Daytona 24 Hours 1978 - Race Results

Event: 17th Annual 24 Hours of Daytona, Championship of Makes		Date: 5.2.1978
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.180 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 24 Hours
World Championship for Makes (round 1) Camel GT Challenge (round 1) FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 1) IMSA GTO (round 1) IMSA GTU (round 1) International Motor Sport Association (round 1)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.	Pos.	Div.
1^st	99	Stommelen / Hezemans / Gregg	Porsche 935/77A	JMS Brumos Porsche	680	4202.3188 kms	175.0049		1^st	GTX	1^st	Div.2/Gr.5
2^nd	6	Barbour / Schurti / Rutherford	Porsche 935/77A	Dick Barbour Performance	650				2^nd	GTX	2^nd	Div.2/Gr.5
3^rd	58	Febles / Poole	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0	Diego Febles Racing	645				1^st	GTO
4^th	33	Fernandez / Paul / Currin	Porsche Carrera RSR	Boricua Racing	637				2^nd	GTO
5^th	14	Brambring / Schornstein / "Winter"	Porsche 935 K2	Kremer Porsche Racing	635				3^rd	GTX	3^rd	Div.2/Gr.5
6^th	09	Belcher / Bundy / Holbert	Porsche 934/5	Belcher Racing	632			Fuel pump	4^th	GTX
7^th	32	Earle / Akin / Knoop	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Earle/Akin Racing Associates Inc.	632				5^th	GTX	4^th	Div.2/Gr.5
8^th	65	Morton / Adamowicz / Sahlman / Carradine	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Carradine/Dan Ward Racing	622				3^rd	GTO	5^th	Div.2/Gr.5
9^th	59	Gregg / Ballot-Léna / Frisselle	Porsche 935	JMS Brumos Porsche	621				6^th	GTX	6^th	Div.2/Gr.5
10^th	13	Shaw, Jr. / Busby / Meister	Porsche 935	Bankrupt Inc Racing	608				7^th	GTX	7^th	Div.2/Gr.5
11^th	01	White / Mesnick / Roehrig	Porsche 911 S	Roehrig Racing	604			Engine	1^st	GTU
12^th	34	Drolsom / Davenport / Greb	Porsche 911 S	Drolsom Racing Inc.	592				2^nd	GTU
13^th	21	Konrad / Jöst / Merl	Porsche 935	Joest	590				8^th	GTX	8^th	Div.2/Gr.5
14^th	08	Wolters / Refenning / Mummery	Porsche 911 S	Terry Wolters	584				3^rd	GTU
15^th	24	Frank / Bergstrom	Porsche Carrera RSR	Executive Industries	580				9^th	GTX
16^th	84	Doyle / Maffucci / Speakman	Datsun 260Z	World Parts	577				4^th	GTU
17^th	60	Thomas / Tilton / Bond	Porsche 911	R&R Racing	551				5^th	GTU
18^th	29	Weiss / Alsup / Follmer	Porsche 911 S	Richard C. Weiss Racing Ent.	550				6^th	GTU
19^th	37	Buchler / Johnson / Young	Chevrolet Camaro	Clay Young	550				10^th	GTX
20^th	46	DeNarvaez / Naon / Garcia	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Mauricio DeNarvaez	547			DNF	4^th	GTO
21^st	22	Harriss / Bruckmann	Porsche 911 E	Music City P&A	546				7^th	GTU
22^nd	5	Migault / Guitteny / Young	Ferrari 365 GT4/BB	Grand Competition Cars Inc.	521				11^th	GTX	9^th	Div.2/Gr.5
23^rd	68	Mendez / Gonzalez / Ferrer	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0	Luis Mendez	509				5^th	GTO
24^th	91	Bondurant / Cook / Southern	Datsun 260Z	Bondurant School	508				8^th	GTU
25^th	78	Hillin / Henderson / Turner	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Western Motor Works	506				6^th	GTO
26^th	9	Goellnicht / Marina / May / Arutunoff	Lancia Stratos	Automobiles International	505				9^th	GTU
27^th	94	Henn / Sahlman / Satullo	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Swap Shops	502			Accident	7^th	GTO
28^th	36	Case / Panaccione	Porsche 911	Case Racing	500				10^th	GTU	1^st	Div.1/Gr.5
29^th	53	Downing / Fisher / Bohren / Mandeville	Mazda RX-3	Mazda Auto Tokyo Co. Ltd.	498				11^th	GTU	2^nd	Div.1/Gr.5
30^th	61	Akaike / Cosentino	Mazda RX-3	Faza Squadra	498				12^th	GTU
31^st	38	McDill / Meldeau	Chevrolet Camaro	Meldeau Tire Co.	497				12^th	GTX
32^nd	10	Church / Kump / Lee	AMC AMX	Bob's Speed Products	481				8^th	GTO
33^rd	50	Kleinschmidt / Culpepper	MGB GT	Native Tan	477				13^th	GTU
34^th	77	Johnson / Shaw / Woodward	AMC Hornet AMX	Levi's Team Highball	475				9^th	GTO
35^th	7	Heimrath / Bienvenue / Ridgely	Porsche 935	Heimrath Racing	466			Accident	13^th	GTX
36^th	07	Cowart / Mendez / Castellano	Porsche Carrera RSR	Morrison's Porsche	459			DNF	10^th	GTO
37^th	82	Solomone / Lang / Fyhrie	Chevrolet Camaro	Carm Solomone	456			DNF	14^th	GTX
38^th	15	Beilcke / Grinbold / Gebhardt	BMW 3.0 CSL	Bavarian Motors Inc.	427			DNF	15^th	GTX
39^th	55	Rodriguez / Cruz	Lotus Europa Ford	Emiliano Rodriguez	402				14^th	GTU
40^th	95	Haywood / Hagestad / Bundy	Porsche 935	Bob Hagestad	400			Clutch	16^th	GTX
41^st	18	Gauthier / Swanson / West	Chevrolet Camaro	Ours & Hours Racing	395				17^th	GTX
42^nd	56	Valentine / Carter / Edwards	Chevrolet Camaro	Carter Bros. Racing	361				18^th	GTX
43^rd	87	Vazquez / Oyler / Hamilton / Hamilton / Seipolt	Porsche 911	Pedro Vazquez	360				15^th	GTU
44^th	02	Neland / Levenson / Brown	Chevrolet Corvette	Al Levenson	353				11^th	GTO
45^th	52	Katayama / Terada / Mandeville	Mazda RX-3	Mazda Auto Tokyo Co. Ltd.	271			DNF	16^th	GTU		Div.1/Gr.5
46^th	19	Cord / Adams	Chevrolet Monza	Chris Cord Racing	261			Engine	19^th	GTX
47^th	73	Howey / Koch / Crabtree	Chevrolet Camaro	Howey Farms	259			DNF	20^th	GTX
48^th	76	Thomas / Mueller / Blackburn	Porsche 911	Quality Inn of Boise, ID	224			DNF	17^th	GTU
49^th	72	Thompson / Hagan / Schmidt	Chevrolet Corvette	Bill Arnold Racing	169			DNF	21^st	GTX
50^th	20	Bostyan / Thompson / Yenko	Chevrolet Corvette	Richard Bostyan	152			DNF	12^th	GTO
51^st	25	Miller / Miller	BMW 3.5 CSL	KWM Racing	125			Engine	13^th	GTO
52^nd	05	Bond / Kreider / Dann	Chevrolet Monza	Dale Kreider Racing	123			Wheel	22^nd	GTX
53^rd	8	Besenzoni / Dal Ben / Wever	Ferrari 308 GTB	Jolly Club	117			Electrics	14^th	GTO		Div.2/Gr.5
54^th	48	Carusso / Donaldson / Sereix	Chevrolet Corvette	Autodyne	90			Suspension	15^th	GTO
55^th	80	Adams / Bedard / Thomson	Oldsmobile Cutlass	Herb Adams	89			Gearbox	16^th	GTO
56^th	0	Ongais / Field / Minter	Porsche 935/77A	Interscope Racing	88			Engine	23^rd	GTX		Div.2/Gr.5
57^th	12	Wollek / Pescarolo / Jaunet	Porsche 935/77A	Porsche Kremer Racing	86			Engine	24^th	GTX		Div.2/Gr.5
58^th	51	Hotchkis / Kirby / Aase	Porsche 911	Wynn's International	85			Engine	18^th	GTU
59^th	4	Mallet / Bondurant / Romolotti	Ferrari 308 GTB	Jolly Club	82			Transmission	17^th	GTO
60^th	03	Rice / Levetto	Chevrolet Camaro	Guido Levetto	79			Suspension	18^th	GTO
61^st	54	Tunstall / Behr / Timolat	Porsche Carrera RSR	T&C/Big Apple Racing	70			Flywheel	25^th	GTX
62^nd	39	Pickett / Bonnet / Canepa	Porsche Carrera RSR	Pickett Racing	67			Ignition	19^th	GTO
63^rd	27	Honegger / Scott / Hutchins	Mazda RX-3	Z&W Enterprises	57			DNF	19^th	GTU
64^th	2	Hobbs / Peterson	BMW 320i Turbo	McLaren North America	47			Engine	26^th	GTX		Div.2/Gr.5
65^th	17	Fillingham / Chitwood / Jones	Chevrolet Nova	Tim Chitwood	45			Accident	20^th	GTO
66^th	3	Finotto / Facetti	Porsche 935	Jolly Club	6			Engine	27^th	GTX		Div.2/Gr.5
67^th	85	Hulen / Coupland / Engels	Porsche 914/6	John E. Hulen	0			Engine at start		GTU

