Daytona Finale 250 Miles 1978 - Race Results

Event: 1978 Championship Finals Daytona		Date: 26.11.1978
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.180 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona Finale 250 Miles
Camel GT Challenge (round 14) IMSA GTO (round 14) IMSA GTU (round 14) International Motor Sport Association (round 14)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	59	Peter Gregg	Porsche 935/77A	Brumos Porsche-Audi	65	401.6923 kms	189.6902		1^st	GTX
2^nd	00	Danny Ongais	Porsche 935/77A	Interscope Racing	65				2^nd	GTX
3^rd	18	John Paul	Porsche 935 JLP-1	JLP Racing	65				3^rd	GTX
4^th	30	Moretti / Haywood	Porsche 935	Electrodyne	64				4^th	GTX
5^th	7	Heimrath / Moran	Porsche 935	Heimrath Racing	63				5^th	GTX
6^th	0	Ted Field	Porsche 935/77A	Interscope Racing	62				6^th	GTX
7^th	94	Bill Whittington	Porsche 935/77A	Whittington Bros.	62				7^th	GTX
8^th	04	Rick Thompkins	Chevrolet Corvette	Rick Thompkins	60				1^st	GTO
9^th	44	Tullius / Fuerstenau	Jaguar XJS	British Leyland/Quaker State	60				2^nd	GTO
10^th	46	Mauricio DeNarvaez	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Mauricio DeNarvaez	60				3^rd	GTO
11^th	58	Diego Febles	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Diego Febles Racing	60				4^th	GTO
12^th	8	Bob Beasley	Porsche Carrera RSR	Bob Beasley	60				5^th	GTO
13^th	93	Don Whittington	Porsche 935	Whittington Bros.	60				8^th	GTX
14^th	07	Cowart / Meister	Porsche Carrera RSR	Morrison's	60				6^th	GTO
15^th	3	Gonzalez / Sereix	Chevrolet Camaro	Jose I. Gonzalez	59				9^th	GTX
16^th	28	Kearns / Minter	Porsche 935	Desperado Racing	58			DNF	10^th	GTX
17^th	76	Norm Ridgely	Porsche Carrera	Ridgely Racing	58				7^th	GTO
18^th	72	Murray Edwards	Chevrolet Corvette	Murray Edwards	58				8^th	GTO
19^th	24	Carmen Lista	Chevrolet Corvette	Debra Tribiano	58				9^th	GTO
20^th	11	Don Yenko	Chevrolet Nova	Phillips Racing	57				1^st	AC
21^st	68	Luis Mendez	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR		57				10^th	GTO
22^nd	50	Hochreuter / Brezinka	Porsche 911	Fritz Hochreuter	56				11^th	GTO
23^rd	79	Kendrick / Hoerr	Datsun Z	Kendrick Racing	56				1^st	GTU
24^th	27	Mummery / Sheehy	Porsche 911	Miami Auto Racing	56				2^nd	GTU
25^th	02	Dave White	Porsche 911 S	Roehrig Racing	56				3^rd	GTU
26^th	42	Ashby / Bean	Porsche 911	Bullwinkele Racing	55				4^th	GTU
27^th	96	Gene Felton	Buick Skylark	Performance Assoc.	55				2^nd	AC
28^th	34	George Drolsom	Porsche 911 S	Drolsom Racing	55				5^th	GTU
29^th	29	Overbagh / Reed	Chevrolet Monza	Hoyt Overbagh	55				12^th	GTO
30^th	99	Phil Currin	Chevrolet Corvette	The Tune-Up Shop	55				11^th	GTX
31^st	75	Ramirez / Villa	Porsche 911	Mike Ramirez	55				6^th	GTU
32^nd	20	Rutherford / Wallace	Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon	Chesrown Oldsmobile	54				3^rd	AC
33^rd	38	Fernandez / Gonzalez	Porsche Carrera RSR	Boricua Motors	52				13^th	GTO
34^th	26	Ernie Smith	Alfa Romeo		51				7^th	GTU
35^th	05	Levenson / Brown	Chevrolet Corvette	Al Levenson	49				14^th	GTO
36^th	54	Swanson / Gauthier	Chevrolet Camaro	Ours & Hours Racing	49				12^th	GTX
