1977 Watkins Glen 6 hour race

The Jaguar XJS with starting number 44, driven by Bob Tullius and Brian Fuerstenau to 14th place in the overall standings

The 1977 Watkins Glen 6-Hours , also 6-Hours Trans-Am and The Can-Am for the SCCA Citicorp Can-Am Challenge, The Glen, Toyota Paces The Races, Watkins Glen Grand Prix Circuit , took place on September 9th. July in Watkins Glen and was the ninth round of the sports car world championship of this year.

The race

Since 1948 , sports car races have been held on racetracks near the small town of Watkins Glen in Schuyler County in the US state of New York . The 1948 race lasted 80 kilometers and ended with Frank Griswold winning in an Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B . Since 1968 (overall winner Jacky Ickx and Lucien Bianchi in a Ford GT40 ) the race has been part of the sports car world championship .

In 1977 the race had a strong line-up of drivers. The participants included the Formula 1 race winners Jacky Ickx, Jochen Mass and Ronnie Peterson . Formula 1 drivers George Follmer , Brett Lunger , Hans-Joachim Stuck and David Hobbs and two-time Indy 500 winner Johnny Rutherford . There were also well-known sports car drivers such as Peter Gregg , Hurley Haywood , Dick Barbour and Claude Ballot-Léna .

The 1977 race was dominated by Porsche . The first twelve places in the overall classification were taken by Porsche models. Winners were Jacky Ickx and Jochen Mass in work - Porsche 935 that the target had a lead of three laps of the Porsche 935 of George Follmer and Brett Lunger.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Size 5	1	Martini Racing Porsche System	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche 935/77	173
2	Size 5	16	Vasek Polak Racing	George Follmer Brett Lunger	Porsche 935	170
3	Size 5	95	Bob Hagestad Porsche Audi	Hurley Haywood Bob Hagestad	Porsche 934/5	169
4th	Size 5	66	Dick Barbour performance	Dick Barbour Johnny Rutherford	Porsche 934	166
5	Size 5	0	Interscope Racing	Danny Ongais Ted Field	Porsche 934	165
6th	Size 5	59	Brumos Racing	Peter Gregg Claude Ballot-Léna John Gunn	Porsche 934	163
7th	Size 5	51	Monte's Motors	Robert Frostrom Monte Shelton	Porsche Carrera RSR	162
8th	Size 5	7th	Heimrath Racing	Ludwig Heimrath Paul Miller	Porsche 934/5	160
9	T	57	John Wood Racing	Bob Lazier John Wood	Porsche 911 Carrera	158
10	Size 5	20th	Vasek Polak Racing	Janet Guthrie Randy Lewis	Porsche 934	157
11	GT	98	John Bauer Racing	John Bauer Tom Spalding	Porsche 911	156
12	Size 5	61	Jim Busby Racing	Jim Busby Tom Frank	Porsche 935	156
13	T	78	Babe's garage	Babe Headley Sam Feinstein	Chevrolet Corvette	155
14th	T	44	Group 44 Inc.	Brian Fuerstenau Bob Tullius	Jaguar XJS	154
15th	Size 5	2	Vasek Polak Racing	Gary Belcher Roy Woods	Porsche 934	153
16	GT	74	Bruce Jennings	Bruce Jennings Bill Bean	Porsche 911S	147
17th	T	31	Warren Agor	Warren Agor Paul Noter	Chevrolet Monza	145
18th	T	93	Little Foreign Car Shop	Michael Oleyar John Brandt	Chevrolet Corvette	140
19th	T	45	Motion marketing	William Coykendall James Mancuso	Chevrolet Corvette Greenwood	137
20th	GT	79	Michael Callas Racing Porsche	Michael Callas Peter Papke	Porsche Carrera RSR	136
21st	GT	30th	Alex Davidson Racing	Alex Davidson Kerry Hitt	Chevrolet Corvette	135
22nd	GT	80	Nagel Racing	Nick Engels Bob Nagel	Chevrolet Corvette	124
23	T	18th	Free Spirit Racing	David Kicak Bob Young	Chevrolet Corvette	120
24	T	96	GTS Kassel Auto Parts	Neil Kassel Rex Franklin	Chevrolet Corvette	117
25th	T	92	EF Miller	John Orr Bill Jobe	Chevrolet Corvette	112
26th	GT	28	Weiss Motor Racing	Richard Weiss	Porsche 811SC	95
Failed
27	T	9	Team Apple Monoca Huber	John Huber Ron Weaver	Chevrolet Corvette	121
28	T	76	Rick Mancuso Chevrolet Corvettes	Paul DePirro Buzz Fyhrie	Chevrolet Corvette Greenwood GT	120
29	Size 5	4th	BMW Faltz Assen	Hans-Joachim Stuck Benny Parsons	BMW 320i	110
30th	T	64	Auto Barn	Bob Baechle Earl Hurlbut	Chevrolet Corvette	98
31	T	77	John Greenwood Racing	John Greenwood Dick Smothers	Chevrolet Corvette Greenwood	92
32	T	56	Carter Brothers Racing	Craig Carter David Laughlin	Chevrolet Camaro	90
33	GT	83	Bill Scott Racing	Bill Scott Joe Colontonio	Porsche 911S	89
34	GT	90	Rynone Industries	Thomas Rynone Neil Wiernicki Michael Wiernicki	Chevrolet Corvette	72
35	GT	94	Mike Tillson Enterprises Inc.	Elliot Forbes-Robinson Mike Tillson	Porsche 934	68
36	Size 5	13	Hal Shaw	Hal Shaw Randolph Townsend	Porsche Carrera RSR	59
37	T	38	John Paul	John Paul Phil Currin	Porsche Carrera RSR	58
38	T	6th	Pickett Racing	Greg Pickett Tom Gloy Dave Mock	Chevrolet Monza	55
39	T	48	LaCue Racing	Len LaCue Doug Mills	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	52
40	Size 5	75	Ridgely Racing	Norm Ridgely Jim Cook	Porsche Carrera RSR	48
41	T	71	Triumph Manufacturing	Ted Sullivan David Jones	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	40
42	GT	15th	Iroquois Racing Associates	Bill Schumacher Rick Hay	Chevrolet Corvette	31
43	Size 5	3	McLaren North America	Ronnie Peterson David Hobbs	BMW 320i Turbo	20th
44	GT	17th	Hallet Motor Racing Circuit	Brian Goellnot Anatoly Arutunoff	Lancia Stratos	6th

