24 uur van Daytona 1978

16e 24 uur van Daytona
Datum	4-5 februari 1978
Locatie	Daytona International Speedway, Verenigde Staten
Winnaars
Edities

De 24 uur van Daytona 1978 was de 16e editie van deze endurancerace. De race werd verreden op 4 en 5 februari 1978 op de Daytona International Speedway nabij Daytona Beach, Florida.

De race werd gewonnen door de Brumos Porsche #99 gereden door Rolf Stommelen, Toine Hezemans en Peter Gregg. Voor Gregg was het zijn vierde Daytona-zege, waarmee hij op gelijke hoogte kwam met recordhouder Pedro Rodríguez de la Vega. Stommelen won de race voor de tweede keer, terwijl Hezemans zijn eerste overwinning behaalde. De GTO-klasse werd gewonnen door de Diego Febles Racing #58 van Diego Febles en Alec Poole. De GTU-klasse werd gewonnen door de J. Dana Roehrig #01 van Dave White, Gary Mesnick en J. Dana Roehrig.

Race

Winnaars in hun klasse zijn vetgedrukt.

Pos.	Klasse	No.	Team	Coureurs	Chassis	Ronden
1	GTX	99	Brumos Porsche	Rolf Stommelen Toine Hezemans Peter Gregg	Porsche 935/77A	680
2	GTX	6	Dick Barbour Racing	Dick Barbour Manfred Schurti Johnny Rutherford	Porsche 935/77A	650
3	GTO	58	Diego Febles Racing	Diego Febles Alec Poole	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	645
4	GTO	33	Boricua Racing	Bonky Fernandez John Paul sr. Phil Currin	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	637
5	GTX	14	Kremer Porsche Racing	Josef Brambring Dieter Schornstein Louis Krages	Porsche 935 K2	635
DNF	GTX	09	Belcher Racing	Gary Belcher Doc Bundy Al Holbert	Porsche 934/5	632
7	GTX	32	Earle & Akin Racing Associates	Steve Earle Bob Akin Rick Knoop	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	632
8	GTO	65	Dan Ward Racing	John Morton Tony Adamowicz Hal Sahlman Bobby Carradine	Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Competizione	622
9	GTX	59	JMS Brumos Porsche	Peter Gregg Claude Ballot-Léna Brad Frisselle	Porsche 935	621
10	GTX	13	Hal Shaw Racing	Hal Shaw Jim Busby Howard Meister	Porsche 935	608
DNF	GTU	01	J. Dana Roehrig	Dave White Gary Mesnick J. Dana Roehrig	Porsche 911 S	604
12	GTU	34	Drolsom Racing	George Drolsom Hugh Davenport Mark Greb	Porsche 911 S	592
13	GTX	21	Konrad Racing	Franz Konrad Reinhold Joest Volkert Merl	Porsche 935	590
14	GTU	08	Terry Wolters	Terry Wolters Jack Refenning Ray Mummery	Porsche 911 S	584
15	GTX	24	Executive Industries	Tom Frank Bob Bergstrom	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	580
16	GTU	84	Bondurant Racing School	Chris Doyle John Maffucci Bob Speakman	Datsun 260Z	577
17	GTU	60	R & R Racing	John Thomas Ren Tilton Rusty Bond	Porsche 911 S	551
18	GTU	29	Richard C. Weiss	Richard Weiss Bill Alsup Bill Follmer	Porsche 911 S	550
19	GTX	37	Clay Young	Bob Buchler Eddie Johnson Clay Young	Chevrolet Camaro	550
DNF	GTO	46	Mauricio de Narváez	Mauricio de Narváez Albert Naon Tony Garcia	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	547
21	GTU	22	Music City Racing	Bill Harriss Volker Bruckmann	Porsche 911 E	546
22	GTX	5	Team Grand Competition on Canart	François Migault Lucien Guitteny Gregg Young	Ferrari 365 GT4/BB	521
23	GTO	68	Luis Mendez	Luis Mendez Mandy Gonzalez Tato Ferrer	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	509
24	GTU	91	Bob Bondurant	Bob Bondurant Steve Cook Ron Southern	Datsun 260Z	508
25	GTO	78	Western Motor Works	Bobby Hillin William Henderson Richard Turner	Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Competizione	506
26	GTU	9	Anatoly Arutunoff	Brian Goellnicht José Marina Jack May Anatoly Arutunoff	Lancia Stratos HF	505
DNF	GTO	94	Preston Henn	Preston Henn Hal Sahlman Sandy Satullo	Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Competizione	502
28	GTU	36	Case Racing	Ron Case Dave Panaccione	Porsche 911	500
