1978 Daytona 6 Hours

The 1978 Daytona 6-hour race , also known as the Pepsi 6 Hours Champion Spark Plug Challenge, Daytona International Speedway , took place on July 2 at Daytona International Speedway and was the tenth round of this year 's World Sports Car Championship .
The race
In 1978, the 6-hour race established itself as a second world championship run on the Daytona International Speedway for a few years. The event must not be confused with the 1972 Daytona 6-hour race . This year the 24-hour race was shortened to a driving time of 6 hours due to the energy crisis. In 1978, the World Challenge for endurance drivers was the first time since the introduction of the sports car world championship in 1953 that a drivers' championship was announced within the world championship. This championship included the race that had only one racing class. RS or “Regular Sportscars” was a class for touring cars , analogous to the highest vehicle class, as it was approved as an example at the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps in the 1970s. The vehicles were technically simple and inexpensive and enabled the organizer to have a large starting field. The course of the race was dominated by the duel between the Mazda RX-2 team of Jim Downing and John Paul senior and the AMC Pacer of Brad Frisselle and Dennis Shaw , which Downing and Paul decided with a lead of 1 minute and 20 seconds on the competitors.
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
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1 | RS | 63 |
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Mazda RX-2 | 143 | ||
2 | RS | 6th |
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AMC Pacer | 143 | ||
3 | RS | 11 |
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Datsun B210 | 142 | ||
4th | RS | 54 |
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AMC Pacer | 141 | ||
5 | RS | 7th |
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AMC Pacer | 141 | ||
6th | RS | 09 |
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AMC Gremlin | 138 | ||
7th | RS | 27 |
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Mazda RX-2 | 138 | ||
8th | RS | 38 |
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Mazda RX-3 | 136 | ||
9 | RS | 16 |
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AMC Gremlin | 136 | ||
10 | RS | 2 |
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AMC Gremlin | 136 | ||
11 | RS | 33 |
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Oldsmobile Starfire | 134 | ||
12 | RS | 23 |
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Datsun B210 | 133 | ||
13 | RS | 94 |
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Chevrolet Vega | 132 | ||
14th | RS | 47 |
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AMC Gremlin | 132 | ||
15th | RS | 40 |
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Ford Pinto | 132 | ||
16 | RS | 36 |
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BMW 2002 | 131 | ||
17th | RS | 49 |
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AMC Concord | 130 | ||
18th | RS | 93 |
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AMC Gremlin | 130 | ||
19th | RS | 64 |
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BMW 320i | 129 | ||
20th | RS | 21st |
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AMC Gremlin | 129 | ||
21st | RS | 67 |
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AMC Gremlin | 128 | ||
22nd | RS | 90 |
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Mazda RX-2 | 127 | ||
23 | RS | 0 |
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Chevrolet Vega | 127 | ||
24 | RS | 9 |
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Ford Pinto | 125 | ||
25th | RS | 8th |
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Datsun 610 | 122 | ||
26th | RS | 57 |
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Ford Pinto | 121 | ||
27 | RS | 34 |
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AMC Gremlin | 119 | ||
28 | RS | 62 |
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BMW 1600 | 112 | ||
29 | RS | 48 |
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Datsun 510 | 111 | ||
30th | RS | 19th |
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AMC Gremlin | 109 | ||
31 | RS | 59 |
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AMC Gremlin | 107 | ||
32 | RS | 17th |
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AMC Gremlin | 100 | ||
33 | RS | 84 |
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Ford Pinto | 98 | ||
34 | RS | 3 |
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AMC Pacer | 97 | ||
35 | RS | 69 |
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AMC Gremlin | 95 | ||
36 | RS | 37 |
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Mazda RX-2 | 88 | ||
37 | RS | 81 |
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Ford Pinto | 86 | ||
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38 | RS | 30th |
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Mazda RX-2 | 125 | ||
39 | RS | 80 |
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Datsun 510 | 110 | ||
40 | RS | 86 |
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Datsun 510 | 105 | ||
41 | RS | 96 |
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Buick Skyhawk | 80 | ||
42 | RS | 72 |
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Datsun 510 | 73 | ||
43 | RS | 51 |
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AMC Gremlin | 68 | ||
44 | RS | 02 |
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Ford Pinto | 65 | ||
45 | RS | 88 |
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Plymouth Arrow | 63 | ||
46 | RS | 1 |
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Mazda RX-2 | 57 | ||
47 | RS | 92 |
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Mazda RX-2 | 57 | ||
48 | RS | 85 |
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Ford Pinto | 51 | ||
49 | RS | 4th |
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Datsun 510 | 49 | ||
50 | RS | 28 |
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BMW 320i | 49 | ||
51 | RS | 18th |
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Ford Pinto | 47 | ||
52 | RS | 08 |
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AMC Gremlin | 46 | ||
53 | RS | 08 |
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AMC Gremlin | 46 | ||
54 | RS | 26th |
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AMC Gremlin | 36 | ||
55 | RS | 78 |
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Datsun 200SX | 35 | ||
56 | RS | 03 |
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AMC Gremlin | 34 | ||
57 | RS | 14th |
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BMW 2002 | 33 | ||
58 | RS | 98 |
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AMC Gremlin | 30th | ||
59 | RS | 22nd |
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AMC Gremlin | 28 | ||
60 | RS | 31 |
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AMC Gremlin | 28 | ||
61 | RS | 42 |
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BMW 2002 | 27 | ||
62 | RS | 5 |
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AMC Pacer | 24 | ||
63 | RS | 73 |
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Volvo 142E | 20th | ||
64 | RS | 46 |
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Datsun 200SX | 13 | ||
65 | RS | 15th |
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Ford Pinto | 12 | ||
66 | RS | 76 |
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Chevrolet Cosworth Vega | 11 | ||
67 | RS | 39 |
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Ford Pinto | 8th | ||
68 | RS | 25th |
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AMC Gremlin | 5 | ||
69 | RS | 04 |
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BMW 2002 | 5 | ||
70 | RS | 82 |
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Datsun 710 | 5 | ||
71 | RS | 71 |
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Datsun 710 | 2 | ||
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72 | RS | 01 |
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Datsun 510 | 1 | ||
73 | RS | 29 |
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BMW 2002 | 2 | ||
74 | RS | 35 |
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Subaru DL | 3 | ||
75 | RS | 44 |
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AMC Gremlin | 4th | ||
76 | RS | 45 |
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Mazda RX-3 | 5 | ||
77 | RS | 52 |
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Buick Skyhawk | 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 |
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78 | RS | 4th |
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Datsun 510 |
79 | RS | 41 |
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BMW 320i |
Class winner
class | driver | driver | vehicle | Placement in the overall ranking |
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Mazda RX-2 | Overall victory |
Racing data
- Registered: 79
- Started: 11
- Rated: 37
- Race classes: 1
- Spectator: unknown
- Race day weather: light rain in the middle of the race
- Route length: 6.180 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 6:02:12,000 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 143
- Total distance of the winning team: 883.723 km
- Winner's average: 146.392 km / h
- Pole position: Gene Felton - Buick Skyhawk (# 96) - 2: 19.251 = 159.766 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Jim Downing - Mazda RX-2 (# 63) - 2: 20.268 = 158.607 km / h
- Racing series: 10th round of the 1978 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
Previous race 6-hour race of Misano 1978 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor to the 6-hour race at Watkins Glen 1978 |