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1970 - Daytona 24 Hours

1 February 1970 - Daytona International Speedway, USA


Pedro Rodríguez, Leo Kinnunen and Brian Redman win in Porsche 917K

The 1970 Daytona 24 Hours was the first where the Porsche 917K and Ferrari 512S met in International competition. Overall - 1st, 2nd : Class S - 1st, 2nd : Class P - 3rd : Class GT2.0 - 1st

No. Car # Class Drivers Entrant Pos Class Grid Notes
2 Porsche 917 K 917-015 S Pedro Rodríguez (MEX)/Leo Kinnunen (FI)/Brian Redman (GB) J. W. Engineering (GB) 1st 1st 3rd 724 laps
1 Porsche 917 K 917-014 S Jo Siffert (CH)/Brian Redman (GB) J. W. Engineering (GB) 2nd 2nd 2nd 679 laps
40 Porsche 906 LH 906-157 P Gregg Loomis (USA)/Bert Everett (USA) Gregg Loomis (USA) 9th 3rd 43rd 573 laps
74 Porsche 911 S GT2.0 Ralph Meaney (USA)/Gary Wright (USA)/Bill Bean (USA) Ralph Meaney (USA) 14th 1st 39th 533 laps
76 Porsche 911 S 304 823 GT2.0 Scotty Addison (USA)/Erhard Dahm (USA) Scotty Addison (USA) 24th 4th 24th 462 laps
53 Porsche 908/02 908/02-011 P Hans Laine (FIN)/Gijs van Lennep (NL) Racing Team AAW (FIN) DNF 12th 385 laps - Engine
72 Porsche 911 T/R 118 20 809 GT2.0 Jacques Duval (CDN)/Bob Bailey (USA) Jacques Duval (CDN) DNF 40th 365 laps - Gearbox
3 Porsche 917 K 917-011 S Kurt Ahrens Jr. (D)/Vic Elford (GB) Porsche Konstruktionen KG (A) DNF 4th 337 laps - Fuel Tank
77 Porsche 911 T GT2.0 Bruce Jennings (USA)/Bob Tullius (USA) Toad Hall Racing (USA) DNF 35th 279 laps - DNF
39 Porsche 906 906-132 S Rainer Brezinka (CDN)/Horst Petermann (CDN)/Rudy Bartling (CDN) Rainer Brezinka (CDN) DNF 60th 96 laps - Engine
70 Porsche 911 T 118 10 429 GT2.0 James Patterson (USA)/Paul Sanford (USA) Sportade Racing Team (USA) DNF 37th 29 laps - Accident
54 Porsche 908/02 908/02-008 P Carlos Pairetti (RA)/Alain de Cadenet (GB)/Jorge Omar Del Río (RA) Juan Manuel Fangio (RA) DNF 26th 0 laps - Engine


International Championship for Makes     Daytona 24 Hours


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