Daytona 24 Hours 1979 - Race Results

Event: 18th Annual 24 Hour Pepsi Challenge Daytona		Date: 4.2.1979
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.180 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 24 Hours
World Championship for Makes (round 1) Winston GT (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.	Div.
1^st	0	Field / Ongais / Haywood	Porsche 935/79	Interscope Racing	684	4227.0391 kms	176.0767		1^st	GTX	+2000/Gr.5
2^nd	65	Morton / Adamowicz	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Modena Sports Cars	635				1^st	GTO	+2000/Gr.5
3^rd	11	Canepa / Mears / Shelton	Porsche 935	Bruce Canepa	627				2^nd	GTX	+2000/Gr.5
4^th	94	Whittington / Whittington / Barth	Porsche 935/79	Whittington Bros. Racing	622				3^rd	GTX	+2000/Gr.5
5^th	7	Katayama / Terada / Yorino	Mazda RX-7	Mazda Technical Center	617				1^st	GTU
6^th	77	Bohren / Johnson / Mandeville	Mazda RX-7	Mazda Technical Center	615				2^nd	GTU
7^th	60	Bond / Tilton	Porsche 911	E. J. Pruitt & Sons	612				3^rd	GTU
8^th	54	Garcia / Montalvo / Vadia	Porsche Carrera RSR	Montura Ranch Estates	587				2^nd	GTO
9^th	98	Van Every / Tisdelle / Overby	Porsche Carrera RSR	Van Every Racing	579				3^rd	GTO
10^th	03	Calderari / Pallavicini / Vanoli	Porsche 934	Lubrifilm Racing	577				4^th	GTO
11^th	75	Ramirez / Villa / Gordillo	Porsche 911	Mike Ramirez	560				4^th	GTU
12^th	37	Espinosa / Lopez / Cortes	Porsche Carrera RSR	Botero Racing	551				5^th	GTO
13^th	33	Welter / Aten / Refenning	Porsche 911	Peter Welter	550				5^th	GTU
14^th	58	Febles / Currin	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Diego Febles Racing	543				6^th	GTO
15^th	5	Mendez / Rutherford / Miller	Porsche 935	Budweiser Racing	529			Rear suspension	4^th	GTX
16^th	27	Mummery / Sheehy / Sereix	Porsche 911 S	Miami Auto Racing	522			Differential	6^th	GTU
17^th	62	Koll / Cook	Porsche 914/6	Koll Motorsports	511			DNF	7^th	GTU
18^th	95	Bond / Dann	Chevrolet Monza	Stephen E. Bond	509				7^th	GTO
19^th	21	Wood / Bagley / Shafer	Chevrolet Camaro	Oftedahl Racing	493				8^th	GTO
20^th	42	Ashby / Bean / Beasley	Porsche 911	Bullwinkele Racing, Inc.	493				8^th	GTU
21^st	08	Wolters / Northam / Weiss	Porsche 911	Southern Racing Ent.	488				9^th	GTU
22^nd	34	Drolsom / Greb / Maffucci	Porsche 911	Drolsom Racing	482				10^th	GTU
23^rd	64	Canada / Boykin / Ciccone	Chevrolet Camaro	Lenton B. McGill	458				9^th	GTO
24^th	61	Cosentino / Starita / Akaike	Mazda RX-3	Faza Squadra	444				11^th	GTU
25^th	8	Arutunoff / Marina / Sullivan	Lancia Stratos	Automobiles International Inc.	439			DNF	12^th	GTU
26^th	6	Barbour / Redman / Newman	Porsche 935/77A	Dick Barbour Racing	410			Dropped valve	5^th	GTX
27^th	80	Adams / Frey / Spoerl	Pontiac Firebird	Herb Adams	408			Oil pressure	10^th	GTO
28^th	17	Mederer / Sherman / Kline	Mazda RX-7	Racing Beat	393			DNF	13^th	GTU
29^th	93	Whittington / Whittington / Henn	Porsche 934	Whittington Bros. Racing	389			Accident	11^th	GTO
30^th	71	Scott / Hutchins / Honegger	Porsche 911	Bill Scott Racing	388			DNF	14^th	GTU
31^st	40	Southard / Koch / Roe	Porsche 914/6	Performance Specialists	385			DNF	15^th	GTU
32^nd	1	Wollek / Ickx / Gregg	Porsche 935/77A	Gelo Racing Team	342			Valves	6^th	GTX
33^rd	69	Bytzek / Bartling / Heimrath	Porsche Carrera RSR	Bytzek Automotive	335			Oil system	12^th	GTO
34^th	29	Hagan / Overbagh / Reed	Chevrolet Monza	Stratagraph Inc.	331			DNF	13^th	GTO
35^th	89	Hamilton / Hoskins / Forrest	Porsche 911	Hamilton House Racing	329			DNF	16^th	GTU
36^th	51	Kirby / Hotchkis / Meister	Porsche Carrera RSR	Casablanca Fan Co.	328			DNF	14^th	GTO
37^th	15	Gebhardt / Grinbold	BMW CSL	Bavarian Motors International	299			DNF	15^th	GTO
38^th	81	Soto / Romero / Notz	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Performance Export	241			DNF	16^th	GTO
39^th	01	White / Roehrig / Hamilton	Porsche 911	D. R. Racing	223			DNF	17^th	GTU
40^th	13	Shaw, Jr. / Spalding / Ridgely	Porsche 935	Hal Shaw Racing	222			Turbocharger	7^th	GTX
41^st	36	Case / Panaccione	Porsche 911	Case Racing	210			DNF	18^th	GTU
42^nd	53	Thomas / Moise / Nehl	Chevrolet Camaro	Guy Thomas	201				8^th	GTX
43^rd	06	Levenson / Baker / Hester	Chevrolet Corvette	Al Levenson	197			DNF	17^th	GTO
44^th	23	Kemp / Baird / Nierop	Ford Cobra II	Charlie Kemp	168			DNF	9^th	GTX
45^th	3	Finotto / Facetti / Moretti	Porsche 935	Jolly Club - Sportwagen Racing Team	164			Engine	10^th	GTX
46^th	4	Jöst / Stommelen / Merl	Porsche 935/77A	LM Joest Porsche	162			Engine	11^th	GTX	+2000/Gr.5
47^th	90	Kump / Lee / Miller	AMC AMX	Bob's Speed Products	156			DNF	18^th	GTO
48^th	12	Wellik / Bagley / Chamberlain	Chevrolet Camaro	Oftedahl Racing	147			DNF	19^th	GTO
49^th	56	Carter / Edwards / Valentine	Chevrolet Camaro	Peerless Racing	144			DNF	20^th	GTO
50^th	2	Schurti / Fitzpatrick / Wollek	Porsche 935/77A	Gelo Racing Team	135			Valves	12^th	GTX	+2000/Gr.5
51^st	57	Tremblay / Lapp	Datsun 240Z	John Tremblay	118			Gearbox	19^th	GTU
52^nd	9	Akin / McFarlin / Woods	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Racing	117			Engine	13^th	GTX
53^rd	66	Andruet / Dini / Ballot-Léna	Ferrari 512 BB	JMS Racing-Pozzi	103			Withdrawn after Delaunay's accident	14^th	GTX	+2000/Gr.5
54^th	67	Ballot-Léna / Leclère / Andruet	Ferrari 512 BB	JMS Racing-Pozzi	101			Withdrawn after Delaunay's accident	15^th	GTX	+2000/Gr.5
55^th	24	Shaw / Yenko / Thompson	Chevrolet Monza	Graham Shaw	86			DNF	16^th	GTX
56^th	38	Fernandez / Soldevilla / Ferrer	Porsche Carrera RSR	Boricua Racing	73			DNF	21^st	GTO
57^th	68	Tullius / Delaunay / Bedard	Ferrari 512 BB	N.A.R.T.	72			Accident	17^th	GTX	+2000/Gr.5
58^th	43	McDill / Behr	Chevrolet Camaro	Meldeau Tire Co.	59			DNF	18^th	GTX
59^th	46	DeNarvaez / Naon / DeNarvaez	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Mauricio De Narvaez	46			DNF	22^nd	GTO
60^th	07	Cowart / McClain / Miller	Porsche Carrera RSR	Budweiser Racing	35			DNF	23^rd	GTO
61^st	00	Henn	Porsche 935/77A	Interscope Racing	29			Accident	19^th	GTX
62^nd	14	Griswold	BMW CSL	Bavarian Motors International	25			Cooling system	20^th	GTX
63^rd	96	Wonzer	Triumph GT6	Gary Wonzer	20			Electrics	20^th	GTU
64^th	48	Leary	Datsun 240Z	Frank L. Leary, III	13			Cooling system	21^st	GTU
65^th	18	Paul	Porsche 935 JLP-1	JLP Racing	12			Electrics	21^st	GTX
66^th	79	Bergstrom	Mazda RX-7	Sports Ltd. Racing	9			Suspension	22^nd	GTU
67^th	73	Howey	Chevrolet Camaro	Howey Farms	4			DNF	22^nd	GTX

