1977 Daytona 24 hour race

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

The 16th 24-hour race of Daytona , also the 16th Annual 24 Hour of Daytona, Championship of Makes, Daytona International Speedway , took place on February 5 and 6, 1977 at Daytona International Speedway and was the first race of the sports car World Championship this year. At the same time, the race was the first round of the IMSA GT and GTU championship in 1977.

The race

The organizer received 73 entries for the first sports car world championship run of the season. Finally, on the afternoon of February 5, 57 racing cars from the IMSA GTO, IMSA GTU, Group 5 and Group 6 classes started the race. From the pole position went Jochen Mass in the race. The German achieved a time of 1: 48.289 minutes on his fastest lap in practice on his Porsche 935 .

After 24 hours of racing time, the US racing drivers Hurley Haywood , John Graves and Dave Helmick were waved off as winners.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GTO	43	Ecurie Escargot	Hurley Haywood John Graves Dave Helmick	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	681
2	Group 5	3	Jolly Club	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto Romeo Camathias	Porsche 935	679
3	Group 5	8th	Porsche Kremer Racing	Reinhold Joest Bob Wollek Albrecht Krebs	Porsche 935	670
4th	GTO	30th	George Dyer Racing	George Dyer Brad Frisselle	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	663
5	GTO	64	Ramsey Ferrari / Modena Sports Cars	Elliot Forbes-Robinson Paul Newman Milt Minter	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione	631
6th	GTO	48	Autodyne	Luis Sereix John Carusso Emory Donaldson	Chevrolet Corvette	628
7th	GTU	42	Bob Hindson	Bob Hindson Frank Carney Dick Davenport	Porsche 911 S.	624
8th	GTU	28	Richard Weiss	Richard Weiss Bill Alsup Raymond Gage	Porsche 911 S.	596
9	GTU	07	Charles Mendez	Charles Mendez Dave Cowart Dave Panaccione	Porsche 911 T.	591
10	GTO	61	Brumos Racing	Peter Gregg Jim Busby	Porsche 934	590
11	GTU	11	R&R Racing	Rusty Bond Ren Tilton John Thomas	Porsche 911 S.	586
12	GTU	27	SVD Automotive	Ray Mummery Jack Refenning Ralph Noseda	Porsche 911 S.	581
13	GTO	58	Diego Febles Racing	Diego Febles Mandy Gonzalez Hiram Cruz	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	537
14th	GTO	73	Howey Farms	Clark Howey David Crabtree Dale Cook	Chevrolet Corvette	515
15th	GTU	71	The Foreign Exchange	John Higgins Chip Mead Dave White	Porsche 911 S.	508
16	GTO	6th	Levi's team highball	Amos Johnson Dennis Shaw Steve Anderson	AMC Gremlin	506
17th	GTO	18th	Terry Wolters	Jack Swanson Terry Wolters	Chevrolet Camaro	484
18th	GTO	02	Al Levenson	Al Levenson Dan Rice Guido Levetto	Chevrolet Corvette	475
19th	GTO	77	Mancuso Chevrolet	Burt Greenwood Rick Mancuso John Cargill Dave Heinz	Chevrolet Corvette	470
20th	GTU	10	Race car	Marion Speer Windle Turley Hal Sahlman	Porsche 911 S.	464
21st	GTU	33	Macaw Dube	Ara Dube Harro Zitza Joe Castellano	Porsche 911	441
22nd	GTO	50	Tom Waugh	Tom Waugh John Rulon-Miller Bob Punch	AMC Hornet	394
23	GTO	72	Bill Arnold Racing	Bill Arnold Carl Thompson Billy Hagan	Chevrolet Corvette	378
24	GTU	34	Drolsom Racing	George Drolsom Bill Scott Tom Bagley	Porsche 911 S.	377
25th	GTO	47	BMW North America	John Fitzpatrick Kenper Miller Paul Miller	BMW 3.5 CSL	368
26th	GTO	13	University of Pittsburgh	Bob Fryer Richard Bostyan Ed Lowther	AMC Javelin	366
27	GTO	9	Bytzek Automotive Design	Klaus Bytzek Harry Bytzek Rudy Bartling	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	343
28	Group 6	20th	Inaltera Motors	Jean Rondeau Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Inaltera LM	366
29	GTO	05	Red Roof Inns, Inc.	Jim Trueman Jerry Thompson Don Yenko	Chevrolet Monza	300
30th	GTO	66	Ramsey Ferrari / Modena Sports Cars	Tony Adamowicz John Cannon Dick Barbour	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione	286
31	GTO	66	Clay Young	Gene Felton Buzz Cason James Reeve	Chevrolet Camaro	251
32	GTO	70	Michael Callas	Adrian Gang WK Gonzalez Tim Duke	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	247
33	GTO	14th	Holbert Racing	Al Holbert Michael Keyser Claude Ballot-Léna	Chevrolet Monza	246
34	GTO	38	John Paul	John Paul John O'Steen Bob Hagestad	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	217
35	GTO	46	Mauricio de Narváez	Mauricio de Narváez Albert Naon John Freyre	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	199
36	GTO	99	Phil Currin	Phil Currin Rob Hoskins Peter Knab	Chevrolet Corvette	196
37	GTO	39	Wiley Doran	Wiley Doran Jim Barnett Charles Fur	Chevrolet Corvette	191
38	GTO	40	Robert V. LaMay	Andre Sepelon Bob Lee Larry Parker	Ford Mustang	180
39	GTO	24	Executive Industries	Tom Frank Carl Shafer	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	178
40	GTO	2	BMW North America	David Hobbs Ronnie Peterson Sam Posey	BMW 320i Turbo	177
41	GTO	41	Jones Ind. Racing	Herb Jones, Jr. Steve Lazy	Chevrolet Camaro	154
42	GTO	55	Rick Thompkins	Rick Thompkins Dave Heinz Lamar Mann	Chevrolet Corvette	151
43	GTO	49	Fillingham Racing	Sam Fillingham Mike Williamson KP Jones	Chevrolet Corvette	117
44	GTO	84	Lenton B. McGill	Russ Boykin Sam Henderson CC Canada	Chevrolet Camaro	106
45	GTU	7th	Hallet Motor Racing Circuit	Anatoly Arutunoff José Marina Brian Goellnot	Lancia Stratos HF	99
46	GTO	78	Babe's garage	Babe Headley Sam Feinstein Skip Panzarella	Chevrolet Corvette	85
47	Group 6	21st	Inaltera Motors	Christine Beckers Lella Lombardi	Inaltera LM	78
48	GTO	63	Interscope Racing	Ted Field Jon Woodner Howdy Holmes	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	72
49	GTO	36	Bill Boye	Bill Boye Jere Gillan	AMC Gremlin	60
50	GTU	98	Ralph Tolman	Ralph Tolman Mike Brockman Sam Sommers	Lotus Europe	50
51	GTO	80	Carmon Solomone	Carm Solomone Fred Lang Buzz Fyhrie	Chevrolet Camaro	48
52	GTU	51	Kirby-Hitchcock Racing	Robert Kirby John Hotchkis Dennis Aase	Porsche 914/6	47
53	Group 6	00	Interscope Racing	Danny Ongais George Follmer Ted Field	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo	35
54	GTU	01	Sports Ltd. Racing	Bob Bergstrom Jim Cook	Porsche 911 S.	29
55	GTO	17th	Tim Chitwood	Vince Gimondo Tim Chitwood	Chevrolet Nova	20th
56	GTU	03	Bavarian Motors International	Bruno Beilcke Alf Gebhardt	BMW 2002	8th
Failed
57	Group 5	1	Martini Racing Porsche System	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Porsche 935	452
Not started
58	GTO	04	Bill Nelson	Dale Kreider Bob DeMarco	Pontiac Astre	1
59	GTO	65	Ramsey Ferrari / Modena Sports Cars	Bobby Carradine John Morton Roy Woods	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione	2
60	GTO	79	Michael Callas	Michael Callas Jerry Jolly Pierre Laffeach Peter Papke	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	3

