Daytona 24 Hours 1983 - Race Results

Event: Silver Anniversary Edition 24 Hr. Pepsi Challenge Daytona		Date: 6.2.1983
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.180 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 24 Hours
International Motor Sport Association (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.
1^st	6	Wollek / Ballot-Léna / Henn / Foyt	Porsche 935 L	Henn's Swap Shop Racing	618	3819.167 kms	158.973		1^st	GTP
2^nd	88	Wolters / Lanier / Hinze	March 83G Chevrolet	Motorsports Marketing	612				2^nd	GTP
3^rd	7	Halsmer / Reed / Knoop	Mazda RX-7	Racing Beat	598				1^st	GTO
4^th	24	Speer / Madren / Ratcliff	Porsche 935 JLP-2	Pegasus III Racing	578				3^rd	GTP
5^th	50	Febles / Fonseca / Valverde	Porsche Carrera RSR	Latino Racing	568				2^nd	GTO
6^th	10	Kent-Cooke / Adams / Bright	Lola T600 Chevrolet	Cooke Racing	563				4^th	GTP
7^th	05	Almeida / Morejon / Soto	Porsche Carrera RSR	T & R Racing	561				3^rd	GTO
8^th	77	Bohren / Honegger / Palmer	Mazda GTP	Z & W Enterprises	553				5^th	GTP
9^th	9	Baker / Mullen / Garretson	Porsche 934	Personalized Autohaus	551				4^th	GTO
10^th	35	Gilgan / Leon / Pickering	Porsche Carrera RSR	Pegasus Racing	547				5^th	GTO
11^th	47	Rubino / Romero / Bundy / Whittington	Porsche 935 M16	Frank Rubino	546				6^th	GTP
12^th	92	Mueller / McDonough / Visger	Mazda RX-7	Kent Racing	544				1^st	GTU
13^th	58	Rude / Gregg / Henn	Porsche 924 Carrera	Brumos Racing	531				6^th	GTO
14^th	90	Schaefer / Refenning / Belperche / Zitza	Porsche 911	901 Shop	525				2^nd	GTU
15^th	61	O'Neill / Courtney / Sereix	Chevrolet Monza	Vista Racing	525				7^th	GTO
16^th	86	Haywood / Leven / Holbert	Porsche 935/80	Bayside Disposal Racing	515			Wheel	7^th	GTP
17^th	60	Dietrich / Ivey / Cook	Mazda RX-7	Team Morrison	514				3^rd	GTU
18^th	85	Lloyd / Drolsom / Palmer	Porsche 924 Carrera	Richard Lloyd	500				8^th	GTO
19^th	38	Mandeville / Johnson / Smith	Mazda RX-7	Mandeville Auto/Tech	476				4^th	GTU
20^th	4	Hagan / Labonte / Frink	Chevrolet Camaro	Stratagraph Inc.	467				9^th	GTO
21^st	63	Downing / Maffucci / Potter	Mazda RX-7	RGP 500 Racing	466				5^th	GTU
22^nd	29	Overby / Doyle / Bell	Chevrolet Camaro	Overby's	438				10^th	GTO
23^rd	37	Burdsall / Welter / Bacon	Mazda RX-7	Burdsall-Welter Racing	436				6^th	GTU
24^th	26	Nehl / Silcox / Valentine	Chevrolet Camaro	Auriga Racing	426			Accident	11^th	GTO
25^th	1	Paul, Jr. / Rodriguez / Castellano	Porsche 935 JLP-3	JLP Racing	412			Turbocharger	8^th	GTP
26^th	13	Eitel / Brummer / Pate	Pontiac Firebird	Gordon Oftedahl	411			Engine	12^th	GTO
27^th	28	Adams / Martin / Ruttman / Emanuelson	Avanti II	Avanti	410				13^th	GTO
28^th	40	Bieri / Gysler / Hubbard	BMW M1	Bieri Racing	406				14^th	GTO
