Daytona 2000km race in 1965

Ford GT40 with the original starting number 72. Bob Bondurant and Richie Ginther drove this car to third place in the overall standings

The Daytona 1965 2000km race , also called Fourth Annual Daytona Continental (2000km Race for Grand Touring, Sports and Prototype Cars), Daytona International Speedway , took place on February 28th at Daytona International Speedway and was the first championship run the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The 1965 2000 km race on the Daytona oval course has a special meaning in Ford motorsport history . It was the first race win for the GT40 , which made its racing debut in the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring in 1964 . The entire race was dominated by the Shelby American racing team, Carroll Shelby's racing team . In addition to two GT40s, the former racing driver also brought six Shelby Cobra Daytona coupés to Daytona. The race was a disaster for Ferrari, as all prototypes used by the North American Racing Team were canceled prematurely.

After a driving time of 12: 27: 09.0 hours and 327 laps driven, Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby in the GT40 won with a lead of five laps over Jo Schlesser , Harold Keck and Bob Johnson in the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupé.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P	73	Shelby American	Ken Miles Lloyd Ruby	Ford GT40	327
2	GT + 3.0	13	Shelby American	Jo Schlesser Harold Keck Bob Johnson	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe	322
3	P	72	Shelby American	Bob Bondurant Richie Ginther	Ford GT40	318
4th	GT + 3.0	14th	Shelby American	Rick Muther John Timanus	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe	317
5	GT 2.0	16	Charlie Kolb	Charlie Kolb Roger Heftler	Porsche 904 GTS	313
6th	GT + 3.0	11	Shelby American	Ed Leslie Allen Grant	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe	312
7th	GT 3.0	23	Peter Clarke	Bob Hurt Peter Clarke Charlie Hayes	Ferrari 250 GTO	308
8th	GT 2.0	10	Peter Gregg	Peter Gregg George Barber	Porsche 904 GTS	306
9	GT 2.0	6th	Jack Ryan	Jack Ryan Bill Bencker Ted Tidwell	Porsche 904 GTS	282
10	GT + 3.0	36	Graham Shaw	Graham Shaw Dick Thompson	Shelby Cobra	275
11	GT 1.6	7th	David McClain	David McClain Larry Perkins Leland Dieas	Porsche 356 SC	270
12	GT + 3.0	5	Imported Motor Car Co	Don Bolton Art Latta	Sunbeam Tiger	251
13	GT 1.6	15th	Duchess Auto Co.	Lance Pruyn Newton Davis Peter Pulver	Lotus Elan	250
14th	GT 2.5	34	Cannon Auto Services	Dana Kelder Ara Dube	Triumph TR3	250
15th	GT 2.0	25th	Roger West	Roger West Tommy Charles	MGB	247
16	GT 2.0	26th	Dr. David Lane	David Lane Robert Stoddard	Porsche 904 GTS	245
17th	GT 1.6	33	Fred Ashplant	Fred Ashplant Harry Carter	Lotus Elan	245
18th	GT 1.6	2	Jesse Emerson	Jesse Emerson John Hood	Alfa Romeo Giulia	245
19th	GT 1.6	24	Ike Maxwell	Ike Maxwell William Martin	Porsche 356B	243
20th	SR	48	Cannon Auto Services	Charlie Mathis Guido Levetto	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	237
21st	GT 1.6	35	John Norwood	George Frey John Norwood Hans Ziereis	Porsche 356 Carrera	220
Not classified
22nd	P	46	John Norwood	Paul Richards Ed Wilson	Alpine M63
Failed
23	SR	44	All American Racers	Dan Gurney Jerry Grant	Lotus 19J	211
24	GT + 3.0	12	Shelby American	Bob Johnson Tom Payne	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe	150
25th	P	99	North American Racing Team	Bob Grossman Walt Hansgen David Piper Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari 275P	130
26th	P	77	North American Racing Team	John Surtees Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari 330P2	116
27	GT 2.0	27	Kind Riley	Art Riley Nick Cone	Volvo P1800	88
28	P	88	North American Racing Team	Walt Hansgen David Piper	Ferrari 330P	18th
29	SR	47	Jaguar Cars of Winter Haven	Dave Hull Bob Kingham	Jaguar E-Type	14th
30th	GT 3.0	1	Simeon Shortman	Simeon Shortman Rajah Rodgers	Austin-Healey 3000
31	GT 1.6	3	Larry Perkins American Parts	Sheldon Dobkin Jack Slottag	MGA
32	GT + 3.0	4th	John Lewis	John Lewis Art Huttinger	Chevrolet Corvette
33	GT 1.6	17th	George Parsons	Gene Parsons Jack Harden	Lotus Elan
34	GT + 3.0	19th	Arthur Harrison	Pete Harrison Lin Coleman	Shelby Cobra
34	GT 2.5	20th	Michael Reina	Michael Reina Don Kearney	Triumph TR3
35	GT 2.5	21st	ARCO Inc. Anatoly Arutunoff	Dick Irish Bill Pryor	Lancia Flaminia Zagato
36	GT 1.6	22nd	John Hill	John Hill Walt Hane	MGA twin cam
37	GT + 3.0	28	Kenneth Hablow	John Bushell Don Yenko	Chevrolet Corvette
38	GT + 3.0	30th	Plymouth Div. Chrysler Corp.	Scott Harvey Peter Hutchinson	Plymouth Belvedere
39	SR	37	Carl Lindell	Don Sesslar Chuck Cassel	Porsche 718 RS 61
40	SR	42	Mark VIII Racing	Hamilton Vose Roger McCluskey	Maserati Tipo 64
41	P	71	Howe Sound Co.	Skip Scott Charlie Hayes	Ford Mustang II
42	P	87	Harley Cunningham	Buck Baker Bob Tullius	Ford Cortina Lotus
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43	GT + 3.0	0	Duval Chevrolet Ltd.	Grant Clark Dan Shaw Dave Greenblatt	Chevrolet Corvette	1
44	GT + 3.0	8th	Richard Robson	Richard Robson Art Baggely	Jaguar E-Type	2
45	GT + 3.0	9	John Addison	Fred Salvo Richard Brown	Chevrolet Corvette	3
46	GT 2.0	18th	Kind Swanson	Art Swanson Robert Ennis	Abarth-Simca 2000 GT	4th
47	SR	41	Rolf Soltan	Rolf Soltan Everett Lewis	Porsche 356 Carrera	5
48	SR	45	Robert Amey	Chuck Dietrich Dave Dours	Elva Courier	6th