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.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
45	GT	00	Interscope Racing	Ted Field Danny Ongais	Porsche 934
46	T	12	Ron Brown Investments	Ron Brown Joe Chamberlain	Porsche 934
47	GT	36	Climax Autoquip Inc.	Brian Hardacre Horst Petermann	Porsche Carrera RSR
48	GT	40	Robert Schunberg	Dave Heinz Robert Schunberg	Chevrolet Corvette Greenwood
49	GT	50	American 76 Racing	Sylvan Cornblatt Richard Mandelson	Chevrolet Corvette
50	GT	60	John Brandt	John Brandt	Chevrolet Corvette
51	GT	72	Bill Arnold Racing	Bill Arnold Billy Hagan	Chevrolet Corvette Greenwood GT
52	GT	88	Dicom Corporation	Peter Overing Marcel Talbot	Porsche Carrera RSR

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Size 5	Jochen Mass	Jacky Ickx	Porsche 935/77	Overall victory
GT	John Bauer	Tom Spalding	Porsche 911	Rank 11
T	Bob Lazier	John Wood	Porsche 911 Carrera	Rank 9

Racing data

• Registered: 52
• Started: 44
• Valued: 25
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm, dry and light rain showers
• Route length: 5.435 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:01: 56.685 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 173
• Total distance of the winning team: 940.213 km
• Winner's average: 155.860 km / h
• Pole position: Jochen Mass - Porsche 935/77 (# 1) - 1: 52.518 = 173.885 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jochen Mass - Porsche 935/77 (# 1) - 1: 53.277 = 172.720 km / h
• Racing series: Round 9 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

• Race results

Previous race 500 km from Pergusa 1977

Sports car world championship

Successor race of the 2:30 hour race at Estoril 1977