Watkins Glen 6 Hours 1979
The 1979 Watkins Glen 6-Hours , also 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 7th in Watkins Glen and was the twelfth round of the World Sports Car Championship of this year.
The race
In contrast to the races of the Manufacturers' World Championship in Europe, where the championship experienced an apparently unstoppable disease, the races in North America enjoyed great popularity. 43 teams with international driver crews started the race on race Sunday. For the brothers Don and Bill Whittington , who won the race four laps ahead of Rolf Stommelen , Dick Barbour and Hollywood actor and amateur racing driver Paul Newman , it was the fourth win of the season. Before that, they won the Riverside 6 Hours , the Le Mans 24 Hours (with Klaus Ludwig as the third driver) and the Daytona 6 Hours (with Dennis Shaw ). As in Le Mans , Glen Klaus Ludwig was the third driver at Watkins. The emergency vehicle was a Porsche 935 in all cases .
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Size 5 | 94 | Whittington Brothers Kremer Racing |
Don Whittington Klaus Ludwig Bill Whittington |
Porsche 935 / 77A | 175 | ||
2 | Size 5 | 70 | Dick Barbour performance |
Rolf Stommelen Dick Barbour Paul Newman |
Porsche 935 | 171 | ||
3 | Size 5 | 71 | Dick Barbour performance |
Rob McFarlin Roy Woods Bob Akin |
Porsche 935 | 170 | ||
4th | Size 5 | 20th | Andial Porsche Service |
Elliot Forbes-Robinson Randolph Townsend Brett Lunger |
Porsche 935 | 169 | ||
5 | Size 5 | 18th | JLP Racing Inc. |
John Paul Sr. Al Holbert |
Porsche 935 JLP-1 | 167 | ||
6th | GT | 44 | JRT Quaker State |
Bob Tullius Brian Fuerstenau
|
Triumph TR8 | 162 | ||
7th | Size 5 | 95 | Whittington Brothers |
Bill Whittington Brian Redman Johnny Rutherford |
Porsche 935/79 | 161 | ||
8th | Size 5 | 72 | Dick Barbour performance |
Skeeter McKitterick Buzz Marcus Bob Garretson |
Porsche 935 | 161 | ||
9 | Size 5 | 5 | KWM Racing |
Kenper Miller Dave Cowart |
BMW 3.5 CSL | 161 | ||
10 | GT | 38 | Boricua Motors Corp. |
Bonky Fernandez Tato Ferrer
|
Porsche Carrera RSR | 160 | ||
11 | GT | 97 | Framm Promotions |
Roger Schramm Werner Frank
|
Porsche Carrera RSR | 158 | ||
12 | Size 5 | 66 | Stanton / Barbour |
Tuck Thomas Norm Ridgely Robert Kirby |
Porsche 935 | 155 | ||
13 | GT | 92 | EF Miller & Co. Wayne County Auto |
Sam Feinstein Michael Oleyar Nick Engels
|
Chevrolet Corvette 454 | 149 | ||
14th | GT | 43 | Phantom Racing |
Frank Joyce Tom Frank
|
Chevrolet Corvette 454 | 144 | ||
15th | GT | 21st | Oftedahl Racing |
John Wood Mario Gomez Carl Shafer
|
Chevrolet Camaro | 144 | ||
16 | GT | 10 | Oftedahl Racing |
John Huber Daniel Muniz Miguel Muniz
|
Chevrolet Camaro | 142 | ||
17th | GT | 77 | Bruce Jennings |
Bruce Jennings Bob Beasley Bill Bean
|
Porsche 911S | 142 | ||
18th | GT | 29 | Stratagraph Inc. |
Hoyt Overbagh Billy Hagan |
Chevrolet Monza 355 | 140 | ||
19th | GT | 16 | Tom's Mechanical Emporium Kassel Auto Parts |
Neil Kassel Tom Roberts
|
Chevrolet Camaro 350 | 136 | ||
20th | GT | 25th | Maier Racing Inc. |
William Maier Art Siri Ed Hinchcliff
|
Ford Mustang Mach 1 302 | 126 | ||
21st | GT | 90 | Rynone Industries |
Thomas Rynone Neil Wiernicki Michael Wiernicki
|
Chevrolet Corvette 427 | 121 | ||
22nd | GT | 37 | Kassel Auto Parts |
Paul Schulte John Cleveland
|
Chevrolet Corvette String Ray 350 | 105 | ||
23 | Size 5 | 52 | Fred Schuler Inc. |
Robert Schuler David Schuler
|
Datsun 280Z | 98 | ||
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24 | Size 5 | 6th | CMR Inc. |
Charles Mendez Paul Miller |
Porsche 935 | 167 | ||
25th | Size 5 | 13 | Hal Shaw Racing |
Hal Shaw Gary Belcher
|
Porsche 935 | 120 | ||
26th | Size 5 | 7th | Heimrath Racing |
