Kyalami 9 Hours 1972 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Rand Daily Mail 15th Nine Hour Endurance Race		Date: 4.11.1972
Track: Kyalami International Grand Prix Circuit (South Africa), 4.104 kms	Organiser: unknown
Kyalami 9 Hours
South African Springbok Trophy Series (round 1)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	13:00
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	9 hours
Attendance:	70000

Entered:	27
Practiced:	24
Qualified:	24
Started:	22
Finished:	15
Classified:	14

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Category 3/Class H - Sports +2000	3	2	1
Category 3/Class G - Sports 2000	10	10	8
Category 3/Class F - Sports 1600	0	0	0
Category 2/Class E - Grand Touring +2000	2	2	1
Category 2/Class D - Grand Touring 2000	0	0	0
Category 1/Class C - Touring +2000	1	1	1
Category 1/Class B - Touring 2000	6	6	3
Category 1/Class A - Touring 1300	2	1	0

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 2/11

Winners:
Overall:	2	Ferrari 312 PB	Regazzoni / Merzario
Category 3/Class G - Sports 2000:	31	Chevron B21/23 Hart	Birrell / Mass
Category 2/Class E - Grand Touring +2000:	4	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Brown / Sytner
Category 1/Class C - Touring +2000:	17	Chevrolet Firenza 5.0	van Rooyen / Mortimer
Category 1/Class B - Touring 2000:	19	Mazda S102A	Katayama / Takechi
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Ferrari 312 PB	Jacky Ickx (B)	1:22.2000
Pole Positions:
Overall:	2	Ferrari 312 PB	Regazzoni / Merzario	1:20.3000
Category 3/Class G - Sports 2000:	31	Chevron B21/23 Hart	Birrell / Mass	1:23.0000
Category 2/Class E - Grand Touring +2000:	4	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Brown / Sytner	1:38.2000
Category 1/Class C - Touring +2000:	17	Chevrolet Firenza 5.0	van Rooyen / Mortimer	1:35.5000
Category 1/Class B - Touring 2000:	19	Mazda S102A	Katayama / Takechi	1:36.6000
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Chevron (8), Ferrari (3), Mazda (2), Toyota (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Ford (7), Ferrari (3), BMW (3), Mazda (2), Chevrolet (2), Toyota (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Chevron B21 (6), Ferrari 312 PB (2), Mazda RX-3 (2), Chevron B8 (2)
Driver nationalities:	ZA (23), GB (13), J (2)
Most used colours:	red (35%), white (27%), blue (10%), green (9%), yellow (6%), brown (6%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (60%), front-engined (35%), rear-engined (5%)
Average engine size:	2170 cc (with regard to 9% cars with rotary engine an applicable size is 2365 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	John Love (48), John Hine (39), Paddy Driver (38)
Youngest known drivers:	Jody Scheckter (22), Niki Lauda (23), Guy Tunmer (24)

Official Race Programme:

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