Daytona 6 Hours 1978 - Race Results

Event: Pepsi 6 Hours Champion Spark Plug Challenge Daytona		Date: 2.7.1978
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.180 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 6 Hours
FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 6)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	63	Downing / Paul	Mazda RX-2	Jim Downing	143	883.7230 kms	146.3924		1^st	RS
2^nd	6	Frisselle / Shaw	AMC Pacer	Levi's Team Hiball	143				2^nd	RS
3^rd	11	Devendorf / Starita / Gregg	Datsun B210	Brumos Porsche/Roselle Racing	142				3^rd	RS
4^th	54	Wever / Reeve	AMC Pacer	Byron Wever New Car Brokers	141				4^th	RS
5^th	7	Barbour / Johnson	AMC Pacer	Levi's Team Hiball	141				5^th	RS
6^th	09	Belcher / Varde	AMC Gremlin	Belcher Racing	138				6^th	RS
7^th	27	Meyer / Bond	Mazda RX-2	Mike Meyer	138				7^th	RS
8^th	38	Febles / Mandeville	Mazda RX-3	Roger Mandeville	136				8^th	RS
9^th	16	Smith / Rutherford	AMC Gremlin	Danny Smith	136				9^th	RS
10^th	2	Roberts / Mottern	AMC Gremlin	Jim Roberts	136				10^th	RS
11^th	33	Bowman / Colomb	Oldsmobile Starfire	Bowman Assoc.	134				11^th	RS
12^th	23	Fitzgerald / Sharp	Datsun B210	Linda Sharp	133				12^th	RS
13^th	94	Phelps / Duprey	Chevrolet Vega	Ron Duprey	132				13^th	RS
14^th	47	Crosby / Crosby / Mullins	AMC Gremlin	Crosby Racing	132				14^th	RS
15^th	40	Pyne / Taylor	Ford Pinto	Tom Pyne	132				15^th	RS
16^th	36	Espinosa / Lopez	BMW 2002	Botero Racing	131				16^th	RS
17^th	49	Cason / Knoop	AMC Concord	Doell Assoc.	130				17^th	RS
18^th	93	Boy / Yarosh	AMC Gremlin	Russ Boy	130				18^th	RS
19^th	64	Akin / Garza / Earle	BMW 320i	Preston Miller Rennsport	129				19^th	RS
20^th	21	Vann / Neshkin	AMC Gremlin	Andy Vann	129				20^th	RS
21^st	67	Denayer / Cox	AMC Gremlin	Larry Denayer	128				21^st	RS
22^nd	90	Bobo / Parker	Mazda RX-2	James Bobo	127				22^nd	RS
23^rd	0	Church / Lee / Kump	Chevrolet Vega	Bob's Speed Products	127				23^rd	RS
24^th	30	Fernandez / Bohren	Mazda RX-2	Monarch Motor Racing	125			Clutch	24^th	RS
25^th	9	Hagan / Overbagh / Reid	Ford Pinto	Jerry Reid	125				25^th	RS
26^th	8	Kessler / Levetto	Datsun 610	Ray Kessler Datsun	122				26^th	RS
27^th	57	Wiese / Poulos	Ford Pinto	Team Loon Racing	121				27^th	RS
28^th	34	McKee / Marinelli / Doehring	AMC Gremlin	J. P. Marinelli	119				28^th	RS
29^th	62	Gaines / Sugg	BMW 1600	J. Speight Sugg	112			DNF	29^th	RS
30^th	48	Jones / Lyttle / Story	Datsun 510	Tom Lyttle	111				30^th	RS
31^st	80	Hoerr / Allison	Datsun 510	Randy Hoerr	110			Engine	31^st	RS
32^nd	19	Cook / Long	AMC Gremlin	Southwind Enterprises	109			DNF	32^nd	RS
33^rd	59	Moise / Currin	AMC Gremlin	Milton Moise	107			DNF	33^rd	RS
34^th	86	Hoerr / Allison	Datsun 510	Rudy Hoerr	105			Engine	34^th	RS
35^th	17	Jackson / Weaver	AMC Gremlin	Rob Jackson	100				35^th	RS
36^th	84	Kull / Kull, Jr. / Bonner	Ford Pinto	William Kull, Sr.	98				36^th	RS
37^th	3	Henn / Sahlman	AMC Pacer	Preston Henn	97				37^th	RS
