Dijon 6-hour race in 1978

Kremer - Porsche 935

The 6 Hours of Dijon 1978 , also 6 Hours Dijon , took place on April 16 at the Circuit de Dijon-Prenois and was the fifth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The 1978 World Sports Car Championship continued with the race in Dijon . Due to a very bad weather forecast, the organizer shortened the race distance from six to four hours. The big rain did not happen on the day of the race, the shortened race remained. Once again, the Porsche 935s used were clearly superior to the competing products from BMW . Overall victory was achieved by Bob Wollek and Henri Pescarolo in the Kremer- Porsche 935.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Size 5	2	Porsche Kremer Racing	Bob Wollek Henri Pescarolo	Porsche 935 / 77A	169
2	Size 5	5	Gelo Racing Team	John Fitzpatrick Hans Heyer Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935 / 77A	166
3	Size 5	21st	BMW Italia - Osella	Giorgio Francia Eddie Cheever	BMW 320i	165
4th	Size 5	23	BMW Sweden	Bo Emanuelsson Ingvar Carlsson	BMW 320i	165
5	Size 5	9	ASA Cachia	Jean-Louis Lafosse Claude Ballot-Léna	Porsche 935	162
6th	Size 5	3	Porsche Kremer Racing	Dieter Schornstein Louis Krages	Porsche 935 / 77A	157
7th	Size 5	24	BMW Switzerland	Marc Surer Freddy Kottulinsky	BMW 320i	151
8th	GT	31	Meccarillos Racing Team	Angelo Pallavicini Peter Bernhard Enzo Calderari	Porsche 934	149
9	GT	36	Kenneth glue	Kurt Simonsen Kenneth Leim	Porsche 934	147
10	Size 5	12	Klaus Drees	Wolfgang Kauwertz Klaus Drees Peter Hähnlein	Porsche 935	146
11	GT	39	Christian Bussi	Christian Bussi André Gahinet Bernard Salam	Porsche 934	146
12	GT	34	ASA Cachia	Georges Bourdillat Alain-Michel Bernard	Porsche Carrera RSR	146
13	Size 5	20th	BMW Belgium	Patrick Nève Harald Grohs	BMW 320i	143
14th	GT	30th	Heinz Schiller	Gérard Vial Antoine Salamin	Porsche 934	137
15th	GT	37	Anne-Charlotte Verney	Anne-Charlotte Verney Hubert Striebig	Porsche Carrera RSR	133
16	GT	38	Max Moritz	Edgar Dören Gerhard Holup	Porsche 934	119
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17th	Size 5	4th	Meccarillos Racing Team	Claude Haldi Herbert Müller	Porsche 935	143
18th	Size 5	6th	Gelo Racing Team	Toine Hezemans Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 935 / 77A	101
19th	GT	32	Preben Kristoffersen	Eberhard Sindel Preben Kristoffersen	Porsche 934	88
20th	Size 5	25th	Faltz Preparation	Dieter Quester Tom Walkinshaw	BMW 320i	81
21st	Size 5	11	Carlo Noce	Mario Casoni Dino Mallet	Porsche 935	31
22nd	Size 5	8th	Konrad Racing	Franz Konrad Volkert Merl	Porsche 935 / 77A	30th
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23	GT	33	Scuderia Basilea	Peter Zbinden Edi Kofel	Porsche 934	1

¹ not started

Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Size 5	Bob Wollek	Henri Pescarolo		Porsche 935 / 77A	Overall victory
GT	Angelo Pallavicini	Peter Bernhard	Enzo Calderari	Porsche 934	Rank 8

Racing data

• Registered: 23
• Started: 22
• Valued: 16
• Race classes: 2
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cold and cloudy
• Route length: 3.800 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4:00: 55.850 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 169
• Total distance of the winning team: 642,200 km
• Winner's average: 159.930 km / h
• Pole position: Toine Hezemans - Porsche 935 / 77A (# 6) - 1: 20.440 = 170.965 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Toine Hezemans - Porsche 935 / 77A (# 6) - 1: 21.700 = 167.442 km / h
• Racing series: 5th round of the 1978 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Race results

Previous race 6 Hours of Mugello 1978

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6-hour race at Silverstone 1978