Kyalami 9 Hours 1971 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: The Fourteenth Daily Mail Nine Hour Endurance Race		Date: 6.11.1971
Track: Kyalami International Grand Prix Circuit (South Africa), 4.104 kms	Organiser: unknown
Kyalami 9 Hours
Castrol Springbok Series (round 1)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	13:00
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	9 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	42
Practiced:	40
Qualified:	40
Started:	40
Finished:	12
Classified:	17

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Category 3/Class H - Sports Racing/Prototype +2000	2	2	2
Category 3/Class G - Sports Racing/Prototype 2000	10	10	8
Category 3/Class F - Sports Racing/Prototype 1600	3	3	1
Category 2/Class E - Sports +2000	3	3	1
Category 2/Class D - Sports 2000	3	3	1
Category 1/Class C - Touring +2000	3	3	1
Category 1/Class B - Touring 2000	13	13	3
Category 1/Class A - Touring 1300	3	3

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

Pre-race sessions:
1 practice session held for a total of 330 minutes on 4/11

Winners:
Overall:	6	Ferrari 312 PB	Regazzoni / Redman
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	5	Ferrari 312 PB	Mario Andretti (USA)	1:20.100	184.400 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	6	Ferrari 312 PB	Regazzoni / Redman	1:19.700
Category 3/Class G - Sports Racing/Prototype 2000:	7	Chevron B19 Chevrolet Vega	Craft / Hailwood	1:23.500
Category 3/Class F - Sports Racing/Prototype 1600:	18	Chevron B8 Vegatune	Rowe / Hooper	1:38.500
Category 2/Class E - Sports +2000:	3	Porsche 917 K	Attwood / Charlton	1:24.400
Category 2/Class D - Sports 2000:	7A	Chevron B8 BMW	van der Merwe / Conchie	1:34.200
Category 1/Class C - Touring +2000:	24	Ford Capri RS 2900	Glemser / Mass	1:36.000
Category 1/Class B - Touring 2000:	25	Mazda M10A	van Rooyen / Gough	1:38.700
Category 1/Class A - Touring 1300:	40	Renault 8 Gordini	Lavoipierre / Delport	1:48.300
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Chevron (9), Lola (4), Ferrari (3), Porsche (3), Ford (3), Mazda (3), Alfa Romeo (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Ford (11), BMW (4), Ferrari (3), Porsche (3), Mazda (3), Chevrolet (3), Alfa Romeo (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Chevron B19 (5), Chevron B8 (4), Lola T212 (3), Mazda M10A (3)
Driver nationalities:	ZA (56), GB (10), CH (3), D (2), NL (2), USA (2)
Most used colours:	red (25%), white (19%), yellow (18%), orange (16%), blue (8%), green (8%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (65%), front-engined (31%), rear-engined (4%)
Average engine size:	2065 cc (with regard to 7% cars with rotary engine an applicable size is 2209 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	John Love (47), John Hine (38), Paddy Driver (37)
Youngest known drivers:	Jody Scheckter (21), Jochen Mass (25), Jacky Ickx (26)
Female drivers:	Rosemary Smith

Official Race Programme:

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