Rolex 24 hours of Daytona, 914 Content Options

[ClayPerrine]

We are watching the start of the Rolex 24, and this came on screen:



All you 914 race historians.... what year, what team, and what drivers were in this 914-6 GT?

[NARP74]

This was during the Sam Posey narrated feature. Might be able to look for that. Something like "what will happen in 24 hours."

[JmuRiz]

I was trying to upload a slow mo video I took of it, but no luck with loading a .mov file

[NARP74]

https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/americas-mo...-endurance-race

[krazykonrad]

It appears to be in the 1976 Daytona 24 run by Spirit Racing. It's the only time I can find that a 914 had #54.

[wonkipop]

It appears to be in the 1976 Daytona 24 run by Spirit Racing. It's the only time I can find that a 914 had #54.

i reckon you are on it.





doesn't flip up a photo of car for daytona entry.


but if you keep checking the three drivers - steve southard keeps popping up elsewhere in a 914/6




and eventually a car photo.
fairly likely its the same car in later livery.
front spoiler seems to be same as the video still mr. p posted.




edit.
could be more on it here if same car.

https://pbase.com/9146gt/other_imsa_scca_steve_southards

[wonkipop]

ok
its here on our world.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...p;#entry2687659

he is/was a member here. 914/6guy

[krazykonrad]

Good call on the IMSA GTU thread on here! That had somehow escaped my memory.

We should really make an effort to get that race history, especially the lesser known privateer stories, recorded in an accessible way for future generations.

[technicalninja]

@wonkipop is the "rain man" of the 914 world...

That post is six years old!

How did you remember that?

And, more importantly, how long did it take you to find it once you saw it again here?

looks like 15 min max from first sight to me.

Impressive!

[wonkipop]

@wonkipop is the "rain man" of the 914 world...

That post is six years old!

How did you remember that?

And, more importantly, how long did it take you to find it once you saw it again here?

looks like 15 min max from first sight to me.

Impressive!

i didn't remember it. i wasn't a member. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
i'm not a rainman. (but i take it as a compliment! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) )
i am trained to research.
its not hard.

google image is my secret when it comes to some car stuff.
very effective.
apart from that though i might look like a mad scientist i am actually a fulbright scholar.
(so maybe i am a mad scientist. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) )
thats how i got to the USA back in the late 80s and.............ended up with a 914.
but thats another story.

you want something researched i can often find it pretty quick.
beats the old days of crawling around library shelves which is what i once used to do.

but i tell you what.
i would love to be let loose in the VW archives.
i reckon i could find all sorts of stuff in there about the 914 that would go further than a trawl through the porsche archives. who knows if i ever get to retire i might get to do it.

i'd love to go to germany. i have german ancestors. they came to australia in the late 19th century and settled in a place called Sarina in far north queensland. where there actually are crocodiles. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) they were all fishermen. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

clay perrine already knew the answer to this one before he posted it up.

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[North Coast Jim]

It appears to be in the 1976 Daytona 24 run by Spirit Racing. It's the only time I can find that a 914 had #54.

i reckon you are on it.





doesn't flip up a photo of car for daytona entry.


but if you keep checking the three drivers - steve southard keeps popping up elsewhere in a 914/6




and eventually a car photo.
fairly likely its the same car in later livery.
front spoiler seems to be same as the video still mr. p posted.




edit.
could be more on it here if same car.

https://pbase.com/9146gt/other_imsa_scca_steve_southards

I know Steve Southard. Lives in the Columbus, Ohio area and is a member of the Mid Ohio region of PCA. He now owns a Factory 914-6. A development Mule from the factory. The car is sweet !!!!

[wonkipop]

It appears to be in the 1976 Daytona 24 run by Spirit Racing. It's the only time I can find that a 914 had #54.

i reckon you are on it.





doesn't flip up a photo of car for daytona entry.


but if you keep checking the three drivers - steve southard keeps popping up elsewhere in a 914/6




and eventually a car photo.
fairly likely its the same car in later livery.
front spoiler seems to be same as the video still mr. p posted.




edit.
could be more on it here if same car.

https://pbase.com/9146gt/other_imsa_scca_steve_southards

I know Steve Southard. Lives in the Columbus, Ohio area and is a member of the Mid Ohio region of PCA. He now owns a Factory 914-6. A development Mule from the factory. The car is sweet !!!!

@North Coast Jim

fantastic.

from what i could tell on the internet search trail that looped right back into this website that the car mr. southard has now is still the same car.
could be wrong.
looks like he has returned it to a state much as it was in 1972.
rear flairs and slightly flared front guards and red in color.
neat car with a LOT of great history.

edit.
i checked the photos on the pbase GT website.
its been returned to its original red color.
but retains the full flares all round and cage frame chassis.

it was red when it ran at sebring in 1972.
with only rear flares and slightly flared front guards.

[gms]

My Book on IMSA 914s is in the works, I have been collecting pictures that have never been published for about 10 years now. I have found all but 5 of the cars.

[Freezin 914]

My Book on IMSA 914s is in the works, I have been collecting pictures that have never been published for about 10 years now. I have found all but 5 of the cars.

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Very cool!

[krazykonrad]

My Book on IMSA 914s is in the works, I have been collecting pictures that have never been published for about 10 years now. I have found all but 5 of the cars.

That sounds fantastic! Let me know if I can be of any help. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[SKL1]

Was nice to have something done by Sam as he has had some serious health issues over the last few years...

(also nice to see a 914- was lucky to do a couple laps as a passenger way back in the early '70's in a 914-6 and got to join the "100mph club"... the feeling on the banking was very strange to say the least!)

[URY914]

There were several 914 at the track. I saw these ...

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