Daytona 24 Hours 1975
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.
Class winner
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
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