29^th	97	Dallenbach, Jr. / Ribbs / Ganz	Toyota Celica	All American Racers	365				7^th	GTU
30^th	75	Boand / Anderson / Stephens	Chevrolet Corvette	Bard Boand	358				15^th	GTO
31^st	83	Gassaway / Smith, Sr. / Cogbill, Sr. / Cogbill	Chevrolet Camaro	Thomas T. Ciccone	357			Gearbox	9^th	GTP
32^nd	52	Cripe / Gauthier / Duncan / Swanson	Porsche 911	TFC Racing	312				8^th	GTU
33^rd	71	Morgan / Johnson / Miller	Datsun 280ZX	Morgan Performance Group	305			Engine	9^th	GTU
34^th	27	Fowells / Mummery / Sheehy	Mazda RX-7	Scuderia Rosso	300			Accident	10^th	GTU
35^th	78	Bitterauf / Smith / Flanders	Porsche 911	Der Klaus Haus	299			Engine	11^th	GTU
36^th	65	Baird / Mead / Pumpelly	Ferrari 512 BB	Ron Spangler	294			Engine	10^th	GTP
37^th	23	Garcia / DiLella / Fernandez	Chevrolet Camaro	Superior Racing Team	285			Accident	16^th	GTO
38^th	01	Morton / Klausler / Bucknum	Ford Mustang	Marketing Corporation	284				17^th	GTO
39^th	72	Baker / Marlin	Chevrolet Corvette	John Josey	284			Accident	18^th	GTO
40^th	41	Schmidt / Schmidt	Chevrolet Corvette	Starved Rock Lodge	263				19^th	GTO
41^st	49	Overbagh / Kirill / Price	Chevrolet Monza	OMR Engines	243				20^th	GTO
42^nd	66	Dunham / Kline / Compton	Mazda RX-7	Mike Meyer Racing	242			Engine	12^th	GTU
43^rd	45	Felton / Williams / Frink	Chevrolet Camaro	Stratagraph Inc.	223			Accident damage	21^st	GTO
44^th	21	St. James / Graham / Olson	Nimrod NRA/C2 Aston Martin	Nimrod Racing	208			Engine	11^th	GTP
45^th	79	Winters / Bergstrom / Dawe	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	Whitehall Promotions	193			Engine	22^nd	GTO
46^th	55	Montoya / Herman / Garcia	BMW M1	B de T Racing	172			Ignition	23^rd	GTO
47^th	14	Raub / Moses / Shafer	Pontiac Firebird	Oftedahl Racing	165			Engine	24^th	GTO
48^th	16	Goral / Figaro / Northam	Porsche 911	Paul Goral	161			Engine	13^th	GTU
49^th	74	Taylor / Angus / Dassinger	Chevron GTP Buick	Mark Wagoner	152			Engine	12^th	GTP
50^th	44	Tullius / Adam / Bedard	Jaguar XJR-5	Group 44	130			Accident damage	13^th	GTP
51^st	98	Aase / Unser, Jr. / Chandler	Toyota Celica	All American Racers	130			Gearbox	14^th	GTU
52^nd	89	"Jamsal" / Galdamez / Barrientos	Porsche Carrera RSR	Taca El Salvador	122			Accident	25^th	GTO
53^rd	31	Kreider / Neland	Chevrolet Camaro	Kendco	122			Engine	26^th	GTO
54^th	11	Foyt / Waltrip / Maldonado	Nimrod NRA/C2 Aston Martin	Nimrod Racing	121			Engine	14^th	GTP
55^th	67	Forbes-Robinson / Witzenburg / Swan	Pontiac Firebird	Trans Am Specialtes	121			Engine	27^th	GTO
56^th	42	Bean / Cason / Wonzer	Porsche 911	Gary Wonzer	118			Gearbox	15^th	GTU
57^th	99	Hackman / Sekiya / Hoshino	Toyota Celica	All American Racers	118			Gearbox	16^th	GTU
