Daytona 6 Hours 1972

Ferrari 312PB

The Daytona 6 Hour Race , also The Daytona 24, Three Great Races In 24 Hours (Six Hour Daytona Continental-World Manufacturer's Championship Race), Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida , took place on February 6, 1972 at Daytona International Speedway and was the second round of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

Due to the energy crisis in the early 1970s, the distance of the 24-hour race was shortened to 6-hour driving time. As in previous years, the race was part of the sports car world championship. The season began in January with the 1000 km Buenos Aires that the total victory of Ronnie Peterson and Tim taverns on a plant - Ferrari 312PB ended. Ferrari was the favorite team again in Daytona. This time Mario Andretti and Jacky Ickx won ahead of their team mates Peterson and Schenken and the Alfa Romeo crew Vic Elford and Helmut Marko .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	2	Ferrari Automobili	Mario Andretti Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312PB	194
2	S 3.0	6th	Ferrari Automobili	Tim Schenken Ronnie Peterson	Ferrari 312PB	192
3	S 3.0	5	Autodelta SPA	Vic Elford Helmut Marko	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3	190
4th	S 3.0	4th	Ferrari Automobili	Clay Regazzoni Brian Redman	Ferrari 312PB	179
5	S 3.0	9	Autodelta SPA	Nanni Galli Andrea de Adamich	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3-71	175
6th	S 2.0	56	Promotional Advertising Corp.	Tom Waugh Hugh Kleinpeter	Lola T212	166
7th	GT 2.5	59	Brumos Porsche Audi Corp.	Hurley Haywood Peter Gregg	Porsche 911S	166
8th	GT + 2.5	57	Dave Heinz Racing	Robert Johnson Dave Heinz	Chevrolet Corvette	163
9	S 2.0	55	Roger McCaig Racing	Roger McCaig Maurice McCaig	Lola T212	161
10	GT 2.5	61	James Locke	James Locke Bob Bailey	Porsche 911S	161
11	T 5.0	94	Bolus & Snopes Ltd.	Bob Mitchell Bob Christiansen	Chevrolet Camaro	158
12	T 5.0	47	Takondo Racing	Vince Gimondo Chuck Dietrich	Chevrolet Camaro	157
13	GT 2.5	81	Daniel Muniz	Daniel Muniz Ruben Novoa	Porsche 914/6	155
14th	GT 2.5	41	Kirill Racing Brundick Motor Co. Ltd.	Peter Kirill Russ Norburn	Porsche 911S	152
15th	GT + 2.5	18th	Ring Free Oil Racing Team & Baker Motor Co.	Charles Reynolds Clive Baker	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	152
16	T 5.0	17th	CC Canada Inc.	John Tremblay David Ellis-Brown	Chevrolet Camaro	152
17th	T 5.0	89	Smith-Kemp Auto Racing Team	Bert Gafford Houghton Smith Tom Fraser	Chevrolet Camaro	151
18th	T 5.0	42	Jose Garcia Racing	Luis Sereix Ralph Noseda	Chevrolet Camaro	145
19th	T 5.0	52	Chitwood Chevrolet Inc.	Joie Chitwood junior Tim Chitwood	Chevrolet Camaro	142
20th	GT 2.5	72	Lee McDonald Algar Porsche Audi	Lee McDonald Bert Everett	Porsche 914/6	131
21st	GT + 2.5	99	Phil Currin	Robert Whitaker Phil Currin	Chevrolet Corvette	130
Not classified
22nd	S 2.0	54	Automobile International Inc.	Brian Goell, not Bill Pryor	Abarth 2000SP	122
23	T 5.0	60	Robert Fordyce	Robert Fordyce Richard Small	Chevrolet Camaro	105
24	S 3.0	12	Ecurie Bonnier	Pure Wisell Joakim Bonnier	Lola T280	93
Disqualified
25th	S 2.0	32	Abarth-Osella	Arturo Merzario Àlex Soler-Roig	Abarth 2000SP / 71	166
26th	GT + 2.5	48	John Greenwood Racing	Tony Adamowicz John Greenwood	Chevrolet Corvette	114
Failed
27	GT + 2.5	50	John Greenwood Racing	Donald Yenko John Cordts	Chevrolet Corvette	153
28	S 3.0	82	Tony Dean	Tony Dean Bob Brown	Porsche 908/02	151
29	GT + 2.5	27	North American Racing Team	Sam Posey Ronnie Bucknum Luigi Chinetti Jr.	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	119
30th	S 3.0	7th	Autodelta SPA	Peter Revson Rolf Stommelen	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3	108
31	S 3.0	62	Escuderia Montjuich	Jorge de Bagration Juan Fernández	Porsche 908/03	100
32	T 2.5	24	Libra International Racing	John Buffum John Fitzpatrick	Ford Escort RS1600	88
33	T 5.0	43	Garzia Racing	Javier Garcia Manuel Garcia	Chevrolet Camaro	79
34	GT + 2.5	51	Warren Shiber	Bobby Spirgel Arthur Mollin	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	75
35	T 5.0	8th	Automotive Engineering Enterprises	Jim Fitzgerald Tom Nehl	Chevrolet Camaro	74
36	GT 2.5	58	Brumos Porsche Audi Corp.	Hector Rebaque senior Guillermo Rojas	Porsche 914/6	70
37	GT 2.5	27	Dr. Richard Weiss	Richard Schuck Richard Weiss	Porsche 911S	67
38	GT 2.5	27	Dr. Richard Weiss	Richard Schuck Richard Weiss	Porsche 911S	67
39	GT + 2.5	53	Michael Oleyar	Michael Oleyar Robert Luebbe	Chevrolet Corvette	65
40	GT 2.5	66	John Belperche	John Belperche George Rollin	Porsche 911S	64
41	T 5.0	70	Gene Harrington	Gene Harrington Larry Bock	Chevrolet Camaro	64
42	GT 2.5	16	Toad Hall Racing	Michael Keyser Bob Beasley	Porsche 911S	50
43	S 2.0	26th	Doug Shierson Fred Opert Mexican-American Racing Team	Nick Craw Bill Barber	Chevron B19	49
44	T 5.0	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Larry Baker	Pontiac Firebird	43
45	GT + 2.5	88	Smith-Kemp Auto Racing Team	Charlie Kemp Tom Fraser Houghton Smith	Chevrolet Corvette	36
46	T 5.0	80	Preston Hood Chevrolet Inc.	John Elliott Don Gwynne	Chevrolet Camaro	34
47	T 5.0	86	Simone Fleming	Paul Fleming David Boggs	Pontiac Firebird	32
48	GT + 2.5	11	Ron Weaver	Jerry Thompson Ron Weaver Tony DeLorenzo	Chevrolet Corvette Spyder	21st
49	GT 2.5	28	Porsche Kremer team	Erwin Kremer Günther Huber	Porsche 911S	19th
50	GT 2.5	40	Northlake Porsche Audi Inc.	Levon Pentecost Anthony Torgersen	Porsche 911S	11
51	S 3.0	21st	North American Racing Team	Luigi Chinetti Jr. George Eaton	Ferrari 312P	7th
52	GT + 2.5	33	Sheldon Stafford	Sheldon Stafford Ron Stafford	Chevrolet Corvette	5
53	T 5.0	74	Norman Mosher	Al Straub Norman Mosher	Ford Mustang	2
54	GT + 2.5	76	Silverstone Racing Team	George Stone Bruce Jennings	Porsche 911T	2
55	T 5.0	93	Bolus & Snopes Ltd.	Dave Houser Wilbur Shaw Jr.	Shelby GT350	2
56	S 2.0	25th	Doug Shierson Fred Opert Mexican-American Racing Team	Rodolfo Junco Fred van Beuren	Chevron B19	1
57	S 3.0	14th	Ecurie Bonnier	Gérard Larrousse Chris Craft Nestor Garcia-Veiga	Lola T280	1
Not started
58	S 3.0	3	Autodelta SPA	Andrea de Adamich Nanni Galli	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3	1
59	GT 2.5	19th	David McClain	David McClain Dave White	Porsche 914/6	2
60	GT 2.5	75	Clearwater Datsun	Bobby Clark Don Kearney	Datsun 510	3
61	T 5.0	79	Arrow Racing Team	Eddie Johnson Clay Young	Chevrolet Camaro	4th

