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Camel 200, Lime Rock Park

29 may 1972

Winners average : 151,488km/h

37 starters

Time : 2:22:02,800

Categories

GTO

GTU

1	31	PORSCHE 911S	Jim Locke-Bob Bailey	131 Laps	1.GTU
2	49	PORSCHE 911S 911 230 0056	Klaus Bytzek	128 Laps	2.GTU
3	99	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Phil Currin	127 Laps	1.GTO
4	1	PORSCHE 911S	Bob Beasley-Levon Pentecost	127 Laps	3.GTU
5	76	PORSCHE 911T	George Stone	127 Laps	4.GTU
6	77	PORSCHE 911T	Bruce Jennings	126 Laps	5.GTU
7	14	PORSCHE 911S 911 030 0043	Andrew Carduner-Hurley Haywood	125 Laps	6.GTU
8	92	PORSCHE 911S	Bill Schmid-Jim Glanton	125 Laps	7.GTU
9	86	ALFA ROMEO GTV	Walter Simendinger-John Diamanti	125 Laps	1.TU
10	8	FORD PINTO	Carson Baird	124 Laps	2.TU
11	70	PORSCHE 914/6	Lee MacDonald	123 Laps	8.GTU
12	29	SHELBY 350GT	George Gunlock-Bob McClure	123 Laps	2.GTO
13	15	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Jocko Maggiacomo	123 Laps	1.TO
14	46	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Craig Carter	120 Laps	3.GTO
15	43	PORSCHE911	John O'steen-Dave Helmick	117 Laps	9.GTU
16	41	DATSUN 240Z	Bob Speakman-William McFarlane	117 Laps	10.GTU
17	98	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Harold Keck-Ken Beck	114 Laps	4.GTO
18	62	PORSCHE 911	Richard Schuck-Jeffrey Foster	114 Laps	11.GTU
19	78	FORD MUSTANG	Fred Kashork-Ted Sullivan	114 Laps	2.TO
20	82	ALFA ROMEO GTV	Bob Heiberg	112 Laps	3.TU
21	63	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Mike Oleyar-Robert Luebbe	111 Laps	5.GTO
22	54	DATSUN 510	Tom Ciccone-Mike del Sesto	109 Laps	4.TU
23	83	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Tom Felton-Lou d'Amico	107 Laps	6.GTO
24	22	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Sam Posey-Denny Long	100 Laps	7.GTO
25	64	CHEVROLET CAMARO 124379N555039	Richard Sterbins	88 Laps	3.TO
26	59	PORSCHE 911S	Peter Gregg	62 Laps	12.GTU
27	89	PORSCHE 911T	Mike Tillson	48 Laps	13.GTU
28	2	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Bob Farrell	42 Laps	8.GTO
29	16	BMW 2002	Phil Dermer-Russ Norburn	30 Laps	5.TU
30	42	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Rod Harris	21 Laps	9.GTO
31	91	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Mike Summers	20 Laps	4.TO
32	65	FORD MUSTANG	Lee Tomczyk	20 Laps	5.TO
33	23	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Charlie Kemp	20 Laps	10.GTO
34	93	FORD PINTO	Jerry Walsh	15 Laps	6.TU
35	28	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Andrew Bach	12 Laps	11.GTO
36	9	PORSCHE 914/6 914 043 0033	Harry Bytzek	5 Laps	14.GTU
37	21	AMC JAVELIN	Russ Norburn	4 Laps	6.TO