29	GTU	53	Mazda Auto Tokyo	Jim Downing Stu Fisher Walt Bohren Roger Mandeville	Mazda RX-3	498
30	GTU	61	Alfred Cosentino	Taku Akaike Al Cosentino	Mazda RX-3	498
31	GTX	38	Mike Meldeau	Bill McDill Mike Meldeau	Chevrolet Camaro	497
32	GTO	10	Bob's Speed Products	Guy Church Rick Kump Bob Lee	AMC AMX	481
33	GTU	50	Native Tan	Charles Kleinschmidt Lee Culpepper	MGB GT	477
34	GTO	77	Amos Johnson/Dennis Shaw	Amos Johnson Dennis Shaw Charles Woodward	AMC Hornet AMX	475
DNF	GTX	7	Heimrath Racing	Ludwig Heimrath Jacques Bienvenue Norm Ridgely	Porsche 935	466
DNF	GTO	07	Morrison's Inc.	Dave Cowart Charles Mendez Joe Castellano	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	459
DNF	GTX	82	Solomone Racing	Carm Solomone Fred Lang Buzz Fyhrie	Chevrolet Camaro	456
DNF	GTX	15	Bavarian Motors International	Bruno Beilcke Sepp Grinbold Alf Gebhardt	BMW 3.0 CSL	427
39	GTU	55	Emiliano Rodriguez	Emiliano Rodriguez Hiram Cruz	Lotus Europa	402
DNF	GTX	95	Bob Hagestad	Hurley Haywood Bob Hagestad Doc Bundy	Porsche 935	400
41	GTX	18	Ours & Hours Racing	Dick Gauthier Jack Swanson Brad West	Chevrolet Camaro	395
42	GTX	56	Carter Brothers	Richard Valentine Craig Carter Murray Edwards	Chevrolet Camaro	361
43	GTU	87	Pedro Vazquez, Jr.	Pedro Vazquez Ron Oyler Joseph Hamilton Gunter Hamilton Gunter Seipolt	Porsche 911 S	360
44	GTO	02	Al Levenson	Dick Neland Al Levenson Tom Brown	Chevrolet Corvette	353
DNF	GTU	52	Mazda Auto Tokyo	Yoshimi Katayama Yojiro Terada Roger Mandeville	Mazda RX-3	271
DNF	GTX	19	Chris Cord Racing	Chris Cord Jim Adams	Chevrolet Monza	261
DNF	GTX	73	Howey Farms	Clark Howey Dale Koch David Crabtree	Chevrolet Camaro	259
DNF	GTU	76	Quality Inn	Frank Thomas Lee Mueller Logan Blackburn	Porsche 911	224
DNF	GTX	72	Bill Arnold Racing	Carl Thompson Billy Hagan Rusty Schmidt	Chevrolet Corvette	169
DNF	GTO	20	Richard L. Bostyan	Richard Bostyan Jerry Thompson Don Yenko	Chevrolet Corvette	152
DNF	GTO	25	Kenper Miller	Kenper Miller Paul Miller Oscar Koveleski	BMW 3.5 CSL	125
DNF	GTX	05	Dale Kreider	Stephen Bond Dale Kreider Philip Dann	Chevrolet Monza	123
DNF	GTO	8	Jolly Club	Felice Besenzoni Luciano Dal Ben Byron Wever	Ferrari 308 GTB	117
DNF	GTO	48	Autodyne Inc.	John Carusso Emory Donaldson Luis Sereix	Chevrolet Corvette	90
DNF	GTO	80	Herb Adams	Herb Adams Pat Bedard Marv Thomson	Oldsmobile Cutlass	89
DNF	GTX	0	Interscope Racing	Danny Ongais Ted Field Milt Minter	Porsche 935/77A	88
DNF	GTX	12	Porsche Kremer Racing	Bob Wollek Henri Pescarolo Didier Jaunet	Porsche 935/77A	86
DNF	GTU	51	Wynn's International	John Hotchkis Robert Kirby Dennis Aase	Porsche 911 S	85
DNF	GTO	4	Jolly Club	Dino Mallet Bob Bondurant Sergio Romolotti	Ferrari 308 GTB	82
DNF	GTO	03	Guido Levetto	Guido Levetto Dan Rice	Chevrolet Camaro	79
DNF	GTX	54	T & C	John Tunstall Stephen Behr Lou Timolat	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	70
DNF	GTO	39	Greg Pickett	Greg Pickett Neil Bonnet Bruce Canepa	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	67
DNF	GTU	27	Z & W Enterprises	Pierre Honegger Bill Scott Mark Hutchins	Mazda RX-3	57
DNF	GTX	2	McLaren North America	David Hobbs Ronnie Peterson	BMW 320i Turbo	47
DNF	GTO	17	Tim Chitwood	Sam Fillingham Tim Chitwood K. P. Jones	Chevrolet Nova	45
DNF	GTX	3	Jolly Club	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Porsche 935	6
DNF	GTU	85	John Hulen	John Hulen Ron Coupland Nick Engels	Porsche 914/6	0
DSQ	GTU	71	Bill Scott	Francisco Romero Ernesto Soto Hardie Beloff	Porsche 911 S	615
DNS	GTX	66	Bobby Carradine	Don Devendorf Tony Adamowicz Jeff Kline	Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Competizione	0
DNS	GTX	86	Hugh Kleinpeter	Janet Guthrie Hugh Kleinpeter Jef Stevens	De Tomaso Pantera GT4K	0
DNQ	GTU	88	Hamilton House Racing	Joseph Hamilton Chuck Wade Marty Hinze	Porsche 911 S	0