Talladega 6 Hours 1979

AMC Concord

The 1979 Talladega 6 Hours of Talladega , also known as the 6 Hours of Talladega, Alabama International Speedway , took place on April 1 at the Talladega Superspeedway and was the fourth round of this year 's World Sports Car Championship .

The race

In 1979, the World Challenge for endurance drivers was held for the second time in a row , including the endurance race in Talladega as in 1978 . In contrast to the previous year, the race was not advertised for Group 5 vehicles, but contested with touring cars . Four different AMC racing car models took up the first four places in the overall classification . The winners Tom Waugh and Rick Knoop drove an AMC Concord and won by lap ahead of Ralston Long and Charlie Cook in an AMC Gremlin . In third place overall, Joe Varde and Dave Cowart crossed the finish line on an AMC Spirit , one lap ahead of an AMC Pacer team.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	RS	61	Brant Doell	Tom Waugh Rick Knoop	AMC Concord	147
2	RS	19th	Soundwind Enterprises	Ralston Long Charlie Cook	AMC Gremlin	146
3	RS	01	Joe Varde	Joe Varde Dave Cowart	AMC spirit	145
4th	RS	99	Kal Showket	Kal Showket Phil Currin	AMC Pacer	144
5	RS	38	Roger Mandeville	Roger Mandeville Diego Febles	Mazda RX-3	144
6th	RS	11	Dick Starita	Dick Starita Scott Hoerr	Datsun B210	144
7th	RS	20th	Eddie Mecum	Eddie Mecum Javier Garcia	Buick Skyhawk	144
8th	RS	72	Tampa Bay Racing	Craig Ross Cary Palmer	Datsun 200SX	142
9	RS	96	Gene Felton	Gene Felton Buddy Cox	Buick Skyhawk	142
10	RS	44	Joe Amato	Carson Baird Joe Amato	AMC Gremlin	142
11	RS	10	Amos Johnson	Andy Petery Steve Whitman	AMC spirit	142
12	RS	15th	Rob Jackson	Rob Jackson Robert Weaver	AMC Gremlin	139
13	RS	64	Distant Thunder	Carlos Garza Bob Akin Charles Mendez	BMW 320i	139
14th	RS	4th	EJ Pruitt	Gary Ouellette Bob Picariello	Mazda RX-2	134
15th	RS	7th	Amos Johnson	Amos Johnson Dick Barbour	AMC spirit	134
16	RS	85	George Kiricenkov	George Kiricenkov Bill Bean	Ford Pinto	133
17th	RS	88	MAS Racing	Bob Griffin Alan Marsh	Datsun 510	130
18th	RS	6th	Amos Johnson	Dennis Shaw Roy Woods	AMC spirit	129
19th	RS	26th	Shadowfax Racing	Paul Ingle William Harris	BMW 320i	127
20th	RS	21st	Andy Vann	Andy Vann Jim Roberts	AMC Gremlin	124
21st	RS	82	North Star Racing	Bill Johnson Corky Bell	Datsun 710	124
22nd	RS	83	Milt Griswold	Chuck Grantham Milt Griswold	Ford Pinto	123
23	RS	30th	Dave Yerger	Del Russo Taylor Rick Bailey Dave Yerger	Alfa Romeo Alfetta	121
24	RS	71	Holbrook Sparks	Michael Sparks Carl Holbrook	Ford Pinto	117
25th	RS	48	Tom Lyttle	Tom Lyttle Ron Jones Mike McKee	Datsun 510	113
26th	RS	91	Steve Jones	Steve Jones Pete Levine	Ford Pinto	112
Failed
27	RS	08	SC Racing	Keith Swope Bonky Fernandez	AMC spirit	119
28	RS	54	Wever Palmer	Byron Wever Dale Kreider	Mazda RX-3	118
29	RS	62	Speight Sugg	Speight Sugg Bob Field	BMW 2002	111
30th	RS	87	Whitehurst Racing	Lewis Fuller Jim Bullock	Ford Pinto	106
31	RS	67	Larry Denayer	Larry Denayer Tom Davis	AMC Gremlin	83
32	RS	17th	Balboa Datsun	Pat Daily Tim Kuykendall	Datsun 200SX	78
33	RS	68	Clark Howey	Clark Howey Dale Cook	Ford Pinto	63
34	RS	57	Tracy Wolf	Tracy Wolf Dan Darnell	Ford Capri	63
35	RS	63	Jim Downing	Jim Downing John Paul Sr.	Mazda RX-2	59
36	RS	98	Richard Kitchell	Richard Kitchell Bobby Diehl	AMC Gremlin	58
37	RS	52	Atlanta Racing Interprises	James Reeve Pete Harrison	Buick Skyhawk	56
38	RS	04	Rozistante Enterprises	Jim Story John Story Donnie Ard	Ford Capri	55
39	RS	16	Danny Smith	Danny Smith David Brown	AMC Gremlin	49
40	RS	50	Eddie Mecum	Eddie Mecum Ron Oyler	Buick Skyhawk	33
41	RS	59	Autodyne	Lyn St. James Emory Donaldson Milton Moise	AMC Gremlin	28
42	RS	78	Performance innovations	Hurley Haywood Rob McFarlin	Datsun 200SX	27
43	RS	3	Jeff Dearduff	Jeff Dearduff Robert Dearduff	Mazda RX-3	18th
44	RS	43	Nes Gurley	Nes Gurley James Jeralds	Ford Capri	13
45	RS	90	James Bobo	James Bobo Terry Parker	Mazda RX-3	11
46	RS	51	Brant Doell	Buzz Cason Chris Cord	AMC spirit	2
47	RS	1	Walt Drilling	Walt Drilling Buddy Cox	Mazda RX-2	2
48	RS	75	Ron Oyler	Don Jones Ron Oyler Wayne Stradley	AMC Pacer	1
49	RS	33	Dave Richardson	Dave Richardson Griff Goad	Ford Pinto	1
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50	RS	03	Jerry Reid	Jerry Reid	Ford Pinto	1
51	RS	9	Randy Blue	Randy Blue John Watterson	AMC Gremlin	2
52	RS	69	Preston Henn	Tom Kuenz Preston Henn	Ford Fiesta	3
53	RS	70	Joe Varde	Bobby Diehl Doug Kenny	AMC Gremlin	4th

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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
54	RS		Non-celebrity racing	Del Carlson Bob Spooner	Buick Skyhawk
55	RS	14th	Tenn Tec Racing	Cliff Rickmers Lou Timolat	BMW 2002
56	RS	14th	Wheels import	Ray Pericles Matt Pericles	Mazda RX-2
57	RS	46	GH Sharp	GH Sharp Irv Hoerr	AMC spirit

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
RS	Tom Waugh	Rick knoop	AMC Concord	Overall victory

Racing data

• Registered: 57
• Started: 49
• Valued: 26
• Race classes: 1
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 6.437 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 39.006 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 147
• Total distance of the winning team: 946.294 km
• Winner's average: 157.431 km / h
• Pole position: Charlie Cook - AMC Gremlin (# 19) - 2: 26.209 = 158.503 km / h
• Fastest race lap: unknown
• Racing series: 4th round of the 1979 sports car world championship

Web links

• Race results

Previous race 6 Hours of Mugello 1979

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6 Hours of Dijon 1979