Daytona 24 Hours 1981 - Race Results

Event: 19th Annual 24 Hour Pepsi Challenge Daytona		Date: 1.2.1981
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.180 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 24 Hours
World Championship for Drivers and Makes (round 1) Camel GT Championship (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	9	Garretson / Rahal / Redman	Porsche 935 K3/80	Garretson Racing/Style Auto	708	4375.3550 kms	182.102		1^st	GTX
2^nd	5	Akin / Siebert / Bell	Porsche 935 K3	Bob Akin Motor Racing	695				2^nd	GTX
3^rd	62	Koll / Kline / McFarlin	Porsche 911 SC	Kegel Enterprises	644				1^st	GTU
4^th	23	Davenport / Carney / Johnson	Datsun 280ZX	The New Raytown Datsun	626				2^nd	GTU
5^th	24	Pirro / Finotto / Facetti	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	Jolly Club	609				3^rd	GTX	-2000/Gr.5
6^th	14	Stuck / Gebhardt / Brun	BMW M1	Bavarian Motors International	608				1^st	GTO
7^th	98	Mueller / Rude / Martin	Mazda RX-7	Kent Racing	606				3^rd	GTU
8^th	84	"Jamsal" / Barrientos / Gonzalez	Porsche 935 M16	Scorpio Racing Team	595				4^th	GTX
9^th	55	Mandeville / Johnson / Febles	Mazda RX-7	Mandeville Racing Team	595				4^th	GTU
10^th	7	Bohren / Mullen / Roehrig	Mazda RX-7	Kent Racing	589				5^th	GTU
11^th	50	Hoerr / Hoerr / Downing	Mazda RX-7	Downing/Maffucci Racing	585				6^th	GTU
12^th	58	Smith / Kendall / Earle	Porsche Carrera RSR	Charles Kendall	585				2^nd	GTO
13^th	45	Speer / Mitchell / Ratcliff	Porsche 914/6	Autosport Technology	581				7^th	GTU
14^th	07	Heimrath / Heimrath, Jr.	Porsche 935	Heimrath Racing	575				5^th	GTX
15^th	34	Drolsom / Hoskins / Johnson	Porsche 911 Carrera	Drolsom Racing	563				3^rd	GTO
16^th	2	Hobbs / Surer / Quester	BMW M1	BMW Motorsport	555				6^th	GTX	+2000/Gr.5
17^th	27	Southard / Kjoller / Kjoller	Porsche Carrera	Southard Motor Racing	548				4^th	GTO
18^th	3	Patrese / Heyer / Pescarolo	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	Martini Lancia Racing	545				7^th	GTX	-2000/Gr.5
19^th	42	Northam / Kuhel / Neland	Chevrolet Camaro	Mac's Bar Spec./Kend Co.	532				5^th	GTO
20^th	04	Almeida / Rodriguez / Morejon	Porsche Carrera RSR	T & R Racing	526			Engine	6^th	GTO
21^st	02	Morton / Klausler	Ford Mustang	Firestone Tire & Rubber	517				8^th	GTX
22^nd	36	Miller / Bedard / McKitterick	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR Turbo	Herman & Miller P+A	515				7^th	GTO
23^rd	82	Bergstrom / Casey / Cook	Mazda RX-7	Trinity Racing	513			DNF	8^th	GTU
24^th	51	Stommelen / Grohs / Meister	Porsche 935 M16	Andial Racing/Meister Homes	500			Electrics => fire	9^th	GTX
25^th	16	Burt / Grunnet / Paquette	Mazda RX-7	Corp Racing Ltd.	471				9^th	GTU
26^th	52	Cripe / Gauthier / Swanson	Porsche 911	Beach Ball Racing	450				10^th	GTU
27^th	43	Young / Jones / Gregg	Porsche Carrera	Bob Gregg Racing	446				8^th	GTO
28^th	81	Winters / Dietrich / Alsop	Mazda RX-7	Trinity Racing	429				11^th	GTU
29^th	70	Doyle / Phipps / Overby	Mazda RX-7	Chris Doyle	429				12^th	GTU
30^th	46	Espinosa / DeNarvaez / Cortes	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	DeNarvaez Ent.	385				9^th	GTO
31^st	65	Adamowicz / Knoop	Ferrari 512 BB	Prancing Horse Farms Racing	373			Accident	10^th	GTX
32^nd	01	Brunn / Kirby / Hotchkis	Porsche Carrera RSR	Kirby-Hitchcock Racing	361			DNF	10^th	GTO
33^rd	25	Miller / Cowart / Londono	BMW M1	Red Lobster Racing	346			Engine	11^th	GTO
