6 Hours of Watkins Glen 1978

Route layout 1978

The 6-hour race of Watkins Glen 1978 , also World Championship 6-Hours including The 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 July 8th in Watkins Glen and was the eleventh round of the sports car world championship of this year.

The race

In this world championship race, too, the Porsche 935s were the superior Group 5 cars. The trio Toine Hezemans , John Fitzpatrick and Peter Gregg won the Gelo-Racing-935 with a lead of 30 seconds on Dick Barbour and his teammates Manfred Schurti and Rolf Stommelen .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Size 5	30th	Gelo Racing	Toine Hezemans John Fitzpatrick Peter Gregg	Porsche 935 / 77A	146
2	Size 5	90	Dick Barbour performance	Rolf Stommelen Manfred Schurti Dick Barbour	Porsche 935 / 77A	146
3	Size 5	10	BMW Faltz Essen	Hans-Joachim Stuck Dieter Quester	BMW 320i	138
4th	Size 5	13	Hal Shaw Racing	Hal Shaw Monte Shelton	Porsche 935	136
5	GT	19th	Chris Cord Racing	Chris Cord Jim Adams	Chevrolet Monza 350	132
6th	Size 5	71	Otis Chandler	John Thomas Otis Chandler	Porsche 935	132
7th	GT	44	Group 44	Brian Fuerstenau Bob Tullius	Jaguar XJS	130
8th	Size 5	3	Vasek Polak Racing	Janet Guthrie Brian Redman Hurley Haywood	Porsche 935	128
9	GT	97	Framm Promotions	Werner Frank Roger Schramm	Porsche Carrera RSR	127
10	Size 5	32	Earle & Akin Racing Assoc.	Steve Griswold Bob Akin	Porsche Carrera RSR	125
11	GT	25th	Grand Competition Cars Inc.	François Migault Lucien Guitteny	Ferrari 365 GT4 / BB	124
12	GT	29	Billy Hagan	Hoyt Overbagh Billy Hagan	Chevrolet Monza 350	122
13	GT	77	Bruce Jennings	Bruce Jennings John O'Steen	Porsche 911S	122
14th	GT	9	Apple Valley Racing	John Huber Babe Headley	Chevrolet Corvette 427	120
15th	Size 5	7th	Heimrath Racing	Ludwig Heimrath senior Paul Miller	Porsche 935	119
16	Size 5	79	Racing Porsche Works	Michael Callas Peter Papke	Porsche Carrera RSR	118
17th	GT	43	Phantom Racing	Frank Joyce Gene Bothello	Chevrolet Corvette 427	118
18th	GT	17th	Pallvano Corse	Angelo Pallavicini Enzo Calderari	Porsche 934	110
19th	GT	91	Tom's Mechanical Emporium	Tom Roberts Paul Schulte	Chevrolet Corvette 350	108
20th	GT	98	Rynone Industries	Thomas Rynone Michael Oleyar	Chevrolet Corvette 427	101
21st	GT	16	Kassel Auto Parts of Syracuse	Neil Kassel Rex Franklin	Chevrolet Camaro 302	100
22nd	GT	6th	Pickett Racing	Greg Pickett Tom Gloy	Chevrolet Corvette 427	96
23	GT	11	Budweiser Racing Team	Dave Heinz Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Chevrolet Monza 350	91
24	GT	51	Thomas Aquilante	Thomas Aquilante Dave White	Chevrolet Corvette 350	78
Failed
25th	Size 5	94	Whittington Borthers	Bill Whittington Don Whittington	Porsche 935 / 77A	98
26th	GT	60	John Brandt	John Brandt Chuck Callas	Chevrolet Corvette 350	98
27	Size 5	0	Interscope Racing	Danny Ongais Ted Field	Porsche 935 / 77A	95
28	Size 5	1	Vasek Polak Racing	George Follmer Jacky Ickx	Porsche 935	92
29	GT	24	Executive Industries	Tom Frank Bruce Leven	Porsche Carrera RSR	85
30th	GT	22nd	Jeffrey Stephens	Jeffrey Stephens Bob Bergstrom	Porsche Carrera RSR	76
31	Size 5	20th	BMW Faltz Essen	Markus Höttinger Harald Grohs	BMW 320i	76
32	GT	92	EF Miller & Co. and Sherill ARCO	John Orr Bill Jobe	Chevrolet Corvette 454	76
33	Size 5	4th	Vasek Polak Racing	Hurley Haywood John Gunn	Porsche 935	72
34	GT	88	Hamilton House Racing	Joseph Hamilton Ron Collins Chuck Wade	Porsche 911S	72
35	GT	53	Fred Schuler	Robert Schuler David Schuler	Datsun 280Z	70
36	GT	18th	Free Spirit Racing	David Kicak Bob Young	Chevrolet Corvette 360	38
37	GT	80	Nagel Racing Enterprises	Nick Engels Bob Nagel	Chevrolet Corvette 454	36
38	GT	64	Endurance Racing Enterprises Inc. Auto Parts	Craig Carter Bob Baechle	Chevrolet Corvette 427	30th
39	GT	74	Z & W Enterprises	Bill Scott Pierre Honegger David Weir	Posche 911S	18th
40	GT	82	Solomone Racing	Carm Solomone Fred Lang	Chevrolet Camaro Turbo 302	11
41	Size 5	12	McLaren North America	Ronnie Peterson David Hobbs	BMW 320i Turbo	10
42	GT	81	Adams Associates	John Morton Pat Bedard	Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am	8th
43	GT	62	Lancer	Tuck Thomas Robert Johnson	Porsche Carrera RSR	2
44	Size 5	2	McLaren North America	David Hobbs Ronnie Peterson	BMW 320i Turbo	1
Not started
45	Size 5	08	JLP Racing	Hurley Haywood John Paul Sr.	Porsche 935 / 77A	1
46	GT	57	Robert Frostrom Racing	Robert Frostrom John Wood	Porsche Carrera RSR	2
47	GT	75	Norman Ridgely	Norman Ridgely Jim Cook	Porsche Carrera RSR	3
48	Size 5	93	Whittington Borthers		Porsche 934/5	4th
Not qualified
49	GT	52	McCandless Automotive	Dan Slodowick Cliff McCandless	Porsche 914/5	5
50	GT	15th	Motion marketing	James Mancuso William Coykendall	Chevrolet Greenwood Corvette 355	6th
51	GT	69	Old Gold Racing	Thomas Fiscus Jerry Lancaster	Chevrolet Corvette 350	7th
52	GT	41	Automotive International	Anatoly Arutunoff José Marina	Lancia Stratos	8th

