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1973 500cc Triumph T100R Daytona with aftermarket rear suspension units. The 'Daytona' name was derived from American rider Buddy Elmore's win at the 1966 Daytona 200 race held at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. [2] He achieved an average speed of 96.6 mph (155.5 km/h) on a 'works special' Triumph Tiger 100. [1]
The 1971 International Championship for Makes season was the 19th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It was open to Group 6 Sports Prototypes , Group 5 Sportscars , and Group 4 Special GT Cars [ 1 ] and was contested over an eleven race series which ran from 10 January to 24 July 1971. [ 2 ]
A long line of T100SS, T100C, T100R and others appeared during the sixties in the UK and export (mainly US) markets culminating in the Daytona variants which remained in production until 1973. The historic Tiger name was revived by the new Hinckley Triumph company in 1993 (see Triumph Tiger 900 (T400) ).
Daytona 600: 599 2002–2004 Daytona 650: 646 2005–2006 Longer stroke version of Daytona 600 Daytona 675: 675 2006-2016 All new bike with all new three cylinder engine Daytona 765 765 2020 Limited production (1530 total), based on the Street Triple 765, plus tweaks from Triumph's Moto2 learnings. TT 600: 599 2000–2002 Scrambler 900: 865 2006–
Chassis #CSX2287 was the very first prototype Cobra Daytona Coupe, and is the only coupe that was built entirely at the Shelby American race shop in Venice, California. It was designed by Pete Brock, based on German engineering designs for an aerodynamic race car, dating back to the late 1930s.
The 1970 24 Hours of Daytona was an endurance race at the 3.8 mile road circuit at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA that took place on January 31 and February 1, 1970. It was the first race of the 1970 World Sportscar Championship season .
His best-known victory was winning the GT class at Le Mans 24 Hours in 1964 in Shelby's new Cobra Daytona Coupe with Dan Gurney co-driving. In 1965 Bondurant won the FIA Manufacturers' World Championship for Shelby American and Ford , winning seven out of ten races against the class dominating Ferrari 250 GTOs in Europe.
1971 World Sportscar Championship: Class GT: Porsche: Australian Sports Car Championship: John Harvey: 1971 Australian Sports Car Championship: Canadian American Challenge Cup: Peter Revson: 1971 Can-Am season: Formula F100: Tom Pryce: 1971 Formula F100 season: IMSA GT Championship: Hurley Haywood Peter Gregg: 1971 IMSA GT Championship