Cars that did not start

0	BMW 2002	Jacques Fortin-Monique Proulx	TU
6	TVR	Joseph Little	GTU
18	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	John Floyd	GTO
19	ALFA ROMEO BERLINA	Eric Jacobsen	TU
20	LANCIA FULVIA	Mike Tillson	TU
25	FORD PINTO	Rick Schiesz-Jac Hamm	TU
26	FORD PINTO	Carl White-Charles Alexander	TU
32	MINI COOPER S	Harold Oakes-William Holden-Chris Gross	TU
33	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Silas Allen-Neil Wiernicki-Michael Wiernicki	GTO
36	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Kenper Miller-Paul Miller	GTO
37	SAAB 96	Billy Couch-Steve Dunn	TU
48	FORD PINTO	Ron Brown-Jim Lyles	TU
50	FIAT 124 124AC0068989	Steven Shepherd	TU
53	DATSUN 510	Ron Lockhart-Wayne Lockhart	TU
55	CHEVROLET VEGA	Bob Keslin-Jack Hundertmark	TU
61	DATSUN 510	Dick Stockton-Gerald Truitt	TU
67	FORD PINTO	John Leonard	TU
71	ALFA ROMEO GTV	Guiliano Verna-John McCleaf	TU
72	PORSCHE 911T	Marc Dancose-Marc Cantin	GTU
73	DATSUN 240Z	Tom Flavin-Don Haines	GTU
74	TOYOTA CELICA	Buzz Marcus	TU
81	TRIUMPH SPITFIRE	Alec Gillespie	TU
84	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Phil Zosky	GTO
85	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Lee Wiese	TO
88	DATSUN 510	Bob Bunce-Charles Hansen	TU
94	FORD PINTO	Jerry Baird	TU
95	MINI COOPER S	Roy Bullington-Ed Spreen	TU
96	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Gene Felton-Tom Fraser	TO
97	SHELBY 350GT	Roger Pierce-David Laughlin	TO

A flawless win for Jim Locke and Bob Bailey

Lime Rock was staging a 200 Miler on Memorial Day, and it would become a familiar venue for the years to come. 65 cars would enter the race, but 37 would actually be qualified. It would be a Porsche versus Chevrolet battle, with a lot of action at stake. Chevrolet Corvettes were dominating the field, on the power side, but they had to face a high fuel consumption. Denny Long was co-driven by Sam Posey in a 454ci Corvette, while Tom Felton and Lou D'Amico had a C2 Corvette, which Tom Felton put on the pole. James Locke was second, ahead of Peter Gregg and Denny Long. At the start, Jim Locke jumped into the lead, followed by Tom Felton, Peter Gregg, Sam Posey and Harry Bytzek. The power of the big Chevrolet enabled Tom Felton to pass Jim Locke on the straight line. Behind them, Sam Posey was trying to do the same with Peter Gregg, but with no success in the first place. He found his way in the next lap, then went on to pass Jim Locke. Harry Bytzek, meanwhile, had been bumped off the track and had retired. The following thirteen laps would hold the spectators' breath with Tom Felton and Sam Posey running nose to tail. Sam Posey would edge Tom Felton on the 17th lap while sneaking by solder cars. A very unfortunate incident occured when a corner worked was truck by Rod Harris Chevrolet Corvette. While it seemed that the two leaders were somewhat keeping the opposition at bay, both cars were having brakes problems. Sam Posey and Tom Felton had made off course excursions, the former losing his brakes on lap 30. Jim Locke had reclaimed the lead and was 15 second ahead of Peter Gregg. But the Brumos car would break a suspension link on lap 62. Jim Locke was to be followed by Sam Posey, who had run consistently. He handed his car to Denny Long on lap 65. His followers, all driving Porsche, were now ahead of him. He would have a great run, however, and had mode into 2nd place by lap 100, but he was two laps down from Bob Bailey, who was now in the leading car. He would be sent off course by a spinning car, and break his front nose. Tom Felton and Lou D'Amico would run out of gas on lap 107, after being truck by vapor lock trouble. Surprisingly, the Rinzler Motoracing Chevrolet Corvette, driven by Charlie Kemp, would join the race at the 110 lap mark. The car's engine was being rebuilt during most of the race time. The car ran flawlessly. Klaus Bytzek finished second, two laps behind Jim Locke and Bob Bailey, who had a trouble free race. Phil Currin finally won the GTO class in his 1963 Chevrolet Corvette. Jocko Maggiacomo won the TO class in his Chevrolet Camaro while Walt Siemindinger took the TU win in his Alfa Romeo GTV.

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