Daytona 6 Hours 1979 - Race Results

Event: 6 Hour Champion Spark Plug Challenge Daytona		Date: 1.7.1979
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.180 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 6 Hours
FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 7)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	6	Shaw / Whittington	AMC Spirit	Amos Johnson	151	933.1620 kms	155.1005		1^st	RS
2^nd	61	Waugh / St. James / Cason	AMC Concord	Doell Assoc.	151				2^nd	RS
3^rd	38	Mandeville / Febles	Mazda RX-3	Roger Mandeville	150				3^rd	RS
4^th	27	Meyer / Bond	Mazda RX-3	Mike Meyer	150				4^th	RS
5^th	7	Johnson / Barbour	AMC Spirit	Amos Johnson	148				5^th	RS
6^th	44	Baird / Amato	AMC Spirit	Joe Amato	148				6^th	RS
7^th	99	Showket / Currin	AMC Concord	Kal Showket	148				7^th	RS
8^th	4	Ouellette / Garcia	Mazda RX-2	E. J. Pruitt	148				8^th	RS
9^th	91	Phelps / McDill	Chevrolet Vega	Warren Phelps	146				9^th	RS
10^th	52	Reeve / Tilton	Buick Skyhawk	Atlanta Racing Enterprises	145				10^th	RS
11^th	08	Fernandez / Swope	AMC Spirit	S. C. Racing	145				11^th	RS
12^th	66	Maffucci / Doyle	Mazda RX-2	Jim Downing	143				12^th	RS
13^th	15	Jackson / Weaver	AMC Gremlin	Rob Jackson	142				13^th	RS
14^th	47	Crosby / Crosby	AMC Gremlin	Bob Crosby	141				14^th	RS
15^th	72	Ross / Mendez	Datsun 200SX	Tampa Bay Racing	140				15^th	RS
16^th	63	Downing / Paul	Mazda RX-3	Jim Downing	139			DNF	16^th	RS
17^th	93	Boy / Yarosh	AMC Gremlin	Russ Boy	134				17^th	RS
18^th	2	Pericles / Pericles	Mazda RX-2	Wheels Import	134				18^th	RS
19^th	30	Taylor / Edwards / Yerger	Alfa Romeo Alfetta	Dave Yerger	132				19^th	RS
20^th	68	Blue / Watterson	AMC Gremlin	Randy Blue	131				20^th	RS
21^st	22	Fitzgerald / Sharp / Harriss	Datsun B210	Linda Sharp	128				21^st	RS
22^nd	33	Morrow / Moseley	Plymouth Arrow	Music City Racing	127				22^nd	RS
23^rd	07	Warner / Lee	Honda Civic	Rich Lee	127				23^rd	RS
24^th	03	Diehl / Kenny / Varde	AMC Gremlin	Joe Varde	126				24^th	RS
25^th	82	Johnson / Bell	Datsun 710	North Star Racing	125				25^th	RS
26^th	04	Story / Story / Barnes	Ford Capri	Rozinante Enterprises	124				26^th	RS
27^th	09	Aiken / Dumont	Ford Pinto	Bennett Aiken	123				27^th	RS
28^th	11	Devendorf / Starita / Sharp	Datsun B210	Dick Starita	120				28^th	RS
29^th	86	Dickson / Kleinschmidt / Kleinschmidt	AMC Spirit	Hoerr Brothers	116				29^th	RS
30^th	88	McKnight / Stropus	Datsun 510	MAS Racing	113			DNF	30^th	RS
31^st	12	Stricklin / Eckelberry	Datsun 510	Jim Stricklin	112				31^st	RS
32^nd	87	Evans / Elmore	Ford Pinto	Robert Buchler	110				32^nd	RS
33^rd	5	Esseltine / Lambke	Datsun 510	Bob Esseltine	103			DNF	33^rd	RS
