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1978 Home
Daytona Finale
Race story

Camel GT Challenge, Camel GT 250, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach

26 november 1978

Winners average : 189,690km/h

64 starters

Time : 02:07:03:470

Categories

GTX

GTO

GTU

1	59	PORSCHE 935 930 890 0018	Peter Gregg	65 Laps	1.GTX
2	00	PORSCHE 935 930 890 0019	Danny Ongais	65 Laps	2.GTX
3	18	PORSCHE 935JLP1 930 890 0037	John Paul	65 Laps	3.GTX
4	30	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0905	Gianpiero Moretti-Hurley Haywood	64 Laps	4.GTX
5	7	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0958	Ludwig Heimrath-Carlos Moran	63 Laps	5.GTX
6	0	PORSCHE 935 930 890 0021	Ted Field	62 Laps	6.GTX
7	94	PORSCHE 935 930 890 0023	Bill Whittington	62 Laps	7.GTX
8	04	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Rick Thompkins	60 Laps	1.GTO
9	44	JAGUAR XJS	Bob Tullius-Brian Fuerstenau	60 Laps	2.GTO
10	46	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 360 1099	Mauricio de Narvaez	60 Laps	3.GTO
11	58	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Diego Febles	60 Laps	4.GTO
12	8	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 460 0035	Bob Beasley	60 Laps	5.GTO
13	93	PORSCHE 934/5 930 670 0152	Don Whittington	60 Laps	5.GTX
14	07	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	David Cowart-Howard Meister	60 Laps	6.GTO
15	3	CHEVROLET CAMARO	José Gonzales-Luis Sereix	59 Laps	9.GTX
16	28	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0960	Cliff Kearns-Milt Minter	58 Laps	10.GTX
17	76	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Norm Ridgely	58 Laps	7.GTO
18	72	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Murray Edwards	58 Laps	8.GTO
19	24	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Carmen Lista	58 Laps	9.GTO
20	11	CHEVROLET NOVA	Don Yenko	57 Laps	1.AC
21	68	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 005 0009	Luis Mendez	57 Laps	10.GTO
22	50	PORSCHE 911S	Fritz Hochreuter-Rainer Brezinka	56 Laps	11.GTO
23	79	DATSUN 240Z	Richard Kendrick-Scott Hoerr	56 Laps	1.GTU
24	27	PORSCHE 911S	Ray Mummery-Tom Sheehy	56 Laps	2.GTU
25	02	PORSCHE 911S	Dave White	56 Laps	3.GTU
26	42	PORSCHE 911S	Tom Ashby-Bill Bean	55 Laps	4.GTU
27	96	BUICK SKYLARK	Gene Felton	55 Laps	2.AC
28	34	PORSCHE 911S	George Drolsom	55 Laps	5.GTU
29	29	CHEVROLET MONZA 001	Hoyt Overbagh-Ron Reed	55 Laps	12.GTO
30	99	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Phil Currin	55 Laps	10.GTX
31	75	PORSCHE 911S	Mike Ramirez-Manuel Villa	55 Laps	6.GTU
32	20	OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS	Gene RutherFORD-Tom Wallace	54 Laps	3.AC
33	38	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 460 9113	Bonky Fernandez-Mandy Gonzales	52 Laps	13.GTO
34	26	ALFA ROMEO ALFETTA	Ernie Smith	51 Laps	7.GTU
35	05	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Al Levenson-Tom Brown	49 Laps	14.GTO
36	54	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Jack Swanson-Dick Gauthier	49 Laps	12.GTX
37	15	FORD MUSTANG II	Robert LaMay-Larry Parker	48 Laps	15.GTO
38	41	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Herb Jones	47 Laps	13.GTX
39	25	BMW 3.0 CSL	Kenper Miller	44 Laps	16.GTO
40	88	PORSCHE 911S	Joseph Hamilton-Chuck Wade-Rob Hoskins	40 Laps	8.GTU
41	33	PORSCHE 911S	Peter Welter-Richard Aten	35 Laps	9.GTU
42	23	FORD COBRA II	Charlie Kemp	34 Laps	14.GTX
43	5	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Javier Garcia	31 Laps	15.GTX
44	21	PORSCHE 914/4 471 29 12215	Vince di Lella-Manuel Cueto	31 Laps	10.GTU
45	14	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Dick Neland	29 Laps	17.GTO
46	09	PORSCHE 934/5	Gary Belcher	23 Laps	16.GTX
47	84	DATSUN 240Z	Bob Speakman	22 Laps	11.GTU
48	65	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Richard Valentine	22 Laps	18.GTO
49	47	CHEVROLET NOVA	Tim Chitwood-Sam Fillingham-Joie Chitwood	21 Laps	4.AC
50	80	OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS	Herb Adams-Pat Bedard	21 Laps	5.AC
51	2	BMW 320i Turbo	David Hobbs	19 Laps	17.GTX
52	66	CHEVROLET MONZA	Tom Bagley	19 Laps	18.GTX
53	67	DODGE CHALLENGER	Glenn Bunch	18 Laps	19.GTX
54	08	PORSCHE 911S 911 030 1263	Terry Wolters-Wayne Miller	16 Laps	12.GTU
55	61	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Lamar Mann-Guido Levetto	14 Laps	19.GTO
56	9	PORSCHE 935	R.D Whittington-Dale Whittington	13 Laps	20.GTX
57	89	PORSCHE 911S	Pepe Romero-Ernesto Soto	8 Laps	20.GTO
58	36	PORSCHE 911S	Ron Case-David Panaccione	7 Laps	13.GTU
59	40	PORSCHE 914/6	Steve Southard-Bill Koch	7 Laps	14.GTU
60	12	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	FORD Smith	6 Laps	21.GTO
61	19	FORD MUSTANG	Fred Werl-Jimmy Spencer	6 Laps	21.GTX
62	10	PONTIAC GRAND AM	Steve Southard-Bill Koch	4 Laps	6.AC
63	81	FORD GRANADA	David Crabtree	2 Laps	7.AC
64	82	CHEVROLET CAMARO Tc	Carmon Salomone-Fred Lang	2 Laps	22.GTX

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