Watkins Glen 6 hour race 1970

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The number 31 Porsche 917K. Vic Elford and Denny Hulme achieved fourth place overall with this car

The third 6-hour race of Watkins Glen , also Six-Hours and The Can-Am, The Glen, Watkins Glen , took place on July 11, 1970 in Watkins Glen and was the ninth round of the World Sports Car Championship of that year.

Before the race

Before the starting flag fell at the endurance race at Watkins Glen , the two main questions of the 1970 World Sports Car Championship had been clarified. Porsche had won the Manufacturers' World Championship for Manufacturers and, thanks to the success of Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood in the Porsche 917K, the overall ranking at the Le Mans 24-hour race for the first time .

The race

The competition between the 5-liter prototypes from Porsche and the works cars from Scuderia Ferrari continued in Watkins Glen . John Wyer’s racing team registered two Porsche 917Ks for the driver pairings Jo Siffert / Brian Redman and Pedro Rodríguez / Leo Kinnunen, which were so successful in the season . The two Porsche-Salzburg- 917K were given a new green paint job and were officially reported by the North American sales subsidiary Porsche Audi Division , which also financed the use of the cars. The replacement for Hans Herrmann, who retired after the Le Mans victory, was found in McLaren - Formula 1 driver Denny Hulme . Hulme contested the race together with Vic Elford . Richard Attwood and Kurt Ahrens drove the second Porsche Salzburg 917 . Ferrari reported two 512S Spyder for Mario Andretti / Ignazio Giunti and Jacky Ickx / Peter Schetty .

Jo Siffert started from pole position in the Wyer-917K, which drove a time of 1: 06.300 minutes in qualifying, which corresponds to an average of 200.986 km / h. In the race there was a duel between the two Wyer-Porsches for overall victory over the entire distance, which Rodríguez and Kinnunen ultimately won with a lead of almost one lap.

Results

Final ranking

Item class No. team driver vehicle Round
1 S 5.0 2 United KingdomUnited Kingdom JW Automotive Engineering Ltd. MexicoMexico Pedro Rodríguez Leo Kinnunen
FinlandFinland
Porsche 917K 308
2 S 5.0 1 United KingdomUnited Kingdom JW Automotive Engineering Ltd. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jo Siffert Brian Redman
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Porsche 917K 308
3 S 5.0 92 ItalyItaly Ferrari SPA SEFAC United StatesUnited States Mario Andretti Ignazio Giunti
ItalyItaly
Ferrari 512 S Spyder 305
4th S 5.0 31 United StatesUnited States Porsche Audi Division United KingdomUnited Kingdom Vic Elford Denny Hulme
New ZealandNew Zealand
Porsche 917K 302
5 S 5.0 91 ItalyItaly Ferrari SPA SEFAC BelgiumBelgium Jacky Ickx Peter Schetty
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Ferrari 512S Spyder 299
6th S 5.0 32 United StatesUnited States Porsche Audi Division United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Attwood Kurt Ahrens
GermanyGermany
Porsche 917K 295
7th P 3.0 36 GermanyGermany International Martini & Rossi Racing Team AustriaAustria Helmut Marko Rudi Lins
AustriaAustria
Porsche 908/02 288
8th S 5.0 50 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ecurie Bonnier SwedenSweden Jo Bonnier Reine Wisell
SwedenSweden
Lola T70 Mk.3B GT 264
9 S 5.0 35 GermanyGermany International Martini & Rossi Racing Team NetherlandsNetherlands Gijs van Lennep Gérard Larrousse
FranceFrance
Porsche 917K 260
10 GT + 2.5 5 United StatesUnited States Mallbank Racing United StatesUnited States Bob Grossman Don Yenko
United StatesUnited States
Chevrolet Camaro 427 243
11 S 2.0 52 United StatesUnited States Volkswagen North Central United StatesUnited StatesMerv Rosen Dick Jacobs
United StatesUnited States
Porsche 906 241
12 S 2.0 53 United StatesUnited States Nationwide Food Brokers Racing Team United StatesUnited StatesHugh Wise Werner Frank
United StatesUnited States
Porsche 906 236
13 GT 2.5 77 United StatesUnited States Toad Hall Racing United StatesUnited States Bob Tullius Bruce Jennings
United StatesUnited States
Porsche 911T 233
14th GT 2.5 41 United StatesUnited States Sport Motors United StatesUnited StatesJim Bandy Bruce Cargill
United StatesUnited States
Lotus 47 233
15th S 2.0 39 CanadaCanada Rainer Brezinka CanadaCanadaRainer Brezinka Horst Petermann Rudy Bartling
CanadaCanada
CanadaCanada
Porsche 906 231
16 GT 2.5 84 United StatesUnited States Ralph Meaney Inc. United StatesUnited StatesGary Wright Francis Grant
United StatesUnited States
Porsche 911T 223
17th P 2.0 46 United StatesUnited States Baker Motor Company United StatesUnited StatesWayne Christian Charles Reynolds Bobby Rinzler
United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States
Chevron B16 223
18th GT 2.5 70 FranceFrance Sylvain Garant SwitzerlandSwitzerland André Wicky Sylvain Garant
FranceFrance
Porsche 911T 217
19th P 2.0 45 United StatesUnited States Baker Motor Company United StatesUnited StatesPaul Richards Jim Baker
United StatesUnited States
Chevron B16 206
20th GT 2.5 94 United StatesUnited States Ralph Meaney Inc. United StatesUnited StatesRalph Meaney Stephen Behr
United StatesUnited States
Porsche 914/6 181
Failed
21st GT + 2.5 20th United StatesUnited States John Greenwood United StatesUnited StatesAllan Barker John Greenwood
United StatesUnited States
Chevrolet Corvette 427 116
22nd GT 2.5 37 CanadaCanada Sunoco CanadaCanadaJacques Duval George Nicholas
CanadaCanada
Porsche 911T 92
23 GT + 2.5 63 United StatesUnited States Robert Luebbe United StatesUnited StatesRobert Luebbe Michael Summers
United StatesUnited States
Chevrolet Corvette 427 85
24 S 5.0 33 GermanyGermany Gelo Racing Team GermanyGermany Georg Loos Franz Pesch
GermanyGermany
Ferrari 512S 24
25th GT + 2.5 23 United StatesUnited States Bill Schumacher United StatesUnited StatesBill Schumacher Robert Johnson
United StatesUnited States
Chevrolet Corvette 427 8th
26th P 3.0 8th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tony Dean United KingdomUnited KingdomTony Dean Peter Revson
United StatesUnited States
Porsche 908/02 3
Not started
27 S 5.0 6T United KingdomUnited Kingdom JW Automotive Engineering SwitzerlandSwitzerlandJo Siffert Leo Kinnunen Pedro Rodríguez
FinlandFinland
MexicoMexico
Porsche 917K 1

