Daytona 6 Hours 1972 - Race Results

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)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	2	Andretti / Ickx	Ferrari 312 PB	Ferrari Automobili	194	1189.5310 kms	197.3378	1^st	S3.0
2^nd	6	Schenken / Peterson	Ferrari 312 PB	Ferrari Automobili	192			2^nd	S3.0
3^rd	5	Elford / Marko	Alfa Romeo T33/TT/3	Autodelta, S.P.A.	190			3^rd	S3.0
4^th	4	Regazzoni / Redman	Ferrari 312 PB	Ferrari Automobili	179			4^th	S3.0
5^th	9	Galli / de Adamich	Alfa Romeo T33/3-71	Autodelta, S.P.A.	175			5^th	S3.0
6^th	56	Waugh / Kleinpeter	Lola T212 Ford	Promotional Advertising Corp.	166			1^st	S2.0
7^th	59	Haywood / Gregg	Porsche 911 S	Brumos Porsche Audi Corp.	166			1^st	GT2.5
8^th	57	Johnson / Heinz	Chevrolet Corvette	Dave Heinz Racing	163			1^st	GT+2.5
9^th	55	McCaig / McCaig	Lola T212 Ford	Roger McCaig Racing	161			2^nd	S2.0
10^th	61	Locke / Bailey	Porsche 911 S	James Locke	161			2^nd	GT2.5
11^th	94	Mitchell / Christiansen	Chevrolet Camaro	Bolus & Snopes, Ltd.	158			1^st	T5.0
12^th	47	Gimondo / Dietrich	Chevrolet Camaro	Takondo Racing	157			2^nd	T5.0
13^th	81	Muniz / Novoa	Porsche 914/6	Daniel Muniz	155			3^rd	GT2.5
14^th	41	Kirill / Norburn	Porsche 911 S	Kirill Racing/Brundick Motor Co. Ltd.	152			4^th	GT2.5
15^th	18	Reynolds / Baker	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Ring Free Oil Racing Team c/o Baker Motor Co.	152			2^nd	GT+2.5
16^th	17	Tremblay / Ellis-Brown	Chevrolet Camaro I	C. C. Canada, Inc.	152			3^rd	T5.0
17^th	89	Gafford / Smith / Fraser	Chevrolet Camaro	Smith-Kemp AutoRacing Team	151			4^th	T5.0
18^th	42	Sereix / Noseda	Chevrolet Camaro	Jose Garcia b/d/ a Garcia Racing	145			5^th	T5.0
19^th	52	Chitwood / Chitwood	Chevrolet Camaro	Chitwood Chevrolet, Inc.	142			6^th	T5.0
20^th	72	McDonald / Everett	Porsche 914/6	Lee McDonald, Algar Porsche Audi	131			5^th	GT2.5
21^st	99	Whitaker / Currin	Chevrolet Corvette	Phil Currin	130			3^rd	GT+2.5

Not classified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Gr.
54	Goellnicht / Pryor	Abarth 2000 SP (SE010)	Automobile International Inc.	122	S2.0
60	Fordyce / Small	Chevrolet Camaro	Robert Fordyce	105	T5.0
12	Wisell / Bonnier	Lola T280 Ford	Ecurie Bonnier	93	S3.0

Disqualified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.
32	Merzario / Soler-Roig	Abarth 2000 SP/71	Abarth-Osella	166			Push-start	S2.0
48	Adamowicz / Greenwood	Chevrolet Corvette	John Greenwood Racing	114			Reversing in pits	GT+2.5

