Daytona 6 Hours 1978 - Qualifying Results

Event: Pepsi 6 Hours Champion Spark Plug Challenge Daytona		Date: 2.7.1978
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.180 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 6 Hours
FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 6)

(Qualifying Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time	Km/h
1^st	96	Felton / Craw	Buick Skyhawk	Gene Felton	2:19.2510	159.7660
2^nd	63	Downing / Paul	Mazda RX-2	Jim Downing	2:19.5530
3^rd	30	Fernandez / Bohren	Mazda RX-2	Monarch Motor Racing	2:19.8530
4^th	51	Waugh / Ballot-Léna	AMC Gremlin	Tom Waugh	2:20.8120
5^th	78	McFarlin / Haywood	Datsun 200SX	Performance Innovations	2:21.9810
6^th	6	Frisselle / Shaw	AMC Pacer	Levi's Team Hiball	2:22.9390
7^th	19	Cook / Long	AMC Gremlin	Southwind Enterprises	2:23.1200
8^th	7	Barbour / Johnson	AMC Pacer	Levi's Team Hiball	2:23.1860
9^th	2	Roberts / Mottern	AMC Gremlin	Jim Roberts	2:23.4780
10^th	80	Hoerr / Allison	Datsun 510	Randy Hoerr	2:23.6630
11^th	54	Wever / Reeve / *Palmer	AMC Pacer	Byron Wever New Car Brokers	2:24.1190
12^th	46	Morton / *Sharp	Datsun 200SX	Performance Tuning	2:24.5800
13^th	28	Korman / Miller	BMW 320i	Korman Racing	2:24.6970
14^th	92	Whittington / Whittington	Mazda RX-2	Roger Mandeville	2:24.9120
15^th	11	Devendorf / Starita / Gregg	Datsun B210	Brumos Porsche/Roselle Racing	2:25.1080
16^th	86	Hoerr / Allison	Datsun 510	Rudy Hoerr	2:25.3360
17^th	67	Denayer / Cox	AMC Gremlin	Larry Denayer	2:25.4700
18^th	16	Smith / Rutherford	AMC Gremlin	Danny Smith	2:25.9520
19^th	49	Cason / Knoop	AMC Concord	Doell Assoc.	2:26.0280
20^th	38	Febles / Mandeville	Mazda RX-3	Roger Mandeville	2:26.9520
21^st	1	Ouellette / Carusso	Mazda RX-2	E. J. Pruitt	2:27.2250
22^nd	64	Akin / Garza / Earle	BMW 320i	Preston Miller Rennsport	2:27.4360
23^rd	21	Vann / Neshkin	AMC Gremlin	Andy Vann	2:27.8610
24^th	33	Bowman / Colomb	Oldsmobile Starfire	Bowman Assoc.	2:28.3900
25^th	47	Crosby / Crosby / Mullins	AMC Gremlin	Crosby Racing	2:28.8800
26^th	98	Kitchell / Abernethy	AMC Gremlin	Richard Kitchell	2:28.9270
27^th	08	Swope / Swope	AMC Gremlin	Keith Swope	2:29.2640
28^th	94	Phelps / Duprey	Chevrolet Vega	Ron Duprey	2:29.3070
29^th	09	Belcher / Varde	AMC Gremlin	Belcher Racing	2:29.5680
30^th	59	Moise / Currin	AMC Gremlin	Milton Moise	2:29.7380
31^st	27	Meyer / Bond	Mazda RX-2	Mike Meyer	2:30.4510
32^nd	40	Pyne / Taylor	Ford Pinto	Tom Pyne	2:31.3590
33^rd	25	Whitman / *Bannerman	AMC Gremlin	Ramrod Racing	2:31.8610
34^th	90	Bobo / Parker	Mazda RX-2	James Bobo	2:31.9880
35^th	42	Matz / Behr	BMW 2002	Quality Car Service	2:33.0260
36^th	5	Starcevic / Rice	AMC Pacer	Bill Starcevic	2:33.1390
37^th	03	Diehl / *Groleau	AMC Gremlin	Bobby Diehl	2:33.3010
