Daytona 24 Hours 1975

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

The 14th 24-hour race of Daytona , also the 14th Annual 24 Hour of Daytona, Championship of Makes, Daytona International Speedway , took place on February 1 and 2, 1975 at Daytona International Speedway and was the first race of the IMSA GT championship and the sports car world championship this year.

The race

The organizer received 60 reports for the first sports car world championship run of the season. Finally, on the afternoon of February 1st, 51 racing cars from the IMSA GTO, IMSA GTU, and Grand Touring (Group 4) classes started the race. From the pole position was John Greenwood into the race. The American achieved a time of 1: 55.223 minutes on his fastest lap in practice on his Chevrolet Corvette .

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	GTO	59	Brumo's Porsche	Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	684
2	GTO	11	Toad Hall	Michael Keyser Billy Sprowls Andres Contreras	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	669
3	GTO	23	Armor All	Charlie Kemp Carson Baird	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	668
4th	GTO	30th	George Dyer	Jacques Bienvenue George Dyer	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	665
5	GTO	4th	Bill Webbe	Bill Webbe George Dickinson Harry Theodoracopulos	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	623
6th	GTO	43	Escar	John O'Steen Dave Helmick John Graves	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	619
7th	Group 4	71	North American Racing Team	Jon Woodner Fred Phillips	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione	613
8th	GTO	14th	Porsche-Audi USA	Al Holbert Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	607
9	GTO	5	Hector Rebaque	Guillermo Rojas Héctor Rebaque Fred van Beuren, Jr.	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	592
10	GTU	60	Rusty Bond	Rusty Bond George Rollin John Belperche	Porsche 911 S.	567
11	GTO	92	Oest / Tillson	Mike Tillson Dieter Oest	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	566
12	GTO	13	Randolph Townsend	Randolph Townsend John Thomas Peter Papke	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	562
13	GTU	34	George Drolsom	George Drolsom Bob Nagel	Porsche 911 S.	558
14th	GTU	90	Ray Walle	Ray Walle Tom Reddy	Mazda RX-3	557
15th	GTO	67	David McClain	David McClain Dave White	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	546
16	GTU	44	Delta Racing	John Freyre Albert Naon Tony Garcia	Porsche 911 S.	542
17th	GTO	7th	Levi's team highball	Amos Johnson Steve Coleman Dennis Shaw	AMC Gremlin	538
18th	GTU	85	John E. Hulen	John Hulen Ron Coupland Nick Engels	Porsche 914/6	528
19th	GTO	18th	Jerry Thompson	Jerry Thompson Andrew Bach Don Yenko	Chevrolet Corvette	517
20th	GTO	32	Roaring Moose	Dave Mroz Richard Mroz	Ford Mustang	497
21st	GTO	73	Bill Arnold	Bill Arnold Bob Biernerth	Chevrolet Corvette	450
22nd	GTO	26th	Al Cosentino	Mike Williamson Al Cosentino Charles Gano	Chevrolet Camaro	441
23	GTU	45	Delta Racing	Armando Ramirez Camilo Mutiz Juan Montalvo Mandy Alvarez	Porsche 911 S.	435
24	GTU	12	Precision performance	Richard Hughes Robert Whitaker Fred Geisel	Datsun 510	435
25th	GTO	41	Herb Jones	Herb Jones Phil Currin Steve Lazy	Chevrolet Camaro	427
26th	GTU	29	Bruce Mabrito	Bruce Mabrito Jack Steel	Datsun 240Z	420
27	GTO	95	Hector Rebaque	Ramon de Izaurieta Sergio Tabe Fidel Martinez	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	407
28	GTO	0	North American Racing Team	Milt Minter Claude Ballot-Léna Giancarlo Gagliardi	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione	392
29	GTO	98	James W. Persinger	James Alspaugh Gene Persinger	Chevrolet Camaro	392
30th	GTO	88	Carter Racing Services	Maurice Carter Gene Felton	Chevrolet Camaro	346
31	GTO	27	Jon Ward	Jon Ward Phil Henny Dave Barnett	Chevrolet Camaro	303
