1973 Watkins Glen 6 hour race

The Ferrari 312PB was the last time in the history of the sports car world championship that a works Ferrari competed in Watkins Glen

The 1973 Watkins Glen 6 Hours , also 6-Hours and The Can-Am, The Glen (Six Hours of Endurance For The World Championship of Makes), Watkins Glen , took place in Watkins Glen on July 21 and was the tenth and final round of the sports car world championship of this year.

The race

The 1973 Watkins Glen 6 Hours of more than twenty years of sports car racing came to an end. For the last time in the history of this racing series, a Scuderia Ferrari works car was at the start. Since the beginning of the World Championship in 1953 , Ferrari had been the title holder 13 times. In 1973 Ferrari had to admit defeat in the championship in the final championship run at Watkins Glen Matra , as Jacky Ickx and Brian Redman's second place in the Ferrari 312PB was a discard. With the victory of Gérard Larrousse and Henri Pescarolo in the Matra-Simca MS670B , the French Matra group won the world championship for the first time.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	33	Equipe Matra	Gérard Larrousse Henri Pescarolo	Matra-Simca MS670B	199
2	S 3.0	10	Ferrari SEFAC SPA	Jacky Ickx Brian Redman	Ferrari 312PB	197
3	S 3.0	11	Ferrari SEFAC SPA	Arturo Merzario Carlos Pace	Ferrari 312PB	196
4th	S 3.0	1	Gulf Research Racing Co.	Derek Bell Howden Ganley	Mirage M6	180
5	S 3.0	2	Gulf Research Racing Co.	Mike Hailwood John Watson	Mirage M6	179
6th	S 3.0	6th	Roger Penske Enterprises	Mark Donohue George Follmer	Porsche Carrera RSR	178
7th	S 3.0	59	Brumos Porsche-Audi Corp.	Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood	Porsche Carrera RSR	168
8th	GT	16	Toad Hall Motor Racing	Michael Keyser Milt Minter	Porsche Carrera RSR	168
9	GT	48	John Greenwood Racing	John Greenwood Johnny Rutherford	Chevrolet Corvette	166
10	T	88	Carter Racing Services	Maurice Carter Tony DeLorenzo	Chevrolet Camaro	165
11	GT	81	Pharr West Racing	Gray Egerton Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Porsche Carrera RSR	164
12	GT	43	Ecurie Escargot	Dave Helmick John O'Steen	Porsche Carrera RSR	164
13	GT	23	Diagnosis and Service Racing	Angel Monguzzi Nestor Garcia-Veiga	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	162
14th	GT	8th	North American Racing Team	Sam Posey François Migault	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	160
15th	GT	8th	Bob Grossman	Bob Grossman Don Yenko	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	157
16	S 2.0	73	STP March Racing Team	Bert Kuehne Roman Pechmann	March 73S	146
Not classified
17th	GT	64	Weaver Chevrolet	Bob Baechle Lothar Stahlberg	Chevrolet Corvette	124
Failed
18th	S 3.0	12	Ferrari SEFAC SPA	Tim Schenken Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari 312PB	188
19th	S 3.0	32	Equipe Matra	Jean-Pierre Beltoise François Cevert	Matra-Simca MS670B	151
20th	GT	14th	Holbert's Porsche-Audi	Al Holbert John McComb	Porsche Carrera RSR	140
21st	T	0	Warren Agor Racing Enterprises Inc.	Warren Agor Paul Noter	Chevrolet Camaro	130
22nd	S 2.0	91	Professional Racing Associates	Bob Fisher John Buffum	Chevron B23	123
23	GT	70	Bob Harmon Racing	Milt Minter Bob Harmon	Porsche Carrera RSR	83
24	S 3.0	3	Ausca Inc.	Harry Theodoracopulos Horst Kaul	Ford Capri RS 2600	50
25th	GT	94	Leidon Blackwell Racing	Wilbur Pickett Bill Bean	Chevrolet Corvette	42
26th	GT	26th	Fred Kepler Enterprises	Fred Kepler Bob Sharp	Chevrolet Corvette	35
27	T	36	Miller Brothers Racing Enterprises	Paul Miller Kenper Miller	Chevrolet Camaro	31
28	GT	41	Rodney Harris	Rodney Harris Paul Choiniere	Chevrolet Corvette	24
29	GT	65	Gregg Loomis	Gregg Loomis Pete Harrison	Porsche Carrera RS	17th
30th	GT	25th	Bobcor Performance Racing Corp.	Bert Everett Teodoro Zeccoli	Alfa Romeo Montreal	10
Not started
31	S 3.0	5	Herb Wetanson Racing	Jackie Stewart Jody Scheckter	Ford Capri RS 2600	1
32	GT	7th	Modern Classic Motors Ferrari	Mark Rocks Warren Flickinger Bob Hagestad	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	2
33	GT	76	Silverstone Enterprises	Mike Downs John Kelly	Porsche Carrera RS	3
Not qualified
34	GT	31	Jim Locke	Bruce Jennings Jim Locke	Porsche 911S	4th
35	GT	37	Miller Brothers Racing Enterprises	Paul Miller Kemper Miller	Chevrolet Corvette	5
36	GT	63	Michael Oleyar	Michael Oleyar Robert Luebbe	Chevrolet Corvette	6th
37	GT	87	Center International Corp.	Jacques Bienvenue	Ferrari 246 GT	7th
38	GT	92	Holbert's Porsche-Audi	Mike Tillson Dieter Oest	Porsche 911S	8th
39	GT	97	Hans Niederer	Hans Niederer Francis Larkin	Porsche 911	9

