1973 Daytona 24 hour race

Sketch of the Daytona International Speedway, the race was held on the combined oval and street course

The Daytona 24-hour race , also known as the 24 Hour of Daytona, Championship of Makes, Daytona International Speedway , took place on February 3 and 4, 1973 at Daytona International Speedway and was the first race for the World Sports Car Championship that year.

The race

For the first sports car world championship run of the season, the organizers received 64 reports. Finally, on the afternoon of February 3, 53 racing cars of the classes S 3.0, S 2.0, GT + 2.0, GT 2.0, T 5.0 and T 2.0 started the race. From the pole position went Derek Bell in the race. The Briton achieved a time of 1: 45.512 minutes on his fastest lap in practice on his Mirage M6 Ford .

After 24 hours of racing time, US racing drivers Peter Gregg and Hurley Haywood were waved off as winners.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	59	Brumo's Porsche	Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	670
2	GT + 2.0	22nd	North American Racing Team	François Migault Milt Minter	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione	648
3	GT + 2.0	5	Dave Heinz	Dave Heinz Bob McClure	Chevrolet Corvette	644
4th	GT + 2.0	77	Silverstone Racing	George Stone Bruce Jennings Mike Downs	Porsche 911 S.	638
5	GT + 2.0	21st	North American Racing Team	Luigi Chinetti, Jr. Bob Grossman Wilbur Shaw, Jr.	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione	632
6th	GT + 2.0	54	Porsche Kremer Racing	John Fitzpatrick Erwin Kremer Paul Keller	Porsche 911 S.	630
7th	T 5.0	9	Ray Kessler Inc.	Ray Kessler Ritchie Panch Wilbur Pickett	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	592
8th	GT + 2.0	15th	Toad Hall Motor Racing	Michael Keyser Tony Adamowicz Bob Beasley	Porsche 911 S.	587
9	GT + 2.0	56	Joest Racing	Sepp Greger Kurt Hild Dieter Schmid	Porsche 911 S.	574
10	GT 2.0	62	Bob Bergstrom	Bob Bergstrom Jim Cook	Porsche 911 S.	571
11	GT + 2.0	43	Dave Helmick	Dave Helmick John O'Steen Stephen Behr	Porsche 911 S.	558
12	S 3.0	19th	Harry Bytzek	Rudy Bartling Harry Bytzek Bert Kuehne	Porsche 908/02 Spyder "Flounder"	532
13	T 5.0	30th	Guido C. Levetto	Guido Levetto Mario Levetto Ara Dube	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	532
14th	GT + 2.0	51	Airport motorsport	Klaus Selbert W. Marvin Schoenfeld Bob Klempel	Porsche 911 S.	499
15th	T 5.0	80	Byron Cook Racing	John Elliott Bill McDill	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	488
16	T 5.0	75	Don Winter	Larry Bock Carl Shafer Gene Harrington	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	451
17th	T 5.0	33	John McComb	Dave Dooley John McComb	Ford Mustang	437
18th	T 2.0	84	Andy Petery	Andy Petery Hans Ziereis	BMW 2002	313
19th	GT 2.0	38	Quintanilla / Muniz	Daniel Muniz Roberto Quintanilla	Porsche 914/6	215
Failed
20th	GT + 2.0	49	John Greenwood	Don Yenko Robert R. Johnson	Chevrolet Corvette	494
21st	S 3.0	6th	Penske Racing	Mark Donohue George Follmer	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	405
22nd	GT + 2.0	20th	North American Racing Team	Arturo Merzario Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione	394
23	GT + 2.0	31	Locke Development Corporation	Jim Locke Bob Bailey	Porsche 911 S.	387
24	S 3.0	2	Gulf Racing	Mike Hailwood John Watson	Mirage M6	366
25th	S 2.0	10	Shierson Racing	Bill Barber Charlie Kemp	Chevron B19	337
26th	GT + 2.0	23	North American Racing Team	Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Claude Andruet	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione	284
27	S 3.0	12	Scuderia Filipinetti	Reine Wisell Jean-Louis Lafosse Hughes de Fierlant	Lola T282	281
28	S 3.0	3	Equipe Matra-Simca	François Cevert Jean-Pierre Beltoise Henri Pescarolo	Matra-Simca MS670	267
29	S 3.0	57	Reinhold Joest	Reinhold Joest Mario Casoni Paul Blancpain	Porsche 908/03	244
30th	S 2.0	52	Promotion advertising	Hugh Kleinpeter Jim Gammon Tom Shelton	Chevron B21	241
31	T 5.0	7th	Eddie Johnson	Clay Young Eddie Johnson Jim Fitzgerald	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	233
32	S 2.0	93	Professional racing	Bob Fisher Tom Gloy	Chevron B16	230
33	GT + 2.0	89	Holbert Porsche	Mike Tillson Al Holbert Dieter Oest	Porsche 911 S.	213
34	T 5.0	96	US Davis Racing	Jose Rodriguez Reinaldo Almeida	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	198
35	GT + 2.0	64	Weaver Chevrolet	Bob Baechle Roger Pierce Alex Davidson	Chevrolet Corvette	191
36	S 3.0	1	Gulf Racing	Derek Bell Howden Ganley	Mirage M6	179
37	GT 2.0	16	Toad Hall Motor Racing	Peter Kirill Russ Norburn Bill Bean	Porsche 911 S.	175
38	S 2.0	88	Edwin G. Abate	Ed Abate Bill Cuddy	Porsche 910	167
39	GT + 2.0	58	Brumo's Porsche	Andrew Carduner Jacques Bienvenue	Porsche 911 S.	127
40	T 5.0	94	Bolus & Snopes	Steve Ross Bob Mitchell Dave Houser	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	120
41	GT + 2.0	11	Troy Promotions Inc.	Tony DeLorenzo Maurice Carter	Chevrolet Corvette	101
42	GT + 2.0	99	Diego Febles	Horacio Alvarez Diego Febles	Porsche 911 S.	65
43	GT + 2.0	34	Murray Racing	Jerry Thompson Ike Knupp Mike Murray	Chevrolet Corvette	50
44	T 5.0	8th	Automotive Engineering Enterprises	Tom Nehl Steve Durst	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	49
45	GT + 2.0	29	Jef Stevens	Ralph Noseda Ray Mummery	Chevrolet Camaro	38
46	T 5.0	14th	CC Canada	CC Canada Bob Christiansen John Tremblay	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	29
47	T 5.0	17th	Takondo Racing	Vince Gimondo Billy Dingman	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	15th
48	T 5.0	55	Tiny Lund	Tiny Lund Stephen Behr Jimmy Capps	Pontiac Firebird	15th
49	S 2.0	41	Parametrics Systems	Raymond Gage Jim Grob Gary Ouellette	Lotus 23 BMW	14th
50	T 2.0	25th	John Buffum	Bert Everett John Buffum Wilbur Pickett	Ford Escort RS1600	9
51	GT + 2.0	48	John Greenwood	John Greenwood Ron Grable	Chevrolet Corvette	7th
52	T 5.0	47	Chitwood Racing	Tim Chitwood Joie Chitwood Bob Nagel	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	6th
53	T 2.0	24	John Buffum	Fred van Beuren, Jr. Guillermo Rojas Hector Rebaque	Ford Escort RS1600	0
Not started
54	S 3.0	T	Gulf Racing	Derek Bell Howden Ganley	Mirage M6 Ford-Weslake	1
Not qualified
55	T 5.0	27	Ernie Shaw	Ernie Shaw Norm Mosher Al Straub	Ford Mustang	2
56	GT 2.0	73	Dale Kreider	Dale Kreider Rick Silvers Paul Toppino	Triumph GT6	3
57	GT + 2.0	78	JG Racing	Jacques Graham Gordon Johnson	Datsun 240Z	4th