32	GTU	46	Spencer Buzbee	Spencer Buzbee Craig Ross William Frates	Datsun 240Z	275
33	GTO	24	BMW of America	Sam Posey Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW 3.0 CSL	274
34	GTO	64	Russ Boykin	CC Canada Guido Levetto Russ Boykin	Chevrolet Camaro	255
35	GTO	56	North American Racing Team	Harry Jones Marcel Mignot Cyril Grandet	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione	238
36	GTU	51	Johnson-Bozzoni Porsche-Audi	Len Jones Robert Kirby John Hotchkis	Porsche 914/6	229
37	GTU	83	Arthur Mollin	Arthur Mollin Michael Gatoff Art Riley	Volvo 142 S.	219
38	GTO	17th	Takondo Racing	Vince Gimondo Dave Heinz Bert Everett	Chevrolet Camaro	201
39	GTO	9	Juan Carlos Bolanos	Juan Carlos Bolano's Hans Heyer Michel Jourdain	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	191
40	GTU	89	Barrick Motor Racing	Don Parish Tom Countryman Jim Secher	Porsche 911 S.	158
41	GTU	84	Klaus Selbert	Klaus Selbert David Biggs	Porsche 911 S.	151
42	GTO	75	John Greenwood	John Greenwood Vince Muzzin Carl Shafer	Chevrolet Corvette	148
43	GTO	87	Carter Racing Services	Tony DeLorenzo Dick Brown Maurice Carter	Chevrolet Camaro	125
44	Group 4	28	Anatoly Arutunoff	Anatoly Arutunoff Brian Goellnot Alf Gebhardt	Lotus Europe	114
45	GTO	15th	Garcia Racing	Javier Garcia George Garcia	Chevrolet Corvette	110
46	GTO	42	John Carusso	John Carusso Dick Vreeland Luis Sereix	Chevrolet Corvette	59
47	GTO	110	Automotive engineering	Tom Nehl Milton Moise	Chevrolet Camaro	41
48	GTU	16	Bill Bean	Paul Spruell Bill Bean	Porsche 911 S.	35
49	GTU	72	Cafe Mexicana Racing	Gilberto Jimenez Patricio Zambrano Luis Lambreton	Mazda RX-2	34
50	GTO	25th	BMW of America	Ronnie Peterson Brian Redman	BMW 3.0 CSL	29
51	GTO	1	North American Racing Team	Claude Ballot-Léna Alain Cudini	Ferrari 365 GT4 / BB	0
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52	GTO	00	Jim Corwin	Jim Corwin Jerry Mull	Chevrolet Camaro	1
53	GTO	20th	Francisco Mir	John Morton	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione	2
54	GTO	32	Sepp Greger	Sepp Greger Eberhard Sindel Dieter Schmid	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	3
55	GTU	52	Brandt Doell	Bob Punch John Rulon-Miller Tom Waugh	Porsche 911 S.	4th
56	GTU	55	Cutler / Pickens	Lee Cutler	Porsche 914/6	5
57	GTU	69	Coleman / Johnson	Steve Coleman Amos Johnson	Chevrolet Vega	6th

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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	GTO	49	Sebring Racing	Neil Potter Bob Gray Bobby Dumont	Ford Mustang
59	GTO	53	Juan Azquierdo, Jr.	Andres Contreras Juan Azquierdo Luis Iglesias	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
60	GTO	62	Sports Limited Racing	Bob Bergstrom	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GTO	Peter Gregg	Hurley Haywood		Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Overall victory
GTU	Rusty Bond	George Rollin	John Belperche	Porsche 911 S.	Rank 10
Grand Touring (Group 4)	Jon Woodner	Fred Phillips		Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione	Rank 7

Racing data

• Registered: 60
• Started: 51
• Valued: 26
• Race classes: 3
• Spectators: 24,000
• Race day weather: warm and clear
• Route length: 6.180 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00: 43,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 684
• Total distance of the winning team: 4194.015 km
• Winner's average: 174.664 km / h
• Pole position: John Greenwood - Chevrolet Corvette (# 75) - 1: 55.223 = 191.575 km / h
• Fastest race lap: John Greenwood - Chevrolet Corvette (# 75) - 1: 57.300 = 188.182 km / h
• Racing series: 1st round of the sports car world championship in 1975
• Racing series: 1st round of the IMSA GT series in 1975

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

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