Mosport 6-hour race 1977
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The 1977 Mosport 6 Hour Race , also known as Molson Diamond Can-Am Trans-Am Weekend (Molson Diamond 6 Hour Trans-Am and World Manufacturers Championship), Mosport Park , was held at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on August 28 and was the twelfth round of the sports car world championship this year.
The race
The Mosport 6 Hours was a debut event in many ways. It was the first and only overall victory of a Canadian in the World Sports Car Championship . Ludwig Heimrath Sr. came to Canada as an emigrant in 1956 , worked for VW Canada, took on Canadian citizenship and became a successful sports car driver . His teammate in the Porsche 934/5 was the American Paul Miller . A second Canadian contested his first and last world championship race in Mosport. Gilles Villeneuve , the father of the future Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve and brother of Jacques Villeneuve senior , drove a BMW 320i and finished second overall with partner Eddie Cheever .
Originally, Peter Gregg and Bob Wollek had won the race in the Porsche 934/4 with a three-lap advantage. Hours after the race, the car was disqualified because of an illegal suspension.
Results
Final ranking
| Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TA2 | 7th |
 Heimrath Racing
|
Ludwig Heimrath senior Paul Miller
|
Porsche 934/5 | 240 | ||
| 2 | Size 5 | 23 |
 BMW Faltz Assen
|
Eddie Cheever Gilles Villeneuve
|
BMW 320i | 234 | ||
| 3 | TA1 | 44 |
Group 44 Inc.
|
Bob Tullius Brian Fuerstenau
|
Jaguar XJS | 229 | ||
| 4th | TA1 | 98 |
Tom Spalding Racing
|
Tom Spalding John Bauer Elliot Forbes-Robinson
|
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 227 | ||
| 5 | TA2 | 9 |
Bytzek Automotive Design
|
Klaus Bytzek Rudy Bartling Harry Bytzek
|
Porsche Carrera RSR | 224 | ||
| 6th | TA2 | 13 |
Bankrupt Inc. Racing
|
Hal Shaw Howard Master
|
Porsche Carrera RSR | 224 | ||
| 7th | TA2 | 88 |
Dicom Corporation
|
Peter Overing Fritz Hochreuter Marcel Talbot
|
Porsche Carrera RSR | 222 | ||
| 8th | Size 5 | 2 |
McLaren North America
|
 David Hobbs Ronnie Peterson
|
BMW 320i Turbo | 215 | ||
| 9 | TA1 | 60 |
Brandt Moving & Storage
|
John Brandt Michael Oleyar
|
Chevrolet Corvette 350 | 214 | ||
| 10 | TA2 | 18th |
Eitel Maier
|
Vain Maier Jerry Jolly
|
Porsche Carrera RSR | 200 | ||
| 11 | TA1 | 90 |
Rynone Industries
|
Thomas Rynone Michael Wiernicki Neil Wiernicki
|
Chevrolet Corvette 427 | 199 | ||
| 12 | TA2 | 0 |
Vasek Polak Racing
|
Monte Shelton Skeeter McKitterick
|
Porsche 934/5 | 154 | ||
| Disqualified | ||||||||
| 13 | TA2 | 59 |
Brumos Porsche Audi
|
Peter Gregg Bob Wollek
|
Porsche 934/5 | 243 | ||
| Failed | ||||||||
| 14th | TA1 | 57 |
John Wood Racing
|
John Wood Chip Mead
|
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 187 | ||
| 15th | TA2 | 75 |
Ridgely Racing
|
Norm Ridgely Jim Cook
|
Porsche Carrera RSR | 114 | ||
| 16 | TA2 | 31 |
Warren Agor
|
Warren Agor Paul Noter
|
Chevrolet Monza 350 | 94 | ||
| 17th | TA1 | 80 |
Nagel Racing
|
Nick Engels Bob Nagel
|
Chevrolet Corvette 427 | 92 | ||
| 18th | Size 6th | 16 |
Vasek Polak Racing
|
George Follmer Brett Lunger
|
Porsche 935 | 80 | ||
| 19th | Size 5 | 61 |
Jim Busby Racing
|
Jim Busby Eppie Wietzes
|
Porsche 935 | 45 | ||
| 20th | TA2 | 19th |
Chris Cord Racing
|
Chris Cord Jim Adams
|
Chevrolet Monza 350 | 42 | ||
| 21st | TA1 | 45 |
Motion marketing
|
James Mancuso William Coykendall
|
Chevrolet Corvette 355 | 37 | ||
| 22nd | Size 5 | 1 |
Martini Racing Porsche System
|
 Jacky Ickx Manfred Schurti
|
Porsche 935/77 | 34 | ||
| 23 | TA1 | 5 |
Dead Bear Racing
|
Bill Adam Cam Champion
|
Chevrolet Corvette | 15th | ||
| Not started | ||||||||
| 24 | TA2 | 6th |
Pickett Racing
|
Greg Pickett Tom Gly
|
Chevrolet Monza 350 | 1 | ||
| 25th | TA1 | 11 |
ME Racing
|
Murray Edwards Karl Karlson
|
Chevrolet Corvette | 2 | ||
| 26th | TA2 | 36 |
Brian Hardacre
|
Brian Hardcare
|
Porsche Carrera RSR | 3 | ||
1 Power transmission in training 2 not started 3 no second driver reported
Only in the entry list
No further reports are known for this race.
Class winner
| class | driver | driver | vehicle | Placement in the overall ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA2 |
Ludwig Heimrath
|
Paul Miller
|
Porsche 934/5 | Overall victory |
| TA1 |
Bob Tullius
|
Brian Fuerstenau
|
Jaguar XJS | Rank 3 |
| Size 5 |
Eddie Cheever
|
Gilles Villeneuve
|
BMW 320i | Rank 2 |
Racing data
- Registered: 26
- Started: 23
- Rated: 13
- Race classes: 3
- Spectators: 48,000
- Race day weather: warm and dry
- Route length: 3.957 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 5: 59: 58.827 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 240
- Total distance of the winning team: 949.770 km
- Winner's average: 158.303 km / h
- Pole position: Jacky Ickx - Porsche 935/77 (# 1) - 1: 20.123 = 177.808 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Jacky Ickx - Porsche 935/77 (# 1) - 1: 21.948 = 173.849 km / h
- Racing series: Round 12 of the 1977 Sports Car World 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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Previous race 500 km from Le Castellet 1977 |
Sports car world championship |
Succession race 250-km race at Imola in 1977 |