One of the best Sports Car Endurance race car drivers of the'60s and' 70s, Stommelen won the pole position for the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Porsche 917 a year after finishing third in a Porsche 908.
One of the best Sports Car Endurance race car drivers of the'60s and' 70s, Stommelen won the Daytona 24 4 times; in 1968,1978,1980 and 1982. He always won the pole position for the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Porsche 917 a year after finishing third in a Porsche 908.