El Salvador 6 Hours 1979
The 6-hour race of El Salvador 1979 , also 6 h El Salvador , took place on November 18 at the Autódromo Internacional El Jabali and was the 17th and final race of the sports car world championship of that year.
The race
The sports car world championship came to an end with a curious event in November 1979 . At the Autódromo Internacional El Jabali, which opened in February, the only race in Central American El Salvador in the history of the World Cup took place. The race track near Quezaltepeque was operated by Autodromos de El Salvador SA and was opened with the Gran Premio Delta . One lap was 3250 meters long.
The race was part of the World Challenge for long-distance drivers and met with little or no interest from the established teams. The manufacturers' world championship ended the season with the 6-hour race in Vallelunga and the world championship title from Porsche , and the driver’s championship was decided before the start of the race, so Dick Barbour decided not to compete and thus Don Whittington won the championship even without his race win would have decided.
The absence of all European and most of the North American championship teams resulted in a race with a mass of amateur Salvadoran pilots. However, some domestic professionals were able to keep up with the few US starters. Enrique Molins shared the cockpit of a Porsche 935 with Don and Bill Whittington and won the race five laps ahead of his two compatriots Carlos Pineda and Eduardo Barrientos and the US driver José Garcia , who drove a Porsche Carrera .
Some of the vehicles used were just as unusual as the sometimes very amateur drivers. The Datsun 1200 Pickup , which finished ninth overall, was the only pickup to ever finish in the top ten in a World Championship race. In addition to some Alfa Romeo Alfasuds , two Hillman Avengers were also registered.
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Size 5 | 81 | Scorpio Racing |
Bill Whittington Enrique Molins Don Whittington |
Porsche 935 | 199 | ||
2 | Size 5 | 82 | Scorpio Racing |
Carlos Pineda Eduardo Barrientos José Garcia |
Porsche Carrera RSR | 195 | ||
3 | Size 5 | 15th | Garcia Brothers |
Javier Garcia Luis Sereix |
Chevrolet Corvette | 190 | ||
4th | Size 5 | 5 | Viceroy Racing |
Guillermo Valiente Luis Escalon
|
Nissa 510 | 187 | ||
5 | Size 5 | 54 | Montura Racing |
Alberto Vadia Tony Garcia Albert Naon
|
Porsche Carrera RSR | 178 | ||
6th | Novice | 91 | Wet racing |
Mauricio Nasser Salvador Jose Nasser
|
Datsun 510 | 165 | ||
7th | ser.T / GT | 21st |
Ernesto Barriento's Guillermo Cassina
|
Alfa Romeo Alfasud | 162 | |||
8th | ser.T / GT | 55 | Bosch El Salvador |
Emilio Centeno Carlos Lopez Portillo
|
Honda Civic | 158 | ||
9 | Size 5 | 40 | Francisco Javier Monroy |
Francisco Javier Monroy Ricardo Hasbun Cassis
|
Datsun 1200 pickup | 158 | ||
10 | ser.T / GT | 33 | Keilhauer |
Salomon Safie Jose Giron
|
Hyundai pony | 155 | ||
11 | Size 5 | 4th | ARA Centro Frio |
Mauricio Luis Meardi Roberto Cader
|
Toyota Corolla | 154 | ||
12 | ser.T / GT | 25th | Caribe Motors |
Carlos Enrique Martino Juan Andres Castillo
|
VW Golf GTi | 149 | ||
13 | Novice | 10 |
Samuel Gonzalez Jose Miguel Menendez
|
Datsun | 145 | |||
14th | Novice | 12 | Maria Pia |
Carlos Danilo Cabrera Jose Augustin Artiga Oscar Augusto Diaz
|
Mazda RX-3 | 141 | ||
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15th | Size 5 | 44 | Industrial automotriz |
Ricardo Cromeyer Cayetano Bettaglio Sergio Canales
|
Mazda RX-2 | 182 | ||
16 | Novice | 53 | Tropical Motors |
Jaime Gadala Maria Eduardo Aviles Miguel Nasser
|
Hillman Avenger | 158 | ||
17th | ser.T / GT | 80 | Kawasaki of El Salvador |
Alex Giesemann Jose Adolfo Rubio
|
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV | 153 | ||
18th | Size 5 | 19th | Atlacatl Automotriz |
Antonio Fajardo Jose Fajardo Mario Molina
|
