1983 24 Hours of Daytona
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The Silver Anniversary Edition 24 Hour Pepsi Challenge was a 24-hour endurance sports car race held on February 5–6, 1983[1] at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the opening round of the 1983 IMSA GT Championship.

Victory overall and in the GTP class went to the No. 6 Henn's Swap Shop Racing Porsche 935 driven by Bob Wollek, Claude Ballot-Léna, Preston Henn, and A. J. Foyt.[2][3] Victory in the GTO class went to the No. 7 Racing Beat Mazda RX-7 driven by Pete Halsmer, Bob Reed, and Rick Knoop. Victory in the GTU class went to the No. 92 Kent Racing Mazda RX-7 driven by Lee Mueller, Hugh McDonough, and Terry Visger.

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps
1 GTP 6 United States Henn's Swap Shop Racing France Bob Wollek
France Claude Ballot-Léna
United States Preston Henn
United States A. J. Foyt
Porsche 935 618
2 GTP 88 United States Motorsports Marketing United States Terry Wolters
United States Randy Lanier
United States Marty Hinze
March 83G 612
3 GTO 7 United States Racing Beat United States Pete Halsmer
United States Bob Reed
United States Rick Knoop
Mazda RX-7 598
4 GTP 24 United States Pegasus III Racing United States M. L. Speer
United States Ken Madren
United States Ray Ratcliff
Porsche 935 578
5 GTO 50 United States Latino Racing Puerto Rico Diego Febles
Costa Rica Kikos Fonseca
Costa Rica Roy Valverde
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 568
6 GTP 10 United States Cooke Racing United States Ralph Kent-Cooke
United States Jim Adams
United Kingdom John Bright
Lola T600 563
7 GTO 05 United States T&R Racing United States Tico Almeida
Cuba Miguel Morejon
Venezuela Ernesto Soto
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 561
8 GTP 77 United States Z&W Enterprises United States Walt Bohren
United States Pierre Honneger
United Kingdom David Palmer
Mazda GTP 553
9 GTO 9 United States Personalized Autohaus United States Wayne Baker
United States Jim Mullen
United States Bob Garretson
Porsche 934 551
10 GTO 35 United States Pegasus Racing United States Paul Gilgan
United States Al Leon
United States Wayne Pickering
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 547
11 GTP 47 United States Frank Rubino United States Frank Rubino
United States Pepe Romero
United States Doc Bundy
United States Dale Whittington
Porsche 935 546
12 GTU 92 United States Kent Racing United States Lee Mueller
United States Hugh McDonough
United States Terry Visger
Mazda RX-7 544
13 GTO 58 United States Brumos Racing United States Kathy Rude
United States Deborah Gregg
United States Bonnie Henn
Porsche 924 Carrera GTR 531
14 GTU 90 United States 901 Shop United States Mike Schaefer
United States Jack Refenning
United States John Belperche
United States Doug Zitza
Porsche 911 525
15 GTO 61 United States Vista Racing United States Brent O'Neill
United States Don Courtney
United States Luis Sereix
Chevrolet Monza 525
16
DNF
GTP 86 United States Bayside Disposal Racing United States Hurley Haywood
United States Bruce Leven
United States Al Holbert
Porsche 935 515
17 GTU 60 United States Team Morrison United States Steve Dietrich
United States Chris Ivey
United States Jim Cook
Mazda RX-7 514
18 GTO 85 United Kingdom Richard Lloyd United Kingdom Richard Lloyd
United States George Drolsom
United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer
Porsche 924 Carrera GTR 500
19 GTU 38 United States Mandeville Auto/Tech United States Roger Mandeville
United States Amos Johnson
United States Danny Smith
Mazda RX-7 476
20 GTO 4 United States Statagraph, Inc. United States Billy Hagan
United States Terry Labonte
United States Lloyd Frink
Chevrolet Camaro 467
21 GTU 63 United States RGP 500 Racing United States Jim Downing
United States John Maffucci
United States Steve Potter
Mazda RX-7 466
22 GTO 29 United States Overby's United States Robert Overby
United States Chris Doyle
United States Don Bell
Chevrolet Camaro 438
23 GTU 37 United States Burdsall-Welter Racing United States Tom Burdsall
United States Peter Welter
United States Al Bacon
Mazda RX-7 436
24
DNF
GTO 26 United States Auriga Racing United States Tom Nehl
United States Nelson Silcox
United States R. J. Valentine
Chevrolet Camaro 426
25
DNF
GTP 1 United States JLP Racing United States John Paul Jr.
United States Rene Rodriguez
Italy Joe Castellano
Porsche 935 412
26
DNF
