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Starlight 3-Hour

Daytona International Speedway (Road course), Daytona Beach, Florida, USA

Date: 21/4/1973
Track length: 6.126 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 55
Finishers: 32

Pole position: Bean in 2.00,6
Fastest lap:

Distance: 3 hours
Average speed: 175,45 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: IMSA GT
Car info:  

 

Just a month after the Sebring victory, Gregg and Haywood won again with the new Carrera RSR. But is wasn’t easy; two Corvettes (Heinz and Bean/Pickett) and a Camaro (Felton) were leading in the beginning, until the fuel stops brought the Porsches closer to the front - they had to stop twice, while the Carrera’s could go the distance with only one stop for fuel.

The first Carrera to lead was Minter, but then he broke a windshield and finally his transmission. The lead changed back to Heinz, but since the Carrera of Gregg and Haywood already had made its only stop Heinz lost the race when he had to come in for his final stop.


GTO, GTU, TO, TU
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 59 Brumos Porsche
Porsche Carrera RSR
Peter Gregg, USA
Hurley Haywood, USA
2808 B6 GTO 86 laps        
2 2 5 Race Enterprises
Chevrolet Corvette
Dave Heinz, USA
  V8 GTO 86        
3 3 1 Toad Hall Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR
Michael Keyser, USA
2808 B6 GTO 85        
4 4 94 Lendon Blackwell
Chevrolet Corvette
Bill Bean, USA
Wilbur Pickett, USA
  V8 GTO 85 1 2.00,6    
5 5 96  
Chevrolet Camaro
Gene Felton, USA
  V8 GTO 85        
6 1 88  
Chevrolet Camaro
Maurice Carter, CDN
  V8 TO 83        
7 6 48 John Greenwood Racing
Chevrolet Corvette
John Greenwood, USA
  V8 GTO 82        
8 2 17  
Chevrolet Camaro
Vince Gimondo, USA
  V8 TO 82        
9 7 99  
Chevrolet Corvette
Phil Currin, USA
  V8 GTO 81        
10 1 32  
Porsche 911 S
Jim Cook, CDN
Bob Bergstrom, USA
2494? B6 GTU 80        
11 3 9  
Chevrolet Camaro
Ray Kessler
Richard Panch
  V8 TO 80        
12 8 11  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Guillermo Rojas, MEX
Hector Rebaque, MEX
2808 B6 GTO 79        
DNF 4 2  
Chevrolet Camaro
Joie Chitwood Jr, USA
  V8 TO 77        
14 5 33  
Ford Mustang
Gerre Payvis, USA
Dick Roe, USA
  V8 TO 76        
15 2 68  
Porsche 911
George Rollin, USA
2494? B6 GTU 76        
16 9 83  
Chevrolet Corvette
Bob Farrell, USA
Lou D'Amico, USA
  V8 GTO 75        
17 6 20  
Chevrolet Camaro
Richard Small, USA
  V8 TO 75        
18 10 19  
Chevrolet Corvette
Lamar Mann, USA
  V8 GTO 75        
19 3 86  
Porsche 911 S
Anthony Milne, USA
Jim Lynch
2494? B6 GTU 74        
20 7 8  
Chevrolet Camaro
Tom Nehl, USA
  V8 TO 74        
21 4 90  
Porsche 911
Jacques Bienvenue, CDN
Marc Dancose, CDN
2494? B6 GTU 74        
22 8 18 Davis Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
Joe Rodriguez, USA
Don Yenko, USA
  V8 TO 71        
23 9 42 Garcia Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
Luis Sereix, USA
Tony Lilly, USA
  V8 TO 70        
24 1 60  
BMW
Juan Montalvo, C
Jim Grob, USA
1990? L4 TU 69        
25 11 3 Performance Associates
Chevrolet Corvette
Dick Bauer, USA
  V8 GTO 69        
26 2 69  
Opel
Joe Peacock
Dennis Shaw, USA
  L4 TU 68        
27 5 76 Silverstone Racing
Porsche 911 S
Mike Downs, USA
George Stone, USA
2494? B6 GTU 67        
28 10   Levi's Team Highball
AMC Gremlin
Whit Diggett, USA
Amos Johnson, USA
  V8 TO 67        
29 3 34 RaceCo of Coral Gables
Alfa Romeo GTV
Mark Davis
  L4 TU 67        
DNF 11 10 Gregg Loomis
Chevrolet Camaro
Guido Levetto, USA
  V8 TO 66        
DNF 6 51  
Porsche 911 S
Bob Kirby, USA
2494? B6 GTU 65        
32 12 31 Roberto Auto Electric
Ford Mustang
Roberto Boza, USA
  V8 TO 65        
33 12 79  
Shelby GT
French Hickman
Jim Speck
  V8 GTO 63        
DNF 13 65 Gregg Loomis
Porsche Carrera RSR
Pete Harrison, USA
2808 B6 GTO 59        
DNF 7 92 Holbert’s Porsche-Audi
Porsche 911 S
Mike Tillson, USA
Dieter Oest, USA
2494? B6 GTU 57        
DNF 4 77  
Ford Pinto
Carson Baird, USA
1993 L4 TU 55        
DNF 8 75  
Porsche 911 S
Tom Kuenz, USA
2494? B6 GTU 50        
DNF 14 81  
Shelby GT
Kirby Stumpff, USA
  V8 GTO 45        
DNF 9 27  
Porsche 911 S
Steve Behr, USA
2494? B6 GTU 44        
DNF 13 97  
Ford Mustang
Wayne Andrews, USA
  V8 TO 41        
DNF 10 4  
Porsche 911 S
? Bill Webbe, USA
2494? B6 GTU 38        
42 15 38  
Chevrolet Corvette
Terry Wolters, USA
  V8 GTO 38        
DNF 14 37  
Ford Mustang
Dany Moore, USA
  V8 TO 37        
DNF 16 70 Toad Hall Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR
Milt Minter, USA
2808 B6 GTO 36       Transmission
DNF 11 55  
VW-Porsche 914/6
Chas. Lee Cutler, USA
1991 B6 GTU 35        
DNF 15 36  
Chevrolet Camaro
Kenper Miller, USA
  V8 TO 30        
DNF 12 14  
Porsche 911 S
John Prasek
2494? B6 GTU 26        
DNF 16 15  
Chevrolet Camaro
Javier Garcia, USA
  V8 TO 25        
DNF 17 41  
Chevrolet Corvette
Vic Shinn
  V8 GTO 15        
DNF 13 6  
Porsche 911
George Dickinson, USA
2494? B6 GTU 9        
DNF 17 30  
Chevrolet Camaro
Dennis Dallmeyer
  V8 TO 9        
DNF 18 7 Eddie Johnson
Chevrolet Camaro
Clay Young, USA
  V8 TO 8        
DNF 14 53  
Porsche 911
John Graves, USA
2494? B6 GTU 6        
DNF 18 62  
Chevrolet Corvette
Jeff Stevens, USA
  V8 GTO 6        
DNF 19 61  
Chevrolet Camaro
Marcello Audra
  V8 TO 3