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The 1966 24 Hours at Daytona was a motor race held at Daytona International Speedway from the 5th to 6th of February 1966. It was the first time a Daytona continental was held for 24 hours, and this race paved the way for Ford's famous Le Mans victory with Ford finishing 1, 2 and 3.

Ford Motor Company had prepared seven Ford GT40 race cars with drivers Ken Miles, Llyod Ruby in the 98 car, Dan Gurney and Jerry Grant in the 97. Ford also had a Holman-Moody team, with Walt Hansgen, Mark Donohue. Ferrari entered 12 cars, most of them being the Ferrari 250 LM racecar. This race also held the debut of Team Penske with team manager Roger Penske.

The 65 Chaparral 2D of Jo Bonnier was the first to cross the starting line, with the 98 of Ken Miles right behind him in 2nd. The Jaguar E-Type 12 car retired due to unknown reasons on the 41st lap, with the Ferrari 250 LM of Denny Hulme following shortly after with gearbox trouble. Dan Gurney set the fastest lap record, 1:57.700, with Ken Miles setting his best lap only 100 milliseconds from Gurney's record.

Ken Miles leaded during most of the race, including the night. The Gurney/Grant 97 was in 2nd. Night came with more cars retiring, including the Holman-Moody 87 car, Driven by Richie Ginther.

Morning came and the Miles/Ruby prototype Ford was still leading, going like a bullet along the banking corners. Gurney/Grant was second, and Hansgen/Donohue was third. Miles was 9 laps ahead of Gurney as Ruby took the final stint for the 98 car, which later in 1966 was re-painted, and finished second in the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ken Miles and Llyod Ruby took the chequered flag, Gurney 2nd and Hansgen third.

1st	98	Miles / Ruby	Ford Mk II	Shelby American Inc.	678	4157.225 kms	173.093	1st	P+2.0

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============================================= 2nd	97	Gurney / Grant	Ford Mk II	Shelby American Inc.	670			2nd	P+2.0

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============================================= 3rd - 95	Hansgen / Donohue	Ford Mk II - Holman & Moody -	669	 -		3rd	P+2.0

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============================================= 4th	21	Rodriguez / Andretti	Ferrari 365 P2	North American Racing Team	664			4th	P+2.0

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=============================================5th	96	Amon / McLaren	Ford Mk II	Shelby American Inc.	651			5th	P+2.0

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=============================================6th	15	Herrmann / Linge	Porsche 906	Porsche System Engineering	623	3800.000 kms	160.000	1st	P2.0

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=============================================7th	16	Mitter / Buzzetta	Porsche 904 GTS	Porsche System Engineering	612	3720.000 kms	157.000	1st	S2.0

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=============================================8th	17	Klass / Schütz	Porsche 904 GTS	Porsche System Engineering	610	3710.000 kms	156.500	2nd	S2.0

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=============================================9th	22	Rindt / Bondurant	Ferrari 250 LM	North American Racing Team	591			6th	P+2.0

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=============================================10th	14	Gregg / Drolsom	Porsche 904 GTS	Brumos Porsche Florida	589			3rd	S2.0

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=============================================11th	20	Posey / Haynes / Theodoracopulos	Porsche 904 GTS	Sam Posey	577			4th	S2.0

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=============================================12th	6	Guldstrand / Moore / Wintersteen	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray coupé	Roger Penske	575			1st	GT+3.0

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=============================================13th	23	Konig / Clarke / Hurt	Ferrari 250 LM	Peter Clarke	574			7th	P+2.0

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============================================-14th	86	Sutcliffe / Grossman	Ford GT40	Ford Advanced Vehicles	571			1st	S+3.0

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=============================================15th	27	Piper / Attwood	Ferrari 250 LM	David Piper	556			8th	P+2.0

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=============================================16th	18	Ryan / Coleman / Bencker	Porsche 911	RBM Motors	548			1st	GT2.0

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=============================================17th	92	Revson / Gregory / Lowther	Ford GT40	Essex Wire Corporation	531			2nd	S+3.0

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=============================================18th	90	Kearney / Reina	Shelby GT350	Michael Reina	527			2nd	GT+3.0

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=============================================19th	30	Perkins / Slottag	Ferrari 250 GTO	Jack Slottag	526			1st	S3.0

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=============================================20th	67	Cornelius / Boo / Brown	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	Cannon Auto	501			3rd	GT+3.0

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=============================================21st	56	Maxwell / Martin	Volvo P1800	William J. Martin	496			5th	S2.0

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=============================================22nd	41	Kleinpeter / Fry / Parsons	Triumph LM	E. P. Drescher	490			2nd	P2.0

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=============================================23rd	43	Kelder / Dube / Wilson	Triumph TR4A	Cannon Auto	487			1st	GT3.0

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=============================================24th	45	Byrne / Vega	Triumph TR4A	John Kingham	482			2nd	GT3.0

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=============================================25th	84	Scott / Flanagan / Chastain	Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint	Pompano Sports Cars	474			1st	GT1.6

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=============================================26th	54	Stoutenburg / Jones / Isley	Plymouth Barracuda	Raymond Stoutenburg	466			4th	GT+3.0

