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Event: The Daytona 24, Three Great Races In 24 Hours		Date: 6.2.1972
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.132 kms	Organiser: SCCA
Daytona 6 Hours
World Championship for Makes (round 2)

Weather:	warm; light mid-race rain
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	6 hours
Attendance:	35000

Entered:	72
Practiced:	60
Qualified:	58
Started:	56
Finished:	27
Classified:	21

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports 3000	12	11	5
Sports 2000	6	6	2
Grand Touring +2500	11	11	3
Grand Touring 2500	14	12	5
Touring 5000	16	15	6
Touring 2500	1	1	0

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

Pre-race sessions:
3 qualifying sessions held for a total of 560 minutes on 4-5/2

Winners:
Overall:	2	Ferrari 312 PB	Andretti / Ickx
Sports 2000:	56	Lola T212 Ford	Waugh / Kleinpeter
Grand Touring +2500:	57	Chevrolet Corvette	Johnson / Heinz
Grand Touring 2500:	59	Porsche 911 S	Haywood / Gregg
Touring 5000:	94	Chevrolet Camaro	Mitchell / Christiansen
Pole Positions:
Overall:	2	Ferrari 312 PB	Mario Andretti (USA)	1:44.2200	211.7993 km/h
Sports 2000:	32	Abarth 2000 SP/71	Merzario / Soler-Roig	1:52.0700
Grand Touring +2500:	11	Chevrolet Corvette C3 Spyder	Thompson / Weaver / DeLorenzo	1:58.5000
Grand Touring 2500:	59	Porsche 911 S	Haywood / Gregg	2:04.9600
Touring 5000:	70	Chevrolet Camaro	Harrington / Bock	2:03.5500
Touring 2500:	24	Ford Escort RS 1600	Buffum / Fitzpatrick	2:09.5100
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Chevrolet (20), Porsche (14), Ferrari (6), Lola (4), Alfa Romeo (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (20), Porsche (14), Ford (9), Ferrari (6), Alfa Romeo (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Chevrolet Camaro (11), Porsche 911 (9), Chevrolet Corvette (8)
Driver nationalities:	USA (83), MEX (6), GB (6), CDN (4), I (3), E (3), S (3), D (2), A (2)
Engine positions:	front-engined (48%), mid-engined (35%), rear-engined (17%)
Average engine size:	3740 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Chuck Dietrich (48), Jo Bonnier (42), Tony Dean (40)
Youngest known drivers:	Hector Rebaque (16), Hurley Haywood (24), John Buffum (25)

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