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
63	Cosentino / Fisher	Mazda RX-3	Faza Squadra		GTU
78	Williams / Doran / Upchurch	Datsun 240Z	Associated Speed & Performance		GTU

Practiced:

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.	Div.
	T	Katayama / Terada / Yorino / Bohren / Downing / Mandeville	Mazda RX-7	Mazda Technical Center						GTU

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
04	Thompkins / Heinz / Cochran	Chevrolet Corvette	Rick Thompkins	GTO
05	Gottlob / Terrill	Chevrolet Corvette	Cliff Gottlob	GTO
20	DiLella / Cueto / Fernandez	Porsche 914/6	DiLella Racing	GTU
22	Kreider / Davidson	Chevrolet Corvette	Dale Kreider Racing	GTO
25	LaMay / Parker	Ford Mustang II	Larry Parker
31	Cruz / Lopez / Gonzalez	Porsche 911	Hiram Cruz	GTU
35	DeNarvaez / Botero / Buff	Porsche Carrera RSR	Botero Racing
44	Murry / Van Arsdale / Weiss	Porsche 911	Sud Porsche Racing	GTU
45	Chudziak / Cloutier / Timolat	Mazda RX-3	Paul Cloutier	GTU
83	Zitza / Belperche / Zitza	Porsche 914/6	Zotz Garage Inc.	GTU
85	Hulen / Coupland / Speakman	Porsche 914/6	John E. Hulen	GTU
86	Ross / Kull / Southard	Ford Pinto	Tom Ross Racing	GTX
87	Gano / Moffitt / Uiterwyk	Chevrolet Corvette	U-Mo Racing
88	Yerger / Orlando / Cassata	Alfa Romeo GTV	DAY Enterprise Racing	GTU