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6 Hours of Mid-Ohio

IMSA GT race
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, OH
July 9, 1972
187 laps on 2.4 mile road course; 448.8 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	24	Bob Beasley  Michael Keyser	1	Toad Hall	Porsche 911S	187		running
2	4	Hurley Haywood  Sam Posey	59	Peter Gregg	Porsche 911S	186		running
3	7	John Buffum  Bert Everett	24	Libra Int. Racing	Ford Escort	185		running
4	34	Marshall Robbins  John Greenwood	48	Greenwood Racing (BFG Radial)	Chevrolet Corvette 427	183		running
5	30	Denny Long  Jim Greendyke	50	Greenwood Racing (BFG Radial)	Chevrolet Corvette 427	183		running
6	10	John O'Steen  Dave Helmick	43		Porsche 911S	183		running
7	11	Billy Dingman  Vince Gimondo	17		Chevrolet Camaro 302	182		running
8	20	Russell Norburn  Robert Hennig	21	Thiokol	AMC Javelin 390	182		running
9	6	Dave Heinz  Bob Johnson	57	R.E.D. Inc.	Chevrolet Corvette 427	179		running
10	39	George Stone  Bruce Jennings	77		Porsche 911S	177		running
11	16	Lou D'Amico  Tom Felton	83	ALTO Eng.	Chevrolet Corvette 427	177		running
12	27	Bob Kiefer  Tom Swindell	60		Chevrolet Corvette 327	177		running
13	36	Darrell Carter  Craig Carter	4		Chevrolet Corvette 327	176		running
14	48	Grey Egerton  Adrian Gang	2		Porsche 911S	175		running
15	42	Walt Simendinger  John Diamanti	86	Foreign Cars of Suffolk	Alfa Romeo GTV	173		running
16	40	Mike Tillson  Dieter Oest	89	Holbert's Porsche/AUDI	Porsche 911T	172		running
17	43	Phil Dermer  Tom Straub	16	Gemini Racing	BMW 2002	172		running
18	46	Lee McDonald  Harry Bytzek	70	ALGAR Ent.	Porsche 914/6	172		running
19	9	Gary Wright  Jim Locke	31	Locke Family Communities	Porsche 911S	172		running
20	5	Gene Felton  Rondald Austin	96		Chevrolet Camaro 427	170		running
21	44	Carson Baird  Joe Amato	8		Ford Pinto 2.0	170		running
22	18	Frank Harmstad  Robert Stoddard	6		Porsche 911S	170		running
23	3	Ron Weaver  Jerry Thompson	15		Chevrolet Corvette 427	169		running
24	19	Don Axtmann  Buzz Fyhrie	3		Chevrolet Corvette 427	169		running
25	35	William Schuldt  Andrew Bach	28	Eland Racing	Chevrolet Corvette 350	166		running
26	45	Bob Heiberg  Bill Jobe	82	Foreign Cars of Suffolk	Alfa Romeo GTV	166		running
27	33	Phil Currin  Bill Bean	99		Chevrolet Corvette 327	165		did not finish
28	13	Ed Lowther  Bill Schumacher	10		Chevrolet Corvette 427	165		did not finish
29	1	Mike Murray  Ike Knupp	66		Chevrolet Corvette 427	165		did not finish
30	15	Dave McClain  Dave White	11	David H. McClain	Porsche 914/6 914 043 1262	164		running
31	28	Jacques Bienvenue  Marc Dancose	71		Porsche 911T	163		did not finish
32	12	Dana English  Bob McClure	54	R.E.D. Inc.	Chevrolet Corvette 427	157		running
33	22	Richard Stevens  Robert Barg	73		Chevrolet Camaro 302	154		running
34	8	Dan Doughtry  John Floyd	94		Chevrolet Corvette 427	153		running
35	37	Bob Mowrey  Carl Armstrong	58		Shelby GT350	152		running
36	21	Larry Ross  David Shook	93		Chevrolet Corvette 427	126		did not finish
37	29	Clay Young  Eddie Johnson	7		Chevrolet Camaro 302	124		running
38	31	Richard Sterbins  Rick Schiesz	64		Chevrolet Camaro 124379N555039	117		did not finish
39	32	Klaus Bytzek  Rudy Bartling	49		Porsche 911S	104		did not finish
40	41	Bill Cannon  Rasey Feezell	98		Alfa Romeo GTV	80		did not finish
41	38	Bill Besarick  Earl MacLean	33		Chevrolet Camaro 302	69		did not finish
42	23	Pete Harrison  Charlie Lloyd	0		Porsche 911S	66		did not finish
43	47	Pete Jones  Sam Miller	9		Ford Mustang 302	64		did not finish
44	26	Andrew Carduner  Harry Theodoracopulos	14	LASH Racing	Porsche 911S	48		did not finish
45	25	Tommy Johnson  George Gunlock	29		Shelby GT350	38		did not finish
46	14	Michael Wiernicki  Silas Allen	38		Chevrolet Corvette 427	37		did not finish
47	17	John Elliott	80		Chevrolet Camaro	18		did not finish
48	2	Wilbur Pickett	23	Holiday Inn	Chevrolet Corvette	16		did not finish
49	49	Don Haines  Bob Mouat			Chevrolet Corvette	0		did not start	0

Notes: According to Mansfield News Journal:
Greenwood-Greendyke in 4th and Robbins-Long in 5th.
Bob Farrell may have codriven the 11th place car.
15th place Diamante-Simendinger do not appear in the box score.
Russell Norburn listed as codriver of 17th place car with Dermer-Straub.
Lee McDonald listed as codriving 18th with Ray Menapace with no mention of Bytzek.
Gene Felton listed with Bob McClure and no mention of Austin.
26th place listed as Bob Heibert-John Diamanti.
36th place Shook-Ross also not mentioned in box score.
38th place listed as Sterbin and Bob Speakman.
41st place Besarick-MacLean not mentioned in box score.
Pat Keating codrove 42nd place car with Lloyd-Harrison.
46th place listed as Helmick and O'Steen in a Porsche.
Bob Mitchell codrove with John Elliott.
Tony DeLorenzo codrove with Wilbur Pickett.
Time of race: 06:01:43
Average Speed: 74.445 MPH
Pole Speed: 101.7 seconds
Attendance: 15,000