Vallelunga 6-hour race in 1976

The fourth-placed BMW 3.5 CSL from John Fitzpatrick and Tom Walkinshaw

The 6-hour race of Vallelunga 1976 , also Trofeo Ignazio Giunti, 6 Ore di Vallelunga, Vallelunga , took place on April 4th at the Autodromo Vallelunga . The race was the second round of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

With the 6-hour race on the track in Campagnano di Roma was World Sportscar Championship in 1976 continued. The renewed duel between the works cars from Porsche and BMW ended, as at the season opener in Mugello , with a clear overall victory for the Porsche team Jacky Ickx and Jochen Mass . At the finish, her Porsche 935 had a 16 lap lead over the fastest BMW 3.5 CSL , driven by Sam Posey , Harald Grohs and Hughes de Fierlant

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Size 5	1	Martini Racing	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Porsche 935	270
2	Size 5	5	Faltz Alpina	Sam Posey Harald Grohs Hughes de Fierlant	BMW 3.5 CSL	254
3	Size 5	23	Kenneth glue	Kenneth Leim Kurt Simonsen	Porsche Carrera RSR	235
4th	Size 5	23	Hermetite BMW	John Fitzpatrick Tom Walkinshaw	BMW 3.5 CSL	243
5	GT	12	Jolly Club	Giorgio Schön Luigi Tommasi Giuseppe Bianco	Porsche 934	242
6th	Size 5	29	Michele di Gioia	Michele di Gioia Vittorio Bernasconi	Porsche Carrera RSR	242
7th	GT	9	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Gabriele Gottifredi Girolamo Capra Ruggero Parpinelli	Porsche 934	238
8th	GT	24	Jolly Club	Gianfranco Ricci Renzo Zorzi	Lancia Stratos HF	238
9	Size 5	11	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Maurizio Micangeli Carlo Pietromarchi Mario Radicella	De Tomaso Pantera	238
10	Size 5	14th	Gelo Racing	Franco Bernabei Gianluigi Picchi	Porsche 934	229
11	Size 5	36	Jolly Club	Federico D'Amore Romeo Camathias Martino Finotto	Ford Escort RS 2000 BDG	229
12	Size 5	34	Mario Ruoso	Mario Ruoso Gianfranco Palazzoli	Ford Escort RS 2000	223
13	Size 5	25th	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Mario Radicella Germano Nataloni	Porsche Carrera RSR	202
Failed
14th	GT	8th	Louis Meznarie	Hubert Striebig Anne-Charlotte Verney	Porsche 934	227
15th	Size 5	21st	Lancia Corse	Vittorio Brambilla Carlo Facetti	Lancia Stratos Turbo	185
16	Size 5	2	Blunder	Dieter Quester Albrecht Krebs	BMW 3.5 CSL	169
17th	GT	7th	Egon Evertz KG	Leo Kinnunen Egon Evertz	Porsche 934	125
18th	Size 5	33	Ciro Nappi	Cosimo Turizio Ricciardo Ricci Ciro Nappi	BMW 2002 Ti	76
19th	Size 5	27	Jolly Club	Kemal Nuri Pelit Giorgio Schön	Porsche Carrera RSR	48
20th	Size 5	3	Porsche Kremer Racing	Hans Heyer Bob Wollek	Porsche 935	37
21st	Size 5	35	Vesuvio	Carlo Giorgio Cosimo Turizio Ciro Nappi	Ford Escort BDG	25th
22nd	Size 5	32	Jolly Club	Martino Finotto Umberto Grano	Ford Escort Mk II BDG	11
23	Size 5	31	Claudio Francisci	Claudio Francisci Maurizio Gellini	Alfa Romeo GTA	6th
24	GT	15th	Marco Curti	Marco Curti Roberto Nardini	De Tomaso Pantera	1
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25th	Size 5	22nd	Gianfranco Palazzoli	Arturo Merzario Gianfranco Palazzoli	BMW 2002 Tii Turbo	1

¹ engine failure during training

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
26th	GT	6th	Egon Evertz KG	Lella Lombardi	Porsche Carrera RSR
27	Size 5	26th	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Carlo Rebai Bruno Rebai	Porsche 914/6
28	Size 5	28	Ateneo	Robert Chiaramonte Salvatore Barraco	Porsche Carrera RSR
29	ser. T	30th	Goffredo Larini	Goffredo Larini Sergio Scalabrini Giotto Bizzarrini	Opel Commodore GS / E

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Size 5	Jochen Mass	Jacky Ickx		Porsche 935	Overall victory
GT	Giorgio Schön	Luigi Tommasi	Giuseppe Bianco	Porsche 934	Rank 5

Racing data

• Registered: 29
• Started: 24
• Rated: 13
• Race classes: 2
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 3,200 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6: 00: 00,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 270
• Total distance of the winning team: 862.574 km
• Winner's average: 143.762 km / h
• Pole position: Jochen Mass - Porsche 935 (# 1) - 1: 14.700 = 154.217 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jacky Ickx - Porsche 935 (# 1) - 1: 16.900 = 149.805 km / h
• Racing series: 2nd round 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

Preceding race 6 Hours of Mugello 1976

Sports car world championship

Follow -up race 300 km race on the Nürburgring in 1976