34^th	30	Moretti / Mendez / DeNarvaez	Porsche 935J	Momo/Penthouse	339			Accident	11^th	GTX
35^th	57	Scott / Goodell / Bruckmann	Porsche 914/6	Personalized Autohaus	339			DNF	13^th	GTU
36^th	71	Keirn / Engle / Boand	Chevrolet Corvette	Keirn Garage	328			Electrics	12^th	GTO
37^th	67	Shaw / Whitman / Blackburn	AMC Spirit AMX	Levi's Team Highball	303			DNF	13^th	GTO
38^th	03	Pallavicini / Sheldon / Crang	Porsche 934	Angelo Pallavicini	290			DNF	14^th	GTO
39^th	0	Field / Minter / Ongais	Porsche 935 K3/80	Interscope Racing	287			Accident	12^th	GTX
40^th	11	Holbert / Mears / Bundy	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR Turbo	Holbert Racing	263			Engine	15^th	GTO
41^st	4	Alboreto / Ghinzani / Gabbiani	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	Martini Lancia Racing	235			Valve	13^th	GTX	-2000/Gr.5
42^nd	86	Haywood / Barth / Leven	Porsche 935/80	Bayside Disposal/Brumos Racing	232			DNF	14^th	GTX
43^rd	78	Howey / Wolf / Koch	Chevrolet Camaro	Wolf Engines	208			DNF	16^th	GTO
44^th	19	Van Every / Tisdelle / Bond	Porsche Carrera RSR	Van Every Racing	194			Accident	17^th	GTO
45^th	20	Cord / Adams	Chevrolet Monza Turbo	Chris Cord Racing	191			DNF	15^th	GTX
46^th	80	Carter / Wietzes / Valentine	Chevrolet Camaro	Maurice Carter Racing	188			Accident	16^th	GTX
47^th	38	Case / Panaccione / Tilton	Porsche 911	Case Racing	169			Gearbox	14^th	GTU
48^th	1	Fitzpatrick / Busby / Wollek	Porsche 935 K3/80	John Fitzpatrick Racing	167			Engine	17^th	GTX
49^th	22	Baker / Gilliland / Harmstad	Porsche 914/4	Personalized Autohaus	143			DNF	15^th	GTU
50^th	33	Zitza / Zitza / Dube	Porsche 914/6	Zotz Garage	128			DNF	16^th	GTU
51^st	17	Beilcke / König / Walch	BMW 3.5 CSL	Bavarian Motors International	126			DNF	18^th	GTO
52^nd	37	Romero / Gonzalez / Mendez	Porsche 935 M16	Pepe Romero	121			Steering	18^th	GTX
53^rd	40	Bartling / Freberg / Deacon	BMW M1	David Deacon Racing	118			DNF	19^th	GTO
54^th	54	Garcia / Naon / Sereix	Porsche Carrera RSR	Montura Racing	112			Engine	20^th	GTO
55^th	99	Heinz / Gleason / Cogbill	Chevrolet Camaro	Gassaway/Oftedahl Racing	108			Accident	21^st	GTO
56^th	60	Smith / Miller / Lee	AMC AMX	Bob's Speed Products	87			DNF	22^nd	GTO
57^th	94	Whittington / Whittington / Whittington	Porsche 935 K3	Whittington Brothers	84			Engine	19^th	GTX
58^th	75	Vermeersch / Joosen / Libert	Mazda RX-7	Z&W Enterprises	83			Differential	23^rd	GTO
59^th	6	Merl / Mass	Porsche 935J	Joest Racing	59			Accident	20^th	GTX	+2000/Gr.5
60^th	18	Paul / Paul, Jr.	Porsche 935 JLP-2	JLP Racing	53			Piston	21^st	GTX
61^st	44	Labonte / Pearson	Chevrolet Camaro	Stratagraph	50			Engine	22^nd	GTX
62^nd	87	Stone	Porsche Carrera RSR	Bob Beasley	48			Accident	24^th	GTO
63^rd	15	Lutz / Boone	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	D. L. Performance Engineering	47			Accident	25^th	GTO
64^th	09	Henn / Bondurant	Porsche 935 K3	Thunderbird Swap Shop	30			Engine	23^rd	GTX
65^th	28	Posey / Stiff	Datsun 280ZX	NTS Racing	29			Oil pressure	26^th	GTO
66^th	66	Dunham / Maffucci	Mazda RX-7	Downing/Maffucci Racing	20			DNF	17^th	GTU
67^th	49	Speakman	Mazda RX-7	Faza Squadra	12			DNF	18^th	GTU
68^th	06	Halsmer	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Crevier Imports	9			Engine, fire	27^th	GTO
69^th	10	Facetti	Ferrari 308 GTB Turbo	Jolly Club	4			Electrics	24^th	GTX	+2000/Gr.5