¹ not started ² accident in training ³ not started

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
61	GTO	4th	Carlos Moran	Carlos Moran Enrique Molins ("Jamsal")	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
62	GTU	5	Pedro Vazquez	Pedro Vazquez Jorge DeCardenas Bertin Garcia	Porsche 911 S.
63	GTO	12	Bill Freeman Racing	Bill Freeman Paul Newman Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
64	GTO	15th	Javier Garcia	Javier Garcia	Chevrolet Corvette
65	GTU	19th	Paul Spruell	Paul Spruell Gene Budd Walter Johnston	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT
66	GTO	25th	Stephen E. Bond	Stephen Bond Dale Kreider	Chevrolet Monza
67	GTU	26th	Eleven Tenths Racing	Ernie Smith John Foshee Ren Brennan	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT
68	Group 5	54	Turbo Systems	David Sauer's James Duke	Honda Civic
69	GTU	57	Team Loon Racing	John Poulos Lee Wiese Jerry Walsh	Ford Pinto
70	GTU	62	Alfred Cosentino	Bill Bean John Kelly	Fiat X1 / 9
71	GTO	70	Don Haines	Don Haines Bill McVey	Chevrolet Corvette
72	GTU	87	Porsche Racing	Jim Cook	Porsche 914/6
73	GTU	91	Joe Jones	Steve Jones Pete Levine	Ford Pinto

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Group 5	Carlo Facetti	Martino Finotto	Romeo Camathias	Porsche 935	Rank 2
Group 6	Jean Rondeau	Jean-Pierre Beltoise		Inaltera LM	Rank 28
GTO	Hurley Haywood	John Graves	Dave Helmick	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Overall victory
GTU	Bob Hindson	Frank Carney	Dick Davenport	Porsche 911 S.	Rank 7

Racing data

• Registered: 73
• Started: 57
• Valued: 24
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 6.180 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 02: 06.174 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 681
• Total distance of the winning team: 4208.499 km
• Winner's average: 175.098 km / h
• Pole position: Jochen Mass - Porsche 935 (# 1) - 1: 48.289 = 205.446 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jacky Ickx - Porsche 935 (# 1) - 1: 52.004 = 198.632 km / h
• Racing series: 1st round of the 1977 sports car world championship
• Racing series: 1st round of the IMSA GT series in 1977

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 200 mile race on the Salzburgring in 1976

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6-hour Mugello race in 1977