Ludwig Heimrath senior Carlos Moran
|
Porsche 935 | 117 | ||
27 | GT | 80 | Maurice Carter |
Maurice Carter Tony DeLorenzo
|
Chevrolet Camaro | 115 | ||
28 | GT | 47 | Doug Lutz |
Jon McKnight Doug Lutz
|
Porsche Carrera RSR | 111 | ||
29 | Special | 3 | BMW of North America and Munich |
Jim Busby Manfred Winkelhock David Hobbs |
BMW M1 | 96 | ||
30th | GT | 55 | Intrepid Design Inc. |
Alan Howes David Sturtevant
|
Porsche Carrera | 78 | ||
31 | Size 5 | 85 | Bayside Disposal Racing |
Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood Bruce Leven |
Porsche 935 | 72 | ||
32 | Size 5 | 0 | Interscope Racing |
Ted Field Danny Ongais |
Porsche 935/79 | 48 | ||
33 | GT | 23 | Metal craft racing |
Bob Zulkowski Bernie Storc
|
Porsche 914/6 | 48 | ||
34 | GT | 30th | University of Pittsburgh Auto Racing Team |
Bob Fryer Ed Lowther
|
AMC Javelin | 48 | ||
35 | Size 5 | 57 | Monte's Motor Co. |
Neil Shelton Monte Shelton
|
Porsche 935 | 46 | ||
36 | GT | 64 | Endurance Racing Enterprises |
Bob Baechle Craig Carter
|
Chevrolet Corvette 427 | 25th | ||
37 | GT | 65 | Al Salerno |
Al Salerno Bob Lapane
|
Chevrolet Corvette 454 | 25th | ||
38 | GT | 93 | EF Miller & Co. Little Foreign Car Shop |
Michael Oleyar Nick Engels
|
Chevrolet Corvette 454 | 18th | ||
39 | GT | 51 | Tom Aquilante |
Tom Aquilante David Wolpert Wade White
|
Chevrolet Corvette 350 | 15th | ||
40 | GT | 11 | Oftedahl Racing |
Daniel Muniz Carl Shafer
|
Chevrolet Camaro | 11 | ||
41 | GT | 19th | Chris Cord Racing |
Chris Cord Jim Adams
|
Chevrolet Monza 350 | 10 | ||
42 | Size 5 | 09 | Bayside Disposal Racing |
Rick Mears Preston Henn Peter Gregg
|
Porsche 935 / 77A | 7th | ||
43 | GT | 15th | Motion merchants |
James Mancuso David Kicak
|
Chevrolet Corvette 355 | 3 | ||
Not started | ||||||||
44 | Size 5 | 00 | Interscope Racing |
Danny Ongais Ted Field
|
Porsche 935 / 77A | 1 | ||
45 | T | 42 | Bill Scott Racing Development |
Milt Minter Bill Scott
|
VW Rabbit | 2 | ||
46 | T | 61 | Faza Squadra |
Al Cosentino Craig Fisher |
Mazda RX-3 | 3 | ||
47 | GT | 91 | HDJ |
Fred Werl Jimmy Spencer John Vecchi
|
Ford Mustang | 4th | ||
48 | GT | 98 | Larry Green Bauer Racing |
Larry Green John Bauer
|
Porsche Carrera RSR | 5 |
1 Replacement car 2 not started 3 not started 4 not started 5 not started
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
49 | GT | 12 | Oftedahl Racing |
Carl Shafer Daniel Muniz
|
Chevrolet Camaro |
50 | GT | 35 | Jacques Bienvenue |
Jacques Bienvenue Marc Dancose Jacques Duval
|
Porsche Carrera |
51 | GT | 60 | John Brandt |
John Brandt John Wood
|
Chevrolet Corvette 350 |
52 | Size 5 | 73 | Dick Barbour performance |
Robert Kirby John Hotchkis |
Porsche 935 |
53 | GT | 74 | Chet's Speed Shop |
David Jones Ted Sullivan
|
Chevrolet Camaro |
54 | T | 81 | Al Speyer |
Al Speyer Pat Farrell
|
Datsun 510 |
55 | GT | 83 | Hamilton House Overby Racing |
Joseph Hamilton Robert Overby
|
Porsche 911 |
Class winner
Racing data
- Registered: 55
- Started: 43
- Rated: 23
- Race classes: 3
- Spectator: unknown
- Race day weather: warm and dry
- Route length: 5.435 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 09.970 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 175
- Total distance of the winning team: 951.082 km
- Winner's average: 158.440 km / h
- Pole position: Rolf Stommelen - Porsche 935 (# 70) - 1: 50.354 = 177.293 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Rolf Stommelen - Porsche 935 (# 70) - 1: 54.760 = 170.483 km / h
- Racing series: Round 12 of the 1979 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
Previous race, 6 Hours of Daytona 1979 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor to the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps 1979 |