¹ training car ² not qualified ³ not qualified ⁴ not qualified

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
58	GT + 2.0	18th	Center International	Bob Buchler Pete Harrison	Ferrari Dino 246 GT
59	GT + 2.0	28	Jef Stevens	Bill Simpson Gary Belcher	Chevrolet Corvette
60	GT + 2.0	50	John Greenwood	Robert R. Johnson Don Yenko	Chevrolet Corvette
61	GT 2.0	61	Robert Stoddard	Robert Stoddard Frank Harmstad Pat Keating	Porsche 914/6
62	S 2.0	66	Faza Fiat Squadra	Al Cosentino Craig Fisher William Phillips	Fiat Abarth
63	T 5.0	87	Houghton Smith	Houghton Smith Bert Gafford	Chevrolet Camaro
64	T 2.0	95	Robert Clark	Bobby Clark	Datsun 510

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Peter Gregg	Hurley Haywood		Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Overall victory
GT + 2.0	François Migault	Milt Minter		Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione	Rank 2
GT 2.0	Bob Bergstrom	Jim Cook		Porsche 911 S.	Rank 10
T 5.0	Ray Kessler	Ritchie Panch	Wilbur Pickett	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	Rank 7
T 2.0	Andy Petery	Hans Ziereis		BMW 2002	Rank 18

Racing data

• Registered: 64
• Started: 53
• Valued: 19
• Race classes: 6
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cold
• Route length: 6.132 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24:01: 12,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 670
• Total distance of the winning team: 4108.172 km
• Winner's average: 171.031 km / h
• Pole position: Derek Bell - Mirage M6 (# 1) - 1: 45.512 = 209.207 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Mike Hailwood - Mirage M6 (# 2) - 1: 49.607 = 201.813 km / h
• Racing series: 1st round of the 1973 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Race results at wspr

Previous race 6 Hours of Watkins Glen 1972

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6-hour race at Vallelunga in 1973