Disqualified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.	Div.
71	Romero / Soto / Beloff	Porsche 911 S	Bill Scott Racing	615			Refused inspection	GTU

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
86	Guthrie / Kleinpeter / Stevens	De Tomaso Pantera GT4K	Team Pantera FL	Engine in practice	GTX
66	Devendorf / Adamowicz / Kline	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Carradine/Dan Ward Racing		GTX

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
88	Hamilton / Wade / Hinze	Porsche 911	Hamilton House Racing		GTU

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
11	Hoskins / Brooks / McDonald	Triumph TR7	Robert Hoskins III	GTU
23	Gottlob / Terrill	Chevrolet Corvette	Cliff Gottlob	GTO
26	Smith / Budd	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce	Eleven-Tenths Racing	GTU
35	Grinbold / Gebhardt / Beilcke	BMW 2002 Schnitzer	Team Beilcke	GTU
41	Schumacher / Hubbard / Kelly	Triumph GT6	Ted Schumacher Racing	GTX
42	Harris / Kempgens / Donohue	Ford Pinto	W. G. Harris	GTX
43	Pike / Wever / Bodoh	Porsche Carrera	Allan F. Bodoh	GTX
45	Steele / Zulkowski / Gaeta	Porsche Carrera	Vann's Auto Body Shop	GTX
47	LaMay / Powell / Orberg	Ford Mustang	Robert V. LaMay	GTX
63	Pelz / Doran / Cunningham	Chevrolet Camaro	Charles F. Pelz II	GTX
70	Speer / Turley / Hillin / Anderson	Porsche 911 S	Race Car Inc.	GTU
75	May / Blackburn / McNicol	Datsun 510	Paul B. May	GTU
89	Woodard / Parish / Causey	Porsche Carrera	Barrick Motor Racing	GTO