GTO 13 United States Gordon Oftedahl United States Duane Eitel
United States Mike Brummer
United States Phil Pate
Pontiac Firebird 411
27 GTO 28 United States Avanti United States Herb Adams
United States John Martin
United States Joe Ruttman
United States Leonard Emanuelson
Avanti II 410
28 GTO 40 Canada Bieri Racing Canada Uli Bieri
Canada Matt Gysler
Canada Duff Hubbard
BMW M1 406
29 GTU 97 United States All American Racers United States Wally Dallenbach Jr.
United States Willy T. Ribbs
United States Whitney Ganz
Toyota Celica 365
30 GTO 75 United States Bard Boand United States Bard Boand
United States Richard Anderson
United States Mike Stephens
Chevrolet Corvette 358
31
DNF
GTP 83 United States Thomas T. Ciccone United States Mike Gassaway
United States Scott Smith
United States Joe Cogbill
United States Joe Cogbill Jr.
Chevrolet Camaro 357
32 GTU 52 United States TFC Racing United States Tom Cripe
United States Dick Gauthier
United States David Duncan
United States Jack Swanson
Porsche 911 312
33
DNF
GTU 71 United States Morgan Performance Technology United States Charles Morgan
United States Bill Johnson
United States Jim Miller
Datsun 280ZX 305
34
DNF
GTU 27 United States Scuderia Rosso United States Jim Fowells
United States Ray Mummery
United States Tom Sheehy
Mazda RX-7 300
35
DNF
GTU 78 United States Der Klaus Haus United States Klaus Bitterauf
United States Vicki Smith
United States Scott Flanders
Porsche 911 299
36
DNF
GTP 65 United States Ron Spangler United States Carson Baird
United States Chip Mead
United States Tom Pumpelly
Ferrari 512 294
37
DNF
GTO 23 United States Superior Racing Team United States Raul Garcia
United States Vince DiLella
United States Armando Fernandez
Chevrolet Camaro 285
38 GTO 01 United States Marketing Corporation United States John Morton
United States Tom Klausler
United States Ronnie Bucknum
Ford Mustang 284
39
DNF
GTO 72 United States John Josey United States Gary Baker
United States Sterling Marlin
Chevrolet Corvette 284
40 GTO 41 United States Starved Rock Ledge United States Rusty Schmidt
United States Scott Schmidt
Chevrolet Corvette 263
41 GTO 49 United States OMR Engines United States Hoyt Overbagh
United States Peter Kirill
United States David Price
Chevrolet Monza 243
42
DNF
GTU 66 United States Mike Meyer Racing United States Jack Dunham
United States Jeff Kline
United States Jon Compton
Mazda RX-7 242
43
DNF
GTO 45 United States Statagraph, Inc. United States Gene Felton
United States Tom Williams
United States Lloyd Frink
Chevrolet Camaro 223
44
DNF
GTP 21 United Kingdom Nimrod Racing United States Lyn St. James
Canada John Graham
United States Drake Olson
Nimrod NRA/C2 208
45
DNF
GTO 79 United States Whitehall Productions United States Tom Winters
United States Bob Bergstrom
United States Peter Dawe
Porsche 924 Carrera GTR 193
46
DNF
GTO 55 United States B de T Racing Colombia Diego Montoya
United States Terry Herman
United States Tony Garcia
BMW M1 172
47
DNF
GTO 14 United States Oftedahl Racing United States Bob Raub
United States Sam Moses
United States Carl Shafer
Pontiac Firebird 165
48
DNF
GTU 16 United States Paul Goral United States Paul Goral
United States Larry Figaro
United States Nort Northam
Porsche 911 161
49
DNF
GTP 74 United States Mark Wagoner United States Del Russo Taylor
United States Mike Angus
United States Wayne Dessinger
Chevron GTP 152
50
DNF
GTP 44 United States Group 44 United States Bob Tullius
Canada Bill Adam
United States Pat Bedard
Jaguar XJR-5 130
51
DNF
GTU 98 United States All American Racers United States Dennis Aase
United States Al Unser Jr.
United States Michael Chandler
Toyota Celica 130
52
DNF
GTO 89 El Salvador Taca El Salvador El Salvador "Jamsal"
El Salvador Eduardo Galdamez
El Salvador Eduardo Barrientos
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 122
53
DNF
GTO 31 United States Kendco United States Dale Kreider
United States Dick Neland
Chevrolet Camaro 122
54
DNF
GTP 11 United Kingdom Nimrod Racing United States A. J. Foyt
United States Darrell Waltrip
Argentina Guillermo Maldonado
Nimrod NRA/C2 121
55
DNF
GTO 67 United States Trans Am Specialties United States Elliott Forbes-Robinson
United States Gary Witzenburg
United States Tony Swan
Pontiac Firebird 121
56
DNF
GTU 42 United States Gary Wonzer United States Bill Bean
United States Buzz Cason
United States Gary Wonzer
Porsche 911 118
57
DNF
GTU 99 United States All American Racers United States Gene Hackman