58^th	64	Hulen / Coupland / Speakman	Porsche Carrera RSR	John Hulen	118			Electrics	28^th	GTO
59^th	15	Lutz / Panaccione / Connor / Prego	Porsche Carrera RSR	D & L Performance	113			Flywheel	29^th	GTO
60^th	81	Whitaker / McDill / Keck	Chevrolet Camaro	Robert Whitaker	98			Gearbox	30^th	GTO
61^st	36	Miller / Busby / Grable	Porsche 924 Carrera	Herman & Miller P & A	91			Engine	31^st	GTO
62^nd	06	Diehl / Newsome	Mazda RX-7	Bobby Diehl	87				32^nd	GTO
63^rd	43	Richardson / Young	Chevrolet Camaro	Bob Gregg Racing	85			Gearbox	33^rd	GTO
64^th	04	Canary / Libert / Witmeur	Pontiac Firebird	Paul Canary Racing	85			Accident	34^th	GTO
65^th	32	Cline / Romano / Powell	Mazda RX-7	Richard Cline	82			Axle	17^th	GTU
66^th	84	Donaldson / Pope / Murray	Chevrolet Camaro	Motorsport Marketing	79			Gearbox	35^th	GTO
67^th	07	Heimrath / Heimrath, Jr.	Porsche 934	Heimrath Racing	71			Oil leak	36^th	GTO
68^th	30	Rynerson / Case	Porsche 911	Case Racing	67			Engine	18^th	GTU
69^th	51	Carmean / Herman / Finger	Mazda RX-7	Red Roof Inns	57			Accident	19^th	GTU
70^th	82	Varde / Casey	Mazda RX-7	Trinity Racing	52			Engine	20^th	GTU
71^st	87	Beasley / Ashford	Porsche Carrera RSR	Bob Beasley	52			Engine	37^th	GTO
72^nd	0	Field / Whittington	Lola T600 Chevrolet Turbo	Interscope Racing	47			Turbocharger	15^th	GTP
73^rd	5	Akin / O'Steen	Porsche 935 K3/80	Bob Akin Motor Racing	43			Accident	16^th	GTP
74^th	03	Pallavicini / Frank	Porsche 935	Angelo Pallavicini	24			Engine	17^th	GTP
75^th	02	Minter / Bucknum	Ford Mustang	Marketing Corp. of America	24			Oil leak	38^th	GTO
76^th	8	Paul	Porsche 935 JLP-4	JLP Racing	15			Withdrawn	18^th	GTP
77^th	25	Cowart / Miller	March 82G Porsche	Red Lobster Racing	14			Drive shaft	19^th	GTP
78^th	09	Ciccone	Chevrolet Camaro	Mark Gassaway	6			Engine	39^th	GTO
79^th	19	Van Every	Porsche Carrera RSR	Van Every Racing	0			Accident	40^th	GTO

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
00	Field / Ongais / Whittington	Lola T600 Chevrolet	Interscope Racing	Fire	GTP
2	Marty Hinze	Porsche 935	Hinze Fencing		GTP
17	Dingman / Bighouse / Gunn	Chevrolet Corvette	Dingman Brothers Racing		GTO
18	Collins / Nelson / Vosta	Pontiac Firebird	Bill Nelson		GTO
20	Kreider / Heinz	Chevrolet Corvette	Dale Kreider		GTO
39	Flores / Gottfried / Holmes	Porsche 911	Donald Flores		GTU
69	Londono / Londono / Flaquer	Porsche 911	Conrado Casado		GTU
73	Grostic / Lawhorn	Porsche 914	G. O. Racing		GTU

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
3	Fred Stiff	Grid Plaza S1 Ford	GRID Racing	GTP
12	Blackburn / Baker / Palmer	Harrier LR4 Mazda	Les Blackburn	GTP
80		Pontiac Firebird	Charles Kleinschmidt	GTO
	Courtney / O'Neill / Sereix	Buick Skyhawk	Vista Racing	GTO