Watkins Glen 6 Hours 1979

Route layout 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
Failed
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

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Size 5	Don Whittington	Klaus Ludwig	Bill Whittington	Porsche 935	Overall victory
GT	Bob Tullius	Brian Fuerstenau		Triumph TR8	Rank 6
Special	no participant in the finish

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

• Race results

Previous race, 6 Hours of Daytona 1979

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps 1979