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Interesting. I wonder how a mid-1973-built car with that serial number could have competed in 1972? S/n 5763 is also nowhere listed in P Olczyk's book on DeTomaso Racing cars, nor in the World Endurance Championships results under that s/n. I know they accept clones of factory race cars nowadays. Or maybe you're referring to GR-4 s/n 2862 ('Candy'), owned by Patrick Hals of Belgium and reportedly shipped to Daytona 2014 after winning the Portimao Endurance race in Sept, but did not run due to a undersized fuel tank that would not let him finish the Daytona race without far too many fuel stops?

Les Gray of AZ, owner of factory GT-4 #2833 is recuperating from knee replacement surgery (last week!) and Guy Trigeaux in N Carolina, owner of factory GR-4 s/n 2860 doesn't monitor this forum, so I'll ask the question for them. We keep a listing of all known DeTomasos in international racing- win or lose- since '72-'92, and Micangeli & Pietromarchi did compete '73-up (unverified s.n Pantera, though).

I also note in the Daytona entry list is Lilo Zicron, the owner/driver of that wildly modified racing Mangusta featured on the cover of a recent POCA Newsletter. Sadly, he was not driving the 'Goose but a '73 March 73-S Can Am. Maybe the race-Goose got sold?