Datsun 1600 | 119 | ||
19th | ser.T / GT | 65 | Atlacatl Automotriz |
Manuel Espitia Salvador Zelaya Antonio Fajardo
|
Toyota Trueno | 110 | ||
20th | Size 5 | 13 | Lubritec Matchbox |
Luis Escalon Rafael Alvarez Roberto Trigueros
|
Mitsubishi Galant | 107 | ||
21st | Size 5 | 83 | Kawasaki of El Salvador |
Benjamin Gonzalez Pino Miccolo
|
Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm | 92 | ||
22nd | Novice | 17th | Barba Racing |
Rene Barba Ricardo Barba Ernesto Barba
|
Datsun | 88 | ||
23 | ser.T / GT | 24 | Risek Motors |
Mario Ernesto Lozano Cesar Nunez
|
Fiat 124 | 51 | ||
24 | Size 5 | 88 | Equigas |
Eduardo Barrientos Carlos Moran Don Whittington
|
Porsche Carrera RSR | 51 | ||
25th | ser.T / GT | 90 | Buffalo Prince |
Eduardo Cader Alex Caceres
|
Porsche 911 | 46 | ||
26th | ser.T / GT | 7th | Bosch El Salvador |
Jose Adolfo Rubio Alberto Hellebuyck Alfredo Gutierrez
|
Alfa Romeo Alfasud | 43 | ||
27 | Size 5 | 60 |
Dick Vreeland Javier Garcia Luis Sereix
|
Chevrolet Camaro | 31 | |||
28 | Size 5 | 57 | Dave Heinz |
Dave Heinz Benjamin Gonzalez
|
Chevrolet Corvette | 29 | ||
29 | Size 5 | 69 | Boglione |
Elias Hasbun Juan Wright Lino Boldrini
|
Austin Mini Cooper | 29 | ||
30th | Size 5 | 46 |
Mauricio Miranda Lupon Hugo Miranda Lupon
|
NSU Prinz 1200TTS | 20th | |||
31 | ser.T / GT | 26th | Llaresa |
Eduardo Lopez Eduardo Melendez Roberto Santana
|
De Tomaso Pantera | 4th | ||
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32 | Size 5 | 01 | Libra Racing |
Carlos Moran Eduardo Barrientos Ludwig Heimrath senior |
Porsche Carrera RSR | 1 | ||
33 | novice | 13 | Demetrio Moliviatis | Datsun | 2 | |||
34 | Size 5 | 34 | Laboratorio Diesel Control |
Rigoberto Monterrosa Eduardo Galdamez
|
Opel Kadett | 3 | ||
35 | Novice | 48 | Mary |
Ricardo Martinez Videz Rene Barba Alex Flores
|
Honda Civic | 4th | ||
36 | Size 5 | 68 | Suzuki of El Salvador |
Juan Jose Grane Valdemar Raun
|
Suzuki Fronte Abarth | 5 |
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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 for a variety of reasons.
Item | class | No. | team | driver | chassis |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
37 | Size 5 | Roger Mandeville | Roger Mandeville | Porsche Carrera RSR | |
38 | Size 5 | 0 | Gordon Oftedahl Carl Shafer |
Gordon Oftedahl Carl Shafer Daniel Muniz
|
Chevrolet Camaro |
39 | ser.T / GT | 1 | Bracos |
Pino Miccolo Benjamin Gonzalez
|
Alfa Romeo Alfetta |
40 | ser.T / GT | 18th |
Roberto Trigueros Carlos Alvarez Rafael Alvarez
|
Mitsubishi Lancer | |
41 | Novice | 30th | Aguirre Importacionnes |
Rolando Gonzalez Jose Gervacio Gonzalez Carlos Dardano
|
Hillman Avenger |
42 | Size 5 | 31 |
Mauricio Marchetti Edmundo Pazzetti
|
Ford Escort | |
43 | Size 5 | 31 |
Eduardo Soto Wess steward Leonardo Ruiz
|
Toyota Starlet | |
44 | Size 5 | 31 |
Edgar Rolano Lazo Luis Gaitan Arthur Gutierrez
|
Toyota Corolla | |
45 | Size 5 | 50 | Rodrigo Terran | Porsche Carrera RSR | |
46 | Size 5 | 52 |
Ricardo Cestoni Roberto Avalos
|
Datsun 510 | |
47 | Size 5 | 78 | Jose Gonzalez |
Ignacio Gonzalez Jose Gonzalez
|
Chevrolet Camaro |
Class winner
Racing data
- Registered: 47
- Started: 31
- Valued: 14
- Race classes: 3
- Spectator: unknown
- Race day weather: warm and dry
- Route length: 3.250 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 6: 00: 00,000 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 199
- Total distance of the winning team: 646.750 km
- Winner's average: unknown
- Pole position: Enrique Molins - Porsche 935 (# 81) - 1: 35.310 = 122.757 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Bill Whittington - Porsche 935 (# 81) - 1: 36.200 = 121.622 km / h
- Racing series: 17th 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
Previous race 6-hour race of Vallelunga 1979 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor to the 24 Hours of Daytona 1980 |