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
00	Field / Ongais / Minter	Porsche 935 K3/80	Interscope Racing	Alternate car	GTX
88	Adams / Thompson / Sherman	Chevrolet Camaro	Herb Adams VSE	Accident	GTO
05	Almeida / Rodriguez / Flaquer	Porsche Carrera RSR	T & R Racing		GTO
69	Long / Showket / McGraw	Plymouth Volare	Southwind Ent.		GTO
89	Bitterauf / Moxley / Leo	Porsche 911 S	Klaus Bitterauf		GTU

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
13	Kemp / Pasmas / Baird	Ford Cobra II	Kemp Motoracing	Gearbox failure	GTX
73	Libert / Regout / Xhenceval	Mazda RX-7 GTP	Z&W Enterprises		GTX
74	Honegger / Dieudonné / Soto	Mazda RX-7 GTP	Z&W Enterprises		GTX
97	Cummings / McDill / Levetto	Shelby GT350	The Cummings Marque		GTO

Did not practice:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
21	Shaw / Cashen	Lotus Esprit S1	Race Masters		GTU

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
8	Paul, Jr. / Smiley	Porsche 935 JLP-3	JLP Racing	GTX
12		Porsche 924 Turbo	Holbert Racing	GTO
22	Canary / Valentine	McLaren M12 GT Chevrolet	Dublin Investments	GTX
26	Nehl / Moise / Moise	Chevrolet Camaro	Famous Amos Restaurants	GTO
31	Arutunoff / Marina	Lancia Stratos	Anatoly Arutunoff	GTU
32	Collins / Nacol / Vosta	AVO-Mazda 13	Vincent P. Collins	GTX
39	Worthington / Kump / Hollar	Chevrolet Camaro	Motion Plus Racing	GTX
53	Nooe / Stricklin / Eckelberry	Chevrolet Corvette	Don Nooe	GTO
56	Borlase / Hammond / Kravig	Porsche Carrera	Rick Borlase	GTO
61	Canada / Moffitt	Chevrolet Corvette	Sharkshin Racing	GTO
63	Kreider / Nelson	Pontiac Firebird	Bill Nelson	GTO
64	Canada / Shaw	Chevrolet Camaro	Sharkshin Racing	GTO
76	Rodriguez / Soldevilla / Sanchez	Mazda RX-7	Ralph Sanchez	GTU
77	Taylor / Ramsey / Smith	Chevron GTP Alfa Romeo	Vince Thompson	GTX
79	Keyser / Devendorf	Ferrari 365 GT4/BB	Don Devendorf	GTX
85	Leven / Haywood / Barth	Porsche 935	Bayside Disposal Racing	GTX
90	Woods / Kent-Cooke / Redman	Porsche 935 K3	Woods-Cooke Racing/Style Auto	GTX
91	Schramm / Frank	Porsche Carrera RSR	Framm Promotions	GTO
93	Whittington / Whittington / Whittington	Porsche 935/79	Whittington Brothers Racing	GTX
95	Cummings / Juckette / Donaldson	Chevrolet Monza	The Cummings Marque	GTX
96	Smith, Jr. / Gassaway / Miller	Datsun 240Z	Scott Smith, Jr.	GTU