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Only in the entry list

Here you can find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race, but did not take part for various reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
49	GT 1.6	23	Eduardo Dibós Chappuis	Eduardo Dibós Chappuis Miguel Navarro	Alfa Romeo Giulia
50	GT 2.0	31	Porsche Engineering System	Herbert Linge Ben Pon	Porsche 904 GTS
51	GT 2.0	32	Porsche Engineering System	Don Webster Joe Buzzetta	Porsche 904 GTS
52	SR	39	Duchess Auto Inc.	Anson Johnson Newton Davis	Lotus 30
53	SR	43	Jerry Crawford	Jerry Crawford Shelby Walker	Lotus 30

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
SR	Charlie Mathis	Guido Levetto		Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	Rank 20
P	Ken Miles	Lloyd Ruby		Ford GT40	Overall victory
GT + 3.0	Jo Schlesser	Harold Keck	Bob Johnson	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe	Rank 2
GT 3.0	Bob Hurt	Peter Clarke	Charlie Hayes	Ferrari 250 GTO	Rank 7
GT 2.5	Dana Kelder	Macaw Dube		Triumph TR3	Rank 14
GT 2.0	Charlie Kolb	Roger Heftler		Porsche 904 GTS	Rank 5
GT 1.6	David McClain	Larry Perkins	Leland Dieas	Porsche 356 SC	Rank 11

Racing data

• Registered: 53
• Started: 42
• Rated: 21
• Race classes: 7
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cool and dry
• Route length: 6.132 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12:27: 09,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 327
• Total distance of the winning team: 2001.010 km
• Winner's average: 160.691 km / h
• Pole position: John Surtees - Ferrari 330P2 (# 77) - 2: 00.600 = 183.032 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Walt Hansgen - Ferrari 330P (# 88) - 2: 01.800 = 184.560 km / h
• Racing series: 1st round of the 1965 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

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Previous race at the Paris 1000 km race in 1964

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 12-hour race at Sebring 1965