VIR - April 1971 IMSA GT Race - "Danville 300"

Virginia International Raceway, April 18, 1971
The very first IMSA GT race

Race Program (thanks to Stan Vann)


Newspaper Articles

Results - Article by Phil Allen in May 8, 1971 Competition Press & Autoweek

Results - Article by Ronald Aldridge in 1972 race program

Spectator Hill Photos by Si Cottrell

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Results  
o/a class car # Danville 300 car laps
1 GTU-1 59 Peter Gregg / Hurley Heywood Porsche 914/6 GT 95
2 GTO-1 57 Dave Heinz Corvette 93
3 GTU-2 29 Ralph Meany Porsche 914/6 GT 89
4 GTU-3 61 Pete Harrison Porsche 911S 87
5 GTU-4 66 Jack Rabold Porsche 911 84
6 B-1 11 Byron Morris / Clint Abernethy BMW 79
7 A-1 23 George Alderman Datsun 510 76
8 A-2 17 Hugh Heishman Audi 100LS 74
9 A-3 53 Ron Lockhart Datsun 510 67
10 A-4 6 Clark Stimson Fiat 850 66
11 A-5 7 Steve Coleman / Grover Swayer Datsun 510  
12 TU-1 71 Amos Johnson / Roger Mandeville / Bunny Diggett Opel  
13 GTU-5 31 Jim Locke (oil leak) Porsche 911T  
14 GTU-6 5 John Cavin AH Sprite  
15 TU-2 38 Paul Fleming Fiat 124SC  
16 GTU-7 81 H.W. Alexander / Bill Hennecy Volvo P1800  
17 TO-1 21 Bob Hennig / Dick Staples AMC Javelin  
18 GTO-2 15 Mel Shaw / Cress Taylor Corvette  
19 GTU-8 67 Derek Sims / Howard Smith Triumph TR-4  
20 TU-3 32 Joe Richardson/Fred Willard Mini-Cooper  
21 GTU-9 46 Bob Beasley Porsche 911S  
22 GTU-10 1 Michael Keyser Porsche 911S  
23 TU-4 98 Alan Kline / Jerry Baird Austin Mini  
24 A-6 3 Wolfgang Christian Mini-Cooper  
Heat 1 Heat 2 International Formula 100 Race
1 1 12 David Loring Caldwell D9 16
4 2 88 Bill Baros Caldwell D9
2 3 31 Nils Sanborn Lola T200
16 4 2 Chris Gleason Winkleman
7 5 57 Carl Williamson Lola T200
6 6 7 Mark Alderson Alexis
20 7 70 Nick Dunn Winkleman
21 8 98 Bob Burgess Winkleman
17 9 93 George Alderman Lotus 61
8  10  24 Bob Gardner Lotus 61  

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