Daytona 24 Hours 1973 - Race Results

Event: 24 Hours of Daytona		Date: 4.2.1973
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.132 kms	Organiser: SCCA
Daytona 24 Hours
World Championship for Makes (round 1)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.	Div.
1^st	59	Gregg / Haywood	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Brumos Porsche	670	4108.1719 kms	171.0314	1^st	S3.0
2^nd	22	Migault / Minter	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	North American Racing Team	648			1^st	GT+2.0
3^rd	5	Heinz / McClure / English	Chevrolet Corvette	Dave Heinz	644			2^nd	GT+2.0	+2.0
4^th	77	Stone / Jennings / Downs	Porsche 911 S	Silverstone Racing	638			3^rd	GT+2.0
5^th	21	Chinetti, Jr. / Grossman / Shaw, Jr.	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	North American Racing Team	632			4^th	GT+2.0
6^th	54	Fitzpatrick / Kremer / Keller	Porsche 911 S	Porsche Kremer Racing	630			5^th	GT+2.0
7^th	9	Kessler / Panch / Pickett	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	Ray Kessler Inc.	592			1^st	T5.0
8^th	15	Keyser / Adamowicz / Beasley	Porsche 911 S	Toad Hall Motor Racing	587			6^th	GT+2.0
9^th	56	Greger / Hild / Schmid	Porsche 911 S	Joest Racing	574			7^th	GT+2.0
10^th	62	Bergstrom / Cook	Porsche 911 S	Bob Bergstrom	571			1^st	GT2.0
11^th	43	Helmick / O'Steen / Behr	Porsche 911 S	Dave Helmick	558			8^th	GT+2.0
12^th	19	Bartling / Bytzek / Kuehne	Porsche 908/02 Flunder	Harry Bytzek	532			2^nd	S3.0
13^th	30	Levetto / Levetto / Dube	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	Guido C. Levetto	532			2^nd	T5.0
14^th	51	Selbert / Schoenfeld / Klempel	Porsche 911 S	Airport Motorsport	499			9^th	GT+2.0
15^th	80	Elliott / McDill	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	Byron Cook Racing	488			3^rd	T5.0
16^th	75	Bock / Shafer / Harrington	Chevrolet Camaro II Z28	Don Winter	451			4^th	T5.0
17^th	33	McComb / Dooley	Ford Mustang	John McComb	437			5^th	T5.0
18^th	84	Petery / Ziereis	BMW 2002	Andy Petery	313				T2.0
19^th	38	Muniz / Quintanilla	Porsche 914/6	Quintanilla/Muniz	215				GT2.0

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason	Gr.	Div.
49	Yenko / Johnson	Chevrolet Corvette	John Greenwood	494	DNF	GT+2.0
6	Donohue / Follmer	Porsche Carrera RSR	Penske Racing	405	Engine	S3.0	3.0
20	Jarier / Merzario	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	North American Racing Team	394	Clutch	GT+2.0
31	Locke / Bailey	Porsche 911 S	Locke Development Corporation	387	DNF	GT+2.0
2	Hailwood / Watson	Mirage M6 Ford	Gulf Racing	366	Rear suspension, spun	S3.0	3.0
10	Barber / Kemp	Chevron B19 Ford	Shierson Racing	337	DNF	S2.0	2.0
23	Ballot-Léna / Andruet	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	North American Racing Team	284	Accident	GT+2.0
12	Wisell / de Fierlant / Lafosse	Lola T282 Ford	Scuderia Filipinetti	281	Ignition	S3.0	3.0
3	Cevert / Beltoise / Pescarolo	Matra-Simca MS670	Equipe Matra-Simca	267	Engine	S3.0	3.0
57	Jöst / Casoni / Blancpain	Porsche 908/03	Reinhold Jöst	244	Gearbox	S3.0
52	Kleinpeter / Gammon / Shelton	Chevron B21 Ford	Promotion Advertising	241	DNF	S2.0
7	Young / Johnson / Fitzgerald	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	Eddie Johnson	233	DNF	T5.0
93	Fisher / Gloy	Chevron B16 Ford	Professional Racing	230	DNF	S2.0
89	Tillson / Holbert / Oest	Porsche 911 S	Holbert Porsche	213	DNF	GT+2.0
96	Rodriguez / Almeida	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	U.S. Davis Racing	198	DNF	T5.0
64	Baechle / Pierce / Davidson	Chevrolet Corvette C3	Weaver Chevrolet	191	DNF	GT+2.0
1	Bell / Ganley	Mirage M6 Ford	Gulf Racing	179	Clutch	S3.0	3.0
16	Kirill / Norburn / Bean	Porsche 911 S	Toad Hall Motor Racing	175	DNF	GT2.0
88	Abate / Cuddy	Porsche 910	Edwin G. Abate	167	DNF	S2.0
58	Carduner / Bienvenue	Porsche 911 S	Brumos Porsche	127	DNF	GT+2.0
94	Ross / Mitchell / Houser	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	Bolus & Snopes	120	DNF	T5.0
11	DeLorenzo / Carter	Chevrolet Corvette C3 454	Troy Promotions Inc.	101	DNF	GT+2.0	+2.0
99	Alvarez / Febles	Porsche 911 S	Diego Febles	65	Accident	GT+2.0
34	Thompson / Knupp / Murray	Chevrolet Corvette	Murray Racing	50	DNF	GT+2.0
8	Nehl / Durst	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	Automotive Engineering Enterprises	49	DNF	T5.0
29	Noseda / Mummery	Chevrolet Camaro	Jef Stevens	38	DNF	GT+2.0
14	Canada / Christiansen / Tremblay	Chevrolet Camaro I Z28	C. C. Canada	29	DNF	T5.0	+2.0
17	Gimondo / Dingman	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	Takondo Racing	15	DNF	T5.0
55	Lund / Behr / Capps	Pontiac Firebird	Tiny Lund	15	DNF	T5.0
41	Gage / Grob / Ouellette	Lotus 23 BMW	Parametrics Systems	14	DNF	S2.0
25	Everett / Buffum / Pickett	Ford Escort	John Buffum	9	DNF	T2.0
48	Greenwood / Grable	Chevrolet Corvette	John Greenwood	7	DNF	GT+2.0
47	Chitwood / Chitwood / Nagel	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	Chitwood Racing	6	DNF	T5.0
24	van Beuren, Jr. / Rojas / Rebaque	Ford Escort	John Buffum	0	DNF	T2.0

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
73	Kreider / Silvers / Toppino	Triumph GT6	Dale Kreider	GT2.0
27	Shaw / Mosher / Straub	Ford Mustang	Ernie Shaw	T5.0
78	Graham / Johnson	Datsun 240Z	J. G. Racing	GT+2.0

Practiced:

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.	Div.
	T	Bell / Ganley	Mirage M6 Ford-Weslake	Gulf Racing						S3.0

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
18	Buchler / Harrison	Ferrari Dino 246 GT	Centrum International	GT+2.0
28	Simpson / Belcher	Chevrolet Corvette	Jef Stevens	GT+2.0
50	Johnson / Yenko	Chevrolet Corvette	John Greenwood	GT+2.0
61	Stoddard / Harmstad / Keating	Porsche 914/6	Robert Stoddard	GT2.0
66	Cosentino / Fisher / Phillips	Fiat-Abarth	Faza Fiat Squadra	S2.0
87	Smith / Gafford	Chevrolet Camaro	Houghton Smith	T5.0
95	Bobby Clark	Datsun 510	Robert Clark	T2.0