Daytona 24 Hours 1978 - Qualifying Results

Event: 17th Annual 24 Hours of Daytona, Championship of Makes		Date: 5.2.1978
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.180 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 24 Hours
World Championship for Makes (round 1) Camel GT Challenge (round 1) FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 1) IMSA GTO (round 1) IMSA GTU (round 1) International Motor Sport Association (round 1)

(Qualifying Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time	Km/h
1^st	21	Konrad / Jöst / Merl	Porsche 935	Joest	2:06.7510
11^th	7	Heimrath / Bienvenue / Ridgely	Porsche 935	Heimrath Racing	1:55.4030
12^th	09	Belcher / Bundy / Holbert	Porsche 934/5	Belcher Racing	1:56.8280
13^th	19	Cord / Adams	Chevrolet Monza	Chris Cord Racing	1:59.1000
1^st	0	Ongais / Field / Minter	Porsche 935/77A	Interscope Racing	2:00.1520	185.1615
2^nd	12	Wollek / Pescarolo / Jaunet	Porsche 935/77A	Porsche Kremer Racing	2:00.3980
3^rd	2	Hobbs / Peterson	BMW 320i Turbo	McLaren North America	2:00.5780
14^th	33	Fernandez / Paul / Currin	Porsche Carrera RSR	Boricua Racing	2:01.9560	182.4224
4^th	99	Stommelen / Hezemans / Gregg	Porsche 935/77A	JMS Brumos Porsche	2:03.0970
15^th	20	Bostyan / Thompson / Yenko	Chevrolet Corvette	Richard Bostyan	2:03.3600
16^th	65	Morton / Adamowicz / Sahlman / Carradine	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Carradine/Dan Ward Racing	2:04.0210
17^th	5	Migault / Guitteny / Young	Ferrari 365 GT4/BB	Grand Competition Cars Inc.	2:04.3290
5^th	3	Finotto / Facetti	Porsche 935	Jolly Club	2:04.9100
18^th	32	Earle / Akin / Knoop	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Earle/Akin Racing Associates Inc.	2:05.4910
6^th	59	Gregg / Ballot-Léna / Frisselle	Porsche 935	JMS Brumos Porsche	2:05.9510
19^th	24	Frank / Bergstrom	Porsche Carrera RSR	Executive Industries	2:05.9690
8^th	6	Barbour / Schurti / Rutherford	Porsche 935/77A	Dick Barbour Performance	2:06.9000
20^th	73	Howey / Koch / Crabtree	Chevrolet Camaro	Howey Farms	2:06.9610
21^st	58	Febles / Poole	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0	Diego Febles Racing	2:07.2350
22^nd	72	Thompson / Hagan / Schmidt	Chevrolet Corvette	Bill Arnold Racing	2:07.2710
23^rd	56	Valentine / Carter / Edwards	Chevrolet Camaro	Carter Bros. Racing	2:07.4770
24^th	82	Solomone / Lang / Fyhrie	Chevrolet Camaro	Carm Solomone	2:07.4970
25^th	86	Guthrie / Kleinpeter / Stevens	De Tomaso Pantera GT4K	Team Pantera FL	2:07.8150
26^th	01	White / Mesnick / Roehrig	Porsche 911 S	Roehrig Racing	2:07.8390	174.0280
27^th	48	Carusso / Donaldson / Sereix	Chevrolet Corvette	Autodyne	2:08.1980
28^th	52	Katayama / Terada / Mandeville	Mazda RX-3	Mazda Auto Tokyo Co. Ltd.	2:08.7790
29^th	38	McDill / Meldeau	Chevrolet Camaro	Meldeau Tire Co.	2:08.8930
30^th	80	Adams / Bedard / Thomson	Oldsmobile Cutlass	Herb Adams	2:08.9110
31^st	94	Henn / Sahlman / Satullo	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Swap Shops	2:08.9110
32^nd	4	Mallet / Bondurant / Romolotti / *Camathias	Ferrari 308 GTB	Jolly Club	2:08.9360
33^rd	8	Besenzoni / Dal Ben / Wever	Ferrari 308 GTB	Jolly Club	2:09.1800
34^th	60	Thomas / Tilton / Bond	Porsche 911	R&R Racing	2:09.4100
35^th	29	Weiss / Alsup / Follmer	Porsche 911 S	Richard C. Weiss Racing Ent.	2:09.9470
36^th	46	DeNarvaez / Naon / Garcia	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Mauricio DeNarvaez	2:10.7250
9^th	13	Shaw, Jr. / Busby / Meister	Porsche 935	Bankrupt Inc Racing	2:10.9390
37^th	71	Romero / Soto / Beloff	Porsche 911 S	Bill Scott Racing	2:11.7110
38^th	54	Tunstall / Behr / Timolat	Porsche Carrera RSR	T&C/Big Apple Racing	2:11.7320