Japan Masanori Sekiya
Japan Kaoru Hoshino
Toyota Celica 118
58
DNF
GTO 64 United States John Hulen United States John Hulen
United States Ron Coupland
United States Bob Speakman
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 118
59
DNF
GTO 15 United States D&L Performance United States Doug Lutz
United States Dave Panaccione
United States Larry Connor
United States Fern Prego
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 113
60
DNF
GTO 81 United States Robert Whitaker United States Robert Whitaker
United States Bill McDill
United States Karl Keck
Chevrolet Camaro 98
61
DNF
GTO 36 United States Herman & Miller P&A United States Paul Miller
United States Jim Busby
United States Ron Grable
Porsche 924 Carrera GTR 91
62 GTO 06 United States Bobby Diehl United States Bobby Diehl
United States Roy Newsome
Mazda RX-7 87
63
DNF
GTO 43 United States Bob Gregg Racing United States Bob Richardson
United States Bob Young
United States Bob Gregg
Chevrolet Camaro 85
64
DNF
GTO 04 United States Paul Canary Racing United States Paul Canary
Belgium Jean-Paul Libert
Belgium Pascal Witmeur
France Roger Carmillet
Pontiac Firebird 85
65
DNF
GTU 32 United States Richard Cline United States Rick Cline
United States Paul Romano
United States Mike Powell
Mazda RX-7 82
66
DNF
GTO 84 United States Motorsport Marketing United States Emory Donaldson
United States Steve Pope
United States Ken Murray
Chevrolet Camaro 79
67
DNF
GTO 07 Canada Heimrath Racing Canada Ludwig Heimrath
Canada Ludwig Heimrath Jr.
Porsche 934 71
68
DNF
GTU 30 United States Case Racing United States Jack Rynerson
United States Ron Case
Porsche 911 67
69
DNF
GTU 51 United States Red Roof Inns United States Doug Carmean
United States Don Herman
United States John Finger
Mazda RX-7 57
70
DNF
GTU 82 United States Trinity Racing United States Joe Varde
United States John Casey
United States Jack Baldwin
Mazda RX-7 52
71
DNF
GTO 87 United States Bob Beasley United States Bob Beasley
United States John Ashford
United States Jack Lewis
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 52
72
DNF
GTP 0 United States Interscope Racing United States Ted Field
United States Bill Whittington
United States Danny Ongais
Lola T600 47
73
DNF
GTP 5 United States Bob Akin Motor Racing United States Bob Akin
United States John O'Steen
United States Dale Whittington
Porsche 935 43
74
DNF
GTP 03 Switzerland Angelo Pallavicini Switzerland Angelo Pallavicini
United States Werner Frank
Porsche 935 24
75
DNF
GTO 02 United States Marketing Corp. of America United States Milt Minter
United States Ronnie Bucknum
Ford Mustang 24
76
DNF
GTP 6 United States JLP Racing United States John Paul
United States Phil Currin
Porsche 935 15
77
DNF
GTP 25 United States Red Lobster Racing United States Dave Cowart
United States Kenper Miller
Colombia Mauricio de Narváez
March 82G 14
78
DNF
GTO 09 United States Mark Gassaway United States Tom Ciccone
United States Vic Shinn
United States Joe Cogbill
Chevrolet Camaro 6
79
DNF
GTO 19 United States Van Every Racing United States Lance van Every
United States Ash Tisdelle
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 0
DNS GTP 00 United States Interscope Racing United States Ted Field
United States Bill Whittington
United States Danny Ongais
Lola T600 -
DNS GTP 2 United States Hinze Fencing United States Marty Hinze Porsche 935 -
DNS GTO 17 United States Dingman Bros. Racing United States Billy Dingman
United States Roger Bighouse
United States John Gunn
Chevrolet Corvette -
DNS GTO 18 United States Bill Nelson United States Vincent Collins
United States Bill Nelson
United States Lojza Vosta
Pontiac Firebird -
DNS GTO 20 United States Dale Kreider United States Dale Kreider
United States Dave Heinz
Chevrolet Corvette -
DNS GTU 39 United States Donald Flores United States Donald Flores
United States Robert Gottfried
United States Howdy Holmes
Porsche 911 -
DNS GTU 69 United States Conrado Casado Colombia Ricardo Londoño
Colombia Diego Londoño
United States Fred Flaquer
Porsche 911 -
DNS GTU 73 United States G.O. Racing United States Ken Grostic
United States Keith Lawhorn
Porsche 914 -
Source:[2]

References

  1. "Daytona 24 Hours 1983 - Racing Sports Cars".
  2. 1 2 "Daytona 24 Hours 1983 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".
  3. "1983 Daytona 24 Hours | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. June 13, 2017.


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