Daytona 24 Hours 1969 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 8th Annual World's Championship 24 Hours of Daytona International Road Race		Date: 2.2.1969
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.132 kms	Organiser: SCCA
Daytona 24 Hours
International Championship for Makes (round 1)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	1/2 15:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	71
Practiced:	69
Qualified:	66
Started:	63
Finished:	29
Classified:	26

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Prototype 3000	8	7	1
Prototype 2000	5	5	3
Sports 5000	8	7	4
Sports 2000	4	4	3
Grand Touring +5000	5	5	1
Grand Touring 5000	3	3	1
Grand Touring 2000	9	9	6
Touring 5000	14	12	6
Touring 2000	13	11	4

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

Race notes:
Race started on backstretch, total distance includes 0.64 lap (2.43 miles/3.911 kms.) of paced formation

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 240 minutes on 31/1, 4 non-qualifying practice sessions held on 29-30/1

Winners:
Overall:	6	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet	Donohue / Parsons
Prototype 2000:	97	Lancia Fulvia HF Zagato	Maglioli / Pinto
Sports 2000:	39	Chevron B8 BMW	Kleinpeter / Gunn / Beatty
Grand Touring +5000:	96	Chevrolet Corvette	Drolet / Tremblay / Gimondo / Belperche
Grand Touring 5000:	41	Ferrari 275 GTB/C	Posey / Rodriguez
Grand Touring 2000:	20	Porsche 911 T	Adamowicz / Jennings / Wetanson
Touring 5000:	26	Pontiac Firebird	Titus / Ward
Touring 2000:	14	Porsche 911	Everett / Johnson / Coleman
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	50	Porsche 908L	Jo Siffert (CH)	1:54.000
Pole Positions:
Overall:	52	Porsche 908L	Vic Elford (GB)	1:52.200	196.736 km/h
Prototype 2000:	40	Ferrari Dino 206 S	Kolb / Biscaldi	2:08.400
Sports 5000:	6	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet	Donohue / Parsons	1:52.700
Sports 2000:	61	Porsche 910	Gregory / Broström	2:04.700
Grand Touring +5000:	66	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	DeLorenzo / Lang	2:03.200
Grand Touring 5000:	41	Ferrari 275 GTB/C	Posey / Rodriguez	2:15.300
Grand Touring 2000:	20	Porsche 911 T	Adamowicz / Jennings / Wetanson	2:17.800
Touring 5000:	26	Pontiac Firebird	Titus / Ward	2:07.700
Touring 2000:	14	Porsche 911	Everett / Johnson / Coleman	2:18.200
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (21), Chevrolet (14), Lola (4), Lancia (3), MG (3), Ferrari (3), Ford (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (21), Chevrolet (18), BMC (4), Ford (4), Lancia (3), Ferrari (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 911 (13), Chevrolet Camaro (9), Porsche 908 (5)
Driver nationalities:	USA (106), GB (8), CDN (8), D (5), I (4), S (4), BS (2), PE (2), CH (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (45), D (5), CDN (3), CH (3), GB (2)
Engine positions:	front-engined (46%), mid-engined (31%), rear-engined (23%)
Average engine size:	3157 cc
Average age of cars:	2 year old (average year manufactured: 1967)
Oldest known drivers:	Art Riley (54), Maurice Carter (45), Chuck Parsons (45)
Youngest known drivers:	Mike Downs (22), Jacky Ickx (24), Sam Posey (25)
Female drivers:	Smokey Drolet, F. P. Wedge Rafferty

Official Race Programme:

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