¹ Accident in training ² not started 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
62	S 3.0	20th	Jochen Weisse BMW Tuning Ltd.	Jochen Weisse Gerhard Whiffin	Porsche 917
63	GT + 2.5	23	North American Racing Team	Ronnie Bucknum	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4
64	T 5.0	37	Danny Moore	Danny Moore Gary Bishop	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4
65	S 3.0	39	Rainer Brezinka	Rainer Brezinka Rudy Bartling Roman Pechmann	Porsche 910
66	T 2.5	46	Bob Armstrong	Bob Armstrong Rod Bremner	Mazda R100
67	GT + 2.5	64	Robert Beachle	Robert Beachle Roger Burdick	Chevrolet Corvette
68	GT 2.5	77	Faza Racing	Jerry Lustig William Baldwin Craig Fisher	Fiat 124
69	T 5.0	78	Daniel Muniz Racing and Juan Izquierdo	Daniel Muniz Juan Izquierdo	Ford Mustang
70	T 5.0	92	Gordon Barkley	Gordon Barkley William Stroud	Shelby GT350
71	T 5.0	96	Gene Felton	Gene Felton	Chevrolet Camaro
72	T 5.0	98	Ed Matthews		Ford Mustang
73	GT + 2.5	99	Ed Matthews	Ed Matthews	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Mario Andretti	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312PB	Overall victory
S 2.0	Tom Waugh	Hugh Kleinpeter	Lola T212	Rank 6
GT + 2.5	Robert Johnson	Dave Heinz	Chevrolet Corvette	Rank 8
GT 2.5	Hurley Haywood	Peter Gregg	Porsche 911S	Rank 7
T 5.0	Bob Mitchell	Bob Christiansen	Chevrolet Camaro	Rank 11

Racing data

• Registered: 73
• Started: 57
• Rated: 21
• Race classes: 5
• Spectators: 35,000
• Race day weather: warm, light rain in the middle of the race
• Route length: 6.132 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:01: 26,400 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 194
• Total distance of the winning team: 1189.531 km
• Winner's average: 197.338 km / h
• Pole position: Mario Andretti - Ferrari 312PB (# 2) - 1: 44.220 = 211.779 km / h
• Fastest race lap: unknown
• Racing series: 2nd round of the 1972 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 Wsrp Racing

Previous race of the 1000 km Buenos Aires race in 1972

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 12-hour race at Sebring 1972