5/2/1978

Record updated

Daytona 24 Hour Race. Won by Rolf Stommelen, Toine Hezemans and Peter Gregg in a Porsche 935.

Rolf Stommelen, Toine Hezemans and Peter Gregg teamed to win the 'Daytona 24 Hours' Sports Car race, round 1 of the 1978 World Championship for Makes. The winners averaged 108.743 mph in their Porsche 935, finishing 30 laps ahead of the Porsche 935 of Dick Barbour, Johnny Rutherford and Liechtenstein's Manfred Schurti.