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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
28 GT 2.5 30th United StatesUnited States Jim Netterstrom United StatesUnited StatesJim Netterstrom Bob Bailey
United StatesUnited States
Porsche 911
29 S 5.0 38 United StatesUnited States William Wonder Inc. United StatesUnited StatesWilliam Wonder Ray Cuomo
United StatesUnited States
Ford GT40
30th GT 2.5 40 United StatesUnited States Walle Enterprises United StatesUnited StatesRay Walle Richard Rubenstein
United StatesUnited States
TVR Vixen

Class winner

class driver driver driver vehicle Placement in the overall ranking
P 3.0 AustriaAustria Helmut Marko AustriaAustria Rudi Lins Porsche 908/02 Rank 7
P 2.0 United StatesUnited States Wayne Christian United StatesUnited States Charles Reynolds United StatesUnited States Bobby Rinzler Chevron B16 Rank 17
S 5.0 MexicoMexico Pedro Rodríguez FinlandFinland Leo Kinnunen Porsche 917K Overall victory
S 2.0 United StatesUnited States Mev roses United StatesUnited States Dick Jacobs Porsche 906 Rank 11
GT + 2.5 United StatesUnited States Bob Grossman United StatesUnited States Don Yenko Chevrolet Camaro 427 Rank 10
GT 2.5 United StatesUnited States Bob Tullius United StatesUnited States Bruce Jennings Porsche 911T Rank 13

Racing data

  • Registered: 30
  • Started: 26
  • Rated: 20
  • Race classes: 6
  • Spectators: 45,000
  • Race day weather: cold, light rain
  • Route length: 3.701 km
  • Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 47,700 hours
  • Total laps of the winning team: 308
  • Total distance of the winning team: 1140.059 km
  • Winner's average: 189.592 km / h
  • Pole position: Jo Siffert - Porsche 917K (# 1) - 1: 06.300 = 200.986 km / h
  • Fastest race lap: Pedro Rodríguez - Porsche 917K (# 2) - 1: 04.900 = 205.322 km / h
  • Racing series: Round 9 of the 1970 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 .

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