	43
Finished:	23
Classified:	21

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports-Racing	7	5	1
Prototype GT	8	8	2
Grand Touring +3000	13	10	5
Grand Touring 3000	2	2	1
Grand Touring 2500	3	3	1
Grand Touring 2000	7	6	5
Grand Touring 1600	9	9	6

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

Race notes:
1st lap run on the 2.5 mile trioval

Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 540 minutes on 25-26/2
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 900 minutes on 26-27/2

Winners:
Overall:	73	Ford GT40	Miles / Ruby
Sports-Racing:	48	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	Mathis / Levetto
Grand Touring +3000:	13	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe	Schlesser / Keck / Johnson
Grand Touring 3000:	23	Ferrari 250 GTO	Hurt / Clarke / Hayes
Grand Touring 2500:	34	Triumph TR3	Kelder / Dube
Grand Touring 2000:	16	Porsche 904 GTS	Kolb / Heftler
Grand Touring 1600:	7	Porsche 356 SC 90	McClain / Perkins / Dieas
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	88	Ferrari 330 P	Walt Hansgen (USA)	2:01.800	184.560 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	77	Ferrari 330 P2	John Surtees (GB)	2:00.600	183.032 km/h
Sports-Racing:	44	Lotus 19J Ford	Gurney / Grant	2:11.000
Grand Touring +3000:	11	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe	Leslie / Grant	2:07.000
Grand Touring 3000:	23	Ferrari 250 GTO	Hurt / Clarke / Hayes	2:13.600
Grand Touring 2500:	34	Triumph TR3	Kelder / Dube	2:48.600
Grand Touring 2000:	16	Porsche 904 GTS	Kolb / Heftler	2:15.400
Grand Touring 1600:	17	Lotus Elan	Parsons / Harden	2:27.800
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (8), Shelby (6), Ford (4), Ferrari (4), Lotus (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Ford (16), Porsche (8), Ferrari (4), BMC (4), Triumph (2), Alfa Romeo (2), Chevrolet (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (4), Porsche 904 (4), Lotus Elan (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (85), GB (5), MEX (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (42)
Engine positions:	front-engined (61%), mid-engined (30%), rear-engined (9%)
Average engine size:	3112 cc
Average age of cars:	2 year old (average year manufactured: 1963)
Oldest known drivers:	Art Riley (50), Ken Miles (47), Walt Hansgen (46)
Youngest known drivers:	Skip Scott (24), Peter Gregg (25), Pedro Rodriguez (25)

Official Race Programme:

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