34^th	0	Worthington / Lee	Chevrolet Vega	Bob's Speed Products	90			DNF	34^th	RS
35^th	42	Feld, Jr. / Gaines	AMC Gremlin	American Raceway Leasing	87			DNF	35^th	RS
36^th	64	Stradley / Mummery	AMC Pacer	Wayne Stradley	85			DNF	36^th	RS
37^th	01	Varde / Cowart	AMC Spirit	Varde/Llauget	83			DNF	37^th	RS
38^th	84	Bonner / Kull	Ford Pinto	William Kull	82				38^th	RS
39^th	78	Haywood / McFarlin	Mazda RX-3	Performance Innovations	80			DNF	39^th	RS
40^th	48	Northam / Shaw	Honda Civic	International Racing Systems	76			DNF	40^th	RS
41^st	31	Davis / Kanady	AMC Gremlin	R & R Racing	76			DNF	41^st	RS
42^nd	59	Moise / Donaldson / Courtney	AMC Spirit	Milton Moise	73			DNF	42^nd	RS
43^rd	16	Smith / Ashcraft	AMC Gremlin	Danny Smith	68			DNF	43^rd	RS
44^th	62	Sugg / Speer	BMW 2002	J. Speight Sugg, Jr.	68				44^th	RS
45^th	21	Vann / Mottern	AMC Gremlin	Andy Vann	63			DNF	45^th	RS
46^th	50	Mecum, Jr. / Garcia	Buick Skyhawk	Eddie Mecum, Sr.	62			DNF	46^th	RS
47^th	54	Wever / Whittington	Mazda RX-3	Wever/Palmer	58			DNF	47^th	RS
48^th	17	Daily / Kuykendall	Datsun 200SX	Balboa Datsun	40			DNF	48^th	RS
49^th	19	Knoop / Akin	AMC Gremlin	Southwind Enterprises	34			DNF	49^th	RS
50^th	96	Felton	Buick Skyhawk	Gene Felton	32			DNF	50^th	RS
51^st	92	Matz / Hoopert	BMW 2002	Rolls Canard	32			DNF	51^st	RS
52^nd	9	Mellon	Ford Pinto	Jerry Reid	23			DNF	52^nd	RS
53^rd	3	Dearduff	Mazda RX-3	Bob Dearduff	22			DNF	53^rd	RS
54^th	83	Grantham	Ford Pinto	Milt Griswold	22			DNF	54^th	RS
55^th	73	Cohen	BMW 320i	Foreign Car Clinic	21			DNF	55^th	RS
56^th	81	Jordan / Marsh	Datsun 510	MAS Racing	20			DNF	56^th	RS
57^th	39	Clark	Oldsmobile Starfire	George Clark	20			DNF	57^th	RS
58^th	06	Henn	AMC Pacer	Preston Henn	10			DNF	58^th	RS
59^th	49	McDonald	Ford Maverick	Richard Wagner	8			DNF	59^th	RS
60^th	57	McDonald	Datsun 200SX	Rick Jaeschke	7			DNF	60^th	RS
61^st	75	Oyler	AMC Pacer	Ron Oyler	5			DNF	61^st	RS
62^nd	55	White	Ford Pinto	Dick Read	1			DNF	62^nd	RS

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
69	Currin / Showket	AMC Pacer	Kal Showket	RS
23	Gurley / Jeralds	Ford Capri	Nes Gurley	RS
46	Sharp / Bergstrom	AMC Spirit	G. H. Sharp	RS
02	Kenyon / Palmer	AMC Gremlin	Kim Kenyon	RS
05	Long / Ard / Gilmore	AMC Gremlin	Donnie Ard	RS
14	Rickmers / Crider	BMW 2002	Tenn Tec Racing	RS
51	Knoop / Akin	AMC Spirit	Brant Doell	RS

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
00	Dale Swope	AMC Gremlin	S. C. Racing	RS
1	Walt Bohren	Mazda RX-2	Walt Bohren Racing	RS
28	Moore / Keller	Ford Pinto	Burns Moore	RS
60	Pete Harrison	Buick Skyhawk	Pete Harrison	RS
77	Skip Grenier	Mazda RX-2	Skip Grenier	RS