¹ Engine failure during training ² Reserve ³ not started ⁴ not qualified ⁵ not qualified ⁶ not qualified ⁷ not qualified ⁸ not qualified ⁹ not qualified

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
40	T	4th	CC Canada Lumber Co. Inc.	CC Canada Bob Christiansen	Chevrolet Camaro
41	S 3.0	22nd	Equipe Gitanes Cigarettes de France	Reine Wisell Jean-Louis Lafosse	Lola T282
42	S 3.0	24	Joest Racing	Reinhold Joest Charlie Kemp	Porsche 908/03
43	GT	31	Tope Racing Enterprises	Warren Tope	De Tomaso Pantera
44	GT	47	Performance Associates	Dick Farmer Jim DeStefano	Chevrolet Corvette
45	GT	51	Johnson-Bozzani Porsche-Audi	John Hotchkis Robert Kirby	Porsche 911S
46	GT	58	Brumos Porsche-Audi Corp.	Héctor Rebaque Guillermo Rojas	Porsche Carrera RS
47	GT	69	Goldleaf Racing Inc.	Ron Goldleaf Doug Drager	Chevrolet Corvette

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Gérard Larrousse	Henri Pescarolo	Matra-Simca MS670B	Overall victory
S 2.0	Bert Kuehne	Roman Pechmann	March 73S	Rank 17
GT	Michael Keyser	Milt Minter	Porsche Carrera RSR	Rank 8
T	Maurice Carter	Tony DeLorenzo	Chevrolet Camaro	Rank 10

Racing data

• Registered: 47
• Started: 30
• Valued: 17
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: light rain at the beginning
• Route length: 5.435 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 20.938 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 199
• Total distance of the winning team: 1081.516 km
• Winner's average: 180.078 km / h
• Pole position: François Cevert - Matra-Simca MS670B (# 32) - 1: 42.273 = 191.303 km / h
• Fastest race lap: François Cevert - Matra-Simca MS670B (# 32) - 1: 43.847 = 188.403 km / h
• Racing series: 10th round of the sports car world championship in 1973

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

• Report at Motorsport Magazine
• Race results

Predecessor race 1000 km race from Zeltweg 1973

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 1000 km Monza race in 1974