37^th	15	LaMay / Parker	Ford Mustang		48				15^th	GTO
38^th	41	Herb Jones, Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro	Jones Ind. Racing	47				13^th	GTX
39^th	25	Kenper Miller	BMW 3.5 CSL	Deren Automotive	44			DNF	16^th	GTO
40^th	88	Hamilton / Hoskins / Wade	Porsche 911	Hamilton House Racing	40			DNF	8^th	GTU
41^st	33	Aten / Welter	Porsche 911	Peter Welter	35				9^th	GTU
42^nd	23	Charlie Kemp	Ford Cobra II	Kemp Motor Racing	34			DNF	14^th	GTX
43^rd	5	Javier Garcia	Chevrolet Corvette	Javier Garcia Ent.	31			DNF	15^th	GTX
44^th	21	DiLella / Cueto	Porsche 914/4	DiLella Racing	31				10^th	GTU
45^th	14	Dick Neland	Chevrolet Camaro		29			DNF	17^th	GTO
46^th	09	Gary Belcher	Porsche 934/5	Belcher Racing	23			Accident	16^th	GTX
47^th	84	Bob Speakman	Datsun Z	Speakman Racing	22			DNF	11^th	GTU
48^th	65	Richard Valentine	Chevrolet Corvette	RJV Enterprises	22			DNF	18^th	GTO
49^th	47	Chitwood / Fillingham / Chitwood	Chevrolet Nova	Tim Chitwood	21			DNF	4^th	AC
50^th	80	Adams / Bedard	Oldsmobile Cutlass	Adams Associates	21			DNF	5^th	AC
51^st	2	David Hobbs	BMW 320i Turbo	McLaren, N.A.	19			DNF	17^th	GTX
52^nd	66	Tom Bagley	Chevrolet Monza	Phillips Racing	19			DNF	18^th	GTX
53^rd	67	Glenn Bunch	Dodge Challenger	Glenn Bunch	18			DNF	19^th	GTX
54^th	08	Wolters / Miller	Porsche 911	Terry Wolters	16			DNF	12^th	GTU
55^th	61	Mann / Levetto	Chevrolet Corvette	Lamar Mann	14			DNF	19^th	GTO
56^th	9	Whittington / Whittington	Porsche 935	Whittington Bros.	13			Accident	20^th	GTX
57^th	89	Romero / Soto	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Orland Rasco	8			DNF	20^th	GTO
58^th	36	Case / Panaccione	Porsche 911	Case Racing	7			DNF	13^th	GTU
59^th	40	Southard / Koch	Porsche 914/6	Performance Specialists	7			DNF	14^th	GTU
60^th	12	Ford Smith	Chevrolet Corvette	Ed Macon	6			DNF	21^st	GTO
61^st	19	Werl / Spencer	Ford Mustang		6			DNF	21^st	GTX
62^nd	10	Clay Young	Pontiac Grand Am	Clay Young	4			DNF	6^th	AC
63^rd	81	David Crabtree	Ford Granada	David Crabtree	2			DNF	7^th	AC
64^th	82	Solomone / Lang	Chevrolet Camaro Turbo	Carm Solomone Racing	2			DNF	22^nd	GTX

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
01	Dave White	Porsche 911 S	Roehrig Racing	GTU
1	Dave Heinz	Chevrolet Monza	McLaren Budweiser Racing Team	GTX
4	Bartling / Bytzek	Porsche Carrera	Bytzek Automotive	GTX
6	Al Cosentino	Mazda RX-7	Faza Squadra	GTU
16	Charles Pelz	Buick Skylark	Pelz Jewelers	AC
17	Dan Furey	Chevrolet Vega	Dan Furey Racing	GTX
22	Bruce Westcott	Chevrolet Corvette	Westcott Racing	GTX
49	Buzz Cason	AMC Concord	Doell Assoc.	AC
55	Howard Meister	Porsche Carrera RSR	Andial Porsche/Meister Homes	GTO
62	Bill Koll	Porsche 914/6	Koll Motor Sports	GTU
64	Dennis Aase	Porsche 911 S	Dennis Aase	GTO
68	Rick Hay	Chevrolet Corvette	Rick Hay	GTX
70	John Zuccarelli III	Chevrolet Camaro	John Zuccarelli Racing	GTO
77	Vern Smith	Chevrolet Malibu	Vern Smith	AC
78	Almeida / Gonzalez	Chevrolet Camaro	Ignacio Gonzales	GTX
86	Hugh Kleinpeter	De Tomaso Pantera	H. I. Kleinpeter	GTX
90	Lee / Kumph	AMC AMX	Bob's Speed Products	GTO