39^th	76	Thomas / Mueller / Blackburn	Porsche 911	Quality Inn of Boise, ID	2:12.3060
10^th	14	Brambring / Schornstein / "Winter"	Porsche 935 K2	Kremer Porsche Racing	2:13.9720
40^th	17	Fillingham / Chitwood / Jones	Chevrolet Nova	Tim Chitwood	2:14.2370
41^st	77	Johnson / Shaw / Woodward	AMC Hornet AMX	Levi's Team Highball	2:14.4090
42^nd	53	Downing / Fisher / Bohren / Mandeville	Mazda RX-3	Mazda Auto Tokyo Co. Ltd.	2:14.5990
43^rd	02	Neland / Levenson / Brown	Chevrolet Corvette	Al Levenson	2:14.7090
44^th	61	Akaike / Cosentino	Mazda RX-3	Faza Squadra	2:14.7830
45^th	37	Buchler / Johnson / Young	Chevrolet Camaro	Clay Young	2:15.5150
46^th	36	Case / Panaccione	Porsche 911	Case Racing	2:15.5340
47^th	85	Hulen / Coupland / Engels	Porsche 914/6	John E. Hulen	2:16.3630
48^th	15	Beilcke / Grinbold / Gebhardt	BMW 3.0 CSL	Bavarian Motors Inc.	2:16.3930
49^th	22	Harriss / Bruckmann	Porsche 911 E	Music City P&A	2:16.4680
50^th	18	Gauthier / Swanson / West	Chevrolet Camaro	Ours & Hours Racing	2:16.6740
51^st	05	Bond / Kreider / Dann	Chevrolet Monza	Dale Kreider Racing	2:17.1720
52^nd	78	Hillin / Henderson / Turner	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Western Motor Works	2:17.3570
53^rd	9	Goellnicht / Marina / May / Arutunoff	Lancia Stratos	Automobiles International	2:17.4920
54^th	27	Honegger / Scott / Hutchins / *Dean	Mazda RX-3	Z&W Enterprises	2:17.6490
55^th	08	Wolters / Refenning / Mummery	Porsche 911 S	Terry Wolters	2:17.9950
	66	Devendorf / Adamowicz / Kline	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Carradine/Dan Ward Racing	2:18.1320
56^th	84	Doyle / Maffucci / Speakman	Datsun 260Z	World Parts	2:18.4140
57^th	34	Drolsom / Davenport / Greb	Porsche 911 S	Drolsom Racing Inc.	2:18.4260
58^th	55	Rodriguez / Cruz	Lotus Europa Ford	Emiliano Rodriguez	2:18.8830
59^th	39	Pickett / Bonnet / Canepa	Porsche Carrera RSR	Pickett Racing	2:22.9750
62^nd	10	Church / Kump / Lee	AMC AMX	Bob's Speed Products	2:23.9990
63^rd	51	Hotchkis / Kirby / Aase	Porsche 911	Wynn's International	2:24.8500
64^th	25	Miller / Miller / *Koveleski	BMW 3.5 CSL	KWM Racing	2:25.4390
65^th	91	Bondurant / Cook / Southern	Datsun 260Z	Bondurant School	2:25.6620
66^th	68	Mendez / Gonzalez / Ferrer	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0	Luis Mendez	2:26.0130
	88	Hamilton / Wade / Hinze	Porsche 911	Hamilton House Racing	2:37.6620
68^th	50	Kleinschmidt / Culpepper	MGB GT	Native Tan	2:41.1670
67^th	87	Vazquez / Oyler / Hamilton / Hamilton / Seipolt	Porsche 911	Pedro Vazquez	2:58.9800
60^th	95	Haywood / Hagestad / Bundy	Porsche 935	Bob Hagestad	no time
61^st	07	Cowart / Mendez / Castellano	Porsche Carrera RSR	Morrison's Porsche	no time
69^th	03	Rice / Levetto	Chevrolet Camaro	Guido Levetto	no time

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
11	Hoskins / Brooks / McDonald	Triumph TR7	Robert Hoskins III
23	Gottlob / Terrill	Chevrolet Corvette	Cliff Gottlob
26	Smith / Budd	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce	Eleven-Tenths Racing
35	Grinbold / Gebhardt / Beilcke	BMW 2002 Schnitzer	Team Beilcke
41	Schumacher / Hubbard / Kelly	Triumph GT6	Ted Schumacher Racing
42	Harris / Kempgens / Donohue	Ford Pinto	W. G. Harris
43	Pike / Wever / Bodoh	Porsche Carrera	Allan F. Bodoh
45	Steele / Zulkowski / Gaeta	Porsche Carrera	Vann's Auto Body Shop
47	LaMay / Powell / Orberg	Ford Mustang	Robert V. LaMay
63	Pelz / Doran / Cunningham	Chevrolet Camaro	Charles F. Pelz II
70	Speer / Turley / Hillin / Anderson	Porsche 911 S	Race Car Inc.
75	May / Blackburn / McNicol	Datsun 510	Paul B. May
89	Woodard / Parish / Causey	Porsche Carrera	Barrick Motor Racing