Dijon 6-hour race in 1976

Circuit layout of the Circuit de Dijon-Prenois 1976

The 1976 6-hour race in Dijon , also known as the ACF 6 Hours Dijon , took place on September 4th at the Circuit de Dijon-Prenois and was the twelfth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The weekend of September 4 and 5, 1976 at the Circuit de Dijon-Prenois had something special to offer: two races of the 1976 World Sports Car Championship within 24 hours. Combining two races on one weekend posed major challenges for some Porsche drivers. Jacky Ickx and Jochen Mass won both races: on Saturday the 6-hour race in a Porsche 935 and on Saturday the 500 km race in a Porsche 936 .

Other drivers who contested both races included Jürgen Barth , Reinhold Joest , Rolf Stommelen , Bob Wollek and Leo Kinnunen .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Size 5	1	Martini Racing	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Porsche 935	311
2	Size 5	5	Porsche Kremer Racing	Bob Wollek Hans Heyer	Porsche 935	310
3	Size 5	3	Martini Racing	Manfred Schurti Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 935	304
4th	Size 5	9	Egon Evertz	Leo Kinnunen Egon Evertz	Porsche 934/5 2.8	301
5	Size 5	11	Audio - Vision Rister SA	Claude Haldi Herbert Müller	Porsche 934/5	298
6th	Size 5	27	Schnitzer BMW	Dieter Quester Albrecht Krebs Ronnie Peterson	BMW 3.5 CSL	297
7th	Size 5	25th	Hermetite BMW	John Fitzpatrick Tom Walkinshaw	BMW 3.5 CSL	297
8th	GT	7th	Porsche Kremer Racing	Jürgen Barth Reinhold Joest Bob Wollek	Porsche 934	290
9	Size 5	23	Alpina Faltz	Gunnar Nilsson Harald Grohs Alain Peltier	BMW 3.5 CSL	287
10	Size 5	41	Valvoline Germany	Eberhard Sindel Günter Steckkönig	Porsche 934/5	286
11	GT	61	Henri Cachia	Claude Ballot-Léna Jacques Borras	Porsche 934	279
12	Size 5	65	Kenneth glue	Kurt Simonsen Kenneth Leim	Porsche Carrera RSR	276
13	Size 5	15th	Schiller Racing Team	Florian Vetsch Bernard Chenevière	Porsche 934/5	267
14th	Size 5	51	William Vollery and Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann	William Vollery Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann Jean-Louis Lafosse	Porsche Carrera RSR	266
15th	GT	43	Georges Bourdillat	Georges Bourdillat Joël Laplacette	Porsche 911S	265
16	Size 5	31	Bourgogne	Jean-Claude Justice Rémy Julienne François Migault	BMW 3.5 CSL	233
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17th	GT	49	Gabriele Gottifredi	Angelino Lepri Girolamo Capra Gabriele Gottifredi	Porsche 934	182
18th	Size 5	47	Jean-Louis Chateau	Jean-Louis Chateau Michel Seban	Porsche 934/5 2.8	178
19th	Size 5	63	Louis Meznarie	Anne-Charlotte Verney Hubert Striebig	Porsche Carrera RSR	45
20th	Size 5	39	BMW Motorsport GmbH	Ronnie Peterson Gunnar Nilsson	BMW 3.5 CSL Turbo	33
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21st	Size 5	39	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Maurizio Micangeli Carlo Pietromarchi	De Tomaso Pantera	1

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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.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
22nd	Size 5	17th	Gelo Racing Team	Toine Hezemans Tim Schenken	Porsche 934/5
23	GT	19th	Henri Cachia	Claude Ballot-Léna Jacques Borras	Porsche 934
24	Size 5	33	Schnitzer BMW	Norbert Neumann Kalli Hufstadt	BMW 2002 TII
25th	Size 5	35	Vienna Racing	Karl Oppitzhauser Jörg Obermoser	BMW 3.5 CSL
26th	Size 5	37	Stuart Graham	Stuart Graham Reine Wisell	Chevrolet Camaro
27	Size 5	45	Alméras Freres	Jean-Marie Alméras Jacques Alméras	Porsche 934/5
28	GT	63	Josef Brambring	Jürgen Neuhaus Jürgen Barth	Porsche Carrera
29	GT	57	X Racing	Raymond Touroul Robert Boubet	Porsche Carrera RSR
30th	Size 5	59	Géral and Guicherd	Jean-Claude Géral Michel Guicherd	Plymouth Barracuda

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Size 5	Jacky Ickx	Jochen Mass		Porsche 935	Overall victory
GT	Jürgen Barth	Reinhold Joest	Bob Wollek	Porsche 934	Rank 8

Racing data

• Registered: 30
• Started: 20
• Valued: 16
• Race classes: 2
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: dry
• Route length: 3.289 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6: 00: 00,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 311
• Total distance of the winning team: 1019.590 km
• Winner's average: 169.932 km / h
• Pole position: Ronnie Peterson - BMW 3.5 CSL Turbo (# 21) - 1: 05.230 = 181.518 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jacky Ickx - Porsche 935 (# 1) - 1: 06.840 = 177.145 km / h
• Racing series: Round 12 of the Sports Car World Championship in 1976

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 of the 200-mile Mosport race in 1976

Sports car world championship

Successor 500 km Dijon race in 1976