38^th	04	Chevres / *Gonzalez	BMW 2002	Chevres Racing Ent.	2:33.4910
39^th	93	Boy / Yarosh	AMC Gremlin	Russ Boy	2:33.9460
40^th	8	Kessler / Levetto	Datsun 610	Ray Kessler Datsun	2:34.4120
41^st	37	Snow / Coffey	Mazda RX-2	Kevin Coffey	2:35.0930
42^nd	35	Boye / Brooks	Subaru DL	Autohaus o St. Lucie	2:35.2830
43^rd	3	Henn / Sahlman / *LaMay	AMC Pacer	Preston Henn	2:35.3820
44^th	36	Espinosa / Lopez	BMW 2002	Botero Racing	2:35.9000
45^th	18	Freyre / Naon / Garcia	Ford Pinto	Creative Group	2:36.0710
46^th	17	Jackson / Weaver	AMC Gremlin	Rob Jackson	2:36.1270
47^th	57	Wiese / Poulos	Ford Pinto	Team Loon Racing	2:36.3560
48^th	48	Jones / Lyttle / Story	Datsun 510	Tom Lyttle	2:36.8060
49^th	4	Cruz / Lopez	Datsun 510	Juan Lopez	2:37.5990
50^th	23	Fitzgerald / Sharp	Datsun B210	Linda Sharp	2:38.6480
51^st	85	Kiricenkov / Ashby	Ford Pinto	George Kiricenkov	2:38.9140
52^nd	62	Gaines / Sugg	BMW 1600	J. Speight Sugg	2:39.6400
53^rd	14	Donaldson / Rickmers / *St. James	BMW 2002	Cliff Rickmers	2:40.1900
54^th	20	Brown / Alexander	Ford Pinto	H. W. Alexander	2:41.2760
55^th	88	Picariello / Raptis	Plymouth Arrow	Picariello Racing	2:41.9770
56^th	22	Kreider / McNeal / *Lazzaro	AMC Gremlin	Dale Kreider Racing	2:42.2140
57^th	34	McKee / Marinelli / Doehring	AMC Gremlin	J. P. Marinelli	2:42.7050
58^th	31	Davis / Kanady	AMC Gremlin	Randy Davis	2:43.4090
59^th	72	Stricklin / Dunkin	Datsun 510	J. W. Stricklin	2:43.4490
60^th	0	Church / Lee / Kump	Chevrolet Vega	Bob's Speed Products	2:44.4970
61^st	81	Emmert / Walsh	Ford Pinto	Dave Emmert	2:45.2650
62^nd	02	Marsh / Drolsom	Ford Pinto	Alan Marsh	2:47.3210
63^rd	69	Baird / Shaw / Watterson / Blue	AMC Gremlin	Randy Blue	2:48.7520
64^th	26	Gutierrez / *Valdes-Pages	Ford Pinto	Juan Valdes-Pages	2:49.9310
65^th	84	Kull / Kull, Jr. / Bonner	Ford Pinto	William Kull, Sr.	2:54.9440
66^th	29	Kane / Flores / Panos	BMW 2002	Bill Kane	2:56.8050
67^th	73	Ellis-Brown / Tremblay	Volvo 142 E	David Ellis-Brown	3:42.6670
68^th	9	Hagan / Overbagh / Reid	Ford Pinto	Jerry Reid	no time
69^th	15	Parker / *LaMay	Ford Pinto	Larry Parker	no time
70^th	39	Meehan / Uria / Barker	Ford Pinto	Wayne Baker	no time
71^st	44	Amato / Baird	AMC Gremlin	Joe Amato	no time
72^nd	45	Jan Chudziak	Mazda RX-3	Jan Chudziak	no time
73^rd	52	Reeve / Smith	Buick Skyhawk	James Reeve	no time
74^th	71	Witzenburg / *Ceppos	Datsun 710	Troy Media Productions	no time
75^th	76	Garcia / *DeNarvaez	Chevrolet Cosworth Vega	Ricardo Vadia	no time
76^th	82	Johnson / Ross	Datsun 710	North Star Racing	no time
77^th	01	Hair / Harris	Datsun 510	George Hair	no time

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
4	Downs / Gupton	Datsun 510	Mike Downs
41	Cox / Mendez	BMW 320	Chuck Cox