Daytona 24 Hours 1970 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Ninth Annual World's Championship 24 Hours of Daytona International Road Race		Date: 1.2.1970
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.132 kms	Organiser: SCCA
Daytona 24 Hours
International Championship for Makes (round 1)

Weather:	cold
Start time:	31/1
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	76
Practiced:	72
Qualified:	65
Started:	65
Finished:	28
Classified:	27

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Prototype	14	12	6
Sports	18	17	5
Grand Touring +2000	9	9	4
Grand Touring 2000	8	7	4
Touring +2000	14	13	6
Touring 2000	7	7	2

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

Race notes:
Race startes on backstretch, total distance includes 0.64 lap (2.43 miles/3.91kms.) of paced formation.

Pre-race sessions:
1 qualifying practice session held for a total of 120 minutes on 30/1
6 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total time of 720 minutes on 28-30/1

Winners:
Overall:	2	Porsche 917 K	Rodriguez / Kinnunen / Redman
Prototype:	24	Ferrari 312 P Coupe	Posey / Parkes
Grand Touring +2000:	7	Chevrolet Corvette	Thompson / Mahler
Grand Touring 2000:	74	Porsche 911 S	Meaney / Wright / Bean
Touring +2000:	12	Chevrolet Camaro	Mitchell / Kemp
Touring 2000:	48	Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV	Taylor / Sheldon
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Porsche 917 K	Jo Siffert (CH)	1:48.700	126.182 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	28	Ferrari 512 S	Andretti / Merzario / Ickx	1:51.600	197.793 km/h
Prototype:	33	Matra-Simca MS650	Cevert / Brabham	1:58.700
Grand Touring +2000:	7	Chevrolet Corvette	Thompson / Mahler	2:04.600
Grand Touring 2000:	77	Porsche 911 T	Jennings / Tullius	2:21.000
Touring +2000:	0	AMC Javelin	Donohue / Revson	2:08.400
Touring 2000:	84	BMW 2002	Brown / Marcus / Sandman	2:37.000
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Chevrolet (15), Porsche (12), Ferrari (10), Ford (7), Matra (2), MG (2), Austin-Healey (2), Chevron (2), Shelby (2), Volvo (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (16), Ford (13), Porsche (12), Ferrari (10), BMC (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Chevrolet Camaro (9), Chevrolet Corvette (6), Ferrari 512 S (5), Porsche 911 (5)
Driver nationalities:	USA (113), GB (10), CDN (6), I (5), F (3), FIN (2), RA (2), CH (2), B (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (50), GB (4), I (4), CDN (2), F (2)
Engine positions:	front-engined (53%), mid-engined (38%), rear-engined (9%)
Average engine size:	3833 cc
Average age of cars:	2 year old (average year manufactured: 1968)
Oldest known drivers:	Art Riley (55), Chuck Parsons (46), Chuck Dietrich (46)
Youngest known drivers:	Alain De Cadenet (25), George Eaton (25), Hank Sheldon (25)
Female drivers:	Smokey Drolet, Donna Mae Mims

Official Race Programme:

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