PORSCHE RACING HISTORY1971 - Daytona 24 Hours
31 January 1971 - Daytona International Speedway, USA
Pedro Rodríguez & Jackie Oliver win in a Porsche 917 K
Overall - 1st : S - 1st : GT2.5 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd The race had been a bit boring until with just a few hours left in the race, the Porsche 917 driven by Pedro Rodriguez and Jackie Oliverwhich was leading by over 200 miles began to have transmission problems. The team mechanics performed an amazingly fast rebuild of the tranmission in 92 minutes, in the process losing the lead to the NART Ferrari 512S of Tony Adamowicz and Ronnie Bucknum. Through the hard driving of Pedro they were able to catch up to and pass the ailing Ferrari for the win in what was then the closest Daytona 24 finish up to that time. The blue smoke coming from the battered and dirty 917 was from a minor oil leak but it greatly worried the Gulf mechanics. This was the second Daytona 24 win in a row for Rodriguez with both of them coming in 917 Porsches entered by J.W. Automotive.
| No. | Car | # | Class | Drivers | Entrant | Pos | Class | Grid | Notes |
| 2 | Porsche 917 K | 917-034 | S | Pedro Rodríguez (MEX)/Jackie Oliver (GB) | J. W. Automotive Engineering (GB) | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 688 laps |
| 5 | Porsche 914/6 | 914 043 1017 | GT2.5 | Jacques Duval (CDN)/George Nicholas (CDN)/Bob Bailey (USA) | Sun Oil Company (CDN) | 7th | 1st | 28th | 579 laps |
| 19 | Porsche 914/6 | 914 043 0691 | GT2.5 | Stephen Behr (USA)/John Buffum (USA)/Erwin Kremer (D) | Ralph Meaney (USA) | 8th | 2nd | 32nd | 571 laps |
| 31 | Porsche 911 T | 118 10 429 | GT2.5 | Bert Everett (USA)/Jim Locke (USA)/Jim Netterstrom (USA) | Locke Lake Colony (USA) | 9th | 3rd | 27th | 570 laps |
| 10 | Porsche 911 S | GT2.5 | Ray Walle (USA)/Michael Sherwin (USA) | Walle Enterprises (USA) | 14th | 4th | 33rd | 498 laps | |
| 44 | Porsche 911 T | GT2.5 | Bob Hindson (USA)/Kendall Noah (USA)/Art Bunker (USA) | Art Bunker (USA) | 16th | 5th | 40th | 488 laps | |
| 18 | Porsche 914/6 | 914 043 0663 | GT2.5 | Ralph Meaney (USA)/Bill Bean (USA)/Gary Wright (USA) | Ralph Meaney (USA) | DNF | 33rd | 470 laps - DNF | |
| 3 | Porsche 917 K | 917-019 | S | Helmut Marko (A)/Rudi Lins (A) | Martini & Rossi Racing Team (D) | DNF | 12th | 462 laps - Accident | |
| 16 | Porsche 911 S | GT2.5 | Michael Keyser (USA)/Bob Beasley (USA)/Bruce Jennings (USA) | Toad Hall Racing (USA) | DNF | 39th | 337 laps - Engine | ||
| 4 | Porsche 917 K | 917-023 | S | Vic Elford (GB)/Gijs van Lennep (NL) | Martini & Rossi Racing Team (D) | DNF | 11th | 274 laps - Accident | |
| 59 | Porsche 914/6 | 914 043 0705 | GT2.5 | Peter Gregg (USA)/Hurley Haywood (USA) | Brumos Porsche Audi Corp (USA) | DNF | 23rd | 260 laps - Engine | |
| 15 | Porsche 911 T/R | 118 20 809 | GT2.5 | Peter Kirill (USA)/Ash Tisdelle (USA) | K&T Enterprises (USA) | DNF | 30th | 163 laps - Engine | |
| 1 | Porsche 917 K | 917-004 | S | Jo Siffert (CH)/Derek Bell (GB) | J. W. Automotive Engineering (GB) | DNF | 4th | 113 laps - Engine | |
| 8 | Porsche 911 S | GT2.5 | Tom Nehl (USA)/Charles Perry (USA) | American Racing Promotions (USA) | DNF | 36th | 88 laps - Accident | ||
| 40 | Porsche 911 | GT2.5 | Fritz Hochreuter (CDN)/Rudy Bartling (CDN) | Fritz Hochreuter (CDN) | DNF | 42nd | 58 laps - DNF |
International Championship for Makes Daytona 24 Hours
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