1979 - Daytona Finale 250 Miles
25 November 1979 - Daytona International Speedway, USA
Bill Whittington wins in a Porsche 935/79
Overall - 1st, 2nd, 3rd : GTX - 1st, 2nd, 3rd : GTO - 1st, 3rd
No. | Car | # | Class | Drivers | Entrant | Pos | Class | Grid | Notes |
94 | Porsche 935/79 or K3? | 930 990 0026 | GTX | Bill Whittington (USA) | Whittington Brothers Racing (USA) | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 47 laps (Ref to Chasis 009 0004?) |
93 | Porsche 935 K3 | 009 00015 | GTX | Don Whittington (USA) | Whittington Brothers Racing (USA) | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 47 laps |
5 | Porsche 935 | 930 770 0911 | GTX | Charles Mendez (USA)/Brian Redman (GB) | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 47 laps | |
18 | Porsche 935 JLP-1 | JLP-1 | GTX | John Paul Sr. (USA)/Paul Miller (USA) | JLP Racing (USA) | 4th | 4th | 6th | 47 laps |
09 | Porsche 935/77A | 930 890 0021 | GTX | Preston Henn (USA) | 5th | 5th | 8th | 47 laps | |
05 | Porsche 935 | 930 770 0957 | GTX | Bob Akin (USA)/Roy Woods (USA) | Busch Beer (USA) | 6th | 6th | 11th | 46 laps |
46 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 360 0865 | GTO | Mauricio DeNarváez (COL) | de Narvaez Racing (CO) | 7th | 1st | 20th | 46 laps |
03 | Porsche 934 | 930 670 0162 | GTO | Werner Frank (USA) | 9th | 3rd | 22nd | 45 laps | |
69 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | GTO | Klaus Bytzek (CDN)/Rudy Bartling (CDN) | Bytzek Automotive (CDN) | 11th | 4th | 27th | 44 laps | |
35 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 460 9083 | GTO | Honorato Espinosa (COL) | Botero Racing (CO) | 13th | 6th | 26th | 43 laps |
92 | Porsche 935 | 930 670 0175 | GTX | Ricardo Londono (CO) | Ricardo Londono (CO) | 18th | 7th | 12th | 42 laps - DNF |
13 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 460 9050 | GTO | Angelo Pallavicini (CH) | 20th | 10th | 50th | 42 laps | |
34 | Porsche 911 | GTU | George Drolsom (USA) | Drolsom Racing (USA) | 24th | 5th | 57th | 41 laps | |
31 | Porsche 911 | GTU | Juan Lopez (DR)/Mandy Gonzalez (PR) | 25th | 6th | 44th | 41 laps | ||
37 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 560 9119 | GTO | Jorge Cortes (COL) | Botero Racing (CO) | 26th | 13th | 23rd | 40 laps |
50 | Porsche 911 S | GTO | Fritz Hochreuter (CDN)/Rainer Brezinka (CDN) | 27th | 14th | 46th | 40 laps | ||
33 | Porsche 911 | GTU | Richard Aten (USA)/Peter Welter (USA) | 29th | 7th | 66th | 39 laps | ||
02 | Porsche 911 | GTU | J. Kurt Roehrig (USA) | 30th | 8th | 58th | 39 laps | ||
08 | Porsche 911 S | 911 030 1263 | GTU | Terry Wolters (USA)/M. L. Speer (USA) | Moran Construction | 31st | 9th | 65th | 39 laps |
60 | Porsche 911 S | GTU | Rusty Bond (USA)/Ren Tilton (USA) | 34th | 10th | 47th | 38 laps | ||
06 | Porsche 911 | GTU | Bill Gallup | 37th | 13th | 72nd | 36 laps | ||
59 | Porsche 935/79 | 930 990 0030 | GTX | Peter Gregg (USA)/Hurley Haywood (USA) | 39th | 8th | 2nd | 33 laps | |
68 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 005 0009 | GTO | Luis Mendez (DR)/Jose Ares | 41st | 18th | 37th | 31 laps - DNF | |
52 | Porsche 911 | GTU | Fred Snow (USA)/Jack Swanson (USA) | 42nd | 16th | 63rd | 31 laps - DNF | ||
00 | Porsche 935/77A | 930 890 0019 | GTX | Danny Ongais (USA) | Interscope Racing (USA) | 47th | 9th | 4th | 20 laps - DNF |
38 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 460 9113 | GTO | Bonky Fernandez (PR) | Boricua Racing (PR) | 48th | 22nd | 31st | 20 laps - DNF |
89 | Porsche 911 S | GTU | Joseph Hamilton (USA) | Hamilton House Racing | 49th | 18th | 54th | 19 laps - DNF | |
95 | Porsche 935/77A | 930 890 0023 | GTX | Dale Whittington (USA) | Whittington Brothers Racing (USA) | 55th | 11th | 9th | 14 laps - DNF |
8 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | GTO | Chuck Grantham (USA) | 56th | 27th | 32nd | 9 laps - DNF | ||
74 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | GTO | Josele Garza (USA) | 59th | 29th | 67th | 6 laps - DNF | ||
58 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | GTO | Diego Febles (PR) | 60th | 30th | 45th | 5 laps - DNF | ||
10 | Porsche 914/6 | 914 043 0945 | GTU | Sidney Smith (USA) | 65th | 21st | 60th | 1 lap - DNF | |
54 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 360 0610 | GTO | Terry Herman (USA) | 67th | 34th | 19th | 0 laps - DNF |
IMSA - International Motor Sport Association
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