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- 'This site is aimed at preserving the IMSA Camel GT series. Its purposes are mainly historical and informative. Any valuable information may be sent to me. Every contributor will be properly credited.'
Daytona Paul Revere Camel GT Challenge
4 july 1978
Winners average : 165,228km/h
55 starters
Time : 02:25:52:061
| 1 | 59 | PORSCHE 935 930 890 0018 | Peter Gregg | 65 Laps | 1.GTX |
| 2 | 28 | PORSCHE 935 930 770 0960 | Cliff Kearns-Milt Minter | 65 Laps | 2.GTX |
| 3 | 93 | PORSCHE 934/5 930 670 0152 | Don Whittington-Bill Whittington | 64 Laps | 3.GTX |
| 4 | 25 | BMW 3.0 CSL | Kenper Miller | 63 Laps | 1.GTO |
| 5 | 46 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 360 1099 | Mauricio de Narvaez | 63 Laps | 2.GTO |
| 6 | 58 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR | Diego Febles | 62 Laps | 3.GTO |
| 7 | 38 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 460 9113 | Bonky Fernandez-Walt Bohren | 61 Laps | 4.GTO |
| 8 | 01 | PORSCHE 911S | Dave White | 61 Laps | 1.GTU |
| 9 | 14 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Javier Garcia | 61 Laps | 4.GTX |
| 10 | 42 | PORSCHE 911S | Tom Ashby-Bill Bean | 61 Laps | 2.GTU |
| 11 | 96 | BUICK SKYLARK | Gene Felton | 60 Laps | 1.AC |
| 12 | 67 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Charles Pelz | 59 Laps | 5.GTX |
| 13 | 47 | CHEVROLET NOVA | Tim Chitwood-Sam Fillingham | 59 Laps | 2.AC |
| 14 | 04 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Rick Thompkins-Herb Jones | 59 Laps | 5.GTO |
| 15 | 29 | CHEVROLET MONZA 001 | Billy Hagan-Hoyt Overbagh | 59 Laps | 6.GTO |
| 16 | 68 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Rick Hay | 58 Laps | 6.GTX |
| 17 | 60 | PORSCHE 911S | Rusty Bond-Ren Tilton | 58 Laps | 3.GTU |
| 18 | 02 | PORSCHE 911S | J.Kurt Roehrig-J.Dana Roehrig | 58 Laps | 4.GTU |
| 19 | 33 | DATSUN 260Z | Sam Posey | 57 Laps | 5.GTU |
| 20 | 36 | PORSCHE 911S | Ron Case-Dave Panaccione | 57 Laps | 6.GTU |
| 21 | 88 | PORSCHE 911S | Joseph Hamilton-Chuck Wade | 57 Laps | 7.GTU |
| 22 | 62 | PORSCHE 914/6 | Bill Koll | 57 Laps | 8.GTU |
| 23 | 83 | DATSUN 260Z | Don Devendorf | 57 Laps | 9.GTU |
| 24 | 50 | PORSCHE 911S | Fritz Hochreuter-Rainer Brezinka | 57 Laps | 10.GTU |
| 25 | 37 | DATSUN 240Z | Ken Williams-Bruce Langson | 56 Laps | 11.GTU |
| 26 | 34 | PORSCHE 911S | George Drolsom-Hugh Davenport | 55 Laps | 12.GTU |
| 27 | 05 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Al Levenson-Tom Brown | 53 Laps | 7.GTO |
| 28 | 85 | PORSCHE 914/6 | John Hulen-Ron Coupland | 53 Laps | 13.GTU |
| 29 | 2 | BMW 320i Turbo | David Hobbs | 53 Laps | 7.GTX |
| 30 | 10 | PONTIAC GRAND AM | Clay Young | 53 Laps | 3.AC |
| 31 | 03 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Guido Levetto | 50 Laps | 8.GTO |
| 32 | 6 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 005 0009 | Luis Mendez | 46 Laps | 9.GTO |
| 33 | 80 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Luis Sereix-José Gonzales | 45 Laps | 8.GTX |
| 34 | 11 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Carmen Lista | 44 Laps | 10.GTO |
| 35 | 4 | PORSCHE 911S | Chiqui Soldevilla | 44 Laps | 14.GTU |
| 36 | 00 | PORSCHE 935 930 890 0019 | Ted Field-Danny Ongais | 41 Laps | 9.GTX |
| 37 | 56 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Craig Carter-Carl Shafer | 40 Laps | 11.GTO |
| 38 | 40 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Emory Donaldson-Joe Cotrone | 40 Laps | 12.GTO |
| 39 | 48 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Lyn St James-John Carusso | 38 Laps | 13.GTO |
| 40 | 07 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR | David Cowart-Charles Mendez | 36 Laps | 14.GTO |
| 41 | 84 | DATSUN 240Z | Bob Speakman | 35 Laps | 15.GTU |
| 42 | 8 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 460 0035 | Bob Beasley | 34 Laps | 15.GTO |
| 43 | 20 | OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS | Gene Rutherford | 30 Laps | 4.AC |
| 44 | 32 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR | Honorato Espinosa-Francisco Lopez-Gustavo Londono | 29 Laps | 16.GTO |
| 45 | 65 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Richard Valentine | 24 Laps | 17.GTO |
| 46 | 99 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Phil Currin | 17 Laps | 10.GTX |
| 47 | 16 | MAZDA RX3 | Bob Dean-Greg Bruns | 14 Laps | 16.GTU |
| 48 | 30 | PORSCHE 935 930 770 0905 | Gianpiero Moretti | 11 Laps | 11.GTX |
| 49 | 23 | PORSCHE 911S | Fred Snow-Jack Swanson-Tom Cripe | 11 Laps | 17.GTU |
| 50 | 05 | CHEVROLET MONZA | Steve Bond-Phil Dann | 6 Laps | 18.GTO |
| 51 | 18 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE TF002 | John Paul-Michael Keyser | 6 Laps | 12.GTX |
| 52 | 9 | PORSCHE 935 | Marty Hinze-Art Yarosh | 1 Lap | 13.GTX |
| 53 | 90 | AMX SPIRIT | Rick Kump-Bob Lee | 1 Lap | 19.GTO |
| 54 | 12 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Ford Smith | 0 Lap | 20.GTO |
| 55 | 98 | SAAB Turbo | Ralph Tolman | 0 Lap | 14.GTX |
Cars that did not start
| 00 | PORSCHE 935 930 890 0021 | Ted Field-Danny Ongais | GTX |
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