38^th	69	Baird / Shaw	AMC Gremlin	Randy Blue	95				38^th	RS
39^th	37	Snow / Coffey	Mazda RX-2	Kevin Coffey	88				39^th	RS
40^th	81	Emmert / Walsh	Ford Pinto	Dave Emmert	86			DNF	40^th	RS
41^st	96	Felton / Craw	Buick Skyhawk	Gene Felton	80			Engine	41^st	RS
42^nd	72	Stricklin / Dunkin	Datsun 510	J. W. Stricklin	73			Gearbox	42^nd	RS
43^rd	51	Waugh / Ballot-Léna	AMC Gremlin	Tom Waugh	68			DNF	43^rd	RS
44^th	02	Marsh / Drolsom	Ford Pinto	Alan Marsh	65			Accident	44^th	RS
45^th	88	Picariello / Raptis	Plymouth Arrow	Picariello Racing	63			Throttle	45^th	RS
46^th	1	Ouellette / Carusso	Mazda RX-2	E. J. Pruitt	57			Engine	46^th	RS
47^th	92	Whittington / Whittington	Mazda RX-2	Roger Mandeville	57			Gearbox	47^th	RS
48^th	85	Kiricenkov / Ashby	Ford Pinto	George Kiricenkov	51			DNF	48^th	RS
49^th	4	Cruz / Lopez	Datsun 510	Juan Lopez	49			Engine	49^th	RS
50^th	28	Korman / Miller	BMW 320i	Korman Racing	49			Throttle	50^th	RS
51^st	18	Freyre / Naon / Garcia	Ford Pinto	Creative Group	47			DNF	51^st	RS
52^nd	08	Swope / Swope	AMC Gremlin	Keith Swope	46			DNF	52^nd	RS
53^rd	20	Brown / Alexander	Ford Pinto	H. W. Alexander	46			Engine	53^rd	RS
54^th	26	Gutierrez	Ford Pinto	Juan Valdes-Pages	36			Gearbox	54^th	RS
55^th	78	McFarlin / Haywood	Datsun 200SX	Performance Innovations	35			Engine	55^th	RS
56^th	03	Diehl	AMC Gremlin	Bobby Diehl	34			Brakes	56^th	RS
57^th	14	Donaldson / Rickmers	BMW 2002	Cliff Rickmers	33			Gearbox	57^th	RS
58^th	98	Kitchell / Abernethy	AMC Gremlin	Richard Kitchell	30			DNF	58^th	RS
59^th	22	Kreider / McNeal	AMC Gremlin	Dale Kreider Racing	28			Clutch	59^th	RS
60^th	31	Davis / Kanady	AMC Gremlin	Randy Davis	28			Engine	60^th	RS
61^st	42	Matz / Behr	BMW 2002	Quality Car Service	27			Engine	61^st	RS
62^nd	5	Starcevic / Rice	AMC Pacer	Bill Starcevic	24			DNF	62^nd	RS
63^rd	73	Ellis-Brown / Tremblay	Volvo 142 E	David Ellis-Brown	20			DNF	63^rd	RS
64^th	46	Morton	Datsun 200SX	Performance Tuning	13			Overheating	64^th	RS
65^th	15	Parker	Ford Pinto	Larry Parker	12			DNF	65^th	RS
66^th	76	Garcia	Chevrolet Cosworth Vega	Ricardo Vadia	11			DNF	66^th	RS
67^th	39	Meehan	Ford Pinto	Wayne Baker	8			Engine	67^th	RS
68^th	25	Whitman	AMC Gremlin	Ramrod Racing	5			Oil leak	68^th	RS
69^th	04	Chevres	BMW 2002	Chevres Racing Ent.	5			DNF	69^th	RS
70^th	82	Johnson / Ross	Datsun 710	North Star Racing	5			Gearbox	70^th	RS
71^st	71	Witzenburg	Datsun 710	Troy Media Productions	2			DNF	71^st	RS

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
35	Boye / Brooks	Subaru DL	Autohaus o St. Lucie	RS
29	Kane / Flores / Panos	BMW 2002	Bill Kane	RS
01	Hair / Harris	Datsun 510	George Hair	RS
44	Amato / Baird	AMC Gremlin	Joe Amato	RS
45	Jan Chudziak	Mazda RX-3	Jan Chudziak	RS
52	Reeve / Smith	Buick Skyhawk	James Reeve	RS

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
4	Downs / Gupton	Datsun 510	Mike Downs		RS
41	Cox / Mendez	BMW 320	Chuck Cox		RS