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1978 - Daytona 24 Hours

5 February 1978 - Daytona International Speedway, USA


Rolf Stommelen, Toine Hezemans & Peter Gregg win in a Porsche 935/77A

Overall - 1st, 2nd, 3rd : GTX - 1st, 2nd, 3rd : GTO - 1st, 2nd : GTU - 1st, 2nd, 3rd Gunter Seipolt (USA) was also listed driving car 87

No. Car # Class Drivers Entrant Pos Class Grid Notes
99 Porsche 935/77A 930 890 0011 GTX Rolf Stommelen (D)/Toine Hezemans (NL)/Peter Gregg (USA) Brumos Porsche (USA) 1st 1st 4th 680 laps
6 Porsche 935/77A 930 890 0033 GTX Dick Barbour (USA)/Manfred Schurti (FL)/Johnny Rutherford (USA) Dick Barbour Racing (USA) 2nd 2nd 8th 650 laps
58 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR GTO Diego Febles (PR)/Alec Poole (GB) Diego Febles Racing (PR) 3rd 1st 21st 645 laps
33 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 911 460 9113 GTO Bonky Fernandez (PR)/John Paul Sr. (USA)/Phil Currin (USA) Boricua Racing (PR) 4th 2nd 14th 637 laps
14 Porsche 935 K2 007 00016 GTX Josef Brambring (D)/Dieter Schornstein (D)/"John Winter" Louis Krages (D) Kremer Porsche Racing (D) 5th 3rd 10th 635 laps
09 Porsche 934 930 670 0175 GTX Gary Belcher (USA)/Doc Bundy (USA)/Al Holbert (USA) Belcher Racing (USA) 6th 4th 12th 632 laps
32 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 911 460 9048 GTX Steve Earle (USA)/Bob Akin (USA)/Rick Knoop (USA) Earle & Akin Racing Associates (USA) 7th 5th 18th 632 laps
59 Porsche 935 930 770 0909 GTX Peter Gregg (USA)/Claude Ballot-Léna (F)/Brad Frisselle (USA) JMS Brumos Porsche (USA) 9th 6th 6th 621 laps
13 Porsche 935 930 670 0180 GTX Hal Shaw, Jr. (USA)/Jim Busby (USA)/Howard Meister (USA) Hal Shaw Racing (USA) 10th 7th 9th 608 laps
01 Porsche 911 S GTU Dave White (USA)/Gary Mesnick (USA)/J. Dana Roehrig (USA) J. Dana Roehrig 11th 1st 26th 604 laps - Engine
34 Porsche 911 S GTU George Drolsom (USA)/Hugh Davenport (USA)/Mark Greb (USA) Drolsom Racing (USA) 12th 2nd 57th 592 laps
21 Porsche 935 930 770 0907 GTX Franz Konrad (A)/Reinhold Jöst (D)/Volkert Merl (D) Konrad Racing (D) 13th 8th 7th 590 laps
08 Porsche 911 S 911 030 1263 GTU Terry Wolters (USA)/Jack Refenning (USA)/Ray Mummery (USA) Terry Wolters 14th 3rd 55th 584 laps
24 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 911 460 9056 GTX Tom Frank (USA)/Bob Bergstrom (USA) Executive Industries (USA) 15th 9th 19th 580 laps
60 Porsche 911 S GTU John Thomas (USA)/Ren Tilton (USA)/Rusty Bond (USA) R & R Racing 17th 5th 34th 551 laps
29 Porsche 911 S GTU Richard Weiss (USA)/Bill Alsup (USA)/Bill Follmer (USA) Richard C. Weiss 18th 6th 35th 550 laps
46 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 911 360 0865 GTO Mauricio DeNarváez (COL)/Albert Naon (USA)/Tony Garcia (USA) Mauricio DeNarvaez (CO) 20th 4th 36th 547 laps - DNF
22 Porsche 911 E GTU Bill Harriss (USA)/Volker Bruckmann (USA) Music City Racing 21st 7th 49th 546 laps
68 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 005 0009 GTO Luis Mendez (DR)/Mandy Gonzalez (PR)/Tato Ferrer (PR) Luis Mendez (DR) 23rd 5th 66th 509 laps
36 Porsche 911 T 1290486 GTU Ron Case (USA)/Dave Panaccione (USA) Case Racing 28th 10th 46th 500 laps
7 Porsche 935 930 770 0958 GTX Ludwig Heimrath, Sr (CDN)/Jacques Bienvenue (CDN)/Norm Ridgely (CDN) Heimrath Racing (CDN) 35th 13th 11th 466 laps - Accident
07 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 911 560 9114 GTO Dave Cowart (USA)/Charles Mendez (USA)/Joe Castellano (I) Morrison's Inc. 36th 10th 61st 459 laps - DNF
95 Porsche 935 930 770 0957 GTX Hurley Haywood (USA)/Bob Hagestad (USA)/Doc Bundy (USA) Bob Hagestad (USA) 40th 16th 60th 400 laps - Clutch
87 Porsche 911 S GTU Pedro Vazquez (USA)/Ron Oyler (USA)/Joseph Hamilton (USA)/Gunter Hamilton (USA) Pedro Vazquez, Jr. (USA) 43rd 15th 67th 360 laps
76 Porsche 911 GTU Frank Thomas (USA)/Lee Mueller (USA)/Logan Blackburn (USA) Quality Inn 48th 17th 39th 224 laps - DNF
0 Porsche 935/77A 930 890 0019 GTX Danny Ongais (USA)/Ted Field (USA)/Milt Minter (USA) Interscope Racing (USA) 56th 23rd 1st 88 laps - Engine
12 Porsche 935/77A 930 890 0012 GTX Bob Wollek (F)/Henri Pescarolo (F)/Didier Jaunet (F) Porsche Kremer Racing (D) 57th 24th 2nd 86 laps - Engine
51 Porsche 911 S GTU John Hotchkis (USA)/Robert Kirby (USA)/Dennis Aase (USA) Wynn's International 58th 18th 63rd 85 laps - Engine
54 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 911 460 0100 GTX John Tunstall (USA)/Stephen Behr (USA)/Lou Timolat (USA) T & C 61st 25th 38th 70 laps - Flywheel
39 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 911 360 0727 GTO Greg Pickett (USA)/Neil Bonnet (USA)/Bruce Canepa (USA) Greg Pickett 62nd 19th 59th 69 laps - Ignition
3 Porsche 935 930 770 0902 GTX Carlo Facetti (I)/Martino Finotto (I) Jolly Club (I) 66th 27th 5th 6 laps - Engine
85 Porsche 914/6 GTU John Hulen (USA)/Ron Coupland (USA)/Nick Engels (USA) John Hulen (USA) 67th 47th 0 laps - Engine at Start


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