¹ Engine damage in WarmUp ² not started ³ not started ⁴ training car ⁵ not qualified ⁶ not qualified ⁷ not qualified ⁸ 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
53	Size 5	00	Interscope Racing	Danny Ongais Ted Field	Porsche 935
54	GT	5	DB Racing	Bill Adam	Chevrolet Corvette 427
55	GT	12	Roy Woods Racing	Roy Woods Jimmy Insolo	Chevrolet Monza Turbo 350
56	GT	23	EF Miller & Co. and Sherill ARCO	John Orr Bill Jobe Kenper Miller	Chevrolet Corvette 350
57	Size 5	28	Desperado Racing	Milt Minter Clif Kearns	Porsche 935
58	GT	39	Bytzek Automotive	Klaus Bytzek Rudy Bartling	Porsche Carrera RSR
59	GT	50	Jacques Bienvenue	Jacques Bienvenue Marcel Talbot	Porsche 911
60	GT	61	Faza Squadra	Al Cosentino Craig Fisher	Mazda RX-3
61	GT	66	All West Side Racing	Joe Sheeckel	Chevrolet Corvette
62	GT	70	Chesrown Oldsmobile	Gene Rutherford Tom Wallace	Oldsmobile Cutlass
63	GT	99	The Tune-Up Shop	Phil Currin Cliff Praise God	Chevrolet Corvette 350

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Size 5	Toine Hezemans	John Fitzpatrick	Peter Gregg	Porsche 935 / 77A	Overall victory
GT	Chris Cord	Jim Adams		Chevrolet Monza 350	Rank 5

Racing data

• Registered: 63
• Started: 44
• Valued: 24
• Race classes: 2
• Spectators: 35,000
• Race day weather: rain
• Route length: 5.435 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:01: 54.999 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 146
• Total distance of the winning team: 793.474 km
• Winner's average: 131.548 km / h
• Pole position: Rolf Stommelen - Porsche 935 / 77A (# 90) - 1: 53.611 = 172.211 km / h
• Fastest race lap: John Fitzpatrick - Porsche 935 / 77A (# 30) - 1: 54.700 = 170.576 km / h
• Racing series: 11th round of the 1978 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 .

Web links

• Race results

Previous race 6 Hours of Daytona 1978

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6 Hours of Vallelunga 1978