Dijon 6-hour race 1979
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 | ||
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1 | S + 2.0 | 31 |
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Porsche 908/3 Turbo | 255 | ||
2 | Size 5 | 1 |
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Porsche 935 / 77A | 251 | ||
3 | Size 5 | 5 |
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Porsche 935 / 77A | 239 | ||
4th | Size 5 | 4th |
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Porsche 935 | 235 | ||
5 | Size 5 | 8th |
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Porsche 935 | 232 | ||
6th | S 2.0 | 44 |
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Cheetah G501 | 231 | ||
7th | GT | 48 |
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Porsche 934 | 226 | ||
8th | Size 5 | 11 |
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Porsche 935 | 224 | ||
9 | S 2.0 | 35 |
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Chevron B36 | 223 | ||
10 | GT | 46 |
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Porsche Carrera RSR | 222 | ||
11 | GT | 51 |
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Porsche 934 | 220 | ||
12 | Size 5 | 9 |
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Porsche 935 | 215 | ||
13 | Size 5 | 10 |
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Porsche 935 / 77A | 215 | ||
14th | GT | 50 |
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Porsche 934 | 213 | ||
15th | GT | 55 |
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Porsche 911SC | 209 | ||
16 | GT | 49 |
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Porsche 934 | 199 | ||
17th | S 2.0 | 39 |
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Lola T296 | 195 | ||
Not classified | ||||||||
18th | S 2.0 | 37 |
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Lola T296 | 171 | ||
Disqualified | ||||||||
19th | S 2.0 | 36 |
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Chevron B36 | 169 | ||
Failed | ||||||||
20th | Size 5 | 21st |
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BMW 320i | 168 | ||
21st | S 2.0 | 33 |
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Lola T294 / 6 | 136 | ||
22nd | Size 5 | 23 |
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Fiat X1 / 9 | 133 | ||
23 | S 2.0 | 42 |
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Cheetah G601 | 129 | ||
24 | S 2.0 | 34 |
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Chevron B36 | 100 | ||
25th | Size 5 | 22nd |
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Lotus Esprit S1 | 24 | ||
26th | GT | 57 |
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Porsche 934 | 20th | ||
27 | S 2.0 | 38 |
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Lola T298 | 1 | ||
Not started | ||||||||
28 | GT | 53 |
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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 |
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29 | GT | 47 |
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Porsche 934 |
Class winner
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
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