Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, February 4, 1991 TAG: 9102040122
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. LENGTH: Medium
The victory was a record fifth in the event for Haywood, from nearby Jacksonville, as well as the fourth for teammate Bob Wollek of France.
Also taking turns in the car fielded by Reinhold Joest of Germany were countrymen John Winter, Frank Jelinski and Frenchman Henri Pescarolo. It was the first 24-hour victory for Jelinski, while Pescarolo has four LeMans 24 Hours victories. Winter, who was in the car at the end, has one victory at LeMans and Haywood has won twice at LeMans.
The 42-year-old Haywood broke out of a tie for the most Daytona 24 Hours victories with the late Peter Gregg, his friend and teammate. But it was his first victory in the twice-around-the-clock event since 1979.
The winning car averaged 106.663 mph, completing 719 laps around the 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway circuit, a total of 2,559.64 miles. None of those totals is a record.
The winning car led the last 6 1/2 hours.
The European Group C Nissan R90C, co-driven by three-time defending IMSA Camel GTP champion Geoff Brabham of Australia, former IMSA champion Chip Robinson and Daytona winner Chip Robinson and Derek Daly of Ireland, wound up second, 18 laps and 2.22 seconds behind.
The leader's closest competitor earlier Sunday was the Porsche of Mario Andretti and his sons Michael and Jeff. They came from 17 laps down Saturday night to take the lead briefly after daybreak Sunday. But a bolt that sheared through the flywheel and into the starter motor forced a pit stop of more than one hour and ended hopes of a first Andretti 24-hour victory.
They managed to hang onto fifth place, finishing behind the third-place 962C of Jim Adams, Chris Cord and John Hotchkis and the GTO division-winning Ford Mustang of NASCAR star Mark Martin, Robby Gordon, Wally Dallenbach Jr. and defending IMSA GTO champion Dorsey Schroeder.
Keywords:
AUTO RACING
by CNB