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=============================================27th	75	Riley / MacGrotty	Yenko Stinger	McMillan Ring Free Oil Co.	448			9th	P+2.0

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=============================================28th	40	Waltman / Swanson / Cone	Triumph TR4	Genser Forman	432			3rd	GT3.0

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=============================================29th	7	Bolander / Winkelmann / Olson	Ford Cortina GT	John Olson	416				P2.0

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=============================================30th	78	Smith / Drolet	Sunbeam Alpine	Autosport	416		107.504		S2.0

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=============================================31st	73	McKemie / Petmecky / Opert	Elva Courier Mk IV	Fred Opert	391				S2.0

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=============================================32nd	80	Mims / Guthrie / Dietrich	Sunbeam Alpine	Autosport	389				S1.6

NOT CLASSIFED - 79	Richards / Cuomo	Austin-Healey Sprite	Autosport	491 	Last lap too slow	P2.0

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91	Thompson / Scott / Revson	Ford GT40	Essex Wire Corporation	500			Brakes	S+3.0

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=============================================32	Follmer / Wester / Hawkins	Ferrari 250 LM	North American Racing Team	428			Generator	P+2.0

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=============================================44	Croucher / Glenn / Eve	MGB	Kenneth G. Chambliss	426			Con rod	GT2.0

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=============================================29	Hawkins / Epstein	Ferrari 250 LM	Epstein Enterprises Ltd.	425			Gearbox	S+3.0

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=============================================94	Noseda / Clark / Thorpe / Heuer	Shelby Cobra	Ralph Noseda	419			Unknown	S+3.0

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=============================================55	Weaver / Fraim / Freeman	Lotus Elan	J. Randall	383			DNF	GT1.6

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=============================================93	Keck / Koveleski / Lowther	Shelby Cobra	Scuderia Bear	371			Drive shaft	S+3.0

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=============================================87	Ginther / Bucknum	Ford Mk II	Holman & Moody	329			Gearbox	P+2.0

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=============================================89	Gerber / Johnson / Lerch	Shelby Cobra	Dan Gerber	328			Overheating	S+3.0

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=============================================65	Bonnier / Hill	Chaparral 2D Chevrolet	Chaparral Cars Inc.	318			Wheel	P+2.0

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=============================================36	Pickett / Bean	Alfa Romeo Giulia Zagato	Cannon Auto	278			Withdrawn	S1.6

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=============================================42	Hughes / Salo / Addison	Triumph TR4	John Addison	244			Rocker arm	GT3.0

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=============================================59	Yenko / Forte / Riley	Volvo P1800	Art Riley	216			Unknown	S2.0

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=============================================31	Fulp / Rutan / Jennings	Ferrari 330 P	John Fulp	193			Wheel bearing	P+2.0

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=============================================88	Wonder / Wetanson	Ford GT40	Bill Wonder	178			Wheel	S+3.0

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============================================= 25	Bianchi / Langlois van Ophem / "Beurlys"	Ferrari 365 P2	Ecurie Francorchamps	171			Piston	P+2.0

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=============================================99	West / Macon	Ford Mustang	Joe Treadwell	168			Rod bolts => engine	GT+3.0

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=============================================24	Ireland / Hailwood / Drummond	Ferrari 250 LM	Drummond Racing Organisation	90			Gearbox	P+2.0

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============================================= 26	"Eldé" / Ickx	Ferrari 250 LM	Ecurie Francorchamps	80			Transmission	P+2.0

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=============================================19	Forlong / Dieas / McClain	Porsche 356B Super 90	Dave McClain	80			Gearbox	GT1.6

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=============================================74	Hess / Hess	Rambler Marlin	Queen City Rambler	80			Overheating/steering	P+2.0

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=============================================47	Lane / Sesslar	Porsche 904 GTS	David Lane	74			Overheating	S2.0

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=============================================77	Bentley / Hill	Sunbeam Tiger	Space Science	71			Oil pressure, suspension	GT+3.0

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=============================================5	May / Allison	Chevrolet Corvair	Robert Harper	63			Fuel pipe	GT3.0

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=============================================28	Hulme / Wilson	Ferrari 250 LM	Team Chamaco Collect	53			Gearbox	P+2.0

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=============================================12	Hull / Byrne / Kingham	Jaguar E-type	Jaguar of Florida	41			Unknown	GT+3.0

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=============================================                   DNS 85	Clark / Crow / Arutunoff	Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint	Anatoly Arutunoff	Head gasket	GT1.6

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DNA 10	Fulp / Kolb / Jennings / Rutan	Porsche 904/8 Bergspyder	John Fulp		P2.0

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=============================================11	Victor Merino	Porsche 904 GTS	Victor Merino		S2.0

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=============================================33	Hayes / Muther	Ferrari 275 P	Don Fong		P+2.0

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=============================================34	Drolsom / Mahoney	Porsche 904 GTS	George Drolsom		S2.0

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=============================================58	Baggely / Robson / Buchman / Buchman	Jaguar E-type	Richard Robson		GT+3.0

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=============================================83	Dibos / Colabattisti	Alfa Romeo Giulia	Eduardo Dibos		GT1.6