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Camel 6-Hour Mid-Ohio

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio, USA

Date: 15/7/1973
Track length: 3.862 m
Attendance: 31.000
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 53
Finishers: 24

Pole position: Theodoracopoulos in 1.39,204
Fastest lap:

Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 119,82 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: IMSA GT
Car info:  

 

A great spectacle here: Carrera, Corvette, Camaro and for the first time a Capri RS fought it out for overall honours.
But in the end the victory would go to Stuttgart once again. The Capri was fast, got pole and led the race, but lost the victory because of an unscheduled axle replacement with less than an hour to go. Before that, Keyser/Beasley had been in the lead, followed by the Corvette of Knupp/Barker, the Felton/Haywood Camaro and the Capri. The Felton car blew up soon, and the Corvette had a fuel pickup problem, causing even more fuel stops than normal.

Halfway in the race, the Capri and the Carrera were battling for the lead, but the axle failure left the victory for the Carrera.


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 1 Toad Hall Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR
Michael Keyser, USA
Bob Beasley, USA
2808? B6 GTO 205 laps, 6:01.36,6        
2 2 66 Murray Racing Team
Chevrolet Corvette
Ike Knupp, USA
Alan Barker, USA
  V8 GTO 204        
3 1 3  
Ford Capri RS 2600 LW
Harry Theodorocopulous, USA
Horst Kwech, USA
2999 V6 TO 200        
4 3 43  
Porsche Carrera RSR
John O'Steen, USA
John Graves, USA
Dave Helmick, USA
2808? B6 GTO 199        
5 4 94 Lendon Blackwell
Chevrolet Corvette
Wilbur Pickett, USA
Bill Bean, USA
  V8 GTO 199        
6 1 62  
Porsche 911 S
Bob Bergstrom, USA
Jim Cook, CDN
2494? B6 GTU 198        
7 5 9 Bytzek Automotive
Porsche Carrera RSR
Harry Bytzek, CDN
Klaus Bytzek, CDN
2808? B6 GTO 191        
8 2 86  
Porsche 911
Frank Harmstad, USA
Jim Lynch
2494? B6 GTU 190        
9 6 50 John Greenwood Racing
Chevrolet Corvette
Don Yenko, USA
Jim Greendyke, USA
  V8 GTO 185        
10 1 60  
BMW 2002 TI
Dave Nicholas, USA
John Magee, USA
1990 L4 TU 183        
11 3 89 Thomas Berrick
Porsche 911 S
Dave Causey, USA
Edwin Taylor
Don Parish, USA
2494? B6 GTU 183        
12 4 92 Holbert’s Porsche-Audi
Porsche 911 S
Dieter Oest, USA
David Olimpi, USA
Mike Tillson, USA
2494? B6 GTU 181        
13 5 51  
Porsche 911 S
Michael Sherwin, USA
2494? B6 GTU 180        
14 7 27  
Chevrolet Corvette
Pat Sundman, USA
Raymond Mummery, USA
  V8 GTO 179        
15 8 83  
Chevrolet Corvette
Bob Farrell, USA
Lou D'Amico, USA
  V8 GTO 178        
16 2 13  
Chevrolet Camaro
Lee Wiese, USA
Jim Jenkins, USA
Jerry Walsh, USA
  V8 TO 178        
17 3 7  
Chevrolet Camaro
Clay Young, USA
Eddie Johnson, USA
  V8 TO 176        
18 9 41  
Chevrolet Corvette
Richard Ortman, USA
Jim Moyer, USA
  V8 GTO 176        
19 10 78  
Shelby GT
French Hickman
Jim Speck
  V8 GTO 174        
20 4 31  
Chevrolet Camaro
Larry Bock, USA
Larry Drover
  V8 TO 170        
21 11 11  
Chevrolet Corvette
Bob Kiefer, USA
Joe Gwisdalla
  V8 GTO 164        
22 12 73  
Chevrolet Corvette
Don Findlay
Clark Howey, USA
  V8 GTO 164        
23 13 72  
Chevrolet Corvette
Ed Lowther, USA
  V8 GTO 157        
DNF 14 48 John Greenwood Racing
Chevrolet Corvette
John Greenwood, USA
  V8 GTO 145        
DNF 15 30  
Porsche Carrera RSR
George Dyer, USA
2808? B6 GTO 144        
DNF 5 42  
Ford Mustang
Dave Mroz, USA
Richard Mroz, USA
  V8 TO 138        
27 16 20  
Chevrolet Corvette
Alex Davidson, USA
  V8 GTO 134        
DNF 17 34  
Chevrolet Corvette
Rick Mancuso, USA
John Cargill, USA
  V8 GTO 101        
DNF 1 35  
BMW 2002
John Morton, USA
1990 L4 TU 100        
DNF 18 54  
Chevrolet Corvette
Bob Nagel, USA
  V8 GTO 100        
DNF 6 77  
Porsche 911 S
Bruce Jennings, USA
Jim Locke, USA
2494? B6 GTU 72        
DNF 7 91 Holbert’s Porsche-Audi
Porsche 911 S
Mike Tillson, USA
Dieter Oest, USA
2494? B6 GTU 67        
DNF 2 90 Z&W Mazda
Mazda
Raymond Walle, USA
    TU 65        
DNF 3 189  
Ford Pinto
George Cheyne, USA
Dave Bean, USA
1993 L4 TU 64        
DNF 4 57  
Ford Pinto
Jerry Naughton, USA
1993 L4 TU 64        
DNF 5 69 Performance Engineering
Opel
Steve Coleman, USA
  L4 TU 51        
DNF 6 96  
Chevrolet Camaro
Gene Felton, USA
(Hurley Haywood, USA)
  V8 TO 48       Blown engine
DNF 8 6  
Porsche 911
Ed Wachs, USA
2494? B6 GTU 47        
DNF 9 85  
VW-Porsche 914/6
Don Parish, USA
1991 B6 GTU 43        
DNF 7 2  
Chevrolet Camaro
John Elliot, USA
  V8 TO 42        
DNF 8 37  
Ford Mustang
Dany Moore, USA
  V8 TO 40        
DNF 19 99  
Chevrolet Corvette
Phil Currin, USA
  V8 GTO 36        
DNF 20 93  
Chevrolet Corvette
Larry Ross, USA
  V8 GTO 32        
DNF 9 39  
Chevrolet Camaro
Ray Kessler
  V8 TO 31        
DNF 10 67  
VW-Porsche 914/6
David McClain, USA
1991 B6 GTU 28        
DNF 6 21  
BMW 2002
Frederick Miller
1990 L4 TU 24        
DNF 21 23  
Chevrolet Corvette
Allen Anderson, USA
  V8 GTO 24        
DNF 10 28  
Chevrolet Camaro
Jim Corwin, USA
  V8 TO 23        
DNF 11 32  
Porsche 911
Randy Everett, USA
2494? B6 GTU 22        
DNF 12 00  
Porsche 911 S
Brian Goellnicht, USA
2494? B6 GTU 20        
DNF 22 38  
De Tomaso Mangusta
Max Sebba, USA
5763 V8 GTO 2        
DNF 11 44  
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Joe Amato, USA
  V8 TO 1       Engine
DNF 23 40  
Chevrolet Corvette
Joe Pirrotta, USA
  V8 GTO