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason	Gr.
50	Yenko / Cordts	Chevrolet Corvette C3	John Greenwood Racing	153	DNF	GT+2.5
82	Dean / Brown	Porsche 908/02	A. G. Dean	151	Engine	S3.0
22	Posey / Bucknum / Chinetti, Jr.	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	North American Racing Team	119	Accident damage (Steering)	GT+2.5
7	Revson / Stommelen	Alfa Romeo T33/TT/3	Autodelta, S.P.A.	108	Engine	S3.0
62	de Bagration / Fernandez	Porsche 908/03	Escuderia Montjuich	100	Gear selectors	S3.0
24	Buffum / Fitzpatrick	Ford Escort RS 1600	Libra International Racing	88	Differential	T2.5
43	Garcia / Garcia	Chevrolet Camaro	Garcia Racing	79	DNF	T5.0
51	Spirgel / Mollin	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	Warren Shiber	75	DNF	GT+2.5
8	Fitzgerald / Nehl	Chevrolet Camaro	Automotive Engineering Enterprises	74	DNF	T5.0
58	Rebaque / Rojas	Porsche 914/6	Brumos Porsche Audi Corp.	70	DNF	GT2.5
27	Schuck / Weiss	Porsche 911 S	Dr. Richard Weiss	67	DNF	GT2.5
53	Oleyar / Luebbe	Chevrolet Corvette	Michael Oleyar	65	DNF	GT+2.5
70	Harrington / Bock	Chevrolet Camaro	Gene Harrington	64	DNF	T5.0
66	Belperche / Rollin	Porsche 911 S	John Belperche	64	Accident	GT2.5
16	Keyser / Beasley	Porsche 911 S	Toad Hall Racing	50	DNF	GT2.5
26	Craw / Barber	Chevron B19 Ford	Doug Shierson/Fred Opert Mexican-American Racing Team	49	Withdrawn: Auxiliary battery used in pits	S2.0
87	Baker / Baker	Pontiac Firebird	Buck Baker	43	DNF	T5.0
88	Kemp / Fraser / Smith	Chevrolet Corvette	Smith-Kemp AutoRacing Team	36	Accident	GT+2.5
80	Elliott / Gwynne	Chevrolet Camaro	Preston Hood Chevrolet, Inc.	35	DNF	T5.0
86	Fleming / Boggs	Pontiac Firebird	Simone Fleming	32	DNF	T5.0
11	Thompson / Weaver / DeLorenzo	Chevrolet Corvette C3 Spyder	Ronald R. Weaver	21	Puncture, accident	GT+2.5
28	Kremer / Huber	Porsche 911 S	Porsche Kremer Team	19	DNF	GT2.5
40	Pentecost / Torgersen	Porsche 911 S	Northlake Porsche Audi Inc.	11	DNF	GT2.5
21	Chinetti, Jr. / Eaton	Ferrari 312 P	North American Racing Team	7	Holed fuel tank	S3.0
33	Stafford / Stafford	Chevrolet Corvette	R. Sheldon Stafford	5	DNF	GT+2.5
76	Stone / Jennings	Porsche 911 T	Silverstone Racing Team	2	DNF	GT2.5
93	Houser / Shaw, Jr.	Shelby GT350	Bolus & Snopes, Ltd.	2	DNF	T5.0
74	Straub / Mosher	Ford Mustang	Norman Mosher	2	DNF	T5.0
25	Junco / van Beuren, Jr.	Chevron B19 Ford	Doug Shierson/Fred Opert Mexican-American Racing Team	1	Head gasket	S2.0
14	Larrousse / Craft / Garcia-Veiga	Lola T280 Ford	Ecurie Bonnier	0	Electrics	S3.0

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
3	de Adamich / Galli	Alfa Romeo T33/TT/3	Autodelta, S.P.A.	Accident in practice	S3.0
19	McClain / White	Porsche 914/6	David McClain		GT2.5

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
75	Clark / Kearney	Datsun 510	Clearwater Datsun		GT2.5
79	Johnson / Young	Chevrolet Camaro	Arrow Racing Team		T5.0

Did not practice:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
39	Brezinka / Bartling / Pechmann	Porsche 910	R. Brezinka	Illegal fuel cell	S3.0

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
20	Weisse / Whiffin	Porsche 917	Jochen J. Weisse/BMW Tuning Ltd.	S3.0
23	Ronnie Bucknum	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	North American Racing Team	GT+2.5
37	Moore / Bishop	Ford Mustang	Danny Moore	T5.0
46	Armstrong / Bremner	Mazda R100	Bob Armstrong	T2.5
64	Baechle / Burdick	Chevrolet Corvette	Robert Beachle	GT+2.5
77	Lustig / Baldwin / Fisher	Fiat 124	Faza Racing	GT2.5
78	Muniz / Izquierdo	Ford Mustang	Daniel Muniz Racing and Juan Izquierdo, Jr.	T5.0
92	Barkley / Stroud	Shelby GT350	Gordon Barkley	T5.0
96	Gene Felton	Chevrolet Camaro	Gene Felton	T5.0
98		Ford Mustang	Ed Matthews	T5.0
99	Ed Matthews	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Ed Matthews	GT+2.5