Dijon 6-hour race 1979

Joest Racing - Porsche 908/3 Turbo

The 6-hour race of Dijon 1979 , also called Dijon 6 Hours , took place on April 22nd on the Circuit de Dijon-Prenois . The race was the fifth round of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

The second branded world championship race brought only insignificant improvements in the number of participants compared to the event in Mugello . In Dijon, a sports car in the category over 2 liters was registered, but this vehicle eliminated the last bit of racing excitement. The Porsche 908/3 Turbo used by Joest Racing was superior to the Porsche 935 competition in all respects. The distance was already striking. The pole position -time of Reinhold Joest was with 1: 17.770 minutes to nearly three seconds faster than the best time of the second-placed Porsche 935 of Manfred Schurti , John Fitzpatrick and Bob Wollek. At the end of the race, Joest and his teammates Volkert Merl and Mario Ketterer had a four-lap lead over the best-placed Porsche 935.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S + 2.0	31	LM Joest Racing	Reinhold Joest Volkert Merl Mario Ketterer	Porsche 908/3 Turbo	255
2	Size 5	1	Gelo Racing	Jacky Ickx Bob Wollek Manfred Schurti	Porsche 935 / 77A	251
3	Size 5	5	Sekurit Racing Team	Dieter Schornstein Edgar Dören	Porsche 935 / 77A	239
4th	Size 5	4th	Claude Haldi	Claude Haldi Herbert Loewe	Porsche 935	235
5	Size 5	8th	Paul Mahlke	Peter Hähnlein Franz Gschwender Klaus Böhm	Porsche 935	232
6th	S 2.0	44	Charles Graemiger	Mario Luini Philippe Roux Philippe Jeanneret	Cheetah G501	231
7th	GT	48	Formula Racing Club Zurich	Peter Zbinden Edi Kofel	Porsche 934	226
8th	Size 5	11	ASA Cachia	Jean-Louis Lafosse Michel Leclère	Porsche 935	224
9	S 2.0	35	Racing Organization Course	Alain Dechelette Charles Dechelette	Chevron B36	223
10	GT	46	Ecurie Biennoise	Enzo Calderari Willi Spavetti Athos Severi	Porsche Carrera RSR	222
11	GT	51	Angelo Pallavicini	Marco Vanoli Angelo Pallavicini	Porsche 934	220
12	Size 5	9	Erich Schiebler	Erich Schiebler Dieter Schmid	Porsche 935	215
13	Size 5	10	Gelo Racing Team	Manfred Schurti John Fitzpatrick Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 / 77A	215
14th	GT	50	Kenneth glue	Kenneth Leim Kurt Simonsen	Porsche 934	213
15th	GT	55	Jacques Guérin	Jacques Guérin Gérard Bleynie Jean-Louis Schlesser	Porsche 911SC	209
16	GT	49	Thierry Perrier	Thierry Perrier Roger Carmillet	Porsche 934	199
17th	S 2.0	39	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Jean-Marie Lemerle Alain Levié Pierre-François Rousselot	Lola T296	195
Not classified
18th	S 2.0	37	Lambretta SAFD	Renaud Laverre Jean-Pierre Danet	Lola T296	171
Disqualified
19th	S 2.0	36	Société ROC	François Sérvanin Laurent Ferrier	Chevron B36	169
Failed
20th	Size 5	21st	Geeraerts Berenger	Jacques Berenger Charles Geeraerts	BMW 320i	168
21st	S 2.0	33	Bruno Sotty	Bruno Sotty Gérard Cuynet Marc Frischknecht	Lola T294 / 6	136
22nd	Size 5	23	Giuseppe Piazzi	Giuseppe Piazzi Sandro Cinotti Stanislao Sterzel	Fiat X1 / 9	133
23	S 2.0	42	Daniel Brillat	Daniel Brillat Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann	Cheetah G601	129
24	S 2.0	34	Racing Organization Course	Bernard Verdier Noël del Bello	Chevron B36	100
25th	Size 5	22nd	Morfe Racing with Polaroof	Richard Jenvey David Mercer Mike Chittenden	Lotus Esprit S1	24
26th	GT	57	Kores Racing	Roland Ennequin Georges Bourdillat	Porsche 934	20th
27	S 2.0	38	Lambretta SAFD	Max Cohen-Olivar Michel Elkoubi Patrick Perrier	Lola T298	1
Not started
28	GT	53	Ecurie 13 Etoiles	Antoine Salamin Herbert Loewe Philippe Collet	Porsche 930	1

¹ illegal tank

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
29	GT	47	Christian Bussi	Bernard Salam Christian Bussi	Porsche 934

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 2.0	Reinhold Joest	Volkert Merl	Mario Ketterer	Porsche 908/3 Turbo	Overall victory
S 2.0	Mario Luini	Philippe Roux	Philippe Jeanneret	Cheetah G501	Rank 6
Size 5	Jacky Ickx	Bob Wollek	Manfred Schurti	Porsche 935 / 77A	Rank 2
GT	Peter Zbinden	Edi Kofel		Porsche 934	Rank 7

Racing data

• Registered: 29
• Started: 27
• Valued: 17
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cold and dry
• Route length: 3.800 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 03,400 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 255
• Total distance of the winning team: 969,000 km
• Winner's average: 161.475 km / h
• Pole position: Reinhold Joest - Porsche 908/3 Turbo (# 31) - 1: 17.770 = 175.903 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Reinhold Joest - Porsche 908/3 Turbo (# 31) - 1: 18.600 = 174.046 km / h
• Racing series: 5th round of the 1979 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 Talladega 1979

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6 Hours of Riverside 1979