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4th Marlboro 12 hour

Marlboro Park Speedway, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA

Date: 16/8/1964
Track length: 2.734 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 32?
Starters: 28
Finishers: 20

Pole position:
Fastest lap:

Distance: 12 hours
Average speed:
Weather: Dry start, last 4 hours rain
Ruleset: FIA Group 1 and 2?
Car info:  

 

After last years’ success, the Cortinas were back in anger - now with the twin-cam Lotus version under the direction of Colin Chapman himself. Apart from three works Cortinas, the entry list showed a trio of Saab’s as well as Corvairs, the latter showing promising form.
In the end, it was a Cortina 1-2 again, with Saab’s 3-4, while the rest of the field ran in to all sorts of problems - the fastest Corvair finishing 7th with gearbox problems.


Touring cars
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 17 Team Lotus
Ford Lotus Cortina
Jackie Stewart, GB
Mike Beckwith, GB
1594 L4 B 378 laps        
2 2 15 Team Lotus?
Ford Lotus Cortina
John Whitmore, GB
Tony Hegbourne, GB
1594 L4 B 368        
3 1 35  
Saab 96
Clyde Billing, USA
Hal Mayforth, USA
841 L3 D 351        
4 2 36  
Saab 96
Ed Diehl, USA
Lynn Walker
841 L3 D 342        
5 3 14  
Peugeot 404
Kirk Berkeley
Art Johnson
John Edmonds
1618 L4 B 340        
6 1 24  
VW 1300?
Jim McDaniel, USA
John Moore, USA
1285? B4 C 338        
7 1 4  
Chevrolet Corvair Spyder
Fred Eggers
Dave Tallakson
Don Yenko, USA
2375 tc B6 A 336 3      
8 3 46  
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Alfredo Cosentino, USA
Bud Patterson
847 L4 D 332        
9 4 16 Team Lotus
Ford Lotus Cortina
Dave Clark, USA
David Hobbs, GB
1594 L4 B 328        
10 5 13  
Peugeot 404
Pat Mernone, USA
Pinkie Rollo, USA
1618 L4 B 327        
11 2 26  
VW 1300?
Ron Grable, USA
Warren Matzen, USA
1285? B4 C 322        
12 3 25  
VW 1300?
Jack Rabold, USA
Ray Tessier
1285? B4 C 320        
13 4 33  
Saab 93
Chris Custer, USA
Ben Fowke, USA
841 L3 D 319        
14 4 21  
Renault R 8
Ray Caldwell, USA
Peter Sachs, USA
  L4 C 317        
15 5 38  
Renault Dauphine 1093
Paul Richards, USA
Phil Haenelt, USA
845 L4 D 300        
16 5 29  
Sunbeam? Imp
Rick Mandelson, USA
Les Netherton, USA
875? L4 C 294        
17 6 23  
Renault R 8
Hal Mayfield, USA
Delmo Johnson
  L4 C 284        
18 2 1  
Chevrolet Corvair Spyder
Marius Valsamis
Walt Phillips, USA
Dave Roethel
  B6 A 271        
19 1 56  
NSU
Bruce Denkert, USA
Dave Scheff
600?   E 263        
20 6 18  
Volvo PV 444
Dick Young
Warren Shamlian
  L4 B 232        
DNF   22  
Renault R 8
Lars Giertz, USA
Charles Barns, USA
  L4 C 292        
DNF   31  
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Gunter Genatowski
Harry Kicherer, USA
Jack Beebee, USA
847 L4 D 288        
DNF   34  
Saab 96
George Hodgdon, USA
Ed Astri
841 L3 D 114        
DNF   51  
BMW 700
Ray Heppenstall
Otto Linton
697 B2 E 89        
DNF   54  
BMW 700
Robert Roe
George Taylor
697 B2 E 80        
DNF   12  
VW 1500 S
Jack Ryan, USA
Lin Coleman, USA
1493 B4 B 13        
DNF   57  
NSU
Dick Walsh, USA
600?   E 8        
DNF      
Chevrolet Corvair
Donna-Mae Mimms, USA
  B6   1