Dave Heinz

David "Dave" Heinz (born October 16, 1934 , † March 10, 1992 in Hillsborough ) was an American racing driver .

Racing career

Dave Heinz achieved some success in monoposto sports in the 1960s and 1970s . In 1970 he won the overall classification of the SCCA National Championship Formula A on a Lola T142 .

Heinz became internationally known as a GT and sports car driver . He drove his first club races as early as the late 1960s and competed regularly in the SCCA sports car championship in the 1960s . He was active as a driver until 1987. He was present at 86 racing events and achieved five overall and five class wins. For many years he was involved in the IMSA-GT and the IMSA-GTP series . In 1973 he finished third overall in a Chevrolet Corvette with his partners Bob Mclure and Dana English in the Daytona 24-hour race and fourth overall in the Sebring 12-hour race in 1972 . This fourth place was also the victory in the GT class over 2.5 liters. He also achieved a class win at Le Mans in 1972 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1972	North American Racing Team	Chevrolet Corvette ZL1	Robert Johnson	15th place and class win
1974	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	Alain Cudini	Rank 6

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1968	Slaton Chevrolet	Chevrolet Corvette	Or Costanzo	William Harris	not classified
1969	Or Costanzo	Chevrolet Corvette	Or Costanzo		Rank 21
1970	Or Costanzo	Chevrolet Corvette	Or Costanzo		failure	malfunction
1971	Dave Heinz Racing Inc	Chevrolet Corvette	Or Costanzo	Robert Johnson	Rank 10
1972	Dana English	Chevrolet Corvette	Robert Johnson		4th place and class win
1973	Race Enterprise & Developments	Chevrolet Corvette	Jerry Thompson		Rank 39
1977	Shulnburg Scrap Metal	Chevrolet Corvette	Robert Shulnburg	John Brandt	failure	Power transmission
1978	RV Shulnburg Scrap Metal	Chevrolet Corvette	Robert Shulnburg	Michael Keyser	failure	mechanics
1979	Rick Thompkins	Chevrolet Corvette	Rick Thompkins		failure	Engine failure
1980	Oftedahl Trucking	Chevrolet Camaro	Bob Nagel		failure	Engine failure
1983	Dave Heinz Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	Jerry Thompson	Paul Gentilozzi	Rank 26
1985	Dave Heinz Imports	Chevrolet Corvette	Jerry Thompson	Jim Trueman	failure	malfunction
1986	Dave Heinz Imports	Chevrolet Corvette	Don Yenko	Steve Zwiren	failure	Gearbox damage
1987	Quality Motorsports	Chevrolet Corvette	Don Young		failure	malfunction

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
1968	Slaton Chevrolet	Chevrolet Corvette	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
				DNF
1969	David Heinz Imports Or Costanzo	MGB Chevrolet Corvette	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
			DNF	21st
1970	Or Costanzo	Chevrolet Corvette	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
			15th	DNF
1971	Heinz Racing or Costanzo	Chevrolet Corvette	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				6th	10								7th
1972	Heinz Racing Dana English NART Race Enterprises	Chevrolet Corvette	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				8th	4th						15th		DNF
1973	Dave Heinz	Chevrolet Corvette	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
			3
1974	NART	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
							6th
1975	Takondo Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SPA	BY	ONLY	ZEL	WAT
			38
1977	Rick Thompkins	Chevrolet Corvette	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SIL	ONLY	VAL	BY	WAT	EST	LEC	MOS	IMO	SAL	BRH	HOK	VAL
			42
1978	Shulnburg Scrap Budweiser Racing	Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Monza	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	SIL	ONLY	LEM	MIS	DAY	WAT	VAL	ROD
						DNF							23
1979	Rick Thompkins Dave Heinz	Chevrolet Corvette	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
				DNF															DNF
1980	Oftedahl Trucking USA Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Chevrolet Corvette	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
			21st		DNF								DNF
1981	Oftedahl Tom Frank	Chevrolet Camaro	DAY	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH
			DNF										DNF

Web links

• Dave Heinz at Driver Database
• Dave Heinz at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SCCA National Championship Formula